tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post7895969250436303238..comments2023-08-19T08:21:42.894-04:00Comments on Cedar's Mountain: The Story Of One Bull PupG. B. Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-39225192578509166662012-01-26T17:43:44.235-05:002012-01-26T17:43:44.235-05:00ABftS: Thankee.
Long story short, my first state ...ABftS: Thankee.<br /><br />Long story short, my first state job was helping microfilm old newspapers from the 18th thru the mid 20th century.<br /><br />For seven glorious years, I photcopied all kinds of strange articles/stories. <br /><br />However, during a spring cleaning, my mother (who my family and I share a house with) threw out my vast collection of schtuff.<br /><br />All I was able to G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-68018731536200857352012-01-26T13:54:10.769-05:002012-01-26T13:54:10.769-05:00Maybe the wrong thing got that distemper shot.Maybe the wrong thing got that distemper shot.Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-38570845718928355132012-01-26T09:31:33.977-05:002012-01-26T09:31:33.977-05:00I'm not exactly sure how you keep procuring th...I'm not exactly sure how you keep procuring these things from, or if you have them ready on hand, but they're absolutely great. I do appreciate outdated humor.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-25339324050734984062012-01-26T06:17:12.484-05:002012-01-26T06:17:12.484-05:00Darth: Thanks. I wish I still had other examples o...Darth: Thanks. I wish I still had other examples of 19th century humor to show you, but alas, what I had saved from my years of working at the library was unceremoniously thrown away some five years ago.<br /><br />Snaggle: That would be true today, but back then, the medium of choice was the letter and the only enclosure that people often had was what Mother Nature had provided.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-56588729584367186162012-01-26T05:29:21.530-05:002012-01-26T05:29:21.530-05:00I'm surprized his neighbors didn't shoot t...I'm surprized his neighbors didn't shoot the dog... Most folks would just get a better dog enclosure.<br />These days it would be all police calls- no written letters!Snaggle Toothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197042129309670471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-37158427165833210602012-01-25T22:18:36.345-05:002012-01-25T22:18:36.345-05:00thie Bight and Burke jokes are nearly as good as t...thie Bight and Burke jokes are nearly as good as the letter itself which was quite amusingDarth Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371680007744419495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-12826750741658802432012-01-24T19:53:17.612-05:002012-01-24T19:53:17.612-05:00M: That is fantastic news for your dad. Tell him I...M: That is fantastic news for your dad. Tell him I got my fingers crossed for him.<br /><br />Oh man, this definitely wouldn't see the light of day except in the blog world.<br /><br />The stuff that they used to print back in the 18th & 19th centuries for stories and ads, would make a p.c. liberal burst into flames.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-36890511746484045392012-01-24T18:46:10.265-05:002012-01-24T18:46:10.265-05:00Can you imagine the way the politically correct wo...Can you imagine the way the politically correct would be up in arms about this today? It would never see publication...speaking of which, cross your fingers. My dad got a request to see one of his sci-fi manuscripts from some big literary agent in NY!Riot Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725825736285347870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-47252202588190405582012-01-24T15:32:47.452-05:002012-01-24T15:32:47.452-05:00Charles: What passed for humor back then was often...Charles: What passed for humor back then was often dry and dark. I think you would have a field day going through the newspapers from the 19th & early 20th century. Personally, I kind of miss that type of humor.<br /><br />Lynn: You betcha.<br /><br />Funny how things are somewhat the same some 100 hundred years later.<br /><br />S.R.: That's funny, I heard it was Bight that was worse G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-33011775968338155502012-01-24T12:56:16.608-05:002012-01-24T12:56:16.608-05:00It might just be a rumor, but I heard that Burke w...It might just be a rumor, but I heard that Burke was worse than Bight.Sparkling Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799366562472325812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-34554398315423412802012-01-24T11:11:53.555-05:002012-01-24T11:11:53.555-05:00Wow - that was one costly dog.Wow - that was one costly dog.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468858293961151587.post-62582301843362045502012-01-24T10:41:52.246-05:002012-01-24T10:41:52.246-05:00dry and dark, just the way I like my humor.dry and dark, just the way I like my humor.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com