The Bent Nail Saloon.
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I'll have a sweet iced tea w/lemon (in a mason jar). What? Can't a girl get iced tea in a saloon?
I think we do have ice. Let me check the ice-house. Don't have much call for such a fancy drink round these parts.
That's not a little birdy, that's part of my aileron. My little birdy is sitting here watching and singing along to Phantom of the Opera. Weird little thing.
"There is no law, no restraint in this seething cauldron of vice and depravity."
The New York Tribune describing Abilene, Kansas.
The New York Tribune describing Abilene, Kansas.
I walked over to the handgun case and looked at the selection. One of the guns caught my eye. I’d never seen anything quite like it before. It looked like the standard Western movie six-shooter, but with a much longer barrel and a funny-looking tapered mechanism underneath. I noticed that the long barrel was octagonal rather than round and that parts of the frame were made of brass. It was ancient, but seemed to be begging to be fired again.
“What is that?” I asked when the man returned. He looked where I was pointing and smiled.
“Beauty, ain’t it? That there’s a Colt 1851 Navy model. This one was made in 1853. Wild Bill Hickock carried two of ‘em, although some folks say he had 1860 Army models instead. But then some folks don’t like whiskey either.”
“Well, I ain’t some folks,” I said. I pulled a flask filled with bourbon out of my coat and offered it to him. He took it.
“What is that?” I asked when the man returned. He looked where I was pointing and smiled.
“Beauty, ain’t it? That there’s a Colt 1851 Navy model. This one was made in 1853. Wild Bill Hickock carried two of ‘em, although some folks say he had 1860 Army models instead. But then some folks don’t like whiskey either.”
“Well, I ain’t some folks,” I said. I pulled a flask filled with bourbon out of my coat and offered it to him. He took it.
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Wow! Way to kill the thread there, Burl.
BTW, the place to put things like this is down in SYW.
BTW, the place to put things like this is down in SYW.