I stand at the bar, a drink in my hand,
My quest is centuries old.
For hundred proof whiskey, fifty proof women,
An’ fourteen carat gold.

A dance hall girl, with a tip and a whirl,
Comes to stand at my side.
She’s pretty and painted, drunk and she’s tainted,
Never to be the bride.

There on my thigh, hangs six ways to die,
I heerd Billy Rhode is in town.
In the morn’ in the street, Bill an’ I’s gonna meet
An’ one of us will go down.

The price on his head, alive, or he’s dead,
Five grand, an’ it’ll be paid
To the man who’ll outdraw, an’ kill that outlaw
When the bad guys body is laid

For tonight I’m in here, with a shot an’ a beer
I’m feelin’ tough, unbeatable, bold
With hundred proof whiskey, fifty proof women
An’ fourteen carat gold.

Terry

A very enjoyable little adventure.

Peter

awesome to read your work again, Terry...welcome home!

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. (Aristotle)

"With hundred proof whiskey, fifty proof women
An’ fourteen carat gold."

classic lines, obviously your choice of content stands out and stands out well, good poetry, have you ever listened to Nick Cave and his wild west type tales, Stagger Lee for one, which I belive is an old standard, or Red Right Hand....................I think you'd enjoy them.

Doubt everything. Find your own light.

Bump for fun!

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. (Aristotle)

Terry,

Excellent, and it has a nice song quality to it. Great title and this line,

"For hundred proof whiskey, fifty proof women,
An’ fourteen carat gold."

is a gem. It's good to have you back.

john

Nice to see you back and telling your tall tales again, Terry.

Les

Oh what a joy it is to have our master storyteller back! Welcome back Terry!

This was a very brilliant poem. I almost forgot what I was supposed to be doing. I love you man!

Thy own reproach alone do fear.

Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses and more money! Enjoyed the poem a great piece of work.

Hello my old friend,
It's good to see you back with a rollocking poem. There seems to be a bounce to your step, maybe it's being back home again.

JP

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fifty proof women,

Interesting point, Bruce. I assumed it meant women who were "not the marrying kind." Of whom my Dad warned me to avoid.

Les

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Terry. I always enjoyed your work. I remember going threw lots of it. I may not be into the hole western thing,but your work is always done well. Well going threw the poem im thinking is it that guy is it that guy and then towards the end what do you know Terry is written below. Whoo hoo. Well I dunno if you been gone,or what. I do know i miss your writing. This was a very nice poem and very well written. I can see it all played out. I mean so nicely done. Well written. Thank you for the read.

"To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself." Anne Rice

Gracias Ustedes...
Bruce,, it has not conculded.. and I disagree again,,, Lady and the Tiger is my favorite story ever. Sometime tomorrow our aquaintance and the bad guy will finish the story.. for now.. 100 proof,, 50 proof women..

Terry

OH 50 proof women... 50 proof isn't very desireable... but can be used in a pinch as it were......... wouldn't take one home to Daddy,,,, less Momma wasn't watchin'

Terry

Sometimes watered-down is preferable

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Bruce...yes I'm okay...I meant women not whiskey !

I meant women not whiskey !

Watered down women? Now that's a cold shot.


Les

Geeeeezzzeee not even Kitty's had those back when the UC owned 'er.

Terry

Great read. I especially enjoyed this line:

There on my thigh, hangs six ways to die,

Very creative.

Peace.

Post Edited (01-25-05 23:52)

another way to say all this is "good whiskey and bad women"

Terry

Terry:

Your best ever from the standpoint of meter. This one really rocks with vivid imagery and sardonic wit. The "hundred proof whisky...." line has the makings of a classic.

Good to see you back.

joet

Terry---this was good un--anticipating the next chapter..........and tis good to see ya.........

I think I will not comment on the "women" discussions above---

and Les, I think men would be hard pressed to totally avoid "bad" women at some time in their life....and does that make men "bad" as to where a woman would not want to take them home to momma---see, there I go and I said I did not want to comment.............here is Ell pulling back....

Ell

Ok, so I was wrong......Dry T-Shirt contests are the way to go

Guess I don't have to, but a bump seems the easiest way to show this to a friend of mine who is far away.

So, shameless self serving bump.

Have anyone seen the news? Malibu? I'm sposed to go home Wed.

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Terry, go here. [cdfdata.fire.ca.gov] />
There are at least a half dozen fires in the southland right now (Sunday night). The largest of which is in Orange county, not far from San Berdo.


Les

this was a very enjoyable read, it flowed perfectly and had nice rhyme.. Im still green, but this is one of the best that I've seen

brother&sisterinlaw, and my little nephews, have evacuated already

Johnny:

Hope all goes well for your brother and family. It's tough to have to evacuate, but the alternatives are frightening to contemplate.

Terry:

If you go, God Speed.

Joe

Here's a shot taken in front of his house...yep, time to go

Am in South Cal now. I have seen it first hand. It is nearly as bad as the media is making it out to be. I haven't been to SD county yet, but Malibu, Lake Arrowhead, and Magic Mountain are burning well, and don't seem to care a lot what we do.
We'll keep trying, and as one CDF captain said this morning, "Oh, we will win, but it is going to be costly"


Note the trees in Johnny's photo. Tell him we will try Johnny, but the guarentee has expired.

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I know you're doing what you can, and it is certainly appreciated

Terry, they're in Carlsbad, well, actually they evacuated to Laguna

The photo is from Carlsbad

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Johnny, I hope that all is well with you and yours.

Let's all hope and pray that the winds subside so Terry and his colleagues can work their magic. It's estimated that upward of 8500 firefighters are involved in these operations. Like Terry, they're putting their necks on the line to save our skins. Godspeed T-bone and all the other firefighters out there protecting our lives and property.


Les

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Among the costs so far: As of 5am this Tuesday morning, 17 fire fighters have been injured.

Johnny, I hope your relatives are safe and in good health.

K.Q.

Good poem, Terry.

My thoughts go out to all the people and loved ones suffering the effects of the fires. Be careful, Terry.

Mary

Thanks everyone

[maps.google.com] />
for map of fire locations as of 8:16 pm Tues Oct 13.

Here are some helpful sites related to the fires in So. Cal.

[www.cnn.com] />
[www.redcrossla.org] />
[www.sdarc.org] />

Les


And one possible glimpse of Terry and cohorts going to work. [www.youtube.com]

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Taken at the San Bernadino tanker base, used to be Norton AFB
Tanker 23 is flown by Brent Conner (whose father died in an airtanker in Califonia in 1981)
Tanker 27 is flown by Steve Maxwell of Holbrook Az. Both belong to another company.
Tanker 55 is flown by Pete Bell of Santa Cruz Ca and it belongs to the only other company to use that type of airplane. It is a Neptune like I fly.
I do not know the single engine pilots. The helicopter belongs to the state of California and is used in aerial supervision of fire fighting in the air and on the ground. (the youtube link)

Terry, how are you doing? And how goes the battle toward containment?


Les

I am just ducky, doing what I do best. Containment will take some time.

Are you still in San Bernadino, or have you moved to San Diego?

Seems like many of the smaller fires have been put out and some progress has been made on the larger ones according to the CDF website: [www.fire.ca.gov] />

Les

johnny i am late in posting my regards to your family. is all well now? we are still waiting to hear from my uncle down there.

terry, october and california go hand in hand for you. maybe you should look up my buddy down there so he can buy you a burrito dinner in a way of thanks.

Yeah, the house is just filthy dirty sooty but everyone's fine

Thank you all for your prayers and concern.

Johnny, I am very happy for your family. I wish I could extend that happiness to everyone in the basin. There are about 2,000 who were not so fortunate.
Johnny, call your brother, tell him to call So Cal approach and tell them thanks for the help they gave the air tankers during the blow up. They control all the airspace in the LA basin to the Mex border.
I can point to three streets full of houses in Malibu that would not be standing were it not for the very professional, friendly, assistance of these wonderful unsung people. Have him tell his friends to make this call also please. In fact everyone who has an interest in the fires should thank these folks for their help. We could not have done what we did without their help in that low visiblity, highly congested, complicated airspace area. We are used to the the uncontroled Rocky Mountains and when we drop off into the LA basin, it's like being thrown to the wolves. So Cal makes it easy.

A number 858 537 5800 will get you to someone who can take a message.
Thank you for that.

The number above in case anyone might be interested is that of San Diego TRACON: Some info about them:


[sct.natca.net] />
[www.sscnet.ucla.edu] />
[www.ntsb.gov] />
[audio.liveatc.net:8012] />

Les

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bump for 210

Great bump, Peter. This thread has more posts than the cereal aisle at the supermarket.

Joe