Mustang Rambles

It seems that there are no scientific studies that show that eating meat from hunted animals leads to any kind of lead poisoning or deleterious effects from the ammo. (See 600 years of world history where the lead bullet used for hunting sustained the lives of countless millions.)

[Read more →]

Fort Saskatchewan (which is not located in Saskatchewan at all, but is instead in Alberta Province) is located 15 minutes from Edmonton on the North Saskatchewan River.

[Read more →]

Poor nutrition and near poverty conditions for many kept them slim and in good physical shape. However, this stopped generally and even the Army noted a much lower level of fitness at the beginning of WWII.

[Read more →]

Wonder of wonders, with three Zambonis, they couldn’t get one of them to work! It took over an hour to get them working and finally get the course ready for competition.

[Read more →]

Funny, how screw-ups are remembered and great shows aren’t? In my memory, the only opening ceremonies that I vaguely remember are just one, those stupid, cheesy stainless steel pickup trucks at the Atlanta Olympics.

[Read more →]

Jackson, Wyoming became the 1000th US city to visit these pages. Jackson, just south of Yellowstone National Park, in the northern end of Jackson Hole, and just east of the Grand Teton Mountains is a winter headquarters for fun, sun, and snow and a massive Elk herd.

[Read more →]

Now, using an internet program, I can usually tell which city visits, but no more detail than that. Often, cities are missed because they run through a massive central server and I cannot identify with that. A good example is Switzerland, which has only one computer in Zurich apparently, because that is as close as I can get.

[Read more →]

When I was young, on a cross-country ride, my son played in the back where the seats were down and he had plenty of room to lay down and stretch out in the trunk if he wanted to. He could also climb up to the front and sit on his knees so he could [...]

[Read more →]

As a Sooner watching Oklahoma lose to the Huskers, I figured Oklahoma managed to lose another one. I didn’t give Nebraska the credit for beating OU. I have to apoligize for that. Nebraska is one heck of team and deserves better recognition for a great team, a great coach, and a great effort.

[Read more →]

If my wife had gone to the door and told them that I was sleeping and that they should come back the next (3rd) day, they would have told her to wake me up and get my ass down stairs to talk to them.

[Read more →]