In another story, Quick Draw, I told how Flay Randolph had a holster mounted to the side of his pickup seat, and had mastered the quick draw with it. He scared the heck out of me one time when a coyote walked out onto the road ahead of us. Flay was out of the pickup and firing at the coyote before I had time to register it was there. Read the rest of this entry »
Posts Tagged coyote
Not So Quick On The Draw!
October 4, 2011 at 8:15 am · Filed under Crazy stuff, Family, Mostly true, Stories ·Tagged author, Buckeye Arizona, Charles L. Mashburn, coyote, Flay Randolph, hay farm, humor, story, writer
Quick Draw!
October 2, 2011 at 8:15 am · Filed under Crazy stuff, Family, Mostly true, Stories ·Tagged author, Buckeye Arizona, Charles L. Mashburn, coyote, Flay Randolph, humor, quick draw, story, writer
One of my most unforgettable characters is Flay Randolph. He still lives in Buckeye, Arizona, though he must be older than the sand by now. But what a great guy; he’s like an uncle to me, and his wife, Irene is a jewel, as well. Read the rest of this entry »
Bull Riding Fools!
May 31, 2011 at 8:06 am · Filed under Crazy stuff, Family, Mostly true, Stories ·Tagged 44 magnum, author, Buckeye, Buckeye Arizona, Charles L. Mashburn, coyote, driving a roadsider, family, Flay Randolph, funny, good old days, hay farm, humor, Irene Randolf, laughter, old man, quick draw, story, writer
Yep, yep, yep, rode me a few back in the day. Can you say LOL! Not this guy! I like to talk about how I ain’t afraid of much of nothing, but getting on the back of an angry two ton beast is not what I call brave. I call it asking for big trouble. I’ve done some crazy stuff, but riding a bull is not one of them. I might try one of those in a bar, where there’s a padded floor to land on…. maybe. Read the rest of this entry »
Not So Quick On The Draw
May 27, 2011 at 6:00 pm · Filed under Crazy stuff, Family, Mostly true, Stories ·Tagged 44 magnum, author, Buckeye, Buckeye Arizona, Charles L. Mashburn, coyote, driving a roadsider, family, Flay Randolph, funny, good old days, hay farm, humor, Irene Randolf, it charged right at me, laughter, old man, story, writer
In another story, Quick Draw, I told how Flay Randolph had a holster mounted to the side of his pickup seat, and had mastered the quick draw use of it. He scared the heck out of me one time when a coyote walked out onto the road ahead of us. Flay was out of the pickup and firing at the coyote before I had time to register it was there. Read the rest of this entry »
Quick Draw!
May 27, 2011 at 8:32 am · Filed under Crazy stuff, Family, Mostly true, Stories ·Tagged 44 magnum, author, Buckeye, Buckeye Arizona, Charles L. Mashburn, coyote, driving a roadsider, family, Flay Randolph, funny, good old days, hay farm, humor, Irene Randolf, laughter, old man, quick draw, story, writer
One of my most unforgettable characters is Flay Randolph. He still lives in Buckeye, Arizona, though he must be older than the sand by now. But what a great guy; he’s like an uncle to me, and his wife, Irene is a jewel, as well.
I worked on a hay farm Flay was managing when I was just out of high school. It was a huge farm, and I did everything imaginable and drove every kind of farm machine there was to drive that had anything to do with hay. Read the rest of this entry »
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