Author: Gatlkn

Good Morning, Deckard …

Yes, the world is waiting for the sunrise as those of us who closely follow you here on LF are patiently waiting for the barrage of cop-hating and government-detesting articles you plan to post today.

Who is Gatlkn?

But whatever, --- those of us who closely follow you here on LF are patiently waiting for another barrage of cop-loving and government-praising articles you plan to post today. We need our morning laugh, --- giggles that you so insanely provide..

Both you, -- and Deckard, are doing all of us at LF a great service. Keep it up..

" waiting for another barrage of cop-loving and government-praising articles "

AKA : Blue Journalism

Yes, the world is waiting for the sunrise as those of us who closely follow you here on LF are patiently waiting for the barrage of cop-hating and government-detesting articles you plan to post today.

Don't forget about the ever crucial to our lives POT newsbreaks.

On the other hand, what about your own daily "sunrise" barrage of "Cop-Helps-Granny-Across-The-Street' articles?? Or, "Pot-deranged-lunatic-murders-Officer Dibble"??

In defense of Deckard, most "gubmint detesting articles" are WELL DESERVED, exposing the corrupt under-belly of those who use the badge and Alphabet Agy authoritah to ABUSE. (Yes, THEY ACTUALLY EXIST, Gatlin.)

According to you, ALL gubmint drones are incorruptible civil servants, "just here to help."

Neither of you is impartial. Both are over the top. You two are opposite sides to the same coin.

Suggestion: MOVE ON from your "dual."

Who is Gatlkn?

I will answer your question, but before I do….please permit me to share some very personal information with you.

As I have stated a number of time before on other threads when asked the same type question or when responding to a flippant remark….I am undergoing treatments and surgeries for eye problems. I had a cornea transplant in the right eye and that brought the vision in that eye up to a fuzzy 20/70 at its best times. My left is is a fuzzy 20/40 at its best times. The doctors are [and perhaps the surgeons may be] working on the retina in my left eye to stabilize it. I assure you that the poking with two needles in my left eye every four to six weeks is definitely nothing pleasurable, but I have no complaints. Any improvement in my vision is out of the question and stabilization is the best hope I have left. I am here to tell you that in some ways it’s a bitch for me to be 84. And while I miss doing some of the many things I used to do, I still have a wonderfully great quality of life and look forward to being on God’s great earth many more years.

So, you have asked:

Who is Gatlkn?

I am Gatlkn, and I am better known sometimes as Gatlin.

I hope I have now informed you who “Gatlkn” is and trust that you will understand why you will frequently find typos [many at times] in my posts. I read the posts on my computer with a magnifying glass and I answer them mostly by just “blindly” [pun intended] keying in responsive words and phrases without being able to fully see clearly all the words I am typing on the screen. I don’t bother to take time to use the magnifying glass to proof read and I sincerely hope that you will forgive me for not doing that.

This is at least the third time I have needed to explain my eye problems and the unique posting situation I must contend with here on LF. I truly do hate making this really personal confession on LF, but I feel I am compelled to do that. And I am getting pretty damned tired of having to do it time and time again. So much so, that I am approaching the point of just “giving the fuck up” and saying “to Hell with it.” Which in doing so, I am sure will please some individuals on LF.

And by the way, one upside to all of this is when a pretty girl see me heading towards a door with my cane, she runs to open it for me and greets me with a beautiful smile. That really is true, what I just said….it happens frequently now. This make me realize there are many nice people in this world and we often times have different ways of discovering who they are.

I will close by saying that I hope I have not make too many spelling mistakes or grammatical errors in my response to you.

Enjoy your day. I am going to enjoy mine….I always do.

This is at least the third time I have needed to explain my eye problems and the unique posting situation I must contend with here on LF.

It's the first I have heard of your malady.

Quit trying to make up excuses for being a lamebrain perv!

Moderator X must have censored you and rubbed it out.

It was your retarded brain and wore out jagoff fingers that typed it, NOT your eyes.

Quit trying to make up excuses for being a lamebrain perv!

There are no excuses there and none intend to be.

But if you want to ridicule me and it makes you a better person,
to do so, then feel free to do it.

I did not want to explain my problem, but I felt there was a need
for posters to know why there are so many typing errors in my posts.

buckeroo identifies: It's the first I have heard of your malady.

and rubbed it

That's bad for the eyesight too.

That's why you have so many typing errors.

Suggestion: MOVE ON from your "dual."

Other than the great music, this seems utterly pointless.

Then just enjoy the great music and leave what you call the “utterly pointless” stuff to others…while you will have no bother or anything to deal with.

Sounds good?

That’s true….I do agree with that. With some degree of reservation until we reach an “Agreement of Understanding” on the definition of the words “most” and “well deserved.” I can however say without any reservation….those who abuse the use their badge and office/job titles should be punished.

According to you, ALL gubmint drones are incorruptible civil servants, "just here to help."

That’s not true and you need to realize it is not. Your use of the stressed word “ALL” was improper and personally opinionated while strongly biased with a definite prejudice. I can give you specific names and job titles of corrupt civil servants I personally feel are [and have been correctly judged and proven to] not “just here to help.” if you feel it necessary for me to do so. But, please don’t make me waste time just to unnecessarily enlighten you.

BTW – May I respectfully ask that you please stop with the gross generalizations and start to deal in specifics. Specifics can be your best friend, if only you will let them be.

Other than the great music, this seems utterly pointless.

Then just enjoy the great music and leave what you call the “utterly pointless” stuff to others…while you will have no bother or anything to deal with.

Don't forget about the ever crucial to our lives POT newsbreaks.

On the other hand, what about your own daily "sunrise" barrage of "Cop-Helps- Granny-Across-The-Street' articles?? Or, "Pot-deranged-lunatic-murders-Officer Dibble"??

improper and personally opinionated while strongly biased with a definite prejudice

BTW – May I respectfully ask that you please stop with the gross generalizations

I'm the roving kind, so if you don't mind, let's be on our way....

I'm the roving kind, so if you don't mind, let's be on our way....

It When the saints go marching in …

Ah yes, Trump will surely be in that number….leading.
And I will also be there.
But you will definitely not be in the parade.
Unless of course you decide to change your attitude and stop with your lies….then, maybe.

Enjoy your roving …

I forgot to say that I did enjoy that performance by the Sons of the Pioneers. Thanks. I am a Western history and country music buff. The Sons of the Pioneers are among my top favorites.

You may not know some things about the Sons of the Pioneers, so I will post some information to you. I will start by asking you if you have ever heard of Leonard Slye. Probably no….right? Well read the extract below taken from the Internet and you will learn who he is and something about him.

It’s a very long read and you may not want to go through all of it….but the first few paragraphs are good and at least read down to the info about the son, “Drifting Along With The Tumbling Tumble Weeds.

In the spring of 1931, Ohio-born Leonard Slye—the cowboy singer who would later change his name to Roy Rogers—arrived in California and found work as a truck driver, and later as a fruit picker for the Del Monte company in California's Central Valley. He entered an amateur singing contest on a Los Angeles radio show called Midnight Frolics and a few days later got an invitation to join a group called the Rocky Mountaineers.

In September 1931, Canadian-born Bob Nolan answered a classified ad in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner that read, "Yodeler for old-time act, to travel. Tenor preferred." The band was The Rocky Mountaineers, by then led by Leonard Slye. After listening to the tall, slender, tanned Nolan sing and yodel, Slye hired Nolan on the spot. Although Nolan stayed with the group only a short time, he stayed in touch with Slye. Nolan was replaced by Tim Spencer, who had been working in a Safeway Stores warehouse.

In the spring of 1932, Slye, Spencer, and another singer, Slumber Nichols, left the Rocky Mountaineers to form a trio, which soon failed. Throughout most of 1932, Slye and Spencer moved through a series of short-lived groups like the International Cowboys and the O-Bar-O Cowboys. Spencer left the O-Bar-O Cowboys and quit music for a while. Slye joined Jack LeFevre and His Texas Outlaws, who were a popular act on a local Los Angeles radio station.

In early 1933, Slye, Nolan, and Spencer formed a group called the Pioneer Trio. The three young singers rehearsed for weeks honing their singing. While Slye continued to work with his radio singing group, Spencer and Nolan began writing songs for the group

By early 1934, the group consisted of Leonard Slye, Bob Nolan, and Tim Spencer on vocals, with Nolan playing string bass and Slye playing rhythm guitar. During that time, fiddle player Hugh Farr joined the group, adding a bass voice to the group's vocal arrangements. He also sang lead on some songs. Later that year, the "Pioneers Trio" became the "Sons of the Pioneers" through a radio station announcer's chance remark. Asked why he'd changed their name, the announcer said they were too young to have been pioneers, but that they could be sons of pioneers. The name was received well and fit the group, who were no longer a trio.

By the summer of 1934, the Sons of the Pioneers' popularity and fame extended beyond the Los Angeles area and quickly spread across the United States through short syndicated radio segments that were rebroadcast all over the country. They signed a recording contract with the newly founded Decca label, and on August 8, 1934, the Sons of the Pioneers made their first commercial recording. That same day, the immensely popular crooner Bing Crosby also made his first Decca session.

One of the first songs recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers during that first August session was written by Bob Nolan, "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", that would soon become a staple in their repertoire. The original title "Tumbling Leaves" was changed to give the song a western character. Over the next two years the group would record 32 songs for Decca. Their output includes a 1937 recording of "The Blue Juniata," by Marion Dix Sullivan,.

Between 1935 and 1984, the Sons of the Pioneers appeared in 87 films, several movie shorts, and a television series.[8] In 1935 they signed with Columbia Pictures to supply the music for the studio's Charles Starrett westerns. In 1937, Leonard Slye was offered a contract as an actor with rival Republic Pictures. Part of that deal required him to leave the singing group. Leonard Slye was rechristened Roy Rogers, and went on to achieve major success as a singing cowboy in the movies. Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers remained close throughout the coming years. When the Starrett unit disbanded at the end of the 1941 season, the Pioneers rejoined Rogers at Republic and were soon appearing as highly popular supporting players in the Rogers westerns.

By this time the group was billed as "Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers." Nolan was reluctant to be the "leader" of the group, which had been formed as a co-operative outfit with no formal leader, but he bowed to the demands of show business; agents, music publishers, and recording companies insisted that co- operative bands needed a name to promote them (as in Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra). Because Bob Nolan's featured appearances with Starrett had made him the most recognizable of the Pioneers, Nolan reluctantly became the "front" for the group.

In addition to their appearances and filmed performances, their music was used in numerous other films and television shows.[10] and for John Ford movies Wagon Master in 1949 and Rio Grande in 1950, and performed the theme song for the John Ford classic The Searchers in 1956. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" was used in the Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski in 1998.

In 1971, Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer were both elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1972, most of the surviving members of the Sons of the Pioneers, including the original Pioneer Trio of Roy Rogers, Bob Nolan, and Tim Spencer, gathered at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles for one last performance. In 1980, the Sons of the Pioneers were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

In 1979, Bob Nolan returned to the studio for the final time and recorded a successful solo album of classics and newer compositions titled Bob Nolan – The Sound of a Pioneer.

The late 1970s saw the passing of an era, as many of the founding members of the group died. Tim Spencer died on April 26, 1976. Lloyd Perryman, who had been with the group since 1936, died on May 31, 1977. Hugh Farr, who had retired from the group in 1958, died on April 17, 1980. Bob Nolan died on June 16, 1980.

Following the death of Lloyd Perryman in 1977, Dale Warren, who had joined the group in 1952 and continued on until his death on August 8, 2008, took over the leadership of the Sons of the Pioneers, guiding them into the 2000s. They continued to perform in concert and recorded as well with a lineup that featured, amongst many others, Luther Nallie (guitar, vocals), Rusty Richards (vocals), Doye O'Dell (guitar, vocals), Billy Armstrong (fiddle), Billy Liebert (accordion), Gary LeMaster (lead guitar)and Rome Johnson (vocals).[4]

The current "Trail Boss" of the Sons of the Pioneers is Tommy Nallie (guitar, yodels, harmony vocals), who joined the group in 1983. Other current band members are Ken Lattimore (tenor vocals, fiddle), Randy Rudd (lead vocals, guitar, MC), Mark Abbott (bass vocals, bass), and Justin Branum (fiddle, mandolin). In 2001, a book about the group was published, titled The Sons of the Pioneers by Bill O'Neal and Fred Goodwin.[11] Another book about the group, first published in 1974, is called Hear My Song, The Story of the Celebrated Sons of the Pioneers by Ken Griffis, and is available on The Pioneers' website.

In 1977, the Smithsonian Institution, which designates certain artists and performers who have made a noteworthy contribution to the arts and culture of America, named the Sons of the Pioneers as "National Treasures".

In 1995, the Sons of the Pioneers were inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The Sons of the Pioneers were the first Country and Western group to sing at Carnegie Hall, and the first to perform at the lavish nightclubs in Las Vegas. The group has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6845 Hollywood Blvd. for recording.

Pioneertown, California was named for the Sons of the Pioneers who were original investors. It was built in 1946 as an old west movie set.[14]

The Sons of the Pioneers Transcription Disc Collection resides at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill within the Southern Folklife Collection.[15]

Since 1933, 43 singers and musicians have been official members of the Sons of the Pioneers.

Maybe I just better stop trying to post at all …

You stand fast.

Humans error. No biggie

Who is Gatlkn?

I am Gatlkn, and I am better known sometimes as Gatlin.

I hope I have now informed you who “Gatlkn” is and trust that you will understand why you will frequently find typos [many at times] in my posts. I read the posts on my computer with a magnifying glass and I answer them mostly by just “blindly” [pun intended] keying in responsive words and phrases without being able to fully see clearly all the words I am typing on the screen. I don’t bother to take time to use the magnifying glass to proof read and I sincerely hope that you will forgive me for not doing that.

Enjoy your day. I am going to enjoy mine….I always do.

Sorry kiddo, but I don't believe even 10% of what you post, and there is no excuse for the whining you indulge yourself in...

I'm only 81, so indeed, my days are made more enjoyable by reading your humorous pity parties...

As I've said before, please continue with your silly displays. You're very amusing,in a sick sort of way.

Thanks for the info.

That's the best post you've ever made.

You should quit while you're ahead.

Yes, the world is waiting for the sunrise as those of us who closely follow you here...

I'm honored, but your obsessive need for attention is growing tiresome.

Sorry kiddo, but I don't believe even 10% of what you post …

No, don’t be concerned, you needn’t give it a second thought and you are
definitely not to worry about it. You would have needed to understand
the post before you could believe it. It’s okay with me since I am all too
familiar with your acute comprehension problem. You’re still entitled
to believe what little you were able to understand. And rest assuredly
that I have no desire to ever in any way obtrude on any conscience clause.

… and there is no excuse for the whining you indulge yourself in...

Ah, you’re spot on correct with your keen mental discernment. Actually,
there should be no reason for an explanation either. I do apologize, and
offer a most sincere regretful acknowledgment.

I'm only 81,

I like that “only” qualifier to your age….it made me chortle. I truly hope
that you are in good health and remain so. Enjoy your last few years and
live life to the fullest extent. And always keep close in mind the old proverb:
“Man is here today and gone tomorrow."

… so indeed, my days are made more enjoyable
by reading your humorous pity parties...

That’ great. For I believe a man who has lived 81 years should have his last
days made more enjoyable. I am delighted my stay with you has been so
highly enjoyable to you and it was deeply meaningful to me. I considered
it to be a learning experience like no other in my entire life. I have never
before been in a position to associate with your class of people. I have learned
a lot and it was indeed a hoot for me while doing so.

As I've said before, please continue with your silly displays.

You nicely displayed proper etiquette while requesting your deep heartfelt and
warm desire for me to continue to post. You are to be commended for that.
However I alone must decide if I shall continue to post or not and irrespective
of your plea. In the upcoming short period of time, I will need to make a wise
decision. And I will certainly take time to give it thorough consideration. During
the time I held 12 ranks in 10 pay grades while gallantly and proudly serving our
great nation, I have been well trained to never make an irresponsible snap decision.
Being mentally keen and having greatly acute practical sense is a definite asset of
one’s life. You do agree, right? Of course you do….you must.

You're very amusing, in a sick sort of way.

I can definitely understand that feeling especially since I too find your statements
are off-times sickly twisted yet unreasonably laughable. I am reminded of the
proverbial idiom of Spanish origin. How does that go? Hmm, let’s see. Oh, got it:
“the pot calling the kettle black.” This saying, personifying kitchenware is used
in order to make a point about hypocrisy. Oh, wait. It’s not that I would ever say
that you are a hypocrite….heavens forbid. I am just saying that I recalled this
old idiom for some reason.

I have things to do, so I must go now….I will leave you with this great sagacious
and insightful quote:

“Never say goodbye because goodbye means
going away and going away means forgetting.”
~ J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Until then, take care of yourself….I sincerely mean that.

--- indeed, my days are made more enjoyable by reading your humorous pity parties... As I've said before, please continue with your silly displays. You're very amusing,in a sick sort of way. ---- tpaine

I believe a man who has lived 81 years should have his last days made more enjoyable. I am delighted my stay with you has been so highly enjoyable to you and it was deeply meaningful to me. I considered it to be a learning experience like no other in my entire life. I have never before been in a position to associate with your class of people.----

---- You nicely displayed proper etiquette while requesting your deep heartfelt and warm desire for me to continue to post. You are to be commended for that. However I alone must decide if I shall continue to post or not and irrespective of your plea. In the upcoming short period of time, I will need to make a wise decision. And I will certainly take time to give it thorough consideration. During the time I held 12 ranks in 10 pay grades while gallantly and proudly serving our great nation,

There you go again, boasting that you "gallanty" served... Have you no modesty?

I must admit that your constant self-aggrandizement is welcome humor tho, so don't stop, please...

BTW, what 'class of people' am I? -- This is a strange comment from a supposed officer and gentleman. ---- "You do agree, right? Of course you do….you must."