So let’s settle the debate about the naming of Cut and Shoot. I have talked to old timers that have lived here like forever and even they cannot agree with how the name came about. So I figured I would go to the bastion of truth Wikipedia and was directed to Texas State Historical Association. The explanation is on the internet so I KNOW it has got to be true.
/Doesn’t it?
Cut and Shoot, TX
By: Robin N. Montgomery
Published: 1952
Updated: December 1, 1994
CUT AND SHOOT, TX. Cut and Shoot (Cut ‘n Shoot, Cut N Shoot) is six miles east of Conroe and forty miles north of Houston in eastern Montgomery County. It was apparently named after a 1912 community confrontation that almost led to violence. According to the different versions of the story, the dispute was either over the design of a new steeple for the town’s only church, the issue of who should be allowed to preach there, or conflicting land claims among church members. A small boy at the scene reportedly declared, “I’m going to cut around the corner and shoot through the bushes in a minute!” The boy’s phrase apparently remained in residents’ minds and was eventually adopted as the town’s name. Population statistics were not reported for the community until the mid-1970s, when the number of residents was fifty. By 1980 the incorporated community reported a population of 809 and had built a new city hall and supported a school and several businesses. Cut and Shoot had a post office by the mid-1980s. The community’s population was reported as 903 in 1990. In 2000 the population was 1,158.
Baptist gone wild? Urban sprawl?
A bit of trivia: A couple years ago I thought about getting a box at the Cut-N-Shoot Post Office. Wait time was 3 years. Seems a lot of people think it is cool to send letters with a CNS address.
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Serious horse breeders know that “Your mares are your wealth.”
The Bedouin of Arabia always rode mares to war, not stallions. Stallions couldn’t keep their mouths shut and had to announce their presence, which really messes up stealth maneuvers. 🙂
Bedtime out here. Nite all. Have sweet dreams.
Jim Adler is just weird.
I’m guessing butterflies are more determined than I thought. I found one large caterpillar – he’s been eluding me for a while, but while I was removing the tulle covering it dropped and hid in the mulch. But I did find 3 others. I have other tubs with some damage, but I couldn’t find any vermin, so it may be… Read more »
Watching Pluto, which has Spanish language commercials.
Do you know how weird it is to hear Jim Adler (local ambulance chaser lawyer), talk so aggressively in Spanish? All my life it’s “The Texas Hammer!”
Hearing him in Spanish is just weird. Like a glitch in the matrix.
I was able to remove most of my chicken stock and vacuum seal it; there’s still a little bit that needs more personal time with Fred. The other trays are filled with egg mixture. I do need to clear some space in the frig, and while the sale was hard to pass up, there are ramifications to buying a case… Read more »
We got a severe thunderstorm warning out for our area. Any bets on whether I get a drop of rain or not? Forecaster says 100% chance – wonder if he would wager on that one. Friend sent me pictures of BFF’s cats that she rescued from cat jail. When the police found BFF, animal control came in and took the… Read more »
#142 – Yessir I saw dat……………
Brother Katfish sir oh wise one of the trucking brokers and all round good guy,
I just replied with a question of my own.
I did get a nice rain at Chez Harp, about 10 minutes after I finished up my driveway spruce-up. Well, I didn’t exactly finish cuz there is still a lot of debris out there. But I had filled the trash bin as high as I dared to go, considering I will need to put out some regular garbage from indoors… Read more »
I haven’t gotten the email yet, but I’ll keep an eye out. The car show went well today. I only got to be there for the last few hours – which was actually the last 4 hours, since the DJ hosts kept rattling on instead of calling out raffle winners, then there was cleanup. The rain held off, thank goodness.… Read more »
MsTT & Squawkster – Yall have Katfish email
128
“What kind of woman do you think I am?”
“That, madam, has been established. We are now trying to arrive at a price.”
Summary of Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland
Full of mis-dis and mal-information (MDM). I am a domestic threat actor by their definition.
Shannon
Just clearing out some of my bedtime reading. Thought y’all might be interested in it. But yeah you are correct.
Wait what? Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board.? We have a disinformation board? And just who is Nina Jankowicz? BTW she is funded by Facebook.
Bottom line you are the terrorist.
131 SQK
The noose of world government tightens around our necks a little more each day.
At the end of what they want to do you won’t be able to talk on the interwebs at all. They sound so nice but deem themselves the arbiters of misinformation
MOONSHOT
In polo you change horses every 7.5 minutes over a two hour period.
How many horses do ya have to carry around with ya???????!
When you dig down you find that you are the terrorrist.
GIFCT
#128 The Squawkster wins the internet today. 😀
I fixed some BBQ chicken for supper and dang it was good. This was a quick throw-down supper so I fixed some fresh green beans that I had left over, opened a can of White Acre peas and fixed some rice. Easy Peasy. 😉 Two things; First my homemade sauce was really good and second my new cheap Flip Phone… Read more »
Baccarat is a rich man’s sport.
Elizabeth Taylor W A S a rich man’s sport too.
Polo is a rich man’s sport.
I really enjoyed the Secretariat video. You hate to say it but there may never be another one.
Need anymore proof the government thinks you are a terrorist.
You can download the booklet.
I remember the first Sekulow Band event I ever watched, quite a few years ago, I was astonished to see Jay on both drums and wandering around the stage playing the guitar.
114 SQK
Cleanest female voice ever.
I just watched the Secretariat video. Moving indeed. Horse racing is a rich man’s sport.
RE: My #120
copy, pasted and stolen
Ms Adee #119 Secretariat sired a total of 663 Thoroughbred foals. 498 of these foals made at least one start at the racetrack. 341 of his starters won at least one race. 57 of his offspring won stakes races. He also sired at least two non-Thoroughbred foals: He was bred to a couple of non-Thoroughbred “test mares.” One was a… Read more »
Good afternoon fellow Hamsters, Late to the party today, caused by laundry to do and Chronicle to read some articles and pass over a lot more articles. Oh, and lunch to prepare around noon. Loved the tribute to the incomparable Secretariat. Wonder how many foals he sired in his long career. His legacy is assured. May he rest in endless… Read more »
MHarper
Jay Sekulo Band is a pretty darn good cover band. Never been any reason not to.
But not every one appreciates them. The Daily Beast are idiots.
Sigh they can blow it out their pie hole. I LIKE EM
I just realized I didn’t post last night that I was watching a Jay Sekulow Band fund-raising concert last night. I always enjoy these, and they always prompt me to check when was the last time I donated to ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice), see it’s been a couple of months, and these special events are always matched… Read more »
Whew, I went out and bagged up some old leaves and other debris on the driveway right in front of the garage door. Best exercise I’ve had for a week. This stuff has been out there since the couple of days that Centerpoint had those gas line diggers on site, making huge messes everywhere they went. It may rain today,… Read more »
Justin Johnson performing Norwegian Wood on the acoustic guitar.
Impressive.
okay I confess I like their music. But I never could get into her diet plan.
Ladies and germs, on bass, lets give a big round of applause to SENATOR (That is future) John Kerry. Before his political career, a young John Kerry was a student at the prestigious St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire, where he rocked out on the bass guitar with his prep school peers in their band, The Electras. In 1961, the… Read more »
Chicken tenders, that’s the answer: no need for a knife. (My answer, anyway.)
My wife eats chicken with a knife and fork. I kinda tell her I think that may be illegal.
I think Secretariat had a four on the floor. Oh my what a horse.
#98 Dave I missed my wake-up call, but I: (a) feed the cats, (b) make my big coffee and do the big Sunday sudoku, (c) get my own breakfast ready to chow down Before I even turn on the computer. Yeah, I did get up way late this morning. I was up late last night doing something, don’t even remember… Read more »
Trying to eat ribs with a knife and fork is about like trying to eat fried chicken that way.
A little something for GJT
And Zappa did Adam “Batman” West too.
All six songs on the Zappa Boy Wonder Sessions
Democrat politicians don’t really care if the public buys their books.
They are guaranteed a nice return as part of their massive money laundering operation.
My #103 stolen from DiogenesMiddleFinger.
“The American people are decidedly disinclined to pay $26 for a book about the life of President Joe Biden’s primary caretaker. Politico reports that a recently published biography of Dr. Jill Biden, Ed.D, sold just 250 copies in its first week of circulation. The Politico article, which documents the professional anxiety of the poor White House correspondents who find it… Read more »
Shannon
When I get on these music Easter Egg Hunts is when I miss him the most. Dang that guy was good when it came to off the wall stuff.
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE
Burt Ward – Orange Colored Sky