http://colonelpossum.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Colonel Possum en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:29:04 GMT 2010-01-02T05:29:04Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977556792 After a new snow I typically follow deer tracks to avoid drifts and other hidden dangers that might trip you up. Deer must have an extra sense that detects things lurking below the fluffy white continuum . . . Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:52:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977556792 Colonel Possum 2009-01-08T06:52:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977475187 Colonel Possum’s Recession Chronicles (previous episodes): The $700 Million Dollar Chicken Ranch One Hour and Thirty One Minutes of Recession Relief “Colonel, do you know much . . . Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:52:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977475187 Colonel Possum 2008-10-12T07:52:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977468082 Colonel Possum’s Recession Chronicles (previous episode): The $700 Million Dollar Chicken Ranch   “Who’s this one? She’s pretty like Sage*,” Big Molly sat on a kitchen barstool . . . Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:42:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977468082 Colonel Possum 2008-10-05T01:42:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977461387 Welcome to Colonel Possum's Recession Chronicles (first episode)! "Hey Colonel," Big Molly* pulled her welding helmet off and tossed it on the floor, "What are these Congress . . . Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:28:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977461387 Colonel Possum 2008-09-28T06:28:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977429721 If you have troubles remembering how many houses you own you probably won’t drop dead at the local pet store when they ring up a popular flea treatment for your Chihuahua. The ole Colonel doesn’t have . . . Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:47:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977429721 Colonel Possum 2008-08-25T05:47:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977426451 We are not in a recession, at least not technically or so they say. Hell, everyone I know is feeling a bit recessive these days. Take Big Molly and Elko Mono. Their proud Peterbilts are saving a lot . . . Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:17:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977426451 Colonel Possum 2008-08-21T06:17:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977396638 "Do the tits point up or down?" I asked Molly. "Up, I think," Big Molly scratched her big head and studied a printout from a recent Google search on the topic. "Hell . . . Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:58:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977396638 Colonel Possum 2008-07-13T05:58:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977394273 The ole Colonel has written quite a few stories about Lady Kenmore appliances for Gather (see below). They generally lack much practical information but have expanded on a range of issues including love, . . . Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:47:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977394273 Colonel Possum 2008-07-10T05:47:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977389433 IT'S NOW!! Gather's Third Annual Fourth of July Picnic hosted by the Old Hippies Corner (OHC) is officially underway, WELCOME TO GATHERSTOCK 2008! Gatherstock 2008 . . . Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:27:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977389433 Colonel Possum 2008-07-04T13:27:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977387449 Gatherstock 2008! Yup, it is time to party down! You are invited to Gather's Third Fourth of July Picnic hosted by the Old H ippies Corner (OHC) in beautiful dow ntown Pearsall, . . . Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:59:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977387449 Colonel Possum 2008-07-02T04:59:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977385653 It is indeed a sad day at the Old Hippie's Corner (OHC). At 11:15 AM today, the Colonel pulled the plug on his beloved 26 year-old Lady Kenmore refrigerator. Suffering from a failing compressor, . . . Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:09:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977385653 Colonel Possum 2008-06-30T03:09:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977270329 At the top end of New Orleans' Bourbon Street is a little bar called the "Gateway." It is the first bar in the French Quarter where you can wet your whistle if you've just stepped off . . . Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:07:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977270329 Colonel Possum 2008-02-28T03:07:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977252510 The English band, Procol Harum, popularized anti-gravity experiences in 1967. They would no longer be the arcane experiments of white-coated physicists in secret government laboratories. Keith Reid . . . Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:08:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977252510 Colonel Possum 2008-02-08T04:08:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977230863 The ole Colonel received the most wonderful New Year's Day present from mona d. when he arrived home from a recent trip to the Eureka OHC, Nevada. On the porch was a UPS box and inside a Portable . . . Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:33:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977230863 Colonel Possum 2008-01-16T03:33:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977222196 "Apple pie is good," Julian Noga practices desperately what little English he knows as Patton's 3 rd Army approaches the camp. He has been imprisoned in Austrian jails and now the Flossenbürg . . . Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:50:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977222196 Colonel Possum 2008-01-06T22:50:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977216209 Call the Colonel old fashioned but I believe that a good pair of jeans is the only proper attire for a gentleman at the New Year's dance. We're up here at the Eureka OHC in rural East Central . . . Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:32:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977216209 Colonel Possum 2007-12-31T06:32:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977206616 The following is the last in a series from ColonelPossum's Tall Tales from the Sixties now reposted to Tom Brokaw's newgroup Boom! Part VII to a Multi-Part Series, "Weekend in San . . . Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:23:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977206616 Colonel Possum 2007-12-18T04:23:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977204158 The following is the next in a series from ColonelPossum's Tall Tales from the Sixties now reposted to Tom Brokaw's newgroup Boom! Part VI to a Multi-Part Series, "Weekend in San . . . Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:57:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977204158 Colonel Possum 2007-12-15T04:57:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977202640 The following is the next in a series from Colonel Possum?s Tall Tales from the Sixties now reposted to Tom Brokaw?s new group Boom! Part V to a Multi-Part Series, "Weekend in San Francisco": . . . Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:02:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977202640 Colonel Possum 2007-12-13T16:02:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977200576 The following is the next in a series from Colonel Possum’s Tall Tales from the Sixties now reposted to Tom Brokaw’s new group Boom! Part IV to a Multi-Part Series, "Weekend . . . Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:02:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977200576 Colonel Possum 2007-12-11T16:02:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977198509 The following is the next in a series from Colonel Possum’s Tall Tales from the Sixties now reposted to Tom Brokaw’s new group Boom! Part III to a Multi-Part Series, "Weekend . . . Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:06:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977198509 Colonel Possum 2007-12-09T05:06:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977197143 The following is the next in a series from Colonel Possum’s Tall Tales from the Sixties now reposted to Tom Brokaw’s new group Boom! Part II to a Multi-Part Series, "Weekend . . . Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:21:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977197143 Colonel Possum 2007-12-07T16:21:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977196149 The following is the next in a series from Colonel Possum’s Tall Tales from the Sixties now reposted to Tom Brokaw’s new group Boom! Part I to a Multi-Part Series, "Weekend in . . . Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:30:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977196149 Colonel Possum 2007-12-06T16:30:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977194704 The following is the first of a series from Colonel Possum’s Tall Tales from the Sixties now reposted to Tom Brokaw’s new group Boom! Preface to a Multi-Part Series, "Weekend . . . Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:10:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977194704 Colonel Possum 2007-12-05T05:10:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977190880 “It’s here!” Big Molly hollered from the porch, “Oooh-Weeeeeee!”  I didn’t hear Big Brown roll up our gravel drive but knew what Molly had in her hand. Dropping . . . Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:05:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977190880 Colonel Possum 2007-12-03T12:05:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977147622 “There’s Little Joe!” Elko cried out.  I looked up from the paper as a Ford F-250 barreled through the OHC gate kicking gravel and spreading cats in all directions. A single occupant . . . Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:06:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977147622 Colonel Possum 2007-10-15T04:06:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977125518 Life couldn’t get much better, at least not at the Old Hippie’s Corner (OHC). My big gals are back and Sage flies in from New Orleans November 7!  I heard a familiar Jake brake gargle . . . Sun, 23 Sep 2007 06:18:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977125518 Colonel Possum 2007-09-23T06:18:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977104216 After a streak of good tidings and luck, the Old Hippie’s Corner (OHC) laundry room juggernaut has hit a sandbar.  For those of you that have stood so faithfully by the Colonel’s side . . . Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:58:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977104216 Colonel Possum 2007-09-02T04:58:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977090349 Manifold Blessings have befallen the Old Hippie's Corner (OHC)!  For those of you that have been following the laundry room melodrama at the OHC, things have been pretty bleak. August 30 will . . . Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:36:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977090349 Colonel Possum 2007-08-19T01:36:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977084262 There is a simple way to protect your piano from the ravages of moths. Before we get to that part, let’s talk chainsaws.  As I’ve mentioned before, firewood is a big deal during the fall . . . Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:45:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977084262 Colonel Possum 2007-08-13T03:45:28Z