Comments on: Fewtril True

By: Rueful Red

Rueful Red — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:21:52 +0000

Caro tells it - settling a labour dispute/riot. Caro’s very good on making Texans seem very very different.

By: HalfEmpty

HalfEmpty — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:43:13 +0000

Was that from Caro? I assumed that line was from the way way back era.

My cousin Stephen tells a similar story about a near riot breaking out in St. Pete during the “bad years” an Officer Needs Help call went out and the first responder (he was working US 19) was a Florida Highway Patrolman. He waded into the crowd with his 357 in both hands and dispersed same. Steve sez he heard from the back of the “Watch out! It’s a Road Man!”

By: Rueful Red

Rueful Red — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:49:05 +0000

And that “just one riot, just one Ranger” line from Frank Hamer?

By: HalfEmpty

HalfEmpty — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:56:15 +0000

Ha ha! yep.

By: Rueful Red

Rueful Red — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:40:07 +0000

I like the story about how, when the chaplain of the Texas House had failed to turn up to request the help of the Almighty in its deliberations, Speaker Coke observed “I guess you fellows are on your own today”. Cool.

By: HalfEmpty

HalfEmpty — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:45:27 +0000

Coke Stevenson reminds me a little too much of me beloved Dad. Coffee Cooling and such. Makes me stamp my feet. Let’s make a damn decision! :>

By: ninme

ninme — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:57:12 +0000

Yes.

By: Rueful Red

Rueful Red — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:26:33 +0000

Russell comes over as the Noblest Roman of the All, as it were. Caro’s very good at the personal complexities. His Russell could have so easily become a liberal caricature. I liked how Coke Stevenson’s incorporated into the great mythologies of the frontier.

By: Rueful Red

Rueful Red — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:22:10 +0000

Did he indeed? I remember seeing him when he was very young playing for Somerset in 1968, alongside the legendary Bill Alley. Liked Chappelli as a player but can quite see where the difficulties might arise.

By: HalfEmpty

HalfEmpty — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:20:38 +0000

Yes Caros mini-bios are good stuff. I especially like the one on Richard Russell (of the Georgia Russells). Wish he had the space to do one on Walter George who was his compatriot, his farm adjoined my Great-Uncle Bills in Vienna (pronounced Vi Enya) Georgia.