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Here are lots of questions!

posted 16 years ago by stevenscottoddballz
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#1. What does it mean to "Dry Gulch Someone"?

#2. Theodore said, "We'llgo down as numbers 16 & 17 shot by Marshal Wooly Bill Hitchcock." When were others named or numbered?

#3. During "Inspection", when a rifle is taken from you, & he holds it skyward, & looks down the rifle, what is he looking at or for?

#4. Where can I go to learn how to stand & prepare for "Inspection Arms", "At Ease", "Right/Left Shoulder Arms", etc.?

#5. What fell, that started the fire, before Marshal Hitchcock shot the lantern off?

#6. How heavy are those small kegs of powder?

#7. When Marshal Hitchcock starts after Theodore & Amos, saying, "Come here, Boys.", why are some of the flames yellow, & others blue?

#8. How do you make a horse walk backwards?

#9. What does "Dip our colors" mean?

#10. When Marshal Hitchcock is telling Theodore & Amos that he's going to shoot them between the eyes, Amos tells him, "You oughta get some butter on those hands." WRONG!!! YOU DO NOT put butter on burns; it may soothe a BIT, but what it does, mostly, is HOLDS the heat in, & makes the burn worse! {OR is THAT what Amos had in mind?}

#11. What is a "cavy" of horses?

#12. Was "Sgt. Slaughter" a take-off or homage of the wrestler? What was the wrestler's real name? Whatever happened to the wrestler? What is the performer doing now?

Eight divided by one-half equals four squared!

[–] steve-brink 15 years ago

Here are some of your answers:

#2. It is part of the Marshal's reputation that he had already shot 15 other criminals.

#3. When they inspect arm, they often chack to see if the rifle is clean and in firing order. If they see dirt, then the rifle is not up to standards.

#4. Check a military manuel or ask a military member or someone who served or was in a ROTC program.

#6. Powder weighs similarly to the equivilent to the same amount of sugar or flour.

#9. The "Colors" are the flag, and dipping, which the US flag is never supposed to be done according to flag ettiquitte, is dropping the top of the staff as to salute someone or something or to surrender to an enemy.

#10. Butter, for years, was the proper way to treat burns for first aid. It was discovered that butter, margarine, lard, or similar substance was not, in the long run, good for burns, it was changed to cold water by the time I had first aid in HS which was the mid 1970s. This movie was set in the era when that was proper way to treat burns.

#11. I think you mean "covey" which is a fancy adjective for a collective of animals, most properly for pheasants and and partridges.

#12. Sgt Slaughter's wrestling career started about the same time this movie was released. I don't think there is any homage to the wrestler, though when they were naming characters, someone in casting may have seen the wrestler and thought that it would be a good name.

Robert Remus is the wrestler's real name and he, according to wikipedia, is now working for WWE as a road agent.

[–] stevenscottoddballz 15 years ago

WOW! Thank you SO much for ALL those answers!

#10.) OH! So it would have been an anachronism: Such as when Amos and Theodore first ride into town, they pass an alley through which a hanging electric lamp and power pole with transformer are visible.

#12.) Thank you for the report on Robert "Sergeant Slaughter" Remus! I'll definitely be looking HIM up!

Thanks again for ALL your answers!

Eight divided by one-half equals four squared!

[–] steve-brink 15 years ago

Not an anachronism, just that the procedures have changed. Back then it was proper first aid, today we know better.

It would actually be a historical accuracy. Before my grandmother passed away, she mentioned that she burned her finger on the stove and that she put butter on it. I told her, you are supposed to run cold water on any burn and she said that is what they were taught to do, and it made it feel better. That was back in the 1980s.

What you mention, seeing a power pole with a transformer would be a true anachronism.

I still think Elyssa Davalos is gorgeous in this movie, but I still think of Tim Matheson in his Animal House role.

[–] stevenscottoddballz 15 years ago

O.K. Thanks again! By the way, my condolenses on losing your grandmother. I've lost BOTH grandparents, so I KNOW how you feel losing them. I miss mine. Do you?

Eight divided by one-half equals four squared!

[–] steve-brink 15 years ago

Nice of you to say that, but it has been some 13 years and she was 92 and lived a good life. We always miss our grandparents, and my kids, who never knew them, know of them and I was lucky to have all of mine until I was in my 20s.

[–] stevenscottoddballz 15 years ago

It's been that long for me, too; but I still pine for her. I miss her terribly. Do you have hints on how to get through the holidays without loved ones?

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[–] steve-brink 15 years ago

The circle of life, now I have holidays with my parents and my kids. It is about the same number of people as before, except my kids are at the kids table and I get to be at the grown up table. ;)

In my family it was someone's job for dinner. My late aunt was the stuffing maker and that is now my job. My gradma used to be in change of the pies, and now my sister-in-law take care of that. So the familt traditions remain, except someone steps up and takes over when someone is no longer able or is no longer with us.

Keep the memory of your grandparents alive by telling your kids, and your nephews and neices so they have an idea on what kind of people they were and how much they meant to you and to the family. If you don't have kids yet, you'll know that you must be that link to them. When your missing relatives are remembered, they live on.

[–] stevenscottoddballz 15 years ago

Thanks. I'll try to remember that.

Eight divided by one-half equals four squared!

[–] sarahleigh81 (94) 2 years ago

dry-gulch: to ambush with the intent of killing or severely mauling