Author Topic: Met SASS #1 and #1000 (Read 541 times)

Cheyenne Ranger · « **on:** October 30, 2003, 05:22:57 AM »

We had are semi-annual picnic last week-end and Judge Roy and JL Kate were in attendance. Nicest people you would want to meet. Turns out they have the same ZIP as I do--talk about your small world!
They do a bunch of traveling for SASS so they don't come out often but when they do it's always a treat for the club.

Cheyenne

Cuts Crooked · « **Reply #1 on:** October 30, 2003, 05:59:19 AM »

Lucky guy!

I almost envy ya!

I've had the good fortune to spend time with Harper on several occassions and I corrospond with Kate on a regular basis but have never met her in person.

They are indeed a very nice couple and Judge is jist plain fun to around. Wonderful ambassadores for SASS! :grin:

howdy doody · « **Reply #2 on:** October 30, 2003, 06:50:42 AM »

Never have met Justice Lilly Kate, but have shot with the judge a couple of times. Last year at the California State Championships Papa Bear presented the judge with an honory SCORRS badge and he liked that alot. That was the saturday night I dressed as the sass marshall. Everyone thought that was funny, including him, which I was worried about.

He is down to earth and a nice guy, so is Tex, Hipshot, Slickshot and Gen. Grant.

Cheyenne Ranger · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2003, 08:15:34 AM »

I'm thinking that too many people believe what SASS is what is on its Wire. At the matches it is a whole 'nother ball game (a much better one)

Figure most people are basically good at heart. It's the writing on the Wire from a distance that can get "interesting" at times

Cheyenne

howdy doody · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2003, 09:05:47 AM »

Bingo Cheyenne Ranger

That's what I am talkin' about. The sass wire has become nothing more than a place to shoot off your mouth, not guns. It is not like that in the real world. I have possied with some of the longest folks in the game. Every last one of them is fun to shoot with. Take Tex for an example. You shoot with him, he is loose, jokes around, has a good time, does posse chores and makes a bunch of smoke. What else could you ask for? This whole thing is about having fun isn't it? Well, that is what I like to do, have fun. :grin:

Cheyenne Ranger · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2003, 09:27:48 AM »

Wonder if we are scaring people off if they look at the Wire first. I went to a couple of matches then found the Wire so I knew what the real SASS matches were like before I got hot and heavy into reading all the negative posts. Just hope they overlook it and go shooting--that's where the fun is.
Cheyenne

howdy doody · « **Reply #6 on:** October 30, 2003, 02:21:42 PM »

I am sort of the other way around Cheyenne Ranger. I found CAS thru a hobby of mine and then found the wire. I don't know when that was but this is my 5th year of CAS I am into now. The wire then was a different look and didn't work as well. We could post pictures and stuff right on it then too. Folks were helpful, folks were friendly and we had a good old time. I am like some others that wish it was like the so called good old days, but you can see that isn't about to happen. I don't finger point, but you know the deal. Meanwhile I roam the boards in search of good company, like you for instance and I still have the most fun you can have with your clothes on at a shoot. I shoot just about every weekend and it still is some great fun and some of the finest folks I could possibly ask for to shoot with. :grin: :grin: :grin:

Old Cane · « **Reply #7 on:** October 31, 2003, 04:43:18 PM »

I quit SASS partly because of the wire and the way the founders/organizers use/don't use it. They could settle lots of things on the wire but they seldom answer even when called out. The office will not answer email. That's what made me quit. Since it is a business I took mine elsewhere. I was so sick of "Hey, wow, slow down and you'll have a more harmonious outcome" crap I gave up. Anytime I questioned the business ethics of SASS I got a bunch of guys telling me the cowbot way. Not one of them that I could ever tell was ever a cowboy. I was. That's why I can't afford real Colts. The colts I have I ride.

The guys I shot with were great no matter where it was but there must be some real dingers out there. Puttin' on a hat and boots doesn't make being a jerk in real life magically go away. Being a jerk carries over but now all of a sudden the jerk is armed.

I found the folks on the wire I could get along with, I could get along with in an office or in a tree stand, anywhere.

howdy doody · « **Reply #8 on:** November 03, 2003, 07:47:27 AM »

Old Cane, pard I have heard this story from others too. It is a shame, but don't hold that dumb assed sass wire up for too close an examination. Hardly anyone even bothers to look at the wire, let alone post on it any more. I frequent The Frontier Spot a lot and have since it started up about a year or so ago as an alternative to the sass wire and we have a bunch of great pards that visit from time to time. I was just noticing that someone noted that there is many more pards visiting and posting on the Frontier Spot than the wire now and after only a year.
I love this sight too. I like the layout of it and can open up just the section I want without wading through all the posts. Greybeard has done a fantastic job here.
We have a few pards in my area that aren't renewing sass membership and you certainly don't need to be a member to shoot an any of our local monthly shoots, but you do need to be a member for the annuals, regionals and such. I like to hit some of them during the year and I enjoy camping out and shooting for a few days straight, so I keep my membership up. If it wasn't for those events and getting to meet folks I wouldn't normally around here, I would probably use my $35 a year for ammo or something. :grin:

Old Cane · « **Reply #9 on:** November 03, 2003, 08:09:18 AM »

I sure agree with all of that. This has been a great site to hit when I need/want info or just want to see what other folks are doing. He has done a great thing with this site. And I was watching the FS site back when it started up and after all the good folks were getting kicked off the wire. Seems like a good spot and that the cream of the wire started using it and most of the jerks stayed off. I still stop by once in a while.

The reason I won't go shoot at a SASS club is sure not because of the people involved. It's because part of the entry fee goes to sass.

howdy doody · « **Reply #10 on:** November 03, 2003, 10:07:57 AM »

Old Cane, Nope, none of the entry fee at a local goes to SASS. This I thought too, but it was all dispelled by club presidents and TGs. Around here all the shoots are on some kind of shooting range. Part of the fee does go to the range the shoot is held at. The clubs I frequent use the remainder to buy new and rebuild targets and tables and such. No part goes to sass. The regionals might, but not your regular club shoots. Fees here are $15 for none club members and $10 for club members. I frequent 5 clubs within an hour of me and I am able to shoot every weekend. :grin:

Old Cane · « **Reply #11 on:** November 04, 2003, 04:27:22 AM »

Well, that's certainly good news. I may have to venture out again some time. Thanks.

howdy doody · « **Reply #12 on:** November 04, 2003, 06:48:01 AM »

Further on that money going to the shooting range thing. It happens that the ranges here get so much per shooter. The reasoning is to do with the insurance necessary to cover butts for liability. I know some clubs carry their own, but it is much cheaper to use pay into the shooting ranges costs.
This is where the annuals help clubs a lot. A club of some size can get an annual going and make some extra for the treasury of the club. Annual shoot fees around here run from $75 -100 for the three or four day shoot.
Membership in the one club I belong to is $25 a year.
I keep plugging along with this hoping a club official will step up and spell it out. I am sure that sass gets nothing from clubs for the monthly shoots though.
Kinda makes you wonder why there is so much fuss about sass a organization. Basically it seems it is more of a fixture that has a rule book and of course they make money with the memberships. Let's see there are probably about 35000 active members @ $35 per year renewal = what's that something like a million point two? Then the other stuff, hmmmm. Now I am seeing the gross and wondering about the net. EOT is a biggy for sass and I know they get a lot of labor volunteered and they get something from vendors too no doubt. OK, want to join up in my new outfit Howdy's Shooting Club?? :lol:

Sweetwater Jack · « **Reply #13 on:** November 21, 2003, 08:03:17 PM »

On the SASS wire; The moderators have deleted the "Political Fire" from the wire. Things may get better. Again, the SHOOTERS never act the way some of those folk do behind the facade of the wire. :-)
And if you think The Judge and Lily Kate are a hoot, try spending a week with TEX and CAT BALLOU! Gaye Abandon and I went on the SASS Civil War Historical Cruise on the Delta Queen with them last month, and laughed for weeks! Good folks. (And they SHOOT good, too!)

SWJ

Big Hext Finnigan · « **Reply #14 on:** November 22, 2003, 04:39:30 AM »

Howdy all,

The SASS Wire is improving. I do not post there, as to do so is to support the current administrative climate. The removal of the PolFire was a good idea, long past due. The moderation is awfully choppy and uneven in it's application, but it does exist, as opposed to the past.

The shooting events are so different and so much fun that I shudder for the poor newbie that tries to learn by hitting the bulletin boards. This place is great and a wonderful cross-over opportunity for those interested in hunting and guns, but not exposed to CAS. TFS is now the home of the "heavy hitters" of the CAS online world. Not that you can't get advice on the SASSWire, but that the really experienced shooters that POST are on TFS.

To tie this to the topic, #1 and #1000 are good people as are most of the Wild Bunch. We need to get off the computers once in a while and shoot with each other (not at each other). So when you see a newbie posting, insist that they go shooting, even if it means not answering all their questions, because in this day and age, we try to gather information and cover all the bases before we leave the house.

Thanks for the ear, sorry for the ramble.
Adios,