In a message dated 9/29/08 7:04:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time, pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Yes...Lee Marvin ... cantankerous is a mild word. And he was a drunkard. > Big, very rugged, attractive man with that > distinctive voice.........when he wasn't drinking he was OK. lol - i think it was lee marvin who was in "cat ballou". i owned his drunken horse from that film for the last few years of his life; his name was, appropriately, ballou. i guess when the studios were done with the poor guy, they sold him to a local rent-a-horse string stable to be rented on weekends. he was the ugliest and the SWEETEST old horse - and could easily break into that "drunken" gait of his. i lived down the road from the stable and, when i saw that poor old sad face, i bought him for a huge $300. he was a wonderful guy till the day he died. diane Diane Strasser Silstra German Shepherds<BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators.<BR> (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)</HTML> ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================