Why I love reading Skeeter!
by Dave B 
, Alamogordo New Mexico, Friday, March 01, 2013, 17:23 (4230 days ago)
Shooting Times Magazine
June 1979
Who's Who in Gun Land?
Q I ordered a copy of No Second Place Winner from Bill Jordan and asked if he had recovered from Jug Johnson's visit.
On the frontispiece of the book he wrote, "I am sure you are aware that both Jug Johnson and Skeeter Skelton are fictitious characters. Dobe Grant writes all of those Stories".
Well?
A Well, it looks like you've been taken in, like so many others.
"Bill Jordan" is the pen name of Belle Jordan, a wizened little old lady in Shreveport, La. That long, tall, homely yahoo you see around the gun conventions is a guy she hired away from a carnival sideshow to make personal appearances for her.
Yep, a classic retort from Skeeter.
by Rob Leahy 
, Prescott, Arizona, Friday, March 01, 2013, 17:32 (4230 days ago) @ Dave B
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
I remember that!
Takes me back.
Borrowed
by Dave B , Alamogordo New Mexico, Saturday, March 02, 2013, 01:14 (4230 days ago) @ Boge Quinn
From the Dark Canyon website, they have a nice little collection of Skeeter's writings.
"Where'd you get that piece of chicken hide, Pete?"
(Good Friends, Good Guns, Good Whiskey p. 138)
It's not a crossdraw, but I'm pretty sure Skeeter would have approved.
Fred D'Albini, probably not so much. 
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• Smith & Wesson 'Combat Masterpiece' .38 Special
• Custom stocks by Keith Brown
• El Paso Saddlery 'Tom Threepersons' holster
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Bonus Track! − Marty Robbins − El Paso − (Original, full-length version @ YouTube)
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"Where'd you get that piece of chicken hide, Pete?"
Got a brown one just like that, FOG, but my C/M is not in nearly as nice shape as yours. Class rig.
I've always wanted one...
First, I lucked into the CM (which is just fabulous; Thanks again, Glen!), then I found the grips (which are among the best I've ever seen), and the next thing I knew, there was that shiny "piece of chicken hide" (LOL)
Good for the soul! 
The trusty old VISA card, not so much... 
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"Where'd you get that piece of chicken hide, Pete?"
by Slow Hand , Indiana, Saturday, March 02, 2013, 18:01 (4229 days ago) @ FOG
For a few weeks after I read that article, I called everyone Pete and chuckled about it! It didn't do anything for my already questionable popularity... I gave up on it when it took too long, too many times explaining it!
Why I love reading Skeeter! PART 2
DON'T FORGET THIS; Skeeter and Bill Jordan had a HUGE falling out sometime before Skeeters death.
In a related story...
As it turns out, butterflies aren't free after all...
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As a fan of both men . . .
. . . I'd be quite interested in documentation of this claim.
Seriously.
Why I love reading Skeeter! PART 2
by Slow Hand , Indiana, Saturday, March 02, 2013, 18:03 (4229 days ago) @ Who....me...??
First I've heard if it. What point does this statement make?
Why I love reading Skeeter! PART 2 WHAT???
by Fivegunner , LOWELL Mi., Sunday, March 03, 2013, 15:43 (4228 days ago) @ Who....me...??
John , could you add a little more info, about this falling out thing???
In addition to Skeeter's good humor...
His writing frequently expressed his warmth as a person.
Skeeter could certainly be serious, but regardless of the strain imposed by circumstance, he never showed the slightest hint of having a chip on his shoulder about anything.
Whether that was really true, I can't say, but it is something to emulate.
Or at least admire.
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