I want to wish all my brothers a merry Christmas and happy new year! I have talked to the rat, hippie, and soul man. I was so excited to find this site, and get back in contact with you all, anyone please feel free to contact me, any guys from the third herd want to get in touch please email me.
-Dutch

I JUST WANTED TO WISH ALL MY BROTHERS A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.

I AM HOWEVER AFRAID IT WILL NOT BE SO HAPPY FOR DANNY BRIGGS WHEN THE HORNS GET DONE WITH THEM BAMMA BOYS. HE ALWAYS SAYS ROLL TIDE, BUT I DO BELIVE THE TIDE WILL BE ROLLING OUT.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS,

1st sgt
TEX

RATS ROLLING WITH HIS GARMAN
LIL COWBOY HAS A TRUCK
HARRY GOT A DEAR
LP'S OUT

Larry, the Texas Longhorns were playing at home here in Texas. They should get an extra second or two! The Tidey Bowl Boys from Alabama will be wishing THEY were playing at home on January 7th. I'm trying to think of something I'd like to bet with Danny Briggs on for that game. Maybe something he would have to do at the reunion that would contribute to the company fund.
And you can't help the Rat with excuses for getting lost. He actually is only lost in about 1/6 of the state. He has this big circle he keeps driving on around Dallas-Ft.Worth. Its about 100 miles out. And I've heard from numerous sources that he is always driving in a clockwise direction around here. Its gotten so bad that the Salvation Army is putting several guys with the little bell and red pot out on "The Rat's Trail". They have orders to take turns every few hours. They know by now that the Rat thinks he is at a different place every time he passes by. They hope is that the Rat contributes someday before he runs out of gas money!

Tex is holed up at the Cajun Cowboy
Danny is wishing he was from Texas
Harry is glad he found an animal to hunt that stands and dares him to hit him
The Rat is now at our 6
Overton is now on the Rat Trail

They say Texas is a big place, Rat its understandable for folks to get turned around now and then.
Hell even a Texas minute has 61 seconds in it, at least in Jerry's new stadium.
I know a guy, with a whole box on recycled micro chips, must be an enterprizing saw bones, or a border Doc that will install them for cheap.



HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Just wanted to tell everyone Merry Christmas! I'm sure that everyone but the Rat wishes I wasn't so busy these days. Its tough to find time to get on here. I will make a point of getting back on here January 7th to give Danny "The Eyes of Texas" after the Longhorns let the Tide know what REAL football is about!
Had an ok time visiting with the Rat at Red Lobster the other night. It was much better visiting with Lynn. At least I got some good conversation out of her. All the Rat wanted to talk about was how everything in Northeast Texas begins to look alike after you drive by it a couple hundered times, each way. Missed seeing Tex. I hope he can break away from the sidewalk babes at the Cajun Cowboy long enough to get together with us next time. Or he needs to bring them with him. Lynn might not like that but I would. The Rat would get the ugly one. He can't see good enough to know the difference anyway.
Which brings me to the question of the Garmin for the Rat. I for one believe that would be a waste of hard-earned money. Even if we had an expert install it instead of the Rat (who would put it in backwards) he couldn't read it anyway. Too much like a topo map. And if it talked to him and told him where to turn, he would argue with it and go in the opposite direction.
I was happy to read about Harry killing the tame mule deer. Those things just stand and look at you when you start shooting at them. Not like those whitetail deer I hunt. But after the head is on the wall Harry can come up with all kinds of wild stories about how he tracked that sucker for miles, took 5 shots to kill (hit him. Then took all night to pack him out on the horses. I just say its a good thing he doesn't take the Rat with him. It would take five days to find a deer. Ten shots (each to hit the deer. Then another twenty days to find their way home via Mexico after the Rat gets them lost.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Brothers!!!

IN HIS BLOG ENTRY THE RAT SAY'S HE WAS GOING TO COME TO EACH OF OUR HOMES AND WISH US ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. THEN HA SAY'S DUE TO THE WEATHER HE CAN'T DO THAT. WELL THE WEATHER IS NICE HERE IN TEXAS. BUT I DO KNOW DUE TO HIS MAP READING SKILLS IF HE WERE TO TAKE OFF A TRIP TO SEE US ALL TODAY THE LAST HOME HE WOULD VISIT WOULD BE SOMETIME IN THE YEAR 2015. IF HE WERE TO TAKE LITTLE COWBOY WITH HIM IT WOULD THEN BE SOMETIME IN 2018 BEFORE THEY MADE THEIR ROUNDS.

SANTA, PLEASE BRING THE RAT A GPS!!!

FROM YOU 1ST SGT.
IN THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS,

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!

TEX

I WAS GOING TO COME BY EACH AND EVRY HOME AND PERSONALY WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR, HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK. UNFORTUNETLY I DO NOT HAVE THE MAGICAL POWERS OF THE JOLLY FAT MAN.

TO ALL OF YOU I WISH A MERRY AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY AND HOPE FULL NEW YEAR.

I AM STILL LOOKING.

RAT

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL U ALPHA DOGS1

Where's Keith? u know what I'm gonna say ROOOOOOOOOOL TIDE!

I can see Harry is fishing for an "Atta Boy" for killing a deer. I use to kill deer in Nam with arty and no one gave me an Atta Boy. I guess you had to be there. Oh, thats right you guys were there.

Today is John Martin's birthday, he is 64. Damm were getting old. Is any one out there older than John and me? Lil Cowboy just looks older.

Still lookinjg for property, go back out on the road tomorrow. People all over East Texas wave to me, I think they recognize my truck. I can recomend any of 50 small eating places between Grand Saline and Hico Texas. I bought a brand new truck in April and it is alrerady out of warranty on miliage.

Hang loose my "Brothers".

Rat

WHERE IS EVERYONE?

JUST RETURNED FROM A 6 DAY WEST TEXAS (SANDERSON) MULEDEER HUNT. ON DAY 4 I GOT A NICE 5 PT. RACK MEASURES 18.5" WIDE & 17" TALL.

MR. RATSTER, I FORGOT THE JUJU STICK ON THIS TRIP SO IT WAS ALL DONE BY MY FINE TRAINING.

I BROUGHT 68 LBS OF MEAT TO PROCESSOR THIS EVENING. WHEN & IF RAT FINDS A PLACE IN NE TEXAS THAT WILL ACCEPT HIM, I'LL BRING LOTS OF DEER SAUSAGE FOR A BBQ CELEBRATION.

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