This is all Wildcat Diva's Fault... ;D

[sylvirfoxx]

Oh all right.
Fancy swords (these aren't the katanas):

ARGH! I think I like those even better than the katanas! LOL

 

[sylvirfoxx]

welcome

Hello & welcome.

WELCOME ABOARD. - We have far too little estrogen on TGT for my taste.
(I keep trying to get my daughter to get interested in the forum but so far NO luck.)

yours, satx

Thanks, guys!

Wildcat Diva,

About 2 years after my grandmother's passing in 1973 (She was born in Indian Territory in 1873 & nearly made it to 100YO.), my kid sister went though her "personal belongings" & found the 2 large hair-combs that she had worn in her braids for 75+ years.
Nancy dropped one of the "combs" & much to her surprise discovered that both combs were actually concealed mother-of-pearl handled daggers.
(IT/OK was wild & quite dangerous in that era & even "nice church ladies" carried concealed arms for self-protection.)

Note: We also found a Colt's Banker's Special in .38S&W (circa 1910) with suede holster among her effects, when her estate was settled. - The longer I have thought of it, the less that I believe my GM's protestations that she was "nothing more than a farm wife & long-serving schoolmarm".

yours, satx

Wow. Those combs sound really cool. Would love to see pictures of those!

Welcome

Thank you. : )

 

[Wildcat Diva]

ARGH! I think I like those even better than the katanas! LOL

I have A LOT of hair weaponry. Decorative mostly.
A few letter openers that could do the job. Mostly just stuff that suggests the theme, though.

Satx: SO SO cool!!

Moonpie: nah. Never went off on anybody with them. Occasionally my kid pulls the swords out of my hair to brandish at some imaginary foe with a "chiiiiiiinnnng!!!" sound effect.

 

[itsawondertoo]

Welcome to TGT!

 

[seeker_two]

Welcome, Sylvirfoxx! Happy to have you join us in our gender-neutral restroom door forum.

Wildcat Diva,

About 2 years after my grandmother's passing in 1973 (She was born in Indian Territory in 1873 & nearly made it to 100YO.), my kid sister went though her "personal belongings" & found the 2 large hair-combs that she had worn in her braids for 75+ years.
Nancy dropped one of the "combs" & much to her surprise discovered that both combs were actually concealed mother-of-pearl handled daggers.
(IT/OK was wild & quite dangerous in that era & even "nice church ladies" carried concealed arms for self-protection.)

Note: We also found a Colt's Banker's Special in .38S&W (circa 1910) with suede holster among her effects, when her estate was settled. - The longer I have thought of it, the less that I believe my GM's protestations that she was "nothing more than a farm wife & long-serving schoolmarm".

yours, satx

She probably was just a farm wife and schoolmarm.....one that people didn't mess with.

 

[satx78247]

seeker_two,

One thing is certain about my GM: She was determined that women in OK would "get the vote" & was an active Suffragette. = She was frequently ARRESTED/JAILED for her activities in Tulsa, Enid & OKC as early as 1907.
(As my mother said, "She was no pussycat. Nettie Mae was a lioness, full-grown. Though she was 'bull-headed' & often abrasive, she accomplished much that was good." Mother paused & then said, "In frontier OK & TX, we women had to learn to kill our own snakes.")
Note: My mother was born in JAN 1918 & quietly passed away in her sleep in SEP 2016.

yours, satx

 

[easy rider]

seeker_two,

One thing is certain about my GM: She was determined that women in OK would "get the vote" & was an active Suffragette. = She was frequently ARRESTED/JAILED for her activities in Tulsa, Enid & OKC as early as 1907.
(As my mother said, "She was no pussycat. Nettie Mae was a lioness, full-grown. Though she was 'bull-headed' & often abrasive, she accomplished much that was good." Mother paused & then said, "In frontier OK & TX, we women had to learn to kill our own snakes.")
Note: My mother was born in JAN 1918 & quietly passed away in her sleep in SEP 2017.

yours, satx

I'm sorry for the jab and I'm sure she was a great woman, but does she know she will pass away in two months?

 

[satx78247]

I'm sorry for the jab and I'm sure she was a great woman, but does she know she will pass away in two months?

easy rider,

THANKS for catching the typo. = FIXED.
(The correct DoD was 14SEP16,)

yours, satx

 

[easy rider]

easy rider,

THANKS for catching the typo. = FIXED.
(The correct DoD was 14SEP16,)

yours, satx

98, she had a good run, I can only hope I can get anywhere near that age.

 

[karlac]

Howdy

 

[sylvirfoxx]

I have A LOT of hair weaponry. Decorative mostly.
A few letter openers that could do the job. Mostly just stuff that suggests the theme, though.

Those brass sticks I'm getting from the RAOK could put a hole in somebody if they had to...

Welcome to TGT!

Thanks!

Welcome, Sylvirfoxx! Happy to have you join us in our gender-neutral restroom door forum.

Gender-neutral my foot! That restroom door was clearly transgender male only and discriminated against pansexual females! LoL!

seeker_two,

One thing is certain about my GM: She was determined that women in OK would "get the vote" & was an active Suffragette. = She was frequently ARRESTED/JAILED for her activities in Tulsa, Enid & OKC as early as 1907.
(As my mother said, "She was no pussycat. Nettie Mae was a lioness, full-grown. Though she was 'bull-headed' & often abrasive, she accomplished much that was good." Mother paused & then said, "In frontier OK & TX, we women had to learn to kill our own snakes.")
Note: My mother was born in JAN 1918 & quietly passed away in her sleep in SEP 2016.

yours, satx

Well good on her! My Grandmother (passed away last year) lived more in the city when I knew her, but she was that way too. My dad likes telling about the time a senator called the house (she was the President of the Texas Women's Auxiliary for years) and asked to speak to her. My dad told him she was out hanging sheetrock (she was in her 60's, if I remember correctly). The senator assumed my dad was talking about his sister, who shared my grandmother's name, and clarified that he meant my dad's mom. And my dad informed him that yes, his mother was in fact out hanging sheetrock by herself.

Howdy

Howdy!

 

[Wildcat Diva]

ARGH! I think I like those even better than the katanas! LOL

Samurai Sword chopsticks.

 

[satx78247]

WildcatDiva,

I LIKE.

yours, satx

 

[seeker_two]

Gender-neutral my foot! That restroom door was clearly transgender male only and discriminated against pansexual females! LoL!

Pansexual......that's when the wimmin do more in the kitchen than make sammiches, right?



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[motorcarman]

Pansexual is probably like the Aunt Jemima treatment.



bob

 

[F350-6]

Wildcat Diva,

About 2 years after my grandmother's passing in 1973 (She was born in Indian Territory in 1873 & nearly made it to 100YO.), my kid sister went though her "personal belongings" & found the 2 large hair-combs that she had worn in her braids for 75+ years.
Nancy dropped one of the "combs" & much to her surprise discovered that both combs were actually concealed mother-of-pearl handled daggers.
(IT/OK was wild & quite dangerous in that era & even "nice church ladies" carried concealed arms for self-protection.)

Note: We also found a Colt's Banker's Special in .38S&W (circa 1910) with suede holster among her effects, when her estate was settled. - The longer I have thought of it, the less that I believe my GM's protestations that she was "nothing more than a farm wife & long-serving schoolmarm".

yours, satx

Why does it sound like the women were better prepared and had better options over 100 years ago than they do today?

 

[satx78247]

Why does it sound like the women were better prepared and had better options over 100 years ago than they do today?

F350-6,

I suspect that my grandmother's & (even) mother's generation HAD to be better prepared than 99+% of our generation's women are. = As I said earlier, OK & TX were "wild & wooly" in their girlhood/young womanhood.
(Mother about 1940 "drove off" a pair of livestock thieves from our family farm with her trusty Fox DB shotgun.)

That said, a 2/4 footed predator would be wise to avoid my beloved like she is "giving out free cases of plague", as she goes about armed on her "daily rounds" & is quite willing/able to use arms to defend herself, hearth & home.
(I suspect that at least 2 of the distaff members of this forum would do the same, if backed into a corner.)

just my OPINIONS, satx

 

[easy rider]

Why does it sound like the women were better prepared and had better options over 100 years ago than they do today?

Back then they understood that safe places are a myth.

 

[satx78247]

easy rider,

100% CORRECT, imo.

yours, satx

 

[Wildcat Diva]

Now, if you try to be prepared, you get accused of being paranoid.