Sep 23, 2011 | Globe and Mail
Going out on a limb, from Limoges to Limerick
Reader Henrietta Johnson was surprised to learn from last week's column that the lizzie in "tin lizzie," the nickname for Henry Ford's Model T, was short for limousine.
Sale of Trigger, Bullet stirs fond memories
Trigger is for sale. So are Bullet and Buttermilk and Nellybelle. You young cowpokes can't begin to understand the emotions those names evoke among us want-to-be cowboys of about 55 and older.
I was your standard American boy in the 50s. I loved Westerns. There was the Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy, and of course, Roy Rodgers.
Roy Rogers fan trying to keep cowboy's legacy together
They were accompanied by sidekick Pat Brady and his Jeep Nellybelle, Roy's dog, Bullet, and their horses, including Trigger Jr.
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