You got that right... Bobby.  I still have mine...   Mockingbirds, mean?
Just because they dive-bomb people when they get to close to their nests
is no call to say they're mean.   lol

-----Original Message-----
From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bobby G. Greer, Ph.
D.
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 4:26 PM
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Subject: BB Guns in the rural South

Betty,

    As a boy growing in the rural South, most of us had BB guns, or
pellet
air
rifles and some, like my brother and I, had real firearms. Mith "weapon
of
choice" though was my trusty Red Ryder lever action Daisy BB gun. Now
other
than glass bottles, the other prime targets are birds, or "birdies" as
you
state. My favorite Target was "Mockers" because they were so mean. This
is
regardless of the fact Mocking Bird was the Texas state bird and it was
against state law to shoot them, a minor fact we gave little regard.
Wjat I
guess I am saying is shooting birds with BB guns was a rite of passage
in the
South. Besides, have your ever tried to kill a mocker with a Red Ryder.
You
have to be damn good!! Especially if your spastic CP!!!

Bobby