I fell into a “Billy the Kid” rabbit hole on the Internet this past weekend, and found some videos and interviews that had information I hadn’t heard before.
For instance, did you know that Billy the Kid sometimes wore a dress? That, a new version of details of the killing, a new reason for it, and a few other tidbits were gleaned from a pair of videos I saw.
How much truth to them? Dunno. The person interviewed is the grandson of a man who was at the Pete Maxwell ranch on July 14, 1881, and helped bury Billy the Kid, so if the grandfather told his grandson the truth, and if the grandson (the interviewee) remembers it correctly, this is something I hadn’t previously heard. And, it actually fits — or at least doesn’t not fit — with items that are not in dispute.
Here’s the short version of the interview, which I found interesting.
If you want the full version, which includes a lot of stuff not related to the infamous Henry McCarty AKA Billy the Kid, you can see that here. It’s interesting in other ways, but takes over an hour.
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Anybody watching the RNC convention?
I found some old episodes of What’s My Line from the 1950s on YouTube, so…
What do Elisabeth Warren and Kamala Harris have in common?
They both used to be Indians!
Does anyone else use the blue star “Like” button?
When I push the widget on a post, it changes to “Liked by ” followed by my avatar. However, when I use the widget on a comment, it changes to “Liked by you”.
I thought it might be a way for other people to see who liked posts & comments, so I tried moving my likes from the Bacon/Tofu buttons to the blue star widget. However, I don’t recall seeing anybody else’s “Like”s on comments. If other people use it, but the widget doesn’t show it, I’ll go back to the Bacon/Tofu buttons for comments.
Use both. The only downside to the star like is that it doesn’t count towards a Harvey Award.
OK, but can you see when I use the star button on other people’s comments?
I don’t think I’ve seen any sign of anyone else using it on other comments.
I almost never use it myself.
Can you tell that I used it on Slapout’s comment above the start of this thread, though?
“Billy the Kid sometimes wore a dress”
Oh, if Mel could have worked this into Blazing Saddles…
Scene: noisy crowded saloon
Billy: [menacingly] I said DANCE! [points gun at a man’s feet]
[Man begins to shuffle & stomp]
Billy: [throws his arms wide] I meant with me, silly!
Now who can argue with that?
I think zzyzx Johnson is right!
Here’s a video on Billy the Kid related graves. The guy in the video’s grave (Frank “Chano” Silva) is at 18:17 in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FhKSoCYp0k
The grandfather that he’s talking about’s grave is at 17:37.
There’s a grave at 19:34 where the name doesn’t match, but the description does of the girl that Chano called Billy’s girlfriend.