Iggy's Birthday

[steelslaver]

Have a great Birthday

 

[walkin jack]

Happy birthday Iggy. I'm right behind ya. I hit th big 8 0 in June. I hope you have a good one a follow that up nwith many happy returns.

 

[GB]

May you have many more warm days in the sun and warm blankets in your bed roll. Hot coffee and good company for breakfast and many good memories to last the whole day long. Happy Birthday cowboy!

 

[smitholdtimer]

It is time to wish Iggy a Very Happy Birthday!

Glad you made it and hope you can look forward to many more!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IGGY!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Iggy; I hope you have enough wind left to blow out 80 candles. Happy Birthday from an older friend.

 

[walkin jack]

Happy Birthday, Iggy. I believe this story tells more about you and each of us as what our actions might be. It is copied from the thread in 2020 "my last fight".

"Iggy
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My last fight, and how I got my screen name.



I got a call about a fight in a rural bar, and a crazy man had run everyone out of the bar and was in there alone.

Bar fights weren't usually my beat as a Highway Patrolman, but I was the only LEO available in the county right then.
Being forewarned by the patrons and bar owner about what was going on, I put on my riot helmet and grabbed a riot baton.

When I went in, he had a pool cue and we went to war. He was too drunk to be very dangerous but he weighed 295 and couldn't feel any pain.
I split his forehead open,(that really pissed him off) I broke his collar bone, and a couple of ribs, before he quit.

Iggy was a lone wolf mountain man type.
On the way to town, he said, "Damn, you're nasty with that stick!"

While he was in the hospital I was his only visitor.
When he was released from the hospital, I took him to court and to jail. He got 30 days.
I was his only visitor.

When he got out of jail, I took him back to his mountain.

When he treed the bar again, they called me.
He would be on the fight until I walked in
He would say "Aw hell, I can't fight you, you're my friend." He would grin and hold out his hands for the cuffs.
From then on when Iggy got into trouble, they would call me on or off duty and I would go get him.
Over the years we became good friends.

I told him if he got drunk and killed someone in a car wreck I would never forgive him.

One day I was called to investigate a wreck on the mountain. It was Iggy and he had run off the road and wrapped his car around a tree. He was pinned in the car. I crawled in the car with him.
He looked at me and said, "Chip, I didn't kill anyone else."

I said,"Yeh, Iggy, I know" and he died.

I was the only one at his funeral and I spread his ashes on his mountain.
People couldn't understand why I went to all the bother with someone like that.
All I could tell them was," Aw hell, Iggy was my friend.""
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Eccentric old coot"

How well I remember that one! One of my all time favorites! Thanks for the memory.

 

[chuckie]

Happy Birthday Iggy!

 

[StrawHat]

Happy Birthday, Iggy. I believe this story tells more about you and each of us as what our actions might be. It is copied from the thread in 2020 "my last fight".

"Iggy
Member
My Last Fight My Last Fight My Last Fight My Last Fight My Last Fight
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Wyoming
Posts: 10,389
Likes: 10,299
Liked 27,956 Times in 5,243 Posts
Default
My last fight, and how I got my screen name.



I got a call about a fight in a rural bar, and a crazy man had run everyone out of the bar and was in there alone.

Bar fights weren't usually my beat as a Highway Patrolman, but I was the only LEO available in the county right then.
Being forewarned by the patrons and bar owner about what was going on, I put on my riot helmet and grabbed a riot baton.

When I went in, he had a pool cue and we went to war. He was too drunk to be very dangerous but he weighed 295 and couldn't feel any pain.
I split his forehead open,(that really pissed him off) I broke his collar bone, and a couple of ribs, before he quit.

Iggy was a lone wolf mountain man type.
On the way to town, he said, "Damn, you're nasty with that stick!"

While he was in the hospital I was his only visitor.
When he was released from the hospital, I took him to court and to jail. He got 30 days.
I was his only visitor.

When he got out of jail, I took him back to his mountain.

When he treed the bar again, they called me.
He would be on the fight until I walked in
He would say "Aw hell, I can't fight you, you're my friend." He would grin and hold out his hands for the cuffs.
From then on when Iggy got into trouble, they would call me on or off duty and I would go get him.
Over the years we became good friends.

I told him if he got drunk and killed someone in a car wreck I would never forgive him.

One day I was called to investigate a wreck on the mountain. It was Iggy and he had run off the road and wrapped his car around a tree. He was pinned in the car. I crawled in the car with him.
He looked at me and said, "Chip, I didn't kill anyone else."

I said,"Yeh, Iggy, I know" and he died.

I was the only one at his funeral and I spread his ashes on his mountain.
People couldn't understand why I went to all the bother with someone like that.
All I could tell them was," Aw hell, Iggy was my friend.""
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Eccentric old coot"

I tried to be that kind of cop. Politics kept interfering.

Chip, I wish I were half the cop you were.

Kevin

 

[RobertJ.]

Happy Birthday, Iggy. I believe this story tells more about you and each of us as what our actions might be. It is copied from the thread in 2020 "my last fight".

"Iggy
Member
My Last Fight My Last Fight My Last Fight My Last Fight My Last Fight
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Wyoming
Posts: 10,389
Likes: 10,299
Liked 27,956 Times in 5,243 Posts
Default
My last fight, and how I got my screen name.



I got a call about a fight in a rural bar, and a crazy man had run everyone out of the bar and was in there alone.

Bar fights weren't usually my beat as a Highway Patrolman, but I was the only LEO available in the county right then.
Being forewarned by the patrons and bar owner about what was going on, I put on my riot helmet and grabbed a riot baton.

When I went in, he had a pool cue and we went to war. He was too drunk to be very dangerous but he weighed 295 and couldn't feel any pain.
I split his forehead open,(that really pissed him off) I broke his collar bone, and a couple of ribs, before he quit.

Iggy was a lone wolf mountain man type.
On the way to town, he said, "Damn, you're nasty with that stick!"

While he was in the hospital I was his only visitor.
When he was released from the hospital, I took him to court and to jail. He got 30 days.
I was his only visitor.

When he got out of jail, I took him back to his mountain.

When he treed the bar again, they called me.
He would be on the fight until I walked in
He would say "Aw hell, I can't fight you, you're my friend." He would grin and hold out his hands for the cuffs.
From then on when Iggy got into trouble, they would call me on or off duty and I would go get him.
Over the years we became good friends.

I told him if he got drunk and killed someone in a car wreck I would never forgive him.

One day I was called to investigate a wreck on the mountain. It was Iggy and he had run off the road and wrapped his car around a tree. He was pinned in the car. I crawled in the car with him.
He looked at me and said, "Chip, I didn't kill anyone else."

I said,"Yeh, Iggy, I know" and he died.

I was the only one at his funeral and I spread his ashes on his mountain.
People couldn't understand why I went to all the bother with someone like that.
All I could tell them was," Aw hell, Iggy was my friend.""
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Eccentric old coot"

That is without a doubt my favorite story I've ever read on this forum. I wish all law enforcement could read it, and strive to be that sort of officer.

Iggy, I hope you had a very Happy Birthday!!

 

[Ματθιας]

Happy late Birthday!

 

[TX-Dennis]

Happy (very late) Birthday!

 

[kmyers]

A happy belated 80th, sir and hopes for more great ones to follow. My 60th was yesterday so I had a beautiful gal take me out Friday and got to be lazier than typical yesterday.

 

[Mike 139]

Happy Birthday, Chip….and I wish You many more….Ive enjoyed reading the "Cowboy " stories You posted recently… "Wyoming is what America was". A Bumper sticker I had on the back of my Aluminum Clipboard at work…You try to help People and do the best You Can…..As we get older, we adjust to our limitations and injuries and try to stick around for our Families and to collect as much of that Retirement as we can…Stay Safe, Brother.

 

[CajunBass]

Happy Birthday to my friend I've never met! Many more Iggy.

 

[Iggy]

Holy Cow! I'm as old as Keith Richards?
I gotta go sit down!