April 21, Associated Press -- Miss America 1944 has a talent that likely has never appeared on a beauty pageant stage. Venus Ramey, 82, confronted a man on her farm in south-central Kentucky last week after she saw her dog run into a storage building where thieves had previously made off with old farm equipment.
Ramey said the man told her he would leave. "But I said, 'Oh, no you won't'." As she balanced on her walker, she pulled out a snub-nosed .38-caliber handgun and fired it at the intruder's car. "I shot their tires out so they couldn't leave," Ramey said
"I didn't even think twice. I just went and did it," she said. "If they'd even dared come close to me, they'd be 6 feet under by now."
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Originally posted by Jack White: April 21, Associated Press -- Miss America 1944 has a talent that likely has never appeared on a beauty pageant stage. Venus Ramey, 82, confronted a man on her farm in south-central Kentucky last week after she saw her dog run into a storage building where thieves had previously made off with old farm equipment.
Ramey said the man told her he would leave. "But I said, 'Oh, no you won't'." As she balanced on her walker, she pulled out a snub-nosed .38-caliber handgun and fired it at the intruder's car. "I shot their tires out so they couldn't leave," Ramey said
"I didn't even think twice. I just went and did it," she said. "If they'd even dared come close to me, they'd be 6 feet under by now."
******************* "If I had taken my doctor's advice and quit smoking when he advised me to, I wouldn't have lived to go to his funeral." -George burns at age 98
******************* "If I had taken my doctor's advice and quit smoking when he advised me to, I wouldn't have lived to go to his funeral." -George burns at age 98
