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... so I was reading a book called "Great Train Robberies of the Old West", where the author mentions the "Kit" Joy Gang of New Mexico.

Later on, Christopher "Kit" Joy is chased by a posse ... and one of the posse members is named Joseph Lafferr. I saw that in the book, blinked twice, and thought "WHAAAA...?"

Has anyone heard about this? Is this where Larry Laffer's name comes from? Just wondering ...

'Course, Larry's great-grand pappy was in the wild west, in Freddy Pharkas

Laffer comes from Arthur Laffer (that's the guy responsible for the "Laffer Curve" that destroyed US economy under Reagan) and a friend of Al Lowe's.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Laffer

BBP wrote: ↑Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:40 pm 'Course, Larry's great-grand pappy was in the wild west, in Freddy Pharkas

Laffer comes from Arthur Laffer (that's the guy responsible for the "Laffer Curve" that destroyed US economy under Reagan) and a friend of Al Lowe's.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Laffer

BBP beat me to the punch! (x2)

Fair enough. *nods* Well, I learned something new. Still, it's cool that Laffers (even in disguise, with an extra "r") have existed as long ago as the Wild West.

Can you imagine Larry's great-great-and-a-few-more-great-grand-pappy in the Old West? (Or Wild West?) What would it be like?