Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Days
One of those interesting days today. To start with the hired hand doesn't show up for work. Still don't know what the situation is. I could walk over and knock on the door and ask but I figure he could let me know if there is a problem instead of me hunting him up. Common…
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Warm
I know I have been complaining about the lack of moisture but another problem around here has been the cool temperatures. It has been so cool that even if we had the moisture, nothing would grow. Well, that problem has finally fixed itself. Yesterday it finally broke 50 degrees for the first time this spring…
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Crazy
I know everybody thinks me to be a loon when I talk about the dangers of higher food prices. It's starting to happen though.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKN1228245020080413">Haiti's government falls after food riots</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Haiti's government fell on Saturday when senators fired the prime minister after more than a week of riots over food prices, ignoring…
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Stupidity
Another great example of government stupidity can be found over at <a href="http://northviewdiary.blogspot.com/2008/04/animal-disease-lab.html"> Northview Diary</a>. Imagine, relocating a secure animal disease research facility from a safe off shore island to the middle of cattle country in Kansas. What, we are trying to spread disease to the cattle of this country?<br />n<br />n<strong>The mystery of government…
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Trailing Out
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My Kingdom
What's the saying, My kingdom for a horse. I decided yesterday I should modify it to, My kingdom for someone who can ride a horse as good as they think they can.
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Get Real
People really need to realize that animals are animals and will do what they do. It seems like in Germany that people are upset that a polar bear, Knut, <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,545790,00.html">killed 10 fish and ate them</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Germany's top-selling daily Bild reported that onlookers were disgusted by the spectacle. The newspaper ran the headline "Knut…
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Dry, Brown
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/brown04062008?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/brown04062008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The dry, brown landscape that has taken over this spring. It's really getting me down. Nice picture though. DISCLAIMER. My Darling Wife took this picture. I'm having a hard time taking any pictures of the dry landscape. I guess if…
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Agflation
<a href="http://www.business24-7.ae/cs/article_show_mainh1_story.aspx?HeadlineID=5117">US – shoppers scrimp as food prices rise</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Patricia Norris' family is feeling the one-two punch of higher fuel and food prices.<br />n<br />nHer husband works as messenger, driving around to deliver packages. But the job is not as profitable as it once was because rising fuel prices are eating into his earnings.<br…
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Site News
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