Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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A Good Laugh
<em>Q: How do you make holy water?<br />n<br />nA: Put it on the stove and boil the hell out of it.</em><br />n<br />nThanks to <a href="http://ozguru.mu.nu/archives/2006/08/holy_water_1.html">Ozguru</a> for this one.<br />n<br />nI laughed at this one till I hurt for some reason. Then I saw this next one and really had a good roll on the…
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Strays
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/strays07312006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/strays07312006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Rounding up strays from a neighbor's place. No fancy national ID tags involved, just a brand and a lot of common sense. Taken 7/31/2006.</center>
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Crystal Ball
<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=59627" title="Crystal Ball Forecasting">Cattle Outlook: 2007 Similar Or A Little Lower Than 2006</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) annual outlook survey for the remainder of the year and 2007 for livestock and the marketing year of 2006-2007 for crops shows the Nebraska price for the year of 2006 at $83.20 and for…
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Inflammatory
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ARMED_BIKERS?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">S.D. allows bikers to carry weapons</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A recent shooting spree between motorcycle gangs in Custer State Park has authorities on edge as they patrol the often heavily armed bikers who carry their weapons legally.</blockquote><br />n<br />nThis headline sounds really bad. People just carry guns willy-nilly. Then you read the story more.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>South…
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Moon
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/moon08102006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/moon08102006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Full moon in the early morning sky. Taken 8/10/2006.</center>
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Interesting News
<a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-08-10T181804Z_01_N10469272_RTRIDST_0_FOOD-BEEF-JAPAN.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna" title="Reuters News">U.S. beef sales to Japan off to fast start</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Sales of U.S. beef to Japan are off to a fast start with 500 metric tons sold since the market reopened July 27 and three stores in Tokyo selling out of their offerings this week, U.S. meat industry sources said on Thursday.<br…
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Security Update
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20060810/bs_nf/45315" title="Yahoo News">U.S. Warns of Windows Security Flaw</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The U.S. government issued a serious warning to Windows users that a critical flaw in the operating system could enable a hacker to hijack their computers and install a virus, delete programs, or gain access to private accounts.<br />n<br />nThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…
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Grow Up
From my friend over at <a href="http://northviewdiary.blogspot.com/" title=" Northview Diary"> Northview Diary</a>. It is so true.<br />n<br />n<strong>People never grow up; they just learn how to act in public.</strong>