Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Fox
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/wildlife/fox07242006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/wildlife/fox07242006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A picture My Darling Wife got of one of the fox hanging around the place. As long as they leave me alone I will leave them alone but I keep waiting for them to go after My Darling Wife's chickens. Then I will have…
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Chewing On The Wrong People
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/27/news/local/45-burns.txt">Burns criticizes firefighters, says they didn't heed ranchers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Republican Sen. Conrad Burns chastised a group of firefighters over the weekend for doing a "poor job" dousing a 92,000-acre blaze near Billings, a state report shows.<br />n<br />nBurns and the firefighters – members of the Augusta Hot Shots from the George Washington and Jefferson…
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It Actually Happened
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JAPAN_US_BEEF?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Japan lifts ban on U.S. beef imports</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>apan on Thursday announced the resumption of U.S. beef imports, ending a ban imposed in January due to concerns about mad cow disease that had strained ties with Washington.<br />n<br />nU.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer immediately welcomed the move, which reopens Japan's lucrative market to a select…
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Which Is It
So which image do you think California milk producers want you to think of?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.realcaliforniacheese.com/">Real California Cheese Happy Cows</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEAD_LIVESTOCK?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Heat causes pileup of livestock carcasses</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The state's record-setting heat wave has killed thousands of dairy cows and other livestock, leaving farmers with piles of carcasses and creating a backup at…
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Not Working Out Well
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The Sky is Falling
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/clouds07242006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/clouds07242006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Threatening clouds. It's been a while since I saw this. I even got a little scared. Water drops fell from the sky and hit me. I thought the sky was falling. Then I remembered this thing called rain and decided that was what was…
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Extra, Read All About It
Flash news notice. Big story in the Billings Gazette today that is really informative.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/25/news/state/32-dryness.txt">Dryness bad sign for fires</a><br />n<br />n[sarcasm]I would have never known dryness was a bad sign for fires if they hadn't told me.[/sarcasm] I'm sure glad they keep me up on such things.<br />n<br />nDon't get me wrong, I…
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Hot
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Rant Again
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13988087/">2 girls found starving; have well-fed siblings</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Two emaciated girls who told police they ate only when their father wasn’t traveling on business were hospitalized after police found them in an advanced state of starvation.<br />n<br />n“It’s the worst case of malnutrition I’ve ever seen,” said police Lt. E.J. Bastian. The 6- and…
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Lucky
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/dog/lucky07222006?full=1'><img width='585' height='640' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/dog/lucky07222006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>An alert Lucky. It's not very often that we manage to get a good picture of Lucky. He is always on the move. I didn't think he knew how to sit still. Taken 7/22/2006.</center>