Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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So True
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/10/news/wyoming/40-forum.txt">Teen forum calls adults hypocritical</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Some student panelists called a local Jackson group that's targeting underage drinking a "joke" because of what they said was hypocrisy on the part of adults when it comes to alcohol.<br />n<br />n….<br />n<br />nShreiber said the Rotary Club of Jackson Hole is giving scholarships from money earned…
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An Interesting Sight
Now blame My Darling Wife for no pictures, I was driving and she was so captivated by what we saw that the camera was the last thing on her mind. We were going to Billings yesterday morning and was two miles west of Hardin on the interstate, in the area called the bench, and there…
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Hills
<center><b>FROM THE PHOTO ARCHIVES </b><br />nNew not previously published</center><br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/view04222006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/view04222006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Lots of Green Grass. Not much water for the cattle to drink, a common problem in this area, but lots of grass. Taken 4/22/2006.</center><br />
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It Doesn’t Make Sense
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/10/news/state/30-bison.txt">Governor's bison ideas irk ranchers"</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>If Montana continues its current approach to bison that leave Yellowstone National Park, eventually Brucellosis will be transmitted to cattle, according to <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>.<br />n<br />n"I don't want to be the governor of Montana when we lose our Brucellosis-free status," Schweitzer said.</blockquote><br />n<br />nSo, Schweitzer doesn't…
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Deep Question
Is Conrad Burns really a person? Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y. is asking this question with his new legislation called the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/10/news/state/30-bison.txt">B.U.R.N.S. (Better Urban Recording Number System) Act</a>.<br />n<br />nTruthfully it is a very good question whether he is a person or not. I'm not real sure a politician qualifies for the label of person.…
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Friday Cat Blogging
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/cats/mittens06082006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/cats/mittens06082006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Mittens taking his morning nap in the house. The boy decided he needed to come in the house a while back so now he gets to come in and out as he pleases. How could I turn the boy down? Taken 6/8/2006.</center>
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Reminder
I saw the story in the Gazette this morning about <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/09/news/wyoming/25-prarie-dogs.txt">prairie dogs</a> and I remembered to tell you about my prairie dog the other day. There are a few towns around the place, but none on my place, and I don't want any to start so I am vigilant. I saw a prairie dog…
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Wet
What do I say. Yesterday was just one of those days. We had layed some hay down on Monday and it was getting dry enough to bale with the new baler so the dealer was supposed to come out and help get me going. They did send somebody, that's not a problem, but they could…
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Grass Stand
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Farming/grass06072006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Farming/grass06072006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a><center><br />n<br />n<center>I seeded some grass last year in some old fields and this is the stand I got. Damn it's nice. I've always heard how hard it is to establish a grass stand but this was real easy. Just used an old grain press drill and…
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To Soft
<img width='165' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/noose.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /><a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/08/news/state/55-abuse.txt">Sexual abuser of kids gets 30 years</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A Billings man who photographed himself engaged in sexual activity with children and had thousands of child pornography images on his computer will spend 30 years in federal prison.<br />n<br />nSenior U.S. District Judge Jack Shanstrom on Wednesday…