Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Vista
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/majestic04222006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/majestic04222006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The Williams Place looking west. Fantastic sight. When I say I am taking cattle into my high country this is it. Taken 4/22/2006.</center>
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Pay As You Play
Microsoft has a new idea. Instead of selling you a copy of Windows to run your computer, they want you to <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31850">rent a copy</a> and keep making you pay for it over and over again. This is supposed to help the poorer people access computers.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Microsoft has been reluctant to lower the price…
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Rain
Oh, did we have a nice rain shower yesterday. Three quarters of an inch spread out over the day. We really needed it. The hot weather had really sucked the moisture out and it was getting awful dry. This was a lot better than the rain we had last Friday. It came down so fast…
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Moving Pairs
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/trail05222006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/trail05222006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>We took a few more pairs up to the high country after the branding them. The calves were a little sore yet but we took our time and made it fine. I needed to get some of the cattle off the water in the pasture…
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Healthy Foods Not So Healthy
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060521/ap_on_he_me/diet_health_foods">'Healthy' Foods a Pitfall for Dieters</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>On a mission to whip herself into shape, Kate Kowalczyk tossed out the junk food and stocked up on her idea of good-for-you staples like yogurt and low-fat cookies.<br />n<br />nDespite her persistence, the 35 pounds she was trying to shake wouldn't budge.<br />n<br />nIt turns out…
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I’ve Been Violated
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060522/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/veterans_disk">Personal Data of 26.5M Veterans Stolen</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Personal data, including Social Security numbers of 26.5 million U.S. veterans, was stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee this month after he took the information home without authorization, the department said Monday.</blockquote><br />n<br />nWhat the hell did this asshole need with this information at home!!I though this…
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Random Picture
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/moon05162006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/moon05162006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The green grass and bush against the blue sky with the moon posed in it really caught my eye. Hope it does yours. Taken 5/16/2006.</center>
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We Won
Well, we won for another year. We got the big branding done. It went very well. I had a very experienced crew of neighbors helping which makes all the difference in the world. All the riders knew what they were doing and did it well, no wrecks getting the cattle in, and the ground work…
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Passing Through
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/camper05192006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/camper05192006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Some of my neighbors passing through the yard to go camp at my branding corral. It is not unusual for them to do this but the horse drawn wagon is new. I guess gas prices are just to high now. Taken 5/19/2006.</center>
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Mealy Mouthed Platitudes
<a href="http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/business/news/20060520p2g00m0bu008000c.html">Japan making ready to resume U.S. beef imports in July</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Japanese government on Friday began to make preparations for the resumption of U.S. beef imports in July, paying particular attention to how it will deepen communications with consumers still worried about mad cow disease.<br />n<br />nAt a three-day working-level meeting between Japan…