Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Come On
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/coax03062006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/coax03062006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A new momma trying to coax her calf to follow her to the feed ground. She never could convinve it to come all the way. It finally retreatred back up the hill and laid down until mom was done. Taken 3/6/2006.</center>
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Comments
Damn, my comments have been down all day and nobody told me. Next time if there is a problem with my comments drop me an e-mail, let me know. My Darling Wife will have me look at it as soon as I can. They are now fixed. Comment away.<br />n<br />nUPDATE: I am making some…
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Laugh Line
A lady opened her refrigerator and saw a rabbit sitting on one of the shelves. "What are you doing in there?" she asked.<br />nThe rabbit replied: "This is a Westinghouse, isn't it?"<br />nThe lady replied "Yes".<br />n"Well," the rabbit said, "I'm just westing".<br />n<br />n<a href="http://flitzyphoebie.blogspot.com/2006/03/lions-tigers-and-rabbits-oh-my.html">Bonita</a> says this is an old joke. I've never heard…
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Spring Has Sprung
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/flowers/spring03062006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/flowers/spring03062006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Flowers are starting to show their color. I guess that means spring is here. This comes up in a sheltered flower bed against a cement wall so it gets a lot more heat and warmth than the average spot around here. Still, spring has sprung.…
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Property
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ABORTION_SOUTH_DAKOTA?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Women being treated like chattel</a>. How disgusting. I don't agree with abortion but removing the choice lowers women to the level of slaves. It was well known the Governor would sign the bill but I held out hope sanity would prevail. It didn't.<br />n<br />n<b>Slavery it is that makes slavery; freedom, freedom. The slavery…
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Sunlight
Rep. Ron Paul is at it again, asking for the impossible.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul307.html"> Bringing Sunlight to Congress</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote> Before the US House of Representatives, March 3, 2006<br />n<br />nMr. Speaker, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said,
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Twins
I just got in from checking a heifer I had been watching since 4:00pm just waiting for her to decide to calve. Guess what? She had twins. It is in a way exciting. It doesn't happen on my place very often. It's also a pain in the ass too. Where do I put the cow?…
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Patterns
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/patterns02262006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/patterns02262006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The setting sun throwing patterns on the clouds. Taken 2/26/2006.</center><br />n<br />n<b>Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter. Ansel Adams </b>
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Japan Unsure
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/06/AR2006030600142.html">Japan says unclear if U.S. beef actions would work</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japan's vice farm minister said on Monday it is unclear if actions proposed by Washington would help prevent shipments of banned U.S. beef to Japan.</blockquote><br />n<br />nMore stonewalling from Japan on the beef issue. Not surprising but it would be nice to get this…
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Go Get Them
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/04/news/local/45-bank-fee.txt">$3 bank fee angers biz owner</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Both sides in this bad-check dispute in Billings agree on one thing: Dick Skewis, owner of the Village Mart in Billings Heights, was abusive when he protested a $3 fee to collect on a customer's bad check.<br />n<br />nOther than that, the long-term Billings business owner and…