Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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First Step
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/20/build/world/94-meat-served.inc">U.S. meat served at banquets, restaurants</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The California red was served, the oysters on the half-shell consumed. Finally, Bumpei Kawanaka had what he really wanted on his fork: a glistening red slice of American steak.<br />n<br />n"It's very juicy and, of course, tasty," Kawanaka said between bites as he became one of the…
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The Uproar Continues
I really hate to say this but "<a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/1404-Whats-the-Surprise.html">I told you so</a>." <br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/19/build/nation/35-spy.inc">Attorney general says Bush given authority for domestic spying</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Responding to a congressional uproar, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Monday that Congress had essentially given President George W. Bush the authority for domestic surveillance after the Sept. 11 attacks.</blockquote><br…
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Feeding Turkeys
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/cows12042005?full=1'><img width='250' height='154' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/cows12042005.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />nThis picture was taken a while ago and shows the turkeys that have been hanging around picking at the feed the cows are leaving. I thought about this photo because I haven't seen the turkeys for two days now. I am sure they are still…
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Wondering
I had an interesting conversation with someone while I was waiting in line to check out. She asked me what I did for a living. I told her I was a mom. She smiled and said no what do you <I>do</I>. I repeated myself and told her I was a mom. She gave me a…
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Eight Gifts
In the spirit of Christmas I present these too you as something to think about. Gifts that cost no money but can mean more to a person than a world-champion cutting horse.<br />n<br />n<b>Eight Gifts that Do Not Cost you a Cent</b><br />n<br />n1. THE GIFT OF LISTENING: But you really listen. Not interrupting, daydreaming…
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I Need This
With it being 20 below 0 this morning and all the snow on the ground, I needed a reminder.<br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/flowers/flowers062005?full=1'><img width='250' height='167' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/flowers/flowers062005.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />nI'm a little tired of the cold and snow. Thinking about what will come down the line with the moisture helps.<br />n<br />n<b>It was like…
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The Hunt
What a morning. Gathering up everything I need for the hunt, getting my one daughter ready to go with me, and doing the feeding. We get out to feed and can't find half of the Yearlings. This slows down the hunt and makes me wonder whether we will be able to get it done. If…
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Idaho Cattle Producers are Facing a Struggle.
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/17/build/nation/50-bcellosis-cattle.inc">Brucellosis discovered in Idaho cattle</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>More than 50 cattle have been slaughtered in eastern Idaho after veterinarians confirmed brucellosis infections, a finding that could cause the state to lose its brucellosis-free status.<br />n<br />nBrucellosis can cause abortions in cattle and in rare cases can be passed to humans as undulant fever. </blockquote><br />n<br…
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What’s the Surprise
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/16/build/nation/90-bush.inc">Report says Bush authorized NSA to spy on Americans</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Neither Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice nor White House press secretary Scott McClellan would confirm or deny the report which said the super-secret NSA had spied on as many as 500 people at any given time since 2002 in this country.<br />n<br />nThat year,…
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Frosty
I found this picture which was taken a while ago.<br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/wire1192005?full=1'><img width='250' height='188' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/wire1192005.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<b>A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there – even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from…