Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Picture Time
I have been really busy lately and haven't taken any pictures for a while. My Darling Wife though took some the other day while we were out checking water. Thought I would share. <a class="block_level" href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/1128-Picture-Time.html#extended">Continue reading "Picture Time"</a>
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Tagged
I was tagged for a meme by <a href="http://www.dmerriman.dyndns.org/blog/archives/93">Dmerriman</a> a while ago and finally got around to doing it.<br />n<br />n<b>Five Light Reads</b><br />n<br />nAny of the Tom Clancy books (Not the stupid op center bunch though)<br />nAny David Weber book<br />n<br />n<b>Five Reads that Make Me Think</b><br />n<br />nCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky<br…
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Cute
<a href='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/ship.jpg'><img width='203' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/ship.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /></a>What a <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/sea_fighter">cute little ship</a>. It's not what I think of when I think of the US Navy but who knows what the future brings. Smaller, lighter, faster might be just what the Navy needs at this time of its existence. It will be interesting…
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Interesting Thought
<b>In America, it is indispensable that every well wisher of true liberty should understand that acts of tyranny can only proceed from the public. The public, then, is to be watched, in this country, as, in other countries kings and aristocrats are to be watched. James Fenimore Cooper</b>
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Ignorance
I thought the purpose of a newspaper, besides making money, was to inform and educate. The Gazette sure dropped the ball in this mission with today's <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/05/build/opinion/30-gaz-op.inc">editorial</a>. Let me help them a little bit.<br />n<br />nNuclear/Atomic Power- Energy released from an atom in a controlled manner to produce useful work normally associated with electricity…
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Blue Skies
The storm clouds I alluded to disappeared today and the skies are blue. I guess a little explanation is in order.<br />n<br />nWe finished the second cutting of hay Sunday which was a good thing. 1500 ton of hay in one year is enough. On Monday I discovered the replacement heifer's water was getting a…
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Storm Clouds
Well, <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/03/build/nation/53-madcow.inc">here's</a> some good news to see. Somebody needs to do a better job about getting samples tested though.<br />n<br />nOn a more personal level there are some storm clouds on the horizon here at the ranch but it's too soon to talk about them now. Hopefully all will turn out all right but…
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Hang Him High
I read <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/02/build/local/28-doctor-charged.inc">this story</a> with total disgust. How anybody could plan to do such things is beyond me. The real good part is this:<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Holt maintained that when he approached the cooperating witness at the meeting site, he intended to tell her he could not have sex with her because he did not…
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Jaws Flapping
Well, the Governor is flapping his jaws about turning <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/02/build/state/25-coal-fuel.inc">coal into fuel again</a>. I have nothing against the proposal but instead of flapping his jaw about it why doesn't he do something about it. To make this scheme work you need to be mining coal. This would be a very important first step to…
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Note Of Interest
Anybody who's interested in the "Last Best Place" fiasco can go to <a href="http://www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/2563/">New West</a> and find out more and go to thier new website <a href="http://www.savethelastbestplace.org/index.php/Main_Page">savethelastbestplace.org</a> on what you can do to help save this phrase from being trademarked. Thanks to Courtney Lowery at New West for this.<br />n<br />n<b>To rescue from oblivion even…