Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Ethanol Supply and Demand.
Interesting opinion piece in the Missoulian about <a href="http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/04/05/opinion/opinion3.txt" target="_new">ethanol</a>. It more correctly points out than I ever have the glut of ethanol all ready on the market and how mandating ethanol in fuel here will only cost consumers. I admit the Montana bill now requires there to be enough in state production before the…
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Rascal Fair
<a href="http://leftinthewest.com/" target="_new">Matt Singer</a> and <a href="http://www.mtpolitics.net/" target="_new">Craig</a> recently started The Rascal Fair. It's a collection of Montana Bloggers favorite posts for the week and is modeled after The Carnival of the Vanities. The <a href="http://leftinthewest.com/index.php?p=574" target="_new">Inaugural Edition is out</a> at <a href="http://leftinthewest.com/" target="_new">Left in the West</a> so head on over and get a good…
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Bums
Sometimes things go great and other times it really sucks. Yesterday turned out to be a fairly bad day. Oh, the weather was fine and got a lot done and there night even be a chance of rain today so all that was good but having calving trouble on the cows spoiled all that.<br />n<br…
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I don’t Know
<div class="serendipity_imageComment_left" style="width: 110px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><a href='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/apr05jjat.gif' target='_new'><img width='110' height='102' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/apr05jjat.serendipityThumb.gif' alt='' /></a></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">June, July, August, Tempature</div></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_right" style="width: 110px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><a href='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/apr05jjap.gif' target='_new'><img width='110' height='102' border='0' hspace='5' align='right' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/apr05jjap.serendipityThumb.gif' alt='' /></a></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">June, July, August, Precipitation</div></div>I wonder if the people that made these forecasts are serious or are they just humoring those of us…
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A New Plan
I see Ed of <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/blog/citylights/index.php" target="_new">City Lights</a> fame is talking about how <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/03/build/local/45-city-lights.inc" target="_new">"Licenses can easily verify competency."</a> The article is Ed's usual tounge in cheek look at things on a Sunday morning but I do find his proposal at the end interesting.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>While we're at it, why not require a license…
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Defective? I Think Not
<b>Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Benjamin Franklin</b><br />n<br />nI have always felt these were good words to live by since I have always been attuned to getting up early in the morning and going to bed early in the evening. Now some scientists have the gall…
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Did You Know
Did you know that when you call the parts store in Billings for a head gasket they don't actually go look to see if said head gasket is in stock? Nope, they just rely on the computer inventory that says they have one in the bin. So, I drive 2 hours to Billings to get…
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Pictures
Some quick pictures I snapped yesterday. This <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/calf04012005.jpg" onclick="window.open('http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/calf04012005.jpg','popup','width=620,height=660,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">calf</a> was busy trying to figure out what we were doing while getting ready to feed hay. Then there are some of the <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/cows04012005.jpg" onclick="window.open('http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/cows04012005.jpg','popup','width=1020,height=500,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">2 year-olds</a> spread out across the hillside eating thier hay. This <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/calf104012005.jpg" onclick="window.open('http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/calf104012005.jpg','popup','width=670,height=750,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">calf</a> was…
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Witch Hunt
We have a terrible tragedy that happened a while ago in <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2005/03/22/build/nation/30-school-shooting.inc" target="_new">Red Lakes</a> where a teenager shot and killed a number of people in the school. This was a tragedy for everyone involved and the whole Indian community there. But now it seems to be turning into a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19704-2005Apr1.html" target="_new">witch hunt</a>.<br />n<br…
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Time Is Slipping Away
As usual this dumb cowboy is missing something again. Going in to this Legislative session here in Montana the big issue was going to be devising a new school funding formula to satistfy the court. Only 22 days left in the session, they still haven't figured it out and they are all ready <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/01/build/state/88-special-session.inc"…