Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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I\’m Missing Something
As usual I must be missing something here. The number of people dead from the weekend tsunami keeps rising every hour. Tight now the number is over <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/12/28/build/world/25-asia-quake_v.inc" target="_new">50,000</a>. I know this number is going to go higher yet and it's just unfathomable to me.<br />n<br />nThen I see <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=366408" target="_new">this</a> story talking…
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Joke
A cowboy lay sprawled across three entire seats in the posh Amarillo theatre. When the usher came by and noticed this he whispered to the cowboy, "Sorry, sir, but you're only allowed one seat." The cowboy groaned but didn't budge. The usher became more impatient. "Sir, if you don't get up from there, I'm going…
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Tsunami
The <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/12/27/build/world/30-asia-quake_v.inc">force of mother nature</a> is truly astounding. I mean what can you say when faced with devestation of this magnitude. No matter what the failsafes we build in this world, mother nature will outwit them and wreck destruction. It has always been that way and will continue to be that way. Unbelievable.<br />n<br…
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Train
<b>At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another-generosity and love. But it is also, all too often, where we learn nasty things like hate, rage and shame. Barbara Ehrenreich</b><br />n<br />n<b>The opposite of love is not to hate but to separate. If love and hate have something in…
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Prayer
Cowboy Christmas Prayer<br />n<br />nI ain't much good at prayin', and You may not know me, Lord–<br />nI ain't much seen in churches where they preach Thy Holy Word,<br />nBut You may have observed me out here on the lonely plains,<br />nA-lookin' after cattle, feelin' thankful when it rains,<br />nAdmirin' Thy great handiwork, the miracle…
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Santa\’s Prayer
Santa's Prayer on Christmas Eve <br />n<br />nBy Warren D. Jennings <br />n<br />nThe sleigh was all packed, the reindeer were fed,<br />n But Santa still knelt by the side of the bed. <br />n<br />n"Dear Father," he prayed "Be with me tonight.<br />n There's much work to do and my schedule is tight. <br…
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Waste
If I only had half the money some people wasted I would be a rich man.<br />n<br />n<!–more–><br />n<br />n<img src="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/clone12242004.jpg"><br />n<br />nSpending <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20041224/od_uk_nm/oukoe_life_clone" target="_new">$50,000 for a clone of your cat</a> is a waste of money no matter how you cut it. Lots of cats out there waiting to be adopted. What is really…
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Benifits
I must be losing all sense of right and wrong. <br />n<br />n<blockquote>The widow of a deputy sheriff who fell from a motel balcony after a night of drinking at a law enforcement conference is entitled to receive worker compensation death benefits</blockquote><br />n<br />nSo, a <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/12/23/build/state/60-work-comp-fall.inc" target="_new">law enforcment officer</a>, while partying after the confrences…
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Care
I mentioned in the previous post that it felt funny feeding the cattle with no snow on the ground. I had to start feeding everything though due to the lack of good quality graze though. I finally started to feed the cows some hay since they looked good but thier energy levels were starting to…
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Snow
A few days ago I griped that it looked like it <b>was not</b> going to be a white Christmas. My how things change.<br />n<br />n<!–more–><br />n<br />n<blockquote>SNOW ADVISORY<br />n<br />n Northern Big Horn (Montana)<br />n<br />n URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE<br />nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT<br />n346 AM MST WED DEC 22 2004<br />n.A DISTURBANCE…