Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Heat
I hate hot weather!! It is just too hot if you ask me. The hired man asked me what he was supposed to do today and I lined out some things for him and told him "when it gets too hot quit and go home, nothing is that pressing to get heat stroke over." I…
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Fireworks
<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/fireworks_accident">Here</a> is a news story that proves fireworks are dangerous.<br />n<!–more–><br />nAfter further review I would have to say the fireworks are not the problem. The idiots operating the fireworks appear to be the problem. I sometimes wonder if people like this are smart enough to breed. I hope not.<br />n<br />n<b>Stupid is as…
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Celebratre
Maybe a celebration is a little bit soon at this point but for the past two days and this morning all ready the boy, who if you remember is autistic, has been talking up a storm. He typically does things this way, fight them for the longest time before giving in and doing things right.…
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Flowers
As dry as it has been around here I have not been seeing very many flowers around. What few there have been have been stunted and not real pretty. In the past week this has changed though. A new flower has shown up that whenever I see I really think is beautiful.<br />n<!–more–><br />n<img src="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/cactii.jpg"><br…
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Haying
Have been busy the past few days putting up what little hay I have.<br />n<br />n<img src="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/hayfield.jpg"><br />n<br />nThis is really sad if you ask me. On ground that I normally get 5000 little square bales of hay, I managed to get 1500. Unbelivable. The insurance adjuster was supposed to be out today to finish…
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Stupidity
This is one of those situations where you deserve what you get. <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/spain_bull_run">Eight Runners Gored by Bulls in Spain </a>. Every year I hear about this spectecale of madness called "the running of the bulls" and can't belive there are people who want to tempt fate this way. Anytime I have a sick cow,…
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Helping Hand
I know as much about Los Angeles street gangs as they know about cattle production. Zero!! What I do recognize is <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A43082-2004Jul11?language=printer">somebody trying to do something about it</a>. In my mind, Rev. Gregory Boyle is a hero for the work he is doing. Instead of waiting for politicians to do something about the gang…
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Revalation
I am not a person that asks a lot of questions. I try to figure them out by myself. Many, many, many moons ago there was a hit song called <a href="http://www.techren.net/mccall/works/blackbearroad/convoy.shtml">Convoy</a> by C.W. McCall. I was always confused by one line in this song but never asked the question.<br />n<br />n<i> Well, we shot…
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Rain Coming
Well, Lorna Thackeray has written a couple of stories on the drought and we all <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/000463.html">know what that means</a>. The series this morning on the drought is interesting but hardly new to anyone in ranch country.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/11/build/local/30-drought.inc">Patience evaporates when water users deal with consequences of drought</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/11/build/local/34-hard-year-moving.inc">Ranch family deals with…
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Anniversary
Twelve years ago today I embarked on a new couse on my journey of life. Even with the very occasional bump in the road, I have absolutely no regrets on my decision. In fact if I had it to do over again I would not even hesitate but jump right in.<br />n<br />nHAPPY ANNIVERSARY HON.…