Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings

  • Hard Drive Trojan

    Now this is interesting.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9046424&intsrc=hm_list">Maxtor drives contain password-stealing Trojans</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Seagate Technology LLC has shipped Maxtor disk drives that contain Trojan horses that upload data to a pair of Chinese Web sites, the Taiwanese government's security service warned this weekend.<br />n<br />nThe Investigation Bureau, a part of the Ministry of Justice that's responsible…

  • Blast

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/blast11022007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/blast11022007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Now here is sight that in the middle of summer can really get a persons heart going. Hell, even in the fall as dry as it a sight like this makes you worry. The problem is it is not a…

  • Shortage

    I know, I know, you've heard me rant and rave about food security time and time again and you don't want to hear it any more. This one though might hit a little closer to home. It appears <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/11/11/news/local/38-beers.txt">beer prices are set to rise</a>. I know run around scream and yell, the world is…

  • Mittens

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/cats/mittens11052007?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/cats/mittens11052007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Mittens begging me for some attention. He is the aloof barn cat all summer long but once late fall/winter gets here he all of a sudden thinks he needs lots of attention and a place in the house. What a…

  • Loonie

    The Canadian cattlemen have really been getting beat on in the last few years. I really feel for them. First there was the case of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> which closed the border into the US where a large portion of their beef goes and really sent the market into a nose dive. A lot…

  • Moving Out

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/trail11022007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/trail11022007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The other day we trailed the cows out of the hills a little closer to home. Here you see them following the trail home. It was a beautiful day for doing it. Overall it's been beautiful for quite a while.…

  • Pickle

    The Hardin Jail <a href="http://sarpysam.com/archives/2928-Empty.html">I talked about earlier</a> looks like it might be in a <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/11/10/news/state/18-hardin_x.txt">hell of a pickle</a>. The Montana Attorney General feels that the "facility" can not house out of state inmates. This could be a killer. I'm glad I didn't invest in this "Jail of Dreams." <br />n<br />nTwo Rivers Authority,…

  • Topping

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/view11042007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/view11042007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>My Darling Wife got this picture the other day. It really struck me. It really tells you how different people see things. I looked at the same thing and never considered taking a picture. She sees it and snaps a…

  • Represent

    <a href="http://www.farmandranchguide.com/articles/2007/11/08/ag_news/letters_and_editorial/letter14.txt">Who does <acronym title="National Cattlemans Beef Association, shills for the big meat packers">NCBA</acronym> represent – U.S. cattlemen or packers?</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>What should an independent cattle producer believe about the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (<acronym title="National Cattlemans Beef Association, shills for the big meat packers">NCBA</acronym>)?<br />n<br />nI recently received a letter from the <acronym title="National…

  • New Horse

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/horses/okie11072007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/horses/okie11072007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>I bought a couple of new horses the other day at a sale. The Hired hand is working with one he calls Tiny and I am working with this one which the hired hand named Okie. They are both green…

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