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• It was on RFD -- Varmit, 07:54:35 11/28/08 Fri
  I was told about it, but can't find nothing about it.
  It was like a fantasy game where you can pick the winners of the NFR or world champions.
  
  Anybody got a link?
  

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  • Does this look lile it?................http://www.profantasyrodeo.com/ (NT) -- Hap, 15:02:23 11/28/08 Fri
    • The RFD show is Beyond Rodeo With Suzy Dobbs and Hadley Barrett. The show you want to see is on again Sunday at noon here. KC Jones is explaining how it works. (NT) -- Hap, 16:10:09 11/28/08 Fri
    • Guess thats it.... but no use looking no more after reading this on there site...... Residents of Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Vermont may participate and have their places noted in the standings, but ARE NOT eligible to win prizes (NT) -- Varmit, 19:21:56 11/28/08 Fri
      • Guess we can have our own fantasy on here. I will think about my team and see if we can beat the money team. (NT) -- Varmit, 19:37:55 11/28/08 Fri

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• PA SLEEPS NAKED -- Hap, 12:03:31 11/25/08 Tue
  PA SLEEPS NAKED
  
  'Late again,' the third-grade teacher said to little Sammy.
  
  'It ain't my fault this time, Miss Crabtree. You can blame this'un on my Daddy. The reason I'm three hours late is my Daddy sleeps naked!'
  
  Now, Miss Crabtree had taught grammar school for thirty-some-odd years. Despite her mounting fears, she asked little Sammy what he meant by that.
  
  Full of grins and mischief, and in the flower of his youth, little Sammy and trouble were old friends, but he always told her the truth.
  
  'You see, Miss Crabtree, out at the ranch we got this here low down coyote. The last few nights, he done ate six hens and killed Ma's best milk goat. Last night, when Daddy heard a noise out in the chicken pen, he grabbed his shot gun and said to Ma, 'That coyote's back again, I'm a gonna git him!''
  
  'Stay back, he whispered to all us kids!'
  
  'He was naked as a jaybird, no boots, no pants, no shirt! To the hen house he crawled, just like an Injun on the snoop. Then, he stuck that double barreled 12 gauge shot gun through the window of the coop.'
  'As he stared into the darkness, with coyotes on his mind, our old hound dog, Zeke, had done woke up and comes sneaking' up behind Daddy. Then, as we all looked on, plumb helpless, old Zeke stuck his cold nose to Daddy's butt!'
  'Miss Crabtree, we all been cleanin' chickens since three o'clock this mornin'!'
  

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  • You sure this isn't a story about you and the chicken coop? (NT) -- Varmit, 05:51:47 11/26/08 Wed
    • Can't be me, I don't have chickens or a shotgun and it's cold here at night. (NT) -- Hap, 09:23:59 11/27/08 Thu

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• To One and All!!! -- Crystal, 16:42:36 11/26/08 Wed
  HAPPY THANKSGIVING! EAT LOTS OF PRIME RIB! :-)
  

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  • Happy Thanksgiving everyone.......... http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=WQ26144948 (NT) -- Varmit, 06:48:56 11/27/08 Thu
    • Happy Thanksgiving. That card came in our e-mail a few days ago and my wife forwarded it to some friends including a couple of Aussie families that have kept in touch. Reckon they're scratching their head? (NT) -- Hap, 09:17:17 11/27/08 Thu

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• This is scarey -- Varmit, 06:08:41 11/23/08 Sun
  Let her give a one sided story. He stated animal welfare movement. Should of been stated no owning animal movement.
  Find an e-mail for this reporter, let me know. Want to send them the veggies feel pain story.
  
  http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=270850
  

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  • The first thing I do when looking at a horse is look at his eyes. If they have that look like hers, I don't care what the rest of him looks like. (NT) -- Hap, 05:31:19 11/24/08 Mon
  • I was just going to post that story. The only contact email I can find is info@cattlenetwork.com (NT) -- Crystal, 07:15:35 11/24/08 Mon

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• A view of the election from abroad -- Varmit, 17:18:54 11/23/08 Sun
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1084111/PETER-HITCHENS-The-night-waved-goodbye-America--best-hope-Earth.html
  

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  • A few weeks back I saw a newspaper clip about a young girl, 11 or 12, that shot two wetbacks when they broke in and chased her up the stairs. Killed one on the spot and the other died later. Her dad had just left the house and they must have been hiding and waiting. He had taught her how to shoot, and if I remember right, she shot them with a shot gun. Now, as soon as Obummer appoints a couple of new supreme court justices, that little girl would have to spend probably the rest of her life in prison. Read about another case inside.>>>>> -- Hap, 05:47:12 11/24/08 Mon

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• Florida cow tax -- hart, 06:43:20 11/22/08 Sat
  http://www.floridafarmbureau.org/press_releases/11172008
  
  
  FBACT Action Alert-EPA Proposes "Cow Tax"
  Posted November 17th, 2008 by krichardson
  * Press Release
  Florida Agricultural Policy Bulletin
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  ACTION ALERT
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  11/14/08
  
  TO: FBACT MEMBERS; STATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS; COUNTY PRESIDENTS; COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS;
  CC: JOHN L. HOBLICK; PAT COCKRELL; KEVIN MORGAN; FEDERATION STAFF
  FR: AGRICULTURAL POLICY DIVISION
  ***EPA Proposes "Cow Tax"***
  Click HERE to send your message now!
  ISSUE:
  The Environmental Protection Agency issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment on whether it is appropriate to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from automobiles under the Clean Air Act. In order to regulate automobile emissions, the EPA would first have to make a finding that all greenhouse gases endanger public health and safety and should be classified as a "pollutant."
  Essentially, the EPA is ruling on whether or not GHG emissions should be classified as endangering public safety. If that finding is made, all GHGs including carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide would have to be regulated under the Clean Air Act.
  The problem with this approach is that once an endangerment finding is made, other provisions of the Clean Air Act are automatically triggered, creating much broader, costly regulation of other sectors of the economy, including agriculture.
  IMPACT:
  Once an endangerment finding is made, Title V of the Clean Air Act requires that any entity with the potential to emit more than 100 tons per year of a regulated pollutant must obtain a permit in order to continue to operate.
  For previously regulated pollutants, a threshold of 100 tons meant that only the largest of emitters were required to be permitted. For greenhouse gases, the situation is much different. Not only would power plants and factories, but also many office and apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, large churches and even large homes would be regulated. Literally hundreds of thousands of entities would be required to obtain permits.
  The vast majority of livestock operations would easily meet the 100 ton threshold and fall under regulation. In fact, USDA has stated that any operation with more than 25 dairy cows, or 50 beef cattle would have to obtain permits. According to USDA statistics, this would cover about 99 percent of dairy production and over 90 percent of beef production in the United States.
  As the proposal stands today, the permit fees would equate to a "tax" of $175 per dairy cow and $87.50 per beef cow.
  Greenhouse gas regulation under the Clean Air Act would not only adversely impact livestock producers but all farmers. Crop production emits nitrous oxide from fertilizer and methane from rice production, and fields that emit 100 tons of carbon would also be subject to permitting requirements as well. Any Florida farm with 500 acres of corn, 250 acres of soybeans, 350 acres of potatoes or only 35 acres of rice would be forced to obtain Clean Air Act permits.
  Emissions from farm machinery and energy used in production might also be added. Regulation of other economic sectors will result in increased fuel, fertilizer and energy costs for all farmers and ranchers.
  ACTION:
  CLICK HERE to send a message to EPA letting them know how regulation of greenhouse gasses under the Clean Air Act would adversely affect agriculture.
  For questions, contact: Andrew Walmsley, andrew.walmsley@ffbf.org, 352-378-8100 ext. 1108
  

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  • Think most states have it up on their farm bureau sites..... heres another one..... http://www.wyfb.org/ (NT) -- Varmit, 14:53:26 11/22/08 Sat

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• Meet Logan, The Sky Angel Cowboy - CBN News -- Hap, 10:18:57 11/21/08 Fri
  
  
  
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0r_FbARIn8
  

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  • Great Story (NT) -- Varmit, 13:44:25 11/21/08 Fri

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• How Obama Got Elected -- Varmit, 18:51:47 11/20/08 Thu
  You can watch the video at:
  www.howobamagotelected.com
  
  Results of the poll:
  
  512 Obama Voters 11/13/08-11/15/08 MOE +/- 4.4 points
  
  97.1% High School Graduate or higher, 55% College Graduates
  
  Results to 12 simple Multiple Choice Questions
  
  57.4% could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing)
  
  71.8% could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing)
  
  82.6% could NOT correctly say that Barack Obama won his first election by getting opponents kicked off the ballot (25% chance by guessing)
  
  88.4% could NOT correctly say that Obama said his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket (25% chance by guessing)
  
  56.1% could NOT correctly say Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground (25% chance by guessing).
  
  And yet.....
  
  Only 13.7% failed to identify Sarah Palin as the person on which their party spent $150,000 in clothes
  
  Only 6.2% failed to identify Palin as the one with a pregnant teenage daughter
  
  And 86.9 % thought that Palin said that she could see Russia from her "house," even though that was Tina Fey who said that!!
  
  Only 2.4% got at least 11 correct.
  
  Only .5% got all of them correct. (And we "gave" one answer that was technically not Palin, but actually Tina Fey)
  

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  • I could only watch half of it and had to quit. (NT) -- Hap, 19:11:10 11/20/08 Thu

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• Wonder if its going to effect rodeo and bull riding? -- Varmit, 07:32:53 11/20/08 Thu
  Auto makers are pulling back their sponsorships. Which in my opinion, if they have no money and paying workers $71.00 an hour, you would think sponsorship of sporting events would also be a way of cutting back costs. So they dropping some of their golf tournament sponsorship. Don't see them sponsoring rodeo and bull riding much longer either.
  
  http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSSP19867020081118
  

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  • Looks like it's more than likely they will loose money from Ford. It's widespread and gonna affect everybody in one way or another. One of my stocks went from 40 something per share a couple of months ago to 12 something today. I've got a couple of others that ain't all that much and haven't checked on them. Afraid to look. I can't sell now, can only hope the new super boys in office make me a wealthy man like they promised. (NT) -- Hap, 18:52:26 11/20/08 Thu

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• EPA proposes cow tax. -- Hap, 16:40:34 11/19/08 Wed
  
  
  http://www.floridafarmbureau.org/press_releases/11172008
  

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  • Maybe all the ranchers and farmers ought to go on strike and see how they would survive a year without any US food. (NT) -- Varmit, 18:13:44 11/19/08 Wed
    • So, all I can see out of this is the permits goes into the pockets of crooks and the cows still belch as much as ever. Not any different than the oil and gas or power plant industries. Pollute the air but it's ok because you have paid to do so. Maybe it's just me, but I'd rather breathe cow belches than BS fumes which is mostly what this amounts to. (NT) -- Hap, 19:18:31 11/19/08 Wed
      • They need to sit down and watch the History Channel for a couple of weeks. Much more devastation can happen to earth then what ranchers and farmers are doing. And if only 1 of the things happen, and it will eventually in the future, there is much more to worry about then what ranchers and farmers are doing to the planet. (NT) -- Varmit, 13:38:36 11/20/08 Thu
        • As goofy as this sounds,the stage is set for things like this to pass. (NT) -- Hap, 18:39:54 11/20/08 Thu

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• I got this from the bucking bull breeders board. -- Hap, 11:44:57 11/14/08 Fri
  Varmit, maybe you can open up a roadside stand down there get rich off those city people.
  
  http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-look/m...7&imageindex=5
  

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  • I messed up. Try this one. >>>>> http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-look/makeup-skin-care-hair/staticslideshowglamour.aspx?cp-documentid=12322187&imageindex=5 -- Hap, 11:50:57 11/14/08 Fri
    • I probably could. Women will try anything to look better. They still lookin for the fountain of youth that Ponce De Leon talked about. (NT) -- Varmit, 07:41:41 11/19/08 Wed
      • $100.00 per treatment. They only want Angus products. What would happen if somebody slipped in some bucking bull straws? Bad hair day? (NT) -- Hap, 19:37:46 11/19/08 Wed
        • Maybe look like Phylis Diller. (NT) -- Varmit, 13:32:26 11/20/08 Thu

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• Deke Latham Memorial rodeo closing down -- Varmit, 07:53:26 11/19/08 Wed
  http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2008/11/19/sports/local/ef0831ef9f8a366587257506000383e7.txt
  

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  • I hate to see any of them go and this one for sure. (NT) -- Hap, 19:22:24 11/19/08 Wed

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• Ban on hot shots at Rowell Rodeo Removed -- Varmit, 13:33:38 11/12/08 Wed
  ARA's not happy.
  
  http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_10958538
  

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  • Best news we've heard in awhile. (NT) -- Hap, 08:22:59 11/13/08 Thu
    • i wonder how many times Cotton zapped himself to prove to them it wasn't all that bad. (NT) -- Hap, 08:27:37 11/13/08 Thu
      • Has his speech been slurred lately? (NT) -- Varmit, 13:59:34 11/13/08 Thu

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• Welcome to the world of "Change," young man!!! -- Hap, 10:45:50 11/10/08 Mon
  I have a niece in Colorado Springs who's husband has built up a nice business and is very business savvy. He has lots of employees and falls among the ones that will become taxed out the nose because of "change."
  
  Out of all his employees, there were only two on the "change" band wagon and one was a guy in his twenties and the day after the election, he was bragging about the victory.
  
  When he was asked how this "change " was going to benefit him, he was like many others who voted for it, he didn't have a clue. The only thing he knew was they were going to tax the wealthy real heavy and he was going to get a tax cut. The wealthy had plenty and didn't need it. Sound familiar?
  
  My nephew-in-law who has worked really hard to build up his business, to the point he's having health problems, told him that for the amount of extra taxes he stood to pay, it only makes sense to him to down size and just become a small business in a much lower bracket, much fewer headaches, and still be able to make dang near as much as he's accustomed to making. The young guy, who of course is one of the newer guys, suddenly had a light bulb come on in his head and "Damn, why didn't somebody tell us these things?"
  
  He was told something like "You were told, but was not listening while you were on the soap box."
  

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  • I saw a movie about a month ago with Andy Griffith in it. Played a real mean spirited part. Some lady had found him in the hills. Made him famous, had his on TV show. Was worshiped like some of the stars are now. Some guy was running for Senator and they brought him in because he had such a following to help this senator win. He told the Senator, something simular to this. "You got to tell the people that you are for change in Washington." He kept going on and on and my first thought was, Geez this movie is just like Obama and it was made 50 years ago. (NT) -- Varmit, 14:08:50 11/10/08 Mon
    • I got some GOOD NEWS.... Starbucks profits dropped 97 %. Guess they should not have allowed Steve to drop their sponsorship of Cheyenne and all other rodeos. Should send them an e-mail and tell them cowboys have lots of money and would of bought their coffee. They'd never know the difference. (NT) -- Varmit, 15:17:55 11/10/08 Mon
    • Another example inside. >>>> -- Hap, 11:28:02 11/11/08 Tue
      • I never had a cup of Starbucks. (NT) -- Hap, 11:33:04 11/11/08 Tue
      • I think Joe used the best way to decide. (NT) -- Varmit, 15:55:36 11/11/08 Tue
        • I like his style, but I think he'd get spanked by the ACLU if he really did that. (NT) -- Hap, 21:01:01 11/11/08 Tue

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• I always liked him. -- Varmit, 11:27:49 11/09/08 Sun
  Rodeo friend passes away
  
  November 8, 2008 - 7:02PM
  I just wanted to let the folks of the Yuma area know that a great cowboy has passed on. If you've been to the Yuma Jaycees Silver Spur Rodeo, you will no doubt remember the tones of our announcer of many years, Johnny Pope. Johnny was a true friend of the Jaycees and was loved and respected by rodeo cowboys nationwide.
  
  According to Johnny's obituary in the Mobile Alabama newspaper, "John William "Johnny" Pope, III - a 66-year-old resident of Semmes - passed away in Phoenix, Ariz. on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Mr. Pope, a professional rodeo announcer for 35 years, was a Gold Card Member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. He was a veteran of the Alabama Army National Guard 711th Signal Battalion, was the Cowboy Polo World Champion Runner-up in 1969, and was inducted into the Mobile County Horseman's Hall of Fame. He loved riding and training horses and as a singer/songwriter enjoyed playing Western music."
  
  Burial was in Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile on Nov. 6.
  
  I along with several Jaycees rodeo committeemen have lost a good friend. I have lost a true friend, a friend I could count on always. Marilyn and I send our love, respects and prayers to his lovely bride Janet. Rest easy, cowboy...
  
  
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  GREGORY GARDNER
  Silver Spur Rodeo
  Chairman, 1992
  Yuma
  

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  • I always like Johnny too, He was a class act. (NT) -- Bruce, 22:07:34 11/09/08 Sun
    • I saw Johnny at lots of Hunnecutt rodeos and I liked him. He was a guy who kept it interesting and kept the crowd informed. He never was a glory hog. (NT) -- Hap, 10:55:22 11/10/08 Mon
      • He started when I was still a teenager so we go back quite a ways. Back in about 87 I was at Arcadia, Fl. rodeo over the 4th of July. Was winning it when I left. A few days later we left out to go out west and make some rodeos. Was riding around the track at Cheyenne and somebody hollered my name. It was Johnny riding his horse. He was heading for Montana and stopped in for a day to excersise his horse and rest up. You never knew where he was going to turn up. (NT) -- Varmit, 14:03:31 11/10/08 Mon

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• I bet Steve and Ingrid are MIGHTY PROUD. -- Varmit, 13:43:15 11/08/08 Sat
  Ankara - Residents of a mainly Kurdish village in southeastern Turkey have sacrificed 44 sheep to celebrate the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States.
  
  Dogan news agency video on Friday shows villagers in Cavustepe village, in the province of Van, bordering Iran, holding Obama posters smeared with blood. In overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey, the practice is believed to protect people or property from bad luck.
  
  The posters read "you are one of us" and "we love you."
  
  Abdulkerim Kulaz of Cavustepe village says Obama's election and his Muslim ancestry have excited the villagers. Kulaz says Obama's election was a "proof of an end to racism in the world."
  
  Turkey is a close US ally.
  

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  • They will take that hard. Now, here in the US, the road is paved to stop the slaughter of sheep and all livestock, just like the horse act. Check out who voted the horse act in. I saw it once, but don't remember how to find it. Where's Rose? (NT) -- Hap, 08:35:35 11/09/08 Sun

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• This guy pretty much says it the way I think, but he's a heck of a lot smarter and richer than me. -- Hap, 08:29:03 11/09/08 Sun
  http://www.ofspirit.com/drwaynedyer1.htm
  

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• These people don't have much faith -- Varmit, 09:39:56 11/06/08 Thu
  Just got an e-mail from titled Obama Sale. Their site says about the same thing as the e-mail did:
  
  http://atigradoacres.com/08Sale.shtml
  

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  • The thing about it is, if they see the handwriting on the wall and are afraid of what's in store, then that ad wouldn't put people into a buying frame of mind. (NT) -- Hap, 09:54:53 11/06/08 Thu
    • Them being from Georgia, they just might be upset over the election. (NT) -- Varmit, 08:30:36 11/07/08 Fri

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• Varmit, yes, I've got stock in the stock market, but lost more than half of it and here's who's to blame. -- Hap, 11:01:49 11/06/08 Thu
  
  
  
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68D9XrqyrWo
  

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  • They should run that video on the nightly news every night. (NT) -- Varmit, 13:53:22 11/06/08 Thu
    • Do you know of any streams out there we might go pan for gold? (NT) -- Varmit, 13:55:57 11/06/08 Thu
      • I know of a gold mine that's pretty much gone kaput and it's probably making more money now than they ever did. They have trains hauling tourists through it all day at $15 a head. No telling how many go on the tour every day, and when they come out of the mine they have a wooden trough built with water running through it and pans that they can use to try their luck. They seed it with a little gold dust and people have alot of fun trying to pan some. There are actually gold panning clubs around here. There are magazines published on where and how to do it. Just sit tight and if we get lazy enough, ain't the guys that are ambitious enough to go out and work their butts off going to have to share it with us, now due to "change?" (NT) -- Hap, 16:18:18 11/06/08 Thu

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• Took me 15 minutes to vote -- Varmit, 15:06:25 11/04/08 Tue
  Would of been through quicker but had to wait for wife who was in front of me.
  
  Now the question is I guess, will they burn down their villages no matter who wins.
  
  And I guess all those promises they both made to us, all go out the window once the polls close.
  

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  • If 1/10 th of those millions of promises are kept, that will be a real chore. I think PETA, SHARK, Osama Bin Ladin, and in fact all terriorists,Iran, local gangs and others who think like they do are happy this morning. Things are working out for them. Not to mention the druggies that never got anything going for them in life. I've put together a decent retirement but have nothing left over for them, but now I'm going to have to divy up for them because of "change." I would be one happy guy if I'm wrong. (NT) -- Hap, 07:15:32 11/05/08 Wed
    • Massachusetts voters today embraced a ballot question to end greyhound racing in the state, rejecting track owners’ arguments that the ban would cost jobs at a time of economic hardship in favor of protecting dogs from harm. The contentious ballot question passed amid emotional ad campaigns by both sides. Proponents used images of sad-eyed greyhounds that they say are caged inhumanely and raced to injury while opponents put the spotlight on the track employees who would be put out of work if the ballot question passed. The coalition argued that the ballot question would put the needs of dogs before the needs of people -- among them, some 1,000 employees of the state's two dog tracks who would lose their jobs. (NT) -- Varmit, 13:13:02 11/05/08 Wed
      • Maybe each county should have 1 electoral vote....... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/election/uscounties.html (NT) -- Varmit, 06:02:20 11/06/08 Thu
        • Looks like OK and AK were the only states to go ALL McCain. HI, VT, NH, CT, RI, & MA were ALL Nobama. (NT) -- Crystal, 07:18:59 11/06/08 Thu
          • My home county was 60% McCain. The county where I was born was 70 some % McCain The county where I grew up, I don't want to talk about it. There's a reason I always knew I didn't want my kids to grow up there. I only hope that I can soon say I've been wrong and those liberals are wonderful people and the rest of us need to lighten up on them. I'm willing, but not holding my breath til I see it. (NT) -- Hap, 08:24:25 11/06/08 Thu
            • How can you lighten up on them.... they still bashin Palin.... they demonstrating out in the Land of Fruits and Nuts over the gay marriage thing and filing lawsuits.... they think hunting animals is sooooo cruel..... none of the men have a deep voice.....they talk through their nose most of the time. Thats the biggest pet peeve I have always had about them. Maybe because my voice is extra deep. Keeps the grandson in line. I just have raise the volumn just a notch to get his attention. Almost forgot McCain got 55% in our county. (NT) -- Varmit, 08:30:38 11/06/08 Thu
              • There election victory is doing a good job on the stock market. Down almost another 300 points this morning. Hap, hope you like me and not in the stock market. We may need the cash to pay Albertagirl rent someday in the future. (NT) -- Varmit, 08:38:55 11/06/08 Thu
                • I was thinking more in terms of our new Commander In Chief (somebody get me a bucket, I'm fixing to puke) (NT) -- Hap, 09:59:32 11/06/08 Thu

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• Congratulations to CBR Team Ropers -- Hap, 06:21:31 11/03/08 Mon
  Congratulations to CBR Team Ropers-Tuff Hedeman and Cole Echols
  
  Fort Worth, Texas (October 30, 2008) - Championship Bull Riding (CBR) -Sends out a big congratulations to CBR President Tuff Hedeman and CBR Rider Cole Echols for winning the 2008 USTRC National Finals Team Roping Shoot-Out in Oklahoma City over the weekend. They won the average title with 39.69 on five head taking home the big cash prize of $90,000. Don't worry, neither one plan of giving up their day jobs! Tuff can be seen at all CBR events and hosting our show on RFD-TV. Make sure to tune in on Wednesday November 5th to watch the premiere of the Santa Maria event. Cole Echols will be competing for the CBR World Title in Las Vegas, January 23 and 24. Way to go Tuff and Cole!
  

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  • What is Tuff's number rating? Anybody know? (NT) -- Varmit, 06:20:11 11/04/08 Tue
    • They won the # 15 roping and I think that's the total of the two ropers so he should be a 7 or 8. Or the heeler could be a 9 and Tuff's a 6 or some combination like that . Do not know for sure this is how it works but that's the way I think it is. (NT) -- Hap, 08:07:41 11/04/08 Tue

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• A barrelman making sense -- Hap, 05:58:30 11/03/08 Mon
  
  
  Flint's blog
  
  http://mobull.pbrnow.com/riderblogfullstory.ftl?link=http://www.pbrnow.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/10/14/
  I-Already-Voted
  
  This paragraph takes the words right out of my mouth.
  
  "Do celebrities and people in the spotlight really think they have more expertise than the average American? There are many celebrities out there that do help me decide which way to vote, though. THE OPPOSITE OF HOW THEY ARE VOTING!!"
  

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  • Looks loke you will need to click on Home. then PBR Blogs, then scroll down to Clint. (NT) -- Hap, 06:16:50 11/03/08 Mon
    • Well I am glad your taking the advice of a clown over Hollywood. (NT) -- Varmit, 07:08:14 11/03/08 Mon
      • Speaking of clowns and Hollywood, I've always thought things were out of whack when a guy like Slim Pickens could have a great carreer clowning rodeos but there are many who only think of him as an actor. It always seemed to me it should be a bigger deal to do something in life for real rather than play act like little kids do all the time. Same with Ben Johnson, and I have to say I've enjoyed them both in movies, but play acting in front of a camera seems small compared to what they did before that. (NT) -- Hap, 07:27:47 11/03/08 Mon
        • My mom has a photo from Camdenton, Missouri with her and some others on their trick riding horses and Casey Tibbs and Slim Pickens standing in front of the horses. Slim had his matador outfit on. (NT) -- Varmit, 09:06:03 11/03/08 Mon
          • Guess if McCain loses can we blame Justin and Travis??............. Pro bull riders Justin McBride and Travis Briscoe will take a break from the PBR World Finals in Las Vegas on Monday to fly north to Reno and jump into the presidential race on election eve. McBride of Elk City, Okla., and Briscoe of Edgewood, N.M., will take part in a "Road to Victory" rally with Republican vice-presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. The event is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. at the Reno Livestock Events Center, 1350 N. Wells Ave., the site of the annual Reno Rodeo. Palin is schedule to speak at 8:30 p.m. (NT) -- Varmit, 15:10:20 11/03/08 Mon
            • Dang, you boogered me there for a minute. I thought it was going to say they were voting the other way and that would have been a great disapointment. I'm proud of those boys. (NT) -- Hap, 16:17:36 11/03/08 Mon

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• Listen Fast -- Varmit, 13:19:26 11/02/08 Sun
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvc0tYG_YpA
  

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  • A rapper making sense. Never thought I'd say that. (NT) -- Hap, 06:11:47 11/03/08 Mon

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• Just when you thought it was safe to crawl out of the cave... -- Varmit, 08:29:20 11/01/08 Sat
  (Oct. 31) - A piece of space station trash the size of a refrigerator is poised to plunge through the Earth's atmosphere late Sunday, more than a year after an astronaut tossed it overboard.
  NASA and the U.S. Space Surveillance Network are tracking the object - a 1,400-pound tank of toxic ammonia coolant thrown from the International Space Station - to make sure it does not endanger people on Earth. Exactly where the tank will inevitably fall is currently unknown, though it is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere Sunday afternoon or later that evening, NASA officials said.
  

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  • It's getting close to Sunday PM and you better crawl back under that rock because there's a well beaten path from space to Florida. (NT) -- Hap, 08:24:20 11/02/08 Sun

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• I think everybody from Muleshoe ropes -- Varmit, 08:57:21 10/30/08 Thu
  Remember hearing that towns name everytime I was at Cheyenne.
  
  http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/oct/30/female-team-roper-from-texas-tech-making-her/
  

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  • There are a few girls who team rope in HS out here and two or three all girl teams and they place here and there pretty good. (NT) -- Hap, 15:13:50 10/31/08 Fri
    • They need to get some women calf ropers and steer ropers in the PRCA. (NT) -- Varmit, 17:50:50 11/01/08 Sat
      • No tie down calf roping because that's not a pretty sight. Steer roping might be OK because it doesn't take much strenght to tie a rope around the back legs of a steer that's so dazed he doesn't even flick an ear. (NT) -- Hap, 07:16:48 11/02/08 Sun

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• How true. -- Hap, 15:39:57 10/28/08 Tue
  Saw a bumper sticker today that said
  
  "TEN OUT OF TEN TERRORISTS WOULD VOTE FOR ANYBODY BESIDES JOHN McCAIN."
  
  Nothing else, not even the economy is a stronger statement than that.
  

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  • That probably should say "ANYBODY BUT JOHN McCAIN." (NT) -- Hap, 16:55:12 10/28/08 Tue
  • I need to get a much bigger bumper for all of these good stickers! (NT) -- hart, 04:02:50 10/29/08 Wed
    • Obama says McCain has not talked about his Muslim Faith......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGdkqfBICw (NT) -- Varmit, 06:33:05 10/29/08 Wed
      • I'll bet if this election was Nov of 2001 instead of Nov 2008 McCain would have won by a land slide and for this reason. (NT) -- Hap, 07:00:56 10/29/08 Wed
        • Anybody else getting those annoying phones calls from the Obama camp??.... I am getting sick of them. I seen where someone on a message board was getting the same thing. Said he was going to vote for him until all the bullying phone calls started coming in. (NT) -- Varmit, 14:37:33 10/31/08 Fri
          • Oops!! I got home last night and had five new messages, all from McCain supportors. I've already voted so it was a waste of time. As a legit US citizen, my greatest pleasure would be if we, the people, could have a complete housecleaning and run every last politition out of office and start from scratch. The one condition would be that they had never held any kind of office except an office in their senior class or FFA chapter or something where corruption was not part of the deal. Sad to say polititicians are as impressive to me as the Hollywood crowd and the Hollywood crowd makes me sick. (NT) -- Hap, 07:15:59 11/01/08 Sat

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• Update on horse issue, 10/19/08 -- Hap, 04:51:33 10/30/08 Thu
  http://www.cattlenetwork.com/alpharma_Content.asp?ContentID=261648&emc=el&m=1606170&l=12&v=a329101f5e
  
  Here's a statement that should worry the heck out of all of us because this bill is only one of many that will be voted on in the future.
  
  
  "The most disturbing realization in observing the behavior of the bill's committee proponents was that no reasonable, common sense argument fazed them. Even noting that the bill would force very inhumane conditions on thousands of horses that would be added to those already being abandoned fell on deaf ears."
  

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  • I think its going to stay on the table for awhile. Hopefully by the time they get around to it, it will sink into their brains...... Now for more of an upbeat video....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AktiswHTNs (NT) -- Varmit, 07:34:53 10/30/08 Thu

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• Sarah at the Kissimmee Rodeo Arena -- Varmit, 08:21:24 10/27/08 Mon
  http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2008/10/photos-palins-r.html
  

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  • This probably means Steve won't vote for now. Just joking. I think we already knew that. The Hero and The Hottie ain't his kind of people. (NT) -- Hap, 09:59:49 10/27/08 Mon
  • Varmit, I don't understand why BO is leading in the polls in FL. Can't you have a talk with these people? (NT) -- hart, 04:06:37 10/29/08 Wed
    • I may be wrong.... but I do not think he is going to win Florida. I know he will lose by a big margin in this county. (NT) -- Varmit, 06:28:17 10/29/08 Wed

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• Something to think about -- Varmit, 06:25:39 10/28/08 Tue
  Back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it.
  
  They failed miserably and it closed.
  
  Now we are trusting the economy of our country to a pack of nit-wits who couldn't make money running a whore house and selling booze?
  

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  • There isn't much the govt does right, especially anything that should be run like a business. About the only thing they do right is the military - and even it has its problems. (NT) -- Crystal, 07:36:54 10/28/08 Tue
    • They ( screwed ) up the profits. Sorry, a little naughty. (NT) -- Hap, 08:46:28 10/28/08 Tue

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• Horse people on politics -- hart, 09:07:01 10/16/08 Thu
  I thought I would invite anyone interested to a yahoo group of horse people talking politics. Hope everyone is doing well!
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/politics_your_thoughts/
  

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  • Hi, Hart. Me and Varmit seem to be doing fine, and Crystal swallowed a water melon seed but otherwise nodody else hardly ever shows up. Actually, I'm so sick of politics I pretty much only watch RFD-TV and ESPN, things like that with no commercials. I think we only put things on here because we run across stuff that is hard to take and want to ruin others day so we don't suffer frustration alone, ha. (NT) -- Hap, 06:58:46 10/19/08 Sun
    • I wonder if Crystal swalled that watermelon seed just so she can drive one of those German cars? (NT) -- Varmit, 16:08:14 10/19/08 Sun
      • I can get my watermelon seeds for free, but I don't own the watermelon farm. Can't afford one of those German cars. I'd buy American if I could afford a NEW car, anyway. :-) (NT) -- Crystal, 07:14:58 10/20/08 Mon
        • I stick to the seedless watermelons. Congratulations Crystal! (NT) -- hart, 06:24:19 10/21/08 Tue
    • THe politics is getting scarey. I've gotten addicted to TLC. Love the "flip" shows. My uncle was doing that 30 years ago. (NT) -- Hart, 06:26:40 10/21/08 Tue
      • I am registered as a " non affiliated party" voter. I don't have no uneasy feeling about secrecy with McCain, Palin or Biden. But this lawyer who filed a lawsuit sums up some of my uneasiness with Obama and secrecy that seems to be surrounding him.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA6_k3NtXZs ......... The other thing that bothers me is the one sided media. It reminds me of how some day the big money ARA's may have their brainwashed people in all the media outlets. And that is scarey. It's like you can't say anything bad about Obama, but you can make fun of McCain and Palin all you want. And they did the same thing when Hillary was running against him. (NT) -- Varmit, 15:53:01 10/21/08 Tue
        • I think there is a whole lot more than they are telling us. Just the fact that he has surrounded himself with people that hate the US scares the crap out of me. (NT) -- Hart, 04:54:33 10/22/08 Wed
          • Hart, what is a flip show? I found TLC but don't know what to look for. (NT) -- Hap, 08:47:32 10/22/08 Wed
            • You won't see this in the news media.... AP poll........ WASHINGTON (Oct. 22) - The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows McCain and Barack Obama essentially running even among likely voters in the election homestretch. (NT) -- Varmit, 17:25:33 10/22/08 Wed
            • Flip that house, property ladder, moving up...real estate renovations or recycling since that is a popular term. (NT) -- hart, 04:46:54 10/28/08 Tue

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• Definition of Socialism(see below and tell me what you think.) -- Hap, 09:37:02 10/26/08 Sun
  http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/socialism
  
  
  The laughing stock gov of NM had rebate checks sent out just in time to hopefully sway voters to his party at our expense.
  
  If you made under $30,000 last year you get the largest rebate check and the amount decreases at different levels until the top money earners who paid taxes through the nose receive the lowest, never mind they paid by far the most taxes.
  
  Varmit, you have more cows than some out there so you need to divie up.
  
  It might be good for the sorry asses but gonna be tough on those who have worked hard for what they've got and Joe the plumber picked up on that.
  

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  • No, No, No..... I got more horses then most people. And everybody knows how the horse market has been this year. I could fit into that rebate check this year. (NT) -- Varmit, 16:29:34 10/26/08 Sun

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• Bull riding fools -- Varmit, 06:51:09 06/03/08 Tue
  They spuring the hide off of them up there in Vermont
  
  http://prorodeo.com/results_page.aspx#franklincounty
  

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  • That was a drawing contest in reverse, looks like. I heard of a four point bronc ride winning the whole deal one time. Last rider, no qualified rides, and the horse walked out far enough to break the pane and stood there for eight seconds. They gave the rider and the horse one point each on both sides. (NT) -- Hap, 21:48:28 06/03/08 Tue
  • Here's Bill Herbert at our little rodeo on Bo Diddly. He scored 77 and won the rodeo with it along with a $100.00 Sat. night bonus that I put up. Bill's girl friend is Pauline Reese, an up and coming singer I am told but I never heard of her. She sure is pretty though. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a158/ZDRanch/DSC_0001.jpg How do you get a link posted here Varmet? (NT) -- ZD, 15:11:11 06/04/08 Wed
    • Copy and paste it into the message box when you create a new subject or new message as they put it on this board. Thats a good photo.... did you take it? (NT) -- Varmit, 20:11:56 06/04/08 Wed
      • Heavens no. A professional was there making pix and using digital camera. He had his computer and a printer (really good and fancy one) in a tent. I think he did pretty good. He made a bunch of me driving the JD tractor grooming the arena and I gave it to the JD dealer that let us use the tractor. It was a really good pix with the flags flapping proudly and a perfectly goomed arena and the JD tractor in the center of it all. The guy was really good. (NT) -- ZD, 12:56:08 06/05/08 Thu
        • Didn't Steve show up when he was doing that or something? Think I remember something about him complaining about the Governor. (NT) -- Varmit, 11:02:17 06/15/08 Sun
  • EYFikAtjwdOxzV -- huogrq (HeeQaWJiIa), 04:18:25 10/25/08 Sat

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• So what is everybody else's take. -- Varmit, 10:07:58 10/22/08 Wed
  Just read where Justin McBride is retiring. Seen where some people say its always best to go out on top while your young.
  
  I have never thought of people that way for some reason. Imagine if Billy Etbuer had quit 10 years ago when he was on top. Or Freckles Brown when he was 30 instead of 50. Or Butch Myers when he was young. And on and on your could go.
  
  I always kinda respected people more that could endure years of competion and still be a threat at any rodeo.
  
  The way the world is they forget who you are within 10 years anyways. If you enjoy it, I say keep on truckin. If your afraid your going to get hurt then quit.
  
  I still say there in nothing in life that can replace the thrill of nodding your head in a rodeo event.
  
  Maybe I am just not aging gracefully.
  

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  • I doubt he's quitting because he's afraid of getting hurt. Getting out of the hospital with a deflated lung and going to the finals and winning the first round proves that, not to mention the badly broken ankle the next year or so after that. He's as tough as i've seen and I've also heard he won't take even asprins. The guys you mention are the exception to the rule and more power to them. I've got a guy coming over every week and helping BB riders and he's 50 and still riding ammies. He's good with the kids and even tho he never became world famous, he can dang sure ride BB horses. I've been asked why he hangs around the ammies and the only answer I can give is because he wants to. Cody L. thinks guys are nuts to not come over to the PBR, but it's the same story, everybody needs to be comfortable in his own choices. (NT) -- Hap, 11:14:34 10/22/08 Wed
    • I just remembered something I've heard Justin say. "I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of losing." (NT) -- Hap, 11:18:10 10/22/08 Wed
      • I just found this quote in his retirement article...... ""Now I am in a position to go out while I'm healthy and still riding well. I mean you can get hurt crossing the street but there are more risks involved with bull riding. Now that I have a family and a child to think about, I want to be able to retire and enjoy my life with them and not be a crippled bull rider." (NT) -- Varmit, 15:51:02 10/22/08 Wed
        • Speaking of getting up there in age..... Seen where Paul Tierney just won the all around at the Badlands Circuit Finals....... http://prorodeo.com/results_page.aspx#dodgebadlands (NT) -- Varmit, 09:45:12 10/23/08 Thu
  • Well, my dad rode broncs until he was 56 (I think). He didn't quit on his own terms. He had just placed 2nd in the World at the Old Timers Finals. He was all gung-ho and was going to win the World the next year. He was also riding in the PRCA and going to the Circuit Finals every year. The day after the OT Finals, his cattle truck was hit by another semi with a drunk driver. Did enough damage to his back he had to quit riding broncs. >>> -- Crystal, 07:37:31 10/24/08 Fri
    • I guess I should clarify my last comment. He cracked back out in the early '90's, not just recently. lol (NT) -- Crystal, 07:40:43 10/24/08 Fri
      • My dad rodeo saddle broncs until he was about 42... think he quit the bareback riding at about 37 or 38. Continued to bulldog until he was 58. But he did quit riding bulls at 30. Said he was getting nervous about getting on them. Think we all have a chemistry change about that age compared to our young 20's. I know I use to jump on those planes without any thought until I was about 30 then I would question myself as to why I was up in the air in an oversize tin can with wings. (NT) -- Varmit, 09:49:46 10/24/08 Fri
        • I never meant for it to sound like I was against guys riding when they got older, but like I said above, they are the exception and more power to them. I just can't see why it's a problem for a guy like Justin to retire young if he wants to. More power to him, too. (NT) -- Hap, 12:49:22 10/24/08 Fri
          • Not holding nothing against ya Hap or anyone who retires early. I just like seeing guys with talent and age around whipping up on the kids Like I said before it don't take long for kids to forget who anyone is. Kid in the top 50 riding a horse from down here called the owner and said I ran into this guy who said to tell you hello. Kid said "don't know who he is but said his name was Jerry Jetton. (NT) -- Varmit, 13:40:04 10/24/08 Fri
            • Another story like that is when my oldest son would tell me about a real neat guy that subbed bucking horses and the young guys really enjoyed visiting with him and he hauled some real good horses. I asked him what that guys name was and he only knew him as Dennis or Denny. Next time he saw him he asked and it was Dennis Reiners. His rodeo days meant nothing to the young guys because they never heard of him, but they liked him because they only knew him as a friendly old guy who wouldn't BS them when it came to telling them how much rein to give one of his horses.. (NT) -- Hap, 14:14:05 10/24/08 Fri

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• Getting an earlier start this year -- Varmit, 16:06:59 10/19/08 Sun
  Since the PRCA 2008 season is over except Dallas, I see some of the guys who did not qualify for the NFR are getting an early start on the 2009 season.
  
  http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/10/19/sports/local/18-demers.txt
  

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• Hard to believe people are this stupid. Maybe McCain should get a can of black spray paint. -- Hap, 07:15:38 10/16/08 Thu
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyvqhdllXgU
  

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  • Arn't city people smart? Before I seen your link I had just read an article some woman wrote who said if McCain wins it will be because of racism. I was thinking, how can they call it racism when 90 plus percent of blacks are voting for Obama. Your link tells the story. Then they talking about election fraud. Guess we might all end up in anger mangement rehab by the time this election is over. (NT) -- Varmit, 13:44:04 10/16/08 Thu

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• Cute Video -- Varmit, 17:12:51 10/15/08 Wed
  Somebody has a lot of time on their hands to make this thing. Wonder how long it took:
  
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• Just a few of the known guys we won't see at the NFR this year. -- Varmit, 16:56:15 10/14/08 Tue
  Wes Stevenson... has a very outside chance with that one rodeo that is left in southeast Texas.
  Cody DeMers
  Sean Mulligan
  Shawn Greenfield
  Matt Reeves
  Joey Bell, Jr.
  Spud Duval
  David Key
  Brandon Beers
  Chance Kelton
  Steve Purcella
  Kory Koontz
  Mike Beers
  Boogie Ray
  Twister Cain
  Cody DeMoss
  Isaac Diaz
  Heith DeMoss
  Jess Martin
  Jeff Willert
  Blair Burk
  Matt Shiozawa
  Cade Swor
  Jerome Schneeberger
  Monty Lewis
  Clayton Foltyn
  Fred Boettcher
  Jason McClain
  Jesse Bail
  and of course Taos
  
  Quite a list of replacements this year.
  

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  • Speaking of the finals, have you seen the youngest Cooper kid rope? He's going to Vegas and still in high school,(home school) He's on the cover of the new Western Horseman, along with a couple of other kids that are doing good. Inside, they have several more they tell about. (NT) -- Hap, 19:54:20 10/14/08 Tue
    • Yeah I have. I think of the 3 brothers he got the biggest percentage of the roping DNA from his dad. And if he does good at Dallas and the NFR and Josh stumbles a little he has a good a chance of being the world champion this year as anybody. (NT) -- Varmit, 08:10:00 10/15/08 Wed
      • I saw him and Clint on Beyond Rodeo on RFD not long ago and they are impressive in the way they conduct themselves. They've got more than just roping going for them. I didn't know where he was in the standings but went to look just now and he's fifth, one hole ahead of his Uncle Stran. (NT) -- Hap, 08:46:43 10/15/08 Wed

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• Hmmm -- Varmit, 08:26:39 10/13/08 Mon
  Wonder if it was an activist?
  
  http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=9168050&nav=menu577_2_1
  

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  • Can't be Steve. He doesn't have enough class to drive a Dodge PU. (NT) -- Hap, 11:36:06 10/14/08 Tue

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• An ol’ cowboy once told me....... -- Hap, 05:18:57 10/12/08 Sun
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• Flip Flop -- Varmit, 13:58:22 10/09/08 Thu
  Obama Rejects Own Mortgage Idea
  By Mark Impomeni
  Oct 8th 2008 8:00PM
  
  
  During last night's second presidential debate, Sen. John McCain made some news by proposing a federal bailout of home mortgages in an effort to help "stabilize home values." The plan, which McCain admitted would be "expensive" would allow the U.S. Treasury to buy distressed mortgages directly from the holders and renegotiate a new fixed-rate loan at the home's current market-adjusted value. The idea is to help struggling homeowners stay in their houses while at the same time boosting confidence in the real estate markets, which McCain said was at the root of the economic crisis.
  
  Sen. Barack Obama did not initially react to McCain's bold stroke, but today, his campaign rejected the idea out of hand. Obama economic adviser Jason Furman said that the plan was simply too expensive. "John McCain's plan to overpay for bad mortgages by handing taxpayer dollars over to big financial institutions is erratic policy-making at its worst, and its not the change we need to strengthen our economy, create new jobs and keep Americans in their homes. The biggest beneficiaries of this plan will be the same financial institutions that got us into this mess, some of whom even committed fraud." That's a pretty strong condemnation of the McCain plan. The trouble for Obama, however, is that he was advocating much the same idea just two weeks ago.
  
  On September 24th, at the height of the financial crisis, Sen. Obama said that the very mortgage bailout plan McCain embraced at the debate last night was worthy of consideration.
  
  We should consider giving the government the authority to purchase mortgages directly instead of simply purchasing mortgage-backed securities.
  
  [I would] encourage Treasury to study the option of buying individual mortgages like we did successfully in the 1930s."
  On home mortgages,
  
  Obama was for buying them before he was against it.
  

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• 545 People -- Hap, 11:29:49 10/06/08 Mon
  "545 People By Charlie Reese"
  Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits? Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?
  
  You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
  
  You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
  
  You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
  
  You and I don't control monetary policy, The Federal Reserve Bank does.
  
  One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president and nine Supreme Court justices - 545 human beings out of the 300 million - are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
  
  I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered but private central bank.
  
  I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or a president to do one cotton-picking thing.
  
  I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
  
  Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
  
  What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.
  
  The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
  
  The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.
  
  Who is the speaker of the House? She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want.
  
  If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
  
  It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts - of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people.
  
  When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
  
  If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair. If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red. If the Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ.
  
  If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
  
  There are no insoluble government problems.
  
  Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power.
  
  Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like 'the economy,' 'inflation' or 'politics' that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
  
  Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
  
  They, and they alone, have the power.
  
  They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses - provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
  
  We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
  
  Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel.
  
  And keep in mind this Congress only worked 93 days last year! The shortest season in history and at a time when we are at war and the economy is tumbling!
  

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  • Great article! (NT) -- Crystal, 07:01:57 10/07/08 Tue
    • Inside..>>>>>>>> -- Varmit, 13:55:42 10/07/08 Tue

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• Got an e-mail today -- Varmit, 12:25:11 09/29/08 Mon
  They trying to sell some thermal imagining gadget and they wrote in one area "An Owner with 1000 cows and a loss of only 10% by an average price for a cow of $ 2,000.00 makes a saving $ 20.000,00"
  
  Not sure where they are at, but would love to be able to sell some cows for $2000.00 each.
  

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  • What does this therman imaging device do? Years ago we tried to use a pig 'pregnostigator' to preg check some cows and found it to work better than palpation so long as you could distinguish the fetus from the kidney. Some times it's hard to do that for me palpating them. (NT) -- ZD, 09:04:38 10/01/08 Wed
    • This is part of what is said....... "Checking for udder injuries, mastitis or bruising along with hoof problems. Helps lower stomachic cell counts by early detection of milk production problems. Longevity and lameness of production animals because ailments are detected sooner like hairy wart, foot rot, sole lameness, abscesses, digital dermatitis, claw lesions, sore mouth and muscle injuries Heat stressed animals can be detected, isolated, and treated quickly Calf navel infection problems detected sooner. Dry cow udder problems are easily detected including frostbites." (NT) -- Varmit, 10:16:10 10/01/08 Wed
      • Well if you have to check for all those problems every day to find them early you will soon be out of business. A good cowboy can detect most of those problems while riding through the herd. He may not know what the problem is but he will know there is a problem and can examine the cow when he either gets her to the lot or ropes her. (NT) -- ZD, 07:00:47 10/02/08 Thu
        • You have to remember, that many people in the cow business now are city people. I know plenty of them down here. They invested in land and using the cows to get agriculture taxes and have a write off for their investment. (NT) -- Varmit, 13:35:16 10/02/08 Thu
          • They got an amendment coming up for vote about fishing marina's getting an agriculture tax break and this is what the Orlando newspaper thinks about people with cattle when giving their opinion about the amendment........."The state's tax exemption for agriculture has long been manipulated by fat cats who put out a few cows or plant some trees to reduce their holding costs." (NT) -- Varmit, 07:18:30 10/04/08 Sat

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• How it all happened. -- Hap, 06:11:41 10/03/08 Fri
  
  
  
  
  Timeline shows Bush, McCain warning Dems of financial mess, although that's not how it's being told now.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&feature=related
  

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  • Of course! What did you expect?? lol Just wait till Obama gets elected and gets all his bad, socialist policies in. Then when we really tank, guess whose fault it will be... It will still be GWB's fault! (NT) -- Crystal, 07:29:15 10/03/08 Fri
    • Three men who brought down Wall Street..... Where are they now??.... Obama....... http://tncwatch.com/2008/09/three-men-who-brought-down-wall-street.html (NT) -- Varmit, 09:51:48 10/03/08 Fri

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• I did this poll for President -- Varmit, 15:16:09 09/27/08 Sat
  http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/candidate-match-game.htm
  
  It did not check mark either one. Guess I gotta find someone to vote for.
  

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• I'm not looking for a new job, but.... -- Crystal, 13:49:06 09/24/08 Wed
  PeTA's are such wack-jobs: Click Here.
  

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  • Seen this??..... http://www.fastclips.com/videos/1U5PdhhBr16m .... looks like a get even with them video. (NT) -- Varmit, 14:08:38 09/24/08 Wed
  • Crystal, you better be on the lookout for wierd looking strangers around your due date. Run for cover. (NT) -- Hap, 07:57:21 09/25/08 Thu
    • I'm already starting to lose my taste for ice cream for some reason. (NT) -- Varmit, 08:06:53 09/25/08 Thu
      • I think it is a good excuse for me to stock up on Ben & Jerry's before they make the switch. By the case-full! (NT) -- Crystal, 13:20:35 09/25/08 Thu
        • Here is a new economic plan inside..>>>>>>>>>> -- Varmit, 07:58:08 09/26/08 Fri

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• Tom Tescher -- Varmit, 14:09:18 09/25/08 Thu
  ND Rodeo Veteran Dies at 82
  
  9/25/2008
  
  North Dakota saddle bronc riding champion Tom Tescher, one of the early members of the state`s Cowboy Hall of Fame, has died. He was 82.
  
  Family members say Tescher died Wednesday night at a nursing home in Montana.
  
  He won the first North Dakota Saddle Bronc Riding Championship in 1948, and along with his late brother Jim, started the Home on the Range Champions Ride at Sentinel Butte in 1957.
  
  Tom Tescher and his wife Lorraine raised 10 children on their ranch near Medora.
  
  Funeral arrangements are pending.
  

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  • I worked for Tom Moore in Wyoming when I was 19 and he had several horses on the ranch with numbers branded on their hip from rodeo days and I used to ride one a bunch that was named Tom Tescher because Tom Moore was a partner in the Summit Rodeo Co. and he had bought him from Tom and bucked him for a time. No matter how many miles I put on him, knowing his history kept me on my toes but he never bucked with me. (NT) -- Hap, 19:53:53 09/25/08 Thu

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• He's trying a different attack now. -- Varmit, 13:44:12 09/18/08 Thu
  You would think they would know that Cheyenne has 10 performances instead of 18 like they claim in the video. And then they brag about Cheyenne in the video when only a couple of months ago they were doing nothing but complaining.
  
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  • And here is another new one....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMpw28Vu48o (NT) -- Varmit, 14:45:43 09/22/08 Mon

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• Somebody needs to give a riding lesson clinic -- Varmit, 10:07:28 09/20/08 Sat
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S9jpsI7ldk
  

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• If the ARA's win this one today.. we in big trouble in this country -- Varmit, 06:43:42 09/17/08 Wed
  Horse slaughter bill concerns some veterinarians
  
  September 17, 2008 5:24 AM ET
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Some veterinarians worry that a bill banning horse owners from knowingly sending the animals to slaughter would increase abuse and neglect.
  
  The House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on a bill today that would send horse owners, dealers or veterinarians to prison if they send a horse to slaughter knowing that the meat may be consumed by humans. Horse meat is considered a delicacy by some in Europe and Asia.
  

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  • That is absolutely insane. We are already paying an arm and a leg to put criminals that steal and hurt people in jail and we can't afford to put good people in jail because some veggie head disagrees with them. Surely no sane politition would vote for something like this. (NT) -- ZD, 15:28:26 09/17/08 Wed
    • I read where they posponed it and then read this in one article........ Committee members asked why this issue was coming up in front of the Judiciary Committee, instead of some more germane committee and why Congress was considering at all the criminalizing of selling horses that might be consumed by humans. (NT) -- Varmit, 06:32:32 09/18/08 Thu
  • This only adds to the problem...>>>> -- Crystal, 08:06:24 09/18/08 Thu
    • Wherever there are people with plenty of money... they are all anti-slaughter. They have places where they have grooms, barn keepers, etc. etc...... I have always been curious as to who created all this in the first place. Most all of us have European descendents in our background, and Europe is where they eat all the meat. Was it some rebelious young person way back that decided eating horses in American was not cool? (NT) -- Varmit, 09:42:09 09/18/08 Thu

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• Destruction in the hurricane zone -- Varmit, 14:04:32 09/16/08 Tue
  Click on the first photo gallery, photo of a man moving his cows.
  
  http://news.aol.com/article/grim-scenes-greet-hurricane-crews/175141?icid=200100397x1209359416x1200579920
  

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• Didn't say what cause it. -- Varmit, 07:14:11 09/15/08 Mon
  Rodeo loses a champion
  PENDLETON - The world of rodeo lost one of it's best competitors this year at the Pendleton Round-Up when bucking horse Anchor Bay succumbed to injuries sustained at Wednesday's performance.
  
  According to Cindy Schonholtz, animal welfare coordinator for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, Round-Up veterinarian Dr. Doug Corey treated Anchor Bay with pain medication and observed her while preparing to possibly transport her to Washington State College of Veterinary Medicine in Pullman, but she did not survive to make the trip.
  
  T.J. Korkow, owner of the mare, indicated he had been willing to take all measures possible to save the horse.
  
  "We raised the mare on the ranch in our bucking horse breeding program and we were going to retire her after this rodeo season to raise colts," he said.
  
  Korkow had a lot to lose. Anchor Bay was a decorated bareback horse, selected for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo nine times, taking many cowboys to the winner's circle including champion Will Lowe.
  
  She bucked at her first NFR at the age of four and among her other achievements she was named the 2004 Badlands Circuit Finals Bareback Horse of the Year.
  

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  • I wasn't there, but Mom said that she thought it happened OFF the grass. She stopped right in front of the bucking chutes and were able to quickly get her out of the arena without drama. Most of the paying public probably didn't realize anything happened. They think she broke her shoulder. (NT) -- Crystal, 09:13:55 09/15/08 Mon
    • If anyone could have saved her, it would have been Dr. Corey and the Vet Hospital at WSU. They are awesome! And they are miracle workers. They brought Rylen's German Shorthair Pointer back from certain death this summer. He was attacked by two pit bulls while he was tied up at the house. He stayed a week at a vet's here in town, and they were losing him. He spent 3 weeks at Wazzu and is now back to about 100%. Too bad they couldn't get Miss AmeriTitle and Anchor Bay both to Wazzu. They could have been roommates! (NT) -- Crystal, 09:16:32 09/15/08 Mon
      • Did she fall down? Hit herself coming out? (NT) -- Varmit, 06:42:58 09/16/08 Tue
        • I just seen where it says she ran into another horse after the whistle. So don't know if was caused by the collision or fell down, or was with another bucking horse in the arena or pickup horse. (NT) -- Varmit, 06:45:49 09/16/08 Tue

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• Varmit, one of your hurricanes got loose and is comin' to Texas. Could you please just call him home? I am supposed to be just West of the eye when he gets here and we are 200 mi. inland but still expect to get enogh rain to brign up the ryegrass. Stocker guys adre planting wheat and oats now and are hoping for a week of gentle rain. Dream on. -- ZD, 09:02:55 09/12/08 Fri
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  • They get loose to often this time of year. And just when things start to settle down another one gets born. The worst thing about them for people who have never experienced them is the amount of work they create that you never get paid for. The more building and fence lines you have the more work you end up with. Not sure they going to get that much rain for their crop being that far away and being on the west side of the storm. (NT) -- Varmit, 10:34:09 09/12/08 Fri
    • At least it's creating some good watching. Geraldo Rivera got his legs swept out from under him by a wave of water while he was reporting. Gave him a dunking. On a more serious note, I heard them telling the ones that haven't left the worst area in Galvaston to write their ID on their arm with a magic marler so they can identify them later on. Could be a last minute scare tactic to get them moving out of there. (NT) -- Hap, 13:42:38 09/12/08 Fri
      • Live coverage from Galveston Television on Direct TV channel 361. (NT) -- Varmit, 13:45:03 09/12/08 Fri
        • ZD.... whats those rain gauges reading???......ZERO?? (NT) -- Varmit, 13:25:17 09/13/08 Sat
          • I was on the far west edge of Ike as he went North. I only got .4" of rain. Everything smaller than a horse trailer was blown arround pretty good and that's about all I got. (NT) -- ZD, 15:44:19 09/14/08 Sun

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• Glad I don't live out there. -- Varmit, 06:39:21 09/10/08 Wed
  http://www.castrovalleyforum.com/*ws4d-db-query-Show.ws4d?*ws4d-db-query-Show***MJM-CEJ-297297305297304297-1479***-Database***-***sltimes(directory)a_cvf(directory)***.ws4d?sltimes/a_cvf/column.html
  

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  • In the comments, Eric Mills is the first one and says "don't believe for a minute Cotton is shocking himself". Would have been nice if Cotton had got him up there and took turns. I've seen where Cotton has buzzed himself in the past, but they won't let it go no matter what. (NT) -- Hap, 20:19:45 09/11/08 Thu
    • Years ago when California put in the jerk down rule I decided under no circumstances would I ever go to the west coast. And it is just getting worse year after year out there. And worse yet, is the fact many of them are leaving and moving to Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. So we can only imagine how ludicrus its going to get in the future in those states. Remember the old days when the "spider" was the tool of choice for the bucking horses? Nobody could see them at least. (NT) -- Varmit, 10:40:12 09/12/08 Fri

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• Further News... -- Crystal, 07:14:26 09/02/08 Tue
  SPRING FLING IS IN FOAL!
  
  The person, not the horse. LOL! It's a boy, and due about 12/27/08. :-D
  

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  • Congratulations. I bet Rylen will be proud of him. My brother that passed away six months ago was fourteen years older than me and in all the old photos he's packing me around. The due date is on my youngest son's birthday. (NT) -- Hap, 08:26:40 09/02/08 Tue
    • Thanks! LOL ~ Rylen currently is avoiding the topic all together, unless someone talks directly to him about it. I think he might be embarrassed that his parents did such a thing! lol (NT) -- Crystal, 10:16:54 09/02/08 Tue
      • Congrats!!!..... you do know what causes this right?? (NT) -- Varmit, 15:50:08 09/02/08 Tue
        • I know what causes it when you are young, but what causes it when you're 40???? (NT) -- Crystal ~ not at all sure how it happened!, 16:22:35 09/02/08 Tue
          • Well, at 40 I think it's safe to say it didn't happen in the back seat of a car, that's one difference. (NT) -- Hap, 07:01:31 09/03/08 Wed
            • Hmm.... you better check to see if she was at a rodeo that weekend:) (NT) -- Varmit, 08:22:15 09/03/08 Wed
              • Conception happened in March. No rodeos up here then! lol (NT) -- Crystal, 10:17:43 09/03/08 Wed
                • All I have to deal with these days are MISconceptions. (NT) -- Hap, 16:37:02 09/03/08 Wed
  • CONGRATULATIONS!! -- Julie, 08:47:25 09/06/08 Sat
    • I'll be 41 when I calve. lol But, everyone I talk to keep saying that it is easier for some reason. My husband is freaking out about the age thing. He's upset about being close to 60 when he graduates. DH is more age-conscious that I am. I don't worry about it much. (NT) -- Crystal, 07:10:20 09/09/08 Tue
  • The rest of the above message is inside. See I'm old and already forgot how to use the board! (NT) -- Julie, 08:48:20 09/06/08 Sat
    • Dang Julie, didn't anybody ever tell you having kids is for Young People. (NT) -- Varmit, 17:14:31 09/06/08 Sat

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• Good video to check out. -- Hap, 21:03:01 09/07/08 Sun
  http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1
  

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• Did you know? -- Varmit, 18:37:27 09/04/08 Thu
  Cindy McCain: rodeo queen to first lady?
  
  Cindy Hensley rode horses, and, at 14, she was voted Junior Rodeo Queen of Arizona.
  

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  • Sounds good to me. (NT) -- Hap, 08:15:18 09/06/08 Sat
  • Here daddy and uncle owned the Ruidoso Downs Race Track back in the 50s --so theirs horse blood in the girl (NT) -- Julie, 08:42:02 09/06/08 Sat
    • My dad left out there in about 1947. Think I remember him saying they were just building the track and starting to race horses there. I friend offered him 4 lots in downtown Ruidosa for $25 each. He thought what would I ever need 4 lots for. Something he said was a mistake in not buying. (NT) -- Varmit, 08:56:59 09/06/08 Sat
  • Have you been back to Ruidoso any time Varmit? (NT) -- Julie, 09:00:27 09/06/08 Sat
  • Here is a link to a website that has a view of midtown Ruidoso from a web cam. http://www.ruidoso.net/ (NT) -- Julie, 09:47:53 09/06/08 Sat
    • Thats a neat webcam. Haven't seen one that worked that well and that fast. I haven't been there since I was about 13 years old. My dad would take mom back about every 10 years until he passed away in 2000. He was good friends with the Blazer's. (NT) -- Varmit, 14:48:09 09/06/08 Sat

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• The Fujiwhara Effect -- Varmit, 15:48:17 09/02/08 Tue
  Does anybody know what this is?
  
  Its when 2 hurricanes run into each other and begin circling each other. Kinda makes you think they have a brain. Did you notice that Gustav was over Haiti, was suppose to go west. Went straight south, got straight east of Jamaica and then went straight west over the middle of Jamaica.
  
  Kinda like, hey, I don't want to miss this island.
  

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  • Sounds like Japanese hurricanes. (NT) -- Hap, 07:15:51 09/03/08 Wed
    • Speaking of Japanese... take a look at this outstanding trapeze act.... they are more impressive then the Olympians..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPWJc8sLhjo (NT) -- Varmit, 08:28:18 09/03/08 Wed
      • That's the best I've seen. Can't imagine it getting better than that. (NT) -- Hap, 08:22:25 09/06/08 Sat
  • WOW, that gives sound meaning to TIMING IS EVERYTHING! (NT) -- Julie, 09:01:34 09/06/08 Sat

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• Varmit, have you had any problems come in from the Atlantic yet? -- Hap, 08:27:16 09/06/08 Sat
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  • Just rain. Got 3 more inches yesterday from Hannah, but just light wind. I was watching the computer models on IKE about 3 days ago and figured it might go to northern Cuba and then into the Gulf. That was when they were trying to panic everybody to buy stuff as it was going to hit south Florida. 30, 40 50 years ago we didn't have all this media and they zipped around Florida all the time without hitting and nobody thought nothing of them. (NT) -- Varmit, 08:54:02 09/06/08 Sat

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• Sarah Palin...Good Choice -- Crystal, 15:19:58 08/31/08 Sun
  I wasn't too excited about having to vote for McCain. But that's all changed now. Picking Palin as his running mate is a homerun, touchdown, & game-winning 3pointer all in one!!
  
  Just MHO, of course! :-)
  

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  • It's also MHO. I'm so fed up with politics on TV but that was one thing I enjoyed hearing. (NT) -- Hap, 09:47:10 09/01/08 Mon
    • I told my wife he needed a woman for VP. She seems like the right one to me.... somebody who hasn't been brainwashed since a child to be a politician and make a career out of it cause they had no working skills. (NT) -- Varmit, 11:38:26 09/01/08 Mon
  • Love her down to earth, kickbutt attitude -- it's about time! (NT) -- Julie, 08:49:37 09/06/08 Sat

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• Obama removes American flag from his airplane -- Varmit, 14:28:04 08/28/08 Thu
  http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/airplane.asp
  

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  • Another interesting video..... http://www.bercasio.com/movies/dems-wmd-before-iraq.wmv (NT) -- Varmit, 17:03:47 08/29/08 Fri
    • They made lots of noise about WMD's but you wouldn't know it now. If another 9/11 happens they will be the first getting in front of the cameras and making noise once again. They scraped the bottom of the barrel making that video. Or I should say the bottom of the cess pool. How stupid do they think the public is? (NT) -- Hap, 20:13:32 08/29/08 Fri
      • Unfortunately, a big bunch of the public IS stupid. :-( (NT) -- Crystal, 09:04:29 08/31/08 Sun
        • Obama says he for CHANGE.... what I want to know is... what is he going to do about all these Hurricanes. They starting to dot the Atlantic like ships during a war this year. (NT) -- Varmit, 11:36:29 09/01/08 Mon
          • He might say he's going to change the weather. Remember, it could be no different than all the other stuff he's claiming. Don't really need to do anything about it, just get people to believing he can. (NT) -- Hap, 08:32:25 09/02/08 Tue

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• On the History Channel -- Varmit, 07:39:14 08/27/08 Wed
  Was watching it last night and they said the same thing that this Priceton site says, which along with about every high education website also says:
  
  "What makes humans unique? What makes us the most successful animal species inhabiting the Earth today? Most scientists agree that the key to our success is the unusually large size of our brains. Our large brains gave us our exceptional thinking capacity and led to humans' other distinctive characteristics, including advanced communication, tool use, and walking on two legs. Or was it the other way around? Did the challenges faced by early humans push the species toward communication, tool use, and walking and, in doing so, drive the evolutionary engine toward a large brain? In this provocative new book, Craig Stanford presents an intriguing alternative to this puzzling question--an alternative grounded in recent, groundbreaking scientific observation. According to Stanford, what made humans unique was meat. Or, rather, the desire for meat, the eating of meat, the hunting of meat, and the sharing of meat."
  
  So I did a little searching and of course the veggies compare all these people and scientists like the ARA's compare the rodeo people. But I thought it was a good thing to throw in when debating the ARA's. If it were not for MEAT we would still all be STUPID.
  

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  • "What makes us the most successful animal species inhabiting the Earth today?" Wonder how the Darwin Theary people think we can be all that great when they see us as one step above picking fleas off each other. (NT) -- Hap, 16:50:42 08/27/08 Wed

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• Lost finger. -- Hap, 20:21:41 08/25/08 Mon
  A girl around 12 years old lost her pinky at the knuckle here this weekend.
  They left the horn knot on the rope for the breakaway roping and when she roped she got her finger in the horn knot and it stripped it off the bone. They took her and her finger to Durango to see if it could be reattached but they went ahead and cut the bone off.
  She's one tough little Navajo girl and never even whimpered, just trotted on out kinda holding her hand up by her chest.
  The rope tightened down on her finger and it was dragged to the stripping chute.
  I think these junior rodeos need a safety seminar at least once a year to try to prevent those kinds of mistakes.
  

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  • Let me see if I am reading this correct...... they left the horn knot looped on the end of the rope and tied it with a string to the saddle horn with the loop still in the end of the rope? If so they were looking for a disaster. Thats to bad...... not sure when or where but I remember stopping a guy who just rode into the box and his horn knot was not tight and told him about it and he tightened it.... all I could think of was having your hand on the horn when the calf hit the end of the rope. So I always was one who looked for freak things before they happened. Here is another story of someone who lost a finger over the weekend.... inside>>>>>>> -- Varmit, 14:11:41 08/26/08 Tue
    • Yep, you read it right. I'm surprised somebody didn't notice it because there were guys down there that should know better. (NT) -- Hap, 16:24:58 08/26/08 Tue
    • Varmit - one of my friends is originally from Waterville. Her family is pretty prominent in the county and so I asked her if she knows Mr. Keane. Her response inside>>>>> -- Crystal, 12:20:20 08/27/08 Wed
      • Crap... we got people worse then that... didn't see nothing about a DUI but did find this...http://www.washblog.com/story/2007/12/20/224953/83............poor guy.. loses a finger and then talks about him in the newspapers....lol. (NT) -- Varmit, 13:45:55 08/27/08 Wed

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• Anybody need any water? -- Varmit, 09:03:33 08/20/08 Wed
  Late last night Fay went about 15 miles to the west of us. Had some strong gusts of wind from about midnight on. Have had 10 inches of rain and its still raining as its only moving 3 mph away from us.
  

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  • Gezzzzzzz Varmit. You'd better call 911. Grass is a vegatable and it might get hurt or drown under that much water. The Veggieheads are going to be down there protesting that you don't do enough to save the grass. Does grass get hurt when a cow eats it and is grass insulted when a cow poops the resulting concoction on to some grass they didn't eat? (NT) -- ZD, 14:12:04 08/20/08 Wed
    • Anybody know how to jump start a tropical storm??.... I think grass gets even with cows in the winter by going away. (NT) -- Varmit, 06:48:09 08/21/08 Thu
      • 13 inches all total. Looks like it finally moving further away from us finally. (NT) -- Varmit, 20:14:46 08/21/08 Thu
        • Are the alligators able to swim out and take up new residencies like ponds on ranches? (NT) -- Hap, 08:50:37 08/22/08 Fri
          • Right now alligators can just about anywhere they want to without touching much land. Where they drift we will probably here on the news in the next few weeks. (NT) -- Varmit, 10:15:36 08/22/08 Fri
            • In that case I hope you don't have any out houses down there. That could get a guy to screaming if he was sitting there reading the Sears and roebuck catalog and have one latch aholt from down below. (NT) -- Hap, 20:32:56 08/25/08 Mon
              • I barely remember the out house. My dad built a small concrete building to store feed and the saddles in about 1960 and divided it off and put in a sink, toilet, and bathtub on the other end as we had quite a few cowboys here during the winter months. So the out house dissappeared. (NT) -- Varmit, 20:51:48 08/26/08 Tue

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• Well I learned something else today..... -- Varmit, 16:01:58 08/24/08 Sun
  I just hope Crystal doesn't tell me this is old news cause I still haven't checked out the drum board.
  
  They have rodeos in Malaysia and they have a pretty nice arena.
  
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  • Start gathering your firewood........ http://news.aol.com/article/brrr-almanac-predicts-cold-winter-ahead/145938?icid=200100397x1208006284x1200456290 (NT) -- Varmit, 06:59:19 08/25/08 Mon
  • I was just thinking the other day, that we had about 1 month worth of summer up here. It didn't get HOT until July, and we're having September temps in August. I'm going to have the heed the advice in the article and plan for a long, cold winter! (NT) -- Crystal, 11:31:11 08/25/08 Mon
  • Varmit, you need to go there and put on a clinic. (NT) -- Hap, 20:24:51 08/25/08 Mon
    • LOL..... yeah they need some clinics in several areas.... working on backing horses in the box and making them stand there would take several weeks. (NT) -- Varmit, 14:14:16 08/26/08 Tue

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• I just heard about this today -- Varmit, 20:13:44 08/21/08 Thu
  I did some searching and found this:
  
  http://www.wcmessenger.com/data/news/EkEZplAElycDtqDUAL.php
  

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  • You need to hang out at the barrel racer board. Old news. :-) Not good. :-( (NT) -- Crystal, 07:21:16 08/22/08 Fri
    • I don't go near those boards. My ego is to dormant for that board. But knowing how they are, for up to the minute news, they would be better then AP or TMZ. (NT) -- Varmit, 08:06:33 08/22/08 Fri
    • It took him more than 25 times to show her it was no big deal. That was not good, but should be reminder for parents and grandparents to tell kids to let them know if this starts to happen. If some old fart tried this on my grand kids, I would want them to let me know so I could do the honors. Nut cutting with a dull knife would be my first choice but the law don't allow it.(if they know about it) (NT) -- Hap, 08:25:09 08/22/08 Fri
      • You can teach young a bunch and they will remember... inside>>>> -- Varmit, 15:43:17 08/22/08 Fri

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• Washington has some Blondes -- Varmit, 17:16:55 08/17/08 Sun
  This is so laughable, specially when you read the "more info" on the video.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnfDNa8GtbI
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OdC2oFM19M
  

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• Hopefully more research will continue on this subject -- Varmit, 17:30:32 08/13/08 Wed
  Scientists at the Baylor University Medical Centre in Dallas have measured the chemical response of plants to being pulled up, peeled, cooked and eaten. The results, said Professor Barry Lindzer, showed that "plants initiate a massive hormone and chemical barrage internally when they suffer any kind of injury". He continued: "This response is akin to the nerve response and endorphin release when an animal is injured. We cannot ignore the similarities." Scientists from Michigan State University say that plants have a rudimentary nerve structure that allows them to feel pain. "The nervous system is undeveloped, but it is there."
  

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  • I'm sure I heard the potatoes screaming when I peeled them last night! (NT) -- Julie, 05:45:45 08/14/08 Thu
    • I feel bad for all the black eyed peas that I have enjoyed this Summer. I am really thankful that I can inflict so much sufferin' on tomatoes and watermelons at this wonderful time of year. Are pintos flatulant BEFORE we eat them? When we put frog legs on the BBQ is their pain in the legs or in the part that went in the trash barrel? (NT) -- ZD, 06:30:36 08/14/08 Thu
      • After more research maybe we can start a web site for saving the plants.... go to veggiehead conventions and hold up signs.... stop the killing.... ban plant cruelty..... and just image what you could do on youtube.... stupid hicks, ignorant vegheads...plant killers... plant abusers... and on and on we could go. (NT) -- Varmit, 14:04:35 08/14/08 Thu
        • I had some of the best vine ripened tomatoes in my salad at the Rodeo Assn. covered dish supper last night. They were fantastic. Onions were good too. (NT) -- ZD, 13:44:35 08/15/08 Fri
  • Is is more painful when you shred zuchini for a cake or slice it to be fried? (NT) -- Julie, 05:48:48 08/16/08 Sat
    • Your Brutal!!! Very brutal to those poor veggies. Pain is pain no matter how you slice it....lol. (NT) -- Varmit, 14:10:33 08/16/08 Sat
      • I wonder if it hurts them to be picked and taken away from their family. You know, kinda like the ARA's feel about weaning calves. I just came in from the garden where we weaned some cucumbers and squash along with a few other veggies. Maybe they had better spend another ton of money doing a study on that. (NT) -- Hap, 15:19:07 08/16/08 Sat

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• This is what we have to put up with down here -- Varmit, 08:17:16 08/13/08 Wed
  Outsiders and city people trying to ruin the state and only want rich people living here.
  
  Putting the article inside.
  

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  • Inside>>>>>> -- Varmit, 08:18:28 08/13/08 Wed

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• Another freak accident -- Varmit, 06:41:22 08/12/08 Tue
  Miss Amerititle, one of ProRodeo’s top bareback horses, was humanely euthanized Saturday after suffering a fractured left hind foot following an accident at the Omak (Wash.) Stampede.
  
  According to Don Hutsell, co-owner of Flying Five Rodeo Company and Big Bend Rodeo Company, the 8-year-old mare slipped prior to being loaded into the chutes for Saturday’s performance and her leg went through a gate. The fracture then occurred when she attempted to free herself.
  

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  • Yeah. It's a bad deal. I was hoping they would take her to Washington State U, at least they could have maybe raised some colts or harvested some eggs out of her. They are miracle workers there. They took her home and buried her next to the great bull Dog Face. (NT) -- Crystal, 07:29:10 08/12/08 Tue

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• Crystal do you have one of these devices?? -- Varmit, 10:01:27 08/02/08 Sat
  From an article:
  
  Among ideas suggested to replenish South Dakota's depleted road-building fund is a plan to tax drivers on the basis of how many miles they travel.
  
  State Rep. Shantel Krebs, R-Sioux Falls, said such a formula is being tested in Oregon and may work in South Dakota.
  
  To gauge how many miles people drive, Krebs says special devices could be installed in vehicles.
  

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  • No. I've heard of them, but haven't actually seen one. It is a test program. I drive 90 miles roundtrip to work every day, plus going to whatever practice is going on, plus my rodeos. They would tax the hell out of me. Worse than they already do! (NT) -- Crystal, 07:39:40 08/04/08 Mon
    • I wonder if its illegal to take your gun and shoot it off your vehicle? (NT) -- Varmit, 17:29:18 08/04/08 Mon
      • As long as you aren't in Multnomah or Lane counties, you could probably get away with it. (NT) -- Crystal, 11:36:42 08/08/08 Fri

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• PETA goes way too far http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080807/national/bus_beheading_peta -- Albertagirl, 08:07:11 08/07/08 Thu
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  • They have always went to far in my book.... they just pushed it up a notch. (NT) -- Varmit, 09:12:54 08/07/08 Thu

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• If you want a copy.... -- Varmit, 08:13:24 08/03/08 Sun
  Just send me an e-mail on the link above. I made it at regular speed then did a slow motion of it right behind the original.
  
  Captured it, but the speed for some reason was not correct. So played it on my HDTV and video taped it off the TV with my camcorder then downloaded it. Which came out pretty good.
  
  Its made for windows media player.
  
  I'll be back online tonight.
  

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• Steamboat -- Varmit, 17:18:24 07/27/08 Sun
  Steamboat's Grave
  
  Cheyenne - 7/25/2008
  
  For 11 years, the outlaw horse tormented Frontier Days rough stock riders.
  
  Now stories have swirled that the legendary horse "Steamboat" is buried in the middle of the Cheyenne Frontier Days arena.
  
  Even Cheyenne's website says the jet black horse with three white socks is buried there... and that the horse got his name because he had a broken nose that made him snort like a steamboat.
  
  Newschannel 5 spoke with several volunteers who have been involved with CFD... and the majority believe that the arena is Steamboat's final resting place.
  
  But, Shirley Flynn, a Cheyenne Frontier Days historian, says "it's a great myth but a myth nonetheless." She says C.B. Irwin, who was Steamboat's owner, was a great story teller and that's where the rumor may have started. Flynn says no bones have ever been found.
  
  But, it seems most like to think Steamboat is buried the arena watching over the "Daddy of 'Em All."
  

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  • That's a fantastic story. There sure is room there. Isn't Cheyenne where Lane Frost was killed? Does anybody know exactly where in the arena it happened? (NT) -- ZD, 17:23:25 07/27/08 Sun
    • I could walk you out there and be close to the spot. I was there the day he got killed. Trevor didn't have much luck this week there. Broke his rope in the calf roping yesterday. Steer got up in the steer roping day to win the event. Not sure what happened to him in the team roping. (NT) -- Varmit, 20:21:01 07/27/08 Sun
      • Injured rookie bronc rider declared quadriplegic... inside >>>>>> -- Varmit, 06:55:11 07/28/08 Mon
      • Do you recall what chute he came out of? Was chute 0 and 00 there back then? How far out in the arena was it or was it next to the fence or chute? (NT) -- ZD, 12:52:17 07/28/08 Mon
  • Maybe I am confused (I usually am) but I had thought that Steamboat had been buried somewhere in SE Missouri. Seems like he was found dead in a train car or something around Cape Girardeau. Again, I may be very confused. (NT) -- Bruce, 12:14:54 07/28/08 Mon
    • "Hells Angel" died in the railroad car carrying him back from the World Championship Rodeo Ranch after having appeared in New York, Boston, and Buffalo shows during the year 1942. "Hells Angel" was buried at Popular Bluffs, Missouri. (NT) -- Varmit, 06:19:05 07/29/08 Tue
      • ZD... I am not sure on the chute. I can see the spot in my mind as to where I was at when it happened. Like I said, if I was there I could give you a better discription as to where. Just guessing, I would say 100 to 120 feet out from the chutes and just a little south of the middle of the chutes. (NT) -- Varmit, 07:11:58 07/30/08 Wed
        • Thanks. That is pretty specific. (NT) -- ZD, 14:05:57 07/30/08 Wed
          • If I get some time or energy to look at some tapes, I actually taped it off the TV newscast that night at Cheyenne. Hopefully I still have it somewhere. If I do I can capture a clip and e-mail it to you. (NT) -- Varmit, 16:12:27 07/30/08 Wed
            • TECHNO-GEEK!!! (NT) -- Crystal, 14:06:16 07/31/08 Thu
              • dang... HISTORIAN.... would of sounded nice..... and I do have the clip... will let you all know when I get it captured on the puter. And somebody on a message board said nobody but the Cheyenne Museum had a copy of it..... HA!!! (NT) -- Varmit, 17:15:52 07/31/08 Thu
                • Will you be posting it to youtube? Or would you rather send it out privately? (NT) -- Crystal, 18:09:37 07/31/08 Thu
                  • Privately... I will post it up at the top when I get it done and link my e-mail to those who want a copy. (NT) -- Varmit, 20:06:54 07/31/08 Thu

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• HS Finals -- Hap, 06:51:50 07/31/08 Thu
  Wjth all the hard work and long hours put in by close to 800 volunteers last week, looks like a couple of camel jockeys at the Days Inn and Rodeway Inn jacked the price of rooms up after the deal was made and Farmington is getting as much press over that as any of the good things. They said they needed to take advantage of the situation to make money while they could. Didn't even try to deny it, but spoke right up.
  

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  • Back in the late 60's and early to mid 70's my mom was secretarian rodeos, which was the old fashioned way of being at the rodeo several days before it started and taking phone calls for entries. You could go to town and buy an ice cream cone for 10 cents. The day before the rodeo started the ice cream cone was 25 cents until the rodeo ended. Gas prices would jump up 5 cents a gallon back then. Sounds like after all these years local business's are continuing the tradition. (NT) -- Varmit, 13:26:52 07/31/08 Thu

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• Sid -- Varmit, 06:31:35 07/31/08 Thu
  CRIMINAL JUSTICE
  
  Charges against former rodeo star dropped
  Sid Steiner may have been misidentified, prosecutors say.
  AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
  
  
  Thursday, July 31, 2008
  
  Travis County prosecutors said Wednesday that assault charges against former professional world champion steer wrestler Sid Steiner have been dismissed.
  
  Steiner was indicted by a grand jury this month. He was accused of pointing a gun at another driver after a traffic accident in December 2007 near his Northwest Austin home.
  
  The district attorney's office said in a statement that it recently received information indicating that Steiner might have been misidentified.
  
  Prosecutors and Austin police will continue investigating the incident, officials said.
  
  "The review of the incident will determine whether the case will be re-presented to the Grand Jury," the statement said.
  
  Steiner's attorney, Allan Williams, said that when he first learned of the allegations, he had said that Steiner would be found not guilty.
  
  "I am glad that this happened," Williams said. "He has suffered a lot from this accusation that was not true and is not true.
  
  "It is hard to get your reputation back after someone has accused you of something you didn't do," he said.
  
  Steiner is a fourth-generation rodeo performer who cultivated a bad-boy image on the rodeo circuit because he had long hair — sometimes worn in cornrows — tattoos and multiple piercings.
  
  He was the 2002 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association steer wrestling world champion. His great-grandfather, T.C. "Buck" Steiner, has his own wing in the Rodeo Hall of Fame. He used the money that he earned riding bulls to open Capitol Saddlery on Lavaca Street in the 1930 and buy thousands of acres, including Steiner Ranch, much of which is now a subdivision
  

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  • His reputation is he's a guy that blind sided a well known saddle bronc rider at a bar in Cheyenne and ran out the back door with his friends and got on his tour bus he used to travel in. Yeah, it would be great for him to gain his reputation back I don't think they will get him in Steiner country.. (NT) -- Hap, 06:41:16 07/31/08 Thu
    • The one good thing about it, it will keep the ara's from putting it on their web site. It may already be on there, but at least now there is a defense against the original charges. (NT) -- Varmit, 07:40:18 07/31/08 Thu

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• Wonder if they gave him the saddle before he got the news -- Varmit, 18:32:50 07/28/08 Mon
  From an article:
  
  The big winner was Cody Lee, 33, of Gatesville, Texas, who took home $13,939 and the All-Around prize for placing in the team roping and steer roping events.
  
  "It's unreal," Lee said, grinning and shaking his head. "I've made the national finals twice, but I believe this is bigger. Doing well here, it's unreal."
  
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  Then I just read on the PRCA web site that Trevor won the All Around as he placed in 3 events instead of 2 events like Lee did even though Trevor won a little over $8000
  

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  • Well, Cody should still have won the AA, he won the most $$ in two or more events. (NT) -- Crystal, 08:47:00 07/29/08 Tue
    • Crystal ... do you have a sportnews with the Cheyenne entry listing? They may have a different rule listed for the all-around. (NT) -- Varmit, 15:16:53 07/29/08 Tue
      • Of course they do! They are Cheyenne! Ground rules, schmound rules. (NT) -- Crystal, 15:56:11 07/29/08 Tue
        • Well now they have changed it on the PRCA story of Cheyenne... saying Cody Lee was the All Around Champion. (NT) -- Varmit, 10:09:08 07/30/08 Wed

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• The Good and Bad -- Varmit, 08:25:52 07/29/08 Tue
  From ABC News:
  
  http://youtube.com/watch?v=62qGVEN2H3E
  
  From Gunsel Steve:
  
  http://youtube.com/watch?v=IzB5cwipR-w
  

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  • Another Good.... if you like reading rodeo debates it gets pretty good down toward the end when Ralph gets involved.... he is pretty good writer for the rodeo cause...... http://forums.insidebayarea.com/topic/rodeo-contractor-defends-use-of-prods (NT) -- Varmit, 15:11:55 07/29/08 Tue
    • More Bad... Lawsuit against Steve dismissed.... http://wyomingnews.com/articles/2008/07/29/local_news_updates/17local_07-29-08.txt (NT) -- Varmit, 15:28:10 07/29/08 Tue
      • More Bad..... now they want to ban roughstock events in British Columbia... then they say they are going after Calgary...... http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5f4ed170-b85e-452a-8765-c4f4800e72b1 (NT) -- Varmit, 20:42:45 07/29/08 Tue

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