On Saturday 11 August 2012 22:33:27 Kent A. Reed did opine: > On 8/11/2012 9:46 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I still have the scars on a finger that the wringer on > > > > that SOB gave me too. > > Well, it's my left thumb that has thick scar tissue from the MP joint to > the IP joint as a result of me trying to wring my hand as well as a load > clothes back in 1950. They say you could hear me screaming a block away. > What doesn't kill ya scars ya for life. > Ain't that the truth!
> But my mom's parents had moved off the farm and into Sioux City by then. > My grandfather decided he'd rather be a cattle buyer than a farmer, > unlike his brothers and cousins. > > Your grandfather sounds like my uncle. By the time my uncle turned over > his farm to his sons he had powered everything that could be made to > move. Grandpa always said there were some things only a horse could do right. Like picking corn before we had corn pickers. His were well trained, following the pickers by the sounds, staying over in the already picked rows. Rarely did they need a tsk tsk to move them after about 15 minutes in the field. And of course we made sure to skip an ear occasionally so they could nibble all day. Another time many years later I went out about 60 miles NE of Rapid City to reduce the whistle dog population and drove into the middle of the spring roundup, branding and vaccination session. I got handed the black leg needle & given a 1 minute refresher on reloading it and Bobby got back on his little 900 lb quarterhorse, which put their combined weight north of 1125 lbs, & he went trotting off to go rope the next calf & drag it to the fire. About 4 or 5 calves later he rode up and dismounted, saying that he figured the horse could remember his job. He pointed at a calf, the horse went and ran it past Bobby and his loop, who would then upset the calf & tie a leg. I gave the shot & the kid bro applied the branding iron & the calf was up and gone in 40 seconds. It worked that way till close to lunch when we ran out of calves. That horse was smart enough to figure it out that if Bobby had to remount, he was gonna have a sore back, so he did exactly what he had been taught to do. > Live long and prosper. I am working on the live long part. My chance to prosper rode on by 40 years back. I'm not rich, but till Obummer screws things up, I'll be ok. > Regards, > Kent BTW, hows the missus doing these days? Mine is slipping, as someone with COPD does till the end. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. > Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the > latest in malware threats. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! Having no talent is no longer enough. -- Gore Vidal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
