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CHIEF

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  1. Yeah, we were always blessed good pastures to graze, not really in an arid region. Didn't have to worry about cattle freezing to death like Montana or Wyoming. Never had to really worry about snow. I imagine the work gets harder the farther North and West you go. CHIEF
  2. It's not really that hard of work, just more time consuming vaccinating, or cleaning any wounds. Screw worms have only been eradicated in the US since 1966. I remember my grandfather talking about how nice it is to not have to run your herd through the head chute every week to kill the larvae. Out of the four or five thousand head we raised over the years, I don't ever remember losing one to a disease, or to parasites. The only ones I can remember losing was one to a rattlesnake bite, and two heifers with calving problems. If you have good fences, and plenty of graze, you can kind of put them on autopilot. I've never really dealt with finishing cattle out in a feedlot, that may be a whole different situation with confined spaces. CHIEF
  3. Ideally in a Sopwith Camel and a Bullpup with 15 round drums. To make it really authentic to WWI, no parachutes, oh, and the Russians have to circle crash sites and drop wreathes. They have to use their own wreath fund, of course. CHIEF
  4. How man cattle have you raised? Are you a rancher, or own cows? CHIEF
  5. Fuck, just set up a meeting at the Olney Dairy Queen with the AgTractor guys, trade the herbicide/insecticide tank, and its full weight, for some armor and wing attachment points. An SUU-23 20mm gun pod under each wing shooting 6k rounds per minute, each. I bet an armored AgTractor would be under $1.5 million. This wouldn't necessarily be ideal for drones, but it sure would be fun for strafing Russian trenches at the front lines. A poor man's A-10, from a non-military defense contractor. CHIEF
  6. When people ask me how I have kept a marriage going for over 30 years, I tell them, "easy, never work cattle with your wife." One thing I would do, if I was a farmer. I would offer any rancher I knew to put as many cattle on my crop land as they want. Dual strand electric fences are cheap as shit, add a water trough and a water hauling trailer. Work out a deal on the percentage of weight gain. Farmer provides all of the feed, Rancher, all of the cows. Divvy up the cash after the calves cross the scales at the sale barn. With cattle over $3/lb., the weight gain will easily exceed whatever the crop is worth. When we ranched, my Dad would always plant a lot of oats in whatever farmland we leased. He would throw feeder calves on it in the late fall, and let them overwinter until early summer. We would cross fence it (electric fence) to be able to rotate pastures, and never cared if we cut any crop off of it. It was profitable at $.75/lb. cattle prices. Our calves usually gained about 2.0-2.5 pounds per day. 600 head X 2.5/lbs./day= 1500/lbs./day or $1125 a day for approximately 120-150 days. Now do todays prices, and plug those numbers in. With cattle prices at where they are, Farmers need to turn that crop into meat. CHIEF
  7. I envision it much like this: CHIEF
  8. Do you get a break on the price by buying a sack? Or are they still $3 a pop, due to shipping? CHIEF
  9. I know he went when river cruises were becoming a "thing", about 8-10 years ago. I bet the tour lines got the message. He talked like hardly any of them had a walk through. You had to keep walking around the bow or stern. CHIEF
  10. I'm just lamenting on why no one will have the outcome they desire, or that there is a logical solution that will be reached. Sometimes bad shit just happens in our World. In religious context, we are seeing the unstoppable force meet the immoveable object. It seems people just want "tit for tat" for all eternity. Muslims vs Judaism. We killed some of your people, so you can kill a certain number of ours. A two state solution is not the solution to keep this from happening, it will just end up in border skirmishes like with Hezbollah in Lebanon, with a new invasion by Israel every few years to flush out rocket launchers. CHIEF
  11. I have a video of an Arab Egyptian woman, raised in Gaza, and she says the same thing, if you want to see it. It takes courage to stand up and say what she says. We need thousands more like these women. CHIEF
  12. I have Muslim friends and former Muslim friends. Most of the former Muslims left Islam specifically over non plurality, and the inability for Islam to coexist with other religions. Many became Christians, as it welcomes anyone, and hopes to save those who have not found God yet. In services at their Mosque, the Mullah would curse those that were not of Islam. CHIEF
  13. I have an uncle that went on one with his wife, when they were about 60. Both are in great shape and active. The enjoyed it, but one thing he said was really annoying was they would tie the cruise barges together, at port, and you would have to crawl over, or through the 4-7 other barges to get to shore. CHIEF
  14. This Iranian Musician/Professor came in with a haymaker: CHIEF
  15. I assume the plan would be pretty elaborate, remote closing with a shady title company that is in on it. I still haven't figured out how the scammer would get through the notary verification. Maybe get a bogus ID with the real owners name at the local flea market. That flea market going out 290 towards Manor use to sell fake IDs by the thousands. CHIEF
  16. Back to scammers. We had a guy call up, said he is battling cancer, and needs to sell his waterfront home, here in Granbury. Well it is within walking distance of the square, built in 2023. We ran comps and were going to list it at $1.75mil. We had walked the outside of the house, and it is absolutely a killer place. This guy even goes as far as to sign a listing agreement, as the owner of the property using the real owners name. The owners live in Littleton, CO, we asked if there was a key hidden. The scammer said he needed to ask his wife, she said she couldn't remember, so he told us to just call a locksmith and have him change the locks. My broker (Mom) said that we wouldn't do that, that he needed to call a locksmith and give them his credit card number and authorize it himself. Things got real quite suddenly. On a hunch, Mom found the wife's phone number online, and when she called the lady answered. The lady was blindsided, she said her husband is fine, and that they have no intention of selling. The Granbury PD is involved now, they have the guys number and real identity, he is in Houston, so I don't imagine anything will come of it. So, beware of people that are wanting to sell their out of state vacation property, and are not willing to come meet you face to face. There have been other scammers trying to sell people's vacant lots around town as well. County records departments are going to have to come up with a game plan to keep this from happening. Maybe require the seller to go to the courthouse and verify ownership, and the sale before issuing a deed. At least on property that is not their primary residence. CHIEF
  17. I think, for the Bicentennial, we put quarters on the rail and traded them like cigarettes in my old railroad town. Everyone swore they put it in front of the “Liberty Train”., even though that fucker never came within 500 miles of us. Really, I wanted to be the first to use Semiquincentennial. BUT, probably not. CHIEF
  18. To me, Arch is always in hero ball mode. He is looking for the touchdown play, for too long, every time he drops back. I also think he would do better out of the shotgun, and never turning his back to the LOS. He would never have his back to his receivers, and should be able to locate them much sooner. He could have his feet set as soon as the ball hits his hands. He just needs to become competent in the 5-10 yard range and keep the chains moving, and take the occasional downfield shot. Grinding out drives will also keep our defense fresh. CHIEF
  19. Thank you JC. I can certainly see that. Ball sacks to ass cheeks. Kind of a stick figure upper body. I can make that work. CHIEF
  20. Kinda like the bedroom mirror I wake up to daily: A simple design, but all I can see is two sets of "dick n' balls" wearing a cowboy hat. It can't be unseen. CHIEF
  21. Eh, sounds Logical. CHIEF
  22. I think I drove one of these in Illinois around 2013-2015 as a rental. Rental car guy asked me if I could drive a manual. Sure. It was an absolute blast. Over 300hp in a 2500 lb. car. Ran that bitch out to 140 on a state highway that the only thing to keep you from seeing more than 14 miles was the curvature of the Earth. Great car. CHIEF
  23. They have a trap range, and a PPC range set up at his work, they shoot about 2-3 times per week. I suspect that he is going to try his hand at Precision Pistol Competition. His boss shoots competitively. He sold this pistol to go towards a $7k competition grade shotgun. CHIEF Jr. is a fantastic shot, I imagine he will do pretty good, his boss has asked him to go to some competitions with him that has a division for amateurs. CHIEF
  24. His daily carry sits in the truck 99% of the time. He might have it on him if he is somewhere shady, which might be two or three times per year. CHIEF
  25. The Ukes should save and send a month's worth of Flamingo production straight to the Kremlin, at the same time. Fuck Vlad's "hourglass" to shit. He can throw out enough propaganda to keep mouth's shut on the front, and possibly the far flung refineries. But when nothing is left of the Kremlin but a greasy spot, Moscow is gonna lose their shit. It would be extra special if they killed about half the Duma. CHIEF
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