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Miles City, Montana Bucking Horse Sale

The Miles City Bucking Horse Sale is a major auction of rodeo stock held the third full (two-day) weekend every May in Miles City, Montana, USA, and the premier social event for the community. Accompanied by a parade, a horse racing meet, a rodeo and a number of social activities, it attracts rodeo stock contractors from the United States and Canada who are looking for saddle bronc, bareback bronc and bucking bull prospects.

The first official Miles City Bucking Horse Sale began in 1951, though an unofficial sale was held in 1950.

“It was because Les Boe, of the Miles City Livestock Center, bought a bunch of yearling steers down at Ekalaka from a guy named Heavy Lester,” said the historian John Moore. “When Lester threw in 35 head of bucking horses in the deal, Boe did not know what to do with the bucking horses. So the idea of having a sale kinda came about,” said Moore. “They advertised to people, and the sale lasted something like 3 full days.”

The Mardi Gras of Montana

A parade, horse races, bucking horse and bull auctions, rodeos, street dances – looks like fun to me !  It’s only about 23 hours up I-35.  Every year at Mother’s Day.

 

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119 responses to “Weekend Open Comments”

  1. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    It’s the weekend!
    Mornin’ Gang

  2. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat
     Texpat says:
    EDIT

    We’re at 16° and headed down to about 12°.   It’s still better than Mississauga.

    Well, I was wrong about that prediction.  When I got up it was 16° in Mississauga, Ontario this morning, but it was 10° here in northeastern New Jersey.

  3. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    slowly packin up to roll NW bound for more new HEROs

    Yall enJOY!!

  4. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Morning gang. Safe travels to all you road warriors out there. Supposed to warm up near 70 today here in Big D. Nothing really new to report thus far, so you all have a great one. More later.

  5. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    45 Years ago, today, I married my Lovely Bride. Man, how time flies.
    The pictures are pretty bad, since they were really old pictures that I scanned in, recently.
    And I want to thank the Squawkster, for working over the first one, it looks much better now than it did when I scanned it.

  6. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Here’s the week’s review in pictures from Power Line. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/02/the-week-in-pictures-dog-faced-pony-soldier-edition.php

  7. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    FWIW; Anniversary, kind of slipped up on us, since we’ve been busy, so yesterday we talked about going somewhere to eat and since we both really wanted good seafood, we’re heading down to PC Beach, later and spend the night. It is a little cool but we can probably walk down the beach if it’s not too breezy. We’re cramped for time, or we’d stay at least one more night.

  8. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    #5 Congratulations Super Dave!

  9. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I’m tellin’ ya, Sarge really needs to get control of his deranged relatives.

    A 34-year-old man was arrested in New Hampshire on Thursday after he attacked a 15-year-old Trump supporter who was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat and two other adults at a polling site earlier this week.

    Fox News reported that Windham Police Department arrested Patrick Bradley and charged him with simple assault and disorderly conduct.

    and,

    The boy’s mother, Cathy Campbell, told Fox News, “My son was standing outside on the sidewalk and he said ‘have a nice night,’ he said it to everyone. But this man was triggered. He said ‘f— you’ to him and wound up his hand as fast as he could and slapped him across the face.”

    *****************************************************************************

    If you were instructed to draw a picture of what is described in the following sentence, would you draw a 15 year old boy wearing a hat and 2 adults on his head ?

    A 34-year-old man was arrested in New Hampshire on Thursday after he attacked a 15-year-old Trump supporter who was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat and two other adults at a polling site earlier this week.

    If your answer is yes, then you are correct.

  10. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Sometimes I begin to wonder if the republic can survive this period of mass insanity.

    https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/02/14/cnns-cooper-weaponizing-military-next-step-for-trump-to-turn-u-s-into-banana-republic/

    Do watch the clip.

  11. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #10 Shannon, unbelievable! So, Obama and Hitlery used the FBI, CIA and the Justice Department to spy on Trump’s campaign and continued past his election, going all the way to trying to find make up any evidence that Trump had something to do with RUSSIA, AND TRUMP IS TURNING THE US INTO A BANANA A REPUBLIC?!?! WHUT???

    He continued, “There was a transcript released today in which the judge in this case previously told Justice Department attorneys that the handling of the case was disturbing in the judge’s words and getting close to a banana republic. Do you agree?”

    McCabe said, “I absolutely agree. That’s one of the things that concerns me most about not just the president, but the way that the Justice Department has handled these matters that are clearly so important to this president. We don’t expect to live in a country where the previewed political enemies of the president suddenly become the subjects of criminal investigations in a pursuit to throw political enemies in jail.”

    Mc Cabe, who has committed perjury, is now a favored guest on the Lamestream News Shows…….
    Beam me up Scotty,…… ~SPITS~

  12. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #5 – SD conGRATulations Yall!

    You’re creepin up on my dearly departed Mom & Pop who made 53 years before Pop left us………….

  13. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Happy Anniversary Super Dave! Ya did good!

  14. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    56 GMC 800, rolling off the assembly line.

  15. HairSnifferJoe'sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice Avatar
    HairSnifferJoe’sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice

    I have a dream of no cable Newspeak networks.

    is Pooper Scooper Cooper’s gerbil too tight?

  16. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    15

    It’s becoming a consensus:

    There’s a larger dynamic here that sensible Democrats are clearly concerned about. Where the media and Democrats once had a symbiotic relationship, it’s now a negative feedback loop. For years, major outlets such as the Times sacrificed their credibility and slowly alienated their moderate and conservative readers by putting their thumb on the scales. Now much of the elite media expends way too much effort catering to an ideologically narrow audience that is at once unrepresentative of the country as a whole and fancies itself part of “the resistance.”

    The result is media embraces and elevates far-left ideas, without bothering to debate them and test their appeal. Fringe ideas, such as the easily disproved notion that the Revolutionary War was fought to preserve slavery, are now injected into the bloodstream of the Democratic Party. The result is that the two institutions — the press and the party — are continually radicalizing each other, even as doing so runs the risk of alienating voters and readers neither institution can afford to lose.

  17. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Congratulations on first 45 years, Super Daverino!

     

  18. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    BREAKING: Mike Bloomberg ‘wants Hillary Clinton as his running mate’, sources close to his campaign tell Drudge.

    Why in HE!! would he want that albatross hanging around his neck?

  19. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    16
    Heh.

    No one in the news business wants to acknowledge this, but the media has become Sally Field in reverse: Much of the country hates you. I mean really, really hates you.

  20. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the Iran-backed Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah, lamented on Iranian television on Thursday that he could not trade his life for that of Major General Qasem Soleimani, eliminated in a U.S. airstrike in January.

    Hassan, we can help you out if you want to join ol’ Sol.

  21. HairSnifferJoe'sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice Avatar
    HairSnifferJoe’sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice

    BREAKING:Mike Bloomberg ‘wants Hillary Clinton as his running mate’, sources close to his campaign tell Drudge.

    Arkancide Inc stock expected to rise next week on possible VP pick by Bloomberg.

  22. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Mini Mike has been studying Texan so’s he can palaver with the cowpokes.

  23. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    These intensely nauseating, criminally narcissistic people had better never open their mouths again about climate change.

    Chrissy Teigen and husband John Legend hire a PRIVATE JET to travel to their Valentine’s dinner date 500 miles away… after serenading each other in sweet tribute post

  24. HairSnifferJoe'sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice Avatar
    HairSnifferJoe’sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice

    BREAKING:Mike Bloomberg ‘wants Hillary Clinton as his running mate’, sources close to his campaign tell Drudge.

    Also known as

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl4dEAtxo0M

  25. HairSnifferJoe'sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice Avatar
    HairSnifferJoe’sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice

    If he picks the satanic one I wonder if Slick Willy’s 27 trips on Epstein’s Lolita Express will come up in the debates?.?

  26. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Yesterday #13 TP mentioned Paul Ehrlich. I think his prognostic ability rivals that of the Krugtron on the accuracy scale.
    They are both highly educated idiots who “don’t know come here from sic em”

  27. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    22
    Condescending little New York roach turd.

  28. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Roach dropping.

  29. HairSnifferJoe'sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice Avatar
    HairSnifferJoe’sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice

    22

    Why if that don’t poop me right off my fried tater skins and tempered back bacon.

  30. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    This guy next to me is driving a really nice ‘69 Cutlass convertible.

    No joke – he’s got bangs with a mullet.

  31. HairSnifferJoe'sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice Avatar
    HairSnifferJoe’sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice

    The mullet is making a comeback.

  32. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Decisions, decisions.
    Man bun or mullet?

  33. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I think this is what happened to me. Back when I was about 4 years old…

  34. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    32

    Both?

  35. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I enjoyed reading this:

    https://www.redstate.com/streiff/2020/02/14/john-kelly-speech-disingenuous/

    Factually, Vindman was never given any illegal order because he was merely an observer on a phone call. He did report his concerns to his boss. At that point, his duty ended. It certainly did not extend to telling Eric Ciaramella, who was not cleared for that information, about the call. It definitely did not extend for substituting his own policy preferences for those of the President.

     

  36. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    This is why I have a hard time putting much credibility in the Bulgarian’s prognostication on the coronavirus:

    We outline four scenarios in which the virus increasingly becomes severe: The Bad; The Worse; The Ugly; and The Unthinkable

    We provide rough estimates for China’s growth trajectory in these scenarios although we stress that these are not our official forecasts since we are still working out the details

    In other words, we have no clue.

  37. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Decisions, decisions.
    Man bun or mullet?

    Bill and Ted

    or

    Beavis and Butthead

  38. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Texmo

    Re: the roast pig from last evening

    While stationed in Germany our squadron’s tradition was to celebrate anything which was about a monthly event with roast pig at a place called the Idyl.  It’s claim to fame was all meat was harvested by local hunters.  Wild boar cooked on a spit was actually the cheapest mass meal we could order.  Man that was some good stuff and have not had anything like it since.  I took the head home on a couple of occasions and stripped the meat for myself.  I did that for two reasons

    1.  The meat on the head is really good and I did not want to see it wasted
    2. It was a quick way to run my roomie out of the barracks for about a week.  He just did not understand coonass ways of life.
    3. #3 is an aside…… people in the barracks thought I was crazy so I confirmed their suspicions.  they left me alone when I was around.
  39. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Oh and often enough someone would fish the skull out of the dumpster. The head would be placed in someone’s bed while they were away getting hammered.  you can imagine the squeals of fear from a guy that sounded like a little girl.

  40. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    I did not go to the swamps today so i have been restricted to what I could find around here to photograph.  Here is a harbinger of spring for ya.

    Yes it is a fly. When you have an expensive camera kit nothing, absolutely nothing is out of bounds when you are desperate to find a subject.

    (BSue is not cooperative at all)

  41. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    I did get a shot of a beat up butterfly, so there.

  42. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Happy anniversary Super Dave

  43. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    40 & 41

    Hardiplank background ?

  44. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    It finally made it to 32° here and then started drifting back down.  At least it will only be in the 20s tonight.

  45. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Texpat

    #43

    Yup.  No rot, easy to install and fire proof.  My barn shed it needs paint

  46. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    My son-in-law is a widely read and followed analyst of Kraft Heinz.  The ratings on their corporate bond debt just got written down to junk status.

    The worry among some investors is that insurers, pension funds and other mutual funds with strict restrictions against owning junk bonds will now be forced to sell the debt, spurring additional losses from the bonds.

    On the flip side, a selloff sparked by Kraft’s downgrade into junk could offer buying opportunities, particularly at a time when yields on the BB-rated segment of U.S. junk-bond market stand near 3.5%.

    “As we’ve heard about for quite some time now from the Street, there is some risk of fallen angels in the market,” said Brian Kennedy, a co-portfolio manager of Loomis, Sayles & Company’s multisector institutional strategies and mutual funds.

    “But as much as these companies may be struggling in the shorter-term, these do supply some investors with significant opportunities,” he said.

    More so than other fallen angels, Kraft’s debt could be harder for bond funds with stricter limitations to absorb.

    I’ve mentioned before these huge food conglomerates have really been struggling with the younger generations weird food preferences.  I just noticed Del Monte closed 4 plants, one in South Texas, because the demand for canned fruit has significantly fallen.  The whole food industry in the US is in a state of flux right now.

  47. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    40
    I walked up to the building at the Cat Spring well this morning and the door was covered with flies.
    Weird.

  48. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    40

    Looks like someone got their wish.

  49. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Hammie #48

    Oh hell yeah.  I like the unusual.

  50. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Squawk, you should’ve posted the pic of the stank big I sent you a while back.

  51. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Happy anniversary SUPERDAVE.

  52. HairSnifferJoe'sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice Avatar
    HairSnifferJoe’sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice

    Would Super Dave have been considered a long haired hippie because of his hair and Sam Elliott like mustache back in the time his wedding took place?

    These guys were.

  53. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Squawk’s roomie’s antics in the Army.

  54. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    It’s worse than we thought. They’re writing drinking books to cope with their TDS:

    Make Absinthe Great Again and Other Cocktails to Help You Survive the Trump Era

  55. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I post this as a follow up to mharper’s post earlier in the week detailing the systematic insanity going on in Harris County’s Judiciary and DA’s office.

    Another reason to enjoy the republic while you can.

    https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/the-progressive-prosecutor-project/

  56. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Nice day here at PC Beach, perfectly flat, 66 degrees, great day for walking on the beach. There were a few kids out in the water, but dang, the water is 63 degrees today. That is not unusual for this time of year.
    We just got back from Pineapple Willy’s and since it is now Off season, it wasn’t a complete zoo, but it was by the time we left. The wife snapped a sunset picture with her phone that came out pretty good and I wish that I had a real camera, besides the one that uses film, the orange/pink sky, went for miles on both sides of the sunset.
    The Squawkster, would have made a masterpiece out of it.

  57. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Oh, and if I remember my math right, we have exactly 3 couples here. BTW, the old guy from Wisconsin, can’t park a very small car within the lines on a parking spot. BTW; I asked the wife; what do you think, they thought, when they stepped out into 66 degree weather on a bright sunny day, after escaping Wisconsin? Where they likely had a high of 25?

  58. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    The wife shot this one after the sun went down.

  59. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I’m feel so stupid that I didn’t realize long ago that of course the quickest way to take down America is to have it dispense with the Rule Of Law.

    Eric Holder should be years into serving a life sentence in some dark, solitary cage.

  60. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Abbot signs a bill outlawing infanticide.

    “In some states, leaders support abortion until the last minute of pregnancy — even after a child is born. Not in Texas,” he added in another tweet. “I formally signed the Born Alive Act to make it illegal to kill a child who survives an abortion. It also ensures the baby receives needed medical care.”

    And then I read this:

    Pro-abortion Democrats slammed the bill as a waste of time, and delayed a hearing where several abortion survivors were scheduled to speak.

    I swear, I’m running out of spit.

  61. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    This most recent group of scum should all be facing treason charges and, potentially, the gallows.

  62. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    This evening at church we did a mighty fine three part harmony treatment of this song. If I say so myself.

    https://youtu.be/CW8mm00f_k8

  63. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    55. Shannon

    I don’t think Ogg is their candidate for Harris County. Coincidentally, I just got a text from the Audia Jones campaign. I’m pretty sure we’ll find out she’s the Soros candidate.

  64. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    How depressing that Ogg can turn out to be the best available choice for voters.

  65. HairSnifferJoe'sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice Avatar
    HairSnifferJoe’sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice

    Eric Holder should be years into serving a life sentence in some dark, solitary cage.

    The Kenyan’s wing man.

  66. HairSnifferJoe'sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice Avatar
    HairSnifferJoe’sPiXXXaParlor-19.84aSlice

    Arise blog arise.

  67. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Top o the marnin from beautiful hill country suburbs

    Today’s HERO meet spot south of here and not far (Gracie’s engine oil will hardly get hot getting there)

  68. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    It’s 55 with a light breeze here in PC Beach, the sun is trying to peek though some low clouds, to the east, down by Saint Andrews Bay. There is one lonely soul, walking down the beach, with his flashlight.
    Mornin’ Gang

  69. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Mornin’ Katfish, you snuck in while I was typing. 😉

  70. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    No direct ties to Soros yet but his stench is all over Audia Jones:

    Mr. Soros isn’t working alone. He donated $50 million in 2014 to the ACLU to “support its nationwide campaign to end mass incarceration,” while other groups have stepped in to campaign to seat progressive district attorneys.

    Case in point is Mr. Boudin, who was the race’s top fundraiser at $623,000 despite no obvious Soros fingerprints. He received a high-profile endorsement from Sen. Bernie Sanders, and support from the SEIU and the Real Justice PAC, co-founded by activist Shaun King [aka Talcum X] and former Sanders campaign staffers.

    The PAC’s biggest funder is the Open Philanthropy Project’s Cari Tuna, wife of Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
    ….
    Meanwhile, the Real Justice PAC has endorsed two Texas progressives running for DA, Jose Garza in Travis County (Austin) and Audia Jones in Harris County (Houston). The election is March 3.

  71. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    The title of my new book:

    The Intellectual Guide to Celebratory Inebriation in the Age of Trump

    It’s a long title, but hey, it’s a big book.

    All the drinks will be named after famous conservatives throughout history.

  72. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Tree huggers break into song at Seattle City Council.

    https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/hilarity-from-seattle-city-council-meeting/

  73. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #71 Texpat HA!! 😀

  74. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    This is yesterday’s Quote of the Day, Shannon’s;

    I feel so stupid that I didn’t realize long ago that of course the quickest way to take down America is to have it dispense with the Rule Of Law.

    And like you, I didn’t see this coming, but it makes perfect sense, instead of catering to the whining class, (what I thought), they were undercutting the whole country, stealthy.

  75. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I just saw two young black gals in the gulf, mercy! But it is 55, (not warm) and the breeze makes it colder, but the water is 63 degrees! I guess it feels warm, by comparison.

  76. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    1958 GMC Assembly line.

    Students tour the Pontiac plant and see how real trucks are made!

  77. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Morning gang. Everybody is out roaming around in the wild, free as birds, and I’m here in Big D but not roaming around yet. We enjoyed great birthday dinner for BFF prepared by BFF so as to have it prepared to her liking, which is the same way I do it – I don’t want someone else trying to mess up my favorite dish. And happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Super Dave.

    No news to report, so I’ll keep it short other than to say – have a great day you all.

  78. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    I see where strawberry season has opened in Texas, so if you are still able to bend over, you might find some tasty fruits. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/It-s-strawberry-season-in-Texas-Here-are-some-of-15053631.php

  79. pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns Avatar
    pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns

    Meanwhile, the Real Justice PAC has endorsed two Texas progressives totalitarians running for DA, Jose Garza in Travis County (Austin) and Audia Jones in Harris County (Houston). The election is March 3.

  80. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I slept late, then got up and made my giant Sunday coffee, to sip while working the HouChron sudoku puzzle. Now having my breakfast of fruit with cottage cheese, and oat granola.  One of the fruits added to the CC bowl was a Del Monte fruit cup with “bubble fruit”.  I was otherwise not familiar with “popping boba fruit”. Anyone else ever heard of it, or even had it? Apparently if you frequent frozen yogurt shops, you will have had it. It seems to be a descendant of the tapioca pearls that are added to drinks at Chinese tea shops. I had that once, years ago, in a smoothie.

    So the “bubble fruit” in my breakfast bowl are small translucent spheres that break in your mouth as you bite down. I decided this morning to find out more about them and came across this short video showing how to make them. (Use Skip Ad.) I don’t plan to make any, but I like to know what I’m eating.

  81. pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns Avatar
    pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns

    Open borders globalism meets the coronavirus.

    Not a big church goer but it brings to mind a sermon I heard many years ago as a teen about the concept of reaping and sowing.

    Meanwhile the NY Mayo Stain blames the virus on Trump while the solution is as plain as the mayo stain on his open borders and open zippers, pud pounding fly.

    While the hucksters in the Newspeak media and the Totalitariancrat party have been screaming Russia Russia Russia, Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine and showing us reruns of the Schifty Schitter’s Schitt Schow for months they’ve ignored china china china, the real threat.

    Even Dianne Fangstein employed a Chinese spy for 20 years and gets rewarded for it. Wonder if she got a few bucks over the years from backroom medicine man deals to become a multi millionaire.?.

    https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/02/14/expert-china-has-global-chokehold-on-medicine-can-shut-down-our-pharmacies-hospitals-in-months/

  82. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Looks like it’s over for JJ Watt, he ate the wedding cake. It was a good run.

  83. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Why is Carlos Correa the only Astro being candid out there? Why are none of the other players saying Altuve and others did not participate in the sign stealing. This is frustrating.

  84. pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns Avatar
    pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns

    Lolita Mike?

  85. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Sad news from our place this morning. Ruby became seriously ill yesterday and the night before, would not eat anything except hay, only interested in drinking but not all that much. Vet out in the afternoon to say blood work taken the day before indicated further malfunction of her liver, causing her deterioration. As an aside, one must note that the word live is in liver, regardless of species including us, we depend on it for life itself.

    Ruby stopped drinking for the most part this morning and was essentially shut down other than wanting our presence and support. Yesterday afternoon we arranged for the vet to send her into endless green pastures this morning, where she is now. Waiting to hear back about arranging her burial near Contessa (only 5 weeks ago). Now Jessica, Ruby’s companion, is alone, and the neighboring three horses across the fence are being helpful, but then they drift off to different areas of their pasture and she’s alone at the fence line. So we need to find a companion for Jessica.

  86. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Sorry to hear that, Adee. So close together. How old was Ruby?

  87. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #86 Hamous
    Ruby would have been 19 this year. Her background was rather hazy thanks to being in custody of the rescue folks for 8 years because of her bad arthritis and being in several foster homes. Her papers were not surrendered with her and her stablemates when first rescued. Not sure if it was voluntary or by legal rescue. We had several vets look at her teeth to estimate age, and they all agreed that she was 17 when we adopted her so she would be 19 sometime this year.

  88. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Sorry to hear that Ms Adee. Know her final days she was not alone.

  89. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Oh no, poor Jessie, new home but has lost her barn companion. Makes me wonder if I had not stumbled across Jessie, and then Ruby had lost her battle this morning — would you have continued to want horses?

  90. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Sorry to hear about Ruby, but she lived a full life. And she made a new friend. And now, another position is open for another rescue which otherwise might not happen. It’s part of the cycle of life, as sad as it is.

  91. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    For all you Big Wheels guys…

  92. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #89 mharper42

    Presuming Tessa had already passed, if Ruby had passed before Jessie was in the picture that would have been the end of our having horses. The barn would be empty after 48 years.

    Good question that we had been mulling over even before this happened. At some point in having them eventually you get down to one, and then what to do? Horses are herding social animals and generally would rather have company. Some solo horses get along well if they have contact with other horses as in a boarding stable situation or living at pasture with another horse or several horses. They work out the hierarchy.

    We will see how Jessica adapts to being alone in the barn at night but able to socialize with the neighboring horses over the pasture fence by day and having them elsewhere to be seen in the adjoining pasture. The trio has always been friendly and were so again this morning. They absolutely knew what happened yesterday through the inscrutable (to us) horse jungle telegraph. And Jessie is grateful. If that works well and Jessie is content with it, wonderful. If she is not happy alone at night, then she needs to go back to the rescue folks where she will have a good home with company.

    And that will be the end of our horse ownership.

  93. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    There is nothing like waking up and looking out at a pasture every morning to see the cattle and/or the horses and then, one day, looking out and the pasture is empty.  It’s no different than having an empty nest.  All the children have left.

    One of the things I have missed the most living up here is being able to look around me and see the livestock out the window of my house or truck.  When I come home to Texas, I love driving around looking at the horses and cattle.  It makes for a peaceful heart, at least for me.

  94. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Adee, I’m so very sorry, and I have to wonder if Ruby, was just, so sad, losing her companion, that the loneliness, just finally pushed her over the edge. Maybe, Jessica was just a little too late. In any case, you certainly did your part to keep both of your long time companion’s with a stable-mates and by doing so, literally, saved a couple of thrown away horses, bless you.
    I’m guessing,..hoping? that Jessie will befriend the neighboring horses and live out her years happily. The Lord knows, that you’ve done your part.

  95. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    The probability of Michael Bloomberg being the Democrat party nominee has soared in betting markets tracked by RealClearPolitics.

    Bloomberg has moved in a near parabolic fashion since February and is now 2nd to Bernie Sanders and far ahead of Buttigieg and Biden in the odds.

  96. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Ninety Six?!? Y’all gonna’ pull it off? 😉

  97. pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns Avatar
    pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns

    Yo Bro Squawk.

    I think I may take a plunge a but a mac instead of a new Win 10 laptop.

    Which one you like that’s a good buy?

    Never used one but I don want to go to Win10.

    Tired of Uncle Bill and his endless upgrades.

  98. pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns Avatar
    pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns

    Ever owned a macbook air?

    Are they good?

  99. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Me, too.

    When the XPpro blows up, it’ll be some kind of Mac.

    Perhaps there’s a way to live without one.

  100. pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns Avatar
    pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns

    Been a windows dude all my life.

    May have to break the paradigm.

    Uncle Bill was good to me for a long time but now I’ll have to do it my way.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf-fORxQvW0

  101. pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns Avatar
    pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns

    Looking side by side I think macbook air may be the ticket for me.

    Not bad price either.

  102. pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns Avatar
    pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns

    But i’ll wait and see if Bro Squawk chimes in with some of his time tested mac-o-roni expertise.:)

  103. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    A new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) that tracks carbon emissions worldwide dropped great news for the United States under the leadership of Donald Trump on Tuesday. “The United States saw the largest decline in energy-related CO2 emissions in 2019 on a country basis – a fall of 140 Mt, or 2.9%, to 4.8 Gt. US emissions are now down almost 1 Gt from their peak in the year 2000, the largest absolute decline by any country over that period.“

    Not only is Trump leading the world in economic success but he’s also doing exactly what the climate scolds all claim they want, which is leading the world in energy saving. Carbon emission reduction isn’t the only win for Trump’s policies, the IEA also reported that natural gas is on the rise and coal-powered energy declined by 15% in America. “A 15% reduction in the use of coal for power generation underpinned the decline in overall US emissions in 2019. Coal-fired power plants faced even stronger competition from natural gas-fired generation, with benchmark gas prices an average of 45% lower than 2018 levels. As a result, gas increased its share in electricity generation to a record high of 37%.”

  104. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    I don’t know what the big fear of windows 10 is. It’s a very stable OS, better than win 7, which in my opinion was the first halfway decent OS produced by Microsoft. Win 8 sucked but they recovered nicely with 10. I’m not a Microsoft fan but I’m forced to use it for work. The updates are no more frequent than my linux box and they’ve never broken my computer.

  105. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #94 Super Dave
    We will be checking with Arabian-owning friends and the Arabian rescue folks to see if they might have an older mare on their adoption lists that might work out. Might be quite a few available, as usually prospective adoptive families want younger horses that can do things rather than be mere companions. Our requirement is simply to be there as a companion, no work involved, just a friendly disposition. 🙂

  106. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I’m still searching for the word that exemplifies “extreme loathing” to describe my attitude towards this woman.  You would think after all the criticism, insults and hatred directed at her for her disgusting behavior in the 60s and 70s, she would just lock all this crap away somewhere.

    Now, she’s dragging it all into public for another vile, senile vanity tour because her black-hearted narcissistic soul can’t breathe without the adulation of all the ghastly, dreadful scum who admire her.

    Jane Fonda glowed at the American Cinematheque’s 4K restoration premiere of her 1972 documentary FTA this Saturday.

    The 82-year-old slipped her still enviably trim figure into a fitted black suit and swung by Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre for the event.

    She still sported the grey hairdo she debuted onstage at the Oscars last weekend, after spending decades as a blonde.

    and,

    In the revue’s opening number, the singers including Jane hint slyly at the more profane version of the slogan by pausing, then singing: ‘Free The Army.’

    However when the cast get to the final version of the chorus, the words become: ‘Foxtot, Tango, Alpha! F*** The Army – and the Navy, and the Marines!’

    Jane appears multiple times throughout the variety show including in a comic feminist group number called I’m Tired Of B******s F***ing Over Me.

    The month FTA was released, Jane was snapped in Hanoi sitting on a North Vietnamese antiaircraft gun used against Americans.

  107. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Correction to my #92, and sorry for the error. We will actively look for another companion for Jessica, but if we can’t find one in a reasonable time, we’ll see about sending her back to the rescue folks we got her from. Actually they should be high on the list to call first.

  108. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    This is the mega-billboard in NYC’s Times Square so you get an idea of the size.

    Click here for the “Democratic Clowns” ad running there beginning this weekend.

    It was created and paid for by an independent group supporting the President.

  109. pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns Avatar
    pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns

    I don’t know what the big fear of windows 10 is. It’s a very stable OS, better than win 7, which in my opinion was the first halfway decent OS produced by Microsoft.

    Could just be a case of this for me.

     

  110. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Over where they’re talking marching band stuff, someone linked to the National Military Marching Band Association.

    Holy cow, there’s a Texas contest in November at Stephen F. Austin University. Tickets are $3.

    Should be great weather, lovely area of Texas, and military style marching bands all day. I looked at their web site and they have some cool formations that my band director never even dreamed of.

    This sounds like a road trip. I may get to stay with Green Cousin; might even get her to come with me, if’n she’s feeling up to it.

  111. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    More than 22 million American adults are employed in agriculture and closely related industries and professions.  I would think a great majority of them vote.  If they don’t, this will certainly motivate them.  The guy who originally posted this  from the University of Oxford must have thought it was great.  Cam Edwards from BearingArms picked up on it.  From Twitter with video:

    Pete

    >@PeterMentes

    Bloomberg on why farmers can’t work in information technology MB: “I can teach anyone how to be a farmer 1 dig a hole 2 put a seed in 3 put dirt on top 4 add water 5 up comes the corn” The skill 4information technology is completely different you need more grey matter.

    Go here for the video. It will make a great campaign clip for Trump 2020.

  112. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Brother Phil

    if you are doing light stuff like internet, word processing etc a MacBook AIR will suit you just fine.  If you do photos like I do ……. no good. If you do photos for just looking and light adjustments in the Mac photo app  it is fine.

    Myself I use a large iPad 12 inch because I teach at church.  I also have a MacBook Pro for when I travel and a desktop.  If you buy a desktop spend the extra cash and get 16 gigs of ram. 8 gigs will drag if you have a couple couple processor hungry apps running, like word and photoshop.   The smaller desk top suits me fine but I do have the model with the heavy duty video card and 32 gig of ram.  Again that is for photoshop etc.

  113. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    111 Texpat

    Seems to be just an image.

  114. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    113 Hamous

    My #111

    I had a video tab open and an image tab open.  I linked to the wrong one.  Fixed now.

  115. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Brother Phil

    I have 5 IMacs in the house.  My current one I bought the others I bartered for.  I have owned 8.  1 turned into junk and was summarily fired upon with a 12 gauge.  Come to find out it was a model from a bad Apple year.  Apple recently upgraded the hardware across all lines.  I like the current iteration of OSX.  Seems rock solid to me. If you are a Firefox fan it works well.  There is a learning curve but it ain’t squat.

  116. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Dang, y’all have been busy, very good, me, piddling around, but I’ve just about got everything squared away, after returning from the beach. We wanted to stay another day, but the schedule wouldn’t permit it and it turned out that it was going to rain all day anyway and also, it rained most of the way home. Tomorrow will be better but, the rain will start up again on Tuesday,….SIGH, that time of the year…. Later,….

  117. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Y’all see the arrival of Air Force One today at Daytona today? Friggin awesome it was.

  118. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    20. Toms

    Toms, the brand best known for donating a pair of shoes for every pair purchased from them, is teetering on bankruptcy.

    The company agreed to transfer ownership of the business to a group of creditors in January as the business will receive an infusion of $35 million as part of the deal, which will be used in part for debt relief.

    Toms was facing a $300 million loan payment later this year that it was unable to meet. The deal gives Toms extra life for now, but the creditors will still have to do the hard work of repairing the business.

    When I heard of these guys around 2010 or so, I gave them 3-4 years before they went bankrupt.  They have wasted and burned through millions of dollars of other people’s money to stroke their own egos.  This whole “social entrepeneurship” concept is a Marxist fantasy, an anti-capitalist fallacy.  The only reason they have lasted this long is because Mitt Romney’s company stupidly bought into the pitch and threw tons of good money after bad.

    Oh, and the original founder from Arlington, Tx has promised to donate $50 million to gun control groups this year.

  119. pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns Avatar
    pRogRessiVes-R-toTaLiTaRiAns

    Thanks Bro Squawk.  Leaning towards the Air.

    It will suit my needs well.

    I like FF have used it frequently in the past.

    Used to love Netscape in the mid to late 90s. it was the browser of choice for a while at one of the Big Oil/Gas Co’s I worked for.

    Too bad they went under via AOL.

    Made a good living off Uncle Bill though.:)

     

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