| 7/30/2014 7:26:55 AM |
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cattleman2010
Altavista, VA
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a cattle ranchers life is not that compelling for most folks to wanna be associated with ? seems like to me the more dirty and hard work ,the less folks care about it..
your thoughts ?
thanks ole cattle
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| 7/30/2014 9:23:29 AM |
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tileman1814
Kalispell, MT
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a cattle ranchers life is not that compelling for most folks to wanna be associated with ? seems like to me the more dirty and hard work ,the less folks care about it..
your thoughts ?
thanks ole cattle
A cattle ranchers life is more than a job, more than being out in the cold of winter or the heat of summer. It's more than having to put up with cattle getting sick or running through a fence. It's a life style! It's a life style that most people couldn't handle if their life depended on it. You have to be tough and be able to adapt to changes on the run. The reward............A life where you don't have to answer to the MAN! A life where freedom still lives. It's the kind of life many live every day here in Montana.
Semper Fi !!!
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| 7/30/2014 10:37:04 AM |
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cattleman2010
Altavista, VA
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awesome tileman, its nice to meet you.. you said that right well.
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| 7/30/2014 10:18:25 PM |
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cattleman2010
Altavista, VA
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not alot of traffic here i see.. hehe
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| 7/31/2014 3:14:43 AM |
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saddestangel7
Santa Clara, CA
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I think that way of thinking...devaluing ranch work only comes from those with no connection to the life.
It's been a life time ago when I had my horses but it get never got tiring getting work done at the ranch. Mending fences in pouring rain or mucking out stalls or bucking hay. Of course the lifestyle I led back then contributed to the arthritis I have now.
My grandparents had an Apricot orchard when I was growing up. I was very blessed to know a life that most of my friends didn't know.
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| 7/31/2014 10:51:34 AM |
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tileman1814
Kalispell, MT
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awesome tileman, its nice to meet you.. you said that right well.
I was raised on a 500 acre hay farm in Calif. In 1970 after I got out of the Marine Corps I moved to Wash State and worked for a farmer who had cattle. I loved to work and loved being out in the clean air. I loved riding horses and spending a few days camping and eating at a chuck wagon. In 1979 I spent late fall and through the winter in eastern Montana doing pretty much the same thing. I got a first hand lesson of how cold the eastern Montana winters can be. The herd had to be fed every day so we'd ride out and roll strips of hay for them to eat. I remember one day it was 20 below and a 35MPH breeze to add to the cold. It was a tough road to hoe but I loved every minuet of it, the only reason I moved back the Wash state was that's where the money was at the time.
Semper Fi !!!
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| 7/31/2014 11:06:42 AM |
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cattleman2010
Altavista, VA
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yes angel you really were blessed in my opinion... and ole arthur does like to show up in them that have worked outside most their lives.. its nice to meet you as well..
tileman , wow, i could almost see it all as you was tellin it.. quite a life youve had there man.. i believe you gotta really love it to do it.. its good to know more likeminded people.. thanks yawl
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| 7/31/2014 4:30:28 PM |
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luckylouie42
Cedar Grove, WV
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a cattle ranchers life is not that compelling for most folks to wanna be associated with ? seems like to me the more dirty and hard work ,the less folks care about it..
your thoughts ?
thanks ole cattle
don't tell me about dirty hard work, I was a coal miner for 41 yrs.
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| 7/31/2014 5:00:05 PM |
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sureshot40
Drumright, OK
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A cattle ranchers way of life is not compelling to city folk, who just want to b*tch about the price of beef and put down people they think are low level when compared to their city way. They think were all just a bunch of back woods, dumb, dirt farmer but what would they eat, without us.
They want to talk about their net worth and how much they paid for an 800 square foot apartment but never stop to think what 50 momma cows and 45 calves are worth.
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| 7/31/2014 8:39:57 PM |
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cattleman2010
Altavista, VA
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louie, yep id say you know what hard dirty works all about too.. dangerous too.. glad you made it out alive ...
sureshot, hey man , you make some really good points.. though i have nuttin against city folks myself.. theyre just way different than me .. hehe
but there is a strong perception as you spoke of about us and our way of life...
thanks and nice to meet you both..
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| 8/1/2014 9:29:18 PM |
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bigolbear61
Yakima, WA
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Howdy cattle...good to see you again.....been there but as a hired hand when younger,,,,do miss it just didnt realy pay the bills in these parts back then
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| 8/1/2014 9:58:43 PM |
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cattleman2010
Altavista, VA
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hey bear , hows my friend doin these days ? good to see you again too man..
yep it can be tough sometimes .. but you also have a hard workload yourself.. but a nice way to make a livin though.. 
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| 8/4/2014 1:58:45 PM |
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luckylouie42
Cedar Grove, WV
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louie, yep id say you know what hard dirty works all about too.. dangerous too.. glad you made it out alive ..
glad I made it out alive, lol ? for people who never worked in a big coal mine, it is not how you think it is .
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| 8/4/2014 5:07:02 PM |
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tatorbabee
Provo, UT
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I believe Ranching might be the only honorable profession left!
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| 8/4/2014 10:13:45 PM |
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cattleman2010
Altavista, VA
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tator nice to meet ya..
why dont you tell us louie how it is.. ? i dont know much bout it and would be curious to know. are you sayin its not hard dirty and dangerous work ?
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| 8/5/2014 7:28:12 AM |
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luckylouie42
Cedar Grove, WV
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yes it is dirty, and dangerous, but not as hard as it used to be, no more pick and shovel mining like the old days, most miners working underground now run various types of machinery, like shuttle cars, and continuous mining machines. but you always have that mountain over your head, which occasionally falls.
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| 8/5/2014 8:32:49 AM |
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luckylouie42
Cedar Grove, WV
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I said coal mining was dirty, what gets on you in a coal mine, is ground up coal dust, which does not contain the bacteria, and parasites, and disease, that a rancher is exposed to in cow, and other animal manure, and urine. so your job is dirtier, and could actually be more dangerous to your health. 
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| 8/5/2014 12:10:26 PM |
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cattleman2010
Altavista, VA
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dang louie, i hadnt looked at it that way.. thanks.. were you involved back when it was mainly manual labor mining ? i cant imagine bein under that mountain .. to me it took alot of guts to go in there ..
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| 8/5/2014 2:12:41 PM |
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luckylouie42
Cedar Grove, WV
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it is all mind over matter, cattleman, if you don't mind, it don't matter, believe it or not a few women work in underground mines.
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| 8/5/2014 10:26:10 PM |
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cattleman2010
Altavista, VA
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i hear ya ..its been nice meetin you louie.. youre alright feller.
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| 8/6/2014 10:11:18 AM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
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 Hey yo, cattleboy...longtime...no parlay ... see ya still wearing that too tight hatband squeezing your head too tight. Stetson son. Stetson.
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| 8/6/2014 12:50:05 PM |
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cattleman2010
Altavista, VA
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hehe hello cup.. how ya been ?
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| 8/6/2014 5:14:07 PM |
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islandia8_3
Olympia, WA
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cattle
My uncle was a sheep farmer in New Zealand. He would get up at 4AM every day to tend to his sheep.
His best helpers/workers/farmhands were 6 Australian Blue Heelers (cattle dogs). It is a lot of hard work.
Much respect to you.
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| 8/6/2014 7:17:57 PM |
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cattleman2010
Altavista, VA
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hey dia  , thanks lady.. and much right back at you for what you do.. its a really good thing you do..
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| 8/6/2014 10:05:55 PM |
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islandia8_3
Olympia, WA
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Cattle, have you ever been tempted to keep a calf as a pet if its mothers passed away?
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| 8/6/2014 11:32:54 PM |
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cattleman2010
Altavista, VA
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hi ya dia, no i havent.. not as a pet.. the thing with that is they get too big and wind up hurtin you ,not meanin to..
the first one i ever raised off the bottle...i didnt wanna sell him.. so i kept him a long time.. and was raising a bunch more then and while i were rubbin the others heads he got jealous i recon.. next thing i knew a leg and hoove was over both my shoulders.. he had stood up and put both legs over my shoulders and knocked me to the ground.. i was very lucky i wasnt hurt too bad that day.. just bruised up... i forgot rule number 1 , never turn your back on them and always pay attention to whats goin on around you .. front and back hehe so had to sell him shortly after...
another feller, an older man, the next county over, had a bull that was like a pet to him.. wound up one day it killed him.. it just went to roughhousin him.. and it got a lil out of hand ..
so to me not a safe thing to do..
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| 8/19/2014 8:03:26 PM |
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georgewhite2
Lapeer, MI
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Farming (& ranching) is not a job. Its a way of life. Either ya live it & love it or ya don't. It sure isn't for everyone, not even many of em. Ya don't get weekends off. Ya don't get vacation/ holiday pay. Ya don't get overtime. & ya don't get company provided health insurance. What ya do get is piece of mind. Making your own decisions (good or bad) & living with the consequences. Being more self reliant. Running a 'business' & being an employee of the 'business'. It isn't for everyone, but for some, there's no other way!! My stetson (& stormy kromer) is off to em!
Also, its ALWAYS a bad idea to be petting them critters when they're small. Especially on the head!! When they get bigger, they wanna play & ya don't stand a chance once they get to be a couple hundred pounds! 
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| 8/25/2014 4:47:19 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
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How many cats do you house in your milking barns?
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| 9/18/2014 1:32:42 PM |
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cattleman2010
Altavista, VA
54, joined Feb. 2012
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only raise beef cattles cup...
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