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It was so sad to see Notre Dame Cathedral burn. We visited it several times. There are magnificent churches in Cologne, Germany, Reims and Chartres, France. There is a picture to the Cologne cathedral in the photo forum. While it might have been seen as excessive to have spent so much...

Back about 25 years ago, I was partnering with my brother Jack in a small cattle operation. I helped him with the haying and feeding and I was allowed to keep about 20 cows on his ranch in Colorado. We had bought some 90 first calf heifers from the sale barn in Limon, Colorado...

We went through a drought in 2002. No moisture the whole winter. The winter wheat never greened up. We were still feeding the cows in June and July. We bought feed, though it was getting scarce and costly. Some of the neighbors sold their entire herds and never bought a bale of hay or...

Fence seems like overkill. We had a ranch with 80 miles of fence . Mostly new. I would take a trip around and see what the neighbors had and how it worked. CP

I am a veteran - I served three years at the end of the Korean Conflict period and before the Vietnam war. In those days, all males who were healthy were subject to the draft and most actually served. I spent just over two years on the East German Frontier and eventually returned to civilian...

While we are on the subject of government subsidies, we ought to recall the REA (Rural Electrical AdministratIpn) from the 1940's (I guess). I grew up in the 1930's and 1940's and I was 10 or 11 years old before we had electricity. We used kerosene lamps and lanterns to do chores and homework...

I don't for a minute believe that wind farms muddy aquifers. Do you ever see a raging muddy creek during a heavy storm. But the underground water stays as clean as before. One bad argument destroys the debate. Tax money? The government is spending $600 billion more than it takes in and it...

Solar energy - wind or photovoltaic - is going to be a lot like urban transportation. Very few. if any, public transport system support themselves from rider fares. Most collect less than half of the cost from fares. They subsidize all sorts of riders - old folks, disabled, etc with cheap...

A heart warmer. When I was just married and still going to college, I had several cavities that needed filling. Dentist gave me an estimate of about a hundred bucks - that I didn't have. I was able to negotiate a better price if he did them all in one sitting but that he couldn't use...

Remember this, Soapweed?? http://www.pixte.com/1478311/21-abandoned-military-bases-that-will-leave-you-amazed/13/ CP

Price may seem high, but the real point is that money is becoming more worthless with each passing day. CP

I got changed from windows to Mac a couple of years ago. I was able to run windows 7 on my mac, but now I am totally mac. It took some getting used to. Especially, what do I do with all the time I saved by not having to answer calls from "windows technical support" which is a scam. (Just...

My neighbor got enthused about old John Deere tractors and bought a 1930 something model A which he was working on. He had it parked near his house on a trailer when, for no apparent reason, one of the rear tires blew out. It had ballast in it thoroughky covered one side of his house. Had to...

Soapweed, I thoroughly enjoyed your BASIC TRAINING posts. I endured my basic training at Fort Ord as well. I was a green ranch kid just a couple of months past my 17th birthday. I relate to your comments as I endured them as well. One of the key pieces of advice for recruits is "never give...

Worth a looksee, thanks lj CP

Today, they had a school lockdown because there was a large black bear on the school grounds. This was in a city. I have noticed that there were no chokecherries, wild plums or currants on the bushes. I also have noticed there are no acorns on our gambel/jackknife oaks this year. Bears gorge...

You can talk about farm subsidies, but look at the bigger picture. SSI - social security you don' t pay into, Obama phones, food stamps, EIC, and thousands of federal and state programs that sap the financial lifeblood of America. Anyone going into agriculture and who doesn't sign up for...

Ah yes, good old Dean Bennett. We bought a lot of stuff from the over the years - windmill parts, submersible pumps, etc. The last time I was there, they had converted to a telephone order system. I went into their office (Only a couple of people there). Even though no one was doing...

Try replacing one of the floats with one made of 100% pvc. We had a problem with metal floats with the minerals eating the metal. PVC is cheaper, too. CP

George, Never use a bush hog or a drag on prickly pear cactus. It will spread them all over the place as each piece will take root. Neighbor used a railroad rail for a drag and the result is an unusable pasture. I spot sprayed mine with a mixture of roundup and 2 4 -d. They are almost...