Cowpuncher
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True story - the names have been changed to protect the guilty.
Ol' Charlie was running a few cows in Eastern Colorado. He was running a bit short on finances so he got himself elected to County Assessor. To keep his ranch going, he partnered up with Jake. The partnership went along pretty well for years. Jake ran about 40 cows on the place and had a fairly decent house to live in and didn't have to work very hard.
All went well until Charlie's brother appeared on the scene and pointed out that Jake always claimed the 40 calves which brought the most money when in fact they were pretty well scattered out from big to small. Jakes cows always seemed to have about 90% bulls as well.
Charlie's brother Sam had become friends with Jake and occasionally shared a drink of Wild Turkey.
Well, Charlie got unelected from his political job and promptly fired Jake in a very unkind way - sent him a registered letter. Jake remained friends with Sam, however.
After a couple of years, Charlie and Jake kinda made up. Jake was selling pickups for the local dealer. He found a truck that he felt was exactly right for Ol' Charlie. Well, Charlie got Sam to go along and took the truck for a test drive. Unfortunately, the truck was geared real high and had trouble dealing with the local test hill. Charlie told Jake he didn't want the truck.
A few days later, Jake accosted Sam and gave him the whatfor for costing him the commission on the sale - and wasn't very nice about it. Since both were too old to fight and neither carried a gun, the meeting ended with just a lot of bad words.
Sam got to thinking that Jake had gone over the line and was still stewing about the agrument some days later. Clearly revenge was called for.
A couple of days later, Sam was walking through a supermarket when he passed by the magazine rack. He finally realized that Jake's snit must have been precipitated by boredom or something.
He went through about 50 magazines and pulled the subscription cards. He went home and filled them all out with Jake's name and address along with instructions to "bill me later" and dropped them in the mail.
A couple of months later, he sent another wave of subscriptions in for Jake. Jake, of course, was getting inundated with magazines and bills, but refused to give any sign that something was amiss. He was lurking the person who had played such a dirty trick.
Sam, figuring that a little more would be good, got another bumper crop of subcription cards. This time, some were sent to Jakes' wife. The spelling of Jake's last name was altered in several ways so that the magazine subscription center wouldn't kick the cards out with their computer.
Jake remained silent as a clam, never mentioning his problem to anyone and at the same time, waiting for someone else to mention it so the culprit could be identified and brought to account for the assault on his peace of mind.
Sam never said a word to anyone, and Ol' Charlie who knew of the prank remain silent as well.
Eventually, Jake couldn't take it anymore. He and his wife sold their house and moved to Oklahome. Since then, they have moved to the Black Hills of SD where his brother has a ranch.
The above is a true story. I guess the moral of the story is not to make a friend mad over something that isn't important.
By the way, doing what Sam did - sending in subscription cards to magazines in someone else's name has since been declared illegal punishable by a stay in the Stoney Lonesome.
Ol' Charlie was running a few cows in Eastern Colorado. He was running a bit short on finances so he got himself elected to County Assessor. To keep his ranch going, he partnered up with Jake. The partnership went along pretty well for years. Jake ran about 40 cows on the place and had a fairly decent house to live in and didn't have to work very hard.
All went well until Charlie's brother appeared on the scene and pointed out that Jake always claimed the 40 calves which brought the most money when in fact they were pretty well scattered out from big to small. Jakes cows always seemed to have about 90% bulls as well.
Charlie's brother Sam had become friends with Jake and occasionally shared a drink of Wild Turkey.
Well, Charlie got unelected from his political job and promptly fired Jake in a very unkind way - sent him a registered letter. Jake remained friends with Sam, however.
After a couple of years, Charlie and Jake kinda made up. Jake was selling pickups for the local dealer. He found a truck that he felt was exactly right for Ol' Charlie. Well, Charlie got Sam to go along and took the truck for a test drive. Unfortunately, the truck was geared real high and had trouble dealing with the local test hill. Charlie told Jake he didn't want the truck.
A few days later, Jake accosted Sam and gave him the whatfor for costing him the commission on the sale - and wasn't very nice about it. Since both were too old to fight and neither carried a gun, the meeting ended with just a lot of bad words.
Sam got to thinking that Jake had gone over the line and was still stewing about the agrument some days later. Clearly revenge was called for.
A couple of days later, Sam was walking through a supermarket when he passed by the magazine rack. He finally realized that Jake's snit must have been precipitated by boredom or something.
He went through about 50 magazines and pulled the subscription cards. He went home and filled them all out with Jake's name and address along with instructions to "bill me later" and dropped them in the mail.
A couple of months later, he sent another wave of subscriptions in for Jake. Jake, of course, was getting inundated with magazines and bills, but refused to give any sign that something was amiss. He was lurking the person who had played such a dirty trick.
Sam, figuring that a little more would be good, got another bumper crop of subcription cards. This time, some were sent to Jakes' wife. The spelling of Jake's last name was altered in several ways so that the magazine subscription center wouldn't kick the cards out with their computer.
Jake remained silent as a clam, never mentioning his problem to anyone and at the same time, waiting for someone else to mention it so the culprit could be identified and brought to account for the assault on his peace of mind.
Sam never said a word to anyone, and Ol' Charlie who knew of the prank remain silent as well.
Eventually, Jake couldn't take it anymore. He and his wife sold their house and moved to Oklahome. Since then, they have moved to the Black Hills of SD where his brother has a ranch.
The above is a true story. I guess the moral of the story is not to make a friend mad over something that isn't important.
By the way, doing what Sam did - sending in subscription cards to magazines in someone else's name has since been declared illegal punishable by a stay in the Stoney Lonesome.