Miscellaneous cattle pictures from this past week

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

These are just some strange laws that have been brought to my attention. I do not know for sure if all of these are still laws from the State, or if they have been repealed....but they sure do make for interesting reading on what is illegal or what used to be illegal.



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Texas:

--A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed...

--The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned because it contains a formula for making beer at home.

--It is illegal to milk another person's cow.

--Texas law forbids anyone to have a pair of pliers in his possession.

--In Lefors, it is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer at any time while standing...

--In San Antonio, it is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes and/or hands....

--Corpus Christi makes it illegal to raise alligators in your home.

--In Kingsville, there is a law against two pigs having sex on airport property.

--A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefoot without first obtaining a special five-dollar permit.

--In Clarendon, TX., it is illegal to dust any public building with a feather duster.

--In Borger, TX., it is against the law to throw confetti, rubber balls, feather dusters, whips or quirts (riding crop), and explosive firecrackers of any kind. (Real party poopers)

--It is Texas law that when two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone. ("neither shall proceed until the other has gone" where, how? In one of those "true facts" books there was an explanation for this law. It seems that one of the state senators did not want a law passed. To keep this particular law from passing he attached the train law to it. He hoped that fellow senators would discover the train law attached, see how ridiculous it was, and not pass the laws. Nobody saw the attachement and passed both laws. This may not be the real reason, but it sounds good. And it explains many of the laws we have to live with today.)






Nebraska
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A parent can be arrested if his child cannot hold back a burp during a church service.

Women who are single, widowed, or divorced are banned from parachuting on Sunday. - Crawford, Nebraska

 

[Tap]

Your country looks good Soapweed. Glad you are having fun while getting things done. I bet Cal doesn't have as much fun as you seem to while working. :lol: Sorry Cal, couldn't resist. lol

I like your pasture picture the best. A lot of us would have rode right by and not found the beautiful picture you captured there.

Tap, I think you have so much fun because you get to dress like a television star; http://www.kellie.de/fm/steve3.jpg

:wink:

I just got back from visiting down at Cal's today, and I gotta tell you he is a great host! I went down there to straighten him out a bit and by the time I left for home I came back with a whole different perspective.

First, the directions he gave me made me wonder a bit if he really wanted me to find him, but he said to go right over the rocky knob, between two hills, so off I went. Thankfully I had my horse in the trailer, because I really don't know how he gets in and out of there with his 4 wheeler. I had no problem at all.

After we visited a bit, he told me that his wife had delegated him to some new living arrangements, so we went in and he made me a real nice lunch. Heck, there was even a place to tie my horse right there next to the table. That Cal is always thinking.

Then after a sandwich and some of what he calls his "non-cowboy coffee" (It kinda tasted like Tang though), he took me out to show me the new breed of cow he is developing.

I sure did enjoy the tour Cal. But for the rest of you that might be wondering what Cal looks like, I gotta say Cal is looking pretty good for the shape he's in.

Thanks again Cal. Come visit me sometime.

:!: :!: :!: :lol:

 

[Canadian_Cowgirl]

oh Cal i think he beat you!! That calls for a ZIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNG!! :lol: :lol: Great Job Tap!

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Heck i have some neighbors that think is illegal to use fence pliers, staples,stretchers, post pounders or anything related to fixing fence. :shock:

 

[Jinglebob]

Well dang! Why didn;t you pick me up on the way by Tap? I would have loved to have met Cal, tho' he must have been in my neck of the woods at some time if he's got the kids from Dream Works working on his cabinets for his new house.

And I can see by your pictures why he needs a new one. His old one is almost in as bad a shape as mine.

Guess I better sell my horses and get a 4 wheeler so I can make enough to build a nice house like Cal is getting.

 

[Cal]

Your country looks good Soapweed. Glad you are having fun while getting things done. I bet Cal doesn't have as much fun as you seem to while working. :lol: Sorry Cal, couldn't resist. lol

I like your pasture picture the best. A lot of us would have rode right by and not found the beautiful picture you captured there.

Tap, I think you have so much fun because you get to dress like a television star; http://www.kellie.de/fm/steve3.jpg

:wink:

I just got back from visiting down at Cal's today, and I gotta tell you he is a great host! I went down there to straighten him out a bit and by the time I left for home I came back with a whole different perspective.

First, the directions he gave me made me wonder a bit if he really wanted me to find him, but he said to go right over the rocky knob, between two hills, so off I went. Thankfully I had my horse in the trailer, because I really don't know how he gets in and out of there with his 4 wheeler. I had no problem at all.

After we visited a bit, he told me that his wife had delegated him to some new living arrangements, so we went in and he made me a real nice lunch. Heck, there was even a place to tie my horse right there next to the table. That Cal is always thinking.

Then after a sandwich and some of what he calls his "non-cowboy coffee" (It kinda tasted like Tang though), he took me out to show me the new breed of cow he is developing.

I sure did enjoy the tour Cal. But for the rest of you that might be wondering what Cal looks like, I gotta say Cal is looking pretty good for the shape he's in.

Thanks again Cal. Come visit me sometime.

:!: :!: :!: :lol:

:???: Uhhhh, yeah, Tap old buddy, nice to see you. But before you venture out again you ought to try to equalize your suspenders a little....it wasn't pretty.....and could you check your pockets for silverware? Never mind...keep it. :twisted: :wink:

 

[Soapweed]

If you cut down a fence in Texas to let your stock through, it would be strongly advised to look all over hell and back for the landowner first. If a fella cuts my fence without my knowledge and I catch him on my land, of course I will ask him what in the hell he thinks he's doing and probably end up helping him when I get it figured out.

I don't "cut" a fence to let cattle through. It is easy to find a gentle hilltop, then pull the staples on two or three posts, and let the fence down to the ground. After the cattle and your horses go across, it is a simple matter to pick up the wires and once again staple them to the posts. I'd like to have a dollar for every time I've done this simple procedure during the course of my life. It would add up, that is for sure. :wink:

 

[Jerry H]

i do the same thing soapweed
here in this country when folks don't get along there are not any gates in the fences
so you can drive 1 or 2 head for a mole or 2 around or let the fence down and send a dog to bring the cattle across the fence and then put it back up
thats what i do
saves me alot of time
and i don't think the'll trow my dog in jail for trespassing
atleast i hope not
until later
jerry

 

[Tap]

I am glad to live in an area where ranchers feel very strongly about their property rights, yet I would WANT any neighbor of ours to help themselves to let the fence down and retrieve their cattle from our pasture. Or let it down to go across us. And they would all expect us to do the same. I would not care for them to cut it, unless they immediately fixed it. No harm done.

The point is that you can respect someones property rights, and still trust your neighbors.

 

[Tap]

Well dang! Why didn;t you pick me up on the way by Tap? I would have loved to have met Cal, tho' he must have been in my neck of the woods at some time if he's got the kids from Dream Works working on his cabinets for his new house.

And I can see by your pictures why he needs a new one. His old one is almost in as bad a shape as mine.

Guess I better sell my horses and get a 4 wheeler so I can make enough to build a nice house like Cal is getting.

Next time I go down and straighten Cal out, I will be sure and stop by. :wink: I bet he could get one of those houses the government is giving away to his neighbors, if his Mrs. doesn't let him back in the house.

I better call a truce with Cal before this gets out of hand. lol.

 

[Mrs.Greg]

Tap and Cal...I've been enjoying your "friendly" banter,you both have a good sence of humor. I do have to side with Tap though...hooves trump wheels any day

 

[Soapweed]

Tap and Cal...I've been enjoying your "friendly" banter,you both have a good sence of humor. I do have to side with Tap though...hooves trump wheels any day

Where a four-wheeler really shines is using it to get in the horses. :wink:

 

[Jerry H]

i agree soap
the farmerwheeler works well to jingle the horses with
but i feed mine grain in the morning so all i have to do is walk out and whistle and hollar and here they come
but my horse pasture is not all that big
until later
jerry