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2023-03-28 -Land of the Free

Mud, blood, guts and glory: Timeless photos of modern cowboys show how little their lives have changed in more than 100 years

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Everybody wants to be cowboy - until its time to do cowboy shit.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2023-03-28 13:57|| 2023-03-28 13:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Next-door neighbor had some of his cattle get through his fence to our land a couple of years ago, and we are unfenced to a high-speed state highway; he had to get a bunch of Bree-mounted cowboys to navigate the greenbriers to herd them back before something tragic happened.

Posted by Glenmore 2023-03-28 15:25|| 2023-03-28 15:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Horse mounted … how did IT think that meant Bree mounted?

Posted by Glenmore 2023-03-28 15:27|| 2023-03-28 15:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Tough life. Tough people.

And even tougher retirement prospects.

Social Security is not always available for those who were paid by cash or 'room & board' for their work.

Posted by Mullah Richard OTR 2023-03-28 16:24|| 2023-03-28 16:24|| Front Page Top

#5 If autofill is Scottish, it would go a long ways explaining why it and I don't communicate with each other very well.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-28 17:41|| 2023-03-28 17:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Dammed if ai [heh, that one's on me] can see how (as opposed to why, I insinuated significantly) this would happen, but for months now me browser's input thingy's been amusing me from time to time with a very convincing impression of having had its dictionary and/or "finger-following" rules changed. This morning's themes: 1) certain words ("gay" and a couple of routine mild profanities) absolutely weren't happening, user's devious persistence notwithstanding, unless keyed in letter by letter; 2) unrecognized (or whatever) words were replaced with oddball proper names.
Also, Russian wheat harvest is in, breaking previous record. Wagner troops released from contracts to work in bakeries. Moscow tearooms flooded with delicious pastries.

Posted by Gruper Ghibelline4246 2023-03-28 20:30|| 2023-03-28 20:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Also... hello, ossifer! [waves PM apple fritter]

Posted by Gruper Ghibelline4246 2023-03-28 20:37|| 2023-03-28 20:37|| Front Page Top

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