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A buddy of mine is growing tomatoes for the first time in his life, ( I can't believe it, must be old age). He lives in a subdivision in Austin and he has them in a couple of DEEP pots up against the house. The problem is, he is getting some type of rot, bruising, or some type of BROWN on the...

Well, I've about had it wth this wind for the year. I should'nt say anything because it's getting into the windy season (March and April), but, it has been blowing since last Sept. On a personel note, I thought I would apologize to CB for not returning your PM a few months ago. I was in a funk...

A recent study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of beer a year. That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon. Kind Of Makes You Proud To Be American.

I guess this a question for the Texas or better yet Central Texas folks. Three days ago I got bit/stung by something while I was picking pecans from our tree. Wasn't a snake, I know that because I was holding down a branch so I could get the pecans. At first I thought it was a wasp but that got...

I just got this from my neice in Ca. I don't know if this is true or not but the jist of the story is somewhat disturbing. Checked it on http://WWW.Snopes.com and this is what I got back: 1. Urban Legends Reference Pages: Baton Rouge Serial Killer ••• Is a serial killer/rapist luring...

Well, it passed! Oklahoma is no longer OK for Illegal Aliens........ It seems that at least one state has decided to take matters into it's own hands, since the Federal Government keeps dragging it's feet on this Illegal alien stuff and even reversing popular opinion on how to handle it. BRAVO...

There was a preacher whose wife was expecting a baby so he went before the congregation and asked for a raise. After much discussion, they passed a rule that whenever the preacher's family expanded, so would his paycheck. After 6 children, this started to get expensive and the congregation...

It's been about 3 weeks since I've been able to get to my back pasture which I call the "Hay Patch", about 25 acres. Lord almighty, the Jiggs are about 2 ft tall and need to be cut and baled, I believe. So I call one of my Mentors and he tells me that he had been back there checking on my cows...

I don't know how many of you prayed for my wife to come thru this surgery but I thank each and everyone. She was in the hospital for 2 1/2 weeks and we just got home yesterday. They didn't get all the cancer so we have to go back next week and form a plan for the next pahase of her treatment...

Well, this will probably be my last post for months. I appreciate each and everyones information about cows. My wife will take precedence over everything concening my small ranch/farm and .............whatever. I hope to write a note or two about my wifes conditon, but, things don't look good...

An elderly Texas cowhand went to the local drug store and asked the pharmacist for the little blue Viagra pill. The pharmacist asked "How many?" The cowboy replied, "Just a few, maybe a half dozen. I cut each one into four pieces." The pharmacist said, "That's too small a dose. That won't get...

Two young boys walked into a pharmacy one day, picked out a box of tampons and proceeded to the checkout counter. The man at the counter asked the older boy, "Son, how old are you?" "Eight," the boy replied. The man continued, "Do you know what these are used for?" The boy replied, "Not...

I was watching Supeorior, (how the sam hill do you spell that) Auction and they had a lot of steers that were 'All natural and Vac 34' . I maybe dumb but I have no idea what Vac34 means. Please tell me. I think they come up with these new terms just to confuse people like me. Of course, it...

Did you hear? The San Antonio school districts have adopted a test that better fit the public education in their city. The new instrument will be the Texas Assessment of Cognitive Operations (TACO). It will have a remedial version (Soft TACO), a regular version (Hard TACO), and an advanced...

Lest we forget: The Lessons of “Noise Complaints”! Luke AFB is west of Phoenix and is rapidly being surrounded by civilization that complains about the noise from the base and its planes, forgetting that it was there long before they were. Apparently, an individual who lives somewhere near...

New Rule: Stop giving me that pop-up ad for classmates.com! There's a reason you don't talk to people for 25 years. Because you don't particularly like them! Besides, I already know what the captain of the football team is doing these days--mowing my lawn. New Rule: Don't eat anything that's...

Now, before you get your drawers in a wad, let me explain. I'm traveling on I-10 west from my appointment with the VA in Houston, going home. Anybody that knows that stretch of Hwy know there isn't a lot of places to stop. I get about 7 miles from Columbus and know from the pains I have to...

You can't out do a Texan A man from Texas, driving a Volkswagen Beetle, pulls up next to a guy in a Rolls Royce at a stop sign. Their windows are open and he yells at the guy in the Rolls, "Hey, you got a telephone in that Rolls?" The guy in the Rolls says, "Yes, of course I do.."...

Boudreaux been fish'n down by de bayou all day an he done run outta night crawlers. He be bout reddy to leave when he seen a snake wit a big frog in his mouf. He knowed dat dem big bass fish like frogs, so he decides to steal dat froggie. Dat snake, he be a cotton moufed water moccasin, so...

Bear with me, I've had a couple of beers. I have 25 acres of Jiggs grass and was thinking of going to Bahia. Is there anything that I should know about converting to Bahia or is it impossible to actually convert to Bahia. Does the soil need any other nutrients to convert? That is to say, more...