Campground Cattle
Well-known member
It's true. CB=Camp=me, RL. Believe it or not I'd really like to thank George for helping me get it out. Most of what he told yall is just the way it is. This all started as a big joke a long time ago when there wasn't near as many posters as there is now. Maybe 500 or 600, I don't remember. Most all of the old hands figured it out, but things chnaged over the years and a lot of them are gone. A lot of new posters came on and CB sort of got a life of his own.
Like George said, CB is based on an old friend of mine that I'll call Edgar. My mentor. Edgar has taught me more about cows than anybody ever has a right to learn. But he's a rough sob to learn from. If I had a nickle for every time he called me a "hobby boy" or cussed me, I could buy the King Ranch. Edgar doesn't even know how to turn a computer on, but he's reached a lot of people on the internet. He's reached them in the name of Caustic Burno though. I never intended for things to go this far. Seems like they just really got out of hand. Somebody mentioned Camp not posting much- darn right. It was all I could do to keep up with CB without going crazy. Ever since his wife died, Edgar has been coming over when I'm at home and I'll read him some posts and he'll say, tell em...whatever. He gets a kick out of it too. If there's something posted that I don't know the answer to, I'll go ask him and then post it. Even though the posts are mine, the stuff mostly comes from Edgar one way or another.
I really get a kick out of a lot of this stuff too. I've been lucky enough to get a lot of help, so I like helping people in return. I tell people just like Edgar tells me though...rough and to the point. And that's what I'll keep on doing too. CB isn't going to die. He's going to keep right on like he's been doing because he likes helping people learn about the cattle business. If you don't like it, don't read it. If you don't like me, don't read it. But if CB tells you something you can bet that's the way it is.
I could have gone on forever doing this because I felt like I was just telling people just what Edgar would have told them. As long as I could avoid the direct question of whether or not CB and Camp were the same, I was doing okay. I wasn't about to lie though. All I could do was hope to evade the question. But there was something starting to happen that I just couldn't stomach any more...
A lot of people were taking up for CB. They were accusing George of making things up. They were putting their reputations on the line for CB. For me. I can't let that go on. I can't let my friends do that. That's why I'm posting this.
I'm ready to take my reaming now because I know I've got it coming. There's one thing you can say about me- I can take it just as good as I dish it out. But don't expect anything to change. CB will still keep helping people when he can and he'll still keep calling everything just like he sees it.
I'm not going to answer any questions about this so don't even ask any. I might reply to some of your posts on this thread and again I might not. Yall fire aways though. I'll read for a little while and then I'm going to pick up Edgar. We're going to the woods to run some hogs. We might even try to run some over on some of the hobby boys to give them some schooling. While I'm with him I'm going to pick his brain and learn something else about cows. Guaranteed. Just like I've been learning from him every time I'm around him for over 30 years. And I'll probably share it with some of you when you need it. It might be my words, but it's mostly Edgars knowledge.
Thanks again to George for giving me a chance to get it out and to the friends that took up for me. To all of those that I gave my phone number and name to, if you need me call me. There's nothing changed about that. I'm always here for any of you. Now all of you city boys and hobby boys eat your hearts out. Me and Edgar are fixing to go turn the hounds loose.
RL
Like George said, CB is based on an old friend of mine that I'll call Edgar. My mentor. Edgar has taught me more about cows than anybody ever has a right to learn. But he's a rough sob to learn from. If I had a nickle for every time he called me a "hobby boy" or cussed me, I could buy the King Ranch. Edgar doesn't even know how to turn a computer on, but he's reached a lot of people on the internet. He's reached them in the name of Caustic Burno though. I never intended for things to go this far. Seems like they just really got out of hand. Somebody mentioned Camp not posting much- darn right. It was all I could do to keep up with CB without going crazy. Ever since his wife died, Edgar has been coming over when I'm at home and I'll read him some posts and he'll say, tell em...whatever. He gets a kick out of it too. If there's something posted that I don't know the answer to, I'll go ask him and then post it. Even though the posts are mine, the stuff mostly comes from Edgar one way or another.
I really get a kick out of a lot of this stuff too. I've been lucky enough to get a lot of help, so I like helping people in return. I tell people just like Edgar tells me though...rough and to the point. And that's what I'll keep on doing too. CB isn't going to die. He's going to keep right on like he's been doing because he likes helping people learn about the cattle business. If you don't like it, don't read it. If you don't like me, don't read it. But if CB tells you something you can bet that's the way it is.
I could have gone on forever doing this because I felt like I was just telling people just what Edgar would have told them. As long as I could avoid the direct question of whether or not CB and Camp were the same, I was doing okay. I wasn't about to lie though. All I could do was hope to evade the question. But there was something starting to happen that I just couldn't stomach any more...
A lot of people were taking up for CB. They were accusing George of making things up. They were putting their reputations on the line for CB. For me. I can't let that go on. I can't let my friends do that. That's why I'm posting this.
I'm ready to take my reaming now because I know I've got it coming. There's one thing you can say about me- I can take it just as good as I dish it out. But don't expect anything to change. CB will still keep helping people when he can and he'll still keep calling everything just like he sees it.
I'm not going to answer any questions about this so don't even ask any. I might reply to some of your posts on this thread and again I might not. Yall fire aways though. I'll read for a little while and then I'm going to pick up Edgar. We're going to the woods to run some hogs. We might even try to run some over on some of the hobby boys to give them some schooling. While I'm with him I'm going to pick his brain and learn something else about cows. Guaranteed. Just like I've been learning from him every time I'm around him for over 30 years. And I'll probably share it with some of you when you need it. It might be my words, but it's mostly Edgars knowledge.
Thanks again to George for giving me a chance to get it out and to the friends that took up for me. To all of those that I gave my phone number and name to, if you need me call me. There's nothing changed about that. I'm always here for any of you. Now all of you city boys and hobby boys eat your hearts out. Me and Edgar are fixing to go turn the hounds loose.
RL
