cross_7
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3waycross":lbi5ssff said:
This is my boss and there are I days I like him, but not many
I asked him if that was a hat or an umbrella
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This is my boss and there are I days I like him, but not many
I asked him if that was a hat or an umbrella
Calman
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TexasBred":1l1buvbt said:
Around here wearing both your britches leg tucked inside your boots qualifies you as a goat roper. :lol2:
Cal
cross_7
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Bigfoot":1yaf0ofx said:
The way you explained it you own goats but you aint no goat rancher, seems to me you made that REAL CLEAR
tripleBfarms
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"I'm a Country Plowboy, not a Urban Cowboy, and I don't ride bulls but I have fought some men"
Free cap from the fertilizer place, or seed place, or feed store, or.......no cowboy hats here, but I do like them, I'm just not a cowboy.
Free cap from the fertilizer place, or seed place, or feed store, or.......no cowboy hats here, but I do like them, I'm just not a cowboy.
larryshoat
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tripleBfarms":1o4ouisu said:
Same here, I don't own one but I like them. I have probably 25 seed corn caps and wear a washed clean one every day. How do you keep a cowboy hat clean in the summer? At the end of a humid day my cap feels like it weighs 5 lbs with sweat, I would think a felt hat would be much worse.
Larry
Commercialfarmer
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After dad had a chunk of his ear cut off because of melanoma, I wear a hat much more frequently in the summer now. I don't own a felt hat, and just can't make myself spend that kinda money for one. I can get a stocking cap for $2 and lose it in the muck, shove it in the back of the closet, or step on it just as easy.
But I like the way my straw hat is biodegradable, not made with animal byproducts, and matches my cream colored electric VW beetle, with the flower pot in the console and goat ropers need love too bumper sticker.
But I like the way my straw hat is biodegradable, not made with animal byproducts, and matches my cream colored electric VW beetle, with the flower pot in the console and goat ropers need love too bumper sticker.
greybeard
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Same here--didn't wear a sunshade for years, till I got to thinking about my old uncle Richard out at Divide Tx. He was a tuff old cuss, but skin cancer ate him alive--till he wasn't. There aren't any good ways to go and that way isn't even close--it's why I keep a beard year round too. I just can't go those long sleeves year round tho.Commercialfarmer":57tzls34 said:
Dave":2y3tvaks said:
And you are describing one of my bil's. When he is wearing the flaps down, he's still has his cowboy hat on plus his boots and spurs. I've explained to him that I don't have to feed or water my green steed, (just keep gas in it) and he still refuses to give up his horse and horse trailer. He is one of the die hard cowboys that neither rain or snow will deter. :lol2:
ALACOWMAN
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a pen hooker needs to look his best...fitz":28hz0g2j said:
TexasBred
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tripleBfarms":2j55v1zu said:
I think other folks look great in a good hat. But I put mine on, look in the mirror and put it back in the box. Feel like a bug under a cabbage leaf.
red angus 2010
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Found this article..........................ALACOWMAN":1iq4q8df said:
As I have been watching the comments and questions about pen hooking, I have seen no one else mention the "pen hookers" at the stockyards. (Thus my spelling PEN, as cattle in a pen). If you have never pulled up to a stockyard with some livestock on a truck and had several "pen hookers", jumping on your truck, making offers on what you had, asking what you would take, anything to close the deal before you unloaded and consigned your livestock to the market for sale. It was quite a show and a little scary for a kid from time to time as these guys would get quite loud trying to be the one that bought your stock..
All this reminds me of a story about one of these "pen hookers". Names of all parties will be withheld to protect the guilty. One of the local "pen hookers" was also a real estate and auctioneer with a booming business..
On the day in question a local farmer pulled up at the stock yard, driving his small flat bed truck, with no racks or side boards, as was very common in those days. Laying in the middle of the truck bed was a calf, that looked to weigh around 300 pounds, and was securely tied down to keep him from jumping off the truck. This was not uncommon in the late 1950's or early 60's.
The "hookers" swarmed the truck making their offers, all of which were about one-half the value of a calf of that size in that day and time. The farmer soon made a deal with the above mentioned gentleman. The "pen hooker" paid the farmer, in cash, and proceeds to tell him to back up to a certain gate, so that they could unload the calf into the stockyard. When the ropes were removed it was discovered that the calf was dead.
Well the "pen hooker" approached the farmer demanding his money back as the farmer knew the calf was dead. The farmer had only one comment: Mr. Xxxxxxx do you remember selling me a refrigerator (that was said to work by you), at auction a few weeks back that did not work? Your answer to me was "you bought it "as is", well you bought the calf "AS IS". I have now got my money back. Thank You.
ALACOWMAN
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when i was younger, i let myself get takin' by one... now when one ask will you sell em?? i say dam right im going to... :cowboy:
Dave
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We don't have those "pen hookers" up here. I remember a few at a horse auction years ago. The owner of the sale yard went out and demanded a commission on any deals conducted on his property...... end of story.
Jogeephus
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3waycross":2416vewf said:
You know, I was gonna call you a smart azz but I gave it some thought and you actually have a valid point. But bear in mind that don't give you the right to go discriminating on me just cause I look like a well tanned Jamaican.
stocky
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Around here, very few of the people who wear cowboy hats have any cattle. Like 3way said "all hat and no cattle". People riding tractors alot have straw hats, though---but we don't consider them cowboy hats. I don't like to wear a hat, but there are times in the strong sun that one of those lightweight Colombia hats with a bill and a flap that goes down over the ears and back of the neck sure comes in handy. I have one that is 5 years old or more and it is really light and can be rolled up and put anywhere. I think is is probably more of a fishing hat. It is also very handy for mushroom hunting in the light rain. None of the "pen hookers" are allowed at any barns around here.
greybeard
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Jogeephus":7y034aw1 said:
ALACOWMAN
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that dont look like any pen hooker i ever seen..maybe its his day job. to supplement his pimpin'
john250
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Jo, yer auditioning new avatars, right? JMO, I'll miss ole Popcorn if you decide to change.
greybeard
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That's Rastageephus.ALACOWMAN":3210muk8 said:
that dont look like any pen hooker i ever seen..maybe its his day job. to supplement his pimpin'
