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<blockquote data-quote="steelfingers" data-source="post: 3226520" data-attributes="member: 38658"><p>I never could make a living raising cattle, but I loved the life. We were too poor to own much but made money as kids working other peoples cattle. I loved all of it.</p><p>A lot of the kids I grew up with inherited their Parents and Grandparents land and added to it. I always tell people how to tell a man that's spent his life on a working ranch. His back is crooked, the lines in his face from the sun look like treads on a tire, his shirt is long sleeved and his belt holds up his belly. His boots have been resoled so many times the tops are almost worn through. You can hear his old ford truck half a mile away by the noise from the holes in the muffler. The windshield will be cracked of course and every place will have dents particularly the tail gait (if it's still on).</p><p>I just described one of my classmates I ran across the other day. We remained close all these years but haven't seen each other in a while because of his health (only so many times can you get caught up in a loading shoot until it catches up with you).</p><p>We shared both of our health situations, like old men do. He asked, now after all these years, would I have changed anything and being a bit smug, I said yes and went on this 3 minute jag. Then I asked him what would he have changed and he said "not a single thing". I guess that's just the honesty of someone that was meant for another era as I fear there are few left that understand a working ranch or working the land. It was a blessing getting to see the kids on horseback moving cattle. I thanked you once and I thank you again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steelfingers, post: 3226520, member: 38658"] I never could make a living raising cattle, but I loved the life. We were too poor to own much but made money as kids working other peoples cattle. I loved all of it. A lot of the kids I grew up with inherited their Parents and Grandparents land and added to it. I always tell people how to tell a man that's spent his life on a working ranch. His back is crooked, the lines in his face from the sun look like treads on a tire, his shirt is long sleeved and his belt holds up his belly. His boots have been resoled so many times the tops are almost worn through. You can hear his old ford truck half a mile away by the noise from the holes in the muffler. The windshield will be cracked of course and every place will have dents particularly the tail gait (if it's still on). I just described one of my classmates I ran across the other day. We remained close all these years but haven't seen each other in a while because of his health (only so many times can you get caught up in a loading shoot until it catches up with you). We shared both of our health situations, like old men do. He asked, now after all these years, would I have changed anything and being a bit smug, I said yes and went on this 3 minute jag. Then I asked him what would he have changed and he said "not a single thing". I guess that's just the honesty of someone that was meant for another era as I fear there are few left that understand a working ranch or working the land. It was a blessing getting to see the kids on horseback moving cattle. I thanked you once and I thank you again. [/QUOTE]
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