Shoulda seen us hauling wood

[Norm]

Hey I like McD's we eat there for a special treat every so often. Much better than most places short of mom and pop shops, and some of them will get you on occasion. I like wally world too, not sure why some folks give these big chains a hard time. Don't have much opinion on grits, if they're made right pretty good.

[Paul_H]

We call it "the Scottish restaurant"

[SwampDonkey]

Well, it's like this around here, pay $10 for a plane breakfast at a fancy, pricey chain, or pay less than $6 for medium coffee, muffin, toast, egg, sausage/bacon and hash brown. Yup, I like the 'Golden Arches' on occasion to. I always go with chicken for the other meals, and no one beats their Fries made from Carleton County Potatoes processed by the 'French Fry Capitol of the world' at McCain Foods. And my father grew all kinds of them. Ok, I'm done crowing.

I don't think Coon is jealous, he just has higher standards than the rest of us.   

I can think of one enterprise lots of people are jealous of or want to put out of business because of various health concerns. It ain't too legal (in most countries), but it's mighty successful. 

[DanG]

Hey Robert, lets get this back on track.

Have ya noticed that some horses seem to be born knowing how to work cows, and some will never learn?  I've got this big ol' mare that just loves it.  Nobody has been able to figure out her breeding, though.  She has a head like a Thoroughbred, a rump like a Quarterhorse, but has some natural gaits that make you think Standardbred.  I got her as a green-broke youngster, so I know she doesn't have any cow training, but she took to it like a fish to water.  On the other hand, I also have an Apaloosa gelding that couldn't hem one up if it was already in the chute!   He's a good ol' trail horse, but is so slow footed the cow will be gone before he can move.  I guess some of'em have got it, and some don't, eh?

[hiya]

When I was 16 I bought this smooth mouth mare that was brough in from Oklahoma (sp?). All you had to do was hang on. She knew how to work cattle. She could keep up with a car going 45 mph. I always won the barrow races.She was hard mouth though. You had to keep ahold of her or you went for a ride. Then the only sure brakes was to swing your leg across her back, Like you were getting off, she would come to a sliding stop. If I would have a small child with me I didn't have to hold the rines at all , she would only walk. Same if I had a calf on with me. I was 30 when I sold her.
Richard

[DanG]

I know what ya mean about the hard mouth, Hiya!  The only thing harder than my ol' gal's mouth is her head.  I guess she'd run till she dropped!   The only thing I know of that will stop her for sure, is the barn.   She has a very independent nature, and rule's the pasture with an iron fist.  It still takes a feed bucket to catch her, even after 13 years, but once I get a rope on her she belongs to me.  She also has that "kid sense" about her.

[Robert R]

I don't think most horses are as hardmouthed as folks think they are.  I ride everything in a D-ring snaffle with no shanks.  When I get a runaway, we keep running and keep running and when they think they are going to die from running, we keep running more.  They don't usually offer to run off again but I really run them until they are wobbly on their feet.  I don't ever ask for something more than once and if they don't respond, I'll go after them with all I've got.  Some people think I get to harsh but what I end up with if very, very responsive horses who know who is in charge of the herd.  Folks are amazed when they see Molly and Ginger respond to the tiniest finger movement on the rein.  My appy is in the process of learning neck reining now so I can ride him one handed and use an old arab mare I've got as a pack horse on my trapline.  He is starting to put it together but has never been ridden without contact with the bit (he is an English horse at heart).  He is actually picking up turning off of my leg cues rather than the neck rein which I think is actually even better but a lot of folks don't like cause they don't think they will have enough control.

I've had some really good horses with cow sense and some that don't.  The appy I'm riding now just doesn't get it at all.  Great cow horses are like great bird dogs, they are always born and then just directed rather than trained.