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Doc
Blakely
Pokin' Fun
A new priest had just moved into a Louisiana parish
and began taking confessions. This particular man of the cloth
was a gentle, moderate, sensitive individual. |
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Monte
Noelke
Shortgrass Country
Way early on the morning walks last month in San
Francisco, I watched policemen make a route, using batons for
alarm clocks to rouse the homeless people from any indentation
large enough to shelter a human form. Down by the square,
heard a fiddle whine to find a tune for a forlorn voice
singing: "Mustang Molly, better slow yore mustang down.
One of these early mornings, you gonna be wiping yore weepy
eyes from riding too fast around dis town." |
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Baxter
Black
On The Edge Of
Common Sense
Fred called, confused. He's one of those good team
ropers always on the lookout for an edge. He selects his ropes
the way the Pope selects a tiara. |
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Lee Pitts
Its The Pitts
Ever since cows were created, inventive entrepreneurs
have been trying to come up with a better gate opener. Believe
me when I tell you that I have tried them all, and the best
automatic gate opener I have found — and I think most men
will agree with me — is a wife. |
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Dale
Rollins, Ph.D
Wildlife
By Design
Back in February 1984 I was the Extension range
specialist for Oklahoma State University. I was green as a
gourd, fresh out of the box, wet behind the ears, and brimming
with ideology. And I wasn’t alone. The OSU range team,
anchored by Dr. David Engle, had been revamped in July 1983
with the addition of Dr. Bob Gillen, Dr. Ted McCollum, and me.
The administration loosed us on the ranching public, where our
education continued. |
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Charles
Rodenberger
The
Computer& The Cowboy
How are computers changing the world? Recently I
hypothesized that computers might be causing the stock market
to be erratic, and I was brought up short by Dennis McBeth,
who has a lot more experience in that field than I have. (I am
always getting into fields I know little about, but that is
the fun of life.) He reminded me that auctions, which is what
the stock market is, are much more efficient if there are a
lot of players. |
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D'Ann Ducote
Palabras
Signs and Symbols… A ring on the third finger of your
left hand, a rain crow, a high-dollar horse trailer, speech
patterns, a doctoral degree, a full moon ... mere occurrences
and events, but, oh, so much more. Everyday happenings become
important phenomena depending on the meaning we give to those
phenomena, and the meaning changes as the individuals who
experience or observe them do. |
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