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Michael Kelly
While I finish recuperating from my most recent injury, I have had to hire a Driver. Because the Entertainment industry has been practically non-existent, he been drivng me around. Normally he is a member of Local 399 of the Teamster's Union. These are some Jokes the Teamsters are passing along.
What is the difference between a Prius and a Porcupine" With a Porcupine the Pricks are on the outside.
When Osama Bin Ladin was remived, was the Job finished? No, Osama bin Snoozing, Osama bin Napping, and Osama bin Snoring had to be disposed of also.
What is the Gun of Local 399? its the 399, it won't work, and you can't fire It.
I notice that quite a few of you enjoy Fly Fishing. I do also. I started many years ago, in Spokane, Washington. I was spin casting those little orange with black spots that look somewhat like a Lady Bug and once in a while out of the Spokane River, in sone rlat fast flowing water east of downtown Spokane I would land a 12 to 14 inch Rainbow, which made me feel pretty good, Then one after noon, a very large Rainbow Trout probably about 20 inches long, and fat as could be swam right between my legs. I started watching the people fishing near me more closely, and they were occasionally hauling these big fish in, and then, Crazy I Thought, they were releasing them! What are they doing? That got my coriousity fired up and I soon visited a Tackle Store in Town. Boy, did they have lots to say. I didn't have a lot of money, but I soon purchased a Fly Reel, and Fly Rod, and some floating line, and some Flies that were artificially tied. I tried it out, but my Flailing at the water and getting no real distance with my so 'called Casts, frustrated me. I bought a book. A good General Maxim to be made a Habit, When all Else Fails, Read a Book on the Subject. I did. That began my introduction to the many books on Fly Fishing. Ray Bergmann, and other names come to mind. A fascinating natural science one can obsess upon that is not lllegal, not fattening, and fairly inexpensive. Many fun trips have followed. Even in places where no one would think Trout might even swim, like on the stretches of the Salt River below the Saguaro Dam.
Frank W. You mentioned Pat Parelli Horsemanship, and in his heyday, on RFD TV he had a Show once a week from his Ranch up by where you live. He learned from a man named Tom Dorrance, who it is generally agreed amongst Western Ranching Folk, to have initiated a more Gentle way of taming Horses rather than beating, Spurring, and bucking them out and into exhausted submission. It is generally agreed that the old methods of rough handling may get a horse manageable out of Fear, but such a "Gentled" horse will blow up on you at the most in opportune time. Causing a Cowboy temporary loss of use of various parts of the Body. Well Tom Dorrance went Ranch to Ranch in his 50's educating many cowboys who were frankly Sceptical about Dorrance until they saw the horses he produced and their lasting workability. No longer was a horse only workable for 3 to 5 years and then "used up" they stayed in the Working Strings for more than ten to fifteen years. Cowboys didnt get banged up as much, and people who thought horses were slaughterhouse Throaways, now saw them as usable tools to be properly cared for and doctored when needed.
One of my favortie Horseman came from Camelback High School Class of 66. He was a starting Quarterback in the State Championship in 66. John Lyons became known as the America's Most Trusted Horseman. He had clinics all over trhe USA, and in Foreign Countries. He had a Serices of Books he Wrote on Horse Handling, and had a TV show every week on RFD TV just like Pat Parelli.
My Favorites besides John, are Chris Cox, from Texas, and an honest to goodness Horseman, and Christian named Bryan Neubert. Bryan worked as a young man for the largest Ranch in the United States,called the Mustang Ranches, which headquarters is in Elko Nevada, and has included more than a million acres of rangeland. Bryan dod a Video on CD Rom that lasts about an hour and a half, and it shows him gentling, and taming to ride a Mistang that has never been handled by anyone before, bought at Auction straight off the Range. He would set up a Round pen about 60 feet in circumference, and would have the mustang turned into the Pen with him, ahd then with a headpiece microphone on, he takes everyone interested enough in Watching, his technique of taming a totally untamed Wild Horse and gente it into a completely calm horse willing to allow anyone to ride it including the owner who paid him 350 dollars about 2 hours before to make good on his representation of making a gentle, calm, rideable horse out of the wild horse they just purchased at Auction.
I have watched this CD so many times Ive lost count, and I actually gave a Copy to a Mexican Horseman who trained Andalusian, and Andalusian/Azteca crosses, to be rideable animals. This man had an Andalusian Stallion he was afraid of, and so I gave him a Copy of the CD Rom called 'Wild Horse Handling" by Bryan Neubert. That man came to me two weeks later and said he has used Bryan's techniques, and was riding the Stallion under Saddle. He brought me a Load of Hay as a way of saying Thanks.
IF anyone is reading this and is interested, one way you can obtain Bryan Neuber's Wild Horse Handling CD Rom is to contact "The Eclectic Horseman" at its website. Western Horseman Magazine may also have an address where you can reach Bryan Neubert. Bruyn, his son James, and Joe Wolters also made a four CD Rom set called "The First Week" about training 22 2 year old Quarter Horses on the 6666's Ranch in Texas. Quite Educational and Fun to Watch. Makes you throw out all your preconceived notions about what new horses will spook at and what only bothers them if you let them know it bothers you. HAVE FUN YOU GOT SOME YEARS LEFT.
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