This will tell me a lot about if you like rodeos or any western related stuff

ClassicRockr said:
Actually, as an "add-on" to this thread could ask about boating, fishing and target shooting.

Ever owned a boat...….power boat, that is. How about fishing? My wife loves fishing from rainbow trout. Target shooting? Wife has a 9mm S & W and I have a lever-action Winchester 30-30 and Remington Express 20 gauge shotgun. We don't hunt at all, but sure like going to the Range and target shooting.
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Well, make up yer mind

I’ve hooked fish since I can remember
Too many stories

Target shoot?
Other than sighting in a gun, a waste of ammo

Hunt?
You bet
Not a sport for me
Just for food
Hiking up in the hills and setting up camp is nice, however

A boat?

Ever build one, cowboy?

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Please note;

Just because someone isn’t given to prancing around in high heels and floppy hats, it don’t necessarily make them a townie

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City Slicker here. I did have a couple of toy guns but none that I wore. Good thing I learned the difference, since I have real ones now.

I didn't play Cowboys & Indians but after watching "Sparticus" or some other similar movie, my brother & I threw rocks at each other, using trash can lids as "Roman Warrior Shields."

I rode horses a couple of times with friends, but I found I'd much rather pet them than sit on them.

My Western wear was limited to Western-style sport coats & one pair of Western boots.

I do enjoy a good Western - Ones with Clint Eastwood were my favorites. I sometimes like "The Rifleman" reruns.
 
treeguy64 said:
"end of story!" Hardly! For those of you who actually want to know what goes on at rodeos, instead of accepting the absurd pronouncement of our "rodeo expert," allow me to direct you to:

https://www.peta.org/issues/animals...-entertainment-factsheets/rodeo-cruelty-buck/

Let me warn you that I could not make it through the above article without feeling intense anger and sorrow. Rodeos should be banned. They are cruel spectacles that torture animals for fun and profit, no more, no less!
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Well, you're the "tattoo expert" right? Anyway, who in the heck ever listens to what Peta says or films?

You folks have already taken away the circus, with their beautiful animals and the kids that LOVED going to it.
You want to take away the zoos, where kids LOVE going and seeing animals.
Next will be fishing, that kids LOVE to do.

What will be next that kids and families love to do and go see?
 
Pepper said:
That's a lot of pressure to put on us Cody. :mad:
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Actually, it isn't putting any pressure on anyone here. Simply finding out facts of a few past and current interests. For instance, there are many here that hate sports and tv. Just the opposite for both of us.

Actually, my wife doesn't like general forums and won't have a thing to do with them. To much complaining, bickering and so on. If a person states they don't like something, they can be torn apart with ridicule from those that totally like whatever.

"treeguy" hates rodeo, but he only goes after me about it and nobody has come to my defense with "we like it, so...….!!"
 
ClassicRockr said:
Well, you're the "tattoo expert" right? Anyway, who in the heck ever listens to what Peta says or films?

You folks have already taken away the circus, with their beautiful animals and the kids that LOVED going to it.
You want to take away the zoos, where kids LOVE going and seeing animals.
Next will be fishing, that kids LOVE to do.

What will be next that kids and families love to do and go see?
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Yes, I am, in fact, a tattoo expert. I owned and operated the first licensed tattoo shop in the State of Texas. I helped train the first tattoo shop inspectors. I got laws relating to the profession passed in the state legislature by presenting to subcommittees. My shop was featured on MTV in a clip about tattooing. Save your sarcasm.

What are your qualifications as one who knows a great deal about rodeo? I asked for your PRCA card number, the circuits you rode, the competitions you were in, and any points you racked up, in another post. You were strangely silent on my queries. Interesting, right, rodeo expert?

As for taking away circuses, that was a blessing, for abused circus animals, everywhere.

Zoos have their place, when they are professionally run, with breeding programs, public education programs, professional licensing and oversight. Roadside zoos and those zoos where animals are confined in cramped cages for decades, have no right to exist!
 
This is a seniors forum and you can post on any topic you want as long as you meet the senior requirement...except politics.

How many replies you get is another thing though.

Your problem is that you post the same thing over and over and over...why not try a few different topics.

Have you ever read back on all the posts you’ve made?

Most even use the exact same words.
 
ClassicRockr said:
So, let's put it this way, I've now found out what I wanted to find out.
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Given your history here honey, I'm guessing that you already knew.

Actually, I'm just asking the question to see if I should stay on this forum or not. I love talking about boats, fishing and Western stuff and I just don't see much, if any, threads on that stuff on this forum.
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Of course you don't. This is an extremely diverse site. Just look at the the variety of forums, the wealth of topics here. I belong to a bunch of different forums, some very specifically geared towards my own interests, passions, hobbies, and some more general as this one is.

I have lengthy discussions on other sites about addiction, chihuahuas, gardening, dance, abuse etc., because I've found sites or groups specifically devoted to each of those topics. This is a senior site, for and by seniors. Seniors, as a category, have some very specific universal topics, and the different forums on this site reflect that. NONE of the forums are here are specifically about boats, fishing, rodeos and Western stuff because those topics aren't senior-focused, they're Western-focused.

While I understand your frustration, I don't think it's fair of you to be blame the people on senior forums, or the site itself because you aren't getting what YOU want out of it. It's no-one's fault here that not many of us share your interests. Again, not to be redundant (though that's exactly what I AM being!) this is a senior site, not a western one, so you won't find an abundance of the topics you're interested in. That's not our fault but sometimes you come across as blaming or that this site or the people on it are lacking or at fault because we don't share that interest with you. Perhaps you don't in fact blame anyone, you're just frustrated and so it comes across as blame or fault. I can only tell you how your comments read.

If you aren't finding your specific subjects of interests here I have to assume there are a wealth of other sites that do cater to what you like to talk about. Find them. Talk about what YOU want to talk about there. Talk about more general stuff here. I mean, you ARE a senior too, so I have to assume there are things here that are commonalities for you and your wife.

But it's not our job here to make this site interesting for you. Either you find it enjoyable or not. Your call.
 
When I worked on the farm, the daughters had horses. From them, I learned how to put on a bridle, how to cinch a saddle and even how to put on and use a twitch. I was fascinated by the twitch because when the vet would come to check the mares for pregnancy, I would put the twitch on the horse’s nose and she actually seemed to enjoy the vet sticking his arm up her you-know-what. By twisting the twitch, it causes the horse’s endorphins to be released.

It was also on the goats that were being raised for a 4-H project that I learned how to milk. We had a huge milking parlor for the cows, but we had about a dozen golden guernsey cows that were milked by hand, so that we could keep their milk separate. GG milk is very good, if you can find it. There is a noticeable difference with other breeds of cow milk.
 
treeguy64 said:
Yes, I am, in fact, a tattoo expert. I owned and operated the first licensed tattoo shop in the State of Texas. I helped train the first tattoo shop inspectors. I got laws relating to the profession passed in the state legislature by presenting to subcommittees. My shop was featured on MTV in a clip about tattooing. Save your sarcasm.

What are your qualifications as one who knows a great deal about rodeo? I asked for your PRCA card number, the circuits you rode, the competitions you were in, and any points you racked up, in another post. You were strangely silent on my queries. Interesting, right, rodeo expert?
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I'm no longer a card holder. When I first got interested in rodeo, the Association was called RCA. I was in the Sierra Circuit, now known as the California Circuit. When I moved to Colorado, I switched to the Mountain States Circuit. I have helped the crews with Flying U Rodeo Company, Triangle "T" Rodeo Company and Western Rodeo. I attended Jim Brooks Horse Camp Roping School in Norco, California......that is no longer there.

Anyway, I don't have to explain my entire rodeo career to you!
 
Cody relax... chill out.. don't take everything so seriously..

Most of us like you, you're not a dislikeable person , I've told you that in the past , but I echo what everyone else says, you can't just keep harping on the same subject all the time, knowing that most are not interested..

Would you continue to read an posts of mine for example which were only about riding my bike, or baking a cake, and demanding everyone else should like my posts, over and over again?..well you wouldn't...so you need to diversify and be interested in other people's lives to appear interesting yourself to others..

yesterday we went boating in the local river ..only in the little motorboat not the Narrowboat that you know well.. and I took a 6 minute Video, just of the peace and calmness as we went along the river . I haven't added any music or anything to it, it's in its raw state ... so sit back , enjoy and relax....


 
CeeCee said:
This is a seniors forum and you can post on any topic you want as long as you meet the senior requirement...except politics.

How many replies you get is another thing though.

Your problem is that you post the same thing over and over and over...why not try a few different topics.


Have you ever read back on all the posts you’ve made?

Most even use the exact same words.
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So, guess it's time for me to quit here. Most of the folks here, other than being Seniors, like myself, don't much-to-any interests that I do. I definitely know you don't. ​

Heck, my wife even says "you haven't got a thing in-common with these folks, why stay?" She also doesn't like all the badgering I've got. So...……


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First the Avatar will go, then me. Just another person gone on the forum, but seriously doubt anyone will care.
 
ClassicRockr said:
"treeguy" hates rodeo, but he only goes after me about it and nobody has come to my defense with "we like it, so...….!!"
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Is that what you want, what you feel is lacking, that folks come to your defense if someone goes after you?

Folks have gone after me too, (I think you were one of them but I might be wrong) about having tattoos for example. My experience here is that more folks are against them than are for them. I have zero expectations that everyone will agree with me, or come to my defense if someone doesn't. I am perfectly capable of defending my position about the things I post about, nore do I have expectations that what I post will be commonalities with everyone else. How boring that would be!

I'm trying to figure out what you need, CR. What your expectations are about what we as a forum should provide for you. Is it discussion about the subjects that interest you? Being defended if someone goes after you?
 
Buckeye said:
Wait a minute! Just what is wrong with "prancing around in high heels and floppy hats"?
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Nothing

…..if you don’t label everbody else if they don’t

ClassicRockr said:
Does anyone on this forum know anything about rodeo, horse shows, cutting competitions or any other Western related stuff? Have you ever worn a cowboy hat (specifically a Resistol), jeans (specifically Wrangler), boots (specifically Ariat Ropers)? Can you saddle/bridle a horse and ride one? Did you, as a youngster, watch the old Westerns, as in The Virginian, Have Gun Will Travel, Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger, Wells Fargo, Wagon Train and so on? Do you ever listen to Country music, as in...…..Garth Brooks, George Strait, Brooks & Dunn, Diamond Rio, Alan Jackson and other from that era?

Did you play Cowboys and Indians as a young kid? Did you have a toy gun set you wore?

Or, are you just a plain "City Slicker" that knows very little-to-nothing about these things?
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Some are a bit obnoxious in that git up, big belt buckle and all

Had the displeasure of a couple of ‘em seeking me out in a bar south of the border
Gawd, they were mouthy

Turns out they can be laid out rather easily in them boots
 
Hey CR.......You want to be unpopular, become a state trooper and then walk into a biker bar. You can feel the hate.

I worked on a farm for four years. It’s really hard work, but it made me appreciate what all the farmer gives up to feed America and the world. I don’t know how many times, I heard the owner say how he would like to just take a vacation with his family.

All totaled, I think we had as many as 14-18 hands working the 5500+ acres, not to mention the many head of cattle and other animals. The owner was right there with us working his butt off, even though he had a farm manager.

We worked even if it rained. Pens and stalls needed to be cleaned, cows had to be milked, equipment had to be repaired, etc. Never a dull moment and never time to just stand around and have to try to find something to do. I would take a whole day and clean out the hog pens and then go do the same thing with the stalls where the heifers or cows were waiting to delivery.

I also like Country music. My favorites are the singers of days gone by. I am definitely a Conway Twitty and Johnny Cash fan. Among the ladies, no one sings like Kitty Wells and the great Patsy Cline.

You have much different likes than most of the posters on this forum. You’re not going to find a lot of farmers and rodeo types here. Most everyone likes to look at farms while they are out driving and most everyone likes the animals. But, it takes a certain type of person to want to be a farmer.

You just have to realize that your likes are not conducive to a lot of others here. But, you could teach us what you know. I wouldn’t mind reading some of your former rodeo stories. Like, I always wondered why during the bull riding contest they use 8 seconds that the rider must stay on the bull. How did they arrive at “8” seconds?
 
ClassicRockr said:
First the Avatar will go, then me. Just another person gone on the forum, but seriously doubt anyone will care.
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Actually did at one time
But the 2nd or 3rd go around gets a little old

You have a place here, Cody

It’s your choice what you do with it

Git on or off that horse
 
Heh, I’ve got one more thing to say on this, a far as your contemplated departure;

Yeah, not many folks here that roped steers for a living.
But
That makes you unique.
Unique can be good here.
It’s interesting

Not many live in a cabin in the sticks like I do, here.
But
It’s unique

Attended a gun show once
There was a guy selling fish related stuff
I said, ‘you know yer at a gun show, right?’
He said, ‘I know, and I’m the only guy here selling fishing gear!’
He cleaned up.

Kill this thread, and stick around

Yer unique

Quit comparing.

You’ll just isolate yerself, and end up a forum eunuch.
 
911 said:
Hey CR.......You want to be unpopular, become a state trooper and then walk into a biker bar. You can feel the hate.

I worked on a farm for four years. It’s really hard work, but it made me appreciate what all the farmer gives up to feed America and the world. I don’t know how many times, I heard the owner say how he would like to just take a vacation with his family.

All totaled, I think we had as many as 14-18 hands working the 5500+ acres, not to mention the many head of cattle and other animals. The owner was right there with us working his butt off, even though he had a farm manager.

We worked even if it rained. Pens and stalls needed to be cleaned, cows had to be milked, equipment had to be repaired, etc. Never a dull moment and never time to just stand around and have to try to find something to do. I would take a whole day and clean out the hog pens and then go do the same thing with the stalls where the heifers or cows were waiting to delivery.

I also like Country music. My favorites are the singers of days gone by. I am definitely a Conway Twitty and Johnny Cash fan. Among the ladies, no one sings like Kitty Wells and the great Patsy Cline.

You have much different likes than most of the posters on this forum. You’re not going to find a lot of farmers and rodeo types here. Most everyone likes to look at farms while they are out driving and most everyone likes the animals. But, it takes a certain type of person to want to be a farmer.

You just have to realize that your likes are not conducive to a lot of others here. But, you could teach us what you know. I wouldn’t mind reading some of your former rodeo stories. Like, I always wondered why during the bull riding contest they use 8 seconds that the rider must stay on the bull. How did they arrive at “8” seconds?
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Yes, it's taken me awhile to figure out who's on this forum. I'm on both boating and fishing forums and don't have any problems on them at all. Interests are the same. Unfortunately, there are no (currently used) forums for farmers and ranchers. They use computers, but not to discuss things on a forum
. More for using Breeding, Crop Production and other farm/ranch related software that they buy.

As far as the "8 second" rule goes, I really don't know. Why? By the time bull riding started, my partner, the "Heeler", and I had loaded up the horses are were headed home. In the event I was in, Team Roping, I was the "Header". I caught first, dally and turn the steer so he could come in and catch the rear legs, dally and then we'd both pull back our horses to stretch the steer. Time stopped. This event is also called a Timed Event.

Now, would you believe that there are ladies, not necessarily young ones either, that now Team Rope, ride broncs and bulls? Years ago, at a pro-rodeo in Los Angeles, I ran into a young lady that was the previous years World Champion Bull Rider. She wore the buckle to prove it with her name on it.

I like many others, not in the Top 15, only done rodeo on weekends. The Top 15 rodeo all season long. One rodeo after another, unless an injury happens.

An excellent movie about rodeo is: The Great American Cowboy. Legendary Larry Mahan and Phil Lyne are in it. I have met Larry Mahan. There was also an NFL (Dallas Cowboy) player that was a Steer Wrestler in pro-rodeo at the same time...…...Walt Garrison. Met him also.
 
Gary O' said:
Heh, I’ve got one more thing to say on this, a far as your contemplated departure;

Yeah, not many folks here that roped steers for a living.
But
That makes you unique.
Unique can be good here.
It’s interesting

Not many live in a cabin in the sticks like I do, here.
But
It’s unique

Attended a gun show once
There was a guy selling fish related stuff
I said, ‘you know yer at a gun show, right?’
He said, ‘I know, and I’m the only guy here selling fishing gear!’
He cleaned up.

Kill this thread, and stick around

Yer unique

Quit comparing.

You’ll just isolate yerself, and end up a forum eunuch.
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Funny, but a couple of years ago, when we attended the Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, FL, as we were driving out of the parking lot, a guy dressed up as Bat Man was headed to the front doors of the Convention Center. I thought to myself, "does this dude know this is a Star Wars Celebration???
 
ClassicRockr said:
I'm no longer a card holder. When I first got interested in rodeo, the Association was called RCA. I was in the Sierra Circuit, now known as the California Circuit. When I moved to Colorado, I switched to the Mountain States Circuit. I have helped the crews with Flying U Rodeo Company, Triangle "T" Rodeo Company and Western Rodeo. I attended Jim Brooks Horse Camp Roping School in Norco, California......that is no longer there.

Anyway, I don't have to explain my entire rodeo career to you!
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Appreciate your reply. I'm sure you have interesting stories to tell. While you may not find any kindred spirits, here, I'm pretty sure we, as a group, would be interested in hearing about some of your past experiences. If all you want to do is complain, as others have said, over and over, again, then you're probably well advised to ride off into the sunset. It's really your choice.
 

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