I'm a rancher.....

[TomA in CA]

The wife and I stopped at an old bar
in Hornitos which an old Gold Rush
town that is practically a ghost town
today. The owner was a guy about my
age who only keeps it open weekends
because his father bought it 70 years
ago. He said he is a "rancher by
trade". I like that job description. I
am going to start using it.

 

[2underage]

Sounds good! I may start to call myself a cowboy but then I do not have any cows. Do I need cows to be a rancher?

 

[1948CaseVAI]

(quoted from post at 09:29:34 11/05/18) Sounds good! I may start to call myself a cowboy but then I do not have any cows. Do I need cows to be a rancher?

My elderly mother recuperated from hip surgery in a rehab place in Tucson called Rancho Sin Vaca, which translates to Ranch Without Cows.

 

[Adirondack case guy]

If you are a rancher, you need to place two tall posts either side of the entrance of your driveway with a big sign across them with ranch name and brand logo. If you are a King like Jon you need to take your tractor and plow and make motes around your Kingdom. I'm a woodchuck. I have wood piles and firewood equipment around me.
Loren

 

[Cheesehead Fred]

All you really need is a 10 gallon hat to be a cowboy.
One caution: the locals are likely to point at you and say: All Hat, No Cattle!

 

[Bruce from Can.]

Guess I am just a teat squeezer , or would that be puller? Sure not a rancher.

 

[fixerupper]

This is a quote from a former cattle feeder friend who used to buy calves off a ranch in western Nebraska; "it takes more than a big hat to be a cowboy." Same thing with a 'rancher'.

 

[connor9988]

ACG, I believe the medieval term is "palisade" Haha.

 

[krm]

Reminds me of the old Ray Stevens song " I'm a Logger".

 

[ss55]

Here the guy would be probably be describes as a "character". The title rancher does sound more impressive than a character.

 

[oldsarge]

Nope! A palisade is a fence,a moat is a ditch around the castle,sometimes full of water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[connor9988]

I was thinking more of all the wood ACG keeps on hand. Get Jonfm, ACG, and a mason together and I'm sure they could whip up a castle in no time.

 

[Smalltowner]

No 2, you can ranch sheep I guess, or even chickens these days per the popular ?free range chicken? trend. Nothing like the flavor of eggs from chickens that eat lots of grasshoppers and bugs....NOT....lol

 

[TomA in CA]

Out west here any chunk of land is a ranch. Even a vegetable farm is a ranch. On our ranch we always did farm some, steep sidehills too. What I liked was the "by trade" part

 

[jon f mn]

Hmmm, never thought of them as motes, but it fits.

 

[Old Ford Mechanic]

My father was Mr. Edgar Beech.Guess you can figure out what that made me.......

 

[Adirondack case guy]

When I was a biulding contractor, My companies name was Stix, Stones-N-Steel. We worked with all 3 building materials.
Loren

 

[connor9988]

From monty python