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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:46 PM Original message |
Are there any Cowboys anymore? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yep |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think they are called "ranchers."....n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:54 PM Original message |
I always thought a 'Rancher' had to own a 'Ranch' |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. Eh, me too. I've been wrong all day...n/t |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. No, cowboys are the hired help. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Yep. In Chandler, it was called the Pecos Lounge. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. bwahahahahahahahaha |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Not sure what the eyeroll is for |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. broadbrush stereotyping |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. hoopties |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ask Paula Cole. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. yes- at least in Texas |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yeah. and roundups, etc. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Tell that to my folks... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
46. the multi-day drives aren't common here in AZ |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
60. Look out my front window every couple of months |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. Come to Tucson |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I hung out in Wickenburg AZ for the summer and cowboying is there. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. I was just going to add Wickenburg to my post. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
55. Yes, I was just going to post that in Az there are still plenty |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. And they look damn good in their Wranglers. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #56 |
66. Absolutely! I took pictures! |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 04:49 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. I hate to actually type this, but.... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Lol, maybe you should take them out now! They won't do much good |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I may just get into that hope chest this weekend! :-) |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Come to Tucson |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yep. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well, you know what they say... |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. Absolutely. I've lived in the rural west for most of my life. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hawai'i cowboys are known as "paniolos" |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. When I was a girl, we lived on Maui. I remember going to the |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. I passed these guys last September up in the Bighorns north of Cody. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. They have won FIVE Super Bowls. Last year was a bit disappointing, but they will |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. ! |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. Montana. The real thing. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. How would a Cowboy move the cattle from pasture to pasture? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Depends if you are talking about a cowboy, a rancher or a farmer |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Of course they do. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
54. ohhh, i love venison, lamb, and bison meat... DROOL.... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
48. You yell at them a lot from various sides. Cows ain't the sharpest pencils and don't always |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Actually not so much |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. It's been thirty-five years or so since I was doing this, but it wasn't simply a matter |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 06:35 AM Response to Reply #65 |
72. Not simply a matter of one leading the way, no |
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plcdude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. I live in the land of |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes. You should get out into the country more, |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I'm a suburban, er, well, a suburban suburban... |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. There sure are. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. That is the "mule" I speak of above. n/t |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. You can do a lot on an ATV |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. True. |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Southern Colorado/Northern New Mexico |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. It sure is. |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I lived in Pinedale for a few years not too long ago. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. depends on the country |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. No work = no grain |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. grain? hell, alfalfa is running $17.50 a bale right now |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #64 |
76. WTF size bale are you feeding. Kali. nt |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. no doubt about it |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. Even here in Florida there are still cowboys |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
35. Oh yes. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. Legendary cowboy Don Spencer lives there |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I didn't know that. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Well he may not be on Google |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I'm gonna give my childhood friend a call. |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. Baxter Black is the most well-known of all the working cowboy "cowboy poets"... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
40. all over the west, Mexico, and the world if you want to be literal |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. Our ex president was heavily convinced he was. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
47. There haven't been any trail drives across the plains to the Chicago stockyards for many years. |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
52. Rednecks and cowboys |
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mulsh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
61. yes I grew up with a current cowboy here in Oakland,Ca |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
62. Yep. I'm in central oregon, where it begins to meet eastern oregon |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
63. Yes. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
67. ... |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. FANTASTIC pics. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 04:53 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. SWEET! |
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shoutinfreud (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
69. Sadly, technology has taken over |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
73. Cowboys were outlaws and still are. Ranch hands is what you're referring |
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