Queen writes: "And is that really what you were doing here with your "imbedded images"? Just asking."
No, I am not. It's that noise factor out there that thinks so. Yeah, I’ve riled then out some over it recently. It’s fun feeding for the paranoid.
Yikes about that hunter/poacher in so close. If you remember, my Grandfather was a rancher and I spent many a summer up there - Northern Nevada – in the 60’s. By then, my Uncle actually ran the ranch. For the most part, the valley the ranch is in is way to remote to attack hunters that are not locals, and then most of the hunting is done on BLM land, not on the ranches proper. The nearest neighbors were 1 mile away. The rule was nothing but 22’s and shot-guns anywhere near the buildings and cattle. Large guns were only allowed on the outskirts of the ranch approaching BLM land. Most of the hunting was for varmints, hence small was fine. Although in the earlier years of the ranch they hunted deer, I never heard my uncle doing so. Today, his kids own the ranch and since one of them is married to an avid hunter, I would assume he has hunted the ranch, but that nothing like near un-controlled hunting seen many places.
The valley and the ranch is remote enough that few strangers ever venture onto the ranch proper. Sometimes they would access the furthest corner of the ranch via a country dirt road, even some times breaking the locked gate to get in. That gate is 1-1/2 miles from the ranch proper, so I understand your statement about you can’t watch everywhere all the time. As I remember it, they had more issues were with the ranch below my Grandfathers, and controlling water in the shared irrigation ditch. As my grandfather would say, they were a little enthusiastic about their water share at times. He was patient and just quietly fixed it, never cheating them to get even.
A lot of my integrity has come from my Grandfather and Uncle. Likewise, they were very respected in the valley as a result of their integrity. The ranch always had more than ample hay, and in lean years, they would loan hay to some of the adjacent ranchers to keep then from going under. Payment terms: When you get to a good year, just return it.
My other Grandfather, a railroad engineer, was a avid hunter, mostly near his brother’s ranch, which was very remote at the northern edge of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. By the time I was old enough, he was too old to take me and teach me how to hunt. I do have his Winchester from the1890’s, s/n about 10000. I’ve never fired it but have kept clean and oiled.
OK, I’ve digressed too.
Back to the IP’s. Two years ago I took task to using IP’s to count the number of posters at Utek. Based on alias counts, there were 45 or 50. In fact, only 12 – 15 unique IP’s were posting. Getting an exact count was hard, because some people like Math were traveling.
Today, how many people routinely post here at SI? Maybe 10. Add to that Pig and Fish. 12 total. All of this noise is really coming from a very small group. Getting that count was the only purpose looking at IP’s. Don’t need to check alias counts today. SI Dave controls that for us. As a side note, the ‘basher’ side used far fewer aliases than the ‘shill’ side did.
Yikes, I've been a little long winded! |
