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Technology Stocks : 2000: Y2K Civilized Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Fred Ragan who wrote (376)	8/20/1999 2:00:00 PM
From: bearcub	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 662

fred, i loved your reply. an old rancher and i were talking about this very stray calves subject last night in fact, after Janelle and i had supper with them last night. and it was a lively conversation about ranch life and covered y2k and other serious subjects as the occasion arose. he was telling me of a youngun who had just moved onto the ranch next ranch up the road who couldn't keep his cattle on his own turf, and how many times it had to chase anywhere between 7 and 30 head back across and up the road. and you know for sure that if those calves are wandering around my rancher friend's place, they probably have made an appearance at 'other neighbors.' then he said, the young man proceeded to ask him if he could come down and hunt deer and elk on his place next month. my rancher friend suggested that they swap: one of his calves for one of my friend's elk/deer or antelope. my friend said the young man told him the deer/elk/antelop were free and he didn't think that was fair. what the young jerk didn't realize is that my rancher friend has for the last 11 years been doing, is expanding a field of alfalfa down the slope and winding around to the house for the last 11 years to continue to cultivate and bring the game closer to the house for eating purposes, since he does NOT kill for sport. strange sense of values that youngun had, my friend and i agreed. and you? what do you say? would you think a no cost spring calf in exchange for the privilege of roaming my friend's 280 acres for some venison without a hunting license or government imposed 'calendar date restriction' is a far barter? especially considering how many times my rancher friend keeps returning those goddamned yearlings back to the young buck ranch? i don't offer this true illustration to polarize but to demonstrate the kind of give and take thinking that occurs NOW, pre-y2k. how in the hell are all the 'balanced y2k people' going to eat POST y2k, if we can't now, (in a pre-y2k denial times) strike up a reasonable sounding deal over a steer for a deer? i look forward to your enlightening, disabusing reply :)