Huaco Kid Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 They ran the first three seasons, marathon, three days in a row (last season is half over now). I had seen the commercials, and always thought it looked cool, so I started watching. I can't ever keep up with a tv series, because they always put them on Sunday or Monday nights at 10pm and I get up waaay too early. The main plot was instantly introduced and they spent the first several episodes on that, which (could) end up wicked cowboy-cool. Then they started introducing (like all series, any more) waaay too much soap-opera-drama, and a dozen side stories that don't really go anywhere, and make it almost unwatchable. But I really enjoy the cowboy / ranch attitudes, and the modern cowboy lifestyle parts. And Rip is the toughest mother' in the valley. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 And they just gave the bikers a wyoming-style "Now youse can't leave." Made them dig holes. lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Czervik Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) I grew up a cowboy.....riding, roping, dogging, etc. The folks running the family ranch are gens 5&6. I can relate a bit. Always remember, if you wanna make million dollars ranching, start with at least 2. I find the show entertaining. ETA: my grandfather was ruthless, especially with rustlers. Edited February 15, 2021 by Al Czervik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 My sister rode western. I have ridden bulls. Female ones. With the long milk-titties hanging down; that makes them mean. They will, slowly, f you up. Pigs are more fun to ride, but your chances of really getting hurt go way up. They don't keep running, when you fall off. They seek revenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 All I ever did on a horse was get hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 My sister would jump off, run up front, and slug the horse in the head. Then it would start acting right. I'd jump off, and get stomped into a pile of rattlesnake goo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 39 minutes ago, Al Czervik said: ETA: my grandfather was ruthless, especially with rustlers. At my friend's (dirt) farms, they would get free trucks, by finding them in their fields. In was never redneck rustlers, but high school / college kids loading up on watermelons or pumpkins or corn. They would tell the kids, "That truck is in our field. That must mean it's ours. Bring your parents and the police over, if you want it back. No one ever argued with three or four brothers carrying shotguns. And they often never came back. Then they had a new yard truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 The brothers would guard the suburban fields, overnight, before 4th of July (watermelons) and Halloween (pumpkins). We were the little kids, but we got to camp out with them. They wouldn't let us have shotguns. We learned how to drink and party. Six or ten kids, lined up, under a full moon, blasting a single shot each, really right at them, would send a pack of kids running and zig-zagging faster than rabbits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Czervik Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 12 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: At my friend's (dirt) farms, they would get free trucks, by finding them in their fields. In was never redneck rustlers, but high school / college kids loading up on watermelons or pumpkins or corn. They would tell the kids, "That truck is in our field. That must mean it's ours. Bring your parents and the police over, if you want it back. No one ever argued with three or four brothers carrying shotguns. And they often never came back. Then they had a new yard truck. Rustlers in our world were either local dirtbags or sophisticated out of staters. They'd case the area looking to find out someone is out of town, and when they'd show up to steal some beef, it would be in a legit bull wagon. Like a shiny Pete with an aluminum trailer. They'd be in another state in an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Uh-oh. The black corporate lady is giving Beth a run. This won't end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 In that other scene, with the double-mean-other-rancher, in the crik, I would have tipped his horse by the back leg. I've seen my sister do that. They actually go down pretty easy. Or you get your head crushed-in. Don't know. And if you give a sleeping cow a running-shove in the shoulder, while they're sleeping, they tip over. ! They really do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Beth is meaner than everyone on the ranch, put together. Daddy likes her like that. The corporate lady may be much much more powerful. But Beth is meaner. I feel that they've only scratched the surface on her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 You can't tip over a pig. Don't try. You'll get hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Rip's tougher, but not meaner, than Beth. (He's meaner, with reasons. She's meaner, and we don't really know why. It's just the way she is.) That's why they like doing the bang bang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 ooh. They just took the double-mean-rancher's brand off. (I don't know why he had the brand. I must have missed that part.) We don't need to talk about him any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: And if you give a sleeping cow a running-shove in the shoulder, while they're sleeping, they tip over. Their legs don't move sideways. You can knock them (and horses) over. But their legs are long and boney, with a high center of gravity. A pig has little stubby legs, that might not be able to move sideways, but they don't have to. 1" over is holding them up. And now you just woke up a sleeping pissed-off pig. A really big bitey one. Edited February 16, 2021 by Huaco Kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 I've never seen trained "Hannibal" pigs, but I've seen them make you rip your own t-shirt off, while getting out of Dodge. I've seen a pack of pigs find a big snake, in the woods, and go, totally uncalled for, wooly-bully, which can't be unseen. So we gave the pigs 100% respect, unless it was just a quick shove into the electric fence, to hear them squeal. So we tried pretty hard to not let them get us. Because they would. A lot of animals will kill a snake and walk away. Pigs will kill it and fight over it. Chomp. Chomp. And stare at you, the whole time. Planning their next move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 A pig will eat sneck in one big, swallowing, mouth-gooing, mouthful. Chickens will, rapidly, peck the snake into little edible pieces, while it still thinks it has a chance to get away. It might take all afternoon, but it's not getting away. They'll go for eyes first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Find the videos of a horse getting a snake. They don't like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 There's a youtube of horses getting a mountain lion. They, obviously, hates them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 One of Mom's pigs would get eyeballs on a turkey. Make it squawk. Fifty turkeys can't eat a pig, but can make it keep running away for three days. They go for the eyes first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Anybody need a lift to the train station? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 One of the pigs was as big as a volkswagen. BB guns, sticks, rocks, axe handles, hockey sticks couldn't keep him away. But he was pretty nice. He didn't want to kill you, just hang around. But he was pretty nice. All he wanted was your worms, while you're fishing So, if you were fishing, and the pig showed up, just give him the damn worms and call it a day. If you were on the porch with a beer, just give him the damn beer, and come out later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 If you think you can shelter your styrofoam jug of worms, and keep peacefully fishing, when a 600lb pig shows up, you can't. Like, holding them away, at arms reach, and violently whipping him with your pole, is only going to get your hand bit off by a 600lb pig. And. Your sixpack in the cooler. Just let it go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 You could kick him, as hard as you could. He'd just stand there. Didn't even feel it. Beer. Just give him a can. You didn't even need to pop it. He'd eat the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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