Birthday:
December 20, 1979
Location:
In Red Deer country. Aus
Interests:
Guns, utes, women, in that order.
Occupation:
Assistant Manager, cattle station.
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You too Whitley if your still out there!
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__________________ U.S. Army
1976-1979
237th Combat Engineers
Heilbronn, Germany
Thanks fellas, guess what I was doing on my birthday? Branding calves, however I couldn't say anything because the bosses birthday is on the same day as mine, and he was working right beside me.
Nah it was alright, The only complaint about having a b'day so close to christmas is everyone saying 'um, we combined your christmas and birthday presents, I hope you don't mind'
Mind! course I bloody mind, everyone else gets 2 presents a year! I only get one!
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OzHunter
Give me a six-pack and a red dirt open road (Adam Brand)
Mick...Know what you mean but most people mean well. That's just the luck of the draw when we were born. But...just getting happy birthdays's from everyone is just great. Makes me feel good and I appreciate it. As far as getting gifts...I'm about out of needs. Still have a lot of wants but that "stuff" accumulates fast. :nod:
Now getting a new gun, or gun equipment, would excite me for sure...but I won't hold my breath for that to happen. However, my wife bought me a new out of box Rem 700 BDL two Christmas's ago. Surprised me a whole bunch. Never get tired of accumulating that kind of "stuff."
As for branding calves...what's the configuration of the brand you're using? Do you still use a hot iron heated in a bonfire? Or do you use an electric branding iron? You'd need a long extension cord for sure :nod:
How many cattle do you run on that ranch? What about castrating and vaccination? Do you handle those duties at the same time as branding?
If so, bet you'll be having one big mountain oyster fry soon. :jaw: :nod:
With all this said I'm still telling you :ballons:
Hey Ox, we still use the hot brands heated over a gas burner, and castrate with a scalpel and vacinate at the same time, as for mountain oysters, well let me just say the dogs are all getting fat, but I'll be buggered if I'll eat 'em.
We are running about 1000 head of grown cattle, about 800 of them will have calves, we've only branded about 600 we will go back in the middle of January and brand all the late calves then.
I wish I was getting a Remington for my Birthday!
Thanks guys
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OzHunter
Give me a six-pack and a red dirt open road (Adam Brand)
Mick...you're throwing away a valuable commodity. You could sell those mountain oysters on the open market and buy a bunch of Rem 700's or whatever else you wanted. Seriously, there's a market for those nuts. :nod: :jaw: :insane:
Nah it was alright, The only complaint about having a b'day so close to christmas is everyone saying 'um, we combined your christmas and birthday presents, I hope you don't mind'
Mind! course I bloody mind, everyone else gets 2 presents a year! I only get one!
Hey mick since we are so close to Christmas I thought I would combine your happy Birthday wish and Merry Christmas.
Happy belated birthday Mick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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You'd need a long extension cord for sure :nod: 
