Today marks the first day of my official retirement.

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:05 pm

Wish you the best but I think we can count on you to pipe in now and again.....

On the lighter side a few things that might help you run that ranch:

There’s this midget with a speech impediment who wants to start a horse ranch. So, he goes to a ranch and talks to a rancher and says,

"Can I tee yur hortes."

The guy says, "Sure, I’ll let you see my horses."

They go out to the paddock and the midget asks to look more closely at one of the fillies.

The midget says, "Will ya waise me up sa I kan tee hur eyez."

And the rancher says, "Sure, I’ll let you see her eyes."

The midget says, "Te gut purdy eyez. Will ya waise me up sa I kun tee hur teef."

The rancher says sure, and does so. "Ahhh tee gut purdy teef."

Then the midget says, "Kun I tee hur twot?"

The rancher says, "What? "Kun I tee hur twot?"

So he stuck the midget’s head up the horse’s twat. "No! Kun I tee hur twot?"

So the rancher does it again. Then the midget says, "Wet me wefwase mytelf: kun I tee hur gallop?"

A cowboy was passing by a ranch and decided to take a closer look at the property. He saw the rancher sitting out by the gate and struck up a conversation about the land, weather, etc. Then the cowboy asked the rancher," Is that your dog?"

The rancher said "Yup"

"Mind if I talk to him?" asked the cowboy.

"Durn fool, don’t you know dogs can’t talk!"

The cowboy replied, "So what’s the harm? May I?"

The rancer shrugged, "Go right ahead."

The cowboy ambled up to the dog and said,"Howdy!" The dog

replied, "Hello."

The rancher’s eyes popped wide open. The cowboy continued, "Is this your master?"

"Yep, he sure is," said the dog

"Does he treat you all right?"

"Sure does. He feeds me, he lets me sleep inside and every day he takes me to the lake to play."

The rancher was dumbfounded.

The cowboy said to the rancher, "Is that your horse over

there?"

"Yes."

"Do you mind if I talk to him?"

The rancher replied, "Now, I know the dog spoke to you, but I know for a fact that horses

can’t talk."

"Well, then what would it hurt?"

"Go right ahead."The cowboy said to the horse, "Hello." The horse

replied,"Hello."

The rancher stood there with his jaw on the ground. The cowboy asked,"Is that your

owner?"

"Yup, sure is."

"He treat you okay?"

"Sure," replied the horse, tossing his mane, "he rides me every day, brushes me down at the end of the day, feeds me good and he keeps me

in the barn out of the bad weather."

The cowboy looked satisfied and turned to the rancher,"Are those your sheep over

there?"

The rancher got a strained look on his face and stammered, "Them sheep out there, they ’re nothing but a

bunch of liars!"

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:08 pm

Jester;1098603 wrote: OK Fess up-

who put the tags down there?

'jester bows out' and 'not from me you wont'

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Omni_Skittles · Post by **Omni_Skittles** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:40 pm

Sir Jester, You are a flirt. :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Omni_Skittles · Post by **Omni_Skittles** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:43 pm

Jester;1098677 wrote: All the time Darlin! :yh_rotfl
:rolleyes: that's all i can say about that. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Omni_Skittles · Post by **Omni_Skittles** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:50 pm

oh gosh i'm leaving ya'll alone! ICK

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:52 pm

Jester;1098603 wrote: OK Fess up-

who put the tags down there?

'jester bows out' and 'not from me you wont'

well that sucks!

someone put in 'jester bows out', which I thought was nice cause you have retired..........I added in, 'not from me you won't!'

meaning you won't bow out from me cause were friends!

now both are gone and they were sooooooooo cute!:-5:-5:-5

o.k. who has the big mouth?:sneaky::sneaky:

anyone care to explain, probably not!

:sneaky:

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:55 pm

JAB;1098689 wrote: Are we riding double? :sneaky:
Is that a saddle horn?

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:00 pm

New Year - New Life Style - Good for you.

Do what you need to do - Best of Luck to ya Jester

Patsy

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:04 pm

Best of luck, Jester, on this new chapter of your life.

This is how I'll be picturing you.

Attached files

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:11 pm

Well Bro if yer gonna travel the great NW aint that far away eh.

Good luck in your endeavour I for one think your nuts but hey.... I also know your just bull headed enough to pull it off. I sincerely mean it when I say all the best to ya lad.

M

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:39 pm

Jester;1098803 wrote: A country boy can survive!

Thanks sis- ((hugs)) Come Stampede time I'll be lookin ya up!

Sweet, we better fly in Boops, she wants a cowboy hehehehehe

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:23 pm

I remember hearing of a bloke who seceded from Australia, holed himself up on his ranch which he declared the Principality of Hutt, or something, and he became Prince Leonard of Hutt River Province, minted money, made his own stamps, elevated his kids to become lords and ladies and had a grand old time.

Pam went away to Google His Royal Highness

Official Home Site of the Principality of Hutt River

Anyway, take care Jester - enjoy life and your family - who presumably support you in your opting out - and plant lots of vegies and potatoes. Heck we may all be planting potatoes etc if the financial crisis gets any worse. And right now, I think I'd like to opt out of a lot of stuff too. My father's family were farmers. I can still milk a cow, I think, and dig the soil.

Omni_Skittles · Post by **Omni_Skittles** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:11 am

AussiePam;1099047 wrote: I remember hearing of a bloke who seceded from Australia, holed himself up on his ranch which he declared the Principality of Hutt, or something, and he became Prince Leonard of Hutt River Province, minted money, made his own stamps, elevated his kids to become lords and ladies and had a grand old time.

Pam went away to Google His Royal Highness

Official Home Site of the Principality of Hutt River

Anyway, take care Jester - enjoy life and your family - who presumably support you in your opting out - and plant lots of vegies and potatoes. Heck we may all be planting potatoes etc if the financial crisis gets any worse. And right now, I think I'd like to opt out of a lot of stuff too. My father's family were farmers. I can still milk a cow, I think, and dig the soil.lol prince jester... hmm kind of clashes in my opinion! hahaha i made a funny

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:06 am

Jester;1098758 wrote: I deleted them both- I'm not bowing out. I'm not contributing to this form of government.

The other one, sorry, didn't make any sense to me.

:-4

awwwwwwwwww and mine was so nice for you.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:17 am

Odie;1098724 wrote: well that sucks!

someone put in 'jester bows out', which I thought was nice cause you have retired..........I added in, 'not from me you won't!'

meaning you won't bow out from me cause were friends!

now both are gone and they were sooooooooo cute!:-5:-5:-5

o.k. who has the big mouth?:sneaky::sneaky:

anyone care to explain, probably not!

:sneaky:

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:22 am

Jester;1098499 wrote: I'll try- im really busy thinking about stuff to do- got no time to write this stuff down...:yh_rotfl

Thanks!

That reminds me of a song I used to hear on the radio when I was a kid:

"Busy doing nothing,

Working the whole day through,

Trying to find lots of things not to do".

:yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:24 am

OpenMind;1099078 wrote: That reminds me of a song I used to hear on the radio when I was a kid:

"Busy doing nothing,

Working the whole day through,

Trying to find lots of things not to do".

:yh_rotfl

That was 1862 if i'm correct. Sung by Carolly :sneaky::sneaky::sneaky:

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:26 am

oscar;1099081 wrote: That was 1862 if i'm correct. Sung by Carolly :sneaky::sneaky::sneaky:

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Post by **Betty Boop** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:10 am

minks;1099032 wrote: Sweet, we better fly in Boops, she wants a cowboy hehehehehe

You bet I do :wah::wah: gotta be better than the 'cowboy' builders I keep coming across :rolleyes:

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:44 am

Betty Boop;1099098 wrote: You bet I do :wah::wah: gotta be better than the 'cowboy' builders I keep coming across :rolleyes:

thems are real cowboys out here hunny 100% Alberta beef :yh_rotfl

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:17 am

Congrats Jester!!! (see? I didn't call you Shirley? :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl)

Sounds like you've got a great plan. I'm sure you know I agree with you on almost all this political crap, so good job!!

Let me know when you go fishin, maybe I'll tag along....I LOVE to fish!!!

:-6

QUINNSCOMMENTARY · Post by **QUINNSCOMMENTARY** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:39 am

Jester;1098441 wrote: Well I did it...

I have been working for money since I was 9 years old. As of today 1JAN09 It will be my goal to break even or loose money (owe zero taxes) for the remaining years of my life.

I have no idea how I'm gonna do this but I will figure this out as I go.

For now- I have severed all business ties, all but dissolved two full time businesses, ended all government contracts, and remain a total and free citizen under the constituion of the United States Of America.

I'm going to try to make ends meet on my ranch, doing work that will cover my expenses of living by barter, and not use my retirement money.

I still have passive income coming in, so I have arranged money to be delivered to non profit orgs such as churches, church ministries, missionary societies.

Anybody who's read any of my threads pretty much know what brought this on, the election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the US. I do not believe he is eligiable to be POTUS and have decided not to serve the US government in any capacity during his presidency. In short I won't contribute to the illegal and unconstitutional action which brought him into the whitehouse. I wont commit an illegal act to remove him either, so I am retiring from all government work, and doing my best not to contribute taxes to the cause of a socialist america.

I have no choice but to ride this out...

As the days past towards this day I kind of got used to the idea of having no obligations... then I have realized that I have plenty to do on the ranch and I have plenty of other things I can do for folks I know in my church and I can teach in the school, and do some things that I like to do. I'm greatfeul to God that he has seen fit to equip and bless me thus far in life so that I can be in this position.

If ya see me on here less- it means I went fishin. If ya see me on here more- it means I'm bored. I'm not gonna read the NEWS. I'm not gonna follow politics, war, or the impending doom my mind predicts. I'm just gonna wake up each monring, embrace the daylight in whatever capacity it sees fit to display itself, breath, rest, and wait to see what the day brings, then take the next day the way I took the previous day.

I don't know if I can do it to be honest, I've never been one to let grass grow under my feet- I feel like a cowboy in 1880 after barbed wire fenced in my open range... but I'll enjoy as much of the open space thats left and there seems to be plenty of it left.

In other words you decided to become a monk. Better stay off all those new roads and bridges the government is going to build.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:52 am

shelbell;1099298 wrote: Congrats Jester!!! (see? I didn't call you Shirley? :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl)

Sounds like you've got a great plan. I'm sure you know I agree with you on almost all this political crap, so good job!!

Let me know when you go fishin, maybe I'll tag along....I LOVE to fish!!!

:-6

have you not seen my fishing thread?:sneaky:

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:58 am

Odie;1099330 wrote: have you not seen my fishing thread?:sneaky:

No I haven't. We've only been fishing once in two years. It's too hard with our backs and I just don't have the motivation to go and get all the gear ready.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:25 pm

Hello Jester:-4

You know I lubs ya, but I honestly hope that you're making the right decision.....only time will tell I guess.

Best of luck and good wishes always my friend:-6

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:26 pm

how old are you Jester?

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:43 pm

I'm not an American so whether I approve or disapprove of your decision, Jester, is not really relevant. Maybe whether other Americans approve or disapprove isn't relevant either. You've made your political position very clear - and you will be aware already of those who agree with you and those who don't. I wish you, your wife and your children well. Be happy!!