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Free State Wyoming (FSW) Promotional => Making the Case for Moving Toward Freedom (and Wyoming!) => Topic started by: MANUMIT on August 03, 2009, 09:59:49 AM
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...living in a RV trailer is acceptable and considered NORMAL.
...all highway and informational signs are perforated with .30 caliber and up for better airflow.
...you can drive 50+ miles on gravel roads at 60 mph with only antelope & sheep to contend with.
...ammo (when in-stock) is sold at the local hardware/grocery store.
More to come...
MANUMIT
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I can only hope that Kalifornia really does sink into the ocean, because then I can live in Wyoming and still be within driving range of the docks. Then I can have the best of everything, freedom at sea and freedom on land.
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..when the highlight of the local parade is 30 tractors in all different shapes and sizes.
..when mud bogging, tractor pulls, mini-car racing, rodeo and a horse auction are the events of the weekend and you see all the same people there.
Brandy ~W~
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Here's one I have for Arizona, I bet it applies in Wyoming, too:
When you look both ways before crossing a dry wash. (In case any cars, trucks, Jeeps, motorcycles, bears, coyotes, or actual giant walls of water are coming).
The one that literally applied to me, the first time I went there, was: I knew I was in Wyoming when I found myself trying figure out how to take a picture of vast emptiness. I still have that picture, but it didn't really capture it.
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You Know You Are In Wyoming When...
--The Democrat governor acts more libertarian than most Republicans.
--The elevation is four times the population.
I made those two up. Here's a good one I heard:
Wyoming has four seasons: winter, almost winter, still winter, and road construction!
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When the few traffic jams you run into, are herds of cows crossing the road.
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..You can get a battle rifle (or even a .50 cal) in a sporting goods store.....They're in the aisle between the fishing lures and the basketballs.
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Your county has far more dead, stuffed animals than live Democrats.
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You drive for 50 miles, see two other vehicles, and comment on the heavy traffic...
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There is no shortage of ammo, as long as you get to WalMart by 8 AM.
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The wind blows over half a train in Cheyenne and nobody thinks twice about it.
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found on http://billstclair.com/blog/stories/fromwyo.html
You Know You're From Wyoming When:
1. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
2. "Vacation" means going to Cheyenne for the weekend.
3. You measure distance in hours.
4. You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
5. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
6. You use a down comforter in the summer.
7. Your grandparents drive at 65 mph through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
8. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
9. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
10. You think of the major food groups as deer meat, fish, and berries.
11. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
12. There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the Wal-Mart store at any given time.
13. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
14. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
15. You think lingerie is tube socks and flannel pajamas.
16. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and construction.
17. It takes you 3 hours to go to the store for one item even when you're in a rush because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town.
18. You have ever uttered the term " Greenie!"
19. You actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your friends from Wyoming.
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Your front bumper is designed to launch deer or antelope over the cab ;D
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... when you're riding your motorcycle between Casper & Lander .... you have to slow down for the curves because the bike is already leaned into the wind enough to drag iron.
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...the wives are capable of putting more meat (deer, elk & antelope) on the table than the husbands.
...every truck comes standard with a resident ranch dog (or two in the upgraded model) riding in the back.
MANUMIT
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Manumit - Wyoming has to have the most capable and smartest dogs in the world. I've watched flatbed farm trucks zipping down the highway at 75mph with two dogs scampering around on the back, in the wind, around corners, etc. For sure, I couldn't hang on on the back of a flatbed without 'hanging on' to something, and these dogs do it without hands!!!!!
Smart dogs!!!
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"...ammo (when in-stock) is sold at the local hardware/grocery store."
How bout..
.. you buy your reloading supplies at the local liquor/smoke shop/outdoor/gun/reloading store.
Or..
.. The commercial for the downtown liquor store mentions their larger selection of smokeless powder and primers..
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Actual ad in the Buyer's Guide:
"ATF, Alcohol Tobacco Firearms, they regulate it, we sell it at Dry Creek Country Store. (307)762-9210, Thursday-Saturday. 10AM-6PM."
BTW, 762 is Burlington
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..you butcher 2 antelope, 2 deer, and 3 elk, and it is an event geared towards the entire family.
...you go to a town hall meeting about 2 bad cops and people get up to speak and say what they really feel instead of being PC.
....you notice that all the branches on your trees tend to face the same way.
Brandy ~W~
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....you notice that all the branches on your trees tend to face the same way.
That cracked me up! Thank you.
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I've only been through Wyoming (with a couple of stops), but this brings back some nostalgic times.
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the posted speed limit is 65, you are driving 80 and vehicles are passing you
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you see a tractor going through the drive thru.
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The interstate has a permanently installed sign that says "When flashing, go back where you came from".
Your freeway exit and entrance aren't ramps, but right turns.
You leave the gas station - after filling up - and wonder if you have enough gas to get to the next town.
You see a sign that says "congested area ahead" and think you're coming up to a town, but when you get there you find it is just a mine entrance.
The gravel road on the way to Rich's ranch has more intersections than Main Street in town does.
You come up to a traffic light and are disoriented for a moment until you remember what red and green mean.
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When it snows October 1st!
(more pix here http://www.stinkfight.com/2009/09/30/first-snow/ (http://www.stinkfight.com/2009/09/30/first-snow/) )
(http://www.stinkfight.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/firstsnow-018-300x225.jpg)
(http://www.stinkfight.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/firstsnow-017-225x300.jpg)
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Fur Shur, Michael, it is a little 'late' this year!
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Big Ugly, I've been thinking it was a little late this year. I was still picking tomatoes on Monday.
The place where you don't need drivers Ed to get a drivers license, but you do need Hunters Ed to get a hunting license.
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You know one thing I've noticed? I'm curious if it's universal, because I've never seen a dirt/gravel road I can drive 40 MPH on before. I've mostly seen gravel roads, and I'd stay down towards 20 or so, due to the surface, and the noise from rocks and stuff bouncing around inside the wheel wells. But here, I can get up to 40 or so without trouble. They're smooth--not as many potholes or big rocks and stuff.
I've lived in New Mexico and Missouri, and the roads I know you can't drive that fast.
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40 on the gravel road? Heck that is what we slow down to to glass a big buck muley way off yonder. ;)
You know one thing I've noticed? I'm curious if it's universal, because I've never seen a dirt/gravel road I can drive 40 MPH on before. I've mostly seen gravel roads, and I'd stay down towards 20 or so, due to the surface, and the noise from rocks and stuff bouncing around inside the wheel wells. But here, I can get up to 40 or so without trouble. They're smooth--not as many potholes or big rocks and stuff.
I've lived in New Mexico and Missouri, and the roads I know you can't drive that fast.
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I drive slow on country roads around here to give the deer a better chance at hitting me. It has only happened once to me, but several times to others around here.
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My Mom has to hold the deer hitting record. EVERY single car she has owned since the mid-80's she's hit a deer with. Has maybe a half dozen deer to her name. The last one was the worst though. Brand new Tahoe, had it maybe a week. Hits a big deer dead center of the grill.
After fixing the Tahoe, she drove it a few years and traded it in on an Avalanche. No deer hit. Drove it a couple years, traded it in on a convertible. No deer hit. Unfortunately a telephone pole jumped in front of her about a month ago and totalled the convertible. So, we think she has broken the curse. Hopeing she hasn't shifted the curse from deer to telephone poles though. ;D
Joseph
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The misses hit a deer just a couple of days ago. But it wasn't on the gravel road, it was on highway 50. Actually she just clipped the doe's head with the bumper. No visible damage to the bumper, not sure about the head.
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My Mom has to hold the deer hitting record. EVERY single car she has owned since the mid-80's she's hit a deer with. Has maybe a half dozen deer to her name. The last one was the worst though. Brand new Tahoe, had it maybe a week. Hits a big deer dead center of the grill.
One of my co-workers tallied for several years running, more deer with his ford pickup than he did with bow or muzzle-loader. We ribbed him mercilessly about it. "Hey Sam! Deer season opens next week, have you sharpened your bumper yet?" :D :D
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You know you are in Wyoming when the gravel roads connecting the two opposite directions of freeway travel do not say, "Authorized vehicles only".
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You know you are in Wyoming when you see a mountain that looks like it's been gouged by a bear ~W~
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You know you are in Wyoming when the gravel roads connecting the two opposite directions of freeway travel do not say, "Authorized vehicles only".
It took me ForEver to start using those, having been SO conditioned that I would be ticketed
for even considering them... really helps out if you blow an exit...
Rich
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Some driving observations based on several trips over the years to MT/WY...
You know you are in Wyoming when:
Most pickup trucks have flatbeds instead of factory boxes.
Many dually pickup trucks that still have the factory box have missing or broken fender extensions, and look to have been that way for quite a while.
Many windshields are broken in some way or another. (gravel roads)
Most vehicles have a generous coating of dust/dirt even though it hasn't rained in who knows how long.
A drive on a rural highway yields little if any traffic and when you pass someone, particularly if they are driving a pickup, they wave. (Maybe that's due to me driving a pickup also?)
Roads off the highways are all gravel and they all sorta look the same when you're trying to find someone's place. ;)
A 'town' of any real size could be just a few hundred. A big town is several thousand, i.e. Worland.
Diesel is readily availabgle and the pumps often actually sell straight #2, #1 and red dye. Mix yer own. I like this set-up!
A 70mph sign on the highway and a 25mph sign within sight of each other. Eeek, get on the binders!!
25mph through town means exactly 25mph or you'll get an invitation to court.
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You know you are in Wyoming when you pass the state line coming in and FEEL that thrill in your very soul, the deep joy of coming HOME - even though it might be another few hundred miles to your own door.
And that happens even in the dark, when someone else is driving and you've been asleep.
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You've got that right ML.
I let out a little yipee when I hit SD. (first OC state heading West)
I let out a loud yell when I hit MT or WY, because I know I'm more likely to be around like minded, self reliant individuals... A VERY good feeling.
The last time I came through, there were double and triple rainbows as viewed from I-90 near Sundance looking East. Wow, that was absolutely grand. Yes, I stopped and camped right there. Glorious.
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the deep joy of coming HOME
You know, I'm still a furriner to those parts, but I felt the same thing on our trip. We stopped at the state line sign and made a short video, and it felt like a huge weight off my shoulders. The opposite happened on the way back out into Colorado. It feels like home, and now the only visual connection I get is the flag and scenery pictures on my computer desktop.
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High beam etiquette mandates you leave them on until the last possible moment, in constant search for roving four legged speed bumps.
MANUMIT
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I haven't noticed people doing that so much. However I do know that when driving around dawn or dusk, you had better focus on the shoulders of the road, rather than on the road itself. "Anything behind that sagebrush?"
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You Know You Are In Wyoming When...
....There are antelope hanging out in a city park.
DJ took these photos on her lunch hour. Just off of bustling downtown Casper.
(http://www.rightarmofwyoming.com/antelopes1.jpg)
Antelope butt!:
(http://www.rightarmofwyoming.com/antelopes12.jpg)
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The really unique part of those photos is the fact that such rough prairie and scrub brush is considered a "city park!!" LOL Only in Wyoming!
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I know! Anywhere else they'd raise taxes to grade the land and put up a bunch of ugly corporate art statues.
The public art in Casper is oil workers, and cowboys & military heroes with guns. And there's a few cannons.
My "favorite" piece of "ugly corporate art" is in front of the Bank of America world headquarters in San Francisco. It's a big, black cold, stone lump. Us bike messengers renamed it "banker's heart."
Apparently that name has caught on, according to wikipedia:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Transcendence_-_The_Banker%27s_Heart.JPG/180px-Transcendence_-_The_Banker%27s_Heart.JPG)
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One of my favorite Boston T. Party quotes (the source is a little obscure, can anyone name it?) is something about libertarian solutions to common political dilemmas. (Of course it is!)
The quote is something like, "Religious icons on public land? There wouldn't be any public land."
I like that.
.....how about instead of returning America to the gold standard, return it to the land standard.
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You Know You Are In Wyoming When...
...You have a flag in front of your house and wake up to a wind-bent flagpole, like I did today!
MWD
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You're at UW when an inch of ice is considered a "sidewalk." >:D Seriously, I wanna know how much they put out in settlements from broken heads, rather than spending the money from the stadium on overtime to get the sidewalks clear on time. City roads a similar, but driving on ice tends to be a bit safer(safety cage) than walking.
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Kunkmeister you are right on. We were there for the high school football playoffs (our team won). Had we known, we would have taken a snow shovel with us. The roads were awful, the stadium was awful, and the field was awful. We sat in about 4" of snow with our feet in about 6"of snow for 2-1/2 hrs. Great game though. The ramps to the vending area were covered in 2" sheet of ice. I did not see any snow removal on the campus while we were there.
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...Driving a 200 mile round-trip to go to "the stores" is considered normal.
...Wildgame recipes are extremely varied and shared readily.
MANUMIT
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YOU KNOW YOU LIVE IN WYOMING WHEN......
The wind does this to your flag pole and steel flag pole mount:
(http://www.rightarmofwyoming.com/glock/DIYorDont%20004.jpg)
(http://www.rightarmofwyoming.com/glock/DIYorDont%20005.jpg)
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When you have to put a heat lamp in the refrigerator in the garage during the winter to keep the milk from freezing solid..................
Brandy ~W~
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I'm sure Shawn's beer supply appreciates it too ;) as do all us visitors
MANUMIT
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I'm sure Shawn's beer supply appreciates it too ;) as do all us visitors
MANUMIT
The way I used to drink, I'm sure Sean's beer supply appreciates that I don't drink. ;D
MWD
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Correction
Shawn, not Sean.
Was just writing my stepson, Sean.
Do'h!
MWD
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...sometimes your shopping cart needs to be four wheel drive. :-\
MANUMIT
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...sometimes your shopping cart needs to be four wheel drive. :-\
MANUMIT
:D :D :D :D :D :DI know that one!!!
Brandy ~W~
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...the word "town" can lawfully be and sometimes is ONLY defined by the post office AND bar. ;D
...a "bad winter" is defined as 70% or less of usual snowfall AND temperatures 20 degrees above normal.
MANUMIT
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You know when you are in Wyoming when you strike up a casual conversation and when asked where you live the first words out of the other guys mouth arent "What the hell is in Wyoming" ???
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You miss driving on icy, snow packed roads...they at least smoothed out the washboard gravel. :-\
MANUMIT
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You know you're in Wyoming when the neighbors call an older lady, living alone, and ask if she needs the driveway plowed, or something from the grocery store. Thank God for my Wyoming neighbors. :)
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You know you're in Wyoming when the dog can walk over the fence due to the snow drifts being 4 foot high... :)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs893.ash1/180146_10150113241808489_551943488_6217441_4939738_n.jpg)
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LOL!! A few days ago I had a good 2+ft drift in my front yard on the downhill side. My old dog walked out there and promptly sank into it! He's so short that he almost vanished. I was worried for a moment, but he plowed his way out quickly. He's built like a tank. Thank goodness for powder snow.
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A few years back I took my great dane and my pit bull to visit friends in the sierras. Growing up in the mojave desert, they had never seen snow. One night a storm dropped 3 feet. The great dane was crow-hopping above and the pit bull was porposing below the snow. Her head would pop up ever 3 - 4 feet to get her bearings and off she went. Wish I had a video! ;D
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...the FedEx guy (who does not know you) leaves your package and your cell number with a complete stranger a mile away from your house. That complete stranger, who has taken your 150 lb box into his heated garage to keep it safe, then calls you and tells you he has your package.
I LOVE this place! :)
Kelly
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A complete stranger drove through heavy snow to bring me a letter that was put into his mailbox by mistake. As a plus, I now know another one of my neighbors. :)
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You know you are in Wyoming when 1 inch of snowfall can bury your car. :D
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This happened to us just last week as we were finalizing the purchase of our place in Wyoming:
You know you are in Wyoming when . . . you are scheduling a propery inspection and giving an address and directions to the inspector provide him no help, but the way to relay the location is to tell him whose place you are buying.
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...every truck comes standard with a resident ranch dog (or two in the upgraded model) riding in the back.
MANUMIT
Same goes for West Texas.
What's really funny is when the catahoula KNOWS he's not allowed to leave the truck, and does so. I came back out and he was sitting in a different blue truck.
Smart dog...almost had me fooled.
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You know you're in Wyoming when . . . .
. . the county assessor calls you to remind you that your veteran exemption for property tax must be renewed with your signature before the end of May!
Can you imagine any place else where the assessor would CALL you as a courtesy to insure you don't miss the deadline to get LOWER property taxes for the year? This just happened today.
Mac
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Yes, we have very helpful thieves in Wyoming. :P
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...you put 'emergency' snow shoes in the trunk of your car...in May.
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. . . . you realize after balancing your checkbook that the check you sent to the Crook County Treasurer last week for property tax was $0.50 less than required due to your sloppy handwriting making a 7 into a 2!!
Upon calling the Treasurer to see what the ramifications are, since the deadline for paying has now passed, you are pleasantly surprised that they will not ding you with interest or a penalty, but rather the several employees who worked late trying to balance the accounts simply chipped in the fifty cents from their own pockets and went home!
Since I'm going to town tomorrow anyway, I told her I'd throw some change into the kitty for next time. Wow.
Mac
(I recall when I did something similar with my cell phone provider, they added a $20 late fee to my account until I screamed and yelled and stomped my feet.)
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You are on a roll, Mac. Might want to take them a bag of cookies or something nice just to say thanks.
...don't throw things, the rest of you... I'll go back into my little corner now. >:D
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One of the the things I have learned to love about Wyoming is the access to our government. One time I had a dispute over how a law was being interpreted by the Attorney General, I went to my lawyer's office with my research. He looked it over and said I was right. He asked me what I wanted, to make a big stink or get the AG to change how it was being interpreted. The latter I said. Ok says he, and he picks up the phone and calls the AG's office, gets him on speaker phone with the Asst. AG too, and we argued our case. The Asst. AG tried to play tough but the AG saw the big stink on the horizon and it's implications and overruled.
We had a copy of a letter from the AG by the end of the day to all state officials who administered the particular law with the new interpretation and instructions on how to now administer the area effected. My Lawyer charged me a buck, and drinks on me the next time I saw him out.
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...about 12-15 folks gather on Super Bowl Sunday for a little celebration and fellowship and no one mentions the Super Bowl.
Kelly
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...about 12-15 folks gather on Super Bowl Sunday for a little celebration and fellowship and no one mentions the Super Bowl.
Kelly
Right! Terrific party... and no TV on anywhere. :) So good to see you too.
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Your 13-year old doesn't know who "Tebow" is...too busy shooting air rifle, archery, & learning about things he wants to do.
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...you are lugging large boxes out of the Post Office and not one, but TWO, gentlemen ask you if you would like help.
(From where I hail, this would be considered a great opportunity to mug you.)
Kelly
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Young man in a grocery store asks you if your gun is a .357m and then proceeds to tell you at length all about his gun - also a .357, but a different brand. No "show," of course, just the "tell" part. :)
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My son comes home from his first week in High School impressed that it is OK to pray out in the open in class and the hall ways.
NOTE: Moved from San Diego (where I home schooled my kids) partly because I wanted my son to be able to play Football and Wrestle as he finished up High School. He went to GreyBull High school where he lettered in both Football and Wrestling. The best move I made.
I am grateful to this great state of Wyoming.
Thomas Prendergast
P.S. When you get a Ranch Hand bumper for Fathers Day. :)
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He went to GreyBull High school where he lettered in both Football and Wrestling. The best move I made.
From San Diego to GreyBull? Wow, what a great gift from a father to a son. Well done!
Terence
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If I had only known.
In 2001 my children's Mom (my xwife) ran off with my horse trainer and good freind leaving me with my children. I filed for divorce in January 2002. Seven horrid years later she finally signed the divorce papers. I got the kids, but the whole thing nearly bankrupted me wiping out my savings and leaving me with about $900,000 in debt. I am now down to about $20,000 in debt.
What did survive was my business "Veretekk" a startup social network Integrated marketing system and my faith in the Lord. Within a month of the papers signed I was called to move to Greybull then to Shell with my son. And move we did.
It was a major blessing and moving here has brought me closer to God and allowed me to heal from the ordeal.
Over the last few years I have divested all connections with California, moved all my corporations to Wyoming (I have 3) and moved my datacenter to Cheyenne, a major endeavor.
My son prospered and healed here to. Both of us closer from the whole adventure and very faithful in our relationship with Jesus. Wyoming is blessed and I pray it stays as a lite house to what freedom and liberty still remain in this country.
Thomas
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...a few FSW'ers are sitting on a porch chatting and get distracted by a loud rattling sound. Upon investigation, we find the largest beetle I've seen here (at least 2" long) on the ground. While commenting on its size, we notice a toad a few feet away.
I said "Watch, the toad is going to eat the beetle." Another: "No, no, it [the beetle] is too big!"
Hop. Hop. Hop. Gulp!
We all fall into hysterics.
(In Massachusetts, someone would have 'saved' the poor beetle from the evil toad.) >:D
Kelly
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...a few FSW'ers are sitting on a porch chatting and get distracted by a loud rattling sound. Upon investigation, we find the largest beetle I've seen here (at least 2" long) on the ground. While commenting on its size, we notice a toad a few feet away.
I said "Watch, the toad is going to eat the beetle." Another: "No, no, it [the beetle] is too big!"
Hop. Hop. Hop. Gulp!
We all fall into hysterics.
(In Massachusetts, someone would have 'saved' the poor beetle from the evil toad.) >:D
Kelly
Froggy went a courtin' he did ride kkkkk KREMBLE!
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.... the local ranch supply/feed store (Big R) has more guns, ammunition, shooting accessories, reloading supplies and gun safes - at better prices - than the gun stores in southern California.
It sure feels good to be home at last.... ;D
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…a campground owner in Ten Sleep looks at his watch in the evening and says; “I’ve got to go see a guy about a horse.”
Then you realize that he’s telling the truth, and he does NOT have to go to the restroom…
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...An acceptable answer for why you are the best candidate for election to XYZ political office is: "'cuz I wuz born here."
Hope FSW folks are doing well all across Wyoming! We are busy with summer activities and planning for another winter which will be here much too soon. While we would trade it for someplace better, if there is any, Wyoming is still the last, best place in the USA for liberty and freedom!!
MANUMIT
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...you cover your plants in august cuz of likely frost.
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. . . you call the Crook County Clerk to find out the details of buying a used ATV and the requirement for the "VIN Check" (they want to confirm that the physical VIN matches on any out of state title before issuing a WY title.)
"No, you don't have to transport it into Sundance, we'll send a deputy out to your house to inspect it at no charge!"
Even if I live in the boondocks? "Sure, no problem."
And we thought "house calls" were a thing of the past. ;D
Of course, not all house calls from a LEO are a good thing, but in this case I don't see the harm since they know exactly where I live anyway.
Mac
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Don't worry Mac, it will be the high point of his day. :D
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Signs like this are commonplace...
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r282/klc7402/IMG_1616.jpg)
;D
Kelly
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...when your wife gets pulled over by a town police officer for missing a stop sign and "mildly speeding" and he gives her a written warning while remembering and saying "hey you're that lady that moved from NY that I did the VIN check on last month, right?" He happens to be a really nice guy. He did the VIN check on my car too. I'm sorry but I'm really not used to the police being nice. This is really kind of cool.
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you use a brush hog for a snow blower...
pW
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. . . . when you ask to reserve a book when it returns to the library, the librarian calls you about a week later telling you it's in, and when you walk thru the door of the library the next day, all three librarians look up, smile, and say, "You must be Mr. Frank!"
Small town America. No anonymity whatsoever.
Mac
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You have not washed your car in 6 months because it could rain any day now...
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You have not washed your car in 6 months because it could rain any day now...
Indeed... and it takes a good hailstorm to scrub the mud off...
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You know you are in Wyoming when you accidently leave your keys in your car, and the car is still there the next day.
When I first moved to Wyoming, I was working in an office when the boss came in and asked if he could borrow someone's car since his was in the shop. The lady next to me said, "You can borrow my truck. It is parked around the corner on 5th Street." The bos said, "Thank you" and headed out the door. I asked, "Don't you have to give him the key?" She said, "The key is in the truck."
Hardly anyone in these small towns locks their houses or cars, I found out.
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...every other guy on the job site has a Fu Manchu moustache.
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... the name of the local hair salon is "Crosshairs" with the sign showing a scope reticle. :)
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-when you can't find a good looking single girlfriend with no kids for the life of you
-when you see a guy at a truck stop with bad acne and missing teeth (lotsa meth-heads)
-when you get pulled over for doing 4mph over the speed limit yet cops do it all the time
-when you sling a black rifle over your shoulder and the ranger just asks how you're doing and smiles
-when you have to bike hard downhill because the wind is pushing you up
-Folks ask about your bike and you wrongly think they are asking about your bicycle. (ok this is pretty common everywhere, but worth noting)
-Every vehicle in the parking lot is a jacked up 4x4 truck (someone probably already mentioned this)
-you haven't bought windshield wipers in years
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- When folks take insults posing as jokes with good grace.
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- When folks take insults posing as jokes with good grace.
+10
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Excuse the crudeness, but,
When you are bicycling down a US highway in the middle of the day, in late May (yesterday), and rather than having to go way off the highway to find a bush you realize there's no traffic within earshot, no people within sight, and can take care of business right there and then.
Mac