Having grown up on a ranch, I know that not all American agriculture is through factory farming but there is a lot of truth behind this.

"To the farmer in all of us" how hokey does that sound? I don't know, maybe because I grew up on a ranch that I don't get this whole romanticized image that farmers are some how more hardworking than other people who work in labor sectors.

Do they come in cool-ranch flavor?

I remember a horse that nibbled my friend's ear at a ranch when we were kids/children. It was funny!

>> ^pumkinandstorm:

Cool!

Cool RANCH [Dorito's]! =oD

My grandfather is a 5+ year survivor of pancreatic cancer, which puts him in a lucky 6% according to wikipedia. In his case, he probably owes his life to the fact that the cancer randomly created a bulge/tumor that happened to block a bile duct and made him extremely jaundiced. The skin color got him to make a very rare (for him) visit to the hospital, so if it hadn't blocked that duct it is extremely unlikely that he would have been diagnosed in time.

He had a "Whipple" surgery that (as I understand it) removes the pancreas and notable portions of intestine and stomach. Came through that better than anyone would have any reason to expect and now he's back to maintaining his large cattle ranch, manhandling heavy feed sacks and hay bales every day. Tough guy.

I hope this kid's test makes it so there are more lucky folks like my grandpa. Not to mention more appreciative family members like myself!

Val had a 6000 acre ranch in the USA southwest. You definitely need sunglasses.

Awww, we had to bring in piglets when I was a kid (I grew up on a ranch)

They are a lot like dogs.

6:15am: Get out of bed and smoke cigarette before baby wakes up. Make coffee immediately so that eating breakfast and lunch can be avoided.
7:00am: Begin third cup of coffee.
8:00am: Sit on couch and encourage child to run around. Avoid running after him for any reason.
10:00am: Drive two blocks to school. Park at median height of campus to avoid walking uphill either direction.
11:00am-4:00pm: Have to walk off campus now to smoke. Every time I get back to class I want another one already. Can't complain, out of breath anyway.
5:00pm: Go to store, buy ranch dressing for tater-tots and vinaigrette for wife's salad.
7:00pm: Spend an hour cooking ultra-healthy, carb-free meal for wife and son. Snack on cheese-crackers and diet soda (not because it's diet, I just like it better).
9:00pm: Put son to bed, go outside to smoke and play with bokken: today's only exercise.
9:30pm-12:00am: Fold laundry, clean, homework, etc.
1:00am: First meal of day: leftover pastry dough I made for pie wrapped around salami and some lettuce (gotta eat your veggies).
2:00am: Wake up on couch to Galactica credits. Go to bed. (I average the actual, completely awake viewing of one episode every four days at this rate.)

There, now I don't even need a Fitocracy profile.

In reply to this comment by Krupo:
... AHAHAHAHAAHAHAH, ah. And *drugs for the, stuff.


*ranch

>> ^Lann:

Uh, yeah there are still family farms/ranches. I should know, grew up on one.
All farms/ranches are corporations. Family owned or not, it's a business.
>> ^longde:
He bragging about farmers, but aren't all those big farms run by corporations. There are no Ma & Pa Kent operations anymore.



I just this very afternoon came to the realization that farms or whatnot usually have names because they are in fact a business. Lazy Bob Ranch,Battle star Farms etc. It had stemmed from my wondering why all these places I go to have names, who the hell names their house.

Uh, yeah there are still family farms/ranches. I should know, grew up on one.

All farms/ranches are corporations. Family owned or not, it's a business.
>> ^longde:

He bragging about farmers, but aren't all those big farms run by corporations. There are no Ma & Pa Kent operations anymore.

>> ^BoneRemake:

What are you changing ? the name or the description ?
You can make the channel name fourbeartitmouse and it will not change a thing the way videos are placed in the channel. If you are instating some form of change then you need to change the description as to what is included in the channel.
Pets does not encompass all those that are domesticated, You can have a pet cow on your ranch but that doesn't mean its domesticated, its a wild animal.
I see this "change" as a means to put things in pets and nature because something will be a pet but will be wild at the same time. You cannot tell me my fish are domesticated, they are pets but wild.
Lets see if I put enough thought into that. Will regret kick in hours down the line ??? Turn to page 74 if yes, turn to page 92 if no.


Come on now - cows are not wild animals. They're livestock, which are domesticated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestock

Also, the amount of rage you're displaying over a videosift channel renaming idea makes it sound like the future of your family depends on it. Chill man.

What are you changing ? the name or the description ?

You can make the channel name *fourbeartitmouse and it will not change a thing the way videos are placed in the channel. If you are instating some form of change then you need to change the description as to what is included in the channel.

Pets does not encompass all those that are domesticated, You can have a pet cow on your ranch but that doesn't mean its domesticated, its a wild animal.

I see this "change" as a means to put things in *pets and *nature because something will be a pet but will be wild at the same time. You cannot tell me my fish are domesticated, they are pets but wild.

Lets see if I put enough thought into that. Will regret kick in hours down the line ??? Turn to page 74 if yes, turn to page 92 if no.

Occupy Waverly Pizza Ranch.