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Does a cowboy have to work cattle? Or is it more of a lifestyle?
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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T'aint many real cowboys around anymore.
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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I think that’s a bull.
A cow is a girl.
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A cowboy is a guy who gets stepped on, shit on, bitten, kicked, and generally abused by large animals while working sunup to sundown 365 days a year for damn near no pay at all. On good days all he has to do is fix machinery, rebuild fence, buck hay and lots of other really easy and fun stuff.
Don't be the darkness.
America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.
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Barry, both my grandfathers, and grandmothers as well, could drive horses, ride horses. Milked cows, all of it.
I never saw any of them in pointed toe boots. Large brimmed hats, yes.
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You're Welcome At My Fire Anytime
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Barry, both my grandfathers, and grandmothers as well, could drive horses, ride horses. Milked cows, all of it.
I never saw any of them in pointed toe boots. Large brimmed hats, yes. You'll never see me in pointy toed cowboy boots either... 
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Oh I wear pointy toed boots. Big hats don't work so well with the head rests in the newer cars, and pickups.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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And, it's the cows/cattle that do the punchin'!
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What I've seen of rodeo clowns, those men are real!!
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"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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A cowboy is a guy who gets stepped on, shit on, bitten, kicked, and generally abused by large animals while working sunup to sundown 365 days a year for damn near no pay at all. On good days all he has to do is fix machinery, rebuild fence, buck hay and lots of other really easy and fun stuff. That's why they are called "cowboys" At a certain age you get too old to be pushed around and start delegating the worst part.... Or you become a "cowpoke"
-OMotS
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Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "
Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.
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In my opinion, a cowboy is a person who spends his life working on a cattle ranch with cattle, horseback most of the time.
He knows horses, cattle, and lives the life. A cowboy would be offended and seek work elsewhere if asked to not saddle up and go dig post holes.
A cowboy takes care of his animals first.
He knows how to rope. And when to rope. Just as he knows how to train a horse, break it, and probably nail a fresh shoe on one when it throws it.
He'd rather rope and drag to the branding fire than run 'em through the squeeze chute.
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Most of that lets me out Barry!!!!!
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
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Oh I wear pointy toed boots. Big hats don't work so well with the head rests in the newer cars, and pickups. You gotta remove that headrest, turn it around and put it back in.
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Afraid to say.
Called boss a cookie cutter cowboy. Leather patch on pocket Wranglers, big belt buckle, leather check book with brass name tag sticking out of back pocket, square toe Ariat boots. Bourbon Co. Ky., hundreds of them. Driving a dually with a Yeti & a Magpul sticker.
Got dismissed that afternoon.
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Most of that lets me out Barry!!!!! Cowboys aren't ranchers. And ranchers probably aren't cowboys.  There's a difference. 
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If there’s 3 guys in a pickup dressed alike from boots to hat, would you know the real cowboy just from where he sat?
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Cowboy is an attitude.
So is there a difference between a Rancher, Farmer, and a Cowboy? I think there is, but I can't define it well.
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."
2 Thessalonians 3:10
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Does a cowboy have to work cattle? Or is it more of a lifestyle? See Sam Olson.
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Sure, but Sam's not the only cowboy.
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