Who are you?

[New-born baby]

Hurrah for Airbourne!

"I want to be an Airborne Ranger--
Here we go! All the way!
I want to live a life of danger--
Here we go! All the way!

Nice pictures, Runner!

When I get settled in with my new computer,
I'll post a picture of me and my clan (I have five children, and one coming ).

[skiracer]

Runner,
Real cool. What year were those taken? Were you Airborne or Army Ranger.
Never jumped but slid down a few drop lines from copters into the jungle in night drops.

[Runner]

Runner,
Real cool. What year were those taken? Were you Airborne or Army Ranger.
Never jumped but slid down a few drop lines from copters into the jungle in night drops.

Ski, the photo’s where taken in the early 90's. I was stationed at Ft Bragg, NC. I was assigned to 3/325th ABN/Recon. I’m also familiar with Fast roping. We use to slid down the ropes on top of building. Nice adrenaline rush!!

The photos are taken during what is called a Hollywood jump. We use to love these kind of jumps because we had no combat gear strapped to us. This jump I think was about 3,000 feet above ground level (AGL). Notice the chute. With these chutes we had little toggles that we would pull to allow us to control our direction. I use to love to pull into the wind to try to max the hang time. Every now and then you would get caught in a current that would keep you up in the air for a while. That was cool.

Most jumps are not Hollywood, but what we call Mass Tac, this is when can file out both doors from a C-130 with combat gear on. Normally these jumps where in the middle of the night. Hang time would not be very long. Mass tac’s where sometimes crazy. We would sometimes have about 5,000 paratroopers all hitting the drop zone at one time.

[skiracer]

We were always in a hurry to hit the ground and get out of the way. Full combat packs and the next guy was right on top of you an at night in the dark. That was forty years ago.

[Websman]

I would post my picture, but I don't want to upstage Mr Market.

[Lyehopper]

This thread needs to be used more!

Hey Fellas! Let's use this thread more often. $MM$ isn't too bashful to post pics of himself and the things dear to his heart.... So don't be shy! Post a pic!

Here's one of "Lil Lyehopper" on a hay wagon....

[Lyehopper]

Here's another one I like (taken last summer).... Lil Lyehopper playin' with his "mutts"....jejeje

[Lyehopper]

Here are the "mutts".... Jed, Nyna and Pogo.... Can you guess who's who?



Hint.... The one with a "Nine" on her eye is Nyna.... get it? nine-eye... Nyna....je...je..je .... Yep.... My niece named her that when she was a little pup because of her "nine-eye". I have a very imaginative family.lol

[Websman]

Ok...since we're posting family photos, here's a picture of Jeremy. I took him to Switzerland with me a couple of years ago. He had a blast playing in the snow...

[Websman]

Lye, post one of yourself dude...


Anyone else care to post a pick? What's up...are y'all scared??? jejeje

[Websman]

Here's a favorite of mine...

[Lyehopper]

Sure!!!! this is stock market related....

NOW on to my next series of pictures....

When a cow loses a calf many farmers will sell the cow at market the next week or so. They have no tolerance for a non productive cow.

I have a different idea about this. When one of my cows has a calf die I get her another calf and I MAKE her adopt it. It's highly likely that (next year) her next calf will be born perfectly fine so I want to keep her around and give her another chance.... PLUS she's already making milk so why not let her raise an adopted calf. Here's how it's done....

A cow knows her calf very well. She knows it's scent and she will NOT let another calf suck her. She will push any calf away that tries and even kick them if they persist. So how do you "fool her" into taking another calf?.... and where do you get an orphan calf to give her?.... Easy! You go to the nearest dairy and get a fresh new bull calf (up to about two weeks old will work). btw.... Dairy farmers sell off their bull calves and keep the heifers and raise them as replacements. You can buy a little Holstein bull calf for about $100.

Now how to fool her into taking the calf?.... Well first you gotta skin-out her dead calf.... Then you take the skin and make a little coat out of it. Then you place the skin on the orphan calf. then you put the cow in a head gate and let the little dude suck her all he wants to.... Now he knows who his new mama is.... and he'll want to continue getting that milk. Also at a week or two old, he has more strength than a newborn and he'll be persistant.... NOW you move him around to where her head is (in the head gate) and let her sniff the skin (coat) on his back. Then you simply turn them both into a barn lot. Give her grain and water and come back the next morning and you'll find a happy cow and calf. Yep!!!! she's completely taken him and she'll raise him up to 600 pounds for you!

The following pictures were taken about this time last year the morning after I put this orphan with his new mama. Notice the skin on the orphan calves back. Notice how protective the cow is of him. Notice how she licks him and cleans him after I removed her dead calf's skin.... COOL huh?

I have done this many many times and NEVER had it fail. I even had a cow lose a heifer calf that was over two months old and I fooled her into taking a week old bull calf. lol

That little white holstein calf in the picture was sold (as a steer) back in Janurary 2006, he weighed nearly 750 pounds and I got right at $1 per pound at the Lynchburg Livestock market....je...je...je

[Websman]

Fascinating... I wonder if that would work with other animals...

[Websman]

I'll have to post a pic of the next big Grouper I catch...or Mullet.

[Lyehopper]

I'll have to post a pic of the next big Grouper I catch...or Mullet.

I love huntin' and fishin' pics....

I've got some good rabbit hunting pics I took last month. They're in my 35mm. When I use up the roll and get em developed, I'll post one of the "gang"....