Thursday, October 8, 2020

Party

 



What a great night. Good, honest, straight-up, friendly people, tasty food, plenty of drink and a lone busker to boot. 




He was out of Nashville, he told me, and I tipped him for the tale. The rest of the crew were rodeo stars, cattlemen, judges and all else in between. The occasion?



A church couple's 40th wedding anniversary. I listened away to stories of "out of Cheyenne," and "blood was spilling out of her shoe after a horse span on her toe. So we took her to ER and I cut the toe out of her boot and she was racing barrels the next day." All very Florence Nightingale. Thanks, MC.



With that, a glass raised and a salute to LSP, "He's got a story too, tell him about your hip!" Three screws in the upper femur and an Arab later the tale was told, and kudos to me, badly damaged by a horse like everyone else in the room. But whatever.




Such a good evening, and here's the thing. These people are not demonstrative, politically. They consider it bad manners, but I'll tell you this, they are mighty pissed about the state of the nation. Let the reader understand.

Ride on,

LSP

19 comments:

  1. Great story. I myself am finally getting married tomorrow after having to postpone it because of Governor Cuomo and Mayor Dumbass, er, de Blasio.

    Can you still dance in Texas? Cuomo has banned dancing in New York State.

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  2. The Fraternity/Sorority of the Equine Injured.
    The undercurrent for Trump is strong.
    I hope strong enough to counter the fraud.

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  3. I know more than a few cowboys. Good folk for the most part.

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  4. Nothing like a good party, LSP. Glad you had a wonderful time.

    I had to settle for making new friends at the $Store, Wallyworld, Super 1, and the liquor store. Everyone was in a very gay mood yesterday.

    As I told Kid, I'm going to get a T-shirt that says, "I tested negative for Covid, but positive for homicidal maniac. Please stay back 6 feet" for the mask wearing zombies (of which there was very few. But, it's a prudent move.)

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  5. That sounds like one heck of a corker, LSP. But I hope that you all wore masks and kept 6 feet apart to "slow the spread". You know, if you get the plague, you die.

    Juliette would have been in her element at the party. Word is that they're locked down AGAIN in England...slowing the spread.

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  6. Ah, rodeo people. Excluding a few of the top of line professionals, who invests thousands in horses, tack, trailers, trucks, etc. to win $250 belt buckles?

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  7. Infidel! Congrats!

    We can dance here, unlike you islanders, but you don't want to see me try...

    I hope you have a beautiful Nuptial High Mass.

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  8. This was a good crew, Jim. 100%

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  9. Adrienne, I hadn't been out in ages. Not because of the stupid scamdemic, just coz. OK, I've saved a lot of my pitiful stipend because of this but still, what a lot of fun.

    Nice T!

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  10. I was thinking of Juliette, LL. She would have loved it!

    Of course you should've been there too.

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  11. Hey, WSF, good point well made. Mind you, this was all very cowboy hall of fame. So.

    Had a ride in the arena a few years back on one of their barrel horses. What a lot of fun and I ran the creature about like a good 'un. Then I learned the beast was worth $150k and felt kind of stupid... Hmmmm.

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  12. @WSF - People who just love doing it! I did the same thing to win little trophies. I ran middle-to-upper-half in all my races, but I was out there doing it.

    @LSP - Met a few rodeo people since we moved here. Seem like straight-talking folks.Seeing as Cheyenne is just up the road a piece, the SLW has been bugging me to go up the to THE Rodeo. Biggest in the world, I believe, and the population of Cheyenne doubles or triples for a couple of weeks.

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  13. drjim
    Worth experiencing. For something far less commercial, and down to earth, consider the small town rodeo like Walden or New Raymer.

    As to why people spend the money, I was just being snarky.

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  14. Thanks LSP! It was a beautiful high mass (in Latin). Live-streamed for those from other states who could not attend because Governor Mobbed Up, er, Cuomo, by the power vested in him by...well nothing, had quarantined those states.

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  15. Not a bad snark tho, WSF. I like those small rodeos, btw.

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  16. Infidel, CONGRATS!

    I figured you'd sort out the Latin, well done. Can you say what church? I'm imagining George Rutler's place on the Upper East Side.

    Regardless, have a beautiful honeymoon.

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  17. LSP: It was at Holy Innocents in Midtown Manhattan. (Fr. Rutler used to be the administrator of Holy Innocents a few years ago. He is now the pastor at St. Michael's a few blocks west of Holy Innocents.)

    The honeymoon was in beautiful Cold Spring, New York.

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