Calling Buck47...Come in Buck !

Can't take all the credit ! I think it was dlj and King Coal that steered me toward Buck's Locke120 antics and a firing video from page 24 of 70(King Coal's Monumental Effort) of a thread called: "Re: building a new era Base Burner. After that ,the YouTube hunt was on !

I know I'm getting Old and Soft when I obtained a Great Relief finding thgat the 'Ol Boy from der Iowa was OK !

warminmn wrote:I don't think buck posted much last winter, or was that the winter before. I'm sure he'll be back when he has time. Its a beautiful area he lives in, even in the winter, and it is probably allowing him some good times.

yep, that's our boy. SOooooooo glad he surfaced somewhere even if not directly here.

he had just started to restore a really nice mica stove before harvest time last fall. hope we get to see the results.

I also posted a note on his video to stop in.

He will feel powerless to resist the invitations from "Breadman" and the fearless "Freetown Fred" !

It can be a Living Hell being cared about and missed ! I'm stepping away from the keyboard and mouse...Right Now !

Hi everyone,

Sorry to have been gone so long, I feel like the Prodigal Son returning home.

I'm safe and warm thanks to a large supply of coal I had delivered last Sept. My Locke120 is keeping me warm as is the Cook stove in the Tack Room in the barn is where I'm spending much of my time this winter. Here is the YouTube video the Guys used to track me down.


(Rats: I forgot how to load a YouTube Clip )

(Thanks to all for the kind messages left on Youtube)

Anyway long story short, I have been busy enjoying life - a big part of my free time is due to heating with coal and all the time that frees up. For that I have you guys to thank with all the generous help you gave me last year.

Anyway this has been a very pleasant surprise hearing from you again. I promise I will not be negligent in the future.

Kind regards: john AKA Buck47

PS: The only downside to spending so much time in a barn with horses is that at the end of the day I end up smelling like a New York City winno who has pissed himself .

Good to hear from ya Buck. Busy is good & there's worse smells ya know.

Sorry to hear about Your current bout with the "Equine Dry Cleaners".......

You've just this evening received "Bastard Of The Month" Honors ! Conflatulations ! Thanx to You,I've had The Kruger Brothers playing non-stop ! I can't get those Swedish Import Pickers and Grinners out of my head ! I've let the Youtube ride,and I've just been assaulted by Dick Curless(1965) singin' "Tombstone Every Mile"......

Thanx,Pal....Thanx Alot !

Glad You doin' alot better than just OK! See You Around!

freetown fred wrote:Good to hear from ya Buck. Busy is good & there's worse smells ya know.

Are the photos of your horses?

Yes, long story, surgery put me down for a yr & 1/2--I'm beginning to recoup my herd come spring. Always kept 2 full time & picked up a dozen or so rescues early spring--fattened em up, took care of vet problems, found out what they could do & found them good homes come snow flyin. Gonna get the 2 reg in the snow pix back.

Hambden Bob wrote:
You've just this evening received "Bastard Of The Month" Honors ! Conflatulations ! Thanx to You,I've had The Kruger Brothers playing non-stop ! I can't get those Swedish Import Pickers and Grinners out of my head ! I've let the Youtube ride,and I've just been assaulted by Dick Curless(1965) singin' "Tombstone Every Mile"......

Thanx,Pal....Thanx Alot !

I don't don't know what it is about me Bob, all my life irritating people has come as natural to me as songs do to a bird.

Funny -I have the same thing playing in my head. Like the flat picking and close harmony they sing. 12 years ago when I lived in Minneapolis I played alot of flattop guitar / bluegrass. Many a fun evening sitting in a circle with 6 to 10 other guys flat picking.

I've used Bluegrass or banjo as a sound track for severial horse videos - somehow they work well together. Tried using Wagner --- didn't work as well ( many people say he was better than he sounds)

Years ago I went to many local bluegrass festivals in the summer - they where a three day exercise in sleep
depervation.

Regards: john

freetown fred wrote:Yes, long story, surgery put me down for a yr & 1/2--I'm beginning to recoup my herd come spring. Always kept 2 full time & picked up a dozen or so rescues early spring--fattened em up, took care of vet problems, found out what they could do & found them good homes come snow flyin. Gonna get the 2 reg in the snow pix back.

I find the language of horses facinating. The reason I built the Tack Room in the barn was to spend time with them in the cold of winter and be comforable myself.

Have a third horse I rescued from a local auction late last fall. No bidders and he was going to a kill buyer.
The seller was rolling the horse after owning him for 6 months. 7 year old, poor manors -major issues with seperation anxiaty - but well trained. Has alot of forward. Powerfull, fast unstable & dangerious. Come Spring he is going to to learn how to follow 36 inches behind me - stop when I stop - walk when I walk.

Then it's out to the round pen to find out where his bottom is. My instincts tell me he can be a great horse if he has a fair honest leader. I like him alot. And want him to go to a good home.

Right now he is like a coiled spring ready to explode.

Bless you for saving that coiled spring Though I only went for one horse ride I learned I don't want to do it again. The critter tried to scrub me off his back with a nearby clothesline. I ducked then bailed off before he came up with any other cute ideas! The owner said later you gotta show him you're the boss with those reins. I had the reins pulled halfway down that horses throat trying to stop him. Truth is I think I was assigned that horse just for the laughs the other riders could get. They knew something I didnt I then switched to another animal much more loveable and dependable.......Doberman Pinschers. I currently have my seventh Dobie (only one at a time) and they all have been rescues. Wouldn't have it any other way! They have all been big babies, not a single ugly one but they have been treated kindly to start with. It makes a difference.

There is a sign in the Tack Room that reads

For Fast Riders - We have Fast Horses
For Slow Riders - We have Slow Horses
For Riders who have never ridden - We have horses that have
never been ridden.

I agree with your obsevation on controling a horse with reins. I know I don't have the power to stop a horse, they are far to strong, The horse must have itself under control. If I'm sitting on a horse that don't want to be with me, then I'm in big trouble the horse is just being a horse and I'm being damn stupid.

As to the Palamino, he see's himself as being alone, he just needs someone to join up with - and come spring that will be me. I view it much like the pack instint of dogs.

Regards: john

deepwoods wrote:Bless you for saving that coiled spring Though I only went for one horse ride I learned I don't want to do it again. The critter tried to scrub me off his back with a nearby clothesline. I ducked then bailed off before he came up with any other cute ideas! The owner said later you gotta show him you're the boss with those reins. I had the reins pulled halfway down that horses throat trying to stop him. Truth is I think I was assigned that horse just for the laughs the other riders could get.

That cook stove is a beauty. I would love to have a kitchen that could accommodate one.

Rob R. wrote:

That cook stove is a beauty. I would love to have a kitchen that could accommodate one.

Rob, you are not alone with feeling that way.