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Especially if you call her a he!!!!Farnham54 wrote:And that mule don't like people laughin....see he gets the idea, that maybe you are laughing at him, and that upsets him...so maybe you apologizin' to the mule, like I know you will, will make it better...
Clint Eastwood Sphagetti Westers anyone?
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Funny thing about mules-they are sterile. To get one, you have to breed a jack#$$ to a ginny. Hybrids they are. I have fond memories of my grandpa's old plow mule-Jack. Even after all the farmers got the new fangled tractors, Pawpaw had to keep old Jack and put him out to pasture. When I was 14, Pawpaw taught me how to plow a mule, and as side benefit he said, I would learn to cuss. (tho' not in his presence) Hollering out "gee" made the mule go one way, hollering "haw" make him go the opposite. Old Jack never learned english, which prompted me to take up cussing. Gentlemen and mules do not make a good couple. Fedora
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This mules amazing.
I grew up in the city, but my dad always had a place out in the country. He use to have horses out there, and that's what we rode. As the youngest of four, when I finally joined the Marines and left the coup, they sold the city place and moved to the country one.
He got rid of the horses and got the mule about ten years ago. What a difference. The riding is amazing. She's easy to ride. She has more personality than horses do, IMHO. She's not as skid-dish. My theory is that it's the fact that she is not as in bred as a horse. Sort of like the difference between a mutt and a pure bread.
Anyway, thanks for all of the compliments. I wear my hat so much, that whenever I know I will be doing something in it that you all would appreciate, I take a pic.
I grew up in the city, but my dad always had a place out in the country. He use to have horses out there, and that's what we rode. As the youngest of four, when I finally joined the Marines and left the coup, they sold the city place and moved to the country one.
He got rid of the horses and got the mule about ten years ago. What a difference. The riding is amazing. She's easy to ride. She has more personality than horses do, IMHO. She's not as skid-dish. My theory is that it's the fact that she is not as in bred as a horse. Sort of like the difference between a mutt and a pure bread.
Anyway, thanks for all of the compliments. I wear my hat so much, that whenever I know I will be doing something in it that you all would appreciate, I take a pic.
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Great pics of you in Chicago. I was there over the summer for three months doing an internship and brought my Adventurebilt. In June, July, and August I wasn't able to wear it ONCE! WAAAAYYYY to humid. It would be perfect with a suit or leather jacket in the city now though.
Anyway, thanks for posting the pics, you look like you stepped straight out of the 30's or 40's!
Regards! Nevada
Anyway, thanks for posting the pics, you look like you stepped straight out of the 30's or 40's!
Regards! Nevada
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Nice hat, great mule!
I have always liked mules. It does seem they have a lot of "personality" but you learn to respect the mules' way, i.e. THEIR way!!!
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This is my Akubra that Fedora re blocked on his Raiders' block. I also have these pics in Steve's HJ Raiders thread.
It is a Federation Regular. I bashed it myself, using the Pagey technique, as always. i did use quite a bit of steam on the brim to get those nice bends. As anyone knows who has a RegFed, they are quite stiff. Using steam really set the brim shape in place. But I did follow my golden rule, no steam on the crown.
Anyway, it is perfect to me now. I must, once again, praise Steve for his fine work. I couldn't be happier. It still isn't as comfortable as my AB, but I love it very much.
It is a Federation Regular. I bashed it myself, using the Pagey technique, as always. i did use quite a bit of steam on the brim to get those nice bends. As anyone knows who has a RegFed, they are quite stiff. Using steam really set the brim shape in place. But I did follow my golden rule, no steam on the crown.
Anyway, it is perfect to me now. I must, once again, praise Steve for his fine work. I couldn't be happier. It still isn't as comfortable as my AB, but I love it very much.
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I'm pretty much a rookie at this, but that is a nice bash and a great looking hat. Seeing your earlier pictures in a suit reminds me of how I looked around the time when I got married (except for the hat). I'm now balder and fatter, but at least now I have the hat. Too bad I wasted so much time since then (20 years and counting) before I started wearing one. But, hey, it's never too late to become a gearhead, right?
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