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But what was the score of the U of A Vs. ASU football game? What was the score of the UofA Vs. asu Basketball game?

I agree the seed is expensive and the Technology fees are insane. But like Lark, said, if it didn't pay, they wouldn't plant it. There is still plenty of non-gmo seed available. It just doesn't make sense not to utilize the technology available. E85 is a joke. With corn anyways. I don't know if there is any truth in it, but I remember reading an article that said for every gallon of ethanol fuel created, it took something like 1.2 gallons of regular fuel to create it. I'm sure the article was slanted but I remember thinking it was absurd. I heard that they are working on using leftover watermelons to try and produce ethanol since it has such a high sugar content. If you've ever driven by a melon field after its been harvested, you know how much goes to waste. If you get a chance, check out this video One Hungry World It's got some neat facts about how much productivity we are required to get of an acre of farmland compared to 30 years ago. Have a good one! Jake

Is there a waiting list for spots on next years league?

With all due respect... I agree with your first two points. However, in the grand scheme of things, GMO's reduce the overall costs on crops. Without Corn and Cotton that was developed to be insect resistant, you could easily be spraying 2-3 times a week. On a crop like alfalfa where you can break down the seed cost over 4+ years it more then pays for itself. IF you can eliminate applying chemicals (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides) you are greatly reducing the cost to get that crop to market. Shoot, even cutting down fuel and labor by not applicating chemical is a huge savings. Personally, I think one of the main factors attributing to high hay costs is simply the fact that we are getting ready to set records on cotton production this year. Cotton prices are higher then they have ever been, therefore a good chunk of acreage that has been formally dedicated to hay production has been traded for growing cotton. What caused this? I don't know. There is an abundance of reasons why hay and forage is expensive right now. However I don't think GMO's are one of them. Jake

Heck of a Buck!!! Congrats! You do need a new hat though! They have some that say "DE for Life!" or my personal favorite, "31-27"!!!! All kidding aside, Awesome Job!

You guys with iPhones that like country music need to download 95.9 The Ranch. Its a radio station based out of Texas and plays mostly red dirt country... Guys like Cross Canadian Ragweed, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Josh Abbot Band, Kyle Park... I can't hardly stand listening to "nashville" country now. It's also free.

Got this is in an email today, figured it would be appreciated here. Enjoy. An Oklahoma Kid's first Bow and Arrow set - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Don’t know who wrote this but he has a way with words that makes one visualize being right there beside him. Good read Life as a child growing up in Oklahoma .... Around age 10 my dad got me one of those little badass compound bow beginner kits. Of course, the first month I went around our land sticking arrows in anything that could get stuck by an arrow. Did you know that a 1955 40 horse Farmall tractor tire will take 6 rounds before it goes down? Tough “sumbich”. That got boring, so being the 10 yr. old Dukes of Hazard fan that I was, I quickly advanced to taking strips of cut up T-shirt doused in chainsaw gas tied around the end and was sending flaming arrows all over the place. One summer afternoon, I was shooting flaming arrows into a large rotten oak stump in our backyard. I looked over under the carport and see a shiny brand new can of starting fluid (Ether). A light bulb went off in my head. I grabbed the can and set it on the stump. I thought that it would probably just spray out in a disappointing manner. Lets face it, to a 10 yr old mouth-breather like myself, (Ether), really doesn't "sound" flammable. So, I went back into the house and got a 1 pound can of pyrodex (black powder for muzzle loader rifles). At this point, I set the can of ether on the stump and opened up the can of black powder. My intentions were to sprinkle a little bit around the (Ether) can but it all sorta dumped out on me. No biggie, a 1 lb. pyrodex and 16 oz (Ether) should make a loud pop, kinda like a firecracker you know? You know what? Screw that I'm going back in the house for the other can, so I got a second can of pyrodex and dumped it too. Now we're cookin'. I stepped back about 15 ft and lit the 2 stroke arrow. I drew the nock to my cheek and took aim. As I released I heard a clunk as the arrow launched from my bow. In a slow motion time frame, I turned to see my dad getting out of the truck... OH SHOOT! He just got home from work. So help me God it took 10 minutes for that arrow to go from my bow to the can. My dad was walking towards me in slow motion with a WTF look in his eyes. I turned back towards my target just in time to see the arrow pierce the starting fluid can right at the bottom. Right through the main pile of pyrodex and into the can. Oh shoot. When the shock wave hit it knocked me off my feet. I don't know if it was the actual compression wave that threw me back or just reflex jerk back from 235 fricking decibels of sound. I caught a half a millisecond glimpse of the violence during the initial explosion and I will tell you there was dust, grass, and bugs all hovering 1 ft above the ground as far as I could see. It was like a little low to the ground layer of dust fog full of grasshoppers, spiders, and a worm or two. The daylight turned purple. Let me repeat this... THE COTTON PICKING DAYLIGHT TURNED PURPLE. There was a big sweet gum tree out by the gate going into the pasture. Notice I said "was". That sucker got up and ran off. So here I am, on the ground blown completely out of my shoes with my thundercats T-Shirt shredded, my dad is on the other side of the carport, having what I can only assume is, a Vietnam flashback: ECHO BRAVO CHARLIE YOU'RE BRINGIN' EM IN TOO CLOSE!! CEASE FIRE. dang IT CEASE FIRE!!!!! His hat has blown off and is 30 ft behind him in the driveway. All windows on the north side of the house are blown out and there is a slow rolling mushroom cloud about 2000 ft. over our backyard. There is a Honda 185 3 wheeler parked on the other side of the yard and the fenders are drooped down and are now touching the tires. I wish I knew what I said to my dad at this moment. I don't know - I know I said something. I couldn't hear. I couldn't hear inside my own head. I don't think he heard me either... not that it would really matter. I don't remember much from this point on. I said something, felt a sharp pain, and then woke up later. I felt a sharp pain, blacked out, woke later....repeat this process for an hour or so and you get the idea. I remember at one point my mom had to give me CPR. and Dad screaming "Bring him back to life so I can kill him again". Thanks Mom. One thing is for sure... I never had to mow around that stump again. Mom had been bitching about that thing for years and dad never did anything about it. I stepped up to the plate and handled business. Dad sold his muzzle loader a week or so later. I still have some sort of bone growth abnormality, either from the blast or the beating, or both. I guess what I'm trying to say is, get your kids into archery. It's good discipline and will teach them skills they can use later on in life. Author Unknown

National Championship > Rose Bowl Just sayin.... As for team support, I suppose all those assu fans were at Diamonback games... Anyone catch the article on azcentral the other day about assu "dressing" up there basketball arena? Just means 4,000 less seats for UofA fans when we play up there. How many assu football players does it take to change a light bulb? Just one, but he gets 3 credits for it.

Either a dark green or blue Ford (Blind without my sunglasses) with a Headache Rack? At the LA Fitness on Yuma and Cotton Lane yesterday afternoon.

A small marketing note to consider; when you look something up in the yellowpages, most people don't look past the first 3 companies. In general, companies with names that start with A will get a lot more new business just because of the short attention span of the general population. Maybe not a big deal to consider, but something to think about. Congrats on the new business.

Tombstone. How is Tombstone not on this list yet? Has anyone seen the original Rounders with Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda? - Thats a great movie.

Wasn't crying wolf... Trust me on this day, you couldn't pay me enough to screw with Karma haha.

Just got my first busy signal. About launched my coffee. Broke through a second later only to find out they're not up yet. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH. That busy signal sends a touch of panic through you almost equivalent to pulling the trigger....

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How do you think one would work on a .204?

How are you liking that scope if you don't mind me asking? Looks like a good day!

How many asu football players does it take to change a light bulb? One, but he gets 3 credits.

Not to shabby for a one banjo string pickin hillbilly from Cottonwood! How's Mr. Lyons doin these days?

As in they'll BLOW through what ever you shoot with them. Started shooting an 08 Guardian this year and so far I love it.

Not much man, just living the dream. Congrats on the doctorate. Next time I head to Tucson or Sonoita I'll give you a heads up and maybe we can call some dogs or find something to wing some lead at.

This has Cornville written all over it.

Interesting. [Robin Hood] is not remembered as a champion of property, but as a champion of need, not as a defender of the robbed, but as a provider of the poor. He is held to be the first man who assumed a halo of virtue by practicing charity with wealth which he did not own, by giving away goods which he had not produced, by making others pay for the luxury of his pity. He is the man who became a symbol of the idea that need, not achievement, is the source of rights, that we don’t have to produce, only to want, that the earned does not belong to us, but the unearned does. He became a justification for every mediocrity who, unable to make his own living, had demanded the power to dispose of the property of his betters, by proclaiming his willingness to devote his life to his inferiors at the price of robbing his superiors. It is this foulest of creatures – the double-parasite who lives on the sores of the poor and the blood of the rich – whom men have come to regard as the moral idea." ". . . Do you wonder why the world is collapsing around us? That is what I am fighting, Mr. Rearden. Until men learn that of all human symbols, Robin Hood is the most immoral and the most contemptible, there will be no justice on earth and no way for mankind to survive." Ayn Rands - Atlas Shrugged

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House. One is from Chicago, another is from Tennessee, and the third is from Minnesota. All three go with a White House official to examine the fence. The Minnesota contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me." The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me." The Chicago contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers, "$2,700." The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?" The Chicago contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence." "Done!" replies the government official. And that, my friends, is how the new stimulus plan will work. Thought you guys would get a kick out of this one.

3027 +- 3 FOR SURE.