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  1. J

    Problem with Club Calf Industry...thoughts please

    That's your choice and I see nothing at all wrong with that.  Of course, if you decide to take the 19 good ones to the show ring, you'll tend to get beat by the calves coming from operations aiming for the great ones.  It's a completely different game if you are breeding for consistency, you are...
  2. J

    Problem with Club Calf Industry...thoughts please

    I would stay out of this because it’s beating a dead horse but I’m the one that wrote that Heat Wave quote so I’ll jump in.  I've used more Heat Wave semen over the past five years than any other bull by a wide, wide margin. The idea that there is only one definition of "good" for bulls is...
  3. J

    National Championship Game - LSU vs ????

    twistedhshowstock, Arkansas v OSU is a game I'd love to see.  Based on the two games with A&M early in the season, thery're very similar teams.  OSU has more star power but Arakansas is a more complete team that I'd give a slight edge to.
  4. J

    National Championship Game - LSU vs ????

    Sick three year old, can’t go to church, going to waste some time… Anderson & Hester  as well as the Colley Matrix both had OSU higher than Alabama before last night so you can assume it will stay that way. OSU 2 – Bama 0 Sagarin still has Alabama over OSU even with that formula’s insane love...
  5. J

    National Championship Game - LSU vs ????

    I’m going to catch some flack for it and I have nothing against OSU but let’s be honest, it’s not going to be the BCS that screws you guys, it’s going to be your own mistake in Aimes.  You have to get down to OU and their loss to Texas Tech to find another team with a loss even close to as bad...
  6. J

    National Championship Game - LSU vs ????

    Where are you coming up with the idea OSU's compute rankings are better than Bama's?  Only 2 of the 6 computer rankings in the BCS have OSU higher than Alabama.
  7. J

    NWSS Schedule Question

    They'll be long gone by the 18th. In the past it's been only that Friday and Saturday and the display is a pile of dirt on Sunday. The times the bulls are on display depend on the individual bulls and owners.  Some will be on display as early as 10 AM and some won't go out until 1PM.  The...
  8. J

    Calculating Epd's

    You're right.   (it would also be hypocritical of me to get upset with somebody 'that guy'ing me)
  9. J

    Calculating Epd's

    If you won't be able to wait for the EPDs to be calculated by the breed association use the average of them mentioned above and call it "estimated EPDs". 
  10. J

    Calculating Epd's

    This book explains it... Those formulas on the cover are not giberish, they're part of the process. You can simplify the process but you'll need a solid mathematical background just to get through the first chapter of that book.
  11. J

    Joe Pa out

    Attempting to politicize the rape of children and somehow tie it to Clinton is beneath you.
  12. J

    Joe Pa out

    You've tripped over that line you are so good at balancing and fell flat into the trolling side.  Based on your posts I refuse to believe you don't know the difference between sex with ten year old boys vs consenting adults.
  13. J

    Joe Pa out

    Some talking head said it best. Sometime in ten to twenty years those kids out there protesting will look down at their kids.  They’ll allow the thought to creep into their heads for just a few seconds about what they would if their kid were the victim and they’ll realize what a terrible...
  14. J

    Swollen nose on live calf

    Thanks for the replies.  He’s was sucking within an hour and is full bellied.  We stuck around and made sure he was breathing before we left him with the cow. The head position thing does make a lot of sense.  He was in a position where her contractions were pushing the head up into the top of...
  15. J

    Swollen nose on live calf

    We had a pretty tough pull yesterday and when we got the calf out, his nose was swollen.  In fact, it was swollen to the point that when I first went in to check him I thought we had lost the calf. I always thought the swelling comes after they die.  Does this just mean we were about to lose...
  16. J

    NAILE advice

    Tehcnically, they bill it as the largest "purebred" livestock expo it's one of those "they're the biggest because they say they're the biggest" kind of things.  The shows don't release their actual numbers in a format that any show could use to legitimately make that claim. Any of the Texas...
  17. J

    Video screen sales (Cattle don't come through the sale ring)

    My #1 thing that I completely understand but don't like one bit.  I'd agree with the impulse buy thing as well but too many sales have set their new record averages with that format to make a legitimate argument that it hurts the prices.
  18. J

    Launching a new show results site -- would need help

    You're not the first to attempt it, here's some advice from previous failed attempts so you don't waste your time chasing the same carrot... You'll need to hire people that collect the results and send them to you.  Don't expect people to do it out of the kindness of their hearts because while...
  19. J

    Shift in Texas Major Steer Show Schedules

    Yeah, of course, the way you worded it before seemed strange.  I kind of wish that face wasn't auto inserted.
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