Introducing ... 'Fence-Riders' Rest'!

Subject: Introducing ... 'Fence-Riders' Rest'! Wed 19 Mar 2008, 12:39 am

... or, at least, that is what the forum is called at the moment Surprised

Its topics need not focus on the history of our grand state, nor does one have to be a desperado to enter into said rest; rather, just a normal, working cowboy, cowgirl, or cotton-grower, wannabe, or thankful not-to-be ... yet, member of the forum.

Fence Riders Rest is open for discussion of almost any topic; available for chatter or for quiet ~ just a place of 'suspended time' shootin' the breeze .... or for airing what's on your mind.

Feel free to begin such threads as you may wish.
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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Wrangler Joined : 13 Nov 2007 Posts : 49

Fence Riders. Funny you should come up with this topic right now. I'm on a fence building mission. Seems I spend far more time looking at it than working on it. Does that make me a rider?

Subject: Re: Introducing ... 'Fence-Riders' Rest'! Wed 19 Mar 2008, 9:29 pm

Wow ... what an oversight and/ or forgetfulness on my part. Sorry about that Neutral

We could always use Fence-Builders for now .... or most anything else, really.

Wish I could help raise that fence of yours.
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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Wrangler Joined : 13 Nov 2007 Posts : 49

Nothing to apologize for. I'm about to get to work on it right now.
so much to do...
I'm hoping to recruit one of my sons this afternoon for the effort. Plenty I can do myself this morning.

Subject: Re: Introducing ... 'Fence-Riders' Rest'! Thu 20 Mar 2008, 1:45 pm

I hope you find that long-anticipated barrier materializing around you this afternoon. Please send me a photo when done, okay? And I respect you for this undertaking; it is one which I certainly would be unable to accomplish.

Not to beleaguer the issue, but Texans -- and Westerners -- long have been conflicted over fencing. It is said, too, that Northerners fenced to keep critters in while Southerners did the same to keep them out. Perhaps, in Texas, both aims hold true.

And, we had the 'fence wars' here once .... in beautiful West Texas ... during the 1880s ~

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/governors/west/ireland-fence.html

http://www.thecattlemanmagazine.com/earlyDays/earlywestfenced.asp
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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Subject: Re: Introducing ... 'Fence-Riders' Rest'! Fri 21 Mar 2008, 7:21 pm

I might as well be the first person to ask. What's a fence rider? elephant

Madelyn

Subject: Re: Introducing ... 'Fence-Riders' Rest'! Fri 21 Mar 2008, 9:01 pm

Well, 'Uncle Ezra,' *of* Cornell University, offered the following.

In answer to his own question, I would answer 'yes.' I had to learn what a fence-rider was from a book .... even with being from Texas and all.

And, dear Madelyn, I am almost certain that fence-riders rode not far from where you live right now sunny

Quote ~

Dear Ez,
Would you know what the line:

"You been out ridin’ fences for so long now"

from the song Desperado by Eagles means?

Later on, it says:

"Come down from your fences, open the gate"

What does it mean to be 'out riding fences'? Is it about indecisiveness?

thanks for clearing this up for me Smile

Dear rhinestone cowboy,

Are the days of riding the ranges really so far from our collective conscious? If you owned a ranch and your fortune, or next year's room and board, was tied up in your cattle, you'd want to fence them in until you drove them to market in Kansas. Your ranch would be quite large, due to low rainfall and the need for a lot of grazing land,
and so you would need to continually ride the perimeter and make sure your fences were in good condition. I would say it speaks of decisiveness- I think of fences as boundaries, making it very clear about what is in what is out, and what belongs on which side. The gate, of course, is the correct way in. Could it be about letting someone into your heart?

Uncle Ezra

Finis

http://tinyurl.com/3dmbo6

And then, there is this ....

http://tinyurl.com/2o9pro pale

Maybe it's still possible to witness a fence-rider at his work .... even in suburbia Wink

I know that it is Sir Don Henley who softly crooned Desperado for the Eagles, but had thought the song had been drawn from the work of someone outside that band. If so, I can't find who the author of the lyrics may have been.

I'm a big fan of Miss Linda Ronstadt, and admire her version of Desperado as well flower

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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Subject: Re: Introducing ... 'Fence-Riders' Rest'! Sat 22 Mar 2008, 1:22 pm

OK what do we have here. I can tell you all about fences but you never asked. All you need is some posts and a little biut of wire. If yuo got a big place yuor in tropuble.

Subject: Re: Introducing ... 'Fence-Riders' Rest'! Sat 22 Mar 2008, 1:24 pm

Sombody fix those words up for me if you get a chance. Its way to dark in here for me to be typing on an old MACHINE.

Wrangler Joined : 13 Nov 2007 Posts : 49

Wrangler Joined : 13 Nov 2007 Posts : 49

My suburban fence is to keep vermin out and my critters in. Being on the edge of the burbs, we've got unusually large possums, billions of bunnies that will make quick business of my veggis, armadillos (they dig a lot and carry leprosy which is kinda creepy) and a VERY obnoxious dog that the neighbors refuse to restrain. I have curious little dogs that need clear boundries. So, yeah, it's to keep critters on their proper sides.

My Gilmer fence is to discourage tree theives. I hope it will have critter purposes later on. I do need to keep the coyotes and skunks away since my dogs go with me everywhere. Lots of coyotes. They're not terribly dangerous, but I never turn my back on them.

BUT I think you meant to chat about wanderings through this large piece of planet here off the gulf coast?
Just a few years ago I was wandering the beaches in Galveston with the puppies. This was after a day at the Johnson Space Center. Galveston can get a strangely tangible humidity that I have never experienced even in a Pacific hurricane. I suppose that would be part of the southernmost fence line. Boy have those beaches changed over the past 25 years.

Subject: Re: Introducing ... 'Fence-Riders' Rest'! Thu 27 Mar 2008, 8:33 am

My fence is named 'Rex.' he he he None of the wooden variety to be seen out this way.

We have all of the critters you mentioned and more around here, including armadillos. They root around the place at night when the dogs are asleep. What do you mean that they 'carry' leprosy? Does one have to hold and cuddle them to pick it up, or is the bug more generous than that?

I believe that Mr. Henley was born in Linden, raised in Gilmer, sojourned for a while in LA .... and got blown back to Texas on a strange wind. His tyke attends school with JJ's girl, far ... oh, so very far away ... from the mission bells and Hotel California.
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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Subject: Re: Introducing ... 'Fence-Riders' Rest'! Thu 27 Mar 2008, 10:44 pm

When is Don Henley going to make the 'Roots' album .... I wonder?
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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Subject: Re: Introducing ... 'Fence-Riders' Rest'! Fri 28 Mar 2008, 2:34 pm

I like a wood fence for the privacy myself.