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Originally Posted by Air&Road
I hope none of the cattlemen that I know don't ever hear you say that they look like a dirt farmer or a pecan farmer.
BTW, if you use the word pee-can in San Saba they won't know what you're talking about. There it's pa-con.
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I was exaggerating a mock hillbilly pronunciation of pecan. It's a really effective humor affect that I often use.
Not sure what kind of pecans my grandpa had in his yard. I do know they were huge. The lowest branches were way too high for me to reach and I was a tree climbing foo' in that day. He would shell them by hand with a pocket knife. Saw it with my own eyes.
My dad was not a cowboy in his adult years but worked long hours with his uncle up until he was 15 and went off to work at the copper smelter in Morenci. His biological father died after his horse stepped in a hole while riding at speed out somewhere. Wasn't found for a couple of days and had serious complications, spinal damage, etc. Had been a foreman on a big ranch and a rodeo champion.
He told me that the land around Duncan and the Lordsburg, NM area was so sparse it would support about 5 head of cattle per section (640 acres IINM). I dunno, I suspect that working cowboys don't feel that they look that much different than a pecan farmer. If they have an attitude about it, F 'em I say.