Duke and I had a six hour round trip drive in order to get lunch on this fine Sunday. \u00a0We took 3 head of bucks to Fletcher, OK. \u00a0Why Fletcher? \u00a0Because the most influential man in the livestock industry has a drop off point there\u2026at his wife’s house. \u00a0Who? \u00a0What?<\/p>\n
Yes, we met up with Bob May. Yes, that Bob May. \u00a0I first met him in a parking lot at OYE in like 2006. \u00a0Vince McGolden had hooked us up with him. \u00a0Now, nobody can sell stock unless it times with Bob’s travels from northern California to the Midwest and back. \u00a0This is the most connected dude in the industry. \u00a0And he is a real person that thinks like a real person\u2026even though he is from California. \u00a0I don’t see Bob very often. \u00a0We text on occasion. \u00a0But I am always in a good mood around him. \u00a0I couldn’t make connections with him on Friday evening, so I told him. \u00a0I will get these bucks to you at Fletcher. \u00a0He replied, “Good, we’ll go eat Mexican.” \u00a0And that we did. \u00a0It was very good food in Elgin. \u00a0Of course, we had to enter the restaurant from the alley. \u00a0The Bob door as he put it. \u00a0This was a nice establishment that actually has a storefront and front door. \u00a0We just didn’t use that part.<\/p>\n
On Saturday night, I told Duke that I was going to drop bucks off with Bob on Sunday. \u00a0“Do you want to go?” His reply, “I think that I want to go.” \u00a0Now, he is glad that he went. \u00a0Why? \u00a0At one point, Duke wiped tears from his eyes. \u00a0The rest of the time, he was laughing.<\/p>\n
We discussed electronic logging devices, Toy Story, the goat industry, insurance, hauling white buffaloes, showing stock, cops, bucket lists (yaks), etc, etc, etc. \u00a0Doe goats with knitted ear muffs. \u00a0I saw pictures.<\/p>\n
Noah came up in the discussion. \u00a0What? \u00a0Yes, Noah. \u00a0I asked him about a deal several years ago. \u00a0Bob’s pickup had broke down and he<\/p>\n
So couldn’t get to a pickup destination until the Monday after. \u00a0I had a doe goat, another doe was there for him, 2 sheep and a Berk gilt. \u00a0He asked if I could get that stock near I35. \u00a0I said that I could but there wasn’t any dividers in the box. \u00a0 He said not to worry about it. \u00a0Actually, he said, ” Listen up you mouthy little bastard, I do this for a living. \u00a0Trust me. \u00a0I’m right.” \u00a0I did as told, and you know what, sheep, goats and pigs can all live in harmony together. \u00a0Maybe us humans need to take note.<\/p>\n
Now back to the bible according to Bob and the question of mixing species. \u00a0This obviously wasn’t the first time somebody had asked this question. \u00a0In Bob’s words (minus one or twelve F bombs) \u00a0“Do you think that when it was raining for 40 days and 40 nights that Noah and his sons built individual pens inside the ark? \u00a0Hell no! \u00a0They herded that stock onto the ark 2 by 2 in a hurry. I mean they were pushing that stock to get their asses onto that boat. \u00a0Maybe even 3 by 3 for all we know. \u00a0There are probably species missing that we don’t even know about that got on that ark but didn’t come off of it because some lions got hungry while on that big boat.” \u00a0Duke was in tears at this point. \u00a0I will never be able to hear rain without thinking about lions on the ark. \u00a0It’s so simple but classic.<\/p>\n
I have more stories from today but they pale in comparison. \u00a0There are very few people that can say that they were the founding father of an industry. \u00a0Bob May is THE founding father of hauling stock. \u00a0He is a livestock person and therefore knows how to feed, water and doctor the stock as need be. \u00a0We left on the note that “Duke needs to go on a trip with me from Indy to California. \u00a0Of course, he will probably end up shell shocked.” \u00a0I replied, “No, that kid grew up around Poe, Milligan, Schoovy, BK and myself. \u00a0I’m real sure that he won’t be shell-shocked.” \u00a0I’m also real sure that Duke would hit the road right now. \u00a0And in conclusion, I’m telling you that we had a wicked fun lunch on this fine Sunday.<\/p>\n
So here’s to a happy today and a better tomorrow.<\/p>\n
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