{"id":675,"date":"2013-09-03T02:15:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T02:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/?p=547"},"modified":"2013-09-03T02:15:26","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T02:15:26","slug":"best-of-the-west-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/best-of-the-west-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of the West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;How to sum up the weekend? &nbsp;OUCH?!?!? &nbsp;I&#8217;m too old for this crap. &nbsp;But, dang it was fun. If you can&#8217;t do something and &nbsp;have fun doing it, then why do it?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sale was off-the-hook good. &nbsp;I say this and my goats brought the average down. &nbsp;But that is okay. &nbsp;Tyke brought a &nbsp;dang good set and they sold well&#8211;averaged real well. &nbsp;They will be taking pictures next spring. &nbsp;Joe Dirt continues to sire good goats that will sell, feed and win. There was 2 Helms wethers and they ended up in top notch homes. &nbsp;That pair will be heard from come March. &nbsp;I&#8217;ll bet you. &nbsp;No, I didn&#8217;t buy them. &nbsp;But two of my favorite showmen (women) got them. &nbsp;Lamle &nbsp;sold a dang nice wether that should be heard from if things go right. &nbsp;My wethers, well, let&#8217;s be honest, they brought the average down. &nbsp; That&#8217;s fine. &nbsp;Hopefully, I have a story or two come March. &nbsp;That is the great thing about an auction. &nbsp;Let the public decide their value.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;This sale had the &nbsp;best set of doe kids that have been offered. &nbsp;PERIOD! &nbsp;Way good. &nbsp;Helms brought a set and they sold well, real well. &nbsp;Tyke sold a nice pair. &nbsp;Milligan brought a nice breeding piece and Schoovy stole her. &nbsp;I let a Rumour doe kid go and she went to a hell of home. &nbsp;When one sells, you see who got it and if it is a good home, you don&#8217;t really care what it brought. &nbsp;She will feed and I can watch it. &nbsp;It will be fun. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Speaking of selling doe kids. &nbsp;How about Big Ern? &nbsp;i like somebody that knows what they want and then goes and gets it. &nbsp;I had that attitude once (still) and I went out and got me a Dragon Lady. &nbsp; Hunh! &nbsp;Still got her and the attitude (mine &amp; hers). &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Sale wrap up. &nbsp;Great weather, good location, great crowd, way deep quality of wethers and does. &nbsp;Once again, our crew of people, kids, Gaisfords, breeders, etc, were off the hook good. &nbsp;SMOOTH was how this sale ran. &nbsp; Any hiccups were directly attributable to ME. &nbsp;Why?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Sunday evening was fabulous. &nbsp;Good food, better people, great weather and watermelons. &nbsp;What?? &nbsp; Watermelons? &nbsp; Yeah, watch out for watermelons as they will cause you problems. &nbsp;What kind of problems &nbsp;you ask?<\/p>\n<p>Well, the gator needs a bath, Milligan used watermelon for a hair care product and it looks like a crime was committed in front of our mailbox. &nbsp;Yes, at least a dozen small melons were murdered. &nbsp;Smart? &nbsp;NO. &nbsp;Off the hook fun. &nbsp;YES!! &nbsp;We took retardation to a whole new level. &nbsp;And Bill had already gone home. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;RUSM?? &nbsp;Me driving the gator, 25 mph, Milligan or Schoovy tossing melons, car headlights like the field of dreams, baseball bat hitting a melon, get me another one, wow. &nbsp;Off the hook fun. &nbsp;All FIVE Schoovy&#8217;s hit a melon. &nbsp;Yes, momma Schoovy hit one. &nbsp;TravAss showed why he was a helluva ballplayer. &nbsp;Even Ring made contact. &nbsp;Ha!!! He blew that melon up on Milligan like a prom queen with bulemia. (sp Whatever). &nbsp;The only thing that we were missing was a mariachi band and Big I. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We had plenty of food, fun and you can&#8217;t ever have enough good fellowship. I&#8217;m honored to sell goats with the people that sold with us today. &nbsp;Thanks to the buyers, bidders and anybody else that had a part in this deal. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Did I mention that Scott Comstock chaffurered us around Ellis County in the &#8217;93 Chevy van? &nbsp;We should have put more air in the air bag suspension on the rear axle of the van. &nbsp;But we didn&#8217;t. &nbsp;Still, way big fun. &nbsp;If you don&#8217;t know Scott Comstock or his daughter Chesley, then you need to. &nbsp;They are the kind of people that make you better for knowing them. &nbsp;Why? &nbsp;It is a true family project. &nbsp;They set their budget, set goals, works towards a goal &nbsp;then help everybody else around them&#8211;no animosity, but a strong desire to do well. &nbsp;They are the kind of people that their competitors love to see win. &nbsp;You ask me about my weekend, and I would tend to point towards watermelons, food, fun, good goats and what else could you want? &nbsp;They just don&#8217;t sell tickets for this kind of fun. &nbsp;What&#8217;s the term? &nbsp; You should have been here. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The best part of the weekend. &nbsp;Tammy had Kela dialed in on some &#8220;facetime&#8221; or similar BS. &nbsp;I don&#8217;t want Kela to come home until she is ready to come home, but I like seeing her, even on the video feed. &nbsp;Better yet, the rest of the crew gets in a good mood when they see\/talk to Kela. &nbsp;It&#8217;s a good thing when you can chase your dreams knowing that you can come home when need to. &nbsp;in the words of a modern day genius (not Mikey or myself, but Larry the Cable Guy)&#8211;&#8220;Git &#8216;er Done&#8221;. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;How to sum up the weekend? &nbsp;OUCH?!?!? &nbsp;I&#8217;m too old for this crap. &nbsp;But, dang it was fun. 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