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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...934#post144683
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...862#post137254
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...7366#post85606
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...907#post140572
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...281#post126781
Can you believe the raw power of this animal?
Throwing in the towel made no difference. Different game different rules I guess.
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No judgement here. But that does look like a very stupid thing to do.
Thats what people pay to see though.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimfols
I ran into a guy at the store a while back I used to know 50 some years ago, He used to play just about every kind of sport there was in high school. He is a few years younger than me, but the way he was getting around reminded me of a man 20 or 30 years older that he should have been.
I didn't recognize him but after he started talking I figured out he was the little brother of a guy I went to school with.
Bradly how ya been, how's William getting along these days?
William died of a freak accident playing Football in college he said.
I hadn't known since I never followed sports and never kept in close contact with about all of my school mates.
So here is Bradly explaining he is recovering from his 5th knee replacement, had, had a hip replaced, his left was full of pins 2 ribs removed 3 kidney surgeries from being dislocated his back broken twice his spleen removed, he named off several other surgeries.
I asked if he had been in a lot of car wrecks or why so many stays in the hospital.
Nope no bad car wrecks, just football, basketball, track and rodeoing.
I looked at him and thought to myself and people pay to watch guys like you get hurt because you were not smart enough to quit while you were ahead.
Once upon a time I owned a set of spurs my adoptive uncle Al won at the 1902 Calgary Stampede. Left them with my dad, as I was wandering the world, and never got them back. Uncle Al quit bull riding after he got gored, and they removed about 30 yards of his intestines, if I'm remembering the story correctly. I heard it in the early 60's, so I'd have been under 10yo, but IIRC now, 30 yards would be nearly all of them... Wish I could remember his last name, then maybe I could look him up. Though I've checked their site and they don't seem to have photos that old or rosters of the riders & events. Yep, even Uncle Al thought that was stupid, but he was young...Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
Bill
Yep, lots of us were stupid when we are young. Hopefully we get smarter if we are able to survive the stupid years. Problem now is, too many of the stupid people are surviving, and beginning to out number those who have actually learned from their mistakes.
Reminds me of real scary shite hunting feral unpoled Black Angus in thick bush. When they are mad they are real hard to stop.
Yikes! That's some "need to purge" kind of stuff. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by hemmjo
I know for sure the lab rat has a better life than that poor bull.
That's what rodeo clowns get paid to do, run at the bull. They become the target instead of the rider. All the antics between rides are not the main job.
"Come see the raging bulls and flying clowns!" and maybe a bit of disemboweling with a side order of vicious trampling!
Rodeo clown school?
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That's the only thing I can think of. either that or practicing becoming weebles
I bet they don't have the balls to do the with a bull that still has horns!!!
Maybe they're trying to socialize the bull for a petting zoo! :lol:
Not gonna lie, if my body could take it, that looks like a lot of fun!
Not many rodeo fans here, I take it.
Why do they do it? My guess would be the potential of $200,000 plus and all the buckle bunnies you can stand. But only if you're the champ or a darn close 2nd.
I like rodeo. Last rodeo I attended was about 7 years ago. But at this point in my life, it actually hurts my body to watch that. My body has sympathy pains when it sees those cowboys crash like they so often do.
Reminds me of a couple of my rugby matches playing against some of the larger teams...
Looks like training for the bull to me...
Last rodeo I attended, I was 17, watching one of the high school girls I had a bit of a crush on barrel racing. I'm 67 today. She was crazier and tougher that I was. Couldn't have worked out. ;) IIRC, her name was Sharon, but that was a lot of dead brain cells ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by toeless joe
Bill
I really don't care for clowns, at all, but that does look like a lot of fun!
If you were a bull rider you would care about the clowns!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeVanGeaux
I see that they are chasing the bull, rather than trying to avoid him. I thought in rodeo it was the last man standing who won? These are people training to distract the animal when a rider comes off, are they?
Perhaps.Quote:
Originally Posted by hemmjo
Of course, I never rode a bull... but I did ride a large, pissed-off hog once. He DID NOT want me on his back, at all!!
In fact, the proper job title is no longer Rodeo Clown. It is now Bullfighter, truly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philip Davies
It's surprising to me honestly that we don't hear about more people being seriously injured or killed after fooling around with these bulls. You have to be some kind of crazy to climb in the ring with one of those, not to mention climb on their back and try to ride them.
Right, and fact is some of these posts have NOTHING to do with homemade tools.
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We never see owt like that in the UK.
Very clever connection hemmjo. They do make it look easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by hemmjo
Watching the dapple grey was interesting. Lots of work horses are shod and can't manage paving.
And no, likely that kind of exhibition is rare in the UK, I reckon.
Watching the dapple grey was interesting. Lots of work horses are shod and can't manage paving.
And no, likely that kind of exhibition is rare in the UK, I reckon.[/QUOTE]
Prob'ly 'em hosses had borium shoes. Borium is useful in slick situations such as pavement or ice.
https://www.americanfarriers.com/art...rium?v=preview
Prob'ly 'em hosses had borium shoes. Borium is useful in slick situations such as pavement or ice.Quote:
Originally Posted by neilbourjaily
https://www.americanfarriers.com/art...rium?v=preview[/QUOTE]
Never heard of shoeing aspect, but it's close to strap on rubber ice treads people use. Makes me laugh every year, they appear on shelves around September; freezes start around late December.
Fed-Ex van just couldn't wait.
John Dutton was at the rodeo with his friend, watching the bull riders. His friend said 'I'd like to meet the first guy that thought it was a good idea to ride a bull'.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimfols
John Dutton said 'I'd like to meet the second guy'.