One thing about this country, mostly we have good neighbors. Oh, there is the idiot or two and the plumb miserable who should be taken out and shot and put out of everyones misery, but by and large, we have good people and great neighbors in this country.
We help each other. When someone needs help, the word gets out and people respond. We take care of our own. We are some what clannish I suppose. Some say we are clique-y and maybe that is because outsiders have come in and caused grief in the past. We don’t like that.
Today I went up to a neighbor who is having a bitof trouble with one of the aforementioned idiots. A bunch of us showed up to tear out an old fence and re-buildit horse high and bull stout because of a problem caused by one of them outsiders who moved into this country some years back. We all tried to get along and treat him as we would be treated, but he has spit on us and reviled us.
It’s gonn’a stop now.
Where he had maybe not many friends and some who didn’t like him, westill tried to get along and be a good neighbor to him. Now, because of his actions, he doesn’t even have any who will treat him with respect, as far as I can see. We will shun him. Eventually, he will grow old and die or get tired of the life he will have to live around here because of his treatment to one of ours and hopefully leave. Either way, he is in trouble. If a fire starts on his land, where before most would run to help put it out, I doubt any will now. No one wish’s him bad luck or ill fortune, but no one will go out of their way to make sure it doesn’t happen.
You mess with the bull, you get the horn. He’s going to get the horn.
Yup, we got good people who live around here, but you can only push us so far. Then we push back.
Dennisranch 
Its a shame people have to act that way….but they brought it on themselves.
Thank you, Robert, for being there today for my brother. It is greatly appreciated. AND as I told you, I read you every day. Good friends and good neighbors…something money can’t buy!!!
“…only push so far then we push back.”
A pity that our government (U.K.) doesn’t remember that!
I was glad to do it Mary Beth. Hope I can help them and my other neighbors a lot more also.
Yes J, it is a shame.
Dickie, I think they may be reminded about next fall! Maybe sooner if they aren’t careful!
It’s the way of it here too!
Hey Bob, thank you so much for your blog today, it sure says alot about the people who were raised the country way and the beliefs and values that we all hold dear.
Three days it took to get the fencing done, but it wasn’t about the fencing so much as it was seeing the friendships rekindled, a new generation of young men working together with the older and seeing what fellowship, workmanship, and just plain ethics are all about. There was plenty of laughter to go around, one telling the other how to do it, fence tore out and laughed about how they shouldn’t fence at night. Yep you can’t buy what we saw in those three days.
We are so unbelieveably grateful for the time and materials that were donated for this project. Men’s tractors, diggers, crawlers, and bobcats, not to mention the snacks that the neighbor women sent over.
Again thanks for the blog today Bob, we will never forget this and the blessings that have rained down upon us during this difficult time.
your friends to the north
Marvis and Bill
Thanks for the reply Marvis and Bill. I was just glad to be a small part of it!
You guys need anything else, don’t be afraid to give us a holler.
Send me your email address and I will send you pictures taken yesterday!!
We’re pretty fortunate that the the iffy types are gone! It’s just the hard liners who are too stubborn to leave and too old school to change.