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Why Aren’t They All Funny?
I am a frequent flyer and find myself traveling to or from somewhere at least once a month. You will likely find me on Delta, Continental or South West. When I first started flying South West, the crews were all very funny, always in a good mood and ready to play [...]
How can so much go wrong at one time?
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DATELINE:Â March 2, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada
 It is 9:45 p.m. and I am in my room at a very nice hotel in Las Vegas getting ready to iron some shirts. I am in town for a rodeo meeting and I am teaching a class tomorrow.
 I finished unpacking [...]
When it’s impossible to show them otherwise
Dateline:Â Orlando, June 17, 2008
It is 7:00 a.m. and I am pulling up to a house in Winter Park to pick up an acquaintance for breakfast. His name is Pete and he is a friend of my good friend Jim. I have not met Pete before, but the three of [...]
When Good Samaritan Efforts Do Not Work As Intended
Dateline: June 17, 2007 on Paynes Prairie, Gainesville, Florida
It is four o’clock on a Sunday afternoon and I am driving south bound on Interstate 75, heading out of Gainesville and across Paynes Prairie. I am in my 85 year old dad’s car, which I have just confiscated [...]
Why some economy airlines are no longer in business
(Dateline: September 1997 at 35,000 feet)
It is a Monday morning and I am asleep in the emergency exit row of a Delta Express jet flying from Washington DC back to Orlando. I had spent the weekend competing at a rodeo in Gaitherburg, Maryland and stayed up way [...]
WOAH!
It is 6:30 a.m. at the Ranch and the thermometer says it is 23 degrees outside.Â
All of the pastures are covered in a thick white ice and the grass is crunchy as I walk out to survey the damage this morning.
Our normally green pastures are anything but this morning…..
The horses are fine, but they have [...]
Who will win at 35,000 feet?
An true story by Cowboy Luke on his flight to Kansas City
DATELINE: Orlando, Florida, Saturday, August 2nd……This morning, I board my flight to go to Cincinnati and then on to Kansas City. Flying early in the morning, around 7:30 a.m., insures that you will be on time and that there are no weather [...]
Cow #40 had her baby calf the first week of June, brining the 2010 calf crop to a close. All boy calf's this year!!
