No, this is not about a birthday party and best wishes for the future.
But you will enjoy the connection at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is a true story, exactly as I tell it, no embellishments added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I did extensive bobcat work for a gentleman cattleman, cleaning cattle pens and improving drainage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His business was buying and selling cattle, meeting custom requests from buyers.
There were cowboys on horseback that sorted the cattle and handled vaccinations and medicines in the squeeze chute.
I got to know and respect several of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One evening there were half a dozen cowboys having some beer.
I was still scraping a pen close by.
It was not hard to be included and get a beer.
I continued driving my bobcat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I finished my beer I pulled up close to the cowboys, turned off the engine, got out my marker pen, and started writing on my empty beer can.
That definitely caught their interest, wondering what I was writing.
When I finished writing, I handed them the can to read.
It worked, everybody loved it, and I immediately got another beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the can:
“Return For Refill”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Never realized the title above fits here:
“Many Happy Returns”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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