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Old 06-12-2008, 11:53 AM
 
Location: Denver, Colorado U.S.A.
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Wow - I don't know what Colorado you live in, but never in the 7 years I've lived here have I ever heard any of those terms used. But then I never venture into any rural parts of the state either. You know us city slickers never venture outside the Denver city limits unless it's via airplane! Actually, that's probably true for me. I doubt I've been further than 8 miles from my house this year, except for trips to DIA.
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Old 06-12-2008, 02:15 PM
 
Location: Arvada, CO
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Shakeytail=rattlesnake
Tool Pusher=drilling rig foreman/supervisor (used industry wide)
Turkey Oysters=whats left behind after one neuters a turkey, and like the Rocky Mountain strain, are delicious.
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Old 06-12-2008, 02:34 PM
 
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Quakies. The common rural Colorado term for aspen trees.

Worm fence. A fence constructed solely with aspen (or sometimes lodgepole) logs, a few stones, and baling wire. Most preferred fence in mountain areas over barbed wire fence because deer do not get caught and injured in them like they can in a barbed wire fence. (Worm fences are also common in other areas of the country.) Kind of fun to build--here's how: http://www.sawtoothsociety.org/Log%20Worm%20Fence%20Construction.doc (broken link) .

On the subject of fences, one way to tell the rural Coloradans from the city-slickers is to have to open or close a wire gate. It can be really fun to watch the city-slicker try to do that--especially if the wire is real tight. Same with watching somebody trying to crawl over or through a barbed wire fence. I had to stop a guy from New Jersey from doing it the wrong way for fear he might, uh, really injure himself.

And, of course, every rural pickup worth its salt has a pair of fence pliers rattling around it somewhere--undoubtedly right up there with the Swiss Army Knife as one of the most versatile tools around.
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Old 06-12-2008, 02:54 PM
 
Location: Arvada, CO
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Just hug the post, lift off the top loop, and pop it out. For closing just be sure the wires are straight, pop the bottom into the ring, hug top, and put the loop over. Easier said than done sometimes.
I capitulated and got a Leatherman a few years ago. Fantastic tool.
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Old 06-12-2008, 03:37 PM
 
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Just hug the post, lift off the top loop, and pop it out. For closing just be sure the wires are straight, pop the bottom into the ring, hug top, and put the loop over.
You got it, sockeye. Makes you probably about 1 out of 50 of today's Coloradans that know the "trick." Compare that with Wyoming, where just about everybody, including the office secretary, knew how to do it. I do miss Wyoming on some days . . .
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Old 06-12-2008, 05:12 PM
 
Location: 80904 West siiiiiide!
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A wire fence is pretty self explanatory. YOu'd have to be an idiot not to figure that out
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Old 06-12-2008, 05:13 PM
 
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A wire fence is pretty self explanatory. YOu'd have to be an idiot not to figure that out
You would be surprised . . .
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Old 06-12-2008, 06:30 PM
 
Location: Arvada, CO
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The shape I've found some wire fences and gates in by out of state hunters would speak volumes.
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Old 06-12-2008, 09:48 PM
 
Location: 80904 West siiiiiide!
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all you need to do is make sure the wires aren't crossed, then put the bottom in first, then the top.

I guess owning property in Walsenburg has taught me that.
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Old 06-14-2008, 02:39 PM
 
Location: Arvada, CO
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Proper local pronounciation-
Pueblo "Pee-ebla"
Buena Vista "Beunavista"
Laramie "Larr(rhymes with bar)amie"

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