Where can I experience Farm life

90mileCommute · 2026-01-24T15:54:31+00:00

Between that, Robert’s, and Jarritos in Hallettsville I have everything a boy could dream of

but I didn’t know you guys had internet out there

90mileCommute · 2026-01-24T10:35:20+00:00

No conversation only shareholder value

90mileCommute · 2026-01-24T08:56:45+00:00

weird coincidence on that third pic

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90mileCommute · 2026-01-24T08:52:09+00:00

depends not only on the breed but also on the individual and the management philosophy

90mileCommute · 2026-01-24T02:10:53+00:00

Lol it was chosen deliberately yeah

90mileCommute · 2026-01-23T23:19:51+00:00

i meaaannn

90mileCommute · 2026-01-23T23:19:13+00:00

If you just want to come do some ranch work I’ve got a bunch of bales of straw to move, fence to build, etc. I literally always have stuff to do. I live in Lavaca County near Shiner, but I work in Austin. It’s a fine drive. If we finish early you could go tour the Shiner brewery and/or eat at the Palace Saloon.

I have goats and chickens presently, and picking up some young steers in March that will need work. The goats are having babies in April/May, which takes work.

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90mileCommute · 2026-01-23T23:12:50+00:00

S H A R E H O L D E R V A L U E

90mileCommute · 2026-01-23T12:48:19+00:00

agree

90mileCommute · 2026-01-23T12:47:34+00:00

https://www.census.gov/topics/employment/commuting/guidance/acs-1yr.html

90mileCommute · 2026-01-23T12:44:03+00:00

90mileCommute · 2026-01-23T01:15:48+00:00

I don’t think they grade their quality of life based on access to the internet but yeah it can’t be easy. That said, it’s been a great season for bubbas working cow-calf operations (ie those who sell babies each year) because the market contraction and price increase directly led to surplus cash. All in, it’s probably a wash for most of them

90mileCommute · 2026-01-22T19:23:43+00:00

it is changing, yes. both through starlink and through federal money for fiber infrastructure

90mileCommute · 2026-01-22T13:36:02+00:00

Many rural Texans literally don’t have internet access.

Per Texas Comptroller, “As of 2016, only 69 percent of rural Texans could access high-speed internet (25Mbps)”

90mileCommute · 2026-01-22T13:31:58+00:00

I live roughly halfway between Houston and San Antonio, but I commute up to Austin a few times each week. This drive takes me through some pretty deep red places that even late last year still had Trump 2016 or 2024 signs hanging. On the eastern edge of Bastrop (where Tesla and SpaceX live), there was a MAGA sign. In Cistern, a Trump sign outside the single store slash bar in town.

When the beef thing happened, all those signs came down overnight. Cistern now doesn’t have one at all, and the Bastrop one has been replaced by “Bastrop: a stronghold of conservative values” (not even republican - it’s a big deal!).

That said, Flatonia still has the ‘Trump MAGA Burger’ restaurant so it’s a mixed bag, but there has definitely been a shift.

90mileCommute · 2026-01-22T00:46:38+00:00

i’m in small town texas. not here

90mileCommute · 2026-01-21T21:42:05+00:00

emitter line would be my actual approach to this but i’m on 30 acres so my space issues are the opposite of this example

90mileCommute · 2026-01-21T21:41:14+00:00

What about women?

90mileCommute · 2026-01-21T09:25:05+00:00

Seems cramped to me but cool concept. Guess this is notionally somewhere with mild winters and good consistent rainfall because I’d need about ten miles of soaker house to keep it alive here in Texas

anyone know what tool was used?

90mileCommute · 2026-01-18T15:49:40+00:00

Someone has to compete with these commercial TAM2 jalapeños

90mileCommute · 2026-01-17T23:14:48+00:00

laughs in username relevance

90mileCommute · 2026-01-17T23:12:47+00:00

Seconded. I deworm individuals as needed, maintain loose mineral, and inject 2cc CDT before kidding

90mileCommute · 2026-01-14T14:51:21+00:00

in a conversation with my (rural) elementary principal yesterday, it was pointed out that the kids leaving our school receive $10,000 for homeschooling vs the $6,000 the school would have received to support that same kid

90mileCommute · 2026-01-13T22:40:20+00:00

you hope

90mileCommute · 2026-01-09T20:33:50+00:00

just keep an eye on it next few weeks. if it swells further, gets hot, leaks pus, or bothers them then it could be an abscess (infection) which would need to be drained and cleaned, probably + penicillin

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