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Re: A Real-Life Jack Twist
« Reply #9980 on: June 07, 2009, 10:14:09 am »
Quote from: Jeff  Wrangler on June 07, 2009, 09:46:38 am
So has anybody else seen the latest real-life Jack Twist?

His name is Neal Wanless, he's a 23-year-old ranch kid from a kind of hardscrabble ranch in South Dakota. And he won the Powerball drawing. I saw him on the evening news on Saturday: Big black cowboy hat (almost looked too big for him), great big belt buckle (couldn't tell if it's a rodeo buckle), big, slightly goofy grin. Between the hat and the buckle, the first thing I thought was, "Jack!"

Cute boy. Seems like a real nice kid.  :)



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Re: A Real-Life Jack Twist
« Reply #9981 on: June 07, 2009, 11:30:35 am »
Quote from: Jeff  Wrangler on June 07, 2009, 09:46:38 am
So has anybody else seen the latest real-life Jack Twist?

His name is Neal Wanless, he's a 23-year-old ranch kid from a kind of hardscrabble ranch in South Dakota. And he won the Powerball drawing. I saw him on the evening news on Saturday: Big black cowboy hat (almost looked too big for him), great big belt buckle (couldn't tell if it's a rodeo buckle), big, slightly goofy grin. Between the hat and the buckle, the first thing I thought was, "Jack!"

Cute boy. Seems like a real nice kid.  :)

Now that you mention it, he does remind me of Jack.  Bet he'd have lots of volunteers for the job of Ennis to his Jack.  ;D
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Re: A Real-Life Jack Twist
« Reply #9982 on: June 07, 2009, 12:11:03 pm »
Quote from: Meryl on June 07, 2009, 11:30:35 am
Now that you mention it, he does remind me of Jack.  Bet he'd have lots of volunteers for the job of Ennis to his Jack.  ;D

hehe!

I went to the Future Farmers of America convention one year. Thought I'd die of happiness!
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Re: A Real-Life Jack Twist
« Reply #9983 on: June 07, 2009, 01:37:17 pm »
Quote from: Kelda on June 07, 2009, 10:14:09 am

wow...that IS a big hat.


I love the JT connection. Someone should tell him.
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Re: A Real-Life Jack Twist
« Reply #9984 on: June 07, 2009, 01:39:01 pm »
Quote from: Front-Ranger on June 07, 2009, 12:11:03 pm
hehe!

I went to the Future Farmers of America convention one year. Thought I'd die of happiness!

Exactly what do you do at a Future Farmers of America convention, Lee? Except for checking out future farmers that is.
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Re: A Real-Life Jack Twist
« Reply #9985 on: June 07, 2009, 08:52:39 pm »
Quote from: Buffymon on June 07, 2009, 01:39:01 pm
Exactly what do you do at a Future Farmers of America convention, Lee? Except for checking out future farmers that is.

I was wondering that, too. What was FRiend Lee doing at an FFA convention?  ???
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Re: A Real-Life Jack Twist
« Reply #9986 on: June 07, 2009, 08:56:20 pm »
Quote from: Meryl on June 07, 2009, 11:30:35 am
Now that you mention it, he does remind me of Jack.  Bet he'd have lots of volunteers for the job of Ennis to his Jack.  ;D

Wrangler raises hand. ...  ;D

Lord, I'm such a dirty old man. ...  :-\
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Re: The ORIGINAL 1000+ Posts Club
« Reply #9987 on: June 07, 2009, 09:05:51 pm »
I was there on official business! I was in charge of a booth about renewable energy. Me, talking to hundreds and hundreds of 19-year-olds about renewable energy, can you dig it??!! Enniway, here are a couple of stories. I was walking thru the crowd in my usual big-city way, and amazingly, this crowd of young people parted to let me by. No elbowing, no jostling, nothing. They just stepped back as I passed. See, these young men (which 99.9% of them are) are taught to be POLITE, and taught to be RESPECTFUL! It bowled me over.

'nother story. I happened to be one of the only people in the convention hall with computers that had live connections to the Internet (this was in the early 1990s). So, a young man in a cowboy hat larger than his head came by and right away noticed this. All of a sudden, we were best friends! It turns out that he needed to email his final exam in AI to his professor back home. Gracious person that I am, I let him comandeer my computer for that purpose. I had a high time reading the Qs and As of the AI test, as well as the answers to the essay questions (BTW, AI means artificial insemination).
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Re: The ORIGINAL 1000+ Posts Club
« Reply #9988 on: June 08, 2009, 08:41:37 am »
Additional bit on Neal Wanless: This morning the Today show did a piece on him and his win--which featured a long, sweeping camera shot that started at his well-worn boots and s-l-o-w-l-y traveled all the way up his body to his hat. Anyway, he might remind me of Jack, but on the family ranch he lives in an old travel trailer--just as I interpret Ennis's residence in the prologue to the short story.

The Today reporter made a point of relaying the news that he's single. With the win, I guess he's now well equipped to expand the family cow and calf operation.  :)
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Re: The ORIGINAL 1000+ Posts Club
« Reply #9989 on: June 08, 2009, 08:42:34 am »
Quote from: Front-Ranger on June 07, 2009, 09:05:51 pm
I was there on official business! I was in charge of a booth about renewable energy. Me, talking to hundreds and hundreds of 19-year-olds about renewable energy, can you dig it??!! Enniway, here are a couple of stories. I was walking thru the crowd in my usual big-city way, and amazingly, this crowd of young people parted to let me by. No elbowing, no jostling, nothing. They just stepped back as I passed. See, these young men (which 99.9% of them are) are taught to be POLITE, and taught to be RESPECTFUL! It bowled me over.

Sure enough, they're taught to respect their elders. ...
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