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Funny about people’s secret ambitions sometimes. Ted Datsun was the day supervisor of the chemical plant where I once worked in Texas and a graduate chemical engineer, pretty high up on the plant totem pole. Ted was an okay guy- not rank-happy no "big wheel" attitude, just a plain old Texas boy not afraid to pitch in and give a hand if need be even though he was furnished a plush office and pick up truck which he was in more than in his office.
Ted was in the habit of picking up somebody to help him do something-- he hollered at me one time to go to the tool shop with him he said," I need to go pick up a solid brass pipe wrench and take it to Red Dawes.  Red was one of the mechanical foreman." I've already told your foreman," he said. 
     Suited me. I jumped at the chance of getting away from the gauges and dials in the control room for a while. As we drove along Ted said," They tell me you have a degree in agriculture."  I told him I did. “you know anything about sheep?"  He said. Well I said I studied sheep in animal science in college and we worked the college farm flock, treating, medicating shearing and so forth but I never did own any sheep.
"Me either" Ted said,” I was raised a City  Boy:  I know absolutely nothing about them but I've always wanted to sheep farm."  After I got over my shock I told him," I can tell you this much, if you go into sheep raising,  you better keep your day job, because sheep won't keep you in the lifestyle you are now accustomed to."
"Trail tip number 37 when you see patties down the lane you know the cows are OUT."
 
Kindest regards....