The Manliest Man Ever

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Kidding aside, manliest thing I ever saw was my dear friend's father. We were helping him brand cattle one morning and an acquaintance had the rope holding the calf tight so as not to injure one of us. Acquaintance let's slack in the line so he can sit up to see what it's going on. This allows the calf to kick loose. The calf kicks lose of his bonds and kicked my friend's dad right on the ring finger and broke it literally in half. Pointing 90° in the wrong direction, the old man grabbed his busted finger, snapped it back into place, damned it to the almighty and went right back to work. All day.
Didn't so much as tape it to the next digit. Cowboying like boss.

Was it Clint?
 
Was it Clint?

Ha! No it wasn't. He did have an equally cool one syllable first name though. This guy had himself a 300 acre cattle ranch where when I was a young man, much hell was raised. Many clay pigeons lost their lives. Many more beers were imbibed. I still pass by it every now and again and wished it had stayed in their family. It was sold some years back though.
 
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