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I wanna again welcome you to the 04:05 coffee break, guys. It's Wednesday. Get you a cup of coffee, glass iced tea, bottled water. Let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.47 a bushel. 550lb steer calf $4.41. Butcher hog in Iowa, 65ยข a pound. And a 100lb lamb that's fat in Billings, Montana will fetch you $2.19 to $2.22 a pound. But, guys, there's more, much more.
OK Solberg:Okay. We had a little glitch yesterday, but now we're back up and running. Today, I'd like to share from two different segments of history. Okay? The first one, well, you could say it's ancient history, and the second one is Old West history. So welcome to history class.
OK Solberg:Sharpen your pencils, Start taking notes. Way back about well, let's see. About 400 years before Jesus was even born, there was a man who answered to the name of Socrates. Guys, you're not gonna believe this, but I'm telling you it's the truth. I had the opportunity to read about him and study his method of questioning way back in the early 1970s at Conrad and Gudren Bergsagel's house. Now that may seem odd to you. It even seems odd to me because I wasn't a studier back in my school days. But I pulled down a book from the Bergsoggles bookcase. Why? Because they had no TV.
OK Solberg:I had to do something, and I didn't wanna go to bed. So I pulled down a book, and I found great enjoyment from reading it. Socrates had a gentle method of asking questions that seemed harmless. But after you were after you were asked all these questions, he would throw another statement out there at you, and you'd find you'd painted yourself into a corner and you couldn't get out of it, and he had you. He had you.
OK Solberg:Here's an example. Socrates said, so would you say a courageous person is one who stands firm in the face of danger? The other person oh, yes. That is courage, Socrates. And if a man stands firm because he's drunk and unaware of danger, is he courageous?
OK Solberg:The other person, no. No. Of course not. Socrates, then courage cannot be merely standing firm but must require knowledge of danger. Must it not? The other person, yeah. Yes. Yes. It seems so. Socrates, but earlier you you said courage did not require knowledge. Shall we say both, or must one of your answers be false? See what I mean? He had you. You couldn't get out of it. Your own words condemned yourself.
OK Solberg:Now the reason I bring this up is there are intelligent people in Phillips County to this day that can do the same thing. Oh, I'm telling you, keep your eyes open and you'll see that I'm correct. Now, the old West history. Back when my friend Mark Hanley and I would have the little radio program after The 405 we called it The Back Then program. We had so much fun.
OK Solberg:We talked about baseball and music from the 1960s and 1970s and we talked about cars, and guys, we had a blast. I miss Mark. But we also talked about old television shows. Oh, yeah. Andy Griffith Show, Petticoat Junction, come ride the little train that is rolling down the track to the junction.
OK Solberg:Petticoat Junction. Green Acres Green Acres is the place to be, and even The Rifleman. We all love The Rifleman. And remember him firing his lever action rifle at the start of the program? Fast, efficient, and vigorous.
OK Solberg:Well, I think I asked Mark. Hey, Mark. Is that a 30-30 lever action that The Rifleman was using? Well, neither one of us knew for sure. Now listen, I met Socrates of Phillips County on Monday, and he shared with me that it most definitely was not a 30-30 It was a 44-40. Well, thank you very much.
OK Solberg:After I did research on the 44-40 I realized that all of us should know at least three things in life. Number one, the greatest baseball player to come out of Montana was Dave McNally. 2nd, we should all realize the great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
OK Solberg:And 3rd and finally, we should all hail the 44-40 as one of the greatest inventions of its time. The Winchester model 1873 rifle was coined the gun that won the West. Now listen. It was the first widely used one cartridge for rifle and revolver. Are you hearing what I'm saying?
OK Solberg:You could use the same ammo in both your rifle as well as your revolver. Guys, excuse me. That was a big game changer because both Winchester rifles and Colt revolvers were chambered with a 44-40 A person could carry one type of ammunition, load it into both rifle and revolver, and see it reduced weight, confusion, and supply issues. What about that then?
OK Solberg:But in The Rifleman, Chuck Connors was using an even newer model, and it was the Winchester 1892, yet still using the 44-40 ammo. So now you know, and you can thank our Socrates of Phillips County for that nice, timely tidbit.
OK Solberg:I'll close with a bible verse from Proverbs 21:31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle. What? The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rest with the lord.
OK Solberg:I gotta run. So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.