Aired July 9th, 2025
I wanna again welcome you to the four zero five Coffee Break, guys. Get you a cup of coffee, glass iced tea, tall glass of lemonade. Let's see what's happening. Spring wheat, $6.15 a bushel. 550 pounds stair calf top end, $3.95 a pound.
OK Solberg:A butcher hog in Iowa, 57ยข a pound on the hoof, and a 100 pound fat lamb billings at $2.19 a pound, but guys, there's more, much more. Okay. Here it is, Wednesday already, and I haven't run out of things to talk about. You know why? It's all because of my two friends on Saturday.
OK Solberg:I asked them each for a theme for a 405 episode, and one said no. And the other said, what? Well, that made Monday's episode. And when I left the coffee drinking circle, it was on my mind. I couldn't wait to write it up.
OK Solberg:You heard it on Monday. But with a good feeling left from my friend's total cooperation, I'm driving to the church and listening to Grassroots Gold, and that made up yesterday's episode along with the five song challenge. Now, did you listen to those five songs? I do not want your answer to be no or what, did you? The songs were number one, Perry Como, Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes.
OK Solberg:Number two, Dusty Springfield, Son of a Preacher. Number three, Waylon Jennings, Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line. Number four, Credence Clearwater Revival, singing Sweet Hitchhiker. And finally, number five, One Republic with love runs out. Now, after I wrote yesterday's episode, something else came to mind.
OK Solberg:I can hear people out there saying, no, You didn't mention Led Zeppelin and their song Rock and Roll, and you didn't mention George Jones and Tammy Wynette singing Golden Ring, and you didn't mention Merle Haggard singing Mama Tried or Liberty singing the gospel tune on my father's side. Okay. Wait a minute. No, I did not. But those are all fabulous songs.
OK Solberg:What I did for you yesterday is give you a taste of sourdough bread, and I followed it with a piece of apple pie, then I brought in a chocolate chip cookie, and then a scoop of peppermint stick ice cream, and topped it all off with mashed potatoes and Thea's homemade meatloaf. Now I want you to know, those aren't the only good foods out there, but I'll say this, those are very good foods. I gave you a variety of songs just like I gave you a variety of foods that I just mentioned. So in other words, what I'm trying to say is just because you like chocolate chips, don't hesitate to try a peanut butter cookie once in a while. It reminds me of a story.
OK Solberg:I always enjoyed branding calves. When at the youth ranch, we had the best calf wrestling team in the state of Montana, and I'm not bragging, I'm just saying the fact because we went to over 30 brandings a year, those boys got practiced up. Now John Meisdalen knew I liked branding and I liked working cattle. And you know what, he wasn't so keen on that cattle side of things, he was more of a farmer. So I'm helping the Meisdalen's combine one fall.
OK Solberg:They had a nearly new '90 six fifty John Deere combine. Oh, god, almost new. Think about, I used to drive the 105. You know, in that 9650, if you had turned the air conditioner on high, you better get a sweater or you'd be freezing. And the temperature's about 90 to 94 degrees, and John and I are standing by that combine.
OK Solberg:John looked at me seriously and said, now Orvin, be honest with me, wouldn't you rather be doing this than branding? I smiled and I said what came to mind. You know John, a guy can enjoy more than one thing. Funny thing was, about six weeks later, John is loading his semi and the bin's been drawn down and he didn't have a drag auger and he didn't have a grain vat. He was in there shoveling all by himself.
OK Solberg:So I found a scoop shovel and went in and helped him shovel. We'd been in the hot dusty bin for about fifteen minutes, and I looked over at John and said, be honest with me, John, wouldn't you rather be branding caves? Without hesitation, John looked back at me and he said, you know Orvin, a person can dislike more than one thing. It was perfect, it was timely, and it was a clever statement especially because of the history of our conversations. So remember, a guy can dislike more than one thing, but on the flip side, a guy, a person can enjoy more than one kind of music.
OK Solberg:So yesterday I didn't mention Doctor Hook and their song Sylvia's mother, and I didn't mention Hank Williams, I saw the light. I guess what I'm saying guys is this, a person can enjoy more than one type of music. I'll share a bible verse, as dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. Ecclesiastes 10-1. And you're wondering why I shared that.
OK Solberg:I shared that verse for the opposite effect. John's comeback to me was like a rose added to a pound of perfume. So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.