My Dr. Rum stories are all true events that have happened to me :
I will ever forget that day . My lead caretaker in Panama came to the house and asked permission to speak to me in Private . I invited him upstairs on the deck and as we sat and having a cup of coffee , he suddenly looking nervous , informed me that he wanted to buy a cow .
A cow? I asked ???? Why ?
"Because I can make much money making baby cows" . He informed me that a friend and him wanted a 3 year old young bull so they could charge the local cow owners a fee to breed their females . Juan has been the greatest employee I have ever had the pleasure of knowing . The price for the prized cow was $500 , I was told . He needed a loan . Which I knew would never be repaid .lol
I told Juan that I did not want a cow on the property and pooping all over my lawns and beaches . He said they had it all figured out and the cow would stay at his friends house .
I could not refuse this man . I hoped that he had thought everything through .
Shortly after that I left for the United States but I did inform my secretary to issue Juan a check for $500 for one cow , a young bull .
He was delighted and left the same day to go buy his cow .
They moved the animal in a dug out canoe . They tied the animals legs together and tipped it over on its back for transport to another island . All was good .It was funny as hell watching a cow in a canoe with 4 legs sticking straight up and bellowing for all it was worth while they paddled around .
When they reached their destination they untied the cow to lead it to its new quickly built pasture . Now this bull had decided that whatever these two men were up to , it was not good . He started bucking . Two men weighing 125 pounds apiece vs a 500 plus pound pissed off bovine with attitude .
They held on quite a while . They also went for quite a ride , Straight into the jungle . The bull has yet to be found . The island is 8 miles long and a mile wide . The skin has slowly regrown in the places it was rubbed off as Juan and his friend were dragged behind the animal . Juan has decided that he does not want to own a cow . I am out $500 and never got to see what I purchased again .
Sometime you just gotta love life and laugh . God Bless those boys , I have to laugh every time I think about that day !
I will ever forget that day . My lead caretaker in Panama came to the house and asked permission to speak to me in Private . I invited him upstairs on the deck and as we sat and having a cup of coffee , he suddenly looking nervous , informed me that he wanted to buy a cow .
A cow? I asked ???? Why ?
"Because I can make much money making baby cows" . He informed me that a friend and him wanted a 3 year old young bull so they could charge the local cow owners a fee to breed their females . Juan has been the greatest employee I have ever had the pleasure of knowing . The price for the prized cow was $500 , I was told . He needed a loan . Which I knew would never be repaid .lol
I told Juan that I did not want a cow on the property and pooping all over my lawns and beaches . He said they had it all figured out and the cow would stay at his friends house .
I could not refuse this man . I hoped that he had thought everything through .
Shortly after that I left for the United States but I did inform my secretary to issue Juan a check for $500 for one cow , a young bull .
He was delighted and left the same day to go buy his cow .
They moved the animal in a dug out canoe . They tied the animals legs together and tipped it over on its back for transport to another island . All was good .It was funny as hell watching a cow in a canoe with 4 legs sticking straight up and bellowing for all it was worth while they paddled around .
When they reached their destination they untied the cow to lead it to its new quickly built pasture . Now this bull had decided that whatever these two men were up to , it was not good . He started bucking . Two men weighing 125 pounds apiece vs a 500 plus pound pissed off bovine with attitude .
They held on quite a while . They also went for quite a ride , Straight into the jungle . The bull has yet to be found . The island is 8 miles long and a mile wide . The skin has slowly regrown in the places it was rubbed off as Juan and his friend were dragged behind the animal . Juan has decided that he does not want to own a cow . I am out $500 and never got to see what I purchased again .
Sometime you just gotta love life and laugh . God Bless those boys , I have to laugh every time I think about that day !
I can laugh with you Al, and it didn't cost me anything. 
I can just see them getting drug by that pissed off bull. 
