Moo!

[cacole]

grandpopswalt,

I was raised on a farm where electric fences were common and no people were around to touch them. Some farmers put warning signs along their electric fences to warn people if they bordered a roadway. Other than that, there was never any reason to mark an electric fence.

As far as the legal ramifications, that would probably vary according to your locale, so I can't say one way or the other if you could do it. My advice would be to check your local ordnances. I know that Bisbee, Arizona, 30 miles from me, has an ordnance against electric or barbed wire fences within the city limits.

[Tom The Brat]

Ian, this is thread drift at its best!

[tangerine-jack]

Just install a "Guernsy-Bovine 2000 moo-mentum throttle" and them doggies will be hellbent for leather.........

Which of those cows give the chocolate milk?

[oX)]

[grandpopswalt]

Ian,

Shame on you. In this country we have a name for fellows who procure male companions for needy females, but it was a great story none-the-less, I'm still chuckling about it.

Walt

[Anonymous]

STEAK[?][:D]

[Anonymous]

Gentlemen this sector has gone from ridiculous to even more ridiculous and it is hard to understand where it is going to go!

rgds Ian

[Tom The Brat]

Well....

Susan was having trouble with some sort of critter getting into the attic, so she set up a hot wire to discourage it. She was careful to make sure it was clear of the back door, but since a country house is oriented toward the "back," she didn't even think of the front until one day...

Ethan and Mandy Ann were playing, and Caleb was going to sneak around the house and water baloon them. He stepped out the front door, and just as his bare foot reached the concrete step, the aluminum door met the wire, and all thoughts of sneaking were forgotten[:o]

[grandpopswalt]

Cacole,

You seem to be very familiar with this subject. I've considered using such a fence around my property (lots of hungrey deer). I live in a semi-suburban area and there is the slim possibility of humans coming in contact with the fence. Do you know of any legal problems connected with the use of this kind of fence?

Walt

[Capt Bob Johnson]

What's with all these engines that work around the Gateway factory?

[Tom The Brat]

That's the one I was thinking of!

[Rastun]

Troy,

Since you are sure someone made a black and white one in G, maybe you should have this one on your track for the cows to watch.


That one may just do the trick for them.

Later,
Jack

[Anonymous]

Big_Boy_4005.
That's a great loco.I'm sure that someone made a G scale black and white one?
Vic.Bloody good idea.It's disposing of the evidence that could be the problem.
carpenter matt.
Railfans indeed.They really do love watching the trains go round.
I think this is a 'bling bling' cow Kim.I asked her to "moooooove along" but I don't think she 'herd' me.
Groan.

[cacole]

A cheaper fix is an electrified single-wire fence along the top of the existing one. An electric fence charger is not expensive, and neither is the wire. This will not harm the cows, either, since it is a low amperage shock. Most electric fence chargers operate at something like 10,000 Volts at less than 1 Amp, and they just put out short pulses as a capacitor charges up and then discharges when the Voltage reaches a high enough point to trigger a mechanical relay. One blast from the charger is usually enough to keep the cows away for the rest of their lives. They learn quick.

[vsmith]

Troy,
How about a switchover that allows you to cut in the household current to the rails when the trains are not in use, I guarentee they will lick "once' and stay way clear of your fence afterwords...

[Big_Boy_4005]

Jim, that's actually supposed to be a dalmatian, but I thought it fit the bill. It's an HO engine that belongs to a switching layout.

http://www.geocities.com/sis-c/index.html

[Anonymous]

Troy,
I think the cow put her ear rings in just for Ian. I also think this blows the scale discussion into fragments. Thank goodness they only lick the track.
Cheers,
Kim
[tup]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005

QUOTE: Originally posted by Torby

I think you need the black & white cow loco[:D]

Do you mean something like this?[:D]

Elliot [:)]

WHERE in the world did you come up with THAT [?]

That reminds me of some of the locos Mitchell was drawing about 4 or 5 months ago. [:0]

[Big_Boy_4005]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Torby

I think you need the black & white cow loco[:D]

Do you mean something like this?[:D]

[Anonymous]

Did I ever tell you blokes about when I was a very young man, I lived in a rural city called Wagga Wagga in South Western NSW . I had a mate called Bob who had a lot of kids and lived on the banks of the nearby Murrumbidgee River. Bobs kids drank so much milk he had his own two cows.One of them had come into season and needed a service.

On the other side of the river lived an absolute prize bull called Arthur. We were at his (Bobs) place one Sunday night, had a few too many drinks and the long shot was we went down to the river in the dark; got a little row boat and rowed to the other side.

We found arthur who was a particularly friendly bull, put a halter on him and got him to swim across the river. After a very short time he located the cow and fixed her up in no time flat. The equivalent of a $50,000 service free.

We took him back across the river and away he went as happy as he could be and no one ever knew for sure what happened.

But when the calf arrived, every one knew the proximity and questions were asked as you could not deny the quality.

In retrospect it was probably the silliest thing i have ever done in my entire life and I would never even think of doing it again.


Rgds Ian

[Anonymous]

New railfans of yours?

You will need a cow catcher with a bigger loco attached to it to keep them of the tracks!

[Anonymous]

Troy, mate I thought I recognised one of those cows; I certainly did the loco i have one exactly like it.


Rgds Ian

PS Keep up the good work.

[ghelman]

Frogs, Cows, what next?

[Anonymous]

They keep licking my track.(they are immune to 23v ac)
I can blow them up! (electrical engineer)
But how do I move half a ton of cow to my freezer!

[cabbage]

Sorry,

But that is NOT a Swiss 'Kneeling Cow' locomotive!!!

regards

ralph

[Tom The Brat]

I think you need the black & white cow loco[:D]

[Anonymous]