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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 2:10 PM
I know Dad hit a few in his career and they had to buy them all. Deer and rabbits were free. Still adds insult to injury!

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Posted by espeefoamer on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 5:21 PM
This has been a very mooo-ving post[}:)]!
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Posted by vsmith on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 5:26 PM
Screw the Popcorn..I'm firing up the Grill! [8D]

Steaks for everyone![:D]

Leg of lamb?[:p]

Horse is a common dish in France[:0]

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Posted by PigFarmer1 on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 8:01 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Miniwyo- you beat me to that one. I had heard years ago that the railroad was responsible for damages when livestock were killed.

Let's see - farmer facing bankruptcy herds cattle out to railroad property, retires in style.....

I never thought monetary damages from railroads smelled quite right, but I am big on accountability for your own actions. YOUR cattle get out and get killed or injured. Your loss. Why should the railroad be responsible for themselves and everyone else that "tresspasses".....

(no I am not ALL pro-railroad. I will find something to bite the railroads about later!)

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Retiring in style on 30 head??? You must have very simple needs if you think someone could retire on that.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 8:17 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith


Horse is a common dish in France[:0]
[:D]The French, who eat snails, and fish eggs.[xx(] Label Lance's soap and deodorant as an unidentifiable substance[D)], and have a language that takes twice as much room as English[8]. Ah, yes, the wonderful French![:p] Who hate us even though we saved their rear ends time and time again[;)]
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Posted by miniwyo on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 9:50 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by PigFarmer1

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Miniwyo- you beat me to that one. I had heard years ago that the railroad was responsible for damages when livestock were killed.

Let's see - farmer facing bankruptcy herds cattle out to railroad property, retires in style.....

I never thought monetary damages from railroads smelled quite right, but I am big on accountability for your own actions. YOUR cattle get out and get killed or injured. Your loss. Why should the railroad be responsible for themselves and everyone else that "tresspasses".....

(no I am not ALL pro-railroad. I will find something to bite the railroads about later!)

Mook


Retiring in style on 30 head??? You must have very simple needs if you think someone could retire on that.


As I said before, not only just the 30 head, but every calf it would have had. thats a possibility of having to pay for probably at least 100 head.

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Posted by upchuck on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 11:50 PM
[dinner]MMM...MMM...MMM... Dead Cows on Tracks[dinner][dinner]
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Posted by vsmith on Thursday, November 3, 2005 10:34 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith


Horse is a common dish in France[:0]
[:D]The French, who eat snails, and fish eggs.[xx(] Label Lance's soap and deodorant as an unidentifiable substance[D)], and have a language that takes twice as much room as English[8]. Ah, yes, the wonderful French![:p] Who hate us even though we saved their rear ends time and time again[;)]


True enough, but please lets not forget... if it wasn't for Ben Franklin's selling the American Idea of Liberty to the French King (his main sales pitch was that it would irritate the Hell out of the British), the advice of the French Army and most importantly the harrasment of the British by the French Navy, we'd still be part of the United Kingdom.

Of course ol' Louis payed for it a few years later when the rest of France said, ".. Hey we want some of that Liberty too..."[:0]

Someone pass the cake please...

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Posted by jwinter on Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:47 PM
Originally posted by vsmith

Screw the Popcorn..I'm firing up the Grill! [8D]

Steaks for everyone![:D]

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Posted by jwinter on Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:49 PM


Screw the Popcorn..I'm firing up the Grill! [8D]

Steaks for everyone![:D]


Better change that to hamburger helper.[xx(]
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Posted by upchuck on Thursday, November 3, 2005 10:40 PM
C'mon kids....Dinners' ready....[C=:-)][:P][:P][:P]...[xx(][xx(][xx(]
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Posted by Mookie on Friday, November 4, 2005 6:11 AM
Now I know for sure - it isn't UP Chuck - it IS upchuck!

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Posted by upchuck on Friday, November 4, 2005 7:01 AM
It's actually a little of both, Mookie. I like UP. I also got queezy while riding in the upper bunk
on an Amtrak sleeper on UP tracks. Check this one out: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=7690[:O][wow]
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Posted by Big_Boy_4005 on Friday, November 4, 2005 7:17 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by upchuck

C'mon kids....Dinners' ready....[C=:-)][:P][:P][:P]...[xx(][xx(][xx(]


No, no, no.

BEEF, it's what's for dinner !!!!

Thanks for clearing up that bit about your screenname. I was curious too.[swg]

By the way, the small bits are good for stir fry.[:p]
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Posted by Mookie on Friday, November 4, 2005 8:13 AM
Upchuck - ok I will accept that.

Re: cow vs woman - guess cows really do fly!

Moo.....

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