DUmmies Discuss Banning Dust On Farms

[diesel driver]

We just used these black straps....I just love pullin a 120lb calf outta a 1st calf heifer...NOT

Try pulling a 3 day DEAD calf out of a 1st calf heifer.

It has swelled to about twice its normal size....

Not pleasant, not pleasant at all   

[diesel driver]

Well, there is a certain kinship between DUmbasses and earthworms. They're both slimy, hate sunlight, hide under ground, and copulate with themselves frequently.

Or are at least TOLD TO!

[Ree]

Try pulling a 3 day DEAD calf out of a 1st calf heifer.

It has swelled to about twice its normal size....

Not pleasant, not pleasant at all  

No thank you.....I've seen an older cow that had a dead calf in her...they found her to late...The smell was awful...they had to put her down.

[MrsSmith]

So, to sum up the current state of hope-&-change...
energy prices will skyrocket;

as both cattle and dust must be eliminated, food prices will skyrocket;

Obama expects unemployment to continue to climb;

the healthcare overhaul will force everyone to buy some sort of health insurance while raising the actual cost to consumers and insurance companies because the government pays about 65% of the actual bill for any procedure;

and taxes on those left with income will have to subsidize the rest of the unread legislation that is being passed.

Did I miss anything?   

[diesel driver]

So, to sum up the current state of hope-&-change...
energy prices will skyrocket;

as both cattle and dust must be eliminated, food prices will skyrocket;

Obama expects unemployment to continue to climb;

the healthcare overhaul will force everyone to buy some sort of health insurance while raising the actual cost to consumers and insurance companies because the government pays about 65% of the actual bill for any procedure;

and taxes on those left with income will have to subsidize the rest of the unread legislation that is being passed.

Did I miss anything?   

I think you nailed it....

[Freeper]

So, to sum up the current state of hope-&-change...
energy prices will skyrocket;

as both cattle and dust must be eliminated, food prices will skyrocket;

Obama expects unemployment to continue to climb;

the healthcare overhaul will force everyone to buy some sort of health insurance while raising the actual cost to consumers and insurance companies because the government pays about 65% of the actual bill for any procedure;

and taxes on those left with income will have to subsidize the rest of the unread legislation that is being passed.

Did I miss anything?   

We are so screwn. 

[Karin]

Lord Undies sez:

Congrats, but I became Grand at 38.  You get over it.   

But things are looking up!  Today, working at the family biz, I got a $2 tip for the "hot grandma."  Sort of like Sarah Palin.   

With all the talk of dead calves, let me interject that my grandson Jackson was born today 8 lbs. 14 oz, a big fella, and happy and healthy as can be, and so is the beautiful mom.  I don't know if I ever disclosed that this was a "choose life" situation, but it was, even under great pressure among others to "get rid of it."  My stepdaughter chose life, and I am so proud.

[Ree]

Lord Undies sez:
But things are looking up!  Today, working at the family biz, I got a $2 tip for the "hot grandma."  Sort of like Sarah Palin.  

With all the talk of dead calves, let me interject that my grandson Jackson was born today 8 lbs. 14 oz, a big fella, and happy and healthy as can be, and so is the beautiful mom.  I don't know if I ever disclosed that this was a "choose life" situation, but it was, even under great pressure among others to "get rid of it."  My stepdaughter chose life, and I am so proud.

Congrats.....

[Rebel]

We are so screwn. 

 

Dude, when are you coming to visit me again?

[Lord Undies]

Lord Undies sez:
But things are looking up!  Today, working at the family biz, I got a $2 tip for the "hot grandma."  Sort of like Sarah Palin.   

With all the talk of dead calves, let me interject that my grandson Jackson was born today 8 lbs. 14 oz, a big fella, and happy and healthy as can be, and so is the beautiful mom.  I don't know if I ever disclosed that this was a "choose life" situation, but it was, even under great pressure among others to "get rid of it."  My stepdaughter chose life, and I am so proud.

I got carded at a beer store while I had my grandson on my hip.  I kicked up some dust getting out of that parking lot (to stay on topic).

[Chris]

Dude, when are you coming to visit me again?

He's gettin' married.  I don't think he's going to be visiting anyone for a long, long time. 

[MrsSmith]

Lord Undies sez:
But things are looking up!  Today, working at the family biz, I got a $2 tip for the "hot grandma."  Sort of like Sarah Palin.   

With all the talk of dead calves, let me interject that my grandson Jackson was born today 8 lbs. 14 oz, a big fella, and happy and healthy as can be, and so is the beautiful mom.  I don't know if I ever disclosed that this was a "choose life" situation, but it was, even under great pressure among others to "get rid of it."  My stepdaughter chose life, and I am so proud.

Very cool!  Congrats!  Grands are, well, just grand.   

[AllosaursRus]

No thank you.....I've seen an older cow that had a dead calf in her...they found her to late...The smell was awful...they had to put her down.

Yeah, Ive had that happen. Wonder what the DUmmies would think of me using my framing hammer to put her outta her misery? I've had to do it more than once. I've also had to put down 3 horses and a donkey in the last 5 years. Think DUmpsters could handle that part of animal husbandry?

[AllosaursRus]

Lord Undies sez:
But things are looking up!  Today, working at the family biz, I got a $2 tip for the "hot grandma."  Sort of like Sarah Palin.  

With all the talk of dead calves, let me interject that my grandson Jackson was born today 8 lbs. 14 oz, a big fella, and happy and healthy as can be, and so is the beautiful mom.  I don't know if I ever disclosed that this was a "choose life" situation, but it was, even under great pressure among others to "get rid of it."  My stepdaughter chose life, and I am so proud.

Good Deal!!!!! Speaking as a Grandfather of five, It only gets better from here!!!!!!!!! They are the apples of my eye!

[GOBUCKS]

Yeah, Ive had that happen. Wonder what the DUmmies would think of me using my framing hammer to put her outta her misery? I've had to do it more than once. I've also had to put down 3 horses and a donkey in the last 5 years. Think DUmpsters could handle that part of animal husbandry?

That's just an exammple of how barbaric our system is. If we had full-blown single-payer universal Obamacare, those animals might still be alive. They would have received the best veterinary care without deductibles or co-pays, and if incurable, would have been placed in taxpayer-financed equine hospice.

[diesel driver]

But things are looking up!  Today, working at the family biz, I got a $2 tip for the "hot grandma."  Sort of like Sarah Palin.   

With all the talk of dead calves, let me interject that my grandson Jackson was born today 8 lbs. 14 oz, a big fella, and happy and healthy as can be, and so is the beautiful mom.  I don't know if I ever disclosed that this was a "choose life" situation, but it was, even under great pressure among others to "get rid of it."  My stepdaughter chose life, and I am so proud.

Congrats, Karin.  Blessing to you, your stepdaughter, and your new grandbaby.  May all your lives be filled with joy and happiness.

8 lbs. 14 oz., eh.  That ain't no boy, that's a MAN.   My 2 sons were big, too.  1 was 8lbs. 9 1/4oz., the other was 8lbs. 9 1/2oz.  Both left the hospital wearing 3-6 months size jumpers....

[delilahmused]

Forty acres wouldn't make a decent "truck garden" in this part of the country, and I've been in the Nebraska sandhills........farms where you are, are measured in "sections" not acres.........

doc

Depends on what you're farming. My chickens and goats do quite well on 15 acres.

Cindie

[BlueStateSaint]

Lord Undies sez:
But things are looking up!  Today, working at the family biz, I got a $2 tip for the "hot grandma."  Sort of like Sarah Palin.   

With all the talk of dead calves, let me interject that my grandson Jackson was born today 8 lbs. 14 oz, a big fella, and happy and healthy as can be, and so is the beautiful mom.  I don't know if I ever disclosed that this was a "choose life" situation, but it was, even under great pressure among others to "get rid of it."  My stepdaughter chose life, and I am so proud.

Congrats, Karin!  I'm reminded of something my mother said to myself and my three siblings, on the eve of my brother's wedding:  "I can't wait 'til you kids have kids so we can spoil them rotten, then send them home!"  The gathering, which had been focusing on busting on my mother, got very quiet after that. 

Use this sparingly for maximum effect.

[JohnnyReb]

3-day old dead calves......ewwwwwwww.

That happened a few times....but daddy took care of those....he'd cut them up inside the cow and pull a piece at a time..... saved maybe 50 % of the cows.... I was just "there".....I handled the soap, water, towels and did "ALL" the puking ....I think my daddy's smeller was broke.

As a kid I tied the sacks on an old Allis-Chalmers combine.....what fun that was. Damn! There was a special way you tied the knot and I can't remember how now. I guess somethings are best forgotten.

40 acres and a mule....that'd probably earn you enough to get an RC cola and a moonpie these days....

[Chris_]

Depends on what you're farming. My chickens and goats do quite well on 15 acres.

Cindie

Can you support a family on that?  I assume not, that is what is generally referred to around here as a "hobby farm".........not in any way trying to denigrate your efforts, as any agricultural business takes one hell of a lot of work, regardless of scale.

It is just that my wife and I generally define a "farm" as a business that will at least support the family that lives on and works it (without an outside source of income).   YMMV......

doc

[diesel driver]

3-day old dead calves......ewwwwwwww.

That happened a few times....but daddy took care of those....he'd cut them up inside the cow and pull a piece at a time..... saved maybe 50 % of the cows.... I was just "there".....I handled the soap, water, towels and did "ALL" the puking ....I think my daddy's smeller was broke.

As a kid I tied the sacks on an old Allis-Chalmers combine.....what fun that was. Damn! There was a special way you tied the knot and I can't remember how now. I guess somethings are best forgotten.

40 acres and a mule....that'd probably earn you enough to get an RC cola and a moonpie these days....

My uncle's combine was an old IH, I forget the model number.  Later on, he bought a used one, same model, except it had the grain tank instead of the bench.  I guess after all his nephews grew up and moved on, he had no one to ride the combine....

I still know how to do a miller's knot, another uncle owned a mill and I worked for him during peak times....

[AprilRazz]

Yeah, Ive had that happen. Wonder what the DUmmies would think of me using my framing hammer to put her outta her misery? I've had to do it more than once. I've also had to put down 3 horses and a donkey in the last 5 years. Think DUmpsters could handle that part of animal husbandry?

Sigh....had to put down my mare last year. She was the last of them and a homebred at that.