Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry, Douglas. I realize, in hindsight, it was your story, not Gerry's. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 3/20/2017 12:06 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > Interesting story, Gerry. I spent my pre-teen years on a small farm, > about 120 acres. This was during the depression years of the 1930s, > and my dad raised a garden, corn, cotton and some hogs, in addition to > the family milk cow. To tame the small brush and weeds in the hog > lot, he bought some goats. The male, or "billy goat", was a monster, > and behaved accordingly. On one occasion, my mother, sister and I > were enjoying a picnic in a grove in the pasture when the billy goat > broke out and headed toward us, head lowered. We ran across a field > to where some men were building a cattle pen, and they hit the goat in > the head with a hammer, which got his attention. Shortly afterward, > the farm workers enjoyed a goat feast. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 3/20/2017 11:41 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: >> Yes Jim, the comments were amusing. Some people certainly live far >> from the land, and think McDonalds uses Hogwarts to magic up their >> food. It was interesting to see one of the commenters had the surname >> Bullock which is the term used over here for castrated bulls bred for >> meat. Think they're known as steers in North America. So it was not >> too hard to guess on which side of the meat eating fence she was on :-) >> >> Speaking of bullocks, 50 years ago, my family had a 20 acre beach >> side holiday home in Co. Cork and, to help the place "wash its face", >> a small subsidiary business renting out caravans to temporary >> refugees from the big smoke. To keep the grass down, my dad decided >> to keep bullocks and bought 20 at a local mart. Sadly, the idea was >> scotched after a couple of years, as the things were quite big, >> intimidated the tourists, produced prodigious amounts of dung, and >> broke though fences to deposit steaming piles of ordure on the >> pristine golden sands of the beach. After a hurried rethink, he sold >> the bullocks, and converted to sheep. >> >> Douglas >> >> >> On 20/03/2017 14:54, Jim Nichols wrote: >>> Congratulations, once more, Gerry. You received some interesting >>> comments, as well. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> On 3/20/2017 5:32 AM, Gerry Walden wrote: >>>> http://on.natgeo.com/28PB72j <http://on.natgeo.com/28PB72j> >>>> >>>> Gerry >>>> >>>> Gerry Walden LRPS >>>> www.gwpics.com >>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >