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15096. alistairconnor - 5/24/2005 1:42:43 PM I'm familiar with the other breeds you mentioned, but I've never heard of a Belgian blue. Unless it goes by another name around here.
Does it give blue milk, for making blue cheese? I might fancy one myself. 15097. Macnas - 5/24/2005 1:48:10 PM Thanks for that kindness Conner.
Small farms in peril, big farms doing fine.
A show like the one at the weekend is mainly to do with the hobby farmer, the ones interested in particular breeds and having only a few stock at anyone time.
Horses are more popular now than ever before, everyone seems to have a few.
I do love going to these events, if only to eat the fruitcake for sale in the tea tent. 15098. thoughtful - 5/24/2005 2:11:27 PM I see what you mean!
 15099. thoughtful - 5/24/2005 2:14:47 PM Mac, there's a new england fair every year called the big E or the eastern states exposition...your description reminded me a lot of it...all kinds of fragrances of a wide variety of foods as one walks around...animals galore...people galore...side shows and hawkers of everything under the sun from a ladder with 37 positions to velvet art. We don't go every year, but every few years we get our fix of vermont apple pie with ice cream and the maine baked potato and aunt millie's pierogis...and always watch the parade with the budweiser clydesdales going by. A real classic. 15100. uzmakk - 5/24/2005 2:32:12 PM Our big one is the Bloomsburg Fair. I have not been to it in over 10 years but told myself last year that I would attend this year. Macnas has reinforced this resolution. I am making plans and I am going for a leisurely, carefree, and time contraintless experience.
I met a very nice woman on my forum involved in
this business. Ace was mentioned very briefly on the radio this morning in a brief list of right wing nut jobs.
I am certain that "the on air talent" checks in on the Mote.
15101. uzmakk - 5/24/2005 2:56:04 PM Btw, thanks wabbit. I have passed the info along re: teak furniture. .................and why shouldn't they check in on The Mote, its the best forum on the internet. 15102. Macnas - 5/24/2005 3:15:14 PM "vermont apple pie with ice cream and the maine baked potato"
Jaysus, and me after skipping the lunch. I'll eat the plate when I get home. 15103. Trillium - 5/24/2005 3:35:57 PM Arky, congratulations on the new canine in your family, and condolences on the passing of the old one.
I get a few minutes to log onto the computer and find that WX has an "expired license"? This is disturbing... usually when they go down the message is just that they aren't available. Will I have to go through WX withdrawal?
[shaking, tremors]
If the Mote disappears too, I will have to face my messed-up garage already. Please don't abandon me to this. Please. Not yet.
Very fine picture of a bovine upthread. Thank you. 15104. alistairconnor - 5/24/2005 3:45:09 PM It's about time Psychpro turned up isn't it?
All WX refugees, welcome to Moteland. Mind you, there is the question of quarantine, and mandatory testing for tuberculosis and syphilis. 15105. Macnas - 5/24/2005 3:47:03 PM Open the borders I say. 15106. PelleNilsson - 5/24/2005 4:46:55 PM One of WX's servers is up now. But a downtime of >8 hours indicates that they tapped a rich vein of incompetence when recruiting sysops. 15107. robertjayb - 5/24/2005 5:42:41 PM re horses: Spouse's uncle remarked the other day that there are now more horses in Wisconsin (the dairy state, you know) than dairy cattle. Don't know about that but the big hardware emporium and the major farm equipment dealer here in spouse's smalltown home town now have large stocks of saddles and tack and fancy horse trailers are a common sight. Not so 40 years ago when I first started
coming around here. Back then the prospective inlaws figured, wrongly, that being from Texas I would appreciate a fix of horseback riding. They took us out to a remote farm where there were nags for rent. Yahoo! I did ride as a youngster working cattle but it was a chore not a choice.
re cats: Not a cat person but having a cat for a pet sure seems to have perked up the life of spouse's eightyish and long-widowed Aunt Dolly. Damn big cat. Black and white tuxedo style coat. Dolly chugs around her huge lawn with a cane and with the cat on a leash. 15108. thoughtful - 5/24/2005 6:01:06 PM pets are good for everyone, but esp the elderly.
I'm one for picking up mutts for cheap, but if i were to spend $$ on a cat, I'd debate between a himalayan or a maine coon cat.
and to get a sense of the size of the coon cats....
 15109. uzmakk - 5/24/2005 6:11:39 PM Thoughtful, there are other types of coon cats? I met one once, the size is right but the hair was not as long. 15110. uzmakk - 5/24/2005 6:19:55 PM Nevermind, I found these words heading up a bunch of Maine Coon links, "Pictures of Maine Coon Cats to show their wonderful diversity." 15111. thoughtful - 5/24/2005 6:23:31 PM Not according to the Cat Fanciers' Assoc.
The Maine Coon is the native American longhaired cat and was recognized as a specific breed in Maine where they were held in high regard for their mousing talents. Through nature’s own breeding program, this breed has developed into a sturdy cat ideally suited to the harsh winters and varied seasons of the region.
Of course with any animal, there are variations away from the specific breeders requirements...so maybe you saw a mix of some sort.
15112. Ms. No - 5/24/2005 8:07:13 PM Yes, they're huge. My mother's cousin had two and they were the biggest cats I've ever seen. Not fat, just big and they were long-haired like the one in the pics but she had a grey one and a kind of chocolate brown tiger striped one.
I've heard they actually like water, too. 15113. judithathome - 5/24/2005 8:16:59 PM WX is back up...this sort of thing happens over there about once a year. Someone said it was because they reached a preset posting limit and the sysop was sleeping in. No biggie. 15114. jayackroyd - 5/24/2005 8:20:24 PM 15082, 084, 085
"One Froggy Evening" Chuck Jones, Warner Brothers Looney Tunes.
One of the things that makes it so effective is that other than the frog's vocalizations, the cartoon is silent.
some trivia 15115. thoughtful - 5/24/2005 8:26:03 PM I'm still a little stunned by that belgian blue cow. I mean it looks like a cow on steroids...i've only ever known a cow to look bony, like this Jersey.
But that one has a horse's butt! Amazing. Are they any good to eat? Somehow they just look like they'd be muscle bound and tough.
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