Uh oh. Some say that syphilis stared with sheep…
> On Jul 21, 2017, at 6:10 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Must be a mistake. The only bare bits are sheep parts, > > Paul via phone > >> On Jul 21, 2017, at 5:59 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This photo has been flagged as NSFW. >> To view this content you must create an account or log in. >> Creating an account is free. >> >>> On 7/21/2017 15:11, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> Goodells, Michigan, site of the St Clair County 4H Fair, is the real >>> thing. It’s at the base of what we call the thumb, far removed from metro >>> Detroit and about 20 miles west of Port Huron. It’s an agricultural area, >>> with a lot of livestock and dairy. Many of the kids participate in the 4H >>> agricultural programs from the time they’re old enough to walk. They raise >>> animals, then show them and sell them at the fair. There are some show >>> animals, particularly horses, but most are what they call “market animals.” >>> Livestock that will be sold at auction and slaughtered at one of the local >>> facilities that specialize in that. The kids handle the whole deal, right >>> up to loading the animals for transport to the slaughter house. I asked a >>> lady I know who has raised six kids and countless grandchildren up there if >>> the kids don’t get upset when their animals are sold. “No,” she said. “That >>> never occurs to them. They know that dogs, cats and horses are pets, and >>> most of the other animals are food.” She told me that her 9 year old >>> granddaughter, who had raised a hog named Sparkle, asked grandma to buy her >>> at the auction. “I want to see what she tastes like,” she said, quite >>> innocently. Sparkle, like the other animals is food, not a pet. >>> >>> Some of this may seem heartless to us city folk. In the gallery, you’ll see >>> youngsters forcing lambs to pose in a way that shows off their meaty legs. >>> The lambs, quite frankly, didn’t see, to mind. They’ve been practicing that >>> pose since they were old enough to stand. The Grand Champion Wether lamb, >>> which was raised by a teenage boy, sold for $4.50 a pound, and he was a >>> stout animal. (A Wether lamb, I learned is a castrated Ram.) An interesting >>> day to say the least. >>> >>> https://www.photo.net/gallery/1107284#//Sort-Newest/All-Categories/All-Time/Page-1 >>> >> >> -- >> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >> Religion - Answers we must never question. >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
