Undertoad Friday Nov 29 11:59 AM11/29/2002: Swiss cow choppered home
Happy Friday. They have some massive mudslides in Switzerland, and after a particular mudslide there were 60 cows that were marooned from their usual home. They had to be airlifted to get back. No word on whether the grassy hills behind are where the cows came from. (Look at that, though - some of those fields are on a 60 degree angle. Farming in the Alps.)
Tobiasly Friday Nov 29 12:16 PMGood luck Bessie! Hang in there!
dasviper Saturday Nov 30 11:14 AMCost/Benefit?
Does it occur to anyone else that the cost of 60 new cows might be less than the cost of airlifting 60 cows one-at-a-time?
Degrees Saturday Nov 30 11:58 AMRe: Cost/Benefit
Except that: what are you going to do with the old 60 cows? Turn them into steaks? Well... lets look at the steps. I could see this becoming a Laurel and Hardy (Or Dumb and Dumber) skit real quick:
Airlift the butcher in
For each cow, (up to sixty times):
Chase down a cow.
Kill it (this will make chasing down the other cows so much easier).
Field dress 500 to 2000 lbs of beef
Airlift the meat out before it spoils
And finally, when done,
Airlift the butcher out
Airlift people in to dispose of 60 carcass
No one it going to stand for the rancher just letting the cows starve to death (or breaking their legs trying to cross the mudslide).
And bringing the butcher in, and airlifting the meat out doesn't appear to be workable. (I believe that modern butchers get to work on a carcass that hangs from a track, so that they can slice off cuts without trouble).
So ultimately, airlifting the cows out is probably the most expedient. Although....
If the land was cut off my a mudslide, won't they eventually (re-) build a road to the stranded area? Why not just ATV in a bunch of hay bales until the road gets rebuilt? Or wait untill the snows come, which will freeze the mud so that the cows can walk on it?
Eh. Happy Cows come from California.
helen Saturday Nov 30 07:04 PMI think most cows in Switzerland are dairy cows, so we'd have to air lift the milk maids and their billowy patterned skirts would , well, billow out - exposing the lederhosen- causing young Swiss boys to yodel for joy and would cause a sales rush for Ricola.
Gotta save those cows, they provide the main ingredient in CHOCOLATE for goodness sakes.
dasviper Saturday Nov 30 07:11 PM
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Originally posted by helen
...causing young Swiss boys to yodel for joy and would cause a sales rush for Ricola.....
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No to mention more mudslides, and we fall into a vicious cycle.
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Dec 1 07:54 PMDAMN! Cost / benefit?
Didn't any of you live on a farm.
Cows are family!!!!!!!!
MaggieL Sunday Dec 1 09:38 PM
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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Didn't any of you live on a farm.
Cows are family!!!!!!!!
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That's a misdemenor in Pennsylvania.
dasviper Sunday Dec 1 09:39 PM
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Originally posted by MaggieL
That's a misdemenor in Pennsylvania.
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What, bovine marriage, or familial butchery?
MaggieL Sunday Dec 1 09:51 PM
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Originally posted by dasviper
What, bovine marriage, or familial butchery?
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Animal...erm..."husbandry". :-)
Undertoad Sunday Dec 1 10:37 PMOnce again showing how the laws are made for Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, to the demerit of everyone in between.
wolf Sunday Dec 1 10:42 PMWasn't it James Carville who pointed out that Pennsylvania was Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in the middle?
elSicomoro Sunday Dec 1 10:43 PMDon't ask, don't tell.
wolf Sunday Dec 1 10:56 PMRe: your computer must have sound to hear this
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Yes, as a matter of fact, I do have a lot of time on my hands..
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The link to the file seems not to be working. I like the moocow pic tho'.
verbatim Sunday Dec 1 11:22 PM
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Originally posted by wolf
Wasn't it James Carville who pointed out that Pennsylvania was Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in the middle?
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Ahem. Harrisburg and its suburbs arent bad. Cow country is Lancaster and Lebanon. For hicks, yea, thats Perry county. One stoplight and going strong........
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