11/18/2003: Cow magnets - Page 2

Stonan · 11-19-2003, 01:19 AM

I wonder if this gave Gary Larsen the idea for his 'Cow Tools' Far Side cartoon...

quzah · 11-19-2003, 08:44 PM

I'm just trying to figure out how this is interesting news. I guess it is for people who've never been to 'The Country(TM)'.

Quzah.

Scopulus Argentarius · 11-19-2003, 08:57 PM

<twang>
Them cows is sure almost as stupid as horses. Horses'll eat anything
</twang>

bjlhct · 11-19-2003, 09:20 PM

Chickens, now, chickens are really dumb.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-19-2003, 10:05 PM

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btw: bruce, if you really DO have a plate in your head, I am SO sorry!

Naw, just the tinfoil hat....which is really aluminum but don't tell "THEM".

Syrinx · 11-19-2003, 10:33 PM

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Any metal crap the cow eats will stick to the magnet and just stay there, out of the way.

Am I the only one who wonders why bits of metal hanging around a cow's first stomach for years on end is considered out of the way?! I mean, I'd think you'd want the metal to get outta there somehow, not stay around to possibly puncture an organ or two.

lumberjim · 11-19-2003, 11:26 PM

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Am I the only one who wonders why bits of metal hanging around a cow's first stomach for years on end is considered out of the way?! I mean, I'd think you'd want the metal to get outta there somehow, not stay around to possibly puncture an organ or two.

if you really want to know......

xoxoxoBruce · 11-20-2003, 03:51 AM

There are a number of Universities and research stations that have living cows with portholes implanted in the cows side. You can look into the working Rumen and open the porthole to take samples. You wouldn't believe the smell.

steelframe · 11-20-2003, 12:35 PM

Before electrfonic studfinders, a cow magnet on a string could be dragged along a wall surface and would locate drywall nails/screws and the stud behind the surface.

Syrinx · 11-20-2003, 01:20 PM

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Originally posted by lumberjim
if you really want to know......

Bleah! Okay, I really didn't want to know...

lumberjim · 11-20-2003, 01:29 PM

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Originally posted by steelframe
Before electrfonic studfinders, a cow magnet on a string could be dragged along a wall surface and would locate drywall nails/screws and the stud behind the surface.

I had a farmer friend in school who brought one in once, and "bent" the image on the teacher's computer screen....pretty cool.

11-19-2003, 01:19 AM	#16
Stonan Do-er of Deeds Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cloverdale, British Columbia, Canada, Earth, Universe #42 Posts: 41	I wonder if this gave Gary Larsen the idea for his 'Cow Tools' Far Side cartoon... __________________ Jesus got it wrong by one letter: The Geek shall inherit the earth...

11-20-2003, 03:51 AM	#23
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There are a number of Universities and research stations that have living cows with portholes implanted in the cows side. You can look into the working Rumen and open the porthole to take samples. You wouldn't believe the smell. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-20-2003, 12:35 PM	#24
steelframe Kinda New Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1	low tech constuction tool Before electrfonic studfinders, a cow magnet on a string could be dragged along a wall surface and would locate drywall nails/screws and the stud behind the surface.

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11-19-2003, 08:44 PM	#17
quzah Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 375	I'm just trying to figure out how this is interesting news. I guess it is for people who've never been to 'The Country(TM)'. Quzah.

11-19-2003, 08:57 PM	#18
Scopulus Argentarius Your current user title is: Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: BTR Posts: 301	<twang> Them cows is sure almost as stupid as horses. Horses'll eat anything </twang>

11-19-2003, 09:20 PM	#19
bjlhct Theremin Master Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 73	Chickens, now, chickens are really dumb.

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