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Saturday, June 16. 2007

Litchfield County, CT

Banging around Yankeeland in the rain all day, and ended up driving through a hailstorm like I have never seen in New England. It looked as if it had snowed, or as if God had dumped his largest box of mothballs on us.

There's a herd of Black Angus in the distance on this farm in beautiful Litchfield County. Taking photos in the rain is evidently not my thing.

 

Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 22:11 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Black angus!! Naw man that's one of the best pictures of a Northern Hogzilla ever taken!!


O/T I'm having some difficulty knowing when and how to use "Nifong" in a grammatical sense.

The old standby of "I've been Nifonged" will no doubt be used by every perp walking to cell block "A"

But personally I think we as a nation can be more creative.

I can already hear rappers gett'n wit "Ni-fugged".....but after that...writers block ..please send help!!
#1 Habu on 2007-06-16 22:51 (Reply)
Well another stupid Luther story.

My stepfather (of several) raised Black Angus. He had a bull, named "Buddy". I liked that bull. Used to place my head against his, and have pushing contests. His almost 2 thousand pounds eventually won out of course. But he was most playful in doing so. He ended in the freezer of course. Poor Buddy.
#2 Luther McLeod on 2007-06-16 23:12 (Reply)
Sunday's editionof the New York Times reports that American and Iraqi forces have begun a major offensive against AQ.

We want people to know that as far as we know there is no truth to the rumor that Holloween type masks of Senator Reid were not dropped into AQ strongholds with the promise that wearing them would spare them. Iraqi troops are reported to be "gathering" large numbers of "masks" with extra ventilation holes in them.

We also want to let the public know that the Senator is not against the troops, he's just for the AQ. He's not against our generals he just thinks they're stupid. He's not against freedom he just doesn't want to have to do anything for it.
#3 Herr Reid Fan Club Bulletin on 2007-06-17 00:52 (Reply)
I have this little problem--I REALLY do prefer cattle herds of mixed color! Don't know why that is. I like to see a field of cows that includes, Angus, Herefords, Charoloais, etc. I cannot honestly say that is true anywhere else in my way of thinking--I prefer pedigreed dogs and horses. Its just those dang cows. When I drive by a range there is something so wonderful about having a mixed herd!

Now, about Senator Reid: I have to say that I hate male "cows". They are useless!!!
#4 apple pie on 2007-06-17 04:12 (Reply)

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