[weegot5kiz]

welcome yall

[who moi]

I might as well get a word in while I can....

Wassssuppppp!!!

OK, will probably be my last...LMAO....

have a good weekend, folks.

[CayoKay]

ahhhhhh, I love a good gab-fest!

now y'all know why they called me Chatty Cathy when I was leetle.



my update, we just sold Curly to a neighbor...

today is Belize's BIRTHDAY, and celebration feasts are being prepared...

he weighed in at just under 10 lbs... and went for $60... good deal!

he had a bad case of angel wing (deformed, genetic) so we couldn't keep him for breeding stock...

alas, Curly, I will miss you...

[weegot5kiz]

so are they gonna keep curly for a house pet

or is this curlys fate?



howdy moi you should stop in more often

[Kitty]

Kay, sorry to hear about Curly. There's no way I could ever survive off "the land" so to speak. No critter (cow, duck, bunny, pig, etc.) would ever be killed for their meat. I'm too much of a softie. I'd just end up on a farm full of old, feeble animals.....sorta like a geriatric barnyard!

Thanks for starting a new thread for Insights, Frank. Gosh, it seemed like we went through the other one in record time!

I'm still not feeling up to par so I'm just piddling around the house, cleaning out drawers, shredding old documents that are no longer needed, etc. I have a bunch of coupons that need to be filed. I guess I could finish the book I'm reading, too.

Matt is at a local festival working with the Right to Hike group they formed shortly after Meredith Emerson's death by psycho-man Gary Hilton (who deserves the death penalty X10 IMHO). Take a look at my home page for more info on this group. Kevin is up at Jessica's due to the fact that he was "volunteered" by someone who shall remain nameless (hint....this person is very loud!!) to help paint a building that is being built in their backyard. Someone help me...I can't quit rolling my eyes!!

The weather here is beautiful. Crisp, cool mornings and warm afternoons (high 70's).

Barb, you and I should be weather ladies!!

I just looked over towards the window and Tigger is lying flat of his back in the sunny windowsill with his hind legs crossed....he looks like he's in a recliner reading or something!!

Hope everyone is having a good Saturday!

[CayoKay]

Originally Posted by weegot5kiz

so are they gonna keep curly for a house pet

um, I didn't ask.

but since he's six months old, he'll start the mating dance soon, and his defect will be passed on to offspring.

oh, and we're glad we sold him, we'd have a REALLY hard time eating him...

Kell, it's a lot harder to deal with meat, and take it from the barnyard to the table.

but... (and this is a HUGE but!) we KNOW for sure, everything the animal ate, how it was cared for, how sanitary the area is, and (I let my husband do it) a quick merciful end.

some of our inspiration for wanting to do this came from reading the book - Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser:

Schlosser discusses his findings on meat packing companies IBP, Inc. and ConAgra and on Kenny Monfort. Schlosser also recounts the steps of meat processing and reveals several hazardous practices unknown to many consumers, for example, the practice of rendering dead pigs and horses and chicken manure into cattle feed. Schlosser notes that practices like these were responsible for the spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, aka Mad Cow Disease), as well as introducing into the food supply harmful bacteria, such as E. coli.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Food_Nation

we were appalled and horrified at the treatment of animals in the "efficient" and "modern" meat processing industry.

since we didn't want to become vegetarians, we opted to take responsibility for our own food, rather than leave it to greedy corporations.

[tkrik]

Originally Posted by herekitty1960

Kay, sorry to hear about Curly. There's no way I could ever survive off "the land" so to speak. No critter (cow, duck, bunny, pig, etc.) would ever be killed for their meat. I'm too much of a softie. I'd just end up on a farm full of old, feeble animals.....sorta like a geriatric barnyard!

Ummmm, Kelly?!? That better be 1 big farm. Animals do procreate. There would young 'uns and old 'uns and ones in between.

It would be hard for me too. Heck, I can't even kill the fish I catch nor can DBF. We are catch and release fisherman. LOL

[Kitty]

Originally Posted by tkrik

Ummmm, Kelly?!? That better be 1 big farm. Animals do procreate. There would young 'uns and old 'uns and ones in between.

No......my farm would be for wimmen critters only! Just need one man (person) to do all the dirty work (ie, trash, feeding, cleaning up, yard work, etc.).

[Kitty]

Originally Posted by CayoKay

um, I didn't ask.

but since he's six months old, he'll start the mating dance soon, and his defect will be passed on to offspring.

oh, and we're glad we sold him, we'd have a REALLY hard time eating him...

Kell, it's a lot harder to deal with meat, and take it from the barnyard to the table.

but... (and this is a HUGE but!) we KNOW for sure, everything the animal ate, how it was cared for, how sanitary the area is, and (I let my husband do it) a quick merciful end.

some of our inspiration for wanting to do this came from reading the book - Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser:

Schlosser discusses his findings on meat packing companies IBP, Inc. and ConAgra and on Kenny Monfort. Schlosser also recounts the steps of meat processing and reveals several hazardous practices unknown to many consumers, for example, the practice of rendering dead pigs and horses and chicken manure into cattle feed. Schlosser notes that practices like these were responsible for the spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, aka Mad Cow Disease), as well as introducing into the food supply harmful bacteria, such as E. coli.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Food_Nation

we were appalled and horrified at the treatment of animals in the "efficient" and "modern" meat processing industry.

since we didn't want to become vegetarians, we opted to take responsibility for our own food, rather than leave it to greedy corporations.

You're doing it the right way, Kay. I just know me.....and the first time it came time for "it" to be done I'd be a wimpering blob on the floor!! I'm sure I'd get used to the idea over time...but it'd take me a while!

My sister and BIL purchased an Angus Bull with some neighbors (years ago) and kept it on their property to tend to until it was "time". Their plan was to share the meat. My sister cried for days beforehand...just knowing what was going to happen. She had mistakenly befriended the bull and fed it a few times. I don't think she ate any of the meat they got from him.

[CayoKay]

there's another big reason I do this, even though I'm a soft-hearted animal lover, well, two reasons.

when you have to do all the plucking and stuff, you realize the work behind it, it doesn't just come in nice neat packages, and with all that work, one tends to eat less meat, so that's probably healthier.

also, we worried about the effects of bacteria in store meat (remember all the scares?), and how that might easily make my MS sx worse.

oddly enough, our theorizing proved TRUE, and I feel generally better than I have since the late 90's, eating healthier has long-term benefits too, we hope.

this "lifestyle" has done more for me and my MS than all the meds ever did.