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I like the smell of cow manure too, CCT, but that of pigs and chickens is harder to take. I hope it didn't smell all day? It would play havoc with one's appetite come lunchtime. Uncle Albert was very wise to stay away from unwashed ladies. His tale does open eyes to the hunger some children have to endure. Amusing poem, and I love a nice beard. It gives a distinguished look...
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adnohr
on September 25, 2013 at 3:30 AM
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Re: Re: Down the road from the Olympia house
That was the case with the silage and the school. Maybe that's how they got the land cheap, for the school.
posted by
Ciel
on September 23, 2013 at 8:19 AM
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Yes poor old pigs Taps they need a bit of bedding,sometimes out of boredom they bite the tails off. I am afraid animals are exploited, but no one wants to pay for expensive food,
posted by
C_C_T
on September 22, 2013 at 11:32 PM
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Re: Down the road from the Olympia house
Yes Ciel that Silage is so sickly they put treacle in with it, it used to be worse than the manure. I don't think they do it here much now. Fancy allowing anything like that next to a school. I had a poultry farm once, but it was gradually built round and I did get one or two suggestions, but I was there first.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 22, 2013 at 11:28 PM
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posted by
C_C_T
on September 22, 2013 at 11:23 PM
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I got as far down as "brown stuff running down from his nose" and that was enough for me. My husband's uncle had a pig farm. He raised pigs on cement. He said that their feet never touched the ground and they never laid in mud. He made good money at it, but it seemed mean to me--mean to the pigs. And you know what, they smelled really bad anyway. We didn't go there very often if we didn't have to.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 22, 2013 at 9:27 PM
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Down the road from the Olympia house
was an organic farm... other farms, too, so twice a year or so, we'd get the fertilizer wafting on the breeze. Worse, was the silage place next door to where they built the new high school. That place was unbearable on many occasions! Charlie put up with it for 4 years, though.
posted by
Ciel
on September 22, 2013 at 2:36 PM
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Tickle her fancy indeed ..yes Uncle Albert if you want a bit of ahem...a close shave is for the best.
Re the odoriferous perfume wafting on the wind...sounds like a piggery to me but a sewage pipe may have burst somewhere close. 5 miles seems a long way to catch such a smell.
Love the flower and U A has such memories to share.
posted by
Kabu
on September 22, 2013 at 12:39 PM
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JUSTI
posted by
C_C_T
on September 22, 2013 at 12:03 PM
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Re: C.C.
Once no one would use poultry manure Justi as it is quite strong, but it is a good fertilizer
although it is dried and packaged here and sold as pellets. Yes Uncle Albert is a bit naughty, but he means well.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 22, 2013 at 12:03 PM
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Re: This entire post was man stuff... The course, hard life
Yes fashions change Pat once the unthinkable becomes a fashion object, well so I have heard. Yes it was hard on the road, and there were even more wretched people called by the gypsies Hedge Pokers, because they lived in the hedge most of the time. Mind hedges were probably thicker in those days.
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C_C_T
on September 22, 2013 at 11:59 AM
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I did not know your dad had a beard FS. Please do not grow one for a while.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 22, 2013 at 11:53 AM
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WEll A. even strawberries wiffle if one has enough of them the strawberry train that once ran gave off a very niffy scent.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 22, 2013 at 11:52 AM
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No I don't like thistles Jay, but every man to his likes and dislikes.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 22, 2013 at 11:50 AM
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Re: CCT
Now I quite like the cow poo smell Naut, the best smell of any poo, I think. I don't like looking too closely at cows though they keep putting their tongues up their nose. Well ladies may not agree Naut, UA is rather upfront.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 22, 2013 at 11:48 AM
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Re: Jimmy
Well it aint Bacon Jimmy. Now we are on the subject I think chicken manure takes some beating.I'll put the reason in my next blog. Anything to cheer you up on A Monday, I hope you have got your blog sorted.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 22, 2013 at 11:44 AM
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Re: Jimmy
Well it aint Bacon Jimmy. Now we are on the subject I think chicken manure takes some beating.I'll put the reason in my next blog. Anything to cheer you up on A Monday, I hope you have got your blog sorted.
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C_C_T
on September 22, 2013 at 11:44 AM
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I guess I can't blame you for holding off on those apples. Besides, is "pig's muck" exactly what I think it is . . . ? 
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JimmyA
on September 22, 2013 at 9:43 AM
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CCT
I don't know about the piggy stuff, but when I'm driving in the country and get a whiff of cow, I like it - it brings back memories...Uncle Arthur's tale is perfectly Dickensian, LOL, and the poem is delightful...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 22, 2013 at 8:48 AM
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We have lots of thistle here, it grows wild everywhere, but the hourses love it. Lovely flower today CCT.
posted by
UtahJay
on September 22, 2013 at 6:08 AM
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we were out driving and took the ferry across the river and came upon a hog farm which we could smell way before we got there
posted by
Annicita
on September 22, 2013 at 5:37 AM
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It sounds like your sister is very lucky there...It was interesting reading Uncle Albert talk about his reasoning for refusing the companionship and how self-preservation fits into it...Reading about the beard made me think about my dad.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on September 22, 2013 at 5:27 AM
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This entire post was man stuff... The course, hard life
the "fresh country air" and the potential shave. Although shaving the potential is a tricky business at best. Loved the flower photo. :)
posted by
Pat_B
on September 22, 2013 at 4:21 AM
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C.C.
Oh I am going to go backward, the flower is so beautiful. I liked the razor, but I simply laughed and laughed at Uncle Albert and almost cried too. Ooooh I hate the animal residue. We don't have hog stuff but chicken is put on farmer's fields all over the place and it smells to high heaven in the countryside.
Have a great day.
posted by
Justi
on September 22, 2013 at 1:16 AM
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