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["Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>]

 On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:24 PM, <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:

> Yes, more acreage though history has been plowed by donkeys than horses.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5pz5zp

Nice pic. I'd love to see the next frame.
>
> Even to the point that the Bible felt it necessary to prohibit hitching a
> donkey and ox together to the plow:

In my rather limited experience, I'd expect that that would be
hellacious for the oxen. Even God would flinch from that.

James, you have alluded to a donkey of your personal acquaintance. So,
tell us, what have you persuaded this creature to do? Or does s/he
remain a pasture ornament as is the sad case of so many.

Marie