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We have a .22, it's just, through some spectacularly poor planning, in  
Virginia. Roy was meant to bring it home when he comes. (Today.)
As soon as he's back with the truck, I need to go buy a head gate. We  
had a built in one down there, but I'm not going to wait around for  
Roy to get to it, there's a guy on craigslist selling a bunch of small  
livestock equipment. That would have made last night a lot easier, too.



On Oct 18, 2008, at 1:14 AM, Marie McHarry wrote:

> Death is one of those things that some people can't deal with. My
> father, a farmer for about 70 years loved his cow and calf operation
> and his cattle, but Mom was in charge of putting down those who needed
> putting down. I married a city boy who was tough in many ways, but not
> when it came to killing animals he was attached to. At this point, I'm
> pretty sure I could execute about anyone because if any killing has
> needed doing, I've done it.
>
> Moon, get a .22 and make sure you know where in the head to put the
> bullet. It's the easiest way to go, and it doesn't spoil the meat for
> eating should you want to. Delivering clean, painless death is a good
> thing. It's a pity we can only do it for non-human animals.
>
> Marie
>
>
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