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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Now see, that's the difference!  The guy that does sheep around here is at 
least as old as dirt, if not older.  Certainly not eye candy! <g>

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> I don't shear my own. I have in the past, and decided that I will pay
> whatever it takes to have someone else do it. My new ram is well over
> 500 pounds and doesn't want to be sheared. I do have hand shears and use
> them to clean up the girl's faces and udders when needed. Fortunately it
> only costs $5 a head to get them sheared...for $5 each, I not only get
> the wool and comfortable sheep, I get to watch a handsome, well-muscled
> man wrestle with my sheep; way better than TV :-)