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

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
>> One time, don't know if I pinched are if she was just crotchety that
>> day, but the cow kicked me, very hard, and placed so that I wondered
>> if I would ever have kids.
>
> For those of you just learning to milk a cow, put your left leg
> against the front of her right hind leg.
>
For cows I have known, that merely gives them a better idea of where
your foot is so that they can step on it.

Dad was right when he said there's something wrong with every cow.

Marie, big fan of goats because they can dance of your feet and only
cause mild bruising