Dead Cow Disease....

[Silk]

There has been a dead cow under the rail bridge for at least 6 weeks now.....she was a fresian,could of been a good milker by the look of her.I go over the rail bridge on my pushbike to work,and sometimes stop and look over the rail to see if she is still trapped on one of the piers - but if there is no wind I don't have to stop,I can tell she is still there.We need a lot more spring rain than we got today before she'll float free....

Some enterprising water cooler salespeople have been going around the town offering free water coolers because of the water contamination.Um....you have to pay for the water though.But the water intake for the town supply is up stream of the dead cow,and is treated anyway.Good try - the neighbours got sucked in.

 

[crinkles]

care to share a photo? that is pretty messed up. can't they blow her away or poke it with a stick.

found an electrocuted possum (i think) in the driveway the other day. was about 40cm long! buried it under lawn clippings to mask the smell and let the maggots hook in.

we all die one day I just wish I don't get stuck on the bridge.

 

[oilyriser]

The meat ought to be really tender by now. Someone should put up a sign saying "beef, 99 cents a pound".

 

[TallPaul]

 

[TallPaul]

So like, no pictures yet?

 

[Silk]

That storm hitting Aussie is going to get over here for the weekend,she might get floated off in the flood.I'll see if I can get a photo on the way home....I'm not going to loose my breakfast on the way to work! Everyone I see on the bridge as I ride over is peering over the side,so she must be worth another look by now.The eels will be working on her from the bottom up.

 

[TallPaul]

Ought to be a good bit of bloat, eh?

 

[Silk]

The bloating is long gone,now she is melting.A few weeks ago she was enormous,I was hoping she wouldn't explode.

This is the rail bridge,a truss type with the rail deck 1/3 of the way up.I takes a coal train or so a day from the open cast West Mine.The cow is caught up in the pier with the debris.

This is the road bridge 1/2 km up river,it was upgraded 3 years ago to take the new generator across to the power station.

The power station

 

[crinkles]

like they say, pray for rain... poor thing. nice river btw.

 

[Shannow]

I sent a couple of thousand dollars of drill bits to that power station a few years ago.

That third photo is pretty as.

 

[Silk]

I bet a couple of thousand people in town have a drill bit then....the power station won't have any.I took some photo's on the way to work,so calm and crisp....on the way home the wind was up a bit.

I do have a close up in high resolution......

 

[Shannow]

Actually, they sharpened them and sent them back.

Not with a Hakka.

 

[oilyriser]

"free leather"

 

[moribundman]

It's just a Holstein(er). If it were Fleckvieh I might show more compassion.

 

[MarginCalled]

Originally Posted By: moribundman
It's just a Holstein(er). If it were Fleckvieh I might show more compassion.

Nobody cares about the Dutch

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: MarginCalled
Originally Posted By: moribundman
It's just a Holstein(er). If it were Fleckvieh I might show more compassion.

Nobody cares about the Dutch

Holstein is in the Netherlands?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstein

 

[MarginCalled]

Originally Posted By: moribundman
Originally Posted By: MarginCalled
Originally Posted By: moribundman
It's just a Holstein(er). If it were Fleckvieh I might show more compassion.

Nobody cares about the Dutch

Holstein is in the Netherlands?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstein
Originating in Europe, Holsteins were developed in what is now the Netherlands and more specifically in the two northern provinces of North Holland and Friesland (not from Holstein, Germany). The original animals were the regional cattle of the Batavians and Frisians, two tribes who settled in the coastal Rhine region around 2,000 years ago.

 

[moribundman]

Actually, the Holstein is an American breed that was bred from Frisian (Germany) and Holstein (Germany) breeds by German immigrants in the 17th century North America. It was only in 1876 that the American-bred Holstein was reimported to Germany. By the 1960s the Holstein outnumbered the until then dominant domestic "Schwarzbunte" (black-colored) cattle in Germany.


http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstein-Rind

 

[MarginCalled]

Originally Posted By: moribundman
Actually, the Holstein is an American breed that was bred from Frisian (Germany) and Holstein (Germany) breeds by German immigrants in the 17th century North America. It was only in 1876 that the American-bred Holstein was reimported to Germany. By the 1960s the Holstein outnumbered the until then dominant domestic "Schwarzbunte" (black-colored) cattle in Germany.
Are you claiming Friesland as part of Germany? They're Dutch! Don't contradict me on this one Thomas!

 

[moribundman]

The cows that the German emigrants took to the New World were from North Frisia, which belonged and still belongs for the most part to Germany. Until 1864, part of North Frisia belonged to the Dutch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Friesland

How do you know my name?

PS: I'm starting to believe you might be Dutch.