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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Thrasher on September 27, 2005, 13:53:43
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Radio 2 : Ramblers being given a hard time over vicious cows.
Respect the cow .. she is big, heavy and you are not :-) A group of them are even more due of respect. However it is not something the Ramblers will respect and they think they should be classified as dangerous???!
HAHAHAHAHAHA
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Ramblers/vicious cows
The name Janet Street Porter springs to mind :lol:
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just been listening to that in the office very funny :(biglaugh): had a little chuckle to myself, maybe i will put a cow on the front of my truck instead of a duck :wink:
John.
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my vote goes to the COWS
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That sounds like another load of Bullocks to me!
:(biglaugh):
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Not being a Radio 2 listener I've no idea what was said but can imagine it was along the lines of "someone got hurt/scared/threatened whilst walking along a path crossing a field of cows." To be honest it's not the cattle that need restricting but the people educating on how to act when near livestock. I thought many ramblers already knew that or why else do so many of them carry sticks? :twisted:
It's time the Ramblers realised that the Great British countryside is not solely for their recreation but provides some people with a living. In return those people provide us with food.
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No, not bullocks, the udder ones :!: (sorry)
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No, not bullocks, the udder ones :!: (sorry)
Which one?
Beast - general descriptive term for an adult bovine.
Baby Beef - slaughter cattle weighing 700 to 1000lbs (approx 315 to 450kgs) at 9 to 15 months of age grading good or better for quality.
Beefling - a fat young cattle beast weighing 500kg (approx. 1100lbs) at one and a half to two years of age.
Bull - Entire male bovine animal of breeding age, usually over one year old.
Bullock - Mature castrated male cattle destined for meat production.
Bull beef - from entire animals instead of the fatter steer or bullock.
Calf - bovine animal less than a year old. (In some legislation six months old or even less).
'Bobby' calf - calf slaughtered whilst only a few days old.
Bob veal calf one to three weeks old, sold for baby veal, often the male calves from dairy farms, average weight 150lbs (68kgs).
Bull calf - entire male young animal up to stage of yearling.
Dairy Calf - calf of a mating between a bull and a cow both of dairy breeds.
Veal Calf - Specially reared, grown quickly and fed on special food aged up to three months.
Dairy Cow - cow of a breed specifically defined as being for milk production, as distinct from beef or dual purpose breeds.
Cow - mature female bovine after having had one calf. The term is also used to describe mature females of some other species, eg elk, moose, reindeer etc.
Cull Cow - Cow slaughtered out of herd for variety of reasons, eg age (over thirty months scheme), end of productive span, illness etc.
Dry Cow - a cow in the two - three month period between the end of lactation and the subsequent calving. Cows in which calving is imminent are close-up dry cows, or are freshening. Also refers to a mature cow that is not lactating whatever the reason.
Fat stock/Finished Stock - beef animals that are ready for slaughter.
Free-Marten - a female born with a male twin, usually infertile.
Heifer - young female bovine animal up to birth of first calf or in lactation following the first calving. May be qualified as replacement (to enter herd as a replacement for a culled cow), pregnant, maiden or spayed heifer. A springing heifer is in the last one or two weeks of pregnancy. After second calving known as a cow (also second calver).
Multiparous - female animal that has had two or more pregnancies resulting in viable offspring.
Maiden Heifer/Bulling Heifer - heifer before going the bull.
Maiden - a female, eg ewe, gilt, heifer, bitch, mare, of breeding age but not yet mated.
Primiparous - general term for any female animal that has had one pregnancy that resulted in viable offspring.
Stirk - regional term for a half grown animal, heifer or bullock, six to 12 months of age.
Steer - castrated male animal over one year of age.
Store Cattle - animals for beef which have been reared on one or more farms, and then are sold, either to dealers or other farmers. They are brought for finishing, normally well-grown animals of up to two years of age.
Yearling - an animal in its second year of age, eg yearling cattle, yearling filly, yearling colt.
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Ok I'm going to say this quetly so as not to cause panick!
I like to go walking and as such read trail magazine.
It has a 2 page special about walking through cattle and sheep on farm land.
Wonder if the Radio 2 part was linked to some idiot who read the article, but has never come across bovine stock before.
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Ok I'm going to say this quetly so as not to cause panic!
I like to go walking and as such read trail magazine.
LITTLEPOW IS A RAMBLER!!!!!!!!!!
Not so quiet :lol:
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Ramblers beware -
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Is that Henry Webster's new racer then? :D
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Is that Henry Webster's new racer then? :D
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: PMSL
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Not being a Radio 2 listener I've no idea what was said .
It was about the incident reported here (http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/oxfordshire/news/NEWS2.html)
Funnily enough, there wasn't any mention of the fact that he shouldn't have been cycling on a footpath anyway.
Regards
Andy
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Funnily enough, there wasn't any mention of the fact that he shouldn't have been cycling on a footpath anyway
A towpath is a bridleway isn't it ? I thought you were allowed to cycle on them.
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A towpath is a bridleway isn't it ? I thought you were allowed to cycle on them.
Oddly enough, NO. In fact British Waterways have stated that "towpaths are not suitable for horses" or words to that effect. Many towpaths are now Public Footpaths on the DMS, but in many places on BW waterways you can use then on a cycle if you have a permit. There is still some horse drawn boating going on, but as I understand it the Horseboating Socity (http://www.horseboating.org.uk/) has to get permission to undertake it's trips.
The Thames isn't BW but EA and I did look up the information before posting http://www.visitthames.co.uk/HpageFAQ.html#cyclingFAQ1. Looking at the map, the area where the incident occurred wouldn't be considered as part of the urban area of Oxford.
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Tis true :? You have to apply for and display a permit to cycle on a towpath :roll:
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Is that Henry Webster's new racer then? :D
Damn, I didn't think anyone had published the spy shots...
:wink:
Bring on the 2006 season!
H
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Not being a Radio 2 listener I've no idea what was said
It was on the Jeremy Vine show, I caught the end of it.
You can 'Listen Again' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/vine/) until next Tuesday
It's time the Ramblers realised that the Great British countryside is not solely for their recreation but provides some people with a living. In return those people provide us with food.
Too true
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Tis true :? You have to apply for and display a permit to cycle on a towpath :roll:
As you used this smiley - :? - let me try to explain why a permit is needed.
The only reason for it to be necessary is so that it it clear that it is permissive use, so no right of way will ever arise from it.
Getting a permit isn't difficult, just visit http://www.waterscape.com/cycling/ & follow the link.
All this talk of cycling makes mewant to get Ugly (http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/660d1d2411db863247bd1cb782991594.JPG) out for some abuse.
regards
Andy
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So whats that all about its all a bit "CRAVENDALE" you know "its there countryside and they want it back".You never know might help ease countryside congestion.All we need is for the badgers and fox's to turn and you might have to be in a fourby to get about.
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Tis true :? You have to apply for and display a permit to cycle on a towpath :roll:
As you used this smiley - :? - let me try to explain why a permit is needed.
The only reason for it to be necessary is so that it it clear that it is permissive use, so no right of way will ever arise from it.
Getting a permit isn't difficult, just visit http://www.waterscape.com/cycling/ & follow the link.
All this talk of cycling makes mewant to get Ugly (http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/660d1d2411db863247bd1cb782991594.JPG) out for some abuse.
regards
Andy
Andy
Thanks for the info. I didnt realise it was so easy to get a permit (downloaded pdf). If you ever fancy a ride out on UGLY :lol: , drop us a mail. Myself and Dave (from Measham) have decided to get out on our bikes a bit more after A LONG TIME off.
Did the 28km route round desford/ratby/newbold/kirby mallory at the weekend (nice and steady mind as we were feeling our age :wink: )
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What's all this talk about Waterways and Towpaths? whenwe should be talking ( KILLER FLYING COWS)????
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Sorry Nev :oops:
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What's all this talk about Waterways and Towpaths? whenwe should be talking ( KILLER FLYING COWS)????
You know, this thread started the same day as the Martrix Cow appeared on the webiste forum.
Coincidence....hmm......maybe not.....
cheers
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Eeyore
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If cows become dangerous animals does that mean they be kept on leashes with muzzels fitted like certain dogs have too?