OddBits

[LEP]

I sold cull cows cheap too but never that cheap.

Luck of the draw I guess.

[parsley]

CBC 's "Happy Gang" was a noon variety show that ran from 1937-1959 with approx 2M listeners a day The show was filed with happy swing music and corny jokes, a moral support for those endless disheartening wartime days.

Hugh Bartlet announcer
Barry Wood announcer
Herb May announcer
Eddie Allen
Bobby Gimby
Blain Mathe
Joe Niosi
Lou Snider
Jimmy Namaro
Cliff Mckay
Terry McKay
Kathleen Stokes
Bert Pearl was the smooth "pappy"
Les Foster accordion
Bert Niosi saxophone-clarinet pars

[parsley]

Interesting, farm. Hope you keep the bill-books. Real time Saskatchewan history. pars.

[farmaholic]

off topic... we were culling our way out of the cattle industry for years and when BSE hit we had few left. We had two cull cows that we kept away from the bull, fed up over months, slaughtered and had boned out. We(me and my siblings) ate them. It was alot of hamburger meat but I wasn't going to let them steal them from me. If my memory serves me, meat across the counter never went down much if at all...

[burnt]

"If my memory serves me, meat across the counter never went down much if at all... "

Your memory serves you correctly. It was the worst ripoff of both producers and consumers this country has EVER seen.

And now that cattle/beef prices are finally closer to where they should be, I remind consumers of that fact when they begin to complain with the admonition to put the pressure where it belongs, not on me as a cattle producer.

Yesterday a "relative" told me that she can't afford to buy ground beef anymore at $6 or $7 /lb.

However, when she comes to our house to visit, she is always carrying a large cup of coffee from Tim Hortons. She doesn't seem to mind paying around $150 for the equivalent of one jar or can of instant or perk coffee...

[rockpile]

FJ, I started in 1969. Tuition was under 500 and books cost about 400. I only had a bedroom for 50 bucks. There were 5 of us in a basement, shared a common kitchen and bathroom. Sometimes a little gross. But friendships blossomed and in fact the guy in the room next to me was my best man. We still stay in contact. By my 3rd year tuition had doubled and I finally had to get student loans. Fond memories but I wouldn't change a thing. BTW, I only had the Buick for a year - parts had Cadillac prices, even at the auto wreckers. Sold it for what I paid for it and then bought a 64 Chev Malibu SS with a 283. I had that car for years and my bride learned how to drive with it. Ah, those were the days!