[TheForge] niu shootings ( was Re: wildlife )

[Jerry Smith]

Terry,

These school shootings are social issues, did we bring
our children up properly or what? Did we pay enough
attention to our kids while raising them, teach them
proper values, raise them in a wholesome fashion?

Pest control and hunting are a different facet of
life, many of us do these things to continue our
existence. If the ground hog from last summer were to
continue burrowing under my shop building the
foundation would have cracked and maybe sank to one
side. The ground hogs that live under my barn, have
caused the same type of problem, but you could step on
the ground and have your foot sink in to a G'Hog den.
The coyotes in my area go after cats and dogs, but had
some attacked a neighbor's cow in the past. If I drop
a wheel on my tractor into a ground hog den, that can
damage the tractor and maybe flip it on top of me. 

Last night I had a venison steak, tasted pretty good.
I never had a steak cut from a student, it may be
fatty from all of the junk food that students eat.
The NIU shooting was very tragic thing to happen, yes
guns were involved. But then again cars kill people,
but they also save people, help people. Guns are a
tool just like a hammer or a knife.

BTW the plates for dinner were made of pewter that I
poured, the bowls were copper that I formed with a
hammer on a snad bag and some of the utinsels were
made from forged steel.


Lets get back to forging


Jerry




--- "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:

> hello;
> 
> i am not in the mood for idle chatter about
> slaughtering anything. i live in dekalb, illinois.
> perhaps you have heard of dekalb, illinois in the
> news lately relating to the latest st. valentine's
> day massacre which occurred on the campus of
> northern
> illinois university. you know the massacre which
> left
> 5 students dead and roughly a dozen injured. yes,
> that
> massacre.
> 
> my oldest daughter, was in the building next to cole
> hall.
> to those of theforge who sent private e-mails asking
> about
> my daughter, thank you. she is okay. like many
> others she
> will be talking with grief counselors on campus next
> week.
> 
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > But Terry....
> > the vegetables are the true innocents. They seldom
> eat anybody.
> > Remember, every grain of rice is a life!
> > Sorry for giving you a bit of a hard time....pf
> >
> 
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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