[TheForge] niu shootings ( was Re: wildlife ) very OT

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

'Y know Jerry:
Given the enormous number of students and the huge number of 
crazies in this fine nation......
The number of shot-dead students is remarkably small.
Today, i moved some more stuff and discovered the side of my 
anvil...I think there's a stump down there too....pf

Jerry Smith wrote:
> 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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