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Those are pretty crazy things, Robert, i've never heard of those before.
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Those are pretty crazy things, Robert, i've never heard of those before.
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They have been used for quite a long time in the states.
People say that a sharp piece of wire, if ingested, will home in on a cows heart.
They were in short supply for a while, some years back.
There was a rumor that the magnetic field from one of them, would increase gas mileage, if strapped on a fuel line.
Robert
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We still use the cow magnets in France (and holland)
Works great! it does happen from time to time that a cow eats a sharp bit from a fence or something! Than if you don't use the magnets you'll find a dead cow later who was perfectly healthy but the sharp bit pierces the heart and then it's game over! Or any other vital organ...but i don't need to get into details about all that....
Works great! it does happen from time to time that a cow eats a sharp bit from a fence or something! Than if you don't use the magnets you'll find a dead cow later who was perfectly healthy but the sharp bit pierces the heart and then it's game over! Or any other vital organ...but i don't need to get into details about all that....
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We still use the cow magnets in France (and holland)
Works great! it does happen from time to time that a cow eats a sharp bit from a fence or something! Than if you don't use the magnets you'll find a dead cow later who was perfectly healthy but the sharp bit pierces the heart and then it's game over! Or any other vital organ...but i don't need to get into details about all that....
HMMMM.... wish I had known about these earlier......washed my work gear, heard funny noise, had left screw driver in clothes....think I have hit a "vital organ" in washer......not happy
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You're not happy..... wait 'til 'Er indoors' gets back. Best make yerself scarce, son. Mind you, don't come to England, there's no work here. Hope this helps.
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That Cow magnet!
Just imagine if you put one big electro magnet is the best cow (at coming in for milking) and little ones in the others, it'd make getting them in sweet.
And that link marknotgeorge, I had to cover my eyes. You said easier, there's no Maid on that page?
Just imagine if you put one big electro magnet is the best cow (at coming in for milking) and little ones in the others, it'd make getting them in sweet.
And that link marknotgeorge, I had to cover my eyes. You said easier, there's no Maid on that page?
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On a practical note, what stops the cow sh**ing the magnet? Or do farmers have to go round the field with a mine detector and recycle? W/A
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Uh oh!!!!
not good!!That's why we empty ALL pockets before we wash clothes Jake....
W/A no, we don't go around the field with a "mine detector" to recycle the magnets...
at least we don't do it, maybe if it's a very scroogy farmer.....Uh oh!!!!
W/A no, we don't go around the field with a "mine detector" to recycle the magnets...That's why we empty ALL pockets before we wash clothes Jake....
And I thought it was only to check for the money !
I always thought that my wife was losing my socks. I would put them in the basket and get odd ones back or none at all !!!!
I did the wash myself the other day and I know that I washed 6 pairs, but after washing and drying I had 4 pairs and some odd ones !!!!!!!! WTF
OK there may be a chance they were odd to begin with but I was positive they were not.
I did the wash myself the other day and I know that I washed 6 pairs, but after washing and drying I had 4 pairs and some odd ones !!!!!!!! WTF
OK there may be a chance they were odd to begin with but I was positive they were not.
Cows have a series of horizontal stomachs , the magnets just lay on the bottom,like they would in a gas tank.
The stomachs act sort of like fermentation tanks, a cows system won't even work if they lay down.
A couple of tiny magnets swallowed in sequence, will kill a human .
Robert
