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1 posted on 04/28/2022 7:12:03 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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*PING*


2 posted on 04/28/2022 7:12:30 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

That’s quite a few blankets.
I’m itchy now...


3 posted on 04/28/2022 7:13:58 AM PDT by EEGator
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Trevor was hoarding!!!


4 posted on 04/28/2022 7:14:23 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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Somebody pulled the wool over somebodies eyes...


6 posted on 04/28/2022 7:15:46 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Love it! Of course, if he HAD fallen off a cliff, I’ll bet he would have bounced with all that fleece and been barely injured!

Wool-blind...I guess this IS the case of the wool being pulled over the eyes...I never thought about it, but that has to be the origin of the saying!


7 posted on 04/28/2022 7:16:08 AM PDT by rlmorel (Democrats running things is termite infestation, and the exterminator won't be here for 3 years.)
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Shrekapo didn’t squirm or scramble to get away, he said.

That's surprising.

And I'm glad they had a blanket handy.

10 posted on 04/28/2022 7:17:19 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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““Sheep get quite docile when they’re being shorn,””

Nowadays you can’t even read a feelgood story without politics being being written into it.


11 posted on 04/28/2022 7:20:55 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

More here...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/128388439/shrekapo-the-elusive-merino-186kg-lighter-after-being-shorn-for-the-first-time

Modern sheep must be bred for big, fast fleece?

Seems to me lugging that around in the wild would put the poor critters at an evolutionary disadvantage...

Unless a fleece that thick is a sheepy version of Kevlar. The predators just bounce off...?

Come to think of it, Shrekapo did okay for six years, didn’t he...

Handsome animal!

Wonder what’s been done with the wool...


13 posted on 04/28/2022 7:22:51 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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I love watching the professional sheep-shearers at the Northeast Agricultural Exposition every fall.

Just don't get how those sheep trade their beautiful sweaters for that chintzy little man-made coat....

17 posted on 04/28/2022 7:29:07 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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18 posted on 04/28/2022 7:29:40 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“...we would live very well without Facebook."-B.LeMaire)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I love Merino wool sweaters.

L


20 posted on 04/28/2022 7:33:20 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

If wool blindness is possible I guess other body functions can get blocked too. I’ll bet this sheep was pretty fragrant.


21 posted on 04/28/2022 7:33:42 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Wonderful story! He must have been soooo relieved.


24 posted on 04/28/2022 7:38:17 AM PDT by SE Mom
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Watching the dogs round up the sheep is fun. There is a tourist farm just north of Queenstown on the lake that has some sheep and Jill the sheepdog rounds them up for fun. they use their eyes to direct the sheep.


25 posted on 04/28/2022 7:39:15 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

great story... im in the middle of kidding out our meat goats and have assisted in birthing way to many times this year, im kinda of in shell shock...story helped a lot thanks


28 posted on 04/28/2022 7:48:09 AM PDT by curdogmen
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They need to sheer the obnoxious prime minister.


29 posted on 04/28/2022 7:48:46 AM PDT by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

This story is pretty much peak NZ right here.


31 posted on 04/28/2022 7:55:00 AM PDT by Boogieman
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Best story of the month! Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.


37 posted on 04/28/2022 8:20:37 AM PDT by Old Grumpy
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He looks so happy in that last pic😊


38 posted on 04/28/2022 8:24:42 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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FULL ARCHIVED VERSION>>> https://archive.ph/ALdcF


41 posted on 04/28/2022 8:29:48 AM PDT by dennisw
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