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UncleYoder

(233 posts)

17. Must of been a slow news day.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:24 AM

Mar 2015

There was absolutely no reason for this clown to jump in with the calf.
Being a 3rd generation, he would have had a couple of calf slings handy.
Plus, wet and cold kill more baby animals than anything else.
Just needed to towel it off and get it under a heat lamp.
But then this wouldn't make a cool story, Bro.

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Indiana farmer saves freezing baby cow with hot tub swim [View all] Omaha Steve Mar 2015 OP

Poor Leroy--he almost became "freezer beef" before his time... MADem Mar 2015 #1

Yaaaay for Leroy narnian60 Mar 2015 #2

Super! Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #3

perhaps I'm too cynical, but what did he save the calf from? Victor_c3 Mar 2015 #4

I clearly need more coffee. Pacifist Patriot Mar 2015 #6

look at it this way maybe LeRoy will spend his days as a stud bull azurnoir Mar 2015 #7

Look on the bright side... nikto Mar 2015 #5

wish there were pics. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #8

There's a short video at the last link. sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 #10

I'll have to look BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #11

Many years ago, we put a baby pig in a pre-heated oven (about 150 degrees), sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 #9

Awwwwwwwwwww! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #16

What a sweet story Worried senior Mar 2015 #18

If Leroy is a male calf, then he's a bull calf, a "baby bull," not a baby cow. nt tblue37 Mar 2015 #12

I saw that -- and why call it a baby anything? It's a calf. You can tell these writers have never Nay Mar 2015 #13

Yep. My point precisely. nt tblue37 Mar 2015 #15

Unfortunately for Leroy, Gangwer seems to be a beef farmer. Orsino Mar 2015 #14

Must of been a slow news day. UncleYoder Mar 2015 #17