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2008-02-18 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by john frum 2008-02-18 15:34|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Reminds me of a Sherlock Holmes tale by the name of "Silver Blaze"...

Posted by borgboy 2008-02-18 17:15|| 2008-02-18 17:15|| Front Page Top

#2 It has happened before.
"There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around
That the colt from old Regret had got away,
And had joined the wild bush horses - he was worth a thousand pound,
So all the cracks had gathered to the fray.
All the tried and noted riders from the stations near and far
Had mustered at the homestead overnight,
For the bushmen love hard riding where the wild bush horses are,
And the stockhorse snuffs the battle with delight." The rest of Banjo Paterson's famous poem is here.

Posted by GK 2008-02-18 18:11|| 2008-02-18 18:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Feral horses while common in the East of Australia are rare to non-existent in the West. Feral goats and camels have beaten them in the game of adaptation called life.

Posted by phil_b 2008-02-18 22:18|| 2008-02-18 22:18|| Front Page Top

#4 I love the idea that camels gone wild in Australia have succeeded where the the breeders of the noble racing camels of Arabia have't: figuring out when she-camels are in season and getting them to make baby camels. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-02-18 22:26|| 2008-02-18 22:26|| Front Page Top

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