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2010-09-07 -Obits-

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Posted by Beavis 2010-09-07 10:14|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Giant hay bale kills rock 'n' roll cellist.

I guess it had to, to restore the cosmic balance.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-09-07 12:22|| 2010-09-07 12:22|| Front Page Top

#2 You know, when I was a younker, hay was baled into small, squarish shapes that a 12-year-old could wrassle down to the corral. Did they go charging off by themselves and kill people? Nosiree, they did not.

You only saw those big round hay bales in old pictures from furrin lands, and in them blurry French paintings.

But now those godless unAmerican giant round bales are all over. Why?? Who's responsible?

Posted by Angie Schultz 2010-09-07 13:20|| 2010-09-07 13:20|| Front Page Top

#3 It was a local company, called Ag-Bag, that revolutionized the silage industry.

Posted by OregonGuy 2010-09-07 13:58|| www.oregonguythinks.blogspot.com 2010-09-07 13:58|| Front Page Top

#4 One hell of a note. Rolling, then aloft, then pianissimo! He could not have possibly heard it coming.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-09-07 19:07|| 2010-09-07 19:07|| Front Page Top

#5 From my experience, Angie Schultz, it really depended on the size of the farm and the field. Even where I grew up, the rectangular prism bale was found on most small farms, ranging from 50ish pounds to 125ish pounds, though normally 100+ pounders were wet. The cylindrical ones I always saw in the big spreads. I don't know when they ever started using them though, but they've been around for some time.

Posted by miscellaneous 2010-09-07 19:27|| 2010-09-07 19:27|| Front Page Top

#6 The cylindrical ones I always saw in the big spreads. I don't know when they ever started using them though, but they've been around for some time.

There wasn't a lot of hay growing where I lived, but we spent a lot of time in Illinois and Indiana, and those round ones were a rarity. I can't remember the last time I saw a big stack of square bales. (Of course, I haven't been exactly au courant on the hay situation for some time.)

I'm really disappointed, though, that no one has said, "I, for one, welcome our new giant cylindrical overlords."

Posted by Angie Schultz 2010-09-07 21:17|| 2010-09-07 21:17|| Front Page Top

#7 The last straw for disco?

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-09-07 22:25|| 2010-09-07 22:25|| Front Page Top

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