Yep....rear beef cattle from yearling stage...fatten them up....and then send them to abattoir. We have some fairly stringent procedures for humane treatment in culling process....they are stunned first as you mentioned earlier. I've never been to an abattoir but believe they are well monitored in this country.
I hope there's no vegetarians about reading this...
It was more a dream I had when I was younger....to have my own farm. My parents retired early from the farm and I was much too young to take it on then.
I know it's a hell of a lot of work and at 53....I'm definitely dreaming when I say I could take all that on...
A small lifestyle block would be nice....a few chickens, handful of sheep to keep the grass down and to watch the lambs who I would probably get far too attached to.....to have for dinner....
Maybe a horse.....but definitely a farm bike, so I could ride round and round in the paddocks just to let my frustrations out.....
....and maybe a few beef. I'd have to make it productive somehow.
Yeah....they're great eh....motorbikes. A man in leathers...
I used to get round on a motorbike on our farm when I was in my teens. I don't need anything too powerful but I would kill to go pillion on a big machine....now that would be fun.
Yep, that is the dream of a whole lot of people where I live.
They come down from the city and buy these small lifestyle blocks.
Unfortunately some(note, some) of these people have been predominately urban dwellers all their lives and don't know a whole lot about animals and pasture.
It pays to acquire some knowledge before taking that type of lifestyle on.
We call our rugby...football here and soccer is, well, soccer.....but then we are rugby mad us lot!
Back to the OP's question:
We have an anti-smacking law in this country. The day it was passed in parliament the fly swat got thrown out(I used it more as a threat than anything else). The law is not taken to the extreme, that is....if for example a child is smacked on the hand or legs for safety reasons, this is considered reasonable and is not breaking the law. Hidings and thrashings would be considered illegal.
After some reservations with it initially, particularly on how it was to be monitored....I am now in full agreement with it. I don't believe physical punishment on a child is necessary. There are other ways to deal with poor behaviour.
I think I've damn near tried it all, bar the e-cigs.
I did a course of Champix(trade name)...probably differs where you are, but no success. I've tried the nicotine patches and gum. Nope, though not the lozenges, I have to say.
Thank you everyone for your kind words, thoughts and blessings...
My daughter is still doing it rough....her condition remains unchanged, but when the going gets tough, the tough get going....and we remain hopeful of an improvement soon.
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