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mouse from merced
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The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 6, 2016 - 12:46am PT
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Most of us are sheep. We don't herd, we flock ourselves. STupud.
The mountain sheep are sweeter,
But the valley sheep are fatter.
We therefore deemed it meeter
To carry off the latter.
(Quote by - Thomas Love Peacock)
In things a moderation keep;
Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.
(Quote by - Robert Herrick)
Mainstream news wants to keep you as a useful idiot. Instead, try being a non-useful idiot.
(Quote by - Jarod Kintz)
People are sheep. TV is the shepherd.
(Quote by - Jess C. Scott)
"I’m a gopher. If I see something I want, I go for it," Orafoura said
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"And I’m a shepherd. If I see a sheep I like, I f*#k it," I replied. "I mean I would, if I were sexually attracted to average Americans."
(Quote by - Jarod Kintz)
Do you see how I challenged myself to differentiate the title of this lame spin-off thread from that obnoxious, long-winded, boring, useless, and futile thread of nearly the same name?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 6, 2016 - 02:33am PT
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Flocking wolves!
Too funny, Dwain.
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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The wolf in sheep's clothing said
It was time for his brethren to go to bed
But after they'd all gone ahead
Taking mutton for granted on mutton he fed
-sheepman
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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Dingus posted What we need is a solid bleater, I mean leader of course!
That was punny!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Now that's what Photoshop is about! That ranks right up there with Cosmic's El Cap Dam!
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sheep? I thought this was about cows and land and gunz and killing and stuff.
Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
But he never did like to talk about it all that much
It’s my work, he’d say, and I do it for pay
And when it’s over I’d just as soon go on my way
Up to some paradise
Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice
And ride a horse along a trail
But then they took him to the jailhouse
Where they try to turn a man into a mouse
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And Gunz 'n Roses? - I heard they're getting back together for a benefit concert in Oregon.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 6, 2016 - 08:17am PT
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And you might like the idea of an albino named Winter playing a black man's song for brain-washed teem-age white sheep. It's pretty baaaad, IMO.
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A little self-mockery never hurts if you're a "rebel." Problem being, all teens seem to want to do is rebel, but they aren't, really. They're just doing what most teens seem to do--cause the folks grief.
Flocking of Christmas trees used to be a really bid deal, too, I herd.
Moose, that's a mooed point. But still, I'm thinking we are heading for self-destruction, taking most of the rest of creation with us. You know, the Tom Cochrane viewpoint--we're all gonna die because it's too late so Whoopee!
I have rain farts in my mind
Coming out of my behind.
Sheep dog, leave me be.
Whoa, whoa, sheep dog,
Leave me be.
(TY, Capt. Beefheart.)
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Do you see how I challenged myself to differentiate the title of this lame spin-off thread from that obnoxious, long-winded, boring, useless, and futile thread of nearly the same name?
Yeah. You spelled "themselves" correctly.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Deliverance us from evil and just be thankful it's not about a bunch of squealing pigs.
Do you ever wonder why this never makes it into any Valentines Day cards?
$64K question. Did he retrieve the arrow? Is it available on eBay?
Compound bow warrants a compound question, no?
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zBrown
Ice climber
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My brother-in-law, who was (is?) a bow hunter did a bunch of work for Burt at his house. He says Burt is a very nice guy.
I never thought to ask him if they discussed how much bow shooting Burt had actually done. It's possible that Burt didn't want to get his good bow messed up in what was, as I recall, a very dangerous situation.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 6, 2016 - 09:13am PT
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The Fleece Police
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140826205519.htm
Sheepdogs use just two simple rules to round up large herds of sheep, scientists have discovered.
The findings could lead to the development of robots that can gather and herd livestock, crowd control techniques, or new methods to clean up the environment.
For the first time scientists used GPS technology to understand how sheepdogs do their jobs so well. Until now, they had no idea how the dogs manage to get so many unwilling sheep to move in the same direction.
NERC fellow, Dr Andrew King of Swansea University, fitted a flock of sheep and a sheepdog with backpacks containing extremely accurate GPS devices designed by colleagues at the Royal Veterinary College, London.
Daniel Strömbom of Uppsala University and colleagues then used data from these devices, together with computer simulations, to develop a mathematical shepherding model.
The team found that sheepdogs likely use just two simple rulesl: to collect the sheep when they're dispersed and drive them forward when they're aggregated. In the model, a single shepherd could herd a flock of more than 100 individuals using these two simple rules.
The research is published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
'If you watch sheepdogs rounding up sheep, the dog weaves back and forth behind the flock in exactly the way that we see in the model,' says King.
'We had to think about what the dog could see to develop our model. It basically sees white, fluffy things in front of it. If the dog sees gaps between the sheep, or the gaps are getting bigger, the dog needs to bring them together,' he explains.
'At every time step in the model, the dog decides if the herd is cohesive enough or not. If not cohesive, it will make it cohesive, but if it's already cohesive the dog will push the herd towards the target,' says Strömbom.
'Other models don't appear to be able to herd really big groups -- as soon as the number of individuals gets above 50 you start needing multiple shepherds or sheepdogs,' he says.
'There are numerous applications for this knowledge, such as crowd control, cleaning up the environment, herding of livestock, keeping animals away from sensitive areas, and collecting or guiding groups of exploring robots,' says King.
Story Source:
The above post is reprinted from materials provided by Natural Environment Research Council.
So sheepdogs "herd" sheep. Shear madness and obsession on the part of the wily sheepdogs, but like Olive Oyl used to sing, "It's the natural thing to do."
Whereas, the concept of pigs herding long-haired sheep is really kind of bogus and so "sixties," like.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Good eye Cosmic. This is reputed to be Burt's bow from the film. It sold for $1920.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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There is no fear people will herd themselves. Plenty are volunteering to do it for them.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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If people stop heeding themselves does this signal the end of self-awareness?
The hysterical bride in the penny arcade
Screaming she moans, "I've just been made."
Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade
And says, "My advice is to not let the boys in."
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 6, 2016 - 07:30pm PT
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Bow de oh doh!Deer pigs or pig deer?
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