The Calgary Stampede started this morning with a big parade that usually 
takes over 2 hours to pass by.
http://cs.calgarystampede.com/

I didn't bother going - too much hokey, pseudo-western, hollywoodised hoo-ha 
that will envelope the city for 10 days!  However, there are always heavy 
horses in the parade but they are always Belgians, Percherons or perhaps the 
odd pair of Clydesdales, never Suffolks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_Punch

When I was a kid, many farms around my village had some of these and I often 
saw them being shod at the village blacksmith's.  Even though most of the 
ploughing was done using tractors, farmers still used horses to plough a 
series of guide furrows for the tractors to follow as they were always dead 
straight. Now they are an endangered breed.

Graham

In message <bOr3m.4492$%R2.4172@newsfe07.iad>, graham  
writes
>The Calgary Stampede started this morning with a big parade that usually
>takes over 2 hours to pass by.
>http://cs.calgarystampede.com/
>

IIRC, I remember you went a couple of years ago and some woman in the 
southern hemisphere had a go at you about it.

>I didn't bother going - too much hokey, pseudo-western, hollywoodised hoo-ha
>that will envelope the city for 10 days!  However, there are always heavy
>horses in the parade but they are always Belgians, Percherons or perhaps the
>odd pair of Clydesdales, never Suffolks.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_Punch
>
>When I was a kid, many farms around my village had some of these and I often
>saw them being shod at the village blacksmith's.  Even though most of the
>ploughing was done using tractors, farmers still used horses to plough a
>series of guide furrows for the tractors to follow as they were always dead
>straight. Now they are an endangered breed.
>
Yes indeed.  Was hard work at harvest-time though.
-- 
June Hughes

"June Hughes"  wrote in message 
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> In message <bOr3m.4492$%R2.4172@newsfe07.iad>, graham  
> writes
>>The Calgary Stampede started this morning with a big parade that usually
>>takes over 2 hours to pass by.
>>http://cs.calgarystampede.com/
>>
>
> IIRC, I remember you went a couple of years ago and some woman in the 
> southern hemisphere had a go at you about it.
>
The Vancouver humane soc wants calf roping banned but the Calgary HS is OK 
with it.  At this time of the year, we get all the hair-shirted, 
birkenstock-wearing, "rabid" vegetarian, people-hating crowd coming out of 
the woodwork and demanding that the rodeo be stopped.  They appear again at 
Thanksgiving and xmas extolling veggie alternatives to turkey.
Graham

graham  wrote  on Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:51:47 -0600:


> "June Hughes"  wrote in
> message news:wlmisDbhMlTKFwfW@theacct.demon.co.uk...
>> In message <bOr3m.4492$%R2.4172@newsfe07.iad>, graham
>>  writes
>>> The Calgary Stampede started this morning with a big parade that 
>>> usually takes over 2 hours to pass
>>> by. http://cs.calgarystampede.com/
>>>
>> IIRC, I remember you went a couple of years ago and some
>> woman in the southern hemisphere had a go at you about it.
>>

>The Vancouver humane soc wants calf roping banned but the Calgary HS is 
>OK with it.  At this time of the year, we get all the hair-shirted, 
>birkenstock-wearing, "rabid" vegetarian, people-hating crowd coming out 
>of the woodwork and demanding that the rodeo be stopped.  They appear 
>again at Thanksgiving and xmas extolling veggie alternatives to turkey.


I'm a carniverous wearer of Birkenstocks and I quite like rodeos! Have 
you ever tried Tofurkey? Once was enough!
-- 

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"James Silverton"  wrote in message 
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> graham  wrote  on Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:51:47 -0600:
>
>
>> "June Hughes"  wrote in
>> message news:wlmisDbhMlTKFwfW@theacct.demon.co.uk...
>>> In message <bOr3m.4492$%R2.4172@newsfe07.iad>, graham
>>>  writes
>>>> The Calgary Stampede started this morning with a big parade that 
>>>> usually takes over 2 hours to pass
>>>> by. http://cs.calgarystampede.com/
>>>>
>>> IIRC, I remember you went a couple of years ago and some
>>> woman in the southern hemisphere had a go at you about it.
>>>
>
>>The Vancouver humane soc wants calf roping banned but the Calgary HS is OK 
>>with it.  At this time of the year, we get all the hair-shirted, 
>>birkenstock-wearing, "rabid" vegetarian, people-hating crowd coming out of 
>>the woodwork and demanding that the rodeo be stopped.  They appear again 
>>at Thanksgiving and xmas extolling veggie alternatives to turkey.
>
>
> I'm a carniverous wearer of Birkenstocks and I quite like rodeos! Have you 
> ever tried Tofurkey? Once was enough!
> -- 
>
I'm not particularly fond of turkey so I can safely say that I will never 
share your experience!
I went to the Stampede rodeo last year, curtesy of the oil company where I 
was working on contract. I like it too, even though I can't understand why 
anyone would want to try bull-riding!  The prize money is substantial - the 
winners in each class taking $100k.
Graham

Following up to James Silverton 

> Birkenstocks

they appear to be made of plastic, is that comfortable?
-- 
Mike... .  .   .    .  
Spanish food "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk/espania.htm"
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