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Many thanks my friendThanks, Jack. That is a mighty fine Horn lamb, buddy. One of the best around.


Good for you Leon, and thanks for the boost mateWe are getting down on page one so thought i would keep the culinary theme going. Dabbling in a new food culture so to speak, an acquired taste but have really taken to it. From the old days when they had to make do and not waste anything, " fermenting "..
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Wow David, what a great storyHere's my experience with camels
In 94 I was between jobs. A farrier friend of mine who handled animals for a guy up north of us when things were slow in the winter. This guy supplied animals for Hollywood, Vegas, Atlantic City for movies, shows ect.. Friend wanted to know if I'd help him with the animals over at Branson as the Rockettes were going to Branson to do their Christmas show first time outside NYC. Sure ain't got nothing else to do. Didn't pay much but might be a good big adventure. After we get over to Branson and set up. The next morning while tending to the animals some folks from the show show up and told us to be at a certain room in the Grand Palace to be fitted for costumes. I looked at my friend and asked what was going on he said I don't know but I will find out. Seem we had to be in the show to handle the animals. No lines just handle the animals. I was told I was one of the three wise men and handled a camel named Altus so for the next three weeks or so. I did three or four shows a day. Leading Altus on stage holding her in place then off stage. Now I've never been around a camel before on my life. Altus was an interesting camel her personality was like a cross between a horse and a dog. I came to like the camels we had in the show.


Thanks a lot DwightI always love seeing that incredible horn Jack. Might just be the all-time greatest.


A lot of the post offices here now are just counters in other businesses. Sometimes the folks running them have several businesses, and don't even look at you while they are serving you, as they are on the phoneDwight
Government but in some areas they sub contract and a store might add it to their business.
Our local was in the local news agents, where you buy your newspapers lottery tickets etc. It shut up shop too.
The 1 next suburb over was a proper post office in a shopping centre(mall).
The thing is back in about November they opened a new big parcel handling warehouse for our region. All over the news but no mention of closures. It's like banks closing, you could pay your bills at the post office as an alternative to online. Makes it harder for those that don't bank on line or just want to send a knife. I used to just walk to the post office, not anymore.

Keep 'em coming please Steve!


Cool pic Mitch


Well done Dwight, and congratulations my friendWell I snatched another one of Harvey's beauties from the jaws of oblivion and brought it back home. It is a special lamb. But much more so to me because Harvey once cherished it and shared it with us.
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Tell me about it. We just found out that theyโve cancelled the sled dog race on Lake Minnetonka this year, which was scheduled for February 3rd.
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Thanks, gents. I donโt get that one out often enough.(Heck, I didnโt even get it out for that pic; thatโs from back when I first got it.


That's weirdEleanor starts school back tomorrow. Iโm not sure why theyโre making them go back on a Thursday rather than just waiting until next Monday, plus she didnโt get out for Christmas until the 22nd, so itโs been a short break. That said, we seem to get extra long summer breaks, so thatโs nice.

Have a wonderful day palAnyways, we decided to drive down to Mankato for her last day of freedom, and have lunch at one of our favorite places from back home. I changed up my Lambsfoot carry and pocketed (in a slip) my Ironwood Damascus Guardians Lambsfoot, which was a gift fromJack Black (thanks again, Jack!).
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Unfortunately I didnโt get any closeup pics of the Damascus Lamb, so I guess Iโll just have to carry it again tomorrow.
For some reason, Google Maps took us a different direction than normal, which involved more back roads through farm country (but got us there in the usual amount of time), and took us by what claimed to be Minnesotaโs best cheese shop. Weโre currently pretty well stocked up on cheese, so we didnโt stop to buy anything, but we did take a pic of their 20 foot tall cow.
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Fantastic pics Mitch


Have a great day Guardians
