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where i lived in New Zealand (Dunedin) they have a Cadbury factory. i'm not a big chocolate fan myself, but the factory was down near the grocery store and the whole area smelled like chocolate. i swear, that store had to sell more candy than any single grocery store in the WORLD. you just...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGS1xJw0PP0 the appropriate bit starts at 2:11. but the whole episode is full of GREAT milking bits.

ok, i have a possibly silly question. do you have to heat the milk for all cheeses? if so, how can cheese be "raw" or unpasteurized since pasteurization is just heating milk to kill off microorganisms? wouldn't the heating of the milk MAKE it pasteurized? i ask because it's illegal to sell raw...

i say this to everyone, but i really, really mean it in your case: you would LOVE New Zealand. out in the boonies (which, to be honest, is about 90% of the country) you have to watch for other drivers swerving all over the road to HIT possums. it's like a game. a very fun game. i've always hated...

yeah, wombats are no joke. they LOOK like a joke, but they've got big, sharp claws. those road signs reminded me that the first 5 kangaroos i saw in Australia were all roadkill on the way out of Sydney. apparently they get hit ALL THE TIME. and it's not good for the roo OR your car. it's like...

yes, i agree. but it's that double edged sword that if the visitors aren't safe then they don't visit which makes keeping the park running pretty difficult. mostly i think a LOT of park visitors miss the point of parks, especially here. the Great Smokey Mountains are the most visited National...

we've got bears all over. cute little black ones. i LOVE THEM. but they can be a problem from time to time. every couple of years one decides that the farm is a swell place to live and takes up residence. the last one took up residence in my grandparents carport and adjacent bamboo grove. it has...

couldn't agree more. the argument i hear all the time is that Walmart employees so many local people that would otherwise be unemployed.... apparently all those people have forgotten that, before Walmart, there were TONS of small businesses that actually employed those people. then Walmart...

one of my very good friends, Ayu, had a planned unattended home birth with her first child back in September. she really didn't want to have a hospital birth and, when they looked into it, midwives were way too expensive for them. but since they live in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, there was actually...

My best friend was trying to buy a video game from some guy of CL. apparently the game new was about $50 and this person wanted $15 so she was really excited. they arranged to meet at a grocery store near her house. she got there early just to be sure and waited. and waited. and waited. she...

i live in an area that isn't supposed to get tornadoes but one went right through the middle of the farm last night! luckily it just went over the lake, up the woods, and over the mountain. and it was just forming when it was over us so we've got very little damage- just some trees down. but it...

ofg, you need one of these. it's called a milk bar... eta: can you imagine needing to feed 50 calves!?!?!

yes, the panels i have are ancient and really strong/heavy. my dad claims that he can make them work because he's bent some in the past, but waiting on him to get around to helping me is worse than just spending the money to get new panels, especially since i just need two. i have TONS of rolled...

OMG! so glad someone else makes references to Clan of the Cave Bear. the new one comes out at the END OF THE MONTH!!!!! so excited. on a different note: OFG, who was it that made the awesome turkey hoop house tractor thingy you posted a while ago? was it Bourbon Red? i was in the middle of...

sandboxes GROSS me out! we had one in the yard when i was little but my mom destroyed it after she found my little sister making a castle out of cat turds... i will NEVER let my kids in a sand box. i might never be able to touch them again if i knew where they'd been. the funny part is that...