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Holy Cow Clones?

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Dairy farmer kills 51 cows, himself

New York State Police say an upstate dairy farmer shot and killed 51 of his milk cows in his barn before turning the rifle on himself.

State Police found the body of 59-year-old Dean Pierson in his Copake barn on Thurs day. A visitor found a note Pierson had left on the barn door that said not to come in and to call police.

State Police would say only that Pierson was having personal issues.

The Columbia County hamlet of Copake is about 115 miles north of New York City.

Local farmers buried the cows outside the barn Friday. They would not discuss Pierson or what had happened, but one of the men said Pierson had hard times downshifting into 2nd gear.
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i nominate this thread for thread of the year
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Rope-Pusher wrote:They would not discuss Pierson or what had happened, but one of the men said Pierson had hard times downshifting into 2nd gear.
Erm.....what? If that's why he committed suicide I suspect there were other underlying mental problems.
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Except for the last line, its real
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paul34 wrote:If this story is real, then it's fairly sad.
Why get the cow involved when he could have just thrown a rope over the barn rafters and rev-hanged himself?
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I can't believe that they buried perfectly good beef and leather.
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watkins wrote:Except for the last line, its real
OK OK Call me a LIAR. It was upshift into 3rd gear that was clunking.
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Rope-Pusher wrote: The Columbia County hamlet of Copake is about 115 miles north of New York City.
uh, that's not far from here :shock: :o
Local farmers buried the cows outside the barn Friday. They would not discuss Pierson or what had happened, but one of the men said Pierson had hard times downshifting into 2nd gear.
more standardshifters up that way (and into new england) than downstate, but wouldn't be surprised if most of them didn't know how to downshift right...
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Hmmm, I noticed Boulder Creek restaurants in NYC are offering 2 for 1 steak specials today. Hmmmm...
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buster wrote:Hmmm, I noticed Boulder Creek restaurants in NYC are offering 2 for 1 steak specials today. Hmmmm...
I heard they never found the man's body. Hummmmmmmm...
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Rope-Pusher wrote:
buster wrote:Hmmm, I noticed Boulder Creek restaurants in NYC are offering 2 for 1 steak specials today. Hmmmm...
I heard they never found the man's body. Hummmmmmmm...
That's fine. I'll just stay away from the sausage sandwich.
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buster wrote:
Rope-Pusher wrote:
buster wrote:Hmmm, I noticed Boulder Creek restaurants in NYC are offering 2 for 1 steak specials today. Hmmmm...
I heard they never found the man's body. Hummmmmmmm...
That's fine. I'll just stay away from the sausage sandwich.
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4onthefloor wrote:
Rope-Pusher wrote:They would not discuss Pierson or what had happened, but one of the men said Pierson had hard times downshifting into 2nd gear.
Erm.....what? If that's why he committed suicide I suspect there were other underlying mental problems.
paul34 wrote:Who knows. People who commit suicide often aren't thinking clearly. Maybe he cared so much about his cows that he didn't want to burden anyone else with them. Caring for livestock definitely isn't easy by any measure. At least this guy was far more thoughtful than those cowards who decide to kill a bunch of people before committing suicide themselves.
l2senseofhumor the guy killed himself, just have a laugh at it and move on
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