[78-L] Oh, s**t!--was: Sunrise ^

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> David Breneman wrote:
>> --- On Sat, 1/8/11, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>> This may appear to be an odd
>>> question, but is there anywhere in the 
>>> contiguous USA where there's daylight at 4.30am?
>> 
>> Here in Washington, it's certainly light out by 4:30
>> in the summer.  I don't think the sun is above the
>> horizon yet, though.  
> =========
> In this episode of "Rawhide" it was broad daylight. The series raises 
> some other questions, like
> 1. where did they get the herd from to use?
A used cow lot...?!
> 2. why don't we see horse manure and cow pats?
Same reason we don't see dogs**t and cats**t in TV shows about
pets...?! Because we humans developed indoor plumbing (and thus
flush away our own "leavings"...?!)...we generally ignore the reality
that our livestock/pets also leave "traces"...?!
> 3. if horses need their hooves to be shod, why not the cattle?
> 
Easier to answer! Horses were used for transportation until Ford's
(Henry, NOT Rob!) Model T became a standard mode of transport.
Since horses spent a lot of time on paved streets (unlike cattle!),
their hooves needed protection from the wear occasioned by
paved city streets!

Steven C. Barr