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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007Radio at its best
I heard a couple of interesting reports on the radio this morning. 1. The Chinese military unveiled a new fighter plane after ten years thanks to Russian help. Just what did the Russians do? 2. A couple [dairy farmers] near Brockville are producing raw milk. {Rest of report discussed the legality of selling raw versus processed (pasteurized) milk which is currently illegal here}. I wonder if anyone has used genetic modification to produce a high temperature cow that can produce pasteurized milk or if the reporter did not realise that all cows produce raw milk? John Kane, Kingston ON Canada > I heard a couple of interesting reports on the radio this morning. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > {Rest of report discussed the legality of selling raw versus processed > (pasteurized) milk which is currently illegal here}. ... Which one's illegal? (Yes, I know.)  SignatureJerry Friedman jrkrideau@gmail.com had it: > I heard a couple of interesting reports on the radio this morning. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > temperature cow that can produce pasteurized milk or if the reporter > did not realise that all cows produce raw milk? If the dairy farmers are both producing the milk, they are presumably a lesbian couple. SignatureDavid ===== > jrkrideau@gmail.com had it: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > If the dairy farmers are both producing the milk, they are presumably > a lesbian couple. Well that interpretation had occurred to me but I thought that it was a bit far-fetched. Besides I grew up on a dairy farm a few kilometres from Brockville so the context was clear. John Kane, Kingston ON Canada jrkrideau@gmail.com had it: > > jrkrideau@gmail.com had it: > > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > bit far-fetched. Besides I grew up on a dairy farm a few kilometres > from Brockville so the context was clear. Quite, but it was a serious point. If the production of the milk is done by the farmers, then it's the finished product which is referred to. The cow "produces" raw milk. The farmers can "produce" raw milk, pasteurised milk or cheese. It's a different meaning of "produce". SignatureDavid ===== > jrkrideau@gmail.com had it: > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > milk, pasteurised milk or cheese. It's a different meaning of > "produce". Exactly. As I pointed out, cows weren't mentioned at all, only the dairy farmers. So one has to look to see what definition of "produce" make sense in the given context. Aside from the mention of human lactation, we have to look for "production" besides that of the cows. Brian SignatureIf televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up. -- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com) > Quite, but it was a serious point. If the production of the milk is > done by the farmers, then it's the finished product which is referred > to. The cow "produces" raw milk. The farmers can "produce" raw > milk, pasteurised milk or cheese. It's a different meaning of > "produce". Just so. The cow gives us milk. The farmer charges us for it. This is the way of the world, and perhaps rightly so. SignatureRoland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food. NB mail to my.spamtrap [at] verizon.net is heavily filtered to remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it. >> Quite, but it was a serious point. If the production of the milk >> is done by the farmers, then it's the finished product which is [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > This is the way of the world, and perhaps rightly so. The alternative, presumably, being that the farmer charges the cow for room and board. Personally, I've never seen a cow give milk to anybody. SignatureEvan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |Giving money and power to government 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |is like giving whiskey and car keys Palo Alto, CA 94304 |to teenage boys. | P.J. O'Rourke kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com (650)857-7572 http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ >>> Quite, but it was a serious point. If the production of the milk >>> is done by the farmers, then it's the finished product which is [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > The alternative, presumably, being that the farmer charges the cow for > room and board. You've been reading the Libertarian newsgroups again, haven't you? SignatureRoland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food. NB mail to my.spamtrap [at] verizon.net is heavily filtered to remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it. [...] >> Just so. The cow gives us milk. The farmer charges us for it. >> >> This is the way of the world, and perhaps rightly so. > > The alternative, presumably, being that the farmer charges the cow for > room and board. Well, to be serious, farmers aren't cruel people, but dairy cows can pay a heavy price for their jobs. It doesn't necessarily make a big difference, but I always try to buy organic or "welfare" dairy products. > Personally, I've never seen a cow give milk to > anybody. They queue up to give it away, and soon complain if milking's late! SignatureMike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > I heard a couple of interesting reports on the radio this morning. > 2. A couple [dairy farmers] near Brockville are producing raw milk. > {Rest of report discussed the legality of selling raw versus processed [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > temperature cow that can produce pasteurized milk or if the reporter > did not realise that all cows produce raw milk? Where are cows mentioned in the paragraph? Brian SignatureIf televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up. -- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com) > > I heard a couple of interesting reports on the radio this morning. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Where are cows mentioned in the paragraph? Strangely enough, most dairy farms in Canada have cows. [1] May I assume that you grew up in a large urban environment? John Kane, Kingston ON Canada Goats and sheep farms are much less common. > > > I heard a couple of interesting reports on the radio this morning. > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Strangely enough, most dairy farms in Canada have cows. [1] I didn't ask about cows on farms, I asked where they were mentioned in the paragraph. > May I assume that you grew up in a large urban environment? My mother was a farm girl. Brian SignatureIf televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up. -- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com) >I heard a couple of interesting reports on the radio this morning. > >1. The Chinese military unveiled a new fighter plane after ten years >thanks to Russian help. First they gave thanks for ten years then they took the plane's veil off. >Just what did the Russians do? They did nothing. Just got thanked for a very long time. [...] SignatureRichard Bollard Canberra Australia To email, I'm at AMT not spAMT. |
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