That said I didn't feel the need to go shooting of letters to the geminde in order to complain about the lack of warning, as, quite frankly, I'd already had it and learned my lesson.
I didn't, well until couple of years ago in graubunden. Apparently my girlfriend and parents found my education hilarious, as I'm sure the cows would have done if they had the capability of laughter, instead their faces simply had look of accusation which basically communicated "Prat" to me.
Well, that's what you get for nipping while high!
(I actually have no idea what being a nipper really means...)
It means being a kid, a child, an infant, a bairn etc.
Thanks.
I really could use a course in British slang.
Plus the practicalities of farmng it also seems based on your knowledge of suitable use of electric portable v permanent fences
*spank*
:P
'Every...' anything, (as in everywhere, everyone, everybody) and 'always', in fact any statement not admitting exceptions, is probably (see I cannot even use a definite form for this either) inapplicable in Switzerland.
It's the exception that proves the rule, and there are plenty of those too.
Unknowns and variables are the order of the day.
This thread is funny.
The fact that we're in Switzerland or that the OP isn't from Switzerland is just a sideshow.
It's just a funny thread.
Is this a promise
I'll have you know it's a very serious thread (partly) about farming.
Well, I usually charge for that. But in this case, I'll make an exception.
Well, they sure as hell are in the US (at least, in the northeast).
I saw my first one 45 years or so ago.
Touched it, too.
Many times (it gave me a buzz).
Tom
What's also funny is to touch a non-electrified fence and pretend to get an electric shock. It scares everyone, and no one will touch it afterwards.
Well, I find it amusing.
Yes, sometimes when hiking I hold one of those 'gateways' in an electric fence open for people walking the other way. Holding the plastic handle with the hook on the end in my hand I jolt every couple of seconds...
Nope, just good old barbed wire in my part of the US. I saw the occasional electric fence in the UK, so was rather surprised to see how popular they were in Switzerland when we moved here.
You've never been to the Northeast, then?
(In particular, VT)
Tom
Well, I come from Ohio, where most people aren't smart enough to be around those things.
(And sadly, I'm only kind of joking...)
A friend of mine parked his car on a grass shoulder, not noticing the front body was touching a live fence wire. When the passengers tried to get out they put their foot on the ground first, and then they got a shock. That was funny!
Having spent 10 months in Dateless, Ohio, I must agree!
Tom
BTW, Ohio started life as a colony of CT.
I think I saw them growing up in Upstate NY - maybe they're more popular where there are lots of cows or horses? Certainly lots of dairy farms in NY (&VT...) and lots of horses in the Saratoga area