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PostPosted: 24-10-2002 22:18    Post subject: Foot and Mouth bargain giveaway Reply with quote
"Hundreds of people have appeared at an auction with a difference to snap up a wide array of unused items from last year's fight against the foot-and-mouth outbreak.

From Portaloos to plastic buckets, sandbags to boiler suits and even a coal bunker and a cattle crush, 500-plus lots went under the hammer in Thirsk, North Yorkshire.

A quid was enough to secure a new desk while a portable toilet (unused) set buyers back around £350.

The paraphernalia was put up for auction by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which said it was more cost-effective to sell the unused items than transport them to elsewhere in the country."

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_696370.html?menu=

What is a "cattle crush"? splat
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JamesWhiteheadOffline
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PostPosted: 24-10-2002 22:26    Post subject: Reply with quote
Like a milk shake only bloodier? confused
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Anonymous
PostPosted: 25-10-2002 01:11    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's what you get when you fall in love with a cow.
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Caroline
PostPosted: 25-10-2002 01:17    Post subject: Reply with quote
Silly boys its whats used to hold cows and bulls and bullocks still.
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Anonymous
PostPosted: 25-10-2002 01:41    Post subject: Reply with quote
Like a jockstrap?
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Caroline
PostPosted: 25-10-2002 01:49    Post subject: Reply with quote
Similar but made of metal tubing.
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PostPosted: 25-10-2002 04:12    Post subject: Reply with quote
Are metal rings involved, or is that just the other end?
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Caroline
PostPosted: 26-10-2002 17:20    Post subject: Reply with quote
No!confused
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