{"id":1591,"date":"2014-05-22T22:11:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T22:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/?page_id=1591"},"modified":"2014-11-28T05:10:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T05:10:25","slug":"beware-pigs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/beware-pigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of Pigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1591-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tv_theme_have_gun_will_travel1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tv_theme_have_gun_will_travel1.mp3\">http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tv_theme_have_gun_will_travel1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/alabama-wild-hog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2278\" src=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/alabama-wild-hog-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Monster Pig\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" data-id=\"2278\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/alabama-wild-hog-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/alabama-wild-hog-443x300.jpg 443w, http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/alabama-wild-hog.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <strong><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">This will NOT be another evil pig story about my kid was ate by a pig or one bit him through the fence. It is however about the kind advice by a friend near Forks WA. Thankfully, this was NOT the pig that entered my friends home and bed.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">Larry, had been a WA. state logger and was unemployable due to forestry access cutbacks, so he became a tree planter. This occupation suited him immensely as he had the arms\u00a0 of an Orangutang. Strength as well, not kidding! His arms were overlong for his body, reaching, simianlike almost to his knees. He didn&#8217;t even have to stoop to plant the digging tool into the soil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">So much for the intro. Larry and I sometimes got into scrapes in this very conservative and Republican area. He was also very much against live animal trapping and at times I often feared he would set his own out to take down the trappers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">Upon hearing about my animal misadventures he warned me about pigs. &#8220;Herb, just never do the pig farming.&#8221; Hhmm, WHY?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">Larry lived in a trailer home and after smoking some weed he wakened to a dream of a dragon crushing him down and breathing foul odors into his face. So aroused, he flailed those long powerful arms and managed to push the dragon off his torso. As his brain cells finally congealed he realized that it was a PIG attempting to do <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what<\/span> to his body?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">He would chase that pig from one end of his poor trailer to the other, managing to destroy most of the interior. Larry was never the sort to go through the legal crap and seek compensation. He simply decided to take his rifle and off the critter right then and there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">I do believe he offered to share half of the pig to the neighbor who accepted the arrangement as opposed to the alternatives &#8211; especially, with a bad tempered neighbor holding a rifle and a dead pig carcass on his porch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">I doubt that I would have the strength that Larry showed but adrenaline is a very weird thing. Forewarned by this tale I never got into pigs. He also informed me how smart they were, testing the electric fence all the time with a whisker or two. The moment it was off, they were through.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a title=\"Big Red \u2013 an Angus steer\" href=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/?page_id=1254\">My Cattle farming episode:<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"> <strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/?page_id=1268\">Skip to Sheep farming:<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"> <strong><a title=\"ANIMAL STORIES AND MORE\" href=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/?page_id=3586\"> Bees:<\/a> and a few other animal misadventures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">That goes with political entities as well. As I suggested Larry and I were both a bit left of center. Forks was a relic of the John Birch Society. So was Port Angeles. The two of us interrupted a James Watt celebration in Forks with my truck carrying banners of <span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8216;Save Energy, Unplug the Watt&#8217;<\/span> or of that nature. We were chased through Joyce until we got to P.A. and could confront the two remaining. They wisely backed off. That was my fastest passage around<a title=\"lake crescent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=lake+crescent+wa+picture&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=PIt&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;channel=fflb&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=oHOWU5vmE4v5oAT0tIDwBw&amp;ved=0CDIQ7Ak&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=609&amp;dpr=1\"> Lake Crescent ever!<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ditchfork.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1609\" src=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ditchfork.gif\" alt=\"ditchfork\" width=\"138\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>(C) Herb Senft 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Larry, had been a WA. state logger and was unemployable due to forestry access cutbacks, so he became a tree planter. 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