Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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No rainwater gutter, Tom?

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No rainwater gutter, Tom?

Not finished yet Tone, condensation membrane, tiles, guttering etc yet to do.

Just a progress pic for my fans.

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Courtesy of Radio Four I learned today, with maximum flabbergastery, that AI is not allowed for racing thoroughbreds.

Say what? Why is that, and how the Hell do they enforce it?

[Skippy]

Courtesy of Radio Four I learned today, with maximum flabbergastery, that AI is not allowed for racing thoroughbreds.

Say what? Why is that, and how the Hell do they enforce it?

(he means artificial insemination, not robot brains for horses)

A reason I heard is that without the need for some physical presence, only a few studs would be able to father the entire next generation's horses and things would get too imbred. I think it's just the way things are done though. Lots of people would lose their jobs if there was only a turkey baster needed. And everyone probably makes more money this way.

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Courtesy of Radio Four I learned today, with maximum flabbergastery, that AI is not allowed for racing thoroughbreds.

Say what? Why is that, and how the Hell do they enforce it?

The studs that own the stallions set the prices so obviously these would drop if AI was allowed.  There are also a stack of integrity (and welfare) issues that could arise with widespread AI.

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Courtesy of Radio Four I learned today, with maximum flabbergastery, that AI is not allowed for racing thoroughbreds.

Say what? Why is that, and how the Hell do they enforce it?

(he means artificial insemination, not robot brains for horses)

A reason I heard is that without the need for some physical presence, only a few studs would be able to father the entire next generation's horses and things would get too imbred. I think it's just the way things are done though. Lots of people would lose their jobs if there was only a turkey baster needed. And everyone probably makes more money this way.

The studs that own the stallions set the prices so obviously these would drop if AI was allowed.  There are also a stack of integrity (and welfare) issues that could arise with widespread AI.

Cheers guys, that makes sense actually, it just never occurred to me that they didn't use AI.

Still though, I bet they wish they had half a pint of Shergar sloshing around in a fridge somewhere.

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Looks a tidy job Mr Dawg.

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Looks a tidy job Mr Dawg.

Yes Boo, it came out OK. It took me over a fortnight though, I'm so slow and achy these days.

[Kev B]

Nice Job Tom. How are you and yours, well I hope?

[Karabiner]

Very nice job Tom - it turned out lovely.

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Nice Job Tom. How are you and yours, well I hope?

We're all great thanks Kev, in fact I've just about reached the stage where I think 'Blimey, something has to go wrong soon'. Fortunately, most of the time it doesn't, and if it does, most of the time it's not as big a deal as I worried it might be.

Does that make any sense at all?

How's your lot?

[nirvana]

I would kick back and admire that roof for hours

[Karabiner]

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Might need to turn the swinging bench around.