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Thread: Looking for old bones
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19th May 2012, 10:10 PM #1
Looking for old bones
Ok a bit of a long shot but...bit strange I know but don't worry it's all right. Does anyone know where I could get old, lying in the paddock type, bleached grey/white sheep or cow rib bones from. I'm willing to travel a reasonable distance in Victoria.
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22nd May 2012, 08:19 PM #2
No problem at all during droughts. Any farm will have them. It has been a little wet over the last 18 months. After your rusty barbed wire escapade I no longer find any request from you strange and I am looking forward to the project already.
Oh, wait a moment, you are not going to become a "pardoner" are you? Sheep and cow bones make excellent "holy relics."
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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22nd May 2012, 08:22 PM #3
I've gone out to my Mum & Dad's property, they have sheep, cattle & a metric shirtload of roos. What do you want, odd bones or whole skeletons?
Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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22nd May 2012, 08:27 PM #4
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22nd May 2012, 08:30 PM #5
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22nd May 2012, 08:35 PM #6
Problem is that the scavengers spread them far & wide, crows, hawks, & pigs.
Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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22nd May 2012, 11:22 PM #7
I'm thinking of making a better barbed wire canoe
I imagine cow/bull rib bone sets would be the go for the majority of the build but Cliffs' mention of roo bones has got me stirred up a bit. I reckon I'd need say a couple or few at least of those old tea chest boxes full, you know?
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22nd May 2012, 11:28 PM #8
Jim
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23rd May 2012, 08:53 PM #9
Imagine the postage on a tea chest.
Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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24th May 2012, 10:04 PM #10
Apparently $700 for 20kg in a 1m cube courtesy of Aust. Post, about the same by freight companies but they give you more weight allowance
and the despatch bloke at work wants to punch my lights out but he doesn't know what he's dealing with
and Cliff has to get the bones off his oldies and package 'em
or I could go for a long drive, lifes so hard
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24th May 2012, 10:14 PM #11
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24th May 2012, 11:10 PM #12
Vague memory of hearing about "preparing" bones for use. Boiling or something.
Remove the organic matter. Or maybe that is just of you get them from the butcher.
anne-maria.
Tea Lady
(White with none)
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25th May 2012, 09:02 PM #13
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25th May 2012, 10:43 PM #14
Ants do the job just fine.
Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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25th May 2012, 10:49 PM #15
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