I mainly plink (cans, targets, etc.), mainly with a Ruger 10-22 semi. My hubby is an excellent "marksman" (both rifle and shotgun, altho I don't suppose marksman is the right term for shotgun), and he is always trying to get me to go on the skeet course that they visit somewhere downstate. His Browning Gold 12 gauge is too much for my shoulder, so I am looking for a nice 20. I've never had the ambition to hunt, I guess I am too soft.
As far as the chicken and the head cut off, my grandpa would grab a chicken and swing it around his head to break their necks before butchering, he said to keep them from running about and getting gamey.
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If you toss a coin into the air a million times, it might land on its edge, perfectly balanced once or twice. Maybe that's Mike's fate? I mean, it could be, right? With all the right set of circumstances (whatever they may be), the luck of the draw on no infections, al the stars alligned perfectly, etc, etc.
BUT, as I read the posts, I think that the 'Hoax' conclusion is the most scientifically thoughtful, and likely scenario. It's the old adage "if you see hoof prints think horses, not zebras."
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Another sweet Model 21 410guage. And a bargain! When I say "old", I pretty much mean pre-WWII. The older the better. Obviously, manufacture began in 1921. I handled a 12ga Model 21 that was circa 1940. Everything is perfect about that gun. When you shoulder it, the thing is just SO RIGHT. The mechanisms are like fine clockwork.
"Shooter" or "Shot" is the more typical term for a shotgun marksman. I used to hunt as a kid. I probably would do it again, especially with talented dog(s), but not to kill. I love hunting and watching the dogs, but I think I would now take only blank shells. Everything is the same about the hunt, but you kill nothing.
You have to shoot skeet when you get that 20ga!
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quote:Originally posted by Barns & No Bull: Mean to newbies? I'm mean to everyone. It's all supposed to be funny sarcasm. Maybe it's only funny to me. Don't take it personally. You probably aren't from Mars and probably weren't sent by Bigfooters. Sometimes one needs a thickened skin around here.
Barns, truely I like your style. Don't get me wrong, I just didn't expect to get into a confrontation so quickly, let alone over MIKE THE FREAKIN' HEADLESS CHICKEN. It was all in fun for me. I'm knew to message boards in general, and I just wanted to have a good time conversing. As for thickened skin, I try to roll with the punches, but I wasn't sure if you were singling me out.
quote:Originally posted by Barns & No Bull: You chose to debut yourself on snopes by strutting straight into a headless chicken thread. I could have just ignored your opinion and left it alone, but that's not my nature. If you have been reading my many postings all over town, you should already know that.
I respect "your nature." I like your nature in fact. I just thought that Mike the Headless Chicken would be a safe thing to start with on the message board, and wasn't expecting such a vehement disagreement so quickly.
quote:Originally posted by Barns & No Bull: Neither of us know the truth about Mike. We can only read what we can read, and see the photos that we can see. We are on equal ground with access to "Mike evidence".
Amen to that. No one will ever know the "truth" about Mike. But it sure is fun to speculate.
quote:Originally posted by Barns & No Bull: I'll say more as the conversation progresses. But I have an honest question for you: Is your belief in the truth of Mike based on your belief of the truthfulness of the stories as they are told? Or, is your belief based on some knowledge of anatomy and physiology - either in general or specific to birds? Or a mixture of both?
I have seen chickens live for a while (not longer than 10 minutes max) with their heads cut off, so I assume it could be true. Call me someone who wishes the fantastic could exsist. I am not, however, an authority on chickens or animals in general for that matter. I am a college student with time on my hands to waste reading message boards.
Now let me ask you something, Barns. Do you ever go on faith? Do you ever believe in anything?
Chickee "Can't we all just get along?" Daizy
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quote:Originally posted by Barns & No Bull: The vision of a farmer chasing a chicken around the barnyard without a head is pure fiction.
I beg to differ. When I was a lad, we would visit my uncle's farm. My main job was to chase down freshly beheaded chickens and guinea hens. Since it really grossed out my sister, I was happy to oblige.
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MGBD, nice 2-cent coin! You posted a similarly nice photo of the Buffalo nickel in another thread. Are you a coin collector? I once was deeply into this.
I should clarify again what I already tried to clarify. It is my understanding that beheaded chickens don't truly run, walk or stand. They kick and flop and can move across the ground by doing this stuff. That is quite different from running, in any real sense. The big problem is that the primary organs of balance and coordination have been severed from the body. These are the inner ear components, the eyes, the central nervous system (CNS) and the brain itself (which is part of the CNS). These organs act as a continual self-regulatory feedback circuit that allows a chicken to move through the world with "intent" in real time.
When a beheaded chicken "runs like a chicken with its head cut off" (because it is one), it only does this until it exsanguinates (bleeds to death) or asphyxiates (suffocates from lack of oxygen). Mike was supposed to have been a whole different ball of wax.
He did two extraordinary things:
1) He survived the initial beheading.
2) He lived for 1.5 years after this event with functional metabolism and apparent balance and locomotion, with certain described limited intents and sentience.
Chasing down a beheaded chicken or guinea fowl is nothing like the propositional reality of Mike The Headless Chicken.
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There was a documentary made a few years ago called "Chick Flick: The Miracle Mike Story" in which they say it is a true story. I suppose the documentary could be fake too...but I completely believed it!
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Don't get me wrong, I just didn't expect to get into a confrontation so quickly, let alone over MIKE THE FREAKIN' HEADLESS CHICKEN.
What? Did my early posts in this thread not sink into your head? Did you think I was going to let you slide? Didn't expect a confrontation? Don't you already know that I prowl the Critter Country just looking for confrontations? Get with the program, Chickee Face! Why didn't you start with a safe post in the "Period Prints" thread with something like..."I don't know if period prints are proper, or not. I figure they either are, or they aren't. Hi...I'm new here, my name is Chickee Daizy."?
quote:I'm knew to message boards in general..
You better work on your spelling, or the fires of hell will rain down on you. After 1000 posts, you can loose your ability to spell and get away with it...maybe.
quote:As for thickened skin, I try to roll with the punches, but I wasn't sure if you were singling me out.
Damn right I'm singling you out. You are too new here to use the tongue graemlin. Pull it in.
quote:I just thought that Mike the Headless Chicken would be a safe thing to start with on the message board...
I already told you what would be safe. The pussy-blood-artwork thread would have been a better entry for you.
quote:No one will ever know the "truth" about Mike. But it sure is fun to speculate.
Yeah, and it's also fun to kick your ass to Pluto and back again.
quote:I am a college student with time on my hands to waste reading message boards.
Oh, the old "I'm just a silly and bored college student" ploy. I've seen that one too many times before. You will face a variety of initiation hurdles here on snopes. Some have tried to standardize and describe them. They are full of crap. You will face anything you get here.
quote:Now let me ask you something, Barns. Do you ever go on faith?
Now you have dropped the gloves. The New Emperor doesn't even wear undies. Let's see... you are from Oklahoma - the State of wheat, cotton, faith, Woody Guthrie, dead Indians, God and pigs. Okies seem to have a big problem with Charles Darwin. You guys also say you have lots of Bigfoots running around.
quote:Do you ever believe in anything?
I believe you and I will get along very well.
quote:Can't we all just get along?
"Getting along" is the death of knowledge and intellectualism. What are you going to college for anyway? Theology? Social Studies?
Hey Chinkee, I can tell you are smart and humble to just the right people. Tell me about yourself. Start with the personal statistics (gender?) and move to your interests. What makes you tick...and tock?
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quote:Originally posted by Barns & No Bull: Originally posted by CHICKEE DAIZY (not Dickey Chaizey):
quote:I'm knew to message boards in general..
You better work on your spelling, or the fires of hell will rain down on you. After 1000 posts, you can loose your ability to spell and get away with it...maybe.
One spelling error...One. Wow, that must either make me an uber-retard, or you are just too damn picky.
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quote:As for thickened skin, I try to roll with the punches, but I wasn't sure if you were singling me out.
Damn right I'm singling you out. You are too new here to use the tongue graemlin. Pull it in.
Excuse me if there wasn't a graemlin that could flip the bird instead.
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quote:I just thought that Mike the Headless Chicken would be a safe thing to start with on the message board...
I already told you what would be safe. The pussy-blood-artwork thread would have been a better entry for you.
Why do keep babbling about artwork when I am obviously wanting to get involved in the Critter section of the thread? Who are you, the head of the thread gestapo???
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quote:No one will ever know the "truth" about Mike. But it sure is fun to speculate.
Yeah, and it's also fun to kick your ass to Pluto and back again.
I'm neither from Mars, nor do I wish to visit Pluto. Thanks for the offer though.
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quote:I am a college student with time on my hands to waste reading message boards.
Oh, the old "I'm just a silly and bored college student" ploy. I've seen that one too many times before. You will face a variety of initiation hurdles here on snopes. Some have tried to standardize and describe them. They are full of crap. You will face anything you get here.
I never stated that I was silly. Be careful...Some girls may take offense to that implication. As for the hurdles--bring them on.
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quote:Now let me ask you something, Barns. Do you ever go on faith?
Now you have dropped the gloves. The New Emperor doesn't even wear undies. Let's see... you are from Oklahoma - the State of wheat, cotton, faith, Woody Guthrie, dead Indians, God and pigs. Okies seem to have a big problem with Charles Darwin. You guys also say you have lots of Bigfoots running around.
I've seen wheat and I have also seen cotton. As far as faith goes I am not talking about spiritual faith in this case. Who the hell is Woody Guthrie? Dead indians??? Yeah, I know a lot of live ones, too. Ain't never seen God though...or a pig. And what is your obsession with Bigfoot?
quote:Orininally posted by Barns & No Bull What are you going to college for anyway? Theology? Social Studies?
I'm going to school to be a radiologic technician (which sounds so much nicer than X-Ray tech.)
quote:Hey Chinkee, I can tell you are smart and humble to just the right people. Tell me about yourself. Start with the personal statistics (gender?) and move to your interests. What makes you tick...and tock?
I am a 22 year old female. I enjoy reading, writing, playing the guitar, watching tv, and learning new off-the-wall trivia. Hey, this Oklahoma, the land of Woody Guthrie and dead indians. What else am I supposed to do? Go cow-tippin'?
BTW - If there are any spelling errors, please feel free to kiss my... (There I go with the tongue graemlin again!)
Chickee "Do I have to believe in Bigfoot just because I'm from Oklahoma " Daizy
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One spelling error...One. Wow, that must either make me an uber-retard, or you are just too damn picky.
I am damn picky and you are a retard.
quote:Why do keep babbling about artwork...
You left out a word there, uber-girl.
quote:I never stated that I was silly.
One doesn't state that they are silly here; you are declared silly here.
quote:As for the hurdles--bring them on.
You are hitting a few now. I'm the worst thing you will run into here. It's all soft and cushy right now, because you stopped talking about headless chickens living for 1.5 years. You need to post a photo of yourself here. Do that now.
quote:And what is your obsession with Bigfoot?
I am not obsessed with Bigfoot. Bigfoot is obsessed with me...or at least his followers are.
quote:I'm going to school to be a radiologic technician (which sounds so much nicer than X-Ray tech.)
Awwww.... I understand. You're going for that career that goes like this: "You just hold very still. I'm going to put this lead sheet on you. Then I'm going to walk over there and push the button. Then I'm going to deposit my ridiculous paycheck." Did you say you like playing guitar and reading, too?
quote:I enjoy watching tv...
I'm starting to understand you better.
quote:Chickee "Do I have to believe in Bigfoot just because I'm from Oklahoma " Daizy
Fifteen posts and you are trying to be just like a little snopester with the quoted statement interlaced with your name. You are cute. You will work out just fine here. Just watch out for Barns.
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Agh! (points finger at Barns) I am going to tell my therapist about you! And AnglRdr, JonupNorth, Syrvus, Pretty Penny, Beach Life (especially)KnowNothing and the rest! Then maybe he will understand!
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Barns: After re-reading your post, I think we're on the same page here. At the risk of sounding Clintonesque, it depends on your particular definition of "run". Beheaded chickens IMHO run, i.e., flail around and propel themselves in a motion similar to running, but, of course, having recently been separated from their brain, really aren't fleeing anything, it's just spasming muscles. I think the fact that they keep any balance at all is due to the flapping of their wings. It's quite interesting to watch how far they can "run" without tipping over, which seems to happen when they finally bleed out. The story of Mike the Chicken sounds like a P. T. Barnum or Ripley's Believe it or What? stunt.
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For those collecting anecdotes involving fairly long-lived headless chickens . . .
quote:A DECAPITATED FOWL It Astonishes the People of Denver by Continuing to Live
Associated Press Leased-wire Service
The Los Angeles Times, Pg. 3 25 October 1894
DENVER, Oct. 24 -- A headless chicken was on exhibition before the medical class of the Denver University yesterday, and was made the subject of a lecture by Dr. Axtell. The fowl was beheaded by Mrs. J.A. Scott of Littleton on Saturday morning. One stroke of the ax was sufficient to entirely, as she thought, sever the head from the body, and after performing the work she retired to the house where domestic duties occupied her attention for half an hour. When Mrs. Scott returned to the yard to scald it, however, there was no chicken to be seen in the vicinity of the block whereon the decapitation had occurred.
The headless pullet was presently observed strutting over the yard, to the amazement of Mrs. Scott. She watched it a few minutes and later in trying to catch it, chased it into the cellar. In the evening when Mr. Scott arrived home he found the chicken's head had been severed, although the ax had fallen a short distance in front of the back of the head. He stopped the flow of blood, and the chicken being yet alive, fed it by dropping broken bread and milk down the gaping aesophagus of the pullet, all of which was received into its stomach with apparent relish. On Saturday evening the wound began to heal, and Soctt brought the phenomenon to Dr. Pugh. Thus it was placed within the reach of medical students for study.
The doctors are puzzled by the case, for they freely admit that if the cerebellum of a man were removed he would die. There appears from this case, however, no necessity in fowls for the presence of the brain to prolong life. When the headless pullet was on exhibition at the Capital billiards-rooms, yesterday, it was viewed by hundreds with wonder. Some of these complained to Secretary Thompson of the Humane Society, and he will go after Scott to discover why he did not immediately kill the maimed chicken instead of carrying it over the city while suffering.
There seem to have been quite a few headless-chicken stories roaming about in the 1940s. Not only do we hear of Mike, the Headless Chicken [1], from Fruita, Colorado, but we also have Ashtabula's decapitated pullet, which -- we're told -- lived 39 days over 1946 and into 1947.
And then there's Lazarus, from Barbara's and snopes's neck of the woods, so to speak.
quote:ROOSTER LOSES HIS HEAD BUT KEEPS ON CROWING
The Los Angeles Times, Pg. 2 3 April 1949
Mrs. Martha Green got quite a shock last night when a beheaded rooster bought at a nearby market started to crow.
She dropped it in the kitchen sink of her home at 11722 S Avalon Blvd. The chicken stood up, stretched its headless neck, and started walking.
Last night, six hours after its head had been cut off, the rooster was still walking. It was still crowing, too, although it didn't sound like a normal rooster's crow. It sounded more like a -- well like a chicken with its head cut off.
The bird appears well adjusted to its new handicap. It behaves like any other rooster, and thrashes when doused with cold water. Yet not a visible part of the head is left on its neck.
A similar case was reported in October, 1945, by Hope B. Wade, a Colorado rancher visiting Long Beach relatives. Wade's chicken, alive for more than a month, still had a portion of its head left, however.
Mrs. Greene plans to keep the rooster alive as long as possible, however. She will feed it milk with an eyedropper inserted through a hole in the chicken's neck.
A series of articles appearing in The Times over the next 20 days recounted the court battle surrounding the hapless rooster [2].
On 5 April, PL Flynn, from the City Department of Animal Regulation, visited the Green residence, inspected the bird, and –- citing a violation of Section 599-E of the Penal Code -- ordered that it be destroyed within the next 12 hours. Mrs. Green, who'd already accepted $500 for the bird with a promise of an additional $2,000, reported that the bird no longer resided at 11722 S. Avalon Boulevard. Mr. Flynn's report, when filed, piqued the interest of the local chapter of the SPCA.
On 7 April, Mrs. Green refused the SPCA's request that she surrender the bird. Agents for the SPCA tracked Lazarus down to a local vet hospital, run by Dr. Alan Ross. Dr. Ross also refused to surrender the bird since, he contended, "[t]his bird may be valuable for research." The SPCA then turned to Justice of the Peace Stanley Moffatt of Huntington Park, who not only issued a complaint charging violations of Sections 597 and 599-E of the State Penal Code governing custody of maimed or mutilated animals, but also had Lazarus impounded and transferred him to another vet clinic. Lazarus, so The Times reported, "meanwhile, 'crows' and consumes a 'normal' quantity of milk and egg yolk and cornmeal." (The newspaper also produced a photograph, the caption of which reads, "GETS BIRD -- Alexander Tilley, SPCA official with headless rooster [in basket]." Indeed, we see Mr. Tilley carrying a lidded basket.)
By the following day, Mrs. Green had filed a complaint with the Superior Court that she regain possession of the bird or be given $2,500 damages. (The suit was filed against the SPCA and the owner of the vet clinic to which Lazarus had been brought.)
On 9 April, in Moffatt's court, Mrs. Green and Dr. Ross were arraigned for violations of codes regarding animal cruelty. Charged with "keeping and maintaining a mutilated fowl," Green and Ross asked for a trial by jury, which was set for 25 April. Moffatt concluded that "[t]his is one of the most unusual cases of all times," adding that "I'd like to call on some veterinarians and some college professors to testify in open court. I'd like to hear considerable medical testimony to determine whether the rooster is in pain." The reporter for The Times noted that "[t]he rooster managed a feeble crow as it returned to the hamper for the trip back to the veterinary."
Two days later, Moffatt ordered that the rooster, which had been by now lacking its head for the 11th day, be tested to determine whether it was suffering and asked that Dr. Lawrence Minsky, a San Gabriel veterinarian, examine the bird.
Green and Ross were acquitted of animal cruelty charges on 21 April, despite the testimony of Dr. Minsky, who felt that the bird "was suffering and had suffered pain." Moffatt returned the bird to Mrs. Green, who took it home to 11722 S. Avalon Boulevard.
Nevertheless, on April 22nd two inspectors from the city's animal regulations department returned to Mrs. Green's home. What happened next could hardly have been anticipated.
quote:They told Mrs. Martha Green, [Lazarus's] owner, that the red headless fowl must be killed within 12 hours or she would be subject to arrest for violation of Section 599-E of the Penal Code, the animal cruelty law.
Friends and neighbors had gathered in the yard of the Green home at 11722 Avalon Blvd. to protest.
Lazarus was there, too, strutting in headless dignity.
As the group watched, the bird toppled over, dead.
-- Bonnie
[1] snopes has already confirmed having seen the original piece from Life, but here's a link to what I believe is an online version,
(Keep clicking on for further pages of the article.)
(Alert readers will note the link to Life'schicken cannon article, too.)
[2] Relevant pieces from The Los Angeles Times include,
"Law demands headless bird put to death," Pg. 2, 6 April 1949. "SPCA seizes rooster with head cut off," Pg. 17, 7 April 1949. "Owner files suit for headless bird," Pg. 22, 8 April 1949. "Jury to decide decapitated rooster case," Pg. 8, 10 April 1949. "Feelings of the headless rooster to be tested," Pg. A1, 12 April 1949. "Headless rooster case defendants acquitted," Pg. 1, 22 April 1949. "Rooster Lazarus cheats executioner after living headless for 20 days," Pg. 1, 23 April 1949.
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Barns, I enjoy how you are mean as #$%@ throughout the entire message, then at the end you throw in some semi-pleasantries. About my career choice, however, you couldn't be more offbase.
quote:Awwww.... I understand. You're going for that career that goes like this: "You just hold very still. I'm going to put this lead sheet on you. Then I'm going to walk over there and push the button. Then I'm going to deposit my ridiculous paycheck."
The reason I am going to school to be an x-ray technician is because I needed to find the quickest, yet most lucrative career I could. It is a two year program that pays extremely well when you are finished. The reason I needed a quick career is because I have a one-year-old son. My original major was Biology, but its kind of hard to go to school full time for four to eight years and support a child.
As for posting my picture on here, I have no idea how to do that.
Chickee
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quote:Excuse me if there wasn't a graemlin that could flip the bird instead.
Here, be my guest.
Bonnie "welcome waggin'" Taylor
HAHAHA, didn't even think of that! I was under the impression that he was waggling his finger, "no, no." Thanks for making my day, Bonnie!
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About my career choice, however, you couldn't be more offbase. The reason I am going to school to be an x-ray technician is because I needed to find the quickest, yet most lucrative career I could. It is a two year program that pays extremely well when you are finished.
Just how off-base was I?
quote:As for posting my picture on here, I have no idea how to do that.
You need to start by having a photo already posted somewhere on the Internet. Many here use Photobucket as a hosting site. Then you can post it on snopes two different ways. You can insert it directly into a message by clicking the "Image" tab and pasting the full web address into the little window that will pop up. The photo should then appear within the message. Another way is to provide a direct hyperlink to your photo. You click on the "URL" tab then paste the web address. You will also get to pick a word(s) that will serve as the link in the message. If you do this, be sure to test your own link to see if it's functional (you can do this with "Preview Post"). Some of the photo hosting sites require registration and a password to go directly to any page. You could get tricked into thinking the link will work for anyone if you still have your "password cookie" enabled. You can double-check that by deleting the cookie(s) associated with the host site. Then check it again...essentially pretending to be a snopester who is not registered at the host site. You are plenty smart enough to figure that stuff out.
quote:I was under the impression that he was waggling his finger, "no, no."
So did I. That is a bird-flipper? Snopes has used that one on me numerous times. I feel better knowing he was giving me the finger rather than telling me "No, no, no!"
Mike with his very oddly-shaped bulging upper breast. "Mr. Cock, is that a head & neck inside there, or are you just happy to see me?"
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quote:Look at the photos of Mike (and there are very few). He has this weird bulge at the base of his neck that normal chickens don't have. I speculate that Mike was a typical chicken that had a feathered-hood over his head and neck to make it appear as if he was headless.
quote:Oringinally posted by Barns & No Bull:Just how off-base was I?
Well, you are off-base, because you insinuated that I was lazy because I chose this course of study. However, I am not lazy, I just want to be able to support my son as soon as possible. At least I'm finishing school after becoming a single parent and trying NOT to become another statistic.
I'll work on getting a photo up.
Chickee Daizy
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My use of the term lazy was meant to be sarcastically provocative, yet still within realistic bounds.
You said that your original college major was biology. You didn't say if this is your preferred course of study and career. You suggested that because of your child, you chose X-Ray Technician based on that occupation being a fast-track to biggish income. A pursuit of your true interest (outside of income) might be different than what you are doing. Lazy is an admittedly bad description of your motivations and decisions. Pragmatism and necessity rule our worlds. You are doing what you feel is the right thing to do. I won't touch that... maybe.
But it is all about telling someone to hold still, and then pressing a button, yes?
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Actually, Barns, I will have to know how to position the person in order to get the best x-ray. Today, I had to move a HUGE (elderly) WOMAN so she would be in the correct position for a chest x-ray. Talk about heavy lifting...Then I will also have to have an extensive knowlege of human anatomy in order to read the x-ray, MRI/MRA, CT scan, etc., in order to provide the doctor who ordered it a valid prognosis.
So yes, there is more to it that "Hold still while I go press a button real quick."
And I have always wanted to work in the medical field, so I am not so far off from my original goals.
Chickee "Radiation is fun!!" Daizy
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So yes, there is more to it that "Hold still while I go press a button real quick."
"Hold still while I press this button... then I will conclude a few things about your X-ray to present to the doctor... then I will deposit my weekly $1200 paycheck."
Damn! Why did I have to insist that you post a photo of yourself? I'm screwed. You are very cute, brunette, wear eye-glasses, have an awesome big nose, and additionally have a fetching little boy. I am now only but the dirt and stones upon the firmament. Did you need me to polish your shoes or wash your dishes? I will do those things. Why could you not have been a sorry homely wench? This is a crime. The initiation process was supposed to cut your ass into seventeen small pieces. I can no longer do this. Mike was a headless chicken that lived for 1.5 years. The father of your father's co-worker has important things to say about the controversial and possibly untrue American moon landing. Did you need me to wash your car and fill it up with gas?
Jesus Christ, I'm not cut out for Internet gladiator brain wars. I just want to cuddle.
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Yes, Barns, I felt it wasn't very nice for a man in his forties to be picking on the mother of such a cute little boy.
Brown is my real hair color. My eyes are green. And in case you can't see it in the photo, both me and my son have dimples in our chins.
I wear eyeglasses because I can't even see the big E on the Snellen eye chart.
My "awesome big nose" as you put it has been broken twice--once,when I was 11, by jumping off a house onto a trampoline and having counter bounce catapult me into the ground face-first; and again in highschool by a mean asshole with a bad temper.
Chickee "You know what they say about girls with big noses..." Daizy
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So yes, there is more to it that "Hold still while I go press a button real quick."
"Hold still while I press this button... then I will conclude a few things about your X-ray to present to the doctor... then I will deposit my weekly $1200 paycheck."
Huh? How much do the techs in your area make? Around here, they only make about $30000 per year starting.
-------------------- The Snopester formerly known as RooBug Posts: 556 | From: Pittsburgh | Registered: Jan 2005
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quote:Huh? How much do the techs in your area make? Around here, they only make about $30000 per year starting.
I'm not done with school yet, so I'm really not that sure. Everyone I have talked to at the hospital and that I know who is in that field has told me 18-25 dollars an hour. I'm thinking that it is $18 for more rural Oklahoma areas and $25 if I moved to a bigger city like Oklahoma City or Tulsa. One girl told me starting out in OKC she made $25. I was also told that if you work on call that can raise your checks up a lot more.
40 hrs a week at $25/hr is $48,000 a year. That ain't too shabby, but then neither is $30,000 a year; it's much better than minimum wage.
I plan on either moving to a big city in OK, or a big city out of state.
I'm just going by what I was told, so I'm not saying this is a fact. I haven't actually looked at any statistics.
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In regards to what they about girls with big noses--
quote:Originally posted by Barns & No Bull: I know what I say. What do they say?
That we can smell stuff from really far away.
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Yup, I've collected coins since I was 7 years old.
That is very cool. I did the same when I was much younger. You probably did this too: In the mid-1970's, I would buy rolls of coins from the bank and pull out the silver dimes and quarters. Slip new ones in the rolls to replace those I had removed, and continue to do that over and over again. Those were still the days that you could find great stuff in circulation. That all ended. When silver hit a ridiculous high in the early 1980's I unloaded my stockpile. I sold all of my hoarded crappy circulated silver coins for about $2500. It was a scandalous amount of money to suddenly fall into the hands of a very young guy. I don't really remember what I did with it, but I think I bought a cool used car and some other circa-1983 bling-bling.
Do you specialize or focus on any particular coins? I prefer pre-1900 American. If pushed, I would say pre-1850 American.
BTW, your MGB is the tits. These are nice roadsters. Do the Lucas electrics keep you busy? Feel free to brag about it in a headless chicken thread.
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quote:Originally posted by DoodleBug: I REALLY REALLY think this story is true. I saw a show on TV about it (I know you can't believe everything you see on TV, but...) and it seems they traveled the U.S. and many people witnessed Mike the Headless Chicken firsthand.
Perhaps what you saw was "The Natural History of the Chicken" on PBS. Amazingly, I got totally sucked into this documentary about...Chickens! It featured quite a bit of B&W film footage of "Mike."
Viva la Chickadee!
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Mission accomplished. Your intentions have been fulfilled. B&NB has now been driven crazy with the desire to see the PBS documentary of chickens. That would still be true, even if "Mike" did not have a modern cameo spot in it.
Why did a program about the natural history of chickens choose to portray Mike? So there was film footage of Mike doing things? I gotta see this stuff... I thought there might only be still-images of our beloved headless Galliforme named "Mike".
When will PBS show this program again?
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I couldn't find a quick answer to when it will air again, but I assume it has to be in here somewhere.
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quote:Originally posted by Barns & No Bull: [QUOTE] Why did a program about the natural history of chickens choose to portray Mike?
Because it's a HEADLESS chicken! I mean, a documentary about chickens just wouldn't be complete without "Mike." It's a good story. Yes, it showed footage of Mike walking around in the yard, etc.
I don't know when they will show it again. I saw it last year sometime and looked it up. If you're really hellbent, they sell the video on Amazon. (snigger)
Because it's a HEADLESS chicken! I mean, a documentary about chickens just wouldn't be complete without "Mike." It's a good story. Yes, it showed footage of Mike walking around in the yard, etc.
I love you. No story about chickens would be complete without mentioning the headless chickens that walked the earth. I like chickens. I love rhinos. I've never seen a rhino documentary that portrayed any headless rhinos. Oh well.
Did the footage of Mike show him walking into objects that he could not see because he had no eyes?
quote:If you're really hellbent, they sell the video on Amazon. (snigger)
Thanks. Welcome to the world of snopes hellbenders. Those who are not such, do not insert inciting phrases in between their first and last screennames. I love you into, and beyond The Gates of Hell.
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I saw this article and thought of this thread. Especially since they mention Mike:
quote: First there was Mike the Headless Chicken, a rooster that survived for 18 months after having its head lopped off with an ax. Now, western Colorado has a new chicken survival story, this one involving a man who claims he saved his fowl by giving it mouth-to-beak resuscitation. ... Mike the Headless Chicken survived a beheading in 1945 in Fruita, Colo. Afterward, Mike could go through the motions of pecking for food, and when he tried to crow, a gurgle came out. His owner put feed and water directly into Mike's gullet with an eyedropper.
Scientists examined the chicken and theorized Mike had enough of a brain stem left to live headless. He was a popular attraction until he choked to death on a corn kernel.
I thought this might ruffle some feathers.
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