In a message dated 11/16/2002 9:02:11 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Don't make pets out of farm animals. I remember once reading a story written by a woman who lived in Vermont. She and her family were raising dairy cattle, and one of the cows turned out to be a poor milker. They ended up slaughtering her. For months afterward the kids would ask, "Is this Ronna?" every time any cut of beef was served. The lesson there was: If you're going to eat it, don't name it. Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr