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Post by Brit on Jun 12, 2007 11:03:34 GMT -5
TSSP, that story and the pics of Anna and her animal friends has made my day! What a beautiful child Anna is, and she has a special gift for sure. Children are so resilient and will come up with things totally out of their own minds to compensate a disadvantage. I loved the Wal-Mart version she came up with. Thanks so much for sharing this story and give Anna a hug from me please. Brit
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Post by twosuperstudponies on Jun 12, 2007 12:56:28 GMT -5
OK I WILL!
Do we kow if we are any closer to seeing Tulip?
Do you mind if I tell another "PIG STORY" while we're waiting?
I just love Tulip's name! You don't hear of many pigs named Tulip! I mentioned before that I had a pig named Louie. He was 1/2 wild boar and 1/2 pot belly. He was about 100lbs at 1 year old. But I also had a regular full blooded Pot Bellied pig when I was a teenager. Her name was "Barbie Q. Pig" (No, Allison we did not eat her either!) she was a pet! She was black and white and had the funniest PINK lips! I have a picture of her somewhere, too. Anyway, she went everywhere with me like a dog and one day she chased the car down the road and disappeared. I put signs up all over the area "LOST PIG" "REWARD" and this old man called and said "I think I have your pig?" I said "Really what does it look like, how do you know it's mine?" He said "Well, she's a pig with a collar on and there ain't many of those running down the road, Sweety" Needless to say, it was my pig and I was much more careful about her running down the road after that, and I had a tag made with all of her vital info just in case she were to get lost again!
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Post by lmurph on Jun 12, 2007 13:53:43 GMT -5
I also had a regular full blooded Pot Bellied pig when I was a teenager. Her name was "Barbie Q. Pig" (No, Allison we did not eat her either!) she was a pet! She was black and white and had the funniest PINK lips! I have a picture of her somewhere, too. Anyway, she went everywhere with me like a dog and one day she chased the car down the road and disappeared. LOL! Can pigs run that fast? Who knew? Not me! ;D
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Post by bndranch on Jun 12, 2007 15:06:20 GMT -5
We are still waiting on the people from ATI to tell us whether or not we can run that device on a laptop. Rich seems to think that the laptop doesn't have enough power to run the capture device. It is installed on her computer but all we get is a black screen :sigh: I am seriously thinking of looking at other capture devices tonight at walmart and seeing if there is one that is more compatable with a laptop. I am going to post in the help section too to see if someone is running their cam off a laptop and if so what they are using! Hang tight guys we are trying LOL!!!
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Post by txrvkats on Jun 12, 2007 15:14:48 GMT -5
Hope you get it figured out. Would love to watch Ms Tulip & her piggies.
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Post by twosuperstudponies on Jun 12, 2007 15:42:41 GMT -5
Ok, we're good! Maybe Tulip could come live at your house while she foals, um I mean, "pigs?"
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Post by bndranch on Jun 12, 2007 16:37:03 GMT -5
I honestly thought of that, but getting an 800lb pig loaded into a trailer is a feet in itself........And moving her after the fact with a bunch of little piggies would be quite the fiasco as well....Heck I even thought about taking my over to Chelsea's for the time being since I know mine will host the cam, but I don't know if I can survive that long without my computer
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Post by msbuster on Jun 12, 2007 16:46:48 GMT -5
TSSP, your daughter is a sweetheart and I still get amazed at how resourseful they can be!! Thank you for sharing those incredible stories. The cat one blew me away!!
And who ever asked if pigs can run that fast, oh yeah!! For porkers (LOL) they can really move when they get a mind too!
I have a piggy story I can tell too, but not till later, have a meeting to get ready for. I sure hope you can get the piggy cam going. Can't you trade computers for a week or two?? LOL
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Post by bndranch on Jun 12, 2007 17:45:27 GMT -5
Well sounds as if she is getting closer :sigh:. We are still trying dilegently and Rich says to try a USB hub (alrighty then hopefully Wal-Mart knows what one of those are LOL). Not sure if this will fix the problem or not........
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Post by Allison on Jun 12, 2007 19:18:38 GMT -5
Ugh I don't know anything about cams, or technology for that matter Brittany or I would offer some suggestions. I feel blessed that I actually know how to get the blinking 12:00 off my VCR! LOL! LOL TSSP at the "well we don't have too many pigs with collars on running around sweety!". Well I am certainly gald you found Barbie Q. Pig (okay even as a vegan that name made me bust out laughing!!!) and that she wasn't dinner! LOL
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Post by bndranch on Jun 13, 2007 19:13:29 GMT -5
Okay good news!!!! Chelsea bought the USB hub and it worked!!!! The cam is now streaming on her computer and she is working on getting it up and running online. As soon as she posts the link I will let you know!!!
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Post by darbyponygirl on Jun 13, 2007 19:21:24 GMT -5
oh yay i can't wait to watch the piggy
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Post by foalingirl on Jun 13, 2007 19:45:58 GMT -5
cant wait for cam to be up!!!!
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Post by bndranch on Jun 14, 2007 11:44:11 GMT -5
www.foalcam.com/chelsead/cam okay guys this is the link to the cam!!!! Its not up right this minute as she is still waiting to get approved. But keep checking!! Oh the other thing LOL.......In the evening Chelsea will be watching TV so until she goes to bed or switches it you MIGHT see a split screen with whatever Chelsea is watching on TV....... Another thing if you see Tulip going into labor, please call us or Chelsea. Remember Tulip is not at our house but we can get to her in about 5min. We will be actively in there when she goes to give birth. Pigs try to be really careful about their babies but its hard for an 800lb sow to realize where 9 babies are all the time! Once the camera is up and running I will explain a little more what we do and why things are set up the way they are!
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Post by Deb12c on Jun 14, 2007 12:05:27 GMT -5
Can you please edit your post and post the link in the first post on page one? So we can find it easier.
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