Mad cow disease

KataMaStEr · 12-24-2003, 04:37 PM

Ahh how many of you will actually stop eating steak because of this?

Power Rabbit · 12-24-2003, 05:40 PM

God himself could not keep me from havin a good steak...well yea he could..but Id be hella pissed

oaktownboy · 12-24-2003, 05:42 PM

it happened near my college- Whitman College in Walla Walla]
I believe it was 20 miles or so of Yakima

oaktownboy · 12-24-2003, 05:42 PM

i don't eat beef-so it really doesn't affect me

KataMaStEr · 12-24-2003, 08:10 PM

I just hope they lower the prices at my local grocery store now so I can fill up one of those shopping carts.

JerseyDevil · 12-25-2003, 04:28 AM

Unless matters get far worse, I'll still be eating plenty of beef.

To Mad Cow disease, I say "Moo you".

JerseyDevil · 12-26-2003, 05:46 AM

The media's reaction is utterly ridiculous.

MarcusMaximus · 12-26-2003, 06:17 AM

u mean udderly?

bandaidwoman · 12-26-2003, 08:08 AM

Since your chances of being hit by lightning at any given moment according to the CDC is 1 in 7000, you have a higher chance of being hit by lightning. The media is blowing it up.

At the same time, the beef industry in America was too stupid to learn from Canada and Britain who figured out that Mad cow disease or Bovine spongeiform encephalophathy is easily prevented by not refeeding cows wasteproducts from ground up cow meat (including brain...kind of their own cannibalism) which is why grain fed cows are making a comeback. They shot themselves in the foot and are now whining about the fact that the rest of the world is boycotting our beef. I'm still going to eat a Mcdonald's big mac, nothing like it after a two hour mountain bike ride...and that it's the epitome of American imperialism. yum yum yum. (yes, you ultra lowfat BBs are cringing..but admit it...you love it!)

JerseyDevil · 12-26-2003, 10:24 AM

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Originally posted by MarcusMaximus
u mean udderly?

Exactly!

oaktownboy · 12-26-2003, 10:30 AM

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Originally posted by bandaidwoman
Since your chances of being hit by lightning at any given moment according to the CDC is 1 in 7000, you have a higher chance of being hit by lightning. The media is blowing it up.

At the same time, the beef industry in America was too stupid to learn from Canada and Britain who figured out that Mad cow disease or Bovine spongeiform encephalophathy is easily prevented by not refeeding cows wasteproducts from ground up cow meat (including brain...kind of their own cannibalism) which is why grain fed cows are making a comeback. They shot themselves in the foot and are now whining about the fact that the rest of the world is boycotting our beef. I'm still going to eat a Mcdonald's big mac, nothing like it after a two hour mountain bike ride...and that it's the epitome of American imperialism. yum yum yum. (yes, you ultra lowfat BBs are cringing..but admit it...you love it!)

no we don't ..i have a question ..Why are u posting in a bb forum if u do nothing of the sort and are constantly ridiculing the sport?

bandaidwoman · 12-26-2003, 10:41 AM

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Originally posted by oaktownboy
no we don't ..i have a question ..Why are u posting in a bb forum if u do nothing of the sort and are constantly ridiculing the sport?

Didn't realize I was ridiculing BBs. If anything, the media for blowing this out of proportion. ( as in, our chances of being hit by lighgtning is greater than contracting mad cow disease) If you had read my posts, I dated and am married to a BB so I know how low fat intake is important for a BB so I realized the thought of eating a McDonald's Big Mac must make some people on this forum cringe. If that is belitteling the sport then you must have had a bad, bad christmas .

oaktownboy · 12-26-2003, 10:42 AM

same with ur steroid posts..u just don't get it

bandaidwoman · 12-26-2003, 10:56 AM

Your replies shows some sort of personal vendetta, a response I am used to from men that aren't used to stong willed assertive women.

If you read my steroid posts, I provided responses to issued bought up regarding scientific data. Forum members questioned the validity of those criticising the safety of steroids....especially those bought up by Meathead Sam. I actually agreed with some regarding how the media overblew the roid rages but showed that there were no studies that completely exonnerated or completely rendered steroids innocent of long term side effects. Individual choice and risks were not what I argued about. There are alot of smart people on this forum who are aware of the risks and choose to undertake them cautiously but I specifically addressed the ones trying to shoot down the medical data with some fallacious ones of their own...basically showing that both sides still did not have all the data. You critcised me from veering away from the thread starters initial content matter, but did not criticize meathead sam's slew of medical data regarding the dangers of steroids....seems prejudicial to me.

oaktownboy · 12-26-2003, 10:59 AM

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Originally posted by bandaidwoman
Your replies shows some sort of personal vendetta, a response I am used to from men that aren't used to stong willed assertive women.

If you read my steroid posts, I provided responses to issued bought up regarding scientific data. Forum members questioned the validity of those criticising the safety of steroids....especially those bought up by Meathead Sam. I actually agreed with some regarding how the media overblew the roid rages but showed that there were no studies that completely exonnerated or completely rendered steroids innocent of long term side effects. Individual choice and risks were not what I argued about. There are alot of smart people on this forum who are aware of the risks and choose to undertake them cautiously but I specifically addressed the ones trying to shoot down the medical data with some fallacious ones of their own...basically showing that both sides still did not have all the data. You critcised me from veering away from the thread starters initial content matter, but did not criticize meathead sam's slew of medical data regarding the dangers of steroids....seems prejudicial to me.

yes u figured me out..the reason why i replied to this quote is because i hate "stong willed assertive women."

bandaidwoman · 12-26-2003, 11:03 AM

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Originally posted by oaktownboy
yes u figured me out..the reason why i replied to this quote is because i hate "stong willed assertive women."

Let's see, a smiley just obliterated my rationally outlined argument....I am devastated...swoon...

It was just another nice way of preventing myself from resorting to four letter expletives.

Power Rabbit · 12-26-2003, 11:52 AM

nahh shes cool oak...she came on alittle strong in the gear debate in my opinion... but now Im pretty certain she didnt mean to come off that way...besides maby she can help us science us up some stuff :-P

PreMier · 12-26-2003, 06:03 PM

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Originally posted by bandaidwoman
I'm still going to eat a Mcdonald's big mac... yum yum yum. (yes, you ultra lowfat BBs are cringing..but admit it...you love it!)

I actually hate McDonalds. Its not that its fatening, its that the food tastes like ass! Fukin grose

Saber · 12-30-2003, 12:00 AM

Two hour bike ride? That's just a warm up right?

bandaidwoman · 12-30-2003, 12:49 AM

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Originally posted by Saber
Two hour bike ride? That's just a warm up right?

For a road ride yes, many times I'm usually mountain biking, altthough with the shorter daylight hours, I'm lucky if I get that in at all, unless i do a night ride on the trails.

NitroWorkin86 · 12-30-2003, 08:04 AM

I'm not going to stop eating beef and steak because of mad-cow. From my understand (be it small), the only way you can get mad cow disease is if you eat the nervous tissue (nerves) or the brains. Considering those parts aren't in beef and steak, I don't think there is a reason to be worried.

But one can't be safe, can they? I'm buying my beef and steak at the local all natural healthy food market. It's a bit expensive, but just until the mad-cow scare is over. Basically its meat from cows who are only fed natural things, like hay, oats, and so forth.

bandaidwoman · 12-30-2003, 11:42 AM

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Originally posted by NitroWorkin86
I'm not going to stop eating beef and steak because of mad-cow. From my understand (be it small), the only way you can get mad cow disease is if you eat the nervous tissue (nerves) or the brains. Considering those parts aren't in beef and steak, I don't think there is a reason to be worried.

But one can't be safe, can they? I'm buying my beef and steak at the local all natural healthy food market. It's a bit expensive, but just until the mad-cow scare is over. Basically its meat from cows who are only fed natural things, like hay, oats, and so forth.

You are smart NitroWork to buy your beef at the natural healthy food market. The transmission of mad cow disease (in the human form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ) in the 150 British subjects last year was from eating beef from diseased cows......not the nervous tissues. All 150 subsequently died. The use of brain and spinal cord tissue in cattle feed is the primary means by which mad cow is transmitted among the cows, not from beef to humans. However, as I stated before, the odds are still so low, I'm not going to worry but I have noticed that I have concentrated on fish and chicken lately

OmarJackson · 12-30-2003, 11:13 PM

i have heard that even if you do eat beef contaminated with the mad cow (what the helk is it by the way? is it a virus?), it takes around 10 years for the symptoms to develop and eventually debilitate the person. anyone hear of this? is it true?

If it is, thats messed up, if i get sick as hell i want to know tomorrow, not in ten years!

bandaidwoman · 12-31-2003, 05:06 AM

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Originally posted by Yeah Buddy!
i have heard that even if you do eat beef contaminated with the mad cow (what the helk is it by the way? is it a virus?), it takes around 10 years for the symptoms to develop and eventually debilitate the person. anyone hear of this? is it true?

If it is, thats messed up, if i get sick as hell i want to know tomorrow, not in ten years!

Niether a bacteria or virus. It is a prion, an infectious protein! This geek could go on and on about it but here is a link...http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/3035/prions.html

NitroWorkin86 · 12-31-2003, 08:40 AM

When I read about how they refeed dead cows into the cow's feed, it totally distorted the original image I had of cattle eating grass and hay all day, lol. YEah, and I see you're point behind infected beef as well. Chances are slim, but there isn't anything wrong in taking precausions, is there, lol? I'll probably return to the supermarket soon, but until then, spending on the more expensive beef from the all-natural storer is a good precaution.

Kinda off topic, but I recently did research how pigs and meats derived from them. Ugh, no more pork for me. I'm eating chicken, fish, and the natural beef as part of my meals.

greekblondechic · 12-31-2003, 02:18 PM

The thought of a Big Mac makes me cringe and Im not even a BB

seriously tho, itd make me violently sick just like KFC did last time I had it months ago (never again)

NitroWorkin86 · 12-31-2003, 08:29 PM

Eactly, fast food is disgusting. It may taste good at the time, but it does absolutely nothing et all for the body. All fast food joints, I try to avoid at all costs. Except for the one time a month I allow myself to cheat and go to chinise food with my friends

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12-24-2003, 04:37 PM	#1
KataMaStEr -==♠==- Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 1,960 Photos: 6	Mad cow disease Ahh how many of you will actually stop eating steak because of this?

12-24-2003, 05:42 PM	#3
oaktownboy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: smog and fog Posts: 4,387	it happened near my college- Whitman College in Walla Walla] I believe it was 20 miles or so of Yakima
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12-24-2003, 05:42 PM	#4
oaktownboy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: smog and fog Posts: 4,387	i don't eat beef-so it really doesn't affect me
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12-26-2003, 08:08 AM	#9
bandaidwoman inadvertant tree hugger Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 601 Photos: 4	Since your chances of being hit by lightning at any given moment according to the CDC is 1 in 7000, you have a higher chance of being hit by lightning. The media is blowing it up. At the same time, the beef industry in America was too stupid to learn from Canada and Britain who figured out that Mad cow disease or Bovine spongeiform encephalophathy is easily prevented by not refeeding cows wasteproducts from ground up cow meat (including brain...kind of their own cannibalism) which is why grain fed cows are making a comeback. They shot themselves in the foot and are now whining about the fact that the rest of the world is boycotting our beef. I'm still going to eat a Mcdonald's big mac, nothing like it after a two hour mountain bike ride...and that it's the epitome of American imperialism. yum yum yum. (yes, you ultra lowfat BBs are cringing..but admit it...you love it!)
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12-26-2003, 10:42 AM	#13
oaktownboy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: smog and fog Posts: 4,387	same with ur steroid posts..u just don't get it
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12-24-2003, 05:40 PM	#2
Power Rabbit The Bunny Is Bulking! Elite Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,027 Photos: 3	God himself could not keep me from havin a good steak...well yea he could..but Id be hella pissed

12-24-2003, 08:10 PM	#5
KataMaStEr -==♠==- Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 1,960 Photos: 6	I just hope they lower the prices at my local grocery store now so I can fill up one of those shopping carts.

12-25-2003, 04:28 AM	#6
JerseyDevil GO Buckeyes! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern, NJ Posts: 5,180	Unless matters get far worse, I'll still be eating plenty of beef. To Mad Cow disease, I say "Moo you".

12-26-2003, 05:46 AM	#7
JerseyDevil GO Buckeyes! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern, NJ Posts: 5,180	The media's reaction is utterly ridiculous.

12-26-2003, 06:17 AM	#8
MarcusMaximus Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 740	u mean udderly?

12-26-2003, 10:56 AM	#14
bandaidwoman inadvertant tree hugger Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 601 Photos: 4	Your replies shows some sort of personal vendetta, a response I am used to from men that aren't used to stong willed assertive women. If you read my steroid posts, I provided responses to issued bought up regarding scientific data. Forum members questioned the validity of those criticising the safety of steroids....especially those bought up by Meathead Sam. I actually agreed with some regarding how the media overblew the roid rages but showed that there were no studies that completely exonnerated or completely rendered steroids innocent of long term side effects. Individual choice and risks were not what I argued about. There are alot of smart people on this forum who are aware of the risks and choose to undertake them cautiously but I specifically addressed the ones trying to shoot down the medical data with some fallacious ones of their own...basically showing that both sides still did not have all the data. You critcised me from veering away from the thread starters initial content matter, but did not criticize meathead sam's slew of medical data regarding the dangers of steroids....seems prejudicial to me.
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12-26-2003, 11:52 AM	#17
Power Rabbit The Bunny Is Bulking! Elite Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,027 Photos: 3	nahh shes cool oak...she came on alittle strong in the gear debate in my opinion... but now Im pretty certain she didnt mean to come off that way...besides maby she can help us science us up some stuff :-P

12-30-2003, 12:00 AM	#19
Saber Member Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Maysville, KY Posts: 35 Photos: 6	Two hour bike ride? That's just a warm up right?
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12-30-2003, 08:04 AM	#21
NitroWorkin86 -Newbie Cutter- Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: California Posts: 28	I'm not going to stop eating beef and steak because of mad-cow. From my understand (be it small), the only way you can get mad cow disease is if you eat the nervous tissue (nerves) or the brains. Considering those parts aren't in beef and steak, I don't think there is a reason to be worried. But one can't be safe, can they? I'm buying my beef and steak at the local all natural healthy food market. It's a bit expensive, but just until the mad-cow scare is over. Basically its meat from cows who are only fed natural things, like hay, oats, and so forth.
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12-30-2003, 11:13 PM	#23
OmarJackson Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 299	i have heard that even if you do eat beef contaminated with the mad cow (what the helk is it by the way? is it a virus?), it takes around 10 years for the symptoms to develop and eventually debilitate the person. anyone hear of this? is it true? If it is, thats messed up, if i get sick as hell i want to know tomorrow, not in ten years!

12-31-2003, 08:40 AM	#25
NitroWorkin86 -Newbie Cutter- Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: California Posts: 28	When I read about how they refeed dead cows into the cow's feed, it totally distorted the original image I had of cattle eating grass and hay all day, lol. YEah, and I see you're point behind infected beef as well. Chances are slim, but there isn't anything wrong in taking precausions, is there, lol? I'll probably return to the supermarket soon, but until then, spending on the more expensive beef from the all-natural storer is a good precaution. Kinda off topic, but I recently did research how pigs and meats derived from them. Ugh, no more pork for me. I'm eating chicken, fish, and the natural beef as part of my meals.
	"The only one stopping you from succeeding is yourself. Try you're best, and move continually forward as you grow in the force!" Luke Skywalker-New Jedi Order. Currently weight: 178. Current height: 5'9.

12-31-2003, 02:18 PM	#26
greekblondechic I'm special :) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 7,791	The thought of a Big Mac makes me cringe and Im not even a BB seriously tho, itd make me violently sick just like KFC did last time I had it months ago (never again)
	I can do it I WILL be a size 5.

12-31-2003, 08:29 PM	#27
NitroWorkin86 -Newbie Cutter- Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: California Posts: 28	Eactly, fast food is disgusting. It may taste good at the time, but it does absolutely nothing et all for the body. All fast food joints, I try to avoid at all costs. Except for the one time a month I allow myself to cheat and go to chinise food with my friends .
	"The only one stopping you from succeeding is yourself. Try you're best, and move continually forward as you grow in the force!" Luke Skywalker-New Jedi Order. Currently weight: 178. Current height: 5'9.