Columbus OH Replaces Union Workers With Goats

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1:56p, 6/14/26
And it has really jazzed off the local chapter of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) because a local water treatment plant has subcontracted for goats to come in and clear out the underbrush from the plant's facilities. Imagine a goat doing a better job than your machine-equipped union workforce. Oh, grievance has been filed of course.
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2:06p, 6/14/26
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"I want…I want…I want…". Unions can screw up anything.
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2:10p, 6/14/26
Goats are great at this. There's businesses where a guy releases goats onto overgrown lots and they eat everything in less than a day.

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How long before they unionize the goats?
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City of Austin / Texas Parks & Rec does this along town lake.
Goats, apparently, love poison Ivy.

The only drawback is that you can't pet the goats :-)
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If what you do for a living can easily be done by a dumb animal for almost nothing, maybe have higher expectations for yourself.
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In reply to itsyourboypookie • 3:05p, 6/14/26
itsyourboypookie said:
Goats are great at this. There's businesses where a guy releases goats onto overgrown lots and they eat everything in less than a day.

Use Elephants. Much bigger and smarter than goats and if they escape, they are easily located. Also are fun to watch.
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In reply to UTExan • 3:47p, 6/14/26
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UTExan said:
And it has really jazzed off the local chapter of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) because a local water treatment plant has subcontracted for goats to come in and clear out the underbrush from the plant's facilities. Imagine a goat doing a better job than your machine-equipped union workforce. Oh, grievance has been filed of course.

If they're anything like my worthless goats, they'll eat all the tasty bits and leave the majority of the brush untouched.

I learned a new term that describes goat eating behavior after adopting or goats, "Browsers". They run around the years sampling various bits, but make very little headway on keeping the weed down.
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3:50p, 6/14/26
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Another family member has goats and they absolutely love poison ivy, our won't touch it. I think mine are in the Goats United union.
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Anyone here remember the "I need to rent a goat" thread on the OB years ago?

Bonus points of you never forgot the opening sentence.
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In reply to flakrat • 5:10p, 6/14/26
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UTExan said:
And it has really jazzed off the local chapter of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) because a local water treatment plant has subcontracted for goats to come in and clear out the underbrush from the plant's facilities. Imagine a goat doing a better job than your machine-equipped union workforce. Oh, grievance has been filed of course.

If they're anything like my worthless goats, they'll eat all the tasty bits and leave the majority of the brush untouched.

I learned a new term that describes goat eating behavior after adopting or goats, "Browsers". They run around the years sampling various bits, but make very little headway on keeping the weed down.


You have unionized goats?


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In reply to doubledog • 5:12p, 6/14/26
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doubledog said:
itsyourboypookie said:
Goats are great at this. There's businesses where a guy releases goats onto overgrown lots and they eat everything in less than a day.

Use Elephants. Much bigger and smarter than goats and if they escape, they are easily located. Also are fun to watch.


Plus I'd like to see the union protestors try and stand in the way of the elephants trying to take their jobs.
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In reply to IIIHorn • 9:40p, 6/14/26
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IIIHorn said:
flakrat said:
UTExan said:
And it has really jazzed off the local chapter of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) because a local water treatment plant has subcontracted for goats to come in and clear out the underbrush from the plant's facilities. Imagine a goat doing a better job than your machine-equipped union workforce. Oh, grievance has been filed of course.

If they're anything like my worthless goats, they'll eat all the tasty bits and leave the majority of the brush untouched.

I learned a new term that describes goat eating behavior after adopting or goats, "Browsers". They run around the years sampling various bits, but make very little headway on keeping the weed down.


You have unionized goats?


I think some people on the Middle East call that a harem
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9:44p, 6/14/26
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I saw this in action on a large lot in Atlanta a few years ago. Those goats were amazing. They ate everything within reach. Great for cleaning up the underbrush.

Looked expensive. The goat owner installed a temporary fence around the property to keep the goats from leaving.

Of course most of that stuff would sprout back, so I'm not sure how practical it is without some kind of herbicide follow up.
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In reply to itsyourboypookie • 9:59p, 6/14/26
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itsyourboypookie said:
Goats are great at this. There's businesses where a guy releases goats onto overgrown lots and they eat everything in less than a day.


Dam they must be hungry !
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In reply to doubledog • 10:00p, 6/14/26
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doubledog said:
itsyourboypookie said:
Goats are great at this. There's businesses where a guy releases goats onto overgrown lots and they eat everything in less than a day.

Use Elephants. Much bigger and smarter than goats and if they escape, they are easily located. Also are fun to watch.


Not native to America. Maybe we can import them from India using E-1 visas
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I want to see homeboy union president get in there with a machete and see what he can do.
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In reply to Kenneth_2003 • 10:52p, 6/14/26
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Kenneth_2003 said:
Anyone here remember the "I need to rent a goat" thread on the OB years ago?

Bonus points of you never forgot the opening sentence.


Anybody got a link? I couldn't find
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In reply to buda91 • 7:47a, 6/15/26
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buda91 said:
Kenneth_2003 said:
Anyone here remember the "I need to rent a goat" thread on the OB years ago?

Bonus points of you never forgot the opening sentence.


Anybody got a link? I couldn't find

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Goats only have 2 jobs:

1) Eat absolutely everything.

2) Make kids for cabrito.

Other than that, they are just like cats, except that they are smart enough to play dumb when they need to, can climb better, and are fairly uninterested in plotting the death of their owners.
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In reply to UTExan • 8:34a, 6/15/26
Instance #8765 why we don't need unions anymore.
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As long as they don't rent pigs. A man who rents pigs is, he is hard to stop.
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10:58a, 6/15/26
Unions completely killed the economy of the town where I was born. Stupid *******s never have enough. They never know when they have a good deal. They just keep pushing until the industry leaves.
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Navasota has done this recently. Works exceptionally well. Fraction of the cost. Better results.
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In reply to Buck Turgidson • 6:50p, 6/15/26
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Unions completely killed the economy of the town where I was born. Stupid *******s never have enough. They never know when they have a good deal. They just keep pushing until the industry leaves.

Unions are the mirror image of Democrats in pretty much every way. They are ruthless in stealing from you and doing anything/everything to hang on to power.

Dems aren't actually trying to solve problems, but rather perpetuate them to have a reason to stay in power.
Unions aren't ever satisfied with workers pay or benefits, rather keep pushing for more to convince the worker bees they need to exist. (The worker bees don't understand economics and don't care as long as they get "theirs".)

IMO after the Unions successfully helped establish the middle class, these Dems and the Unions have held back America from what it could be (massively) where people get along and anyone can have anything if they work hard enough, obey the law and focus on bettering themselves through education and by their actions.

That Unions use the worker bee's funds to promote Dems is understandable, they are one in the same.

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In reply to flakrat • 7:53p, 6/15/26
flakrat said:
UTExan said:
And it has really jazzed off the local chapter of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) because a local water treatment plant has subcontracted for goats to come in and clear out the underbrush from the plant's facilities. Imagine a goat doing a better job than your machine-equipped union workforce. Oh, grievance has been filed of course.

If they're anything like my worthless goats, they'll eat all the tasty bits and leave the majority of the brush untouched.

I learned a new term that describes goat eating behavior after adopting or goats, "Browsers". They run around the years sampling various bits, but make very little headway on keeping the weed down.



It takes two cattle trailers full of very hungry to make any headway on an overgrown piece of land

Off 105 going north near Navasota their is local goat farmer and his herd keeps his 4-5 acres clear but he has a bunch of goats and he only lets them out about once a week
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In reply to Sq 17 • 11:37p, 6/15/26
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We have 2 and they are out every day. Granted, they only have maybe an 1/8th of an acre on the 5 we have for the house. They are pretty darn entertaining to watch though.

We also have 2 bantam roosters that someone dropped on our road that follow the goats around like they are part of the crew.
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Buddy of mine bought 10 acres on lake Ray Roberts. It was covered in poison ivy and they bought a few goats and tied them to trees. Rotated them around every couple of days. They absolutely cleared it all.
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7:00a, 6/16/26
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FOUND IT!!!

I need to RENT a goat -- 2009 Outdoor Board edition
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7:34a, 6/16/26
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Southeast has used them very effectively to eliminate kudzu in areas. Pretty good YouTube video out there about kudzu and money wasted on herbicides and machinery but when goats introduced they were able to kill the plant after 5 rounds of grazing it down and making the plant spend its stored starch until it ran out and died
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In reply to Kenneth_2003 • 7:36a, 6/16/26
Kenneth_2003 said:
Anyone here remember the "I need to rent a goat" thread on the OB years ago?

Bonus points of you never forgot the opening sentence.

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