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Holy crap. My mother was right. She probably thought I was weird enough already, in an Ellie-Mae-Clampitt kind of way; without being a leper on top of that. Sherry Sherry, this is funny! Ellie Mae Clampitt?? Yeah, remember Ellie Mae and all her 'possums and raccoons and other assorted "critters." Sherry |
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wrote in message ups.com... Holy crap. My mother was right. She probably thought I was weird enough already, in an Ellie-Mae-Clampitt kind of way; without being a leper on top of that. Sherry Sherry, this is funny! Ellie Mae Clampitt?? Yeah, remember Ellie Mae and all her 'possums and raccoons and other assorted "critters." Ahh, I see. I didn't make that connection and was picturing you with blonde braids and a hillbilly accent! |
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"Phil P." wrote in message news "Alison" wrote in message Owners who keep their cats in all the time can also miss signs like a cat having difficulties in pooing if the cat tends to poo in the day time while they are at work. They'd sure a **** know if the cat was constipated because the litter box wouldn't have any **** in it - and if the cat had diarrhea, the evidence would be in the litter box. The same principal applies to urine. At the very least indoor owners would become aware of elimination disorders much sooner than outdoor cat owners - and in the case of urinary tract obstructions - sooner detection could make the difference between life and acute renal failure and death. You're sad devotion to an ancient and outdated tradition is blinding you from reality. It's true. And sad to see--for her cats. |
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"Alison" wrote in message ... "Christopher C. Stacy" wrote in message ... Well, that's what a friend of mine from a part of Texas (where they are common road kill) told me. I am pretty sure he was serious, but I never researched it further. OMG ! Now you stop scraping up roadkill right this instance , ya hear Mary ? Them dang armadillo stews ain't gonna do ya any good! Alison Aww. Alison made a funny! Or tried, anyway. Very good, Alison! |
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"Phil P." wrote in message ... "Mathew Kagis" wrote in message LOL!!!! Chainmail is overcompensation against dull, rusty weapons. Not ain't that funny comming from a moron who makes the same mistake *every day* after watching your cat die a horribly painfull death with a broken back. Lynnie and Mathew are old buds. It's the "why can't we all just get along" school of morality. The folks in the school have a hard time sitting up for the lessons though, because like Lyn they have no goddamned backbones. |
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"Diane L. Schirf" wrote in message
ink.net... In article , (Meghan Noecker) wrote: I don't see that. I see how the economy has changed since Boeing lost a lot of sales when the airlines went down. But that is not about fear. I don't know anybody here who has changed their daily behavior because of 911. It just sounds to me like the wrong impression has been given to people in other countries. That we are now paranoid or sitting around in fear. Who has time for that? Where do you live? Because, as I said, I see it all the time. I don't think your experience is representative of the national experience. I don't think people live in terror per se, but I do know: People pay attention to the alerts and cancel flights; it's harder to get back into the U.S. even for citizens and even coming from, say, Canada; there is beefed-up security at every office building I've been to, as I said; even Amtrak is being much stricter about these things; every time there's a plane crash, the first thought is, "here we go again"; there has been constant news about the sale of 50 mm rifles (which can take down planes) and about the lack of security in shipping; there has been major publicity about the insecurity of such things as nuclear and chemical plants; etc., etc., etc. If you live in a major urban area, it's at the back of your mind *all* the time, and if it weren't, work security would remind you. Odd, I don't get that impression - I'm in Houston, the largest city in Texas and a major US port city. The only thing that I remember recently that even brought terrorism to mind was when the BP oil refinery had a *major* explosion. And even then I don't remember terrorism being mentioned on the news coverage - I thought about it because I saw several military jets in the air but no commercial airliners (I live next to an airport so I'm used to seeing commercial airliners all the time). Terrorism has not been mentioned by a friend or co-worker since right after 9/11 - and I am booking flights for my managers almost every week (I haven't even heard any complaints about beefed-up security at the airport). Come to think of it (and admittedly I don't watch television except occasionally when I'm in a room with DH) but I haven't heard anything about color-coded alerts in ages! It's weird how people can have different perceptions of the same situation! ; Hugs, CatNipped -- http://www.slywy.com/ |
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"Diane L. Schirf" wrote in message
nk.net... In article , "CatNipped" wrote: Come to think of it (and admittedly I don't watch television except occasionally when I'm in a room with DH) but I haven't heard anything about color-coded alerts in ages! There haven't been any, just vague and interestingly timed warnings. Oh, I *definitely* agree that our government is trying to use that to control the US population and forward its own agenda, I just don't agree that their plan is working like they thought it would. Underestimating the American public has brought disaster to both its own political leaders and inimical foriegn nations from the Boston tea party to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's famous quote, ""I am afraid we have woken a sleeping giant, and filled him with a terrible resolve". It's weird how people can have different perceptions of the same situation! I think it's because we see it in our daily lives -- security at the office, the constant mention on the news (of course, now that's been relegated to a distant place with the death of the pope and other things). I *never* listen to what the media today has to say - over the past 30 years they have gone from reporting news to selling laundry detergent! ; The more fear, controversy and outrage they can engender, the higher their ratings! Hugs, CatNipped -- http://www.slywy.com/ |
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Phil P. wrote: (...) Yep. I wasn't sure if you could afford an expensive shot. ;-) Heh. Appositely, I've had my expensive shot for the day - 500 of your Earth dollars for a pair of rabies titres. No, not for me dammit, foaming at the mouth is *my* natural state! Steve. |
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Marcia said "Mary" wrote: House. But then again, even three terms of them (Reagan twice then Daddy Bush) did not keep President Clinton from turning some things around again. Example: the deficit. What worries me is that a Democrat will not be able to (or will not want to) turn things around again, I don't see how it can be undone. I know I'm not in the US but as far as "Empire" building goes, I really believe the US government is going to carry on with what they've started. Yes they will, or they won't get elected. Why? see below: both majoy parties are the same now, we don't have a left wing party any more. Yes. Nor is there a Conservative party in the U.S. (Right wing, yes.) This is an built in problem of 2-party systems where a vote for a good guy is a vote for the opposite mainstream party. The end result is the two parties are the two wings of, in reality: one party. It doesn't have to be that way. For example see the Aussie's system, or even the Sierra Club in the US. |
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