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David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
...also known as "compression socks", "anti DVT socks". Or diabetic socks. My podiatrist suggested I wear them due to my legs also getting to be like the various descriptions above. I just bought a pair last week, but I haven't taken them out of the package yet. Maybe today... David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3331 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Sue, is this one of your indoor raccoons? No, darn it. ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3331 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
I hate traffic...... Sure there is. You express your anger, your frustration, and probably several other emotions. Why did you think they were called expressways? ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3331 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
This is a sad, graphic post, so if you don't want sad and graphic, you should probably skip this one. It involves a cat and an opossum. I learned a sad lesson or two over the weekend. As often happens here (damn it), another feral cat was (most likely) hit by a car and killed. I saw her in the street in front of my house. (This was the female that is always pregnant, so there's a very tiny ray of light. No more litters from that one.) As I always do, I scooped her body up using a trash bag, sealed it, and put it in the garbage can (bin) for the trash collectors to pick up today. (Our garbage is picked up on Tuesdays and Fridays.) That was the only thing in the trash can until Monday night, when I took the household garbage out for Tuesday's pick-up. When I looked into the can, something wasn't "right." When I finally realized what I was looking at, it was a very sad thing. There was a dead opossum in the can with the cat, and the trash bag had been ripped open. The only think I can guess that happened is that the opossum was attracted by the scent of a dead animal and climbed into the trash can. Whatever happened in there, I don't know. The cat still looked whole. But I guess the opossum couldn't climb back out and either the heat of the day or the lack of water, or both, caused its death. This must have happened on Saturday night. I put the cat in the trash on Saturday, and found the opossum dead on Monday. I really didn't know what to do other than to leave them there for the trash men to pick up. And how sorry I am that they had to see and smell that. I imagine they see a lot of nasty stuff like that doing their job. Poor guys. Anyway, I learned that opossums are (must be) attracted to the smell of rotting flesh, and that they will climb into something to get to it. I learned that, from now on when I have to put a dead cat in my garbage can, I will do something to ensure that either nothing can get in or that anything that does manage to get in can also get out. I'll also check the can several times until the garbage is picked up. ~Sue~ |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65777 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22227 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
This story made me smile http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33748027 Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
I will never understand the desire to shoot at an animal outside of the intent of eating it... which I have come to grips with after seeing that in Northern Wisconsin people do genuinely use deer meat to supplement their diets. Eric's youngest sister married a er... uh... "complicated" fellow who likes to go out into the Arizona desert with his buddies and shoot rattlesnakes. While I do not actually hope that my brother-in-law gets bitten (he is, after all, the father of three of our precious nieces and one of our precious nephews), I do sincerely hope that some glorious day a great big, really fast snake gives him a bad enough scare that he gives up that awful, horrible, terrible past time. Rattlesnakes belong in the desert. They are not hurting anybody there. They are beautiful animals and part of the natural order of things. Eric and I simply cannot understand why anybody would want to shoot them!!! Same goes for armadillos. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65777 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I will never understand the desire to shoot at an animal outside of the intent of eating it... which I have come to grips with after seeing that in Northern Wisconsin people do genuinely use deer meat to supplement their diets. We have Mojave Greens out here Angela, some of the worst snakes to get bitten by, Me I'd pass.. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20349 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
I remember a few years back. A business man wanted to make game hunting easy. He wanted to have people do it over the Internet. You just controlled a remote robot with a rifle to shoot your animal from the comfort of your home. I do remember the stink that raised with the public. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Celebrate and protect urban wildlife!!! |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Mojave Green Rattlesnake |
Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0 |
Hard-shelled possum? |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
I will never understand the desire to shoot at an animal outside of the intent of eating it... which I have come to grips with after seeing that in Northern Wisconsin people do genuinely use deer meat to supplement their diets. From June 1971 to July 1973, when I entered the Navy, I worked in an Italian family's restaurant. The owner had been a cattle rancher, and during the summers would host luncheons for his friends. I helped cook up quite a few "delicacies", including frog legs, venison, mountain oysters, and rattle snake. If memory serves, after they were skinned and deboned, we saute'd them in olive oil, smashed garlic, and a little white wine, them grilled them like steaks. Served over rice, with sauté'd eggplant, zucchini, onion and tomatoes on the side. Yes, all of us in the kitchen got a taste. Don't recall what it tasted like, but I didn't have trouble eating it. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
There are two restaurants in Denver that serve wild game. The Fort and The Buckhorn Exchange(Buffalo Bill used to eat there, no kidding!) both have Elk, Venison, Quail, and Rattlesnake on a seasonal basis. I know you've heard it before, but Rattlesnake really does taste like chicken. Tell your son-in-law to learn some recipes and quit wasting the resource.... Links to the menu and the history page of the restaurant. http://buckhorn.com/appetizers.php http://buckhorn.com/history.php "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I discovered recently that my turtles like zucchini! Yes, I have 4 turtles. ~Two adults(an Ornate and Eastern Box), and their babies I've raised since they hatched, about 10 years ago. My blog for them is out of date, but here's a look from several years ago: http://gordonsturtles.blogspot.com/ The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
I know you've heard it before, but Rattlesnake really does taste like chicken. Thats true:) My GF have been to a wedding party in Sri Lanka where they ate snakes among other dishes. Not Rattlesnake but perhaps Cobras:) |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I think that we should take this time to lower our heads in sadness for the plight of the famous 'Elsmere Island Double Fanged Snow Snake'. Reports have reviled the terrible devastation being inflected on these creatures due to 'Global Warming'! Donations can be sent to this address in any amounts that you feel comfortable with giving! edit: When properly prepared they just melt in your mouth! |
Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0 |
In memory of Wilbur, Babe and Porky. Roast in peace. |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
There are two restaurants in Denver that serve wild game. The Fort and The Buckhorn Exchange(Buffalo Bill used to eat there, no kidding!) both have Elk, Venison, Quail, and Rattlesnake on a seasonal basis. I have Shipmates in the Denver and Colorado Springs areas. Next time I'm passing through......... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
@Rob This story made me smile Me too :) I'm ashamed to say this bit In April a Georgia man injured his mother-in-law when a bullet ricocheted off an armadillo, "hit a fence, went through the back door of his mother-in-law's mobile home, through a recliner she was sitting in, and into her back," made me laugh :/ I'm still ashamed - honest. :) I heartily agree with Angela about rattlesnakes - and all snakes for that matter... *sniff at celtooth* I'm not sure about the ellesmere snow one *elevate nose. rotate head 23.4 degrees... andblink* I looked it up you see... :)))) Same goes for armadillos. + Loads! Poor things get given leprosy by humans - and then get blamed for giving it back to us :( @Suzie :( big hug. And good tip :) |
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