Speaking of cats, I heard an odd piece of cat theory this weekend. Apparently 30-50% of the worlds human population is infected with Toxoplasmosis which is carried by cats. Some scientists did tests on rats infected with toxoplasmosis, and the disease actually causes the infected rats to seek out and want to be near cats! I wish I had more details, but that was the jist of it. So the theory is that maybe part of the reason why half the population likes cats is because they have taxoplasmosis....
Dunno, just thought I'd share :) jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:21 AM Subject: RE: Happy Monday Peoples! > I'm still trying to recover from a very rough weekend. > > first of all Wendy and I went to see Ice Age on Friday - a very good film. > Quite funny. > > then when we got home around midnight we found our cat Solomon in very bad > shape lying on the floor. First we tried to get her to eat something, in > case it was some sort of insulin reaction - she's diabetic. > > However she did ate very little and was not reacting much at this point. We > rushed her to what we thought was a nearby 24 hour emergency vet clinic. > Guess what while it advertised that it was a 24 hour clinic no such luck the > place was closed. > > So we went to the next one about 15 miles away in Vienna, Virginia. Along > the way the cat began to go into convulsions. At that point I figure I was > breaking tons of traffic laws the way I was driving down I-66 trying to get > to the clinic. Fortunately there were not state police on the way. I never > knew this Saturn could go so fast. Anyhow we manage to make it there in > time. They took her in right away. Apparently her glucose levels at this > point was less than 20. Normal levels are between 70 and 120. So they > started her on a glucose solution IV. Around 4 am they said that they wanted > to keep her overnight to watch her etc. So we finally made it home around > 5am. We called later (Saturday evening) and were told we could pick her up. > The bill came to over $400. Ouch. > > So needless my weekend sucked. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:52 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Happy Monday Peoples! > > > > > > What happened over there in the states???!!! Are you people > > awake or what! > > It's almost 11:00 am on the East coast and hardly a peep from > > the regulars! > > > > <grin> > > > > And where's Howard been all weekend ... I was looking forward to some > > excellent reading today! > > > > Huggles all!!!! > > > > > > Erika > > (with a *K* in the UK) > > > > Todd for President!!!! > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Erika L. Walker-Arnold, VP, RUWebby, LLC > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Macromedia ColdFusion Alliance Partner > > Macromedia ColdFusion 5.0 Certified Developer > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
