Unfortunately it came up during a conversation with some friends, so I have no references. I'll see if I can get some background.
jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:53 PM Subject: RE: Happy Monday Peoples! > Actually, Larry's hit on the most important part of the post; that the effect could be duplicated. Jon, could you post a link to the original article or research? What's the vectors that attract the rats to the cats? I'm assuming its chemical in nature. > > At 12:50 PM 3/18/02, you wrote: > >Cool. Just don't let private industry get a hold of the end product. It > >would cause millions of people to eat at places like McDonalds etc. Um wait > >a minute they do. Any mention of a vaccine or counter agent? > > > >larry > > > >-- > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:27 PM > >> To: CF-Community > >> Subject: Re: Happy Monday Peoples! > >> > >> > >> 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 > >> > > ----------------------------------------------------- > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
