Elizabeth, you crack me up...naw your not weird but it's a good
idea to let people think you are! Then they don't bother
you...LMAO
In a message dated 11/6/2006 7:42:16 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Kelly - I can see the reasoning behind that. I still love my possum
babies though.
Ok - one possum story. (OT and way too much information)...but, I
sent a picture of my possum on the porch to my aunt. (see...I've been a
HORRIBLE hermit now for years on end and lately I'm trying to develop
people skills...not so easy if you don't speak felinese...)
Well...my aunt forwarded the picture and my comments to my cousin (whom I
haven't seen in years). Well..in I.E. -- if you send an email with an
attachment, if the recipient drills down to the original email
that has an attachment and replies to that one -- then they are replying
to the originator and not the one who forwarded that to them.
That's just what my cousin did...thought she was emailing her mother but
emailed me "She is TOO WIERD!!!!!!!". (she was SO embarrassed when I
replied and tried to lie her way out of it like I am a complete idiot or
something) Me - I figure, she doesn't even KNOW me (even if
she is my cousin) - so I don't take it personally. Instead
though...being the bad girl that I am...I went to www.otterbaygifts.com and got a
little possum finger puppet :0) it's precious. I'm going to give
it to her for Christmas ;-)
your weird friend,
elizabeth
In a message dated 11/6/2006 9:23:35 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At
07:17 PM 11/6/2006, you wrote:
they lied,,the have the brain the size
of a small walnut...Cute but not bright, remember intelligence is base of
brain size compared to body weight, a brain as small as a rats and the body
the size of a cat,,,
But they are cute....
Kelly
Kelly - I'm
glad I'm not the only sucker out there ;-) The Opossum Society told
me that their intelligence rates higher than dogs -- it's up there with
pigs. Of course, they don't have very good street smarts. The
NOP has a bumper sticker out there with a darling possum drawing that says
'Give 'em a brake - www.opossum.org. (stuck it on one
of the boss' door -- he HATES them :0) (I have a lot of work
stories)
You have to mind the teeth though -- they have 50
sharp ones and you don't want to stress them to the point they feel
inclined to use them. Treat an opossum bite as seriously as you
would a cat bit. In my experience though - they've been very
friendly. The mama possum (Pauline) brings her babies to dine
(Pierre and Pinkerton). The lady I talked to gives her possums baths
and gives them vaccines. I'm not ready to do something like that --
I have my hands full with kitties.
A lot of people don't know
this -- but when they finish their banana (or dinner) -- they wash their
faces with their little paws just like kitties do. They are such
dear creatures - and totally innocuous. They love overly ripe fruits
and veggies. Nature's little sanitation engineers.
One
winter -- when Mama Kitty was still staying outside....I opened the door
and frightened one of the possums. He jumped right into the kitty
bed with Mama Kitty. She didn't mind in the slightest - they were
sweet to each other. Vet tech told me today they would tear each
other up -- but I think that because of the environment - they understood
the circumstance and didn't feel a need for violence. I didn't tell
her otherwise though. It's all about caring for each other here
:0)
elizabeth
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