~~laughing~~....Guess what? We had weather similar to Atlanta yesterday.....93 degrees and high humidity.....wanna come back and sweat with us?.....Oh, wait, that didn't come out right either..... -----Original Message----- From: Charter [mailto:charter@charter-terminal.com] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 8:00 AM To: gsas-board@thekrib.com Subject: Re: question: I think the chickens would probably kick my cats' asses. Cats are chickens. No, wait... that didn't come out right... Hess, Clay A writes: > You know, chickens do a great job of Killing bugs.....just a > thought......but, I am not sure how they behave relative to > cats......perhaps there is a genetics experiment in all this > somewheres......killer cats with beaks maybe? Or, killer chickens with fur? > Whatcha think? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charter [mailto:charter@charter-terminal.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:29 AM > To: gsas-board@thekrib.com > Subject: Re: question: > > > Well, there was this bronze-colored beetle about the size of your thumbnail > with hairy black legs a few nights ago. The cats found it quite intriguing. > > I let them play with it for several hours, until I came back into the room > and noticed that the whole thing was getting a little too cruel. > > The beetle was obviously exhausted. It'd walk a few steps, then stop. One > of the cats would then tentatively tap it with a paw, and it'd walk a few > more steps, then stop. I felt kind of bad for the poor thing, so I hit it > with the Raid. Mercy killing. > > I really must teach my cats to KILL. Not just TORTURE. > > Hess, Clay A writes: > >> Say Erika......seen in bugs lately? ~~laughing as I duck behind the sofa >> for cover~~ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sam B [mailto:sbeavin@gte.net] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 4:20 PM >> To: gsas-board@thekrib.com >> Subject: RE: question: >> >> >> So-- you are sitting in the shower?? Actually it is over 80 today. Back > to >> lurking >> >> Sam >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-gsas-board@thekrib.com >> [mailto:owner-gsas-board@thekrib.com]On Behalf Of Charter >> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 12:04 PM >> To: gsas-board@thekrib.com >> Subject: Re: question: >> >> >> Aw, man, you GOTTA have the coffee! It's one of the few untrammeled joys > in >> my life. I'm SO glad they have Starbuckses out here, so I can buy the > GOOD >> STUFF. I sit in my apartment, which is nicely climate-controlled to a >> pleasant 72 degrees, sip my coffee, and it's like I never left Seattle! >> >> Until I go outside and am forcibly reminded.... >> >> >> Kathy Olson writes: >> >>> oops, this was a reply to Erika's reply about Dave, not the OTHER message >>> about the fish diseases. >>> >>> Oh well, stayed up until 2 am with the Portland gang last night, still a >>> little tired. Need caffeine, perhaps I should start drinking that again. >>> :) >>> >>> Kathy >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Kathy Olson wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, Dave sounded really good when I talked with him. >>>> >>>> Like I said, I wasn't saying anything, but when it gets posted to a > group >>>> and I have outside people asking, I thought I should let the board know >>>> before someone else told them. >>>> >>>> Kathy >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Charter wrote: >>>> >>>> > It's a little frustrating that if there ARE any ornamental fish >>>> > epidemiologists out there, they don't seem to be sharing the >> information >>>> > with the rest of us. At the time of The Plague I did some research > and >>>> > found a lot of sources that basically said "We know that fish viruses >> exist, >>>> > but we don't really know anything about them." >>>> > >>>> > I guess the good news is that, from an evolutionary perspective, with > a >>>> > mortality rate of 70-80%, we can expect that The Plague will burn >> itself out >>>> > pretty quickly. Usually, the higher the mortality rate, the more >> isolated >>>> > the incidence - like the way an epidemic of hemhorragic fever will > wipe >> out >>>> > an entire village, then collapse without spreading very far. (I read >> "The >>>> > Hot Zone"! I know these things! :) >>>> > >>>> > Hopefully Fish Plague 2001 won't return for a very long time... >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Kathy Olson writes: >>>> > >>>> > > Interesting huh? Sounds like it wasn't isolated to just the > portland >>>> > > fish, people that had no fish from Portland got it too. Erika then >> sent >>>> > > me this post. Sounds like it came through multiple places. >>>> > > >>>> > > Kathy >>>> > > >>>> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> > > Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 00:17:43 -0400 >>>> > > From: Charter <charter@charter-terminal.com> >>>> > > To: erik@thekrib.com >>>> > > Cc: kathy@thekrib.com >>>> > > Subject: question: (fwd) >>>> > > >>>> > > Forwarded text from an Atlanta fishkeeper. Sound familiar!? > Freaky, >> huh? >>>> > > >>>> > >> I had several [M. praecox] many months ago in the 125, but had some >> kind >>>> > >> of sickness that wiped out 75% of my fish. He was the sole survivor >> of >>>> > >> several of them. 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