Fauna

On Wed, 12 May 2004 12:44:47 -0500, "Surf McBrowse" <[email hidden]>

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this mornings run:

<snipped lengthy animal list>

Surf, m'boy, do you run on billiard-table smooth trails or
do these sons and daughters of nature present themselves
before you in an orderly manner for ease of identification?

If I ran my trails gazing at our winged friends I would soon
be brought back to reality by a lump of granite against my
teeth as I kissed the ground.

Place this with the fact that you feel squirrels are giving
you the come-on, and I think we're looking at a fairly
serious case of substance misuse here.

Quoted message said:

Surf <still looking for the white rabbit>

Oh, I think you found that some years ago, old chap.
Trippin' does have long term consequences, y'know.

Emily. Who was brought up to be a *very* good girl.

You forgot the one common loon.

Why Roger me old gravy boat, good to have you back,
even in drag.

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Surf, m'boy, do you run on billiard-table smooth trails or
do these sons and daughters of nature present themselves
before you in an orderly manner for ease of
identification?

Some of my favorite trails do require a heads down approach,
lest I find myself rolling down the rock studded embankment
in to Sawmill creek. So, I'm sure I actually missed most of
the creatures within eye shot this morning. Happily, most
mornings I do make a effort to observe our furry and
feathered friends as best I can. This is the most enjoyable
aspect of my runs (after checking my cadence, posture, HRM,
stopwatch elapsed/split and considering whether or not kick
near the finish).

Quoted message said:

If I ran my trails gazing at our winged friends I would
soon be brought back to reality by a lump of granite
against my teeth as I kissed the ground.

Scotland is not known for smooth pavement (if I may call it
that). Surely however there must be some favorite routes you
could run by echo-location alone. I mean, if you can ogle
young lasses without breaking stride, then why not a few
albatross?

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Place this with the fact that you feel squirrels are
giving you the come-on, and I think we're looking at a
fairly serious case of substance misuse here.

Yes, I am responsible for 'sniffing' most of the pay-phone
buttons throughout Scotland in the early 90's.

I do find squirrels somewhat disturbing. I'm sure they're
planning some sort of coordinated attack against something.
Probably the local 'Bulk Barn'. I know my bird-feeders are
in immanent danger.

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Surf <still looking for the white rabbit>

Oh, I think you found that some years ago, old chap.
Trippin' does have long term consequences, y'know.

My hovercraft is full of eels.

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Emily. Who was brought up to be a *very* good girl.

I can just picture you and Caroline in your schoolgirl
outfits ... just make sure the webcam is off when you
naughty little strumpets get randy ... oops, did I type
that out loud?

Surf

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Quoted message said:

You forgot the one common loon.

No ... I didn't see anyone picking up 10¢ cans ...

My list:

3 wallabies 1 red-bellied black snake countless black
cockatoos 4 bush rats 1 hare 1 ring-necked lizard 1 goanna

My list:

3 wallabies 1 red-bellied black snake countless black
cockatoos 4 bush rats 1 hare 1 ring-necked lizard 1 goanna

On Tue, 18 May 2004 12:44:06 +1000, Craig Welch <[email hidden]>
wrote:

My list from this morning: 6 tree climbing squirrels 1
squirrel pancake 1 small frightened deer 1 dead bloated
possum 1 flat 'formerly under a tire' snake 641 gnats (not
counting the two that got swallowed) 102 things with wings 5
dogs 1 cat that doesn't answer to 'here kitty, kitty, kitty'
2 slow raccoons that thought they were faster than cars --
=20 E-mail: [email hidden]

Too many deer to count... 10 rabbits (none doing what
rabbits are famous for) 50 or so squirrels 3 hawks 1 opossum
(alive) 1 very large turtle (about 8" in diameter) crossing
the road 1 squished groundhog

On Fri, 21 May 2004 22:08:37 GMT, Kevin <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

On Tue, 18 May 2004 12:44:06 +1000, Craig Welch
<[email hidden]> wrote:

My list from this morning: 6 tree climbing squirrels 1
squirrel pancake 1 small frightened deer 1 dead bloated
possum 1 flat 'formerly under a tire' snake 641 gnats
(not counting the two that got swallowed) 102 things with
wings 5 dogs 1 cat that doesn't answer to 'here kitty,
kitty, kitty' 2 slow raccoons that thought they were
faster than cars

Please learn how attributions work. Contrary to what you
allege, I didn't write any of that.

On Sun, 23 May 2004 16:51:09 +1000, Craig Welch <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Please learn how attributions work. Contrary to what you
allege, I didn't write any of that.

I know how attributions work. As you can see there weren't
any greater than signs in front of it (that show
attribution). I wrote it and failed to snip one line. --=20
E-mail: [email hidden]

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Quoted message said:

this mornings run:

1 bluejay 2 cardinals 2 doves 1 red winged blackbird 50
plus sparrow like thingy's 36 Canada geese 4 mallards 9
black squirrels (one I think was taunting me to chase him)
1 Australian sheppard 1 boxer 1 golden retriever 1 garter
snake (almost stepped on)

...and a partridge in aaaaa pair treeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

On Mon, 24 May 2004 01:03:17 GMT, Kevin <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Please learn how attributions work. Contrary to what you
allege, I didn't write any of that.

I know how attributions work. As you can see there weren't
any greater than signs in front of it (that show
attribution).

Err, that *was* my point.

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I wrote it and failed to snip one line.

Your apology is accepted.

pair=pear