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24 Aug 99 - 06:32 AM (#107979) Subject: Possums beware From: Roger the zimmer Ship Ablaze After Channel Collision Britain To Send Aid To Quake Victims Six Police Hurt In Sword Attack Rolex Mugger May Have Stalked Anthea Trade Gap Widens As Imports Increase Straw 'Feeding Hysteria' Over Asylum Crisis Scout Falls To Death In Austrian Mountains White Asbestos To Be Banned In Uk Farmer Charged With Murdering Suspected Burglar Millennium Fling For World's Greatest Locos Last updated: 11:12 am From the Press Association
From today's London Guardian
Ban Sought on Animal Death Videos 10:40 am: LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lawmakers and animal rights activists are calling for a ban on the production of ``crush videos,'' films for viewers who get sexually aroused by watching women smashing rats and other small animals. "It is a mad world, my masters" |
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24 Aug 99 - 06:34 AM (#107980) Subject: RE: Possums beware From: Roger the zimmer Proof read! Sorry, meant to delete the other headlines! |
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24 Aug 99 - 08:35 AM (#107992) Subject: RE: Possums beware From: Steve Parkes Does it say how or with what the women smash the small animals? And can you tell us more about the World's Greatest Locos? |
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24 Aug 99 - 09:25 AM (#108006) Subject: RE: Possums beware From: Roger the zimmer I only cut'n'paste, Steve,( from today's Guardian Online) :that's all there was! A tiple might do it? I think the loco story was a "steam up" (if that's the right word) planned of some historic trains. Sorry, I'm not a train buff (only "sing" Wabash Cannonball; Wreck of the Old 97 ; Freight train etc!)so didn't take the rest in. Quite a strange list of headlines I inadvertantly left there! Glad you had a good time in Canada. My nephew and girlfriend went over there to a wedding about the same time, then went camping in a new tent borrowed from a friend of the groom. Brown bear trashed the tent. Girlfriend vowed never to camp again, now no longer an item! (thread creep is infectious!). Tara a bit. RtZ |
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24 Aug 99 - 11:53 AM (#108043) Subject: RE: Possums beware From: katlaughing That is so sick! Although the cops in Wheatland, WY aren't any better. They couldn't decide on how to remove six Canada geese from a gold course, other than bludgeoning them to death with clubs. Now people who live there know why when they call the cops for a real crime no one is available unless they play golf, of course. People who do such things to animals should die a slow and painful death! katloverofanimals PS: maybe they were in the bear's living room?*smile* |
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24 Aug 99 - 12:01 PM (#108048) Subject: RE: Possums beware From: Bert That's cops for you, Katlover. There was that one on the TV show 'Cops'. A woman had called about a snake that was on her front porch. It turned out to be a beautiful six foot long black snake. Perfectly harmless. The cop get out his stick and kills it. And they show this on TV. Bert. |
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24 Aug 99 - 12:41 PM (#108055) Subject: RE: Possums beware From: Steve Parkes In Britain we send for the RSPCA. If you're really lucky, you get Rolf Harris as well! I heard in Canada it's considered good luck if there's a bear in your garden and you see it; if you don't see it, that's considered bad luck! Actually, we have a tv series (just finished) with Robson Jerome as a cop given the extra job of doing the animal protection bit. It's quite entertaining, and RJ has been roped in to protect badgers in Staffordshire (for the publicity, I presume). Steve |
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24 Aug 99 - 01:38 PM (#108072) Subject: RE: Possums beware From: katlaughing I HOPE BBC-America runs that program! We have several animal protection groups, they just aren't very powerful in hicksville Wyoming, where men are men and sheep are nervous. I love the land, can't stand most of what we term, tongue firmly in cheek, "down valley in-bred white trash" and if you quote me I will deny it! There ARE good people here, but in general, the animals-are-here-to-be-exploited-by-man mentality prevails. kat |
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24 Aug 99 - 02:31 PM (#108088) Subject: RE: Possums beware From: Marion Katlaughing, if you don't mind me asking, are you vegetarian? I noticed that I wasn't the only one steering clear of the jello pit. Marioneaterofplantsandtheoccasionalfungusorinorganicsubstance |
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24 Aug 99 - 03:56 PM (#108115) Subject: RE: Possums beware From: katlaughing Marion, Yes, that is until last February, I had to increase the protein to lose weight and cut way down on carbohydrates, so modified it to include some fish and once in a great while, chicken. It means the difference between living and deteriorating fairly quickly for me, so....I've lost 40 lbs, and when I am done losing, I will be going back to all vegetarian. I do use a special protein flour and shake mix, both, but they are expensive, though really, really low in carbs, so I can stay within my range. I hadn't even looked at the jello pit because of that:-) Nice to know another "granola" is on here! All the best, kat |
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24 Aug 99 - 05:11 PM (#108151) Subject: RE: Possums beware From: DougR I'm confused. I read all the messages in this thread and can't find one reference to possoms. If possoms are an endangered species, I think we should be told about it. The possom lovers of the world could unite! I'm not much into rats, though, Kat. DougR |
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25 Aug 99 - 03:36 AM (#108324) Subject: RE: Possums beware From: Steve Parkes Are you new around here, Doug? |
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26 Aug 99 - 03:13 AM (#108606) Subject: RE: Possums beware From: paddymac Possum lovers, Unite! Then go to the possum fair in Panhandle Fl, Holmes County. Start saving you pennies now, cause it's usually in early August (i think). What a cool way to greet the millenium! If anybody really cares, I'd be happy to dig up more exact info. |