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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 1:57:01 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 2:20:56 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 2:23:18 PM   
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We only got a couple inches in the storm, but it has been very cold at night, so what little melts re-freezes. We are heading west though, tomorrow. I have hopes of a white Christmas there.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 2:39:25 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 3:45:35 PM   
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We only got a couple inches in the storm, but it has been very cold at night, so what little melts re-freezes. We are heading west though, tomorrow. I have hopes of a white Christmas there.

Hey Mynok,

Come out our way. I guar--on--tee y'all a white Christmas. And then some...



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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 3:47:30 PM   
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Interplanetary, methinks... But all the same...

We are given types of gun,
Little use against the Hun,
And rounds of ammunition bloody few.
Then we're sent out with destroyers,
Who's job is to annoy us,
As we help escort a QP or PQ.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 3:59:05 PM   
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Several years ago it was around midnight, I came around the corner walking back to my office. A fox and I were about 6 feet from each other. I turned around and went the other way. I didn't want the rabies shots.

Oh man. I've got some tales of rabid foxes that would make your hair curl. Course, I'VE had the shots...


Do tell.

Right then.

My wife was on call a few years back, when she received a phone call from a good Samaritan motorist that stopped to pick up an injured animal and brought it to the clinic where my wife (also a veterinarian) worked.

The motorist was driving home and noticed a red fox struggling to get to its feet by the side of the road. Figuring that the animal had been hit by a car, she scooped it up (and had her kids help her do so) and put it into her trunk, transporting it to the hospital.

After a brief examination, my wife determined that the fox had, in fact, not been struck by an automobile, but was having neurologic disease from another cause. As the area where we lived was heavily endemic with rabies in the fox population, this was a distinct possibility. As the animal was somewhat fractious (growling / attempting to nip), the fox was humanely euthanized and tested for rabies. It was positive.

As veterinary students, both my wife and I went through the regimen of vaccine prophylaxis for rabies. We periodically have our titers rechecked to see if we're still protected-we are. Of course, the same cannot be said for families that, in spite of good intentions, expose themselves to rabid animals by close contact. IIRC, the family (at least the ones handling the fox) had to undergo prophylactic vaccination.

Foxes that act odd or confrontational are to be avoided. Same with skunks, racoons, possums, dogs and the like. Neurologic disease in these species should be considered rabies suspects until proven otherwise. I have a healthy respect for those diseases that are almost invariably fatal to human beings that are in our midst.

Now don't even get me started on rabid cows...




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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:07:34 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:19:15 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:24:08 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:36:07 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:38:07 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:38:50 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:39:03 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:39:59 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:40:42 PM   
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No prospects of a White Christmas around here. I think in 50 years there has been snow on the ground, or actually snowed, maybe twice, three times or so at most.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:41:03 PM   
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Christmas present wrapping, however, is another story


I wrapped my last package today.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:43:37 PM   
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I am getting ready to read Ambrose's book on D-Day.


His book on Pegasus Bridge was much better

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:45:14 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:46:03 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:50:13 PM   
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I am getting ready to read Ambrose's book on D-Day.


His book on Pegasus Bridge was much better


What is Pegasus Bridge?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 4:57:45 PM   
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Interplanetary, methinks... But all the same...

We are given types of gun,
Little use against the Hun,
And rounds of ammunition bloody few.
Then we're sent out with destroyers,
Who's job is to annoy us,
As we help escort a QP or PQ.


Definitely interplanetary.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 5:00:09 PM   
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Wasn't that your only package this year?





No. Just the only one I needed to wrap myself.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 5:00:41 PM   
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I submit that gaining "five stars" on these forums is proof of the latter... 

Aargh! Beat me to it....



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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 5:00:49 PM   
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I am getting ready to read Ambrose's book on D-Day.


His book on Pegasus Bridge was much better


What is Pegasus Bridge?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_Bridge

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 5:03:12 PM   
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I am getting ready to read Ambrose's book on D-Day.


His book on Pegasus Bridge was much better


What is Pegasus Bridge?

The British airborne assault against bridges securing the left flank of the Sword beach area in Normandy. Superb example of a coup de main against a critical strategic landmark.

FWIW, I thought both books were very good. Pegasus bridge was a faster read (a much shorter book) though.

ETA: I could have sent you to a wikipedia citation (shudders), but thought you'd benefit from a realistic summary.

I wonder if the wiki citation referred to the use of the British gliders as terror weapons specifically used to reign down terror on the Chinese population? I guess that was just the G3/G4 entry...


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 5:05:17 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 5:18:27 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 5:23:51 PM   
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Melted here too


Concerning melting snow ... I listened to a radio programme on the road today, where people could phone in any question to be answered by some (dialed up) expert on the subject.

Final question of the programme was an 6 year old kid who asked; "In spring, when the snow melts, where do the white color go?" ...

The program time was up by then, but they are going to answer that first thing next weeks programme. Too bad that programme isn´t broadcasted in my area. I would have loved listening to the explanation ...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/22/2009 5:24:39 PM   
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ORIGINAL: sprior


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ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

I am getting ready to read Ambrose's book on D-Day.


His book on Pegasus Bridge was much better


What is Pegasus Bridge?

The British airborne assault against bridges securing the left flank of the Sword beach area in Normandy. Superb example of a coup de main against a critical strategic landmark.

FWIW, I thought both books were very good. Pegasus bridge was a faster read (a much shorter book) though.

ETA: I could have sent you to a wikipedia citation (shudders), but thought you'd benefit from a realistic summary.

I wonder if the wiki citation referred to the use of the British gliders as terror weapons specifically used to reign down terror on the Chinese population? I guess that was just the G3/G4 entry...



This particular Wiki article was fine; I wouldn't have linked to it if I hadn't read it first.

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