Chuck Gould wrote:

Everybody gets a turn in the barrel. You can find out a lot about some
folks while in there. There's the initial attack thread that puts you
temporarily in the barrel- and it doesn't take a seer to comprehend
that person's attitude toward his or her target. I think it's more
bizarre, and at least as disappointing, to watch some others "pile
on". I swear, somtimes I think this group includes a bunch of old
women who pose under male screen names. :-)

I would have said teenagers in love. :)

Although quilting circle would be pretty apt also.

Good point.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Trust me - I'm not worried about it.

However, if you insist - here's my opinion on this little
contretemps.

You are both acting like two gay lovers breaking up in a gay
bar and putting on a show for all the other patrons.

There - I said it.

It is what it is.

Tom, you hang out in gay bars?

Chuck Gould wrote:
On Feb 13, 5:19�am, "Don White" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

oups.com...
snip..
Sure, I suppose that if you go poking around under a skunk's tail enough times that eventually you might find a bottle of Chanel #5 back
there- but 999,999 times out of a million you already *know* what's
going to happen when you hoist that black and white striped
dustmop....Pee-yew!
snip...

Thanks Chuck �that was a very humerous and extremely accurate �description
of Mr Herring efforts lately.

It wasn't intended to be a description of Mr. Herring's efforts,
merely an example of repeatedly doing something that has previously
yielded unpleasant results (opening an email from a nemesis) and
expecting to be pleasantly surprised rather than disappointed once
again. Apologies to JohnH if others thought I was comparing him,
personally, to a skunk.

Well, see threads like this can turn into wonderful learning
experiences.

I just learned the following:

1 - There are 11 species of skunks, which are divided into four genera:
Mephitis (hooded and striped skunks, two species), Spilogale (spotted
skunks, two species), Mydaus (stink badgers, two species), and Conepatus
(hog-nosed skunks, five species).

2 - The two skunk species in the Mydaus genus inhabit Indonesia and the
Philippines; all other skunks inhabit the Americas from Canada to
central South America.

3 - Skunks were formerly considered to be a subfamily of the Mustelidae
family of weasels and related animals (where some taxonomists still
place them), but recent genetic evidence shows that they are not as
closely related to the Mustelidae as formerly thought.

4 - Skunks are sometimes called polecats because of their visual
similarity to the European polecat (Mustela putorius), a member of the
Mustelidae family.

5 - Although the most common fur color is black and white, some skunks
are brown or gray, and a few are cream-colored. All skunks are striped,
even from birth. They may have a single thick stripe across back and
tail, two thinner stripes, or a series of white spots and broken stripes
(in the case of the spotted skunk). Some also have stripes on their legs.

6 - Skunks are reluctant to use their smelly weapon, as they carry just
enough of the chemical for five to six uses—about 15 cc—and require some
ten days to produce another supply.

7 - Skunk spray is composed mainly of low molecular weight thiol
compounds, namely (E)-2-butene-1-thiol, 3-methyl-1-butanethiol and
(E)-2-butenyl thioacetat, these compounds are detectable at
concentrations of ~2 parts per million.

8 - Skunks have only one natural predator - the Great Horned Owl.

9 - Skunks are omnivorous, eating both plant and animal material but
mostly meat. They eat invertebrates (insects and their larvae, found by
digging, and earthworms) as well as small vertebrates (rodents, lizards,
salamanders, frogs, snakes, birds and eggs). In the absence of insects
or other prey, skunks eat wild fruits and large seeds. In settled areas,
skunks also seek human garbage.

Amazing huh?

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
That's another thing about color vision which I just remembered.

Apparently, there is a correlation between eye color and night
vision. Folks with blue or green eyes have better night/color
vision that other colors.

Amazing huh?

Tom, here's what's kind of amazing, and I feel very fortunate. Im 51,
the third oldest of
5 kids, the maternal side of my family all had brown eyes, my dad's
family all had green or blue eyes, my brothers and sisters all have
very blue eyes, except for me. mine are a mixture of brown and blue..
"Hazel" if you will.

And I'm the only one of the 5 kids that doesn't need glass's. Not
bragging, but I feel exceptionally blessed to have very good,
especially night vision.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


Well, see threads like this can turn into wonderful learning
experiences.

I just learned the following:

1 - There are 11 species of skunks, which are divided into four genera:
Mephitis (hooded and striped skunks, two species), Spilogale (spotted
skunks, two species), Mydaus (stink badgers, two species), and Conepatus
(hog-nosed skunks, five species).

2 - The two skunk species in the Mydaus genus inhabit Indonesia and the
Philippines; all other skunks inhabit the Americas from Canada to
central South America.

3 - Skunks were formerly considered to be a subfamily of the Mustelidae
family of weasels and related animals (where some taxonomists still
place them), but recent genetic evidence shows that they are not as
closely related to the Mustelidae as formerly thought.

4 - Skunks are sometimes called polecats because of their visual
similarity to the European polecat (Mustela putorius), a member of the
Mustelidae family.

5 - Although the most common fur color is black and white, some skunks
are brown or gray, and a few are cream-colored. All skunks are striped,
even from birth. They may have a single thick stripe across back and
tail, two thinner stripes, or a series of white spots and broken stripes
(in the case of the spotted skunk). Some also have stripes on their legs.

6 - Skunks are reluctant to use their smelly weapon, as they carry just
enough of the chemical for five to six uses—about 15 cc—and require some
ten days to produce another supply.

7 - Skunk spray is composed mainly of low molecular weight thiol
compounds, namely (E)-2-butene-1-thiol, 3-methyl-1-butanethiol and
(E)-2-butenyl thioacetat, these compounds are detectable at
concentrations of ~2 parts per million.

8 - Skunks have only one natural predator - the Great Horned Owl.

9 - Skunks are omnivorous, eating both plant and animal material but
mostly meat. They eat invertebrates (insects and their larvae, found by
digging, and earthworms) as well as small vertebrates (rodents, lizards,
salamanders, frogs, snakes, birds and eggs). In the absence of insects
or other prey, skunks eat wild fruits and large seeds. In settled areas,
skunks also seek human garbage.

Amazing huh?


DAMN IT, IS THIS GOING TO BE ON THE TEST TOO?

Tim wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Trust me - I'm not worried about it.

However, if you insist - here's my opinion on this little
contretemps.

You are both acting like two gay lovers breaking up in a gay
bar and putting on a show for all the other patrons.

There - I said it.

It is what it is.

Tom, you hang out in gay bars?

What - looking to hook up? :)

Tim wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
That's another thing about color vision which I just remembered.

Apparently, there is a correlation between eye color and night
vision. Folks with blue or green eyes have better night/color
vision that other colors.

Amazing huh?

Tom, here's what's kind of amazing, and I feel very fortunate. Im 51,
the third oldest of
5 kids, the maternal side of my family all had brown eyes, my dad's
family all had green or blue eyes, my brothers and sisters all have
very blue eyes, except for me. mine are a mixture of brown and blue..
"Hazel" if you will.

And I'm the only one of the 5 kids that doesn't need glass's. Not
bragging, but I feel exceptionally blessed to have very good,
especially night vision.

I have green eyes - and thus are superior to you in every way.

However, not that I would ever mention something like that you
understand. :)

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


Well, see threads like this can turn into wonderful learning
experiences.

I just learned the following:

1 - There are 11 species of skunks, which are divided into four
genera: Mephitis (hooded and striped skunks, two species), Spilogale
(spotted skunks, two species), Mydaus (stink badgers, two species),
and Conepatus (hog-nosed skunks, five species).

2 - The two skunk species in the Mydaus genus inhabit Indonesia and
the Philippines; all other skunks inhabit the Americas from Canada to
central South America.

3 - Skunks were formerly considered to be a subfamily of the
Mustelidae family of weasels and related animals (where some
taxonomists still place them), but recent genetic evidence shows that
they are not as closely related to the Mustelidae as formerly thought.

4 - Skunks are sometimes called polecats because of their visual
similarity to the European polecat (Mustela putorius), a member of the
Mustelidae family.

5 - Although the most common fur color is black and white, some skunks
are brown or gray, and a few are cream-colored. All skunks are
striped, even from birth. They may have a single thick stripe across
back and tail, two thinner stripes, or a series of white spots and
broken stripes (in the case of the spotted skunk). Some also have
stripes on their legs.

6 - Skunks are reluctant to use their smelly weapon, as they carry
just enough of the chemical for five to six uses—about 15 cc—and
require some ten days to produce another supply.

7 - Skunk spray is composed mainly of low molecular weight thiol
compounds, namely (E)-2-butene-1-thiol, 3-methyl-1-butanethiol and
(E)-2-butenyl thioacetat, these compounds are detectable at
concentrations of ~2 parts per million.

8 - Skunks have only one natural predator - the Great Horned Owl.

9 - Skunks are omnivorous, eating both plant and animal material but
mostly meat. They eat invertebrates (insects and their larvae, found
by digging, and earthworms) as well as small vertebrates (rodents,
lizards, salamanders, frogs, snakes, birds and eggs). In the absence
of insects or other prey, skunks eat wild fruits and large seeds. In
settled areas, skunks also seek human garbage.

Amazing huh?

DAMN IT, IS THIS GOING TO BE ON THE TEST TOO?

Only for extra credit.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

Tom, you hang out in gay bars?

What - looking to hook up? :)

Well, now that you mentioned it.......

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:54:48 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Chuck Gould wrote:
On Feb 13, 5:19?am, "Don White" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

oups.com...
snip..
Sure, I suppose that if you go poking around under a skunk's tail enough times that eventually you might find a bottle of Chanel #5 back
there- but 999,999 times out of a million you already *know* what's
going to happen when you hoist that black and white striped
dustmop....Pee-yew!
snip...

Thanks Chuck ?that was a very humerous and extremely accurate ?description
of Mr Herring efforts lately.

It wasn't intended to be a description of Mr. Herring's efforts,
merely an example of repeatedly doing something that has previously
yielded unpleasant results (opening an email from a nemesis) and
expecting to be pleasantly surprised rather than disappointed once
again. Apologies to JohnH if others thought I was comparing him,
personally, to a skunk.

Well, see threads like this can turn into wonderful learning
experiences.

I just learned the following:

1 - There are 11 species of skunks, which are divided into four genera:
Mephitis (hooded and striped skunks, two species), Spilogale (spotted
skunks, two species), Mydaus (stink badgers, two species), and Conepatus
(hog-nosed skunks, five species).

2 - The two skunk species in the Mydaus genus inhabit Indonesia and the
Philippines; all other skunks inhabit the Americas from Canada to
central South America.

3 - Skunks were formerly considered to be a subfamily of the Mustelidae
family of weasels and related animals (where some taxonomists still
place them), but recent genetic evidence shows that they are not as
closely related to the Mustelidae as formerly thought.

4 - Skunks are sometimes called polecats because of their visual
similarity to the European polecat (Mustela putorius), a member of the
Mustelidae family.

5 - Although the most common fur color is black and white, some skunks
are brown or gray, and a few are cream-colored. All skunks are striped,
even from birth. They may have a single thick stripe across back and
tail, two thinner stripes, or a series of white spots and broken stripes
(in the case of the spotted skunk). Some also have stripes on their legs.

6 - Skunks are reluctant to use their smelly weapon, as they carry just
enough of the chemical for five to six uses—about 15 cc—and require some
ten days to produce another supply.

7 - Skunk spray is composed mainly of low molecular weight thiol
compounds, namely (E)-2-butene-1-thiol, 3-methyl-1-butanethiol and
(E)-2-butenyl thioacetat, these compounds are detectable at
concentrations of ~2 parts per million.

8 - Skunks have only one natural predator - the Great Horned Owl.

9 - Skunks are omnivorous, eating both plant and animal material but
mostly meat. They eat invertebrates (insects and their larvae, found by
digging, and earthworms) as well as small vertebrates (rodents, lizards,
salamanders, frogs, snakes, birds and eggs). In the absence of insects
or other prey, skunks eat wild fruits and large seeds. In settled areas,
skunks also seek human garbage.

Amazing huh?

They are cool creatures!
--
***** Have a super day! *****

John H