Don White wrote:

Tim on the other hand has been very supportive of you. What about your free
gift?
Does he have to keep bribing you to maintain your friendship?

Don, I would have been happy to send you one too, but I'm afraid your
gov'ts gift tax wouldn't have made it much fun for you.

I like John, I've had some good conversations with him, even via
phone. I've had a pleasant email exchanges with Jim too.

I don't degrade anyone. Well, KevinKisser got on my nerves a lot, but
he did most anybody elses too. And I confess I did dip into some
almost heated battle there. But if I say something degrading to
anyone, it's always made in jest, and if taked to personally I'll be
quick to apologize.

But if you still want a gift, I'd be happy to send you one. I gave
away 53 of them this year and still have a couple left.

Let me know, and one is your's. what you do with customs is your
business.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

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. :)

That's 'cause your a martian.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
m...
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?

And they seem to be free with the stink during mating season. We get a lot
of the whiffs of malodorous substance in the springtime.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
m...
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?

You missed the 5 genera. The one that comes around on a bad fish catching
day.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
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. :)

From all that green cheese on mars that you subsisted on in your former
ectoplasm form.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
oups.com...
On Feb 12, 10:01?pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message

You are so full of ****, you probably have brown eyes because of it.
Wrong again...**** head!
My **** stock is not full, so not a **** head. You are full of ****,
because you can not avoid piling into a pile of **** on the newsgroup!
And
you just keep absorbing more until now you are full of it.-

My eyes are "hazel" so I suppose I'm about half a quart low....

Mine too.... that is hazel.. not about the volume or lack of s*it.




Hmmm. Mine are hazel, too. Maybe we can form a club...

So your S**t is hazel colored also like Don's.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

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. :)

Actuall I DO understand. the old saying does still apply.

"Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill. ...."

Calif Bill wrote:

And they seem to be free with the stink during mating season. We get a lot
of the whiffs of malodorous substance in the springtime.

You know, I'll bet that some Left Coast weirdo would actually buy "eau
de skunk" as an aphrodisiac.

I "smell" a money making opportunity here.

Calif Bill wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
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. :)

From all that green cheese on mars that you subsisted on in your former
ectoplasm form.

Sirrah - I have never opted for being ectoplasm.

Harrumph...ectoplasm indeed.

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
k.net...

snip...
.. We get a lot of the whiffs of malodorous substance in the springtime.



Try a stronger deodorant!