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Skriven 2014-05-12 11:24:29 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 13200 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: optimism 621
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 10 May 14  16:34:00 <=-

 ML> Speaking of which, it's time for me to feed the beasts:
 ML> Bob and Deb are off taking care of her dad, so I have the
 ML> care of an ancient beagly-type thing whose roles in life
 ML> are sleeping and peeing on the floor and two cats, a fat
 ML> jet-black one called Ink and a moderate-sized pumpkin-
 ML> color one with the imaginative name Pumpkin (aka Fat Cat,
 ML> because apparently before Ink there was a smaller cat that
 ML> was eventually eaten by a coyote). 

Our erstwhile aka Fat Cat earned his moniker, at one stage of his
life... by the time of his eventual demise at age 19, he'd left it
mostly behind...  ;)

 ML> I have cleaned up at
 ML> least half a dozen gifts from Lady today; she's gone all
 ML> incontinent, but I don't know if all these are unintended:
 ML> I haven't given her her full dose of attention today.

Incontinence goes with ancient... and with depression...  maybe less
your lack of giving attention and more the lack of Deb and Bob...

 ML> One of the reasons I prefer cats is that when they pee on
 ML> the floor you know it's intentional ... .
 
When they get ancient enough, all bets are off again...

 ML>> We can do one at the picnic just for demo purposes.
 NB>> That could be fun... and instructive... :)
 ML> Let's see. Demos so far -
 ML> frying chicken skin (roast vs. raw)
 ML> how to get the most out of a lobster
 ML> the difference between saffron, turmeric, and other stuff.

 ML> Anything I missed, or anything anyone else wants?

Stacking up to be some neat demos... ;)   I don't remember anything
else...  ;)

 NB>> Part of my point was that even if the daughter Was trying to make
 NB>> herself indispensible, Annie's presence or absence might not make any
 NB>> difference at all... except in the daughter's eyes...
 ML> Okay, but the daughter's perceptions are all that matter,
 ML> as far as the family dynamic goes.

Granted.
 
 ML>> As long as my immune system is in tolerable condition, it's
 ML>> not a huge concern to me personally, but the public health
 ML>> implications are not good.
 NB>> Quite.  With all the flying you do, your immune system has probably
 NB>> already dealt with most of the pathogens out there, or some similar
 NB>> ones, so your immune system should be doing reasonably well... But
 NB>> potentially pretty scary for others...  
 ML> Did you see there's been an American case of MERS
 ML> (a kind of virus whose vector is camels rather than the
 ML> usual culprits of pigs and poultry and civet cats)?
 ML> I figure the only danger I am in would be from some such
 ML> weirdness that I'd not been exposed to before.

Yeah... I heard about that... hopefully your immune system will be
setting up safeguards before it becomes more easily transmitted
human-to-human...  :)

ttyl       neb

... Cats aren't clean, they're just covered with cat spit!
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