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Skriven 2015-03-04 22:09:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: Rodents etc 283
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 02-28-15  16:17 <=-

 NB>> There are some red squirrels up at the Pond... I've seen them there,
 NB>> but more of the grey ones are there, along with the chipmunks... From a
 NB>> distance it can be hard to tell which is a chippy and which a red
 NB>> squirrel, except that the squirrels are more likely in the trees, and
 NB>> the chippys on the ground...  :)
 NB>> Here in Rochester, it's mostly grey squirrels...
 ML> I was told in childhood that the patriotic American gray ones
 ML> were being chased out of the country by the evil communistic
 ML> red ones, but it turns out that the opposite is the case - the
 ML> gray ones are more aggressive and where there are environmental
 ML> stresses crowd out the red ones, so in the cities they've taken
 ML> over pretty completely, and where territory is abundant they
 ML> coexist, if not peacefully.

That's what I understand, too.. :)  Never heard the story you were told
as a child... but then I don't remember being anywhere much that they
were until the Pond.  :)  Richard says that the red squirrels prefer
rural settings, and the grey ones more urban settings...  I've seen
mostly red squirrels up at the Pond...  :)

 -=> Nancy Backus said to Ruth Hanschka <=-
 RH>> It was -5 when I left the house this morning.  It's going 
 RH>> to hit 40 tomorrow, but right back into the deep freeze 
 RH>> on Monday.
 NB>> We haven't seen 40 in a very long time... I think 32's been
 NB>> the best since before Christmas... ;)
 ML> I worked the deicing truck yesterday in Austin, a strange
 ML> byproduct of my barbecue hobby - for a $50 donation to charity
 ML> we got to do a few of a variety of airline-related activities.

That sounds like fun.... And apparently the weather was such that
deicing was necessary...?

 ML> I loaded a jet to Denver, rode the deicing bucket, and learned
 ML> to run a jetway. I chose not to drive the baggage truck and the
 ML> pushback tug, and circumstances prevented me from being gate
 ML> agent for a day - the inbound aircraft was delayed, and we
 ML> didn't get to do the boarding, though I was allowed to go into
 ML> the computer system and upgrade some Armenian Star Gold person
 ML> to first class.

That last seems quite an appropriate activity for you....  :)

ttyl          neb

... Come on over for BBQ said Pooh as he eyed Piglet hungrily.

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