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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on October 23, 2008, 4:50 pm
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gardenSPAM-ME-NOT-2310080818370001@192.168.0.3, "paghat"
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>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:37:11 -0500, "Dioclese" <NONE> wrote:
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>>> All clear around 7:30 this morning. No smell including on the dogs. I
>>> managed to walk to the mailbox and do some hand watering today. My only
>>> pain relief were the two beers later in the evening (I avoid even aspirin
>>> except in the worst situations).
>>>
>>> There's numerous ferrel cats that frequent the dumpsters of local
>>> restaurants in Wimberley.near where Vicky lives. I suspect that a few of
>>> these would eliminate any mice external to her house. A lent domestic cat
>>> would make short order of any internal mice if not well fed, owning such a
>>> cat is not a requirement.
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>> I'm not sure, are you talking to me? My name is not Vicky so I'm not
>> sure.
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>> Anyway, I don't use animals to kill othe animals. I my mind that is
>> not much different than cock fighting or pitbull fighting.
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> The natural cycle of life does involve big fish eating little fish & to
> observe or "permit" or benefit by that reality is essential if one is to
> have a comprehending connection to nature. We can make a choice not to eat
> the little fish, but it would be wrong to impose an illusory moral order
> on the whole animal kingdom. It's nothing whatsoever like forcing animals
> to injure each other for sport.
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> As for Dioclese's notion that feral cats are a benefit, anyone paranoic
> they might get a disease from a mere mouse should look at the list of
> zoonotic diseases carried by cats, and most strikingly by uncared for
> feral cats. Sometimes a cure is worse than the illness.
>
> As for skunks, they can be kept out from under a house with lutefisk.
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> -paghat the ratgirl
Pags, I almost hurt myself laughing with that line. Is that a case of the
cure being worse than the disease?
Cheryl
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