Jim

Sock-puppets. That's the pejorative internet slang for the other accounts. And I hope it is forbidden.

First of all, don't get a lovebird. They bite hard and often. I've had 3 of them so I know. They are neat birds for the right person, but one of the 3 that I had was originally a gift to my daughter that didn't work out. I suggest that you find a local breeder of parakeets. Ask them to pick you out the most friendly baby from their next clutch. Make sure that they handle it as much as possible to get it socialized to humans. Bring it home as early as you can and continue working with it. Try to get assurances from the breeder that your bird isn't inbreed. This is a problem with parakeets. We raised several clutches of parakeets and the individual babies vary a lot in their personality and friendliness. Getting the breeder to pick you out a friendly one would be ideal. Once you get the bird, I recommend feeding it a food called Roudybush. It's a formula pressed into seed-sized pellets that's healthy and doesn't have the mess of scattered seed husks. Our birds are thriving on it. Know that your bird will live a long time and that you should play with it and interact with it often. I think that you will be happy with a parakeet. They are not much trouble or expense and properly socialized, they are a lot of fun.

Rocky, Got the PSA test a few months ago and it was fine. As I am 50+, I think I'm just getting old. Or as my doctor says, "I'm a grown man now".

I've been trying to stay away from everything. I keep my blood pressure down with mild exercise, I drink a very moderate amount of beer and wine to help with heart issues and I try to limit my medications to an occasional Motrin. I watched my mother's health problems snowball as she added one prescription drug to another over the years and I really don't want to go down that road. I have been experimenting with saw palmetto for my *cough* prostate. For the last year or so, I've had to get up at night to use the bathroom and it's supposed to help. It's too soon to tell. I also keep a big bottle of vitamin C on my desk at work and I chew a couple when I crave candy. I don't know if the C does any good, but it has to be better than chocolate or sugar.

If you go to http://people.yahoo.com/ and enter Tom Saffold and CA, you get a number in Healdsburg. Might be worth a call.

Looking for the lady that witnessed to me 30 years ago. If you read this Mary, I still love you like a sister.

Acknowledged. See my reply.

Tom Boone and Charlie Scott... Seems like a different lifetime. Anyone hear from Lisa Wolfe, Adrian Orr, Roy Bradford, or Steve and Michelle Burch? Anyone remember Tom Hanks? Mel's Bowl?

She had an office behind the AV shop in the OSC building in the early 80's. Also had a helper named Denise. I'd like to say hi and know how she's been all these years. Jim - who worked in the AV shop

If you email me the picture at owlmeat@hotmail.com I'll resample it in Photoshop and get it down to 50k and send it back to you.

$300,000+ and rising equity in our house. I'm glad God takes care of fools and little children.

Yawn... Yawn... Thump... Scrape, scrape. As Jim's head nods over, his Cambridge wide-margin drops to the floor, and he jerks upright on his folding chair....

Yawn.....

Agreed.

If nothing else, it will stiffen their resolve...

I'm not a dog expert, but I have lived with them most of my life. 11 years old could be old for a dog or not. Bigger dogs tend to age faster than little ones. My terrier is coming up on 13 and has aged into the best-behaved little guy you'd ever want. I'd suggest a vist to the vet. A good vet (which is sometimes hard to find and is usually synonymous with an old vet) can tell you a lot about what's going on. Make sure you're feeding on a regular schedule and not too much. Kibble dampened with water is best.

Here's my take on it: Cows, donkeys, chicken and mice have eyes on the sides of their face. And are vegetarian. Dogs, cats, tigers, and eagles have eyes on the front of their face. And are meat eaters. My eyes are on the front of my face and I'll continue to eat meat like my carnivore animal friends.

Pat - Do you live in a large city or a small town? The reason I ask is that I used to live in a large urban area and I'm sure the full moon had an effect on people. I asked a cop about it once and he thought so too. I've since moved to a relatively small town and now I enjoy the full moon without feeling the craziness.

Only the corrupt corporations. I'm the president of the corporation that I founded and no one will get away with lying. Not even the sales and marketing people. You don't have to be corrupt to stay in business or to prosper.

Separate bedrooms.

Where was it? I've pulled drunks out of the gutter and taken them home. I've driven a couple of complete strangers to the hospital. I'm no saint and I didn't do it for rewards in heaven. I did it because it's what decent human beings do. How is it that TWI leadership can ignore such basic principles of living and humanity and treat "family" so badly that they are moved to take their own life?

With the television and radio *OFF*

I loved it. Robin Williams plays a lonely and twisted manager of a 1 hour photo department in a discount store. Without friends and family and disliked by his boss, he adopts himself into the family of one of his customers. Creepy but good. I'm glad I'm out of TWI so I can enjoy this stuff again. [This message was edited by Jim on September 08, 2002 at 20:33.]

I called my mechanic today and told him that I was going down a steep hill and when I pressed on the brake pedal, nothing happend. He said "you must have lost alot of fluid", I replied "wouldn't anyone?" credit to Emo Philips

Will the old cafe at ezboard disappear?