Re: OT: Stillbirth, naming stuff (Was Re: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded?...)

Roger Mills wrote:

>Mia Soderquist wrote:
> and even
>
>
>>some sugar gliders (which are legal where I live,
>>generally imported from Indonesia or bred captive
>>here). I had the gliders for about 5 years when they
>>got sick and died rapidly. I miss them. They are very
>>sweet and devoted pets when they've bonded to you.
>>
>>
>>
>That sounds familiar, but I can't place it.  Describe, please.  All I can
>think of is the so-called Fruit Bat, AKA flying fox..They're quite large and
>I can't imagine them as pets.  Do you happen to know the Indonesian word for
>them???
>
They're actually Australian, which contributes to their being illegal as
pets here, I imagine (though you can have native snakes, for example ...
reptilism? :) ).

Take a look at <http://www.skinhorse.net/gliders/> for information about
keeping them as pets (or that's what it seems like... I haven't look at
it thoroughly).

>During WW II, my folks bought batches of chicks every spring, a mix of
>Leghorns, RI Reds, Buff Orpingtons, which provided eggs and eventually lots
>of dinners (though when our lovely Black maid left, no one else would kill
>them, so we stopped). Anyhow my sister and I had names for lots of them, and
>we definitely knew who was who........(Still, we ate them).
>
>
Our chooks are generally ex-battery hens, so they probably wouldn't make
for good eating.

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>