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To: Graystone who wrote (65955)	11/29/2004 9:01:44 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Go over there and bang on Eric over Kyoto <g> Nah...you know me, I'm not much for that. I'm one of the silent information gatherers that fly under most people's radar screens these days. There are plenty like me who are working in the field and know the score very well, but we can't really be doing that and also charging around on warhorses. <g> We never did resolve it but I bet you could really enjoy the conversation. I do lurk a little, here and there, so keep up with the discourse. I also try to be open and understand that people are not going to change too much, so we have to plan for a future that is bound to change regardless of what we do -- human nature being as it is and that, for the most part, people resist changing their lifestyles for any reason. Sometimes I'm not even sure why I do what I do? Fascination, perhaps? To see where all of this is going -- and how quickly ecosystems can be destroyed? Sometimes, especially in more recent years, it feels a little like being a disaster junkie -- racing to the scene of the latest environmental catastrophe to see if every one of something really got wiped out. Of course, that's not really how I think or what makes me tick, but there's always a little of that in your mind when you see some new evidence of death and destruction. Just a bit difficult to be so tuned into nature, but to also watch it being destroyed a little more with each passing day. hmmmm.... becoming rather philosophical lately, aren't I? (o: -croc

To: Graystone who wrote (65955)	11/29/2004 9:33:21 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Respond to of 71178

I have been feeding the local goldfinches nyjer seed as well. The little pigs consume an astounding quantity of the stuff. But I also discovered that the local rodent populace, rattus rattus, enjoys eating the nyjer husks. Well, I didn't invite the beady-eyed plague-spreaders, and didn't intend to feed them. So I placed a 25 gallon tub underneath the bird feeder to catch the hulls. This, naturally, didn't dissuade the rats. They simply leapt into the tub and ate everything they could pack into their fat bellies, and jumped back out. This would not do. I figured that if I, say, added water and turned the tub into a rat swimming pool that this might be an interesting twist. It is. Rats can't tread water forever, and moreover when their little feetsies can't touch bottom they can't jump out. So. My new chore is to check for ratlings who been defeated by hypothermia and/or exhaustion. They are quite stiff when I find them. Don't anybody tell Janice Shell, or she is liable to put a contract out on me.