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To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (26214)	1/13/2005 12:02:42 PM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

well I don't know of any other reasons at work [I'm not a big behind the scenes person], but I do know they are unbanned and I admired Laz for doing it it's easy to become a thread dictator - to lose your composure and wantonly ban at will a power trip to each their own, for it is their thread and if they view it that way they can keep it - I won't frequent those threads to each their own, to my own too

To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (26214)	1/13/2005 11:01:57 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I could say that I feel their pain, but it would be a lie. <g> D*** right it would be. :-) Must be a slow day in Silicon Gulch. A waddling wanderer SEA LION LEADS COPS ON SLOW AND STEADY CHASE EARLY TUESDAY By Elise Ackerman Mercury News Menlo Park Police Officer Lou Tommei was working a routine midnight shift early Tuesday when he spotted something large, dark and rotund in the middle of a city street. Surprised, the officer called dispatch: ``I think we have a sea lion waddling westbound on Willow Road.'' Unsure how to deal with the slick and hairy jaywalker, Tommei and other officers tried for hours to coax the critter to safety -- at one point even offering it dog treats. But the sea lion resisted, and the officers ended up shutting down several lanes of traffic on the Bayfront Expressway and waiting for a trained rescuer from the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito. Initially friendly, the sea lion -- whom officers dubbed Tambolini, the nickname of the officer who first spotted him -- ambled over to a patrol car and leaned up against it. He (or she -- officials haven't determined the animal's gender) wallowed in some puddles and blew bubbles. Then, the sea lion turned right on Bayfront Expressway and started flopping its way toward the Dumbarton Bridge. Jim Oswald, spokesman for the Marine Mammal Center, said the area is popular with sea lions foraging for food, but few actually haul themselves up on the freeway. In September, a sea lion was picked up by rescuers after he wandered over to the bridge's toll plaza. In total, 42 sea lions were rescued in San Mateo County last year and treated for disease or sickness at the non-profit hospital, Oswald said. Unaware of his impending visit with a veterinarian, Tambolini romped in the pouring rain as Officer Kevin Paugh followed behind, making sure the feisty pinniped didn't dart into traffic or wander off into surrounding salt flats. An adolescent who weighed about 100 pounds, Tambolini didn't seem to mind the companionship as long as the cop didn't get too close. A few times the sea lion turned back, gave Paugh an angry look and charged him. ``I think he wanted his space,'' Paugh said. Tambolini made it to University Avenue and might have made it to the water, but he changed his mind and darted across the six-lane highway, scaling the four-foot-tall center divider and dropping into the eastbound lanes. Police quickly closed that side of the highway too. ``Drive really carefully,'' Tommei told passing motorists who stopped to ask what was going on. ``We've got a sea lion on the right-hand side.'' Tambolini had nearly made it back to Willow Road when he tuckered out, plopping down at the side of the highway. ``I was tired from walking that distance,'' Paugh said. ``I can't imagine what he was feeling from crawling it.'' John Pellandini, a volunteer with the Marine Mammal Center, arrived around 2:45 a.m. Using a combination of wooden boards and a giant net, the rescuers corralled Tambolini into an oversize plastic kennel. The sea lion spent the rest of the night in Pellandini's garage, which doubles as a triage center, and was transported to Sausalito on Tuesday. Oswald said Tambolini would be examined for any injuries or disease and released within the week if the vet gives him a clean bill of health. mercurynews.com