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He appears usually 2-3 days before something important might take place even though I would not be aware of.
Nothing important is going on so that's probably why he's shutting the fuck up.
Word.
Or,
lack of word.
lack of word.
QUOTE(Helfrich @ Jul 11 2007, 01:49 PM) 
Nothing important is going on so that's probably why he's shutting the fuck up.
Even the astral animals need holidays or a break, don't they?
Maybe not.
I doubt snapping
turtles in the
heavenly pond
of the afterlife
get many zzz's.
turtles in the
heavenly pond
of the afterlife
get many zzz's.
Now that's
a snapper!:
a snapper!:
QUOTE(Nymphadora @ Jul 11 2007, 01:59 PM)
The sweetest pet I ever had was my big brown rat, Plague...
Hi, Nymph.
Your PMs are shut down, so I could not respond to your request to resize your image.
Thanks for being attentive to that.
I just found the post to which you were referring.
For future references, you can link directly to a post in PM or in your posts
by clicking on the "post number" (upper, right corner of the post),
copying the info. that is given, and inserting it in your post/PM as an URL.
Let me know if you want some coaching on that (any of yous).
I cannot resize your image on the computer on which I am currently working.
I have no photo-editing software on this computer.
Liver could do it, but prefers not to.
It would be rather time-consuming for him, you see.
Please give it the old, college try.
I am familiar with a few different photo-editing programs and should be able to coach if you need me.
Teach a woman to fish and all.
Again, thanks for being conscientious about your image size/file size.
I hate doin'
that xit.
Interrupts my
hand on the
TONE control.
that xit.
Interrupts my
hand on the
TONE control.
You misspelled Joy Stick.
QUOTE(Helfrich @ Jul 11 2007, 03:08 PM)
I used to perform intracerebral and intrajugular cannulations on rats. Nice little fellows to work with...
I used to do something similar (recording electrode implantation). I developed immense respect for them while working with them. The only times I ever got bitten were when handling juveniles after handling sugar pellets (i.e., my bad).
Cat Scratch Fever
Vietnam vet strangles rabid bobcat
WESLEY CHAPEL — A 62-year-old Vietnam veteran said he was acting on instinct when he strangled a rabid 25-pound bobcat that attacked him on his back porch.
Dale Rippy endured the bobcat’s slashes and bites until it clawed into a position where he could grab it by the throat. Then he strangled it.
Rippy said it was clear the crazed bobcat had to be stopped.
“I was bleeding everyplace,” Rippy said of the May 30 attack. “If that cat had attacked a child, it would’ve been really bad. It wouldn’t have quit.”
Rippy’s neighbors in the suburban Central Florida neighborhood called for help. Tests showed the dead bobcat was rabid. Rippy was treated for exposure to rabies, and several bites and cuts.
Authorities praised Rippy for clear thinking under pressure.
“We give this guy a lot of credit for what he did,” said Pasco County Animal Control Manager Denise Hilton. “The man was definitely using his head when he did that. If he let the cat go, we could have had more victims.”
Vietnam vet strangles rabid bobcat
WESLEY CHAPEL — A 62-year-old Vietnam veteran said he was acting on instinct when he strangled a rabid 25-pound bobcat that attacked him on his back porch.
Dale Rippy endured the bobcat’s slashes and bites until it clawed into a position where he could grab it by the throat. Then he strangled it.
Rippy said it was clear the crazed bobcat had to be stopped.
“I was bleeding everyplace,” Rippy said of the May 30 attack. “If that cat had attacked a child, it would’ve been really bad. It wouldn’t have quit.”
Rippy’s neighbors in the suburban Central Florida neighborhood called for help. Tests showed the dead bobcat was rabid. Rippy was treated for exposure to rabies, and several bites and cuts.
Authorities praised Rippy for clear thinking under pressure.
“We give this guy a lot of credit for what he did,” said Pasco County Animal Control Manager Denise Hilton. “The man was definitely using his head when he did that. If he let the cat go, we could have had more victims.”
After the attack. Dale Rippy holds his shirt up to display the wounds he suffered in an attack by a rabid bobcat outside his Wesley Chapel home. AP
The attacker. Dale Rippy endured the bobcat’s slashes and bites until it clawed into a position where he could grab it by the throat. Then he strangled it.
2 More Fatal Fla. Gator Attacks Reported
AP) Florida had seen just 17 confirmed fatal alligator attacks in the previous 58 years. In less than a week, there appears to have been three.
The bodies of two women were found Sunday some 130 miles apart.
Annemarie Campbell, 23, of Paris, Tenn., was attacked while snorkeling in a secluded recreation area near Lake George, said state wildlife spokeswoman Kat Kelley. The lake is about 50 miles southeast of Gainesville.
"The people she was staying with came around and found her inside the gator's mouth," said Marion County Fire-Rescue Capt. Joe Amigliore.
By poking the alligator's eyes and trying to open its jaws, the men were able to free Campbell's body, but she was dead when they found her, the Ocala Star-Banner reported.
Her stepfather, who had tried to help her, was treated on the scene for a hand injury.
"You just don't think of your daughter dying from an alligator," Campbell's mother, Dawn Marie Yankeelov, told the newspaper.
Authorities estimate the animal was 7 to 9 feet long.
In Pinellas County, the body of another woman apparently killed by an alligator was found in a canal 20 miles north of St. Petersburg, authorities said.
Judy W. Cooper's body had been in the water for about three days, authorities said.
The 43-year-old Dunedin woman suffered animal bites that were consistent with an alligator, which "did play some part in the victim's death," according to a preliminary autopsy. The cause of death was pending and the medical examiner's final report will not be released for at least four weeks, the sheriff's office said.
"We don't know the condition she was in when this happened," state wildlife spokesman Gary Morse said.
It was not immediately known why Cooper was in the area where wildlife officials said alligators are frequently spotted.
Cooper's family had not heard from her for about three months and she had a history of drug abuse, her sister, Dannette Goodrich, told The Orlando Sentinel.
Gary Goodrich, Cooper's brother-in-law, told the newspaper that officials said her purse was found near the water and drugs may have played a factor.
Authorities were baiting traps in their searches for both gators Sunday.
On Wednesday, construction workers found the dismembered body of a Florida Atlantic University student in a canal near Fort Lauderdale. A medical examiner concluded that the 28-year-old woman was attacked near the canal bank and dragged into the water.
On Saturday, wildlife officers captured an 9-foot, 6-inch alligator in Sunrise that they believe fatally attacked Yovy Suarez Jimenez while she was out jogging.
Suarez's death was the 18th confirmed fatal alligator attack in Florida since 1948. Nine other previous deaths are unconfirmed, mainly because it was not clear whether the person was already dead when the alligator attacked.
What provoked the attacks in three separate Florida counties was unknown, but state wildlife officials said alligators are generally on the move looking for mates and food this time of year.
"As the weather heats up, the alligators' metabolism increases and they have to eat more," Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Willie Puz said Sunday. "They might be moving more, but that just shouldn't mean increased alligator attacks."
Florida residents are warned not to swim in heavily vegetated areas, feed wildlife or walk pets near the water, especially between dusk and dawn when gators are more active, Morse said.
...inside the gator's mouth...
AP) Florida had seen just 17 confirmed fatal alligator attacks in the previous 58 years. In less than a week, there appears to have been three.
The bodies of two women were found Sunday some 130 miles apart.
Annemarie Campbell, 23, of Paris, Tenn., was attacked while snorkeling in a secluded recreation area near Lake George, said state wildlife spokeswoman Kat Kelley. The lake is about 50 miles southeast of Gainesville.
"The people she was staying with came around and found her inside the gator's mouth," said Marion County Fire-Rescue Capt. Joe Amigliore.
By poking the alligator's eyes and trying to open its jaws, the men were able to free Campbell's body, but she was dead when they found her, the Ocala Star-Banner reported.
Her stepfather, who had tried to help her, was treated on the scene for a hand injury.
"You just don't think of your daughter dying from an alligator," Campbell's mother, Dawn Marie Yankeelov, told the newspaper.
Authorities estimate the animal was 7 to 9 feet long.
In Pinellas County, the body of another woman apparently killed by an alligator was found in a canal 20 miles north of St. Petersburg, authorities said.
Judy W. Cooper's body had been in the water for about three days, authorities said.
The 43-year-old Dunedin woman suffered animal bites that were consistent with an alligator, which "did play some part in the victim's death," according to a preliminary autopsy. The cause of death was pending and the medical examiner's final report will not be released for at least four weeks, the sheriff's office said.
"We don't know the condition she was in when this happened," state wildlife spokesman Gary Morse said.
It was not immediately known why Cooper was in the area where wildlife officials said alligators are frequently spotted.
Cooper's family had not heard from her for about three months and she had a history of drug abuse, her sister, Dannette Goodrich, told The Orlando Sentinel.
Gary Goodrich, Cooper's brother-in-law, told the newspaper that officials said her purse was found near the water and drugs may have played a factor.
Authorities were baiting traps in their searches for both gators Sunday.
On Wednesday, construction workers found the dismembered body of a Florida Atlantic University student in a canal near Fort Lauderdale. A medical examiner concluded that the 28-year-old woman was attacked near the canal bank and dragged into the water.
On Saturday, wildlife officers captured an 9-foot, 6-inch alligator in Sunrise that they believe fatally attacked Yovy Suarez Jimenez while she was out jogging.
Suarez's death was the 18th confirmed fatal alligator attack in Florida since 1948. Nine other previous deaths are unconfirmed, mainly because it was not clear whether the person was already dead when the alligator attacked.
What provoked the attacks in three separate Florida counties was unknown, but state wildlife officials said alligators are generally on the move looking for mates and food this time of year.
"As the weather heats up, the alligators' metabolism increases and they have to eat more," Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Willie Puz said Sunday. "They might be moving more, but that just shouldn't mean increased alligator attacks."
Florida residents are warned not to swim in heavily vegetated areas, feed wildlife or walk pets near the water, especially between dusk and dawn when gators are more active, Morse said.
...inside the gator's mouth...
Neither of those stories even cum close to the horror of last years Squirrel Attacks.
The ballz™ of that squirrel. They never caught it?
He was nuts.
...™
I'm not going
outside of
the apartment
any more.
outside of
the apartment
any more.
As if that'd help. You've got someone rather ferocious inside the apartment as well, remember.
If you don't believe me, just try defending the inherent sexism in some masonic lodges.
If you don't believe me, just try defending the inherent sexism in some masonic lodges.
You should have
heard the ferocious
clattering and clacking
of the poor keyboard
on that post.
heard the ferocious
clattering and clacking
of the poor keyboard
on that post.
I caught the
wrath a week
ago for pushin'
an issue.
wrath a week
ago for pushin'
an issue.
Florida-
Current time-
5:30am.
Temp-
78.
Humidity-
90%.
Current time-
5:30am.
Temp-
78.
Humidity-
90%.
Posting is
making me
sweat.
making me
sweat.
Rather than
wet.
wet.
It's getting more
stickierer by
the 1/4 hour.
stickierer by
the 1/4 hour.
It's amazing.
QUOTE(Louched Liver @ Jul 12 2007, 11:27 AM)
You should have
heard the ferocious
clattering and clacking
of the poor keyboard
on that post.
I bet you were glad it was the keyboard and not you.
Just make sure that for the more pleasant things in life, she doesn't switch to the keyboard as well, like our keyboard fucking friend.
QUOTE(Louched Liver @ Jul 12 2007, 11:28 AM)
I caught the
wrath a week
ago for pushin'
an issue.
There's something to be said for biting squirrels on the outside over the dangers inside, eh?
Especially in your case, in which that could mean biting (gerund of the verb "bite") squirrels rather than squirrels that bite.
I WAS worried
'bout my nuts.
'bout my nuts.
QUOTE(greeneyes @ Jul 12 2007, 12:58 AM)
I used to do something similar (recording electrode implantation). I developed immense respect for them while working with them. The only times I ever got bitten were when handling juveniles after handling sugar pellets (i.e., my bad).
I did something similar with cats too. They were a real pain in the ass to work with. There were days that I ended up as battered as that Vietnam vet.
QUOTE(greeneyes @ Jul 11 2007, 02:51 PM)
Hi, Nymph.
Your PMs ....
Do we all need to know about her PMS?
That'd be
good to know,
to separate it
from the general
foment of her
fizz.
good to know,
to separate it
from the general
foment of her
fizz.
QUOTE(Helfrich @ Jul 12 2007, 12:17 PM)
I did something similar with cats too. They were a real pain in the ass to work with.
One reason, at least for cats used in behavioural experminents, is that they're pissed off at being underfed so that the experiments are easier to perform (my wife used to work with cats in behavioural psychology experiments). You can only herd hungry cats...
Unless you
herd
them fighting
at night outside.
herd
them fighting
at night outside.
I wasn't sure if this belonged in "Liver Sightings", or here.
Man Calls 911 to Save Him From Police
LARGO, Fla. - A 38-year-old man was arrested after he called 911 and told a dispatcher he was surrounded by police officers and needed help, authorities said.
Police officers met Dana Farrell Shelton after being called to investigate a disturbance at a bar on Sunday but had found no problems and told him to move along.
Shelton, who officers said appeared intoxicated, then called 911 to report he was "surrounded by Largo police," according to an arrest affidavit.
"Our officers were standing there scratching their heads. He called, standing there in their presence," Largo Sgt. Melanie Holley said. "It's one of our 'truth is stranger than fiction' cases."
Shelton was charged with misdemeanor misuse of 911. The charge carries maximum penalties of one year in jail and $1,000 in fines.
Man Calls 911 to Save Him From Police
LARGO, Fla. - A 38-year-old man was arrested after he called 911 and told a dispatcher he was surrounded by police officers and needed help, authorities said.
Police officers met Dana Farrell Shelton after being called to investigate a disturbance at a bar on Sunday but had found no problems and told him to move along.
Shelton, who officers said appeared intoxicated, then called 911 to report he was "surrounded by Largo police," according to an arrest affidavit.
"Our officers were standing there scratching their heads. He called, standing there in their presence," Largo Sgt. Melanie Holley said. "It's one of our 'truth is stranger than fiction' cases."
Shelton was charged with misdemeanor misuse of 911. The charge carries maximum penalties of one year in jail and $1,000 in fines.
I rarely carry my phone.
Why, because it's too hard to dial while you drive?
I forwarded that story to my buddy whose hubby is a local po-po.
I think he'll like that.
I think he'll like that.
QUOTE
Man Convicted of Leaving Child to Be Eaten by Alligators
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
MIAMI —
A man who had been released from prison early for good behavior was convicted Tuesday of trying to kill a young mother and leaving her 5-year-old daughter to be eaten alive by alligators in the Everglades.
Harrel Franklin Braddy had befriended Shandelle Maycock and her daughter Quatisha. Maycock testified that Braddy went to her home in November 1998 and grew enraged when she asked him to leave.
He choked Maycock until she was unconscious and then forced her and Quatisha into his car, the woman testified. At one point, Maycock gained consciousness, grabbed the child and jumped out of the moving vehicle.
Braddy stopped, choked the woman again and put her in the trunk, she testified. Maycock never saw her daughter again. Prosecutors said Braddy then drove to a section of Interstate 75 in the Everglades known as Alligator Alley and dropped Quatisha in the water beside the road.
She was alive when alligators bit her on the head and stomach, a medical examiner said.
Authorities found the girl's body two days later, her left arm missing and her skull crushed, prosecutors said. Maycock woke up bleeding and disoriented in a cane field miles from her Miami-Dade County home.
Braddy had served 13 years of a 30-year prison sentence for attempted murder before being released early for good behavior.
The trial had been delayed for nearly nine years because Braddy has fired several attorneys and represented himself at one point. His attorney, G.P. Della Feram, declined to comment.
A dozen law enforcement officers stood guard, aware that Braddy has escaped from the courthouse before. He fled after trying to strangle a Miami-Dade corrections officer in 1984.
Braddy was convicted of seven counts including first-degree murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, burglary and escape. He faces the death penalty.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
MIAMI —
A man who had been released from prison early for good behavior was convicted Tuesday of trying to kill a young mother and leaving her 5-year-old daughter to be eaten alive by alligators in the Everglades.
Harrel Franklin Braddy had befriended Shandelle Maycock and her daughter Quatisha. Maycock testified that Braddy went to her home in November 1998 and grew enraged when she asked him to leave.
He choked Maycock until she was unconscious and then forced her and Quatisha into his car, the woman testified. At one point, Maycock gained consciousness, grabbed the child and jumped out of the moving vehicle.
Braddy stopped, choked the woman again and put her in the trunk, she testified. Maycock never saw her daughter again. Prosecutors said Braddy then drove to a section of Interstate 75 in the Everglades known as Alligator Alley and dropped Quatisha in the water beside the road.
She was alive when alligators bit her on the head and stomach, a medical examiner said.
Authorities found the girl's body two days later, her left arm missing and her skull crushed, prosecutors said. Maycock woke up bleeding and disoriented in a cane field miles from her Miami-Dade County home.
Braddy had served 13 years of a 30-year prison sentence for attempted murder before being released early for good behavior.
The trial had been delayed for nearly nine years because Braddy has fired several attorneys and represented himself at one point. His attorney, G.P. Della Feram, declined to comment.
A dozen law enforcement officers stood guard, aware that Braddy has escaped from the courthouse before. He fled after trying to strangle a Miami-Dade corrections officer in 1984.
Braddy was convicted of seven counts including first-degree murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, burglary and escape. He faces the death penalty.
Charming.
No.
Feed his ass to the gators.
Slowly. Suspend him over the gators and slowly lower him. Let them have him a little bit at a time.
Starting w/his
nutsack.
One bite/day
for nine more
years.
Guy's a serious
lunatic.
nutsack.
One bite/day
for nine more
years.
Guy's a serious
lunatic.
Let Tee Hee handle it.
Aren't they cute?
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