[OT]: Limited data transfer outside local network ..?
Ric Moore
wayward4now at gmail.com
Tue Oct 10 02:55:13 UTC 2006
On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 22:37 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Way off topic, but I have to relate about a parakeet I had when I was a
> child 60 years ago. This parakeet had the run of the house as he was
> basicly a people person, never really understanding why we didn't fly
> around the place like he could.
>
> We kept a can of Babo, the abrasive/cleansing/bleaching powder on the
> windowsill above the kitchen sink. This bird discovered it, and kept
> the top of that can absolutely sparkling clean by licking the powder off
> the can as soon as he could. We thought it might hurt him, but he
> survived for about a decade, finally making it through the screen door
> one warm summer day when a visitor held it open too long.
We had the same thing happen in Helena MT. Broke my heart, too. Ric
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