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He released it two miles away. It's old enough to be on its own. Got into the house through the dog door. They had four boxers who fortunately didn't kill it. Poor baby! Armadillos always have four babies in a litter, and they are always all the same sex, because they develop from one egg. It's still pinkish!
Very cute!
I'm procrastinating again by reading up on your drifting. This thesis writing stuff is hard!
But I have been unofficially told that I get an interview for this job that I really really want! Yay! I could be out doing proper ecology again in just a few weeks! Fingers crossed!
Baby Armadillo kind of reminds me of what Buttercup does when I pick her up. Koko hangs out of his shell and lets me pet him all over his head and neck and front legs.
ohhhh, little baby boo boo! What a sweetie! Little paw over snout, how cute! Man, those dog doors. Never know what you're walking into, eh? Thanks for the picture, Nanci. :D L.
Good morning!
The armadillo is such a cutie (for an armadillo).
Lise...Tim Tam Alert..Tim Tam Alert...I found some to send you,...(who knows if you bring them to the Ozzie rules football club in Chicago you may meet the man of yer dreams...Or he may just end up running down the field & you'll never see them again...better yet, leave them at home...) & something else too..so i shall send them this week....
How were the cookies lise??? Did you eat all the dough prior to cooking them??
How bad is it to eat cookie dough anyways???
Nanci, I found something to send you prior to visiting the margaret river wine region....:)
Good night kids
:D
awwww, the way the toes are kinda crossed over the other, the baby paw over the snout....:p
Hey, CC! I am excited to try the Tim Tams! I never thought of bringing cookies to lure cute men. We may be onto something. I know, I'll bring cookies and a bottle of beer. The ones who go for the cookies first will be date-worthy. The ones who want the beer....can have it, since, as we know, I don't drink! :rolleyes: :p
IMHO, nothing wrong with eating cookie dough. It's just fattening. It was also the worst possible dough--a mix in a bag made with margerine and water. You know I was desperate. The rest of the dough is in the frig. I should just make the cookies and take them to work to get it out of my house!
I love armadillos. They manage to be both prehistoric and cute looking at the same time. Fascinating info on their reproduction, Nanci! Are they mammals? Reptiles? I never thought about this before.
So what are Tim Tams? I think Erik probably would have accepted both and dipped the cookies in the beer. We had red wine and dark chocolate in a pool hall on our first date....
Do you use different leg muscles on a road bike than a MTB? Usually the fronts of my quads are sore, but this morning after my first 25 km ride on the roadie, the backs of my legs are aching. Hard to sit down... I like the idea of working more of my legs though - I guess I'll have to alternate on and off road to get a good workout.
Watching the TDF right now. It sucks to live in the west when you want to watch it live... I've decided that when we go to France next summer, I want to ride this section from Bordeaux to Dax (sp) - it's the flatest section in the country. Not exactly what Erik had in mind when he said he wanted to ride parts of the TDF... :D
Coffee's ready, back to the TV...
I'm working on my laptop and watching the TDF, too. My cell phone just rang and I about jumped out of my skin. I thought it might be the call about the job! Nope - a technician at work asking how to order something. Aargh!
Lise - I like the cookies vs. beer test. That might work! Any word from the last guy (I forgot what we called him)?
Back to work.
OMG that baby armadillo is the cutest thing ever!!! Wow. I would have had a hard time releasing him/her. It's probably best that I don't work at an animal shelter or wild animal care center. I would get too attached.
So I did my first spin class and weight workout since the whole hospital/clot episode. I definitely will be making a comeback! It was great! I haven't been able to breathe this well for months, which sort of creeps me out. Is it possible I had clots in my lungs that long? Since there is no evidence of a DVT in my leg, maybe it is possible. Scary! All interesting things to discuss when I see the pulmonologist in a couple of weeks.
Oh - and I don't know that I would call it a "wattle". But has he had work done? It looks almost like he had a wattle removal down there. Certainly the body is pretty. As my friend Susie says "I can still look at the menu!"
I just went on a big adventure with my student and a patient who was in the middle of a never-ending study with me, who had to go to radiation therapy four buildings over, who couldn't be transported by regular methods because he had an IV (who'd have imagined that, a hospital pt with an IV) so we had to get him on a van, and stop at the x-ray dept at the other building and take a picture, then take him to therapy, then wait 30 minutes, then take him back out, then four busses passed us up for unknown reasons before one would get us, and the battery on the IV went dead anyway...
MP - That's fantastic! Wahoo! Geez, I wonder how long those clots were lurking in there. I am so glad to hear you're on the mend!
The wattle/whatever-it-is is odd. In some shots, it's there and in others you can't see it. The rest of him is fine - I agree. Lise, do you have any secret info on this?
Nanci - sounds like you've had quite an adventure today. I hope that day improves!
I think Lise should pay PR a visit. She could be the undercover (HAHAHA get it???) (That was meant to be a stupid pun, BTW, of _course_ you get it!) wattle investigator. UWI.
I'm not really into Chris Noth- but Bet's friend that resembles him is sure cute!
Whatever happened to Mr. Big and Carrie? Didn't they end up together in the end??
That settles it. I heard someone say there was WI-FI in the conf room so I was trying to decide if I could read/watch TdF clips secretly but now I know I won't have any self-control.Quote:
Originally Posted by bikerz
Must resist.
Instead I'll just sit there giggling to myself over "wattle into wine." I hope no one notices.:rolleyes:
Thanks, BZ. Your time is coming . . .
Have to rush back. CAn someone translate MP's Latin gibberish for me like real fast so when I come back for my 2 minutes before the group dinner I'll be part of the secret code club? Did I tell yawl how much I hate sales meetings?
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Originally Posted by SadieKate
Nullum vinum flaccidum- is that the latin you are referring to? It's the catchphrase for Ravenswood, who's other saying is "No Wimpy Wines."
Quoted from Armadillo Online!
http://www.msu.edu/~nixonjos/armadillo/index.html
Odd though it may seem, armadillos might someday help cure leprosy. Researchers have found that the core body temperature of the armadillo is low enough to favor the growth of the leprosy-causing bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. While this microorganism has been grown in other types of animal tissue, no animal model had previously been found that regularly contracted the most virulent form of the disease (lepromatous leprosy). Because the bacillus only tends to grow in cooler parts of the body, such as the feet, nose and ears, large amounts of bacteria could not be grown (attempts to grow the microorganism in vitro have not been successful). The armadillo, however, has a lower body temperature than most mammals, resulting in rapid development of the disease following inoculation. Because of the armadillo, scientists have been able to develop a vaccine against leprosy. The nine-banded armadillo has become the principal source of M. leprae in biochemical and immunological research.
Although there has been some concern about humans contracting leprosy from wild armadillos, this is not a common occurrence. My understanding is that most instances of humans contracting leprosy from armadillos involve people who have eaten undercooked armadillo meat. (You can read more about this on the Armadillos as Food page.)
Because of their unique double-twinning, nine-banded armadillos are also studied to learn more about multiple births and other reproductive issues. Some researchers have also explored the possibility of using armadillos in AIDS studies. In the past, the nine-banded armadillo has been used for skin and organ transplant experiments, tests of cancer-causing agents, and experiments on drug metabolism. The fact that one animal produces four identical young has been very helpful to scientists, because no experiment is acceptable without proper controls. Identical animals means that any differences seen between an experimental animal and the control animal are a result of the treatment, and not due to different genetic makeups.
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Originally Posted by Nanci
For some reason, I find the word "flaccidum" very amusing. I would change "vinum" to something else but I don't know enough latin....
I don't like wimpy wines either - prefer merlot, cab sauv, shirraz... Guess you guys don't get any of our awesome Okanagan wines down there do you? I love living in wine country... sigh...
b
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Originally Posted by kelownagirl
Oh, duh, "phallus"....
Back to pulling weeds....
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Originally Posted by kelownagirl
I would love to try your wines. I don't know if any of you ever watch a show called "The Thirsty Traveller"? It is on some stupid channel like "Fine Living" or something - what sort of dumb*** channel is that? Anyway, the host (a Canadian) goes around the world and drinks the local drinks and eats the local food. Basically, he has the best job in the world.
Anyway, he did a show about the wines from BC. Sounded great.
Of course I live right near wine country myself....
We seriously need to figure out how to get a job like that! Lise could be the designated food taster and we all could take care of the wine. Sound like a plan???Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
Mr. Fish and I just spent the last 15minutes of lunch discussing Care Bears in the clouds with FishJr. She was going on and on about how they are playing in the clouds and that they don't live in rain clouds, just puffy clouds, and that the little lumps on top of the clouds are the Care Bears, and so on. We started asking her questions like
Us: "what happens when an airplane flies through the cloud?"
FJ: "they just jump off the cloud and float until the airplane goes by and then they float back up to the cloud"
Us: 'what happens when it rains?"
FJ: They have umbrellas
FJ: it's looking very care bear-y outside today
Us: Where do the Care Bears go when there are no clouds on a clear day?
FJ: They float off with the clouds. I think these clouds are going to be in Maryland tomorrow.
You get the idea. It was hilarious! She had an answer for everything we could come up with. I love telecommuting!
Nullum pinum flaccidum
Fish that is hysterical!!
Fish - love it! Those conversations are why I love being a teacher (and a parent :)
Nanci - Coke Alert? As in, we both had the same thought at the same time? or is there another meaning? And Pinum - means Pine? Or is that your own latin version. :) I guess it could still be considered "wood"... As long as it's not "flaccidum"....
Wine - we drank a bottle last night, a bottle the night before, and a bottle the night before that. It's gonna be a nice summer but I'm going to have to start drinking the home made stuff pretty soon or I'll go broke...
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Originally Posted by maillotpois
Yeah, I've seen that show a few times, I think I even saw the BC one. On HGTV maybe? Or maybe it was FoodTV. I used to love that channel. When I was on bedrest with Jesse for 3 months, I watched Food TV all day since I couldn't get off the couch...
So what's a really good Californian Merlot? or Cab Sauv? Something I can drink without food? There are a lot of wines I like but they need food - I want something with a big taste that I can drink sitting out on the deck, watching the sun set...
I like the Aussie Yellowtail Shiraz, but mostly I drink local wines. Summerhill, Jackson Triggs..
Coke Alert means don't have a mouthful of something when you read the post. So you don't laugh and spit.
The original latin word was "vinum" so I just changed it to "pinum" which sounds like penis.
Kelowna, at least you're not up to 2 bottles a night! You have to cultivate a taste for the less expensive wines. I _love it_ when I can find one I really LOVE for under $8.00- like Columbia Crest Shiraz or Covey Run Chardonnay, not to mention all the Sutter Homes except merlot, mostly which I wouldn't say I loved, but liked a lot for $4.00!!
But I know what you were thinking of "Jinx 123456789 10 you owe me a Coke!" right?
Yeah, that's the one - can you tell I have an 8 year old at home?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
Two bottles of wine, well, um, to be honest, we did drink two bottles last night. I just didn't want to sound too, well, you know, irresponsible... ;)
Ummm Tim Tams don't go with beer or wine....
KG-Tim Tams are a chocolate type cookie & are an institution in New Zealand & aust...I bet if you looked for some Australians in Kelowna they'd tell ya bout them & let you know where to get some...
I'm happy to send people tim tams...:D
Tlkiwi/dirtdiva could tell ya more toooooooo...
let me know if you want me to send you some...
c
Chocolate goes with port!!
oohhhhh yummy! That sounds good. I'm going to have to find something to trade with CC.
CC - what else do you want???
One of my faves is a French merlot that's only $8+ a bottle (Bouchard Aine & Fils). That's cheap around here. We don't have any wine under $8 I don't think. Unless you buy it by the box and then it probably works out that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
Our homebrew wine is pretty good. We made a great merlot last October at the U-Brew place and it's actually tasted pretty good that first day. It's not supposed to begin reaching its peak until this August but it's hard not to drink it now...
barb
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Originally Posted by Nanci
...and red wine! Actually, in my books, chocolate goes with anything....
...on Tam Tams - they sound good!
http://www.arnotts.com.au/products/TimTam.aspx
What could I send you that you can't get in Australia? A White Spot burger? Beer? Back Bacon (not that I've ever bought any but you know, it's Canadian eh?) Tim Hortons Coffee? Or a donut? How about Canadian chocolate bars - Smarties? Crispy Crunch? Nanaimo Bars? Dill Pickle flavoured Potato Chips? All the Canadian Tire money at the bottom of my junk drawer? Some BC bud? (OK, that might be a bit silly.)
So what would you trade for a Tam Tam?
barb
Tim Tams.
Apart from the ususal "eating" .... you can crush 'em up to make a great cheescake base.
(The un-baked - gelatin kind not New York type cheesecakes she hastens to add since I have to take into account that there are people (who shall remain un-named) on this forum who *buy* Margarita mix and do not squeeze lemons picked off their backyard tree)
Somebody, I forget who, mentioned they were looking for cheap yet tasty wines? My favorite wines are from Argentina, and all quite cheap (I'm still living at student income levels). Try the Santa Julia Malbec for instance. I had another Malbec from Argentina on Sunday (watching the World Cup final) which was delicious. My favorite so far I think, but of course I can't remember the name.
K...So ya wanna trade Tim Tams...or other stuff?
I would like to send other smallish interesting australian items at the same time just to make it more exciting...
I'm also happy to send wine from when we visit the margaret river wine region in september...My dad & his GF like white wine...so i'm taking them on a wine tour...(i'm the designated driver...)
KG...OMG....OMG...Crispy Crunch...Tim hortons coffee...(i'd like to see bacon make it through customs...:eek: )...Old dutch potato chips....oMG.....If you sent me Tim Hortons coffee you'd make me & quite a few other Canucks here very very happy.....(I have Canadian tire money...just not in my kitchen drawer)(when we visit Canada next year, i'll drive to kelowna & give you a big hug!!!!...)
Crispy Crunch, Tim Hortons coffee and something else Canadian...it is...(I don't know if the potato chips would get through customs...??)
Fishdr do you want some too???
If you want me to send you something from aust..what(besides wine) would be a cool thing??
c
Hey,
We need an emoticon for very very excited....I don't know if there is one to show how one feels when one receives Tim Hortons coffee via mail....!!!
(Where's brandy when you need a smilie???)
Off topic....i flatted on my ride tonight just as i was heading home. I was in a darkish section on the bike path by the freeway & couldn't see myself replacing the tube there so i walked a bit. At the ped crossing/lights i gave ian a ring but he was still at work so i thought i'd walk to the next train station(2-3km away). I walked for a bit & another cyclist was nice enough to stop & ask if i needed help. I said no (reluctantly) as i felt bad making him stop but he insisted as he didn't want me to walk the next part of the bike section on my own...(sort of dark but ok otherwise-not an area bogans would hang out in) so he changed the tire for me..(i'm horrible with being able to see well at night even with street lights!)...
c