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[salsabike]

I looked at some cornsnake pages the other day and the colorings are just spectacular. I asked Mr. Salsa what he would think about having a snake and he thought for a minute and said "...I'm not sure..." Which seemed a not unreasonable first response. Neither of us could quite figure out how our two cats, ages 15 and 16, would feel about this.

Here's my favorite so far:

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Nanci, is there someplace on here, or elsewhere, where you've listed all the critters you have?

Fish...I am so sorry about Roux. MP has it right--hard not to be able to explain to them. So we just love them with our whole hearts instead, and they do seem to know that.

[crazycanuck]

Fish-sorry to hear about your doggie not being well. Big hugs to you and your little ones. I'm sure Roux appreciates the love you;ve given him.

Salsa-interesting snake..I said to ian how about a snake for a pet..I received a response...He said we'd have no problems with insects, cockroaches (they're horrible for everyone in the summer in WA because we're surrounded by sand...) and it'd keep the weird people away. "Yes come in,by the way this is our pet dugite... " I took that as a no..
He said no to a lizard too. We can just look at the nice bobtailed lizards when we go biking.

We are thinking of a ferret but the dogggieeee is still winning.

I played with my bike seat & now I can't get it to the exact spot it should be..had to stop a few times today to play with the height..I know i just need to move it a smidgen...

c

[salsabike]

CC, do you have the flying kind of cockroach? In Florida here in the States, they call them palmetto bugs but they are definitely roaches. When I traveled around Japan in 86, I stayed with some friends who had vastly impressive roaches. They were HUGE. I made a deal with myself---I could live with it as long as I never woke up with one on my face (sleeping on a tatami mat gets your face damn close to cockroach crawling range). And I never did. Although I used to hear one of the friends, Thomas, thundering through the apartment in the middle of the night going after the roaches with his tennis racket.

So do yours fly in WA, or spin around, or do other such tricks?

[crazycanuck]

Salsa,

We have flying cockroaches, flying ants & i think marchbugs (bugs that appear in march...no kidding..!!!) You name it, I think we have it..bugs, snakes, spiders, kangaroos, funky reptiles, jellyfish/ stingers (not as lethal as in QLD though ), sharks, dolphins, whales & who knows what else in the ocean..

I can't say if the flying cockroaches do any other tricks but would rather they do the disappearing trick...

I loved sleeping on tatami mats. I remember trying to keep them clean but the dust bunnies kept settling in.

I went for a ride this afternoon to try and see if I could find my new house. I was close...Came home & conferred with Ian about the distance. I have two distance choices for my soon to start commute-22km or 30km.(headwinds & side winds but most of it's on a brand new bike path with lights and a few hills)
I prefer the 30km ride as i'm doing swimming and running as well during the week. I'm off to the commuting section...

c

[betagirl]

A page ago I felt like I was sitting down to read the latest copy of Penthouse Forum....

Hmmm....Bikehouse Forum.....

Dear Forum,
I was out on my typical ride today when suddenly, out of nowhere, this beautiful....

[Nanci]

Fish, sorry to hear about your pup. That's sad. Is it too late to treat? I have a people friend who just got done being treated for his second bout of lymphoma- he had to have that bone marrow transplant where they make you grow a bunch of stem cells, then take them out, then kill off all your bone marrow, then put the cells back in.

Salsa, that looks like the Okeetee Corn from North Carolina.

I rode a 200k down on the mid east coast of Florida yesterday, and saw the shuttle take off! I also had my best 100k time ever, 3.5 hours, but then the second 100k was 4.5 hours. It was windy- very strong wind from the east all day, so since the route was south to north to south, crosswinds all day. Pretty, though.

Nanci

[betagirl]

Great ride Nanci. How cool to see the shuttle take off.

I just spent too much time on iTunes using a gift card I got. Best song I downloaded:

Ca Plane Pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand