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 -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
