My apologies....

[SwimDeep]

Sept 18, 2014 20:29:14 GMT -5 curtains said:

Also how is EB short for Lucky Bastard? Sounds like an interesting story.

Eta. Or is it Lucky Basted? I keep picturing a grilled and basted squirrel. Which wouldn't be lucky at all...

seriously laughed out loud!

[SwimDeep]

Sept 18, 2014 20:38:42 GMT -5 @volsgirl said:

Unfornetly just one squirrel now. A worker in the mail room of H's company had rescued a squirrel named Sammie from their dog. After several years of raising him domestically they lost their house and had to move to an apt. We took in Sammie- he was very unhealthy and grossly overweight. He was such a sweetheart but shortly after he came to us us he developed paralysis in his back legs. A wildlife vet told us it was a calcium deficiency that could happen in captivity. We bought meds, calcium tabs and built him a long horizontal cage so he could still scoot around (he still had full mobility in his front legs) he seemed ok and lasted several months that way. We tried to give him the best quality of life we could but he finally passesd.

I don't know you, but I like you because of the way you care for animals. You sound like good people to me

ETA - curtains is right! We need pictures!

[SwimDeep]

Sept 18, 2014 19:26:58 GMT -5 freedom said:

This is like your 4th intro. Why not just jump in and respond to other people;s threads?

because you people are scary...it took me years before I felt brave enough to just jump in - lol
but I get it now

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Sept 18, 2014 20:29:14 GMT -5 curtains said:

Also how is EB short for Lucky Bastard? Sounds like an interesting story.

Eta. Or is it Lucky Basted? I keep picturing a grilled and basted squirrel. Which wouldn't be lucky at all...

Lucky Bastard! I said I was from east TN not Appalachia. We don't bast and grill squirrels here- we just keep em in our cement pond.

[SwimDeep]

Sept 18, 2014 20:46:12 GMT -5 @volsgirl said:

Sept 18, 2014 20:29:14 GMT -5 curtains said:

Also how is EB short for Lucky Bastard? Sounds like an interesting story.

Eta. Or is it Lucky Basted? I keep picturing a grilled and basted squirrel. Which wouldn't be lucky at all...

Lucky Bastard! I said I was from east TN not Appalachia. We don't bast and grill squirrels here- we just keep em in our cement pond.

Right but, E.B. = Lucky Bastard? I can't think of a synonym for lucky that starts with E.

[rbp]

Sept 18, 2014 20:46:12 GMT -5 @volsgirl said:

Sept 18, 2014 20:29:14 GMT -5 curtains said:

Also how is EB short for Lucky Bastard? Sounds like an interesting story.

Eta. Or is it Lucky Basted? I keep picturing a grilled and basted squirrel. Which wouldn't be lucky at all...

Lucky Bastard! I said I was from east TN not Appalachia. We don't bast and grill squirrels here- we just keep em in our cement pond.

East TN is Appalachia.

I grew up in WV, the most Appalachian state of all, and the only place I've eaten grilled squirrel was in Alabama...not so far from East TN!

[sandyapples]

Google tells me that squirrels can live up to 20 years in captivity. That is all I have to add.

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Believe me Alabama is a far cry from East TN. Up here most of us can read and spell most words and we draw the line at marrying our brothers.  

JK! I've lived (very temporarily) all over the US and for a very short semester in Germany. I've heard every Southern redneck joke in existence (and concocted a few of my own). If you can't beat us join us! Seriously, ignorance is not limited regionally, stupid lives everywhere.

[shostakovich]

Just so everyone knows: A proper ellipsis contains three periods. Not two, not four, not an endless scroll of periods. Three.

[jlt19]

Sept 18, 2014 21:18:17 GMT -5 @volsgirl said:

Believe me Alabama is a far cry from East TN. Up here most of us can read and spell most words and we draw the line at marrying our brothers.  

JK! I've lived (very temporarily) all over the US and for a very short semester in Germany. I've heard every Southern redneck joke in existence (and concocted a few of my own). If you can't beat us join us! Seriously, ignorance is not limited regionally, stupid lives everywhere.

 I thought Applachia was WV? 

Anyway, I thought Lucky Basted was a Boston pronunciation, so what do I know? I still don't know about EB=Lucky Bastard, but whatevs, you like animals so I like you.

[mrsrumfkin]

Sept 18, 2014 20:03:33 GMT -5 @volsgirl said:

Sept 18, 2014 19:49:21 GMT -5 compassrose said:

Yeah, I'm going to need pics. And the squirrel story. You can't be boring if you have a squirrel.

Long squirrel story short....several years ago before DH and I got married we lived in a townhouse on the outskirts of a city that was rapidly developing. One weekday evening we came home from work to find all the trees in our backyard cut down.  The feral cats that hung around ( because I fed them) were feasting on a fallen squirrel nest. Mama squirrel was gone and we only found one baby alive. I thought we might could save him and hopefully get him healthy enough to turn over to a wildlife sanctuary. Eight years later- he is loving his very expensive,very tricked out 9ft cage (in our guest room)! We named him EB (short for lucky basted).

OMG Now I have to know where you live, or at least where you grew up. My H teases me all the time for using "might could"!

ETA: *taps toes* still waiting on furkid pics...