I've heard of the platypus.....I've always thought it was God's joke on you 'downunders'! As for hair color.....half of siblings are red headed and the other have are light brown.....this led to a lot of 'I'd rather be dead in the head than red in the head' and vice versa. Imagine my sister's shock one time that I dyed my hair red! I told her since I couldn't beat them, I'd better join them (they are all bigger than me LOL!!!!)
I'm somewhat of a kitty lover.....a tortoise shell calico named Pirate's mate (lost her older sister Pirate a year ago), one named Pirate's patch (my husband's idea even though they are female), and one named Caly (for Calypso, not calico like my pedestrian friend insists). They are all quite feisty and wrestle with my husband. Then we have our princess, Simeone, a siamese/himalayan mix. The only one my 'cat hating' husband actually shelled out money for! She's quite a bit bigger than the other three (tortoise shells tend to be small 4-7 lb.) but she much too uppity to take advantage of her size!
Then, of course, I have a dog, George, who thinks he is a cat. The cats tolerate him okay, but having a 110 lb. dog trying to curl up on your lap is a little tooooooo much! If I am on the recliner, he will practically push me out making room for himself. I refuse to let my husband video tape this activity!!!
I like all kinds of vegie spreads, so maybe I'll take some vegemite instead of another (shudder) animal.
I sent you a request via ICQ so I can add you to my list. Dial-up connections are so slow it took 40 minutes to download!
kcmo rose
At Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Wally wrote:
>
>Hi Rose,
>
>Let me answer some of your questions....
>
>>As you can see....I'm working backwards on the e-mails (or maybe
>>circularly, straight lines aren't in my make-up ;o)). My cats have been
>>getting bored, maybe you could send a wallaby (sp?). Isn't that one of
>>those little pouchy critters (Missouri backwoods talk for animal)?
>
>OK we have a number of marcupials....a wallaby is a smaller version of a
>kangaroo.....other pouched animals include some quite tiny....just a
>little bigger than a large rat. My favourite aussie animal is the
>platypus....with a duck bill & webbed feet...this furry creature lives
>in out rivers and streams
>
>I have a Russian Blue cat called princess....she certainly has the airs
>& graces of royalty! LOL
>>
>>My aunt (not pronuonced 'ant')
>
>LOL aunt isn't pronounced "ant" here either *grin*
>would take a switch to me if I used fall
>>instead of autumn.....I'm sure God would give her a dispensation to come
>>back to do it, too!
>>
>>Ok, educate this poor American.....what is vegemite? Being of German
>>extraction and my husband being of German/Hungarian extraction....there
>>ain't many parts of an animal we'ens don't eat....I won't gross you out
>>with details, unless you REALLY want to know!!!!
>
>OK vegemite is a spread which is full of vitamin B, and is made from
>yeast extract, it is black in colour and has a very distint, savoury
>taste. Most Aussies are introduced to it almost from when they first
>start eating solids as babies.
>
>The aussie "sport" of offering a "taste" of vegie (as we often refer to
>it) is by scooping some out of a jar & asking the unsuspecting tourist
>to taste it. Let me tell you I wouldn't eat it that way! LOL I like it
>on hot buttery toast, thinly spread with vegimite. My kids take
>vegemite sandwiches to school for their lunch, as well, I use it to
>colour & flavour casseroles sometimes.
>>
>>About the gray hair.....I can usually get away with calling them
>>highlights (unless they get too close!). I just decided with all the
>>extra medical bills that my hair color wasn't all that important. My
>>husband never could understand why I colored my hair anyway, after,
>>haven't I earned all of them? (sweet man)
>
>LOL Shane likes my coppery locks.....he reckons it suites my
>"temperament" much better than blonde :-) LOL
>
>Well, I have a "tiny" temper *cough* so he could be on to something
>there....lol
>
>take care my friend,
>
>Jo (Australia)
>
>--
>Positive Affirmation
>
>Say this with your hands above your head
>(victory style) and repeat three times:
>I'm Alive I'm Alert I'm a LOT of fun!!
>
>That should get you smiling!
>