Day/Night Owls Chit Chat

[Texan]

Hello everyone. How’s things? I haven’t been around for awhile.

Every time I see your name I think of the song by Point Blank. (Old Dallas area group)

I hope Nicole is a good character in the song and not a wicked one, Tex?

The song is not very clear about that, but he is smitten with her.

The song used to get a lot of playtime on my local radio when I was a teen because they were local. I never heard who the group was on the radio, but I thought it was Phil Collins until a few years ago. Point Blank were one hit wonders.

[Nicole]

Hello everyone. How’s things? I haven’t been around for awhile.

Every time I see your name I think of the song by Point Blank. (Old Dallas area group)

I hope Nicole is a good character in the song and not a wicked one, Tex?

Probably a hooker lol

Piss off

[Nicole]

I’m happy with that song as a namesake.

[Nicole]

Hello everyone. How’s things? I haven’t been around for awhile.

Missed you, Nicole.

Aw, thanks Brian

[Texan]

The funniest thing happened to me when driving to work Thursday. I was driving to the entrance to my neighborhood, when a raccoon scurried out of the middle of the road in front of me as I stopped at a stop sign. The raccoon stood up on his hind legs and started hopping around as if to say "You want a piece of me?" I wish I had had time to video him.

[brian ross]

The funniest thing happened to me when driving to work Thursday. I was driving to the entrance to my neighborhood, when a raccoon scurried out of the middle of the road in front of me as I stopped at a stop sign. The raccoon stood up on his hind legs and started hopping around as if to say "You want a piece of me?" I wish I had had time to video him.

Had something similar happen where I live. I was picking my wife up from work in the evening. We were stopped at a light when a Possum which was obviously waiting for the red light decided to cross the road. First time I've seen a completely unconcerned Possum in front of a car before. I was rather surprised when it got to the other side of the road and just turned around until the light changed and then trotted off into the bushes.

[Texan]

I think possum are blind as a bat, especially in daylight. I know armadillo are. Maybe I'm confusing the two. Maybe that's why I see so many of both dead on the road.

[Texan]

I shot an armadillo a few years ago. It was 3 am and one of my boxers jumped the fence and was fighting with something outside my bedroom window. I ran out and found Annie trying to get at an armadillo rolled into a ball. I sent Annie back over the fence. I knew that many armadillo carry leprosy and didn't want to mess with it. I grabbed a nearby stick and hit it a couple of times to drive it away. It ran into my shrubs and proceeded to dig to China. It was late, I was tired and my dogs were waking up the whole neighborhood while I'm outside in my underwear. I didn't like what it was doing to my landscaping, so I got a 9mm pistol, shot it and went to bed.

[Black Orchid]

Leprosy? Yikes!

[brian ross]

Leprosy? Yikes!

The US is also an epicentre for plague. The Prairie Dogs carry it. Close association with them means about 10 or 20 cases a year of transfer to humanity (mainly kids). It is easily cured by antibiotics.