Just discovered this old issue in my mail (yeah, it's been awhile)
 and found a few things I wanted to respond to...
 
> Bobbie Daniel <[log in to unmask]> writes...
> { Subject: Vacuums with Weasels
> {
> { I worry that 2 1/2 yo Emmett will have a heart attack when I vacuum! His
> { happy almond-eyes turn round and fearful, he trembles and hides under his
> { mattress, shaking, until I'm through and he gets a cuddle and some ferretone
>
> Remember Vacuum Cleaners are bloody Loud!  The get a Rock-n-Roll Concert level
> rating as far as how loud they are.  Jet engines are on slightly louder.
> Ferrets are sensitive to loud sounds.  Vacuum Cleaners generate high
> frequencies right up where ferrets can hear the best.
> Our ferrets play KILL when ever we vacuum.  :)  And Vacuums have all of the
> really Neat-O rubber bumpers on them that one can sink ones teeth into.  :)
 
 Nothing funnier than watching Milo (silvermitt male) dragging the upright
 across the room by that rubber bumper after I've vacuumed.  :^)
 
> Check out the book "Ferrets in Your Home" published by TFH.  The Author is
> Dr. Wendy Winstead.  She also wrote "Ferrets."  A book that I considered to
> have some number of errors.  Apparently so did she, as she notes in her more
> recent book "Ferrets in Your Home."  I like the recent book much better than
> any other book I have read on the subject.
 
 Does anyone have the ISBN number?
 
 Christmas is coming, and my mother is always asking what to get me... :^)
 
 Thanks,
 
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[Posted in FML issue 0601]