Hi Folks! Today's FML was a little disappointing. I read a response from one of my favorite shelter operators, to another of my favorite shelter operators that just plain bodes ill. I can see where Kim is coming from, especially considering the stuff she has been put through recently, the accusations, etc. If I had been put through that, I would have a tendancy toward defensiveness too. And I will say Randy could have a been a bit more diplomatic, but considering what HE is going through right now, I think we should give him a little room for unintentionally snippy comments, things which he will regret having said the way he said them once the stress is gone. Fact is, it does no one any good to have two of the most impressive ferret shelter operators on this list bickering over something so petty. And no, I don't think the allergies issue is petty, but that isn't what you are bickering over. Randy already said he was wrong. The bickering is just over the bickering. That type of fight will never be won, and will eventually lead to only more hard feelings and alienation, and none of us want that. I did read something that made me smile! Congrats to Kim and Stan on the inspection! I LOVE it when pure and simple integrity and good, hard work wins the fight! Not much anyone can say about you now, is there? But, Randy is in trouble. This is the time we should all be standing up behind our comrad and helping him fight, not splitting off into segments and fighting against him about who said what, and what they really should have said, and how they should have said it. So I say, Randy, from a third party vantage point, I think you should apologize for being snippy. Everyone else, so he was wrong, ok. So he was a little jerky, ok. Everyone handles stress differently, lets give him the benefit of the doubt. Now that we have that out of the way, lets have a party to celebrate Kim's victory, and then after a few drinks we can sit down and plan an attack for Randy? [Posted in FML issue 3366]