Happy New Year to all the FML'ers! Warning, Warning.....this is a FML Warning. To recent subscribers and new moms and dads, listen up here! I have been reading and occasionally posting for about a year and a half and I felt with the dawning of a new year I must warn you what happens when you subscribe to this LIST! First you may just lurk a while, then you start to see familiar names, next thing you realize you have an extended family of fuzzbutts but it gets worse! Hoomans start to infiltrate your heart throught the ferret tunnel! I can't begin to tell you (in limited space) about the vast amount of information I've gained from this list about health (FHL which sprang from here) food, games, treats and everyday hazards. Now this is a "good thing" but what they don't tell you when you start innocently subscribing to this list is pretty soon whether you are ready or not you gain a bunch of friends that become 'your family!' Just want you to be aware, be very aware. There are also hoomans on this list that you would like to grab by the ear and put in YOUR hidey hole. You see them posting all the time, they make you laugh, they make you cry, they raise your awareness. Once in awhile, when you are new to the list you post a question and for some reason a few (hmmm, how do I put this politely???) damn know-it-alls jump all over you. Happened to my first question and I am aware it recently happened to someone new...BUT, I am stubborn and just hung in and now reap the rewards of friendship and love (See, I am not mushy!! now they got me say love stuff!) The experienced, "Old Timer's" (giggle) never make you feel bad, will answer questions no matter HOW often they've been asked the same thing and our shining Knight, (Night??) BIG will often suggest informative archives! Yes you are a Shining Knight BIG. You're track record proves it! And when I ramble on about "bat houses" or Batty people..who knows and send it to the wrong place??? who sends me a little note asking me if I AM the crazy one or is HE the crazy one???? LOL So may this New Year bring peace, happiness and wonderful fuzzbutt kisses to your house and be on the look out for FML'ers that just might grab you by the ear and take you to our hidey hole! Lynda Toby, The Kouri Klub Kanadian Rep http://www.geocities.com/tobysdayout/index.html [Posted in FML issue 3647]