Dear FMLers. Hello from the wild west. We have almost hurricane strength winds here today with at least one major power outtage...Oh well... Life in the Wild West I reckon. Anyway a special thanks to Melody Tomaszewicz for her parody song to "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias. I am 54 ok , but I have a 20 YO son who is in the music scene as he is a drummer, and he had the CD "Escape" by E. I. So after listening to the CD several times I decide yes I like it...LOL. Anyhoo along comes Miss Melody with the lyrics to Let Me Be Your Weasel... and I have been singing it to the song on the CD!!! Yes ferret folks are nutters for sure...LOL.. I have a hard time reading the FML lately cause of all the lil ones out ther that seem to be dying way before their time. My heart is out to all of you who have had to face this most distressfull of times. Our prayers are with all of you. I am glad that we have the FML and a special thanks to BIG for all the hard work and lost sleep he goes thru... Thanks BIG!!! [Thanks... it's nothi...<snore>..ng! BIG] We lost out grand old man Rascal this last week. Rascal was 11 YO!!! Yes he had a long life and the last three years with us. He had that lil' hop in his step right up to the end too. He had some very large masses in his abdomen that you could almost see, I knew his time was short, but even then you aren't really prepared when it does come now are you? I have two more lil' girsl that are old as well. One is 10 and the other is 11. I am feeding tham fret soup twice a day and they are still eating the kibbles so they are eating very well but at that age... But they will live as ferret while they are here. I have learned alot living with these long tailed hidey hole thieves. They NEVER give up and Never give in. They live more in their given years than alot of people I knnow. I have learned to live as they do...on the bounce and by the numbers. (thanks to R. Heinlien) Mr. BoJangles is turning into a monster ferret!!! He thinks he owns the bedroom! He gets up on our bed and "camps out" there all the time. He thinks that the bed is HIS Throne...LOL... So he can hold court on the rest of the "low life ferrets and folks". LOL..hey he is just too cute for our/his own good!!! He loves to go after Moma's toes but only licks them...still not Moma's favorite thing...lol. He loves to have Popa hold him while he eats his fret soup. He is still under weight but doing much better than a couple of months ago. Has anyone notices that a held ferret will eat more than a ferret just placed on the floor in front of a bowl? All my frets who eat soup will eat more IF Popa holds the ferret and the bowl....LOL.. True story folks so help me...LOL. Peace be to all. After All It Is For The Ferrets!!! Fred Hurd Reno Nevada. [Posted in FML issue 3788]