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, (`----') - CT O O \ \ / \ Eagles may soar, |`@@, \ but ferrets don't `^^ \ get sucked into jet _ | \ _._ engines... '_ _ / ) ` -~ ~-_ '/,_ _ _/ ~. \ _ ` \ / } ~. \ { \ .---\ > ` ^. ` [log in to unmask] /// --~,`--' /- ' \ ` - - . ///.------' `- - - -' [Posted in FML issue 0601]