Hey Ya'll, Since there are so many new folks on this list lately I thought I would talk about myself again. Besides, you know it if a favorite subject of mine. ;-) I have been on the list since late late 1995 when I just had my first two fuzzies, Stan and Ollie. Since then I started the Houston Area Ferret Association, got seperated, moved to Missouri to go to school at the suggestion of a friend and got divorced. In the process I worked my way not so slowly up to 23 ferrets. I am a 40 year old Southern Broad of Celtic descent who speaks her mind, has a warped and wicked sense of humor (that not everyone likes) and I love my fuzzies. I am an English major taking off a semester and had a brief association with anthropology. Those folks are just too serious for my tastes, no good sense of humor. Too slow on the uptake. I aspire towards satire and make do with sarcasm. This is so you understand how I write and not to take things wrong. It is an easy thing to do when you don't laugh at the same things I do. I also wear my heart on my sleeve and have little to hide about myself. So be prepared. They have their own room. A lot of them are rescues, a lot are store bought Marshall Farms. All of them are healthy and happy. I basically have two groups, one with my disabled ferrets and one with the heathens. I have all colors, private breeders ferrets, Canadian ferrets and who knows what ferrets. I have dealt with deaf ferrets, blind ferrets, missing feet ferrets, and then them 2 brain cell boy ferrets. I went through the wringer with ECE in 1996 and almost lost my Stanley. I am in the process of starting a club here with a newsletter. Yes folks, it nevers dies with me, I love doing newsletters too much. I also have my own mail list, mostly FML folk, that is filled with broads, bawdy humor and ferret tales. Warning I am also stubborn and quick to speak my mind when angry. I don't mind answering the same questions over and over again to new folks, I believe that is what this list is for. I also try not to judge folks by how they look or what they feed. It isn't my place. I judge solely on how much they love their ferrets. That is the really only important thang. Now some personal messages, I have lost addy's due to my recent computer woes. Bubbles--I am glad you had a good trip to the Howdershell clinic. Please tell your human to write me again, I have a question about what kind of food such a big girl eats!! Cray--I am glad the surgeries went well. I do think about your babies often and would like an update. Please write me. Mo' Maggie, the Mad Mid-Missouri Celt [Posted in FML issue 2219]