Sorry it's taken so long to respond, been busy putting up more photos of some of my crew ;o) Betty wrote: >When I woke up this morning I found I had a weird feeling of discomfort >from the back of my tail bone and discovered a pitch-forked tail growing >from it. In mild shock I grabbed my head only to find two small bumps >where I discovered horns were growing. Sigh. It has started again. ROTFL Ahhh, this is wonderful. I love it!! If only everyone had the same sense of humour as Betty evidently does, debates such as the one we've been having would be terrible otherwise - either incredibly boring, or aggravating!! Betty, it sounds as though you like to ramble as much as I do. Heavens, 3 FMLs for one post? Wow! I need more practise!! hehehe I only had my last post to you rejected for being over size nine times (or so)!! Maybe we can sort out what may well just be a misunderstanding of epic proportions in private email so our ramblings aren't cut short by a post limt!! Okay, I admit it, I love getting email, and since my trip it's been downright slow. In no time did I say in any of my posts that you did not care about ferrets, in fact I know full well that you do!! However, our opinions evidently differ greatly, and to this end I do suggest that we email privately so that we can find out where this obvious break in communication is. From my side, it seems that you aren't reading what I and others are writing, and from your side, you possibly feel the same way, it seems to be so from what you're stating in your post. We're all here for the ferrets, not for the betterment of our egos ;o) so maybe once we've spoken for a while and ironed out what troubles we have, we can send out a post with suggestions as to what things may help the shelter and breeding system. You're obviously concerned about something, and maybe you can put your concerns to me step by step so that I can understand what you're seeing. Even better, are you on ICQ? ;o) Faster communication, and easier to get clarification if something's misunderstood!! You are definitely NOT hated, but we ARE evidently having a major communication breakdown. >For those of you who got upset with me and other "questioners" I can only >say, "me thinks he doth protests too much". {paraphrased} I don't know about that ;o) however, there are times when things get emotional, and the real words can be misread. Yes, there are several people here that are very vocal about their feelings (I am one of them, but I just plain can't shut up ;o) ) As far as debate is concerned, everyone should 'listen' to what everyone says. In a perfect world this would happen. This is not a perfect world. There are a LOT of people subscribed to the FML, there are bound to be people with differing opinions on everything. Hugs to the fuzzies, looking forward to hearing from you personally rather than just over this public forum :o) Sam ----------- To see some awesome ferret cards, drop in on http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~fanmail/cards/ferretcard.htm [Posted in FML issue 2526]