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Hairy Kraut

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On Tue, 10 May 2011 11:46:19 -0400, Harryk

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John H wrote:
Note the fine print: "Giant Gas Rewards points will
expire 30 days from date of issuance." So, all
Harry has to do is spend $1000 at Giant in 30 days,
and within the same 30 days he can save $1 per
gallon on gas.

So, in order to get a $1.00 per gallon discount, you
must spend $1000 to earn 1000 points.
Gee, what a math whiz...

Just to add to the fun:

Every week, I spend the following at Giant on our
indoor pets:

Petfood $ 30
Clean Litter $ 52

That's $82 a week x 4 weeks = $328. That's 328 of
1000 points.

How many cats do you have?
I'm guessing he has two? I spend about 1/2 that on
food. I buy the
litter in bulk and it lasts forever.
I was just curious. I have a 100 pound dog and he only
eats about $15
a month in food, plus whatever he gets from our meat
scraps. I spend
more on dog treats.
Every good deed gets a "cookie". The up side to that is
he is getting
a lot more civilized. Not bad for a "3 time loser" at
the pound.
You must buy the kibble in bulk?
He seems to do best on Costco "healthy weight" and that is
about $18 a
40# bag. I have tried several other brands, including some
real "foo
foo" stuff the vet is pushing. I watch the intake and
output to decide
how he is doing. The ingredient list is pretty good too, I
posted it
here a while ago.
My cats won't go near the food the vets sell, especially
the Hill's
Prescription Diet, wet or dry.

Our outdoor friends, the foxes, raccoons, possums, et
cetera, all go for
Purina Dog Chow, so we buy a couple of big bags of it for
them each
month. We also give them leftovers. A stand of forest a few
miles away
was just clearcut by a homebuilder/developer. That means a
lot more
critters are now homeless, and we'll probably see a few of
them, the
ones who aren't killed crossing the streets.

I am not a huge fan of feeding wild animals. It is creating
an
unnatural environment that hurts them in the end. You will
al;so find
that you end up with a lot more undesirable critters like
rats.

Knock on plastic, we so far haven't even seen a mouse on the
property.
My guess is that it has something to do with all the the
predator birds
in the area, including hawks*, owls, crows, et cetera. You
always see
them swooping down on nearby fields, and taking off with
something juicy
in their beaks. I'm sure the foxes and maybe the possums and
raccoons
also help keep down the rodent population.

* We have one for sure and possibly two nests of cooper's
hawks in the
woods behind the back yard.

Mine is a mouser for sure... also gets the occasional snake,
yuk, and
more than it's share of birds (bummer, but what can you do).

Keep the cat in the house. I have no problem with people enjoying
their pets but when they become exotic predators they become a
concern. The only small animals that can compete with cats are
rats
and mice. They can kill everything else but these rodents can
reproduce faster than a cat can eat them. You end up with
nothing but
rats and mice in the ecosystem. That is why the DEP kills cats
in the
parks around here. They don't talk about it much tho. The also
do not
talk about the wild hogs they kill.

It's a mostly outdoor cat. I'm really not concerned about whatever
birds it can hunt down. I wouldn't call a cat an "exotic"
predator.
Cats have been around a long time. I'm nowhere near a state park.

Doesn't matter if you are around a state park or not. Feral cats
and
cats that act like feral cats are a huge concern.

A coyote or snake will take care of that cat sooner or later if it
doesn't become a pavement pancake first. That plume character is an
irresponsible pet owner. Maybe Krause will talk some sense to him.

Harry isn't any more responsible, hell, he thinks it's just dandy to
feed human leftovers to wild animals!