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A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
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@mypacks.net says... wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 06:49:43 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:10:53 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:29:33 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:54:28 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48:00 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:56:55 -0400, wrote: 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. Funny, the non-virtual birds of prey here carry their meal in their talons... Guess your birds didn't read google... -- Team Rowdy Mouse, Banned from the Mall for life! |
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A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
On Tue, 10 May 2011 11:46:19 -0400, Harryk
wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 06:49:43 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:10:53 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:29:33 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:54:28 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48:00 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:56:55 -0400, wrote: 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). |
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A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
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On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:23:53 -0700, wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 11:46:19 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 06:49:43 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:10:53 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:29:33 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:54:28 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48:00 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:56:55 -0400, wrote: 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. Roadside Barbecue! |
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A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
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On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:54:11 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:23:53 -0700, wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 11:46:19 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 06:49:43 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:10:53 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:29:33 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:54:28 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48:00 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:56:55 -0400, wrote: 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. Roadside Barbecue! The park service has a contractor who traps out a lot of the hogs and he comes and gets one if they shoot it. Evidently wild hog is a delicacy in Europe. The French can't get enough of them. The rangers carry a 12ga in their Gator with 00 buck in it. Wow...and that was a wild-ass guess on my part. Around here, if a deer is hit by a car, and it happens often, the deer usually is picked up and put in the back of one of the next pickup trucks that passes. If not, the vultures feed on it for a couple of days. In the years we've lived here, our vehicles have been hit four times by deer running across a road. One missed us by leaping over the hood of the car. Not being a hunter, I have no idea how long a deer can sit dead on the side of the road before the meat is considered spoiled. |
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A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
In article , payer3389
@mypacks.net says... wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:54:11 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:23:53 -0700, wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 11:46:19 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 06:49:43 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:10:53 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:29:33 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:54:28 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48:00 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:56:55 -0400, wrote: 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. Roadside Barbecue! The park service has a contractor who traps out a lot of the hogs and he comes and gets one if they shoot it. Evidently wild hog is a delicacy in Europe. The French can't get enough of them. The rangers carry a 12ga in their Gator with 00 buck in it. Wow...and that was a wild-ass guess on my part. Around here, if a deer is hit by a car, and it happens often, the deer usually is picked up and put in the back of one of the next pickup trucks that passes. If not, the vultures feed on it for a couple of days. In the years we've lived here, our vehicles have been hit four times by deer running across a road. One missed us by leaping over the hood of the car. Not being a hunter, I have no idea how long a deer can sit dead on the side of the road before the meat is considered spoiled. Usually, the car hits the deer instead of the deer hitting the car. |
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says... In article , payer3389 @mypacks.net says... wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:54:11 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:23:53 -0700, wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 11:46:19 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 06:49:43 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:10:53 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:29:33 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:54:28 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48:00 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:56:55 -0400, wrote: 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. Roadside Barbecue! The park service has a contractor who traps out a lot of the hogs and he comes and gets one if they shoot it. Evidently wild hog is a delicacy in Europe. The French can't get enough of them. The rangers carry a 12ga in their Gator with 00 buck in it. Wow...and that was a wild-ass guess on my part. Around here, if a deer is hit by a car, and it happens often, the deer usually is picked up and put in the back of one of the next pickup trucks that passes. If not, the vultures feed on it for a couple of days. In the years we've lived here, our vehicles have been hit four times by deer running across a road. One missed us by leaping over the hood of the car. Not being a hunter, I have no idea how long a deer can sit dead on the side of the road before the meat is considered spoiled. Usually, the car hits the deer instead of the deer hitting the car. Harry could never admit to being so flawed as to actually hit a deer  But he is so easy to pin down.. He has a pretty defined tell really, if his fingers are moving in a definitive pattern around the keyboard of a computer, he is lying... -- Team Rowdy Mouse, Banned from the Mall for life! |
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I_am_Tosk wrote:
In , says... In articlegLOdnfUR790ZA1TQnZ2dnUVZ_g2dnZ2d@earthlink .com, payer3389 @mypacks.net says... wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:54:11 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:23:53 -0700, wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 11:46:19 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 06:49:43 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:10:53 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:29:33 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:54:28 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48:00 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:56:55 -0400, wrote: 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. Roadside Barbecue! The park service has a contractor who traps out a lot of the hogs and he comes and gets one if they shoot it. Evidently wild hog is a delicacy in Europe. The French can't get enough of them. The rangers carry a 12ga in their Gator with 00 buck in it. Wow...and that was a wild-ass guess on my part. Around here, if a deer is hit by a car, and it happens often, the deer usually is picked up and put in the back of one of the next pickup trucks that passes. If not, the vultures feed on it for a couple of days. In the years we've lived here, our vehicles have been hit four times by deer running across a road. One missed us by leaping over the hood of the car. Not being a hunter, I have no idea how long a deer can sit dead on the side of the road before the meat is considered spoiled. Usually, the car hits the deer instead of the deer hitting the car. Harry could never admit to being so flawed as to actually hit a deer But he is so easy to pin down.. He has a pretty defined tell really, if his fingers are moving in a definitive pattern around the keyboard of a computer, he is lying... As a point of fact, once, while driving south on a main road here, a deer ran from the other side of the road and slammed into the back door, driver's side and another time, on a country road, a deer ran into a quarter panel. Thus, the deer hit the car. Two other times, deer ran into the passenger side of the car. To date, I've not hit a deer head on, but that doesn't mean I won't. Your simple-minded view of the world is laughable. |
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A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
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On Tue, 10 May 2011 16:22:27 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:54:11 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:23:53 -0700, wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 11:46:19 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 06:49:43 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:10:53 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:29:33 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:54:28 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48:00 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:56:55 -0400, wrote: 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. Roadside Barbecue! The park service has a contractor who traps out a lot of the hogs and he comes and gets one if they shoot it. Evidently wild hog is a delicacy in Europe. The French can't get enough of them. The rangers carry a 12ga in their Gator with 00 buck in it. Wow...and that was a wild-ass guess on my part. Around here, if a deer is hit by a car, and it happens often, the deer usually is picked up and put in the back of one of the next pickup trucks that passes. If not, the vultures feed on it for a couple of days. In the years we've lived here, our vehicles have been hit four times by deer running across a road. One missed us by leaping over the hood of the car. Not being a hunter, I have no idea how long a deer can sit dead on the side of the road before the meat is considered spoiled. Were you in DC when the Washingtonian gossip columnist had the story of some foreign dignitary's wife butchering a dear on the side of the road on the GW parkway up near Langley? (late 70s I think) I was living in a Virginia suburb back then, but I don't recall that particular feature news item. :) |
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A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
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says... On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:23:53 -0700, wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 11:46:19 -0400, Harryk wrote: wrote: On Tue, 10 May 2011 06:49:43 -0400, wrote: wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:10:53 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 19:29:33 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 11:54:28 -0700, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 14:48:00 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:56:55 -0400, wrote: 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. We get only rescue animals and where we get them you have to sign a contract for cats that you will keep them as indoor cats only... I don't know about other sources but ours, it's mandatory. -- Team Rowdy Mouse, Banned from the Mall for life! |
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