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A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!
On Tue, 10 May 2011 15:12:00 -0400, Hairy Kraut sent
the following message In article , says... On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:25:55 -0400, wrote: 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. 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. |
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