Posted by Mitch on January 10, 2002, at 0:03:45
In reply to Snails, movement, heat, and wind, posted by susan C on January 9, 2002, at 18:15:30
> I have been saving this thread for a couple days...now you get all my observations in one go...I have never heard of an applesnail...but i just heard of, then watched Sponge Bob Square Pants. Gary is Sponge Bob Square Pants' snail pet that meows like a cat...If I weren't unpredictable I would be the one to help you mitch, market and make money on the visual movement+relief from depression concept (I would start with 'as shown on TV') and finally, my grand tips for keeping cool in the summer, Do anything strenuous at night and spend the days with a Water Soaked Cotten Hat with a Wide brim along with a Tea Towel, drapped around the neck...kind of like a swamp cooler.
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> mouse off balance
You know, I will tell you something about balance....I was very depressed and it was mid-summer. I was working in this little factory (just out of high school) in the middle of nowhere (the best place to be). It was probably mid-90's in there. I was fighting the urge to spontaneously cry-it was that bad. I looked over by the time clock in the corner of the factory and I saw this mouse hopping up and down trying to get into this cardboard box that all of the workers threw their orange peels, lunchtime scraps, etc. into.. Well, it made me laugh out loud. It was one of the smaller mice that hung around the plant hoping to pick up on a big meal that we would cast out unthinkingly during lunch. It jumped and hopped, and couldn't get into that box to retrieve even the smallest morsel. That "action" comedy completely switched my mood and snapped me out of the depression. I can't remember how long it lasted, but I do *remember* that very clearly. How odd...
Mitch
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