> >> > <Glides to central plateau, offers huge plate of cookies and
> >> > another sizeable pile of chocolates, and returns to previous perch>
> >> <Eats plates>
> >> .....
> >> Er, wait.....
> > It's okay. The plates were bone. I had a feeling that some of you
> > might think that he or she was lacking in minerals...
> But still, how rude.....
>
> >> > And, as you can see, I don't come with empty talons
> >> Well, you do now!! };=3D8=DE
> > After I put everything down on the table...
>
> Wha....? =A0there's a table?!? =A0Well, that explains why everything
didn'=
t
> fall on the ground when I ate the platters.....
>
I also planned ahead...
> >> Well, I usually don't make Welcome posts, as I'm not part of the
> >> Welcome Weyr (are they even still around?), but comments were made as
> >> to the lack of posts, thus I'm endeavouring to keep the post rate
> >> up..... =A0 That, and it's a long weekend, so starting tomorrow I'll
> >> prolly be back to my old too-tired-to-post self again.....
> > Life in the world of higher learning?
>
> Life in the world of earning a living..... =A0I drive a tractor-trailer.
>
So does my consort. He drives long haul...I last saw him, briefly, on
Saturday night...long enough to make sure he'd have food for his
latest trip(s). With which company do you drive? And do you drive
mostly local work or do you drive long-haul?
> Well, if they're born live, call them cubs. =A0If they're hatched, call
> them chicks. =A0Or, be like me, and apply my own species' term for them
> and call them hatchlings regardless. =A0Yes, I even call human young
> hatchlings.
>
Makes sense. "Chicks" it is. "Hatchling" would work for my youngest,
but my oldest is clearly feathered now...I generally refer to him as a
"fledgling"
> > Lucky you...maybe I should perch outside of the office of my ISP a
> > while. Bring the little ones with me, too. I hear that when you want
> > something done, bring the youngsters along...they will always make
> > things faster just to get rid of you.
>
> That could work, but only if you can train them to misbehave only in
> such situations.
>
In truth, it's all in the timing. All I have to make sure is that we
go when the youngest hasn't had a nap, and nobody has yet eaten their
lunch...
> >> We don't hide as rocks, we bask in the sun for so long that we gather
> >> dust!! =A0I think I've even still got a few patches of moss somewhere
> >> on my back.....
> > That's when it's good to have a lesser being around to scratch those
> > places you...just...can't...reach...with your own claws, wouldn't you
> > agree?
> > [chomp!]
>
> Owie!! =A0Scratch, you said, not bite!! =A0But still, getting rid of the
> moss /does/ feel good.....
>
Hey! Are you calling *me* a lesser being?!! <pout!> And after I was so
nice to you! <tickles Flame Stryke's nose with tail tuft> One need not
be the same creature to be considered an equal...<easily dodges swat
from dragon paw- but also knows that the swat, as well as the implied
slight were all in good fun -- not to be taken seriously>
> >> > <preens a bit to remove last traces of travel dust> I am going to
> >> > catch up on the news. Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy my gifts. Thanks
> >> > for the warm reception!
> >> Well, the plates were a bit tough, but I'm sure the cookies and
> >> choklits were good..... =A0I'll have to remember to eat /those/ next
> >> time.....
> > Maybe a bit tough, but rich in calcium. I've had to learn to be
> > practical since I began motherhood.
>
> Yes. =A0I've heard that lizards lay eggs periodically, whether they mate
> or not. =A0And during those times, you have to supplement their diets
with=
> extra calcium, as their eggs (and most eggs, I would assume) are mostly
> calcium.....
>
Birds, too. One of the reasons why one keeps a cuttlebone with pet
birds.
SilverGriffin
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