SilverGriffin <golddragoness@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> > And, as you can see, I don't come with empty talons
>> >> Well, you do now!! };=8Ž
>> > After I put everything down on the table...
>> Wha....? there's a table?!? Well, that explains why everything
>> didn't fall on the ground when I ate the platters.....
> I also planned ahead...
You sneaky griffon, you!!
>> >> 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..... 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..... I 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?
I drive for Hi-Way 9 Express Ltd. I drive mostly local (City P&D) with
an occasional highway run (to one of our other terminals). We only
operate in southern and central Alberta.
>> Well, if they're born live, call them cubs. If they're hatched, call
>> them chicks. Or, be like me, and apply my own species' term for them
>> and call them hatchlings regardless. Yes, 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"
Fledgling, meaning about the leave the nest?
>> > 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...
Well, yes, that could work, too.....
>> >> We don't hide as rocks, we bask in the sun for so long that we
>> >> gather dust!! I 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!! Scratch, you said, not bite!! But 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>
I didn't even realize I'd said that. I had to reread it to see how you
inferred that..... Apologies if you were in any way offended.....
>> >> Well, the plates were a bit tough, but I'm sure the cookies and
>> >> choklits were good..... I'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. I've heard that lizards lay eggs periodically, whether they
>> mate or not. And 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.
Well, then, now I know!!
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