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Arley

Its really only meaningful if you've experienced it.. and obviously, you have. The best to you, my friend.

posted by Burly on May 11, 2006 at 10:36 AM | link to this | reply

Our critter

We have a critter who entertains itself by running our lives for us. Tells us when to get up in the morning, when to go to bed at night, and a lot of things in between. A very vocal animal.  She has a lot of toy mice to bat around. Her name is Puddance the cat.
When we first got her, she had been in a cage for a long time.  It took her a long time to get used to "having a life".

posted by redwood on May 10, 2006 at 6:40 PM | link to this | reply

ArleyWhite,

I hear you.  It's why I rarely go to zoos, although there is a very good one here in Seattle called Woodland Park Zoo, where I think the zookeepers make every effort to make the animals feel somewhat less locked up and more at home in their natural surroundings.  Loss of freedom kills the spirit, and I don't think anyone can really relate, who has not had that soul-quenching experience, which you described so well, of "an all-expenses paid vacation in the county jail" to think things over and turn things around.  Well said.

posted by Blanche. on May 10, 2006 at 4:15 PM | link to this | reply

cages

Thre are two miners trapped in BEaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia. They ahve been trapped in a work cage, on kilometre underground for thirteen days. They can't stand. They have been able to get food down to them and even IPODs with music and they are in good spirits. They ahve already drilled an escape tunnel and there is still 1.6 metres of rock to drill throgh by hand to get to them. This rock is very, very hard and progress is slow. Your piece reminded me of this story. They are still in good spirits.

posted by MsVision on May 6, 2006 at 4:28 PM | link to this | reply

I understand, but it's better than being in the wild where hunters can get to them.

posted by shelly_b on April 30, 2006 at 5:17 AM | link to this | reply