They get another shot. They just mark them so they can keep track. Mike tells me that the ones they inseminate artificially are also mated with bulls to ensure that they get prego. MOOOOOO!!!!!! 

Um, wouldn't that tend to defeat the purpose of spending several thousand dollars, in some cases, for a champion bull's frozen semen, then also using the resident Ferdinand for the same pregnancy? 
(Genetics-minded Cat Breeder wants to know...) 
Carol
WV

Perfect 
Carol

Just checked into chat to see if the door was unlocked 
I will probably not make it up until midnight... (work in AM) 
Carol

Sadly too many Christmas traditions have gone by the wayside <snip>
  One thing  I loved as a child was singing Christmas Carols at school. Each class of children would enter the main foyer,older students whose classes were on upper floors would line the stairwells. We would have a sing along for about 30min a day. The songs rose to the roof and sounded wonderful. I have to dry an eye as I type its such a good memory.
 

I wonder often how many of us ever envisioned a day when the ubiquitous little John Hancock Christmas Carol booklets would have disappeared   
How much would one be worth today?
Carol

Ridiculous!  They spoke with the owner of the house who was home at the time.  He said the guy never even rang the door bell.  Just dumped it over the fence.   

My Son and I had a house fire in December 1996. (A rented house, bad wiring, fire marshall deemed it accidental)  The insurance company sent a small advance check by FedEx, they SAID.  No check, a couple of weeks went by.  The check was one of those that's only good for so many days.  They FINALLY issued a replacement.  a month or so later, the package containing the original was found on the ground inside the locked gate in front of the burned out house.
Carol

  Now how did I know you would have a comment like that Janet? 

Only because Janet beat ME to it 
Carol
WV

Won't work for me.   

Nor for me 
I think in my case, it's just that my old OS isn't up to it.
But now my computer fund has gone to my local friendly garage, for a new transmission
Carol

A question on FB asked if these dollars were shared with GVAS - I am assuming "no"???  because we donated to rfalconcam???

There was something on the online donation form when I sent mine, that offered choices for ?excess or ?overages... Alternatives anyway.  GVAS was one of the options, and I chose it.
Do we have a final tally of what  had donated?
Carol
WV

Thanks so much, All, for the good wishes 
It's been a nice day, the high point in a week that started with the transmission in my car self-destructing 40 miles from home on Monday, enroute to do a Friend's hair 
Thank Goodness for my DIL and my Friends at work for transporting me back and forth 
Carol

Thank You, All 
A quiet day at home, then dinner with my Daughter in Law and Grandsons.  Alas, my Son is working in Wisconsin this week.
    Carol

I know one town had a roost of over 100000 crows they were trying  to get rid of.

Some ten or so years ago, the citizens of Leesburg, VA, had become quite concerned about the numbers of TVs soaring about day after day.  A plan was hatched (if you'll excuse the expression) to trap and remove them.  A baited cage-type trap was placed, and sure enough, it did attract TVs.  Almost immediately, about 100 of them attempted to roost on it, promptly collapsing it.  The attempt was abandoned, and to this day, one may enjoy watching Mother Nature's Cleanup Crew keeping the countryside tidy 
Carol
WV

Oh my goodness, this is terrible! Shocking pic! 

Alas, Nature isn't always pretty
Maybe the Polar Bears are running into the same food shortage that's driving the Snowy Owls south...
Mr. Polar Bear mantles his food just like our favourite PFs do.
Carol
WV

Finally, Mariah showed up in the nest box, but something was very wrong.  Kaver left and Mariah attempted to cover the newborn eyas.  In those days, we didn’t have streaming video to watch, so it was just static pictures every couple minutes.  She seemed to be using her wing for support and you could see that something was wrong with her foot or leg. 

I sat at my desk at work that day with tears streaming down my face, it's a good thing I didn't have any clients...
Carol
WV

[(I think this is RIDICULOUS)!!!]

(I think this is RIDICULOUS)!!! Pretty soon we will all be fined for putting up CHRISTMAS decorations!! Give me a break!

One wonders how many other countries feel they must remove evidence of their traditional celebrations for fear of offending ex-pat Americans...
Carol
WV

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6474

(and a video of an octopus crawling out of the water and taking a stroll
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/video-octopus-crawls-water-walks-dry-land-150510810.html)

Well there went a quick hour...  Fascinating creatures!
Carol
WV