Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05

One has to have one's standards.

Lynn

In article <s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>
>One has to have one's standards.
>

Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?

/google

Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
expansion into more of the Deep South.

I'll pass.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>>
>> One has to have one's standards.
>>
>
> Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
>
> /google
>
> Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
> expansion into more of the Deep South.
>
> I'll pass.

I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
washed at ours.
https://buc-ees.com/

Lynn

In article <s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>>>
>>> One has to have one's standards.
>>>
>>
>> Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
>>
>> /google
>>
>> Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
>> expansion into more of the Deep South.
>>
>> I'll pass.
>
>I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
>bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
>person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
>washed at ours.
> https://buc-ees.com/
>

That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On 2021 Jun07, Dorothy J Heydt wrote
(in article <quD4FM.1Fx7@kithrup.com>):

> In article<s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> > > In article<s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
> > > Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
> > > > https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
> > > >
> > > > One has to have one's standards.
> > >
> > > Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
> > >
> > > /google
> > >
> > > Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
> > > expansion into more of the Deep South.
> > >
> > > I'll pass.
> >
> > I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
> > bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
> > person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
> > washed at ours.
> > https://buc-ees.com/
>
> That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
> Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
> immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
> steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
> are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
> carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
> alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
> disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.

The ‘gators are there. A while back a family ignored the signs. They are
now missing a two-year-old. Every ever so often there’s a news story about
someone walking their dog too close to a canal or other body of water, and
how little Fluffy became ‘gator chow. Remember, it’s _Florida_. If
there’s fresh water, there’s a ‘gator. Or two. Or three. ‘Gators
aren’t fond of salt or brackish water. Crocs are, but there aren’t any
crocs in Florida north of the Miami-Dade/Broward County line. The biggest
concentration of crocs on the North American mainland is in the cooling
canals and such around FPL’s Turkey Point nuclear plant, in Miami-Dade
County. There are swarms of crocs further south, in Cuba and Jamaica and
Hispanola and northern South America ranging up to southern Mexico...

If you want to see ‘gators (and crocs) go on I-75 between Miami and Tampa.
There’s a reason why it’s called Alligator Alley.

Snakes are there, too. In addition to the usual North American suspects
(cottonmouths, eastern diamondbacks, the occasional copperhead who doesn’t
know he’s not supposed to be in Florida, etc.) there are imports, notably
Burmese pythons and, less press, but still present, assorted other large
constrictors. (Yes, including anacondas. Really.) Note that many Central and
East Coast Florida rattlesnakes no longer rattle; there’s been evolutionary
pressure to eliminate those who make noise, humans kill ‘em. There are also
a lot of snapping turtles in Central Florida. They’re called alligator
snapping turtles for a reason. A few bright lads brought in Komodo dragons
and other monitor lizards, some of which got loose; those have been (mostly)
rounded up. Some of the same bright lads brought in iguanas, ugly but
harmless as long as you’re not vegetation, though they make more copious
messes than geese, even Canada geese, and they grow to nine feet and look
scary. Around here iguanas are now the #1 road-killed animals, beating out
raccoons and even possums. Dead iguanas stink almost as bad as dead skunks
and there are a whole lot more dead iguanas.

In article <0001HW.266FABF004857FB870000A2BC38F@news.supernews.com>,
Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> wrote:
>On 2021 Jun07, Dorothy J Heydt wrote
>(in article <quD4FM.1Fx7@kithrup.com>):
>
>> In article<s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> > > In article<s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
>> > > Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
>> > > > https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>> > > >
>> > > > One has to have one's standards.
>> > >
>> > > Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
>> > >
>> > > /google
>> > >
>> > > Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
>> > > expansion into more of the Deep South.
>> > >
>> > > I'll pass.
>> >
>> > I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
>> > bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
>> > person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
>> > washed at ours.
>> > https://buc-ees.com/
>>
>> That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
>> Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
>> immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
>> steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
>> are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
>> carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
>> alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
>> disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.
>
>The ‘gators are there. A while back a family ignored the signs. They are
>now missing a two-year-old. Every ever so often there’s a news story about
>someone walking their dog too close to a canal or other body of water, and
>how little Fluffy became ‘gator chow. Remember, it’s _Florida_. If

Hey, they got no monopoly!

www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article251954923.html

On 2021 Jun08, Ted Nolan wrote
(in article <ii9ercFo5obU1@mid.individual.net>):

> In article<0001HW.266FABF004857FB870000A2BC38F@news.supernews.com>,
> Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> wrote:
> > On 2021 Jun07, Dorothy J Heydt wrote
> > (in article <quD4FM.1Fx7@kithrup.com>):
> >
> > > In article<s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
> > > Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> > > > > In article<s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
> > > > > Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
> > > > > > https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
> > > > > >
> > > > > > One has to have one's standards.
> > > > >
> > > > > Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
> > > > >
> > > > > /google
> > > > >
> > > > > Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
> > > > > expansion into more of the Deep South.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'll pass.
> > > >
> > > > I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
> > > > bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
> > > > person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
> > > > washed at ours.
> > > > https://buc-ees.com/
> > >
> > > That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
> > > Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
> > > immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
> > > steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
> > > are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
> > > carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
> > > alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
> > > disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.
> >
> > The ‘gators are there. A while back a family ignored the signs. They are
> > now missing a two-year-old. Every ever so often there’s a news story about
> > someone walking their dog too close to a canal or other body of water, and
> > how little Fluffy became ‘gator chow. Remember, it’s _Florida_. If
>
> Hey, they got no monopoly!
>
> www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article251954923.html

Other states may have ‘gators. Florida has _lots_ of ‘gators, some of
which like fast food in general and Wendy’s in particular; one recently had
some fun in Lee County, a.k.a. Ye Back of Beyond, Fl. Florida also has
Florida Man; one Florida Man thought that it’d be funny to throw a baby
‘gator into the window at a Wendy’s drive-through.

On 6/9/21 7:18 AM, Wolffan wrote:
> On 2021 Jun08, Ted Nolan wrote
> (in article <ii9ercFo5obU1@mid.individual.net>):
>
>> In article<0001HW.266FABF004857FB870000A2BC38F@news.supernews.com>,
>> Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> wrote:
>>> On 2021 Jun07, Dorothy J Heydt wrote
>>> (in article <quD4FM.1Fx7@kithrup.com>):
>>>
>>>> In article<s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>> In article<s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One has to have one's standards.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /google
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
>>>>>> expansion into more of the Deep South.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll pass.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
>>>>> bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
>>>>> person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
>>>>> washed at ours.
>>>>> https://buc-ees.com/
>>>>
>>>> That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
>>>> Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
>>>> immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
>>>> steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
>>>> are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
>>>> carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
>>>> alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
>>>> disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.
>>>
>>> The ‘gators are there. A while back a family ignored the signs. They are
>>> now missing a two-year-old. Every ever so often there’s a news story about
>>> someone walking their dog too close to a canal or other body of water, and
>>> how little Fluffy became ‘gator chow. Remember, it’s _Florida_. If
>>
>> Hey, they got no monopoly!
>>
>> www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article251954923.html
>
> Other states may have ‘gators. Florida has _lots_ of ‘gators, some of
> which like fast food in general and Wendy’s in particular; one recently had
> some fun in Lee County, a.k.a. Ye Back of Beyond, Fl. Florida also has
> Florida Man; one Florida Man thought that it’d be funny to throw a baby
> ‘gator into the window at a Wendy’s drive-through.

Back in the 70s, in Sarasota, my father had a neighbor ’gator that just
/loved/ marshmallows. Came around to beg for ’em.

--
John W. Kennedy
"The blind rulers of Logres
Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."
-- Charles Williams. "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude"

On 6/9/2021 2:23 PM, John W Kennedy wrote:
> On 6/9/21 7:18 AM, Wolffan wrote:
>> On 2021 Jun08, Ted Nolan wrote
>> (in article <ii9ercFo5obU1@mid.individual.net>):
>>
>>> In article<0001HW.266FABF004857FB870000A2BC38F@news.supernews.com>,
>>> Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com>  wrote:
>>>> On 2021 Jun07, Dorothy J Heydt wrote
>>>> (in article <quD4FM.1Fx7@kithrup.com>):
>>>>
>>>>> In article<s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>> On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>> In article<s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
>>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One has to have one's standards.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /google
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
>>>>>>> expansion into more of the Deep South.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll pass.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
>>>>>> bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
>>>>>> person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
>>>>>> washed at ours.
>>>>>> https://buc-ees.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
>>>>> Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
>>>>> immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
>>>>> steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
>>>>> are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
>>>>> carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
>>>>> alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
>>>>> disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.
>>>>
>>>> The ‘gators are there. A while back a family ignored the signs. They
>>>> are
>>>> now missing a two-year-old. Every ever so often there’s a news story
>>>> about
>>>> someone walking their dog too close to a canal or other body of
>>>> water, and
>>>> how little Fluffy became ‘gator chow. Remember, it’s _Florida_. If
>>>
>>> Hey, they got no monopoly!
>>>
>>> www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article251954923.html
>>>
>>
>> Other states may have ‘gators. Florida has _lots_ of ‘gators, some of
>> which like fast food in general and Wendy’s in particular; one
>> recently had
>> some fun in Lee County, a.k.a. Ye Back of Beyond, Fl. Florida also has
>> Florida Man; one Florida Man thought that it’d be funny to throw a baby
>> ‘gator into the window at a Wendy’s drive-through.
>
> Back in the 70s, in Sarasota, my father had a neighbor ’gator that just
> /loved/ marshmallows. Came around to beg for ’em.

Don't feed the varmints ! They will never stop coming around and then
they eat your cat.

Lynn

In article <s9r5jr$ju6$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 6/9/2021 2:23 PM, John W Kennedy wrote:
>> On 6/9/21 7:18 AM, Wolffan wrote:
>>> On 2021 Jun08, Ted Nolan wrote
>>> (in article <ii9ercFo5obU1@mid.individual.net>):
>>>
>>>> In article<0001HW.266FABF004857FB870000A2BC38F@news.supernews.com>,
>>>> Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com>  wrote:
>>>>> On 2021 Jun07, Dorothy J Heydt wrote
>>>>> (in article <quD4FM.1Fx7@kithrup.com>):
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article<s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>> On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>>> In article<s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
>>>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One has to have one's standards.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> /google
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
>>>>>>>> expansion into more of the Deep South.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'll pass.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
>>>>>>> bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
>>>>>>> person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
>>>>>>> washed at ours.
>>>>>>> https://buc-ees.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
>>>>>> Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
>>>>>> immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
>>>>>> steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
>>>>>> are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
>>>>>> carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
>>>>>> alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
>>>>>> disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.
>>>>>
>>>>> The ‘gators are there. A while back a family ignored the signs. They
>>>>> are
>>>>> now missing a two-year-old. Every ever so often there’s a news story
>>>>> about
>>>>> someone walking their dog too close to a canal or other body of
>>>>> water, and
>>>>> how little Fluffy became ‘gator chow. Remember, it’s _Florida_. If
>>>>
>>>> Hey, they got no monopoly!
>>>>
>>>> www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article251954923.html
>>>>
>>>
>>> Other states may have ‘gators. Florida has _lots_ of ‘gators, some of
>>> which like fast food in general and Wendy’s in particular; one
>>> recently had
>>> some fun in Lee County, a.k.a. Ye Back of Beyond, Fl. Florida also has
>>> Florida Man; one Florida Man thought that it’d be funny to throw a baby
>>> ‘gator into the window at a Wendy’s drive-through.
>>
>> Back in the 70s, in Sarasota, my father had a neighbor ’gator that just
>> /loved/ marshmallows. Came around to beg for ’em.
>
>Don't feed the varmints ! They will never stop coming around and then
>they eat your cat.

Fortunately (in this context) I live atop a hill several miles
away from the nearest body of water, which is San Francisco Bay.

Poisoned marshmallows appear to be called for.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 21:07:47 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
wrote:

>In article <s9r5jr$ju6$1@dont-email.me>,
>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On 6/9/2021 2:23 PM, John W Kennedy wrote:
>>> On 6/9/21 7:18 AM, Wolffan wrote:
>>>> On 2021 Jun08, Ted Nolan wrote
>>>> (in article <ii9ercFo5obU1@mid.individual.net>):
>>>>
>>>>> In article<0001HW.266FABF004857FB870000A2BC38F@news.supernews.com>,
>>>>> Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com>  wrote:
>>>>>> On 2021 Jun07, Dorothy J Heydt wrote
>>>>>> (in article <quD4FM.1Fx7@kithrup.com>):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In article<s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>>>> In article<s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
>>>>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> One has to have one's standards.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> /google
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
>>>>>>>>> expansion into more of the Deep South.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'll pass.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
>>>>>>>> bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
>>>>>>>> person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
>>>>>>>> washed at ours.
>>>>>>>> https://buc-ees.com/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
>>>>>>> Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
>>>>>>> immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
>>>>>>> steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
>>>>>>> are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
>>>>>>> carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
>>>>>>> alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
>>>>>>> disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The ‘gators are there. A while back a family ignored the signs. They
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> now missing a two-year-old. Every ever so often there’s a news story
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> someone walking their dog too close to a canal or other body of
>>>>>> water, and
>>>>>> how little Fluffy became ‘gator chow. Remember, it’s _Florida_. If
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey, they got no monopoly!
>>>>>
>>>>> www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article251954923.html
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Other states may have ‘gators. Florida has _lots_ of ‘gators, some of
>>>> which like fast food in general and Wendy’s in particular; one
>>>> recently had
>>>> some fun in Lee County, a.k.a. Ye Back of Beyond, Fl. Florida also has
>>>> Florida Man; one Florida Man thought that it’d be funny to throw a baby
>>>> ‘gator into the window at a Wendy’s drive-through.
>>>
>>> Back in the 70s, in Sarasota, my father had a neighbor ’gator that just
>>> /loved/ marshmallows. Came around to beg for ’em.
>>
>>Don't feed the varmints ! They will never stop coming around and then
>>they eat your cat.
>
>Fortunately (in this context) I live atop a hill several miles
>away from the nearest body of water, which is San Francisco Bay.
>
>Poisoned marshmallows appear to be called for.

Poisoning gators in the park?

In article <c3e2cgh51d4hp4srecgc1imkhvn7q76nba@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 21:07:47 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
>wrote:
>
>>In article <s9r5jr$ju6$1@dont-email.me>,
>>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>On 6/9/2021 2:23 PM, John W Kennedy wrote:
>>>> On 6/9/21 7:18 AM, Wolffan wrote:
>>>>> On 2021 Jun08, Ted Nolan wrote
>>>>> (in article <ii9ercFo5obU1@mid.individual.net>):
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article<0001HW.266FABF004857FB870000A2BC38F@news.supernews.com>,
>>>>>> Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2021 Jun07, Dorothy J Heydt wrote
>>>>>>> (in article <quD4FM.1Fx7@kithrup.com>):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In article<s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> In article<s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> One has to have one's standards.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> /google
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
>>>>>>>>>> expansion into more of the Deep South.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'll pass.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
>>>>>>>>> bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
>>>>>>>>> person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
>>>>>>>>> washed at ours.
>>>>>>>>> https://buc-ees.com/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
>>>>>>>> Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
>>>>>>>> immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
>>>>>>>> steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
>>>>>>>> are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
>>>>>>>> carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
>>>>>>>> alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
>>>>>>>> disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The ‘gators are there. A while back a family ignored the signs. They
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> now missing a two-year-old. Every ever so often there’s a news story
>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>> someone walking their dog too close to a canal or other body of
>>>>>>> water, and
>>>>>>> how little Fluffy became ‘gator chow. Remember, it’s _Florida_. If
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey, they got no monopoly!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article251954923.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Other states may have ‘gators. Florida has _lots_ of ‘gators, some of
>>>>> which like fast food in general and Wendy’s in particular; one
>>>>> recently had
>>>>> some fun in Lee County, a.k.a. Ye Back of Beyond, Fl. Florida also has
>>>>> Florida Man; one Florida Man thought that it’d be funny to throw a baby
>>>>> ‘gator into the window at a Wendy’s drive-through.
>>>>
>>>> Back in the 70s, in Sarasota, my father had a neighbor ’gator that just
>>>> /loved/ marshmallows. Came around to beg for ’em.
>>>
>>>Don't feed the varmints ! They will never stop coming around and then
>>>they eat your cat.
>>
>>Fortunately (in this context) I live atop a hill several miles
>>away from the nearest body of water, which is San Francisco Bay.
>>
>>Poisoned marshmallows appear to be called for.
>
>Poisoning gators in the park?

If I found gators in the park (there's one a couple blocks
downhill from us) I would, by preference, call Animal Control and
have them lassoo the critter and take it to the Steinhart
Aquarium in San Francisco, where they already have a pool full of
alligators.

But yes, if a gator came near any of my cats, I would feed it
something lethal. And, preferably, quick-acting.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On 6/7/2021 10:02 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>> In article <s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>>>>
>>>> One has to have one's standards.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
>>>
>>> /google
>>>
>>> Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
>>> expansion into more of the Deep South.
>>>
>>> I'll pass.
>>
>> I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
>> bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
>> person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
>> washed at ours.
>> https://buc-ees.com/
>>
>
> That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
> Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
> immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
> steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
> are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
> carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
> alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
> disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.

If you want to see alligators, come to south Texas. I live 10 miles
north of Brazos Bend State Park that has 35,000 alligators in it.
Several of my neighbors are complaining to our Sheriff that their ponds
have alligators in them now. The 3 to 5 foot long gators are leaving
the state park now because the bigger gators are eating them. The
sheriff won't do anything the gators "become a nuisance".
https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/brazos-bend

"Hike and bike trails: Trails circle lakes, connecting with each other
and heading into the hardwood forest. Pets must be on a leash no longer
than six feet, and must not drink from or enter the lakes. Read about
alligator safety on park maps and on signs in the park."
https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/park-information/alligator-safety

There is a 14 foot long gator under the fishing pier. Don't fall in.

Lynn

In article <s9rjkc$2h5$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>If you want to see alligators, come to south Texas. I live 10 miles
>north of Brazos Bend State Park that has 35,000 alligators in it.
>Several of my neighbors are complaining to our Sheriff that their ponds
>have alligators in them now. The 3 to 5 foot long gators are leaving
>the state park now because the bigger gators are eating them. The
>sheriff won't do anything the gators "become a nuisance".

Uh, did you leave out the word "unless" there?

> https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/brazos-bend
>

Thanks, I don't think I will. If I felt a drastic need to see
alligators, I'd get someone to take me to Steinhart Aquarium,
where I could also satisfy my curiosity as to whether they still
have a tank full of piranka.

And if I don't feel moved to do even that, I'll get out the DVD
of _The Muppet Movie_ and look at the Muppet alligator.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

In article <quGMIx.1L45@kithrup.com>,
Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>In article <s9rjkc$2h5$1@dont-email.me>,
>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>If you want to see alligators, come to south Texas. I live 10 miles
>>north of Brazos Bend State Park that has 35,000 alligators in it.
>>Several of my neighbors are complaining to our Sheriff that their ponds
>>have alligators in them now. The 3 to 5 foot long gators are leaving
>>the state park now because the bigger gators are eating them. The
>>sheriff won't do anything the gators "become a nuisance".
>
>Uh, did you leave out the word "unless" there?
>
>> https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/brazos-bend
>>
>
>Thanks, I don't think I will. If I felt a drastic need to see
>alligators, I'd get someone to take me to Steinhart Aquarium,
>where I could also satisfy my curiosity as to whether they still
>have a tank full of piranka.

Aaaargh. PIRANHA.

>And if I don't feel moved to do even that, I'll get out the DVD
>of _The Muppet Movie_ and look at the Muppet alligator.
>
>--
>Dorothy J. Heydt
>Vallejo, California
>djheydt at gmail dot com
>Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On 6/9/2021 7:25 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <s9rjkc$2h5$1@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If you want to see alligators, come to south Texas. I live 10 miles
>> north of Brazos Bend State Park that has 35,000 alligators in it.
>> Several of my neighbors are complaining to our Sheriff that their ponds
>> have alligators in them now. The 3 to 5 foot long gators are leaving
>> the state park now because the bigger gators are eating them. The
>> sheriff won't do anything the gators "become a nuisance".
>
> Uh, did you leave out the word "unless" there?
>
>> https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/brazos-bend
>>
>
> Thanks, I don't think I will. If I felt a drastic need to see
> alligators, I'd get someone to take me to Steinhart Aquarium,
> where I could also satisfy my curiosity as to whether they still
> have a tank full of piranka.
>
> And if I don't feel moved to do even that, I'll get out the DVD
> of _The Muppet Movie_ and look at the Muppet alligator.

Yes, I did. My quick scan missed it too.

Lynn

On 6/9/2021 8:09 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <quGMIx.1L45@kithrup.com>,
> Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>> In article <s9rjkc$2h5$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> If you want to see alligators, come to south Texas. I live 10 miles
>>> north of Brazos Bend State Park that has 35,000 alligators in it.
>>> Several of my neighbors are complaining to our Sheriff that their ponds
>>> have alligators in them now. The 3 to 5 foot long gators are leaving
>>> the state park now because the bigger gators are eating them. The
>>> sheriff won't do anything the gators "become a nuisance".
>>
>> Uh, did you leave out the word "unless" there?
>>
>>> https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/brazos-bend
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, I don't think I will. If I felt a drastic need to see
>> alligators, I'd get someone to take me to Steinhart Aquarium,
>> where I could also satisfy my curiosity as to whether they still
>> have a tank full of piranka.
>
> Aaaargh. PIRANHA.
>
>> And if I don't feel moved to do even that, I'll get out the DVD
>> of _The Muppet Movie_ and look at the Muppet alligator.
>>
>> --
>> Dorothy J. Heydt
>> Vallejo, California
>> djheydt at gmail dot com
>> Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

I thought that piranka was a cross between piranha and another fish
breed. Kind of like our dog who is a Schnaupin, a cross between a
Schnauzer and a Pinscher.

Lynn

On 10/06/21 10:40 am, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:

> But yes, if a gator came near any of my cats, I would feed it
> something lethal. And, preferably, quick-acting.
>

Hal?

In article <s9rtnn$hr2$3@dont-email.me>, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
>On 10/06/21 10:40 am, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>
>
>> But yes, if a gator came near any of my cats, I would feed it
>> something lethal. And, preferably, quick-acting.
>>
>
>Hal?

Well, he hasn't fought in years. But I bet he'd think of
something.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 5:56:42 PM UTC-4, J. Clarke wrote:

> >>> Back in the 70s, in Sarasota, my father had a neighbor ’gator that just
> >>> /loved/ marshmallows. Came around to beg for ’em.
> >>
> >>Don't feed the varmints ! They will never stop coming around and then
> >>they eat your cat.
> >
> >Fortunately (in this context) I live atop a hill several miles
> >away from the nearest body of water, which is San Francisco Bay.
> >
> >Poisoned marshmallows appear to be called for.
> Poisoning gators in the park?

+1 for the Tom Lehrer reference!

On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 21:07:47 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
wrote:

>In article <s9r5jr$ju6$1@dont-email.me>,
>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On 6/9/2021 2:23 PM, John W Kennedy wrote:
>>> On 6/9/21 7:18 AM, Wolffan wrote:
>>>> On 2021 Jun08, Ted Nolan wrote
>>>> (in article <ii9ercFo5obU1@mid.individual.net>):
>>>>
>>>>> In article<0001HW.266FABF004857FB870000A2BC38F@news.supernews.com>,
>>>>> Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com>  wrote:
>>>>>> On 2021 Jun07, Dorothy J Heydt wrote
>>>>>> (in article <quD4FM.1Fx7@kithrup.com>):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In article<s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>>>> In article<s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
>>>>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> One has to have one's standards.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> /google
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
>>>>>>>>> expansion into more of the Deep South.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'll pass.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
>>>>>>>> bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
>>>>>>>> person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
>>>>>>>> washed at ours.
>>>>>>>> https://buc-ees.com/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
>>>>>>> Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
>>>>>>> immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
>>>>>>> steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
>>>>>>> are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
>>>>>>> carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
>>>>>>> alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
>>>>>>> disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The ‘gators are there. A while back a family ignored the signs. They
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> now missing a two-year-old. Every ever so often there’s a news story
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> someone walking their dog too close to a canal or other body of
>>>>>> water, and
>>>>>> how little Fluffy became ‘gator chow. Remember, it’s _Florida_. If
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey, they got no monopoly!
>>>>>
>>>>> www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article251954923.html
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Other states may have ‘gators. Florida has _lots_ of ‘gators, some of
>>>> which like fast food in general and Wendy’s in particular; one
>>>> recently had
>>>> some fun in Lee County, a.k.a. Ye Back of Beyond, Fl. Florida also has
>>>> Florida Man; one Florida Man thought that it’d be funny to throw a baby
>>>> ‘gator into the window at a Wendy’s drive-through.
>>>
>>> Back in the 70s, in Sarasota, my father had a neighbor ’gator that just
>>> /loved/ marshmallows. Came around to beg for ’em.
>>
>>Don't feed the varmints ! They will never stop coming around and then
>>they eat your cat.
>
>Fortunately (in this context) I live atop a hill several miles
>away from the nearest body of water, which is San Francisco Bay.
>
>Poisoned marshmallows appear to be called for.

Unless, of course, they are Protected.
--
"I begin to envy Petronius."
"I have envied him long since."

In article <m7e4cg1boabmejl9gfqu6d627gjjl299i5@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 21:07:47 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
>wrote:
>
>>In article <s9r5jr$ju6$1@dont-email.me>,
>>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>On 6/9/2021 2:23 PM, John W Kennedy wrote:
>>>> On 6/9/21 7:18 AM, Wolffan wrote:
>>>>> On 2021 Jun08, Ted Nolan wrote
>>>>> (in article <ii9ercFo5obU1@mid.individual.net>):
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article<0001HW.266FABF004857FB870000A2BC38F@news.supernews.com>,
>>>>>> Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2021 Jun07, Dorothy J Heydt wrote
>>>>>>> (in article <quD4FM.1Fx7@kithrup.com>):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In article<s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> In article<s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> One has to have one's standards.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> /google
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
>>>>>>>>>> expansion into more of the Deep South.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'll pass.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
>>>>>>>>> bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
>>>>>>>>> person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
>>>>>>>>> washed at ours.
>>>>>>>>> https://buc-ees.com/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
>>>>>>>> Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
>>>>>>>> immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
>>>>>>>> steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
>>>>>>>> are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
>>>>>>>> carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
>>>>>>>> alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
>>>>>>>> disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The ‘gators are there. A while back a family ignored the signs. They
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> now missing a two-year-old. Every ever so often there’s a news story
>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>> someone walking their dog too close to a canal or other body of
>>>>>>> water, and
>>>>>>> how little Fluffy became ‘gator chow. Remember, it’s _Florida_. If
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey, they got no monopoly!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article251954923.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Other states may have ‘gators. Florida has _lots_ of ‘gators, some of
>>>>> which like fast food in general and Wendy’s in particular; one
>>>>> recently had
>>>>> some fun in Lee County, a.k.a. Ye Back of Beyond, Fl. Florida also has
>>>>> Florida Man; one Florida Man thought that it’d be funny to throw a baby
>>>>> ‘gator into the window at a Wendy’s drive-through.
>>>>
>>>> Back in the 70s, in Sarasota, my father had a neighbor ’gator that just
>>>> /loved/ marshmallows. Came around to beg for ’em.
>>>
>>>Don't feed the varmints ! They will never stop coming around and then
>>>they eat your cat.
>>
>>Fortunately (in this context) I live atop a hill several miles
>>away from the nearest body of water, which is San Francisco Bay.
>>
>>Poisoned marshmallows appear to be called for.
>
>Unless, of course, they are Protected.

Why would you protect poisoned marshmallows?
--
columbiaclosings.com
What's not in Columbia anymore..

In article <m7e4cg1boabmejl9gfqu6d627gjjl299i5@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 21:07:47 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
>wrote:
>
>>In article <s9r5jr$ju6$1@dont-email.me>,
>>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>On 6/9/2021 2:23 PM, John W Kennedy wrote:
>>>> On 6/9/21 7:18 AM, Wolffan wrote:
>>>>> On 2021 Jun08, Ted Nolan wrote
>>>>> (in article <ii9ercFo5obU1@mid.individual.net>):
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article<0001HW.266FABF004857FB870000A2BC38F@news.supernews.com>,
>>>>>> Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2021 Jun07, Dorothy J Heydt wrote
>>>>>>> (in article <quD4FM.1Fx7@kithrup.com>):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In article<s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> In article<s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> One has to have one's standards.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> /google
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
>>>>>>>>>> expansion into more of the Deep South.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'll pass.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
>>>>>>>>> bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
>>>>>>>>> person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
>>>>>>>>> washed at ours.
>>>>>>>>> https://buc-ees.com/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
>>>>>>>> Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
>>>>>>>> immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
>>>>>>>> steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
>>>>>>>> are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
>>>>>>>> carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
>>>>>>>> alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
>>>>>>>> disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The ‘gators are there. A while back a family ignored the signs. They
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> now missing a two-year-old. Every ever so often there’s a news story
>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>> someone walking their dog too close to a canal or other body of
>>>>>>> water, and
>>>>>>> how little Fluffy became ‘gator chow. Remember, it’s _Florida_. If
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey, they got no monopoly!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article251954923.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Other states may have ‘gators. Florida has _lots_ of ‘gators, some of
>>>>> which like fast food in general and Wendy’s in particular; one
>>>>> recently had
>>>>> some fun in Lee County, a.k.a. Ye Back of Beyond, Fl. Florida also has
>>>>> Florida Man; one Florida Man thought that it’d be funny to throw a baby
>>>>> ‘gator into the window at a Wendy’s drive-through.
>>>>
>>>> Back in the 70s, in Sarasota, my father had a neighbor ’gator that just
>>>> /loved/ marshmallows. Came around to beg for ’em.
>>>
>>>Don't feed the varmints ! They will never stop coming around and then
>>>they eat your cat.
>>
>>Fortunately (in this context) I live atop a hill several miles
>>away from the nearest body of water, which is San Francisco Bay.
>>
>>Poisoned marshmallows appear to be called for.
>
>Unless, of course, they are Protected.

I doubt that the State of California has seen any need to protect
alligators, since AFAIK any alligators found in the wild here
would be an invasive species.

I do seem to recall that in the 1950s or thereabouts alligators
became a threatened species on their home turf, because
alligator-hide purses and shoes were very fashionable (and
expensive, and therefore a status symbol). The fact that WDW had
to put up all those signs by every body of water suggests that
they have made a recovery.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On 10 Jun 2021 16:26:15 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
<tednolan>) wrote:

>In article <m7e4cg1boabmejl9gfqu6d627gjjl299i5@4ax.com>,
>Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 21:07:47 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
>>wrote:
>>
>>>In article <s9r5jr$ju6$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>On 6/9/2021 2:23 PM, John W Kennedy wrote:
>>>>> On 6/9/21 7:18 AM, Wolffan wrote:
>>>>>> On 2021 Jun08, Ted Nolan wrote
>>>>>> (in article <ii9ercFo5obU1@mid.individual.net>):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In article<0001HW.266FABF004857FB870000A2BC38F@news.supernews.com>,
>>>>>>> Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2021 Jun07, Dorothy J Heydt wrote
>>>>>>>> (in article <quD4FM.1Fx7@kithrup.com>):
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In article<s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> In article<s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> One has to have one's standards.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> /google
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
>>>>>>>>>>> expansion into more of the Deep South.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'll pass.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
>>>>>>>>>> bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
>>>>>>>>>> person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
>>>>>>>>>> washed at ours.
>>>>>>>>>> https://buc-ees.com/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
>>>>>>>>> Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
>>>>>>>>> immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
>>>>>>>>> steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
>>>>>>>>> are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
>>>>>>>>> carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
>>>>>>>>> alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
>>>>>>>>> disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The ‘gators are there. A while back a family ignored the signs. They
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> now missing a two-year-old. Every ever so often there’s a news story
>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>> someone walking their dog too close to a canal or other body of
>>>>>>>> water, and
>>>>>>>> how little Fluffy became ‘gator chow. Remember, it’s _Florida_. If
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey, they got no monopoly!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article251954923.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Other states may have ‘gators. Florida has _lots_ of ‘gators, some of
>>>>>> which like fast food in general and Wendy’s in particular; one
>>>>>> recently had
>>>>>> some fun in Lee County, a.k.a. Ye Back of Beyond, Fl. Florida also has
>>>>>> Florida Man; one Florida Man thought that it’d be funny to throw a baby
>>>>>> ‘gator into the window at a Wendy’s drive-through.
>>>>>
>>>>> Back in the 70s, in Sarasota, my father had a neighbor ’gator that just
>>>>> /loved/ marshmallows. Came around to beg for ’em.
>>>>
>>>>Don't feed the varmints ! They will never stop coming around and then
>>>>they eat your cat.
>>>
>>>Fortunately (in this context) I live atop a hill several miles
>>>away from the nearest body of water, which is San Francisco Bay.
>>>
>>>Poisoned marshmallows appear to be called for.
>>
>>Unless, of course, they are Protected.
>
>Why would you protect poisoned marshmallows?

Good catch.

I was, of course, referring to the alligators.

Which, it appears, /were/ considered "threatened" at one time.

But not in California.
--
"I begin to envy Petronius."
"I have envied him long since."

On 6/10/2021 11:37 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <m7e4cg1boabmejl9gfqu6d627gjjl299i5@4ax.com>,
> Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>> On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 21:07:47 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <s9r5jr$ju6$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 6/9/2021 2:23 PM, John W Kennedy wrote:
>>>>> On 6/9/21 7:18 AM, Wolffan wrote:
>>>>>> On 2021 Jun08, Ted Nolan wrote
>>>>>> (in article <ii9ercFo5obU1@mid.individual.net>):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In article<0001HW.266FABF004857FB870000A2BC38F@news.supernews.com>,
>>>>>>> Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2021 Jun07, Dorothy J Heydt wrote
>>>>>>>> (in article <quD4FM.1Fx7@kithrup.com>):
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In article<s9m565$gpc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 6/7/2021 10:47 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> In article<s9kej3$jhe$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: Interstellar Buc-ees
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/06/05
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> One has to have one's standards.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Okay. What's Buc-ee's and where does it dwell?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> /google
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Currently pursuing
>>>>>>>>>>> expansion into more of the Deep South.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'll pass.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'll advise that you stop by if ever traveling in the south. The
>>>>>>>>>> bathrooms are freaking awesome and continuously cleaned by a multiple
>>>>>>>>>> person staff. No toilet stalls, toilet rooms. I just got my truck
>>>>>>>>>> washed at ours.
>>>>>>>>>> https://buc-ees.com/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That's lovely, Lynn. Good for them. But after a week in
>>>>>>>>> Florida (N.B. the bathrooms at W Disney World are also
>>>>>>>>> immaculate), I don't want to go even near there again. Hot and
>>>>>>>>> steamy, and this was in May. Note also that the park segments
>>>>>>>>> are surrounded by miles and miles of native Floridian swamp,
>>>>>>>>> carefully preserved, and surrounded by signs saying "Caution:
>>>>>>>>> alligators and snakes may be present." My daughter was rather
>>>>>>>>> disappointed that we saw no alligators except animatronics.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The ‘gators are there. A while back a family ignored the signs. They
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> now missing a two-year-old. Every ever so often there’s a news story
>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>> someone walking their dog too close to a canal or other body of
>>>>>>>> water, and
>>>>>>>> how little Fluffy became ‘gator chow. Remember, it’s _Florida_. If
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey, they got no monopoly!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article251954923.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Other states may have ‘gators. Florida has _lots_ of ‘gators, some of
>>>>>> which like fast food in general and Wendy’s in particular; one
>>>>>> recently had
>>>>>> some fun in Lee County, a.k.a. Ye Back of Beyond, Fl. Florida also has
>>>>>> Florida Man; one Florida Man thought that it’d be funny to throw a baby
>>>>>> ‘gator into the window at a Wendy’s drive-through.
>>>>>
>>>>> Back in the 70s, in Sarasota, my father had a neighbor ’gator that just
>>>>> /loved/ marshmallows. Came around to beg for ’em.
>>>>
>>>> Don't feed the varmints ! They will never stop coming around and then
>>>> they eat your cat.
>>>
>>> Fortunately (in this context) I live atop a hill several miles
>>> away from the nearest body of water, which is San Francisco Bay.
>>>
>>> Poisoned marshmallows appear to be called for.
>>
>> Unless, of course, they are Protected.
>
> I doubt that the State of California has seen any need to protect
> alligators, since AFAIK any alligators found in the wild here
> would be an invasive species.
>
> I do seem to recall that in the 1950s or thereabouts alligators
> became a threatened species on their home turf, because
> alligator-hide purses and shoes were very fashionable (and
> expensive, and therefore a status symbol). The fact that WDW had
> to put up all those signs by every body of water suggests that
> they have made a recovery.

There are at least 250,000 to 500,000 alligators in Texas alone. They
are not endangered whatsoever.

We also have four million deer and two million feral pigs in Texas.
Want some ?

Lynn