# Foxes, bats and lightning bugs: a walky MMP
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Tags:** mmp
**Created:** [June 27, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987 "2011-06-27T03:26:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/61 "2011-06-28T14:24:50Z")
The news is not good. Hunter (the grandbaby) has Trisomy 18, which is a usually fatal genetic defect. The doctors had diagnosed this earlier in the pregnancy but had decided the test was flawed. Turns out it wasn’t. I think I read that most babies born with this live about a week. Ones that live longer are severely impaired.
Update: they removed the baby from life support this morning. RIP Hunter.
I don’t know how much more my friend can take. Her father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has had to have several surgeries. She was in Florida with him - and her mother had a stroke. Now this. I feel so helpless - there is just nothing I can do but tell them I love them.
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/62 "2011-06-28T14:40:40Z")
Oh god. That’s awful. What a tragic ending. My condolences.
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/63 "2011-06-28T15:15:16Z")
**{{{Snakes and Friend and Family}}}** There’s just not much to say in this situation except to be there and to love 'em like you said.
Happy Birthday Mr. Soapy!
Fun time this mornin’. It’s Senior Farmer’s Market Day at the senior center next door. The center participants (the name given to those who go there) get vouchers worth twenty bucks to buy produce and can get more if’n they want to spend some money. Nice produce too! I witnessed one almost altercation over some canteloupes (canteloupe! ain’t got no ladder!) but the crisis was averted. Two people wanted the same canteloupe but it was determined that the others were just as good. Hee! I was kinda disappointed. I was hopin’ for a canteloupe fight. 😃 What? _I_ would have been amused.
**donkeybear** just why did you wear mascara to work? :dubious:
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### Author:  [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/64 "2011-06-28T15:34:23Z")
Well, I just managed to run about 2/3rds of the way around the back buildings in my office park, walking the rest, and I didn’t have a coronary. The day’s still young, however.
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### Author:  [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/65 "2011-06-28T15:42:59Z")
Just checking in - still don’t have my computer here yet, but it’s on the way (a friend shipped it ground for me. :)). Enjoying the dry heat (hehehe) of Albuquerque, although last night was a -bit- humid, believe it or not!
Love the OP topic, **GT** , although the prospect and actual sighting of small mammals is not much to my liking. LOL I still haven’t seen any squirrels in NM, but the other day my daughter saw an eagle while on her way to the laundrymat! Lots of butterflies here too - beautiful! 🙂
Hello all, I hope to be back online within a couple of weeks. I miss you all and hope all are doing well. Can’t really keep up, so will have -a lot- to catch up on when I do return!
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/66 "2011-06-28T16:42:47Z")
Hi everybody!
I stayed home form irk today, because I was up coughing all night. I haz a cold. Blurf.
Got an email from A Simple Thread last night. They have asked my friend and me to serve on their Board of Directors! We still have to be voted for, but I think it’s a done deal, since we both accepted.
Rosie’s sig to everyone…
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### Author:  [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/67 "2011-06-28T17:23:47Z")
We’re supposed to have thunderstorms today. They’ve been promising tstorms all year and we haven’t had one yet.
Work is annoying. I miss being an actual assistant. That’s rewarding. I like being able to use my best judgment and actually get things done.
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### Author:  [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/68 "2011-06-28T17:28:33Z")
Oh, **Snakes** , that’s horrible. I’m so sorry.
I would really, really like Gnat to drop his total fascination with nipples. I really would. His own, anyone else’s. It would be good. I do not know how to discourage this without it turning into a fun “oh. this pisses Mommy off” conflict.
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### Author:  [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/69 "2011-06-28T18:44:56Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#):
>
> I live in an older suburb, pretty close to downtown Columbus. So you’d think a walk around the neighborhood wouldn’t yield too much in the way of wildlife sightings. You’d be wrong. There are streams and woods nearby, so you can see all kinds of interesting creatures if you’re actually paying attention. Which I confess I’m not always.
>
> I’ve lived here nearly 12 years :eek: and have seen the following within 5 blocks of my house: deer, raccoons, possums, groundhogs, rabbits, hawks, and probably others I’m forgetting.
I’m within walking distance of downtown Pittsburgh and I’ve seen all those plus turkey and others I’m forgetting. Our raccoon problem was so bad for a while a few of us had to take extreme measures. One thing I’ve never seen but I figure we have got to have them is your classic rat.
**Soapy** - Happy Birthday late!!!
{{{{{{{ **Snakes** }}}}}}
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/70 "2011-06-28T19:03:10Z")
{{{{{{{{{{ **SCL et al** }}}}}}}}
**Li-Li** maybe ask him why they fascinate him and help him understand they are ordinary and every living mammal has them. OOOH! Show him a cow’s udders and tell him that those things ARE nipples!
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/71 "2011-06-28T19:41:27Z")
> [@Lissla\_Lissar](#):
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> Oh, **Snakes** , that’s horrible. I’m so sorry.
>
> I would really, really like Gnat to drop his total fascination with nipples. I really would. His own, anyone else’s. It would be good. I do not know how to discourage this without it turning into a fun “oh. this pisses Mommy off” conflict.
My son used to call them ‘nibbles’.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/72 "2011-06-28T19:46:09Z")
**{{{snakes}}}**
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### Author:  [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/73 "2011-06-28T20:05:35Z")
**{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Snakes & Co.}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}**
Another thunderstorm is moving in. While I don’t mind the rain, I would like some more sun so my tomatoes ripen.
Culinary Boy told me he’s going down to Columbia SC next week to remove asbestos. (He’s getting certified this week.) He’ll be down there for about two weeks or so. I just realized last night that I’m going to have to cook for myself regularly for the first time in a year and a half. That boy spoiled me. ☹ Must make menu plan for next week. I suspect there will be a lot of soup on it because I’m still po’ until next week.
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### Author:  [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/74 "2011-06-28T21:09:21Z")
{{ **Snakes** }}
Performing large-scale maintenance on a 4-year-old PC. Wish me luck.
::bye::
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/75 "2011-06-28T21:27:29Z")
Home - I’ve been home for a while, but I was working on a couple of on-line ads for a fridge and some kitchen cabinets. It’d be nice if I could sell them all quickly.
My boss is going on vacation for a week. Yes, he left me in charge again. I’m thinking he needs to come back to a GIANT version of the “chalice” - wonder if I can find a 55-gallon drum in white? 😃
That’s all. Another boring day in the life.
{{{\*\*SCL \*\*and friends}}}
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/76 "2011-06-28T21:55:50Z")
My daughter is reading Of Mice and Men. She just asked if they ever get their rabbits.
Uh oh.
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/77 "2011-06-28T22:06:35Z")
Howdy Y’all! Home and dindined. It’s rainin’! :eek:
Ya know, I was thinkin’ earlier today that what with the theme of the OP and all, we should have a [Monthy Python Sing Along.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooaGhYFHIzg) 😃
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### Author:  [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/78 "2011-06-28T22:14:52Z")
It must be movie night as popcorn storms are popping up all around.
Naturally, this completely wrecks our plans to go pick up our new dining room table and chairs. Hopefully it’s dry tomorrow!
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### Author:  [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/79 "2011-06-29T00:02:03Z")
Sounds like my parents are once more. 😃
That’s what we told VunderKind about thunderstorms: it’s my parents (divorced when living), up in heaven fighting. He was a tween when both died, so he got the joke immediately.
We have a storm moving in from the west. Maybe a good amount of rain will come.
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### Author:  [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987/80 "2011-06-29T00:36:18Z")
> [@kopek](#):
>
> I’m within walking distance of downtown Pittsburgh and I’ve seen all those plus turkey and others I’m forgetting. Our raccoon problem was so bad for a while a few of us had to take extreme measures. One thing I’ve never seen but I figure we have got to have them is your classic rat.
There was a turkey a half block from the hotel in Pittsburgh.
Thunderstorms tonight.
{{{{{ **SCL and friend** }}}}
**LiLi** , I’m forty, and still fascinated with nipples. 😃
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