--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CDA00008 Date: 08/29/95 From: DAVID EMANUEL Time: 03:19pm \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: Re:hello? Id this message getting out? I somehow get the feeling that I my messages aren't going out properly. Oh well. If you see this PLEASE reaply to it RAvER ... It is better to understand the mind than to create philosophy with it ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- FMail 0.92 * Origin: Stepping Stone BBS, Tulsa, OK (1:170/901) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CDE00000 Date: 08/30/95 From: HOLLY NELSON Time: 09:20pm \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: Glass Half Full Hey, folks- here is a brain teaser which I ran across in college, and to which I have never heard an answer. The math whizzes I asked never did figure this one out. I don't know the answer. I assume it is achieved through calculus, and the little bones and I don't see eye to eye. You are figuring out the volume of a half-a-glass of water. But there's a catch to it. Take your glass, assumed to be a cylinder with vertical walls and a flat bottom. Cut it in half, vertically. This leaves you with two shallow scoop-shaped objects. Throw one away. The other will hold water, less than the original glass. The question is this: what is the maximum amount of water the half-glass will hold? For those who insist on knowing the size of the cylinder, let D = 2 H = 4. Though I don't think it's needed to solve the problem. Intuitively, I suspect that the volume of the scoop will be a fixed proportion of the volume of the original cylinder. I've wondered about this since 1971. Your turn. ... Mo-o-m! She's playing with my head and she won't give it back! --- Blue Wave/Max v2.12 [NR] * Origin: The Clubhouse BBS, Winnipeg, MB (1:348/601) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CDE00001 Date: 09/04/95 From: SUE TURO Time: 11:27pm \/To: DAVID EMANUEL (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Hello Out There -=> Quoting David Emanuel to Sue Turo <=- ST> Do you give her baths??? If she doesn't like to take her own ST> bath did you try spraying her??? Do you have air condtioning?? DE> I spray Balth on an every-other-day basis. she gets a spray for being DE> good too. She likes to jump into the spray, it's cute. Good....you are lucky...Scoobie loves his...but only every three days...not two...three...;-) He is cute...he lifts his wings and does a little dance while I spray him...on the other hand... Princess/Dumbo runs as fast as her legs will carry her away from the spray...;-) ST> If she is warm and uncomfortable spraying her is what she ST> wants...Scoobie loves to be sprayed...Princess doesn't but is ST> learning to...she never did...but when I held her under the ST> faucet...she decided that Scoobie must know something she ST> didn't...and is more receptive now...;-) DE> WEll, if I had somebody to spray me, I'd be happy. :+) He hehe...isn't this the truth...;-) DE> But, we're moving the computer's, so she'll be in the NEW and IMPROVED DE> computer room(it's closer to my bed room.) and that room is flea DE> infested. What dhould I do? I'm going to take all of the pets out of DE> the house, and bomb it, but what do I do to keep them away? I have no idea..you are going to have to ask the experts here...I had a cat before I got the birds...and fought fleas all the time...;-) What I used then might not be good for the birds...so I think you need the advice from someone else on this one...;-) ST> nails...my eyes aren't what they use to be...but I don't think ST> I'll have a problem with the wings...;-) DE> I have 20/20 vision. The only one in my family. Later on the DE> Astigmatism in my right eye might get worse, but I can trim and cut DE> and do anything to Blath's talons and wings. She needs a talon trimming DE> soon. Now where is that blood clotter? Oh well, she might not be DE> getting that trim after all. She has a tendency to move right when I DE> cut so I catch the quick of the talon quite often. Well the wing and nail cutting is done...didn't go too well... Princess still wants to fly...woke me up at 4am right after the clipping...she was flapping around in the cage...scarred the dickens out of me and Scoobie...I tried to calm him down and then work with her...she was so scarred she didn't want to calm down...she bled all over me...so I wouldn't put her back in the cage till she did...I think the trauma of the clipping must have caused a nightmare...since then I've left a nightlight on for her and haven't had a recurrence...;-) ST> He heh e...it does seem like more than it really is...but they ST> are beautiful after a molt...Princess is only 5 months old and ST> her new feathers seem much brighter than before...she is a ST> lutino and beautiful...;-) Scoobie is a grey and he is pretty ST> too...;-) DE> Well, there is nothing as beautiful as a baby bird after it's first DE> molt. At least nothing in the animal kingdom. Mine were beautiful..but Scoobie doesn't have any tail feathers left...she pulled the broken ones out...so now he is real short...;-) And Princess/Dumbo has beautiful tail feathers but she is a little funny looking...without her long wings...;-) But they will grow soon enough...I'm not going to let it get out of hand...Scoobie never had a problem being clipped...but poor little Princess didn't take it well at all...and I don't want her traumatized like this again...;-) ... IBM: An Etch-a-sketch you don't have to turn over to clear the screen --- Blue Wave/Opus v2.12 [NR] * Origin: The BULLET Inn-V.34-Pittsburgh, PA (412) 264-3175 (1:129/112.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CDE00002 Date: 09/03/95 From: HOLLY NELSON Time: 09:24am \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: Woops! I find that I uploaded a calculus problem to this area, by mistake. They will be working on it over in the MENSA area if it interests you. Sorry for the confusion. Holly ... Don't play "stupid" with me... I'm better at it! --- Blue Wave/Max v2.12 [NR] * Origin: The Clubhouse BBS, Winnipeg, MB (1:348/601) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CDE00003 Date: 09/02/95 From: TOM WEISS Time: 09:25am \/To: FRAN WARWICK (Read 2 times) Subj: Air filter On 08-3095, FRAN WARWICK wrote to TOM WEISS: FW> Do the words, draw me a picture, have any meaning here? I think that FW> you took one giant step. How did we go from car filters to my FW> cutting holes in the wall? Does the drooping string go from the FW> outlet to the car filter then out thru the whole it the wall? But FW> won't the snakes, scorpions and spiders be able to get in by FW> climbing the string? Or will they get zapped when they get to the FW> outlet. FW> FW> I'll talk to ya later, Mr. Engineer Person. Huh? We were talking of making an air filter. Why not a wall mounted unit? No sense doing anything half-pooper, eh? OK, now pay a-ten-tion Fran ... HEY! I said no won-der-ing ... you're back from New Orleans and the AFA convention is over ... get your mind off of those wild parties will ya?! OK now that's better ... It shouldn't be hard for an individual of your natural abilities to make an air filter for your bird room OR your whole house -- just scrap out an air mover (fan), some filter materials - preferable a fine filter surounded by a course filter (such as your Texas truck air filter). Shake your head and clear up that glazed look willya? Wimmen, mechanically deprived ... sheese ... === * Freddie 1.2.5 * ... Polygamy: The smell of an unwashed parrot. --- DB B2300sl/002493 * Origin: Wolverine (1:239/1004) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CDE00004 Date: 09/01/95 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 08:46pm \/To: DAVID VELARDE (Read 2 times) Subj: parrots >if there is anyone out there who raises exotic birds out there i sure >would like to talk Hi David, welcome to Parrots! I'm the moderator. There are PLENTY of us out here who raise exotics of one type or another--we'd be glad to swap stories, etc., with you! What kind(s) do you raise? Welcome aboard! --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * --- Silver Xpress Mail System * Origin: bloom county bbs * Parrots HQ * (313)582-0888 (1:2410/400) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CDE00005 Date: 09/01/95 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 08:48pm \/To: MICHELE BREAUX (Read 2 times) Subj: Senegal >raffle tickets (I know, I know, but I couldn't help it> Guess what? I >won the grand prize!! I win the sweetest little 12 week old >orange-bellied senegal, complete with a large cage! Oh, Michelle, congratulations! I NEVER win anything THAT good! :'( What are you going to name him/her? "Lotto"? I can't help with the Senegal care, but I'm sure some of the others will be jumping in soon with tips and advice! Just be sure to quarantine carefully, and vet check ASAP, just in case! And congrats again! --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * --- Silver Xpress Mail System * Origin: bloom county bbs * Parrots HQ * (313)582-0888 (1:2410/400) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CDE00006 Date: 09/01/95 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 08:51pm \/To: DANIEL DELGADO (Read 2 times) Subj: New arrival. >sounds. It turned out to be that one of the two Sun conure eggs that I >had in a Lyon Roll-x Incubator had hatched. I allmost DIED. What a surprise, eh? Congrats! I hope the little tyke is doing OK--I don't have the intestinal fortitude to feed from day 1. I admire anyone who does. >the chick has a bit of swelling on the back of the neck, is this >common? That's the pipping muscle, the one that moves the head to make the egg tooth break the shell. It will go away, or at least reduce in size in a few days. Don't panic! --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * --- Silver Xpress Mail System * Origin: bloom county bbs * Parrots HQ * (313)582-0888 (1:2410/400) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CDE00007 Date: 09/01/95 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 08:54pm \/To: DAVID EMANUEL (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Biting >What about that Conure of yours? I know for a fact that Jendays bite >very hard when they bite! :+) KJ> KJ> "That" conure? You mean all 9 of them? Nah, they don't bite any >I meant the youngest of the group. Oh, she doesn't bite at all! She is so sweet, all she wants to do is cuddle! And the newest baby is too small to bite yet--he/she is still being fed by his momma, not even pulled for handfeeding yet! --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * --- Silver Xpress Mail System * Origin: bloom county bbs * Parrots HQ * (313)582-0888 (1:2410/400) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: CDE00008 Date: 09/01/95 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 08:59pm \/To: JOHNNY VANN (Read 2 times) Subj: Dust! Welcome to Parrots! >I vacccuum every week. I change the air filter every week. >Einstien, (the bird), gets a shower with me every week. What kind of air filter do you have? Perhaps the one you have isn't large enough/strong enough for the bird dust problem. >What do you "Professional Parrot People" do about dust? Those >little air cleaners sold at drug stores are worthless for dust. *I* just live with it, and vacuum often. But I'm not allergic (not yet, anyway). A local friend who has asthma (and 24 cockatiels) has a Honeywell "Envirocare" air cleaner and swears by it. It catches even the really tiny dust particles. She changes the filter once a month, and it does well for her. It cleans about 2000 sq ft an hour, I think (don't hold me to this, I don't have the manual to read exactly what it does). You can get these things just about everyplace these days--check your local large department stores. I think they're about $200 for a big one, and they have a smaller one, but I'm not sure of the price. Good luck--I know how uncomfortable allergies can be. --Kathy * SLMR 2.1a * --- Silver Xpress Mail System * Origin: bloom county bbs * Parrots HQ * (313)582-0888 (1:2410/400)