--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: EEK00001 Date: 10/15/97 From: CHRIS ROEDOCKER Time: 03:19pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: I'm so very angry!!! Hello Everyone, I am really *pissed* about a avain pet-store here in Reno, NV. We have one pet-store that is expecialy for the birds and sells nothing else except birds and bird products. I had never been in there for very long before, just a look at the birds. Well today I had time to look around and notice things. First thing: I come in to the bulk seed bins. I see a large incest (possibly a cockrocah) skittle its way into hidding. I look under the shelf to see if I could see it. Instead I see several spider webs and piders to go with them! There were a few moths and such hanging around. I went into the bird section were *all* the birds immedatly started to scream like the have never seen a human before in their life! I don't think the owner who was just sitting down watching TV when there was obvious work to do like sweeping the floor and such (only to name one chore that needed to be done) ever paid any attention to them! The room in which the birds was in was dirty, not just "I cleaned this morning and the birds have messed it up" kind of dirty I mean "I havent gotten around to it since last month" kind of dirty. The cages were filty and discusting! The smell was potent and ovious. Many birds are in cages were they can't even strecth their wings!!! One African Grey didn't look so hot. I was suprised though to find these Hand-Feed birds still had their parrot spirt and were very loveable! One Molocuan Cockatoo was very cute and very tame (unfortunatly I belive it was a "store bird" and not for sale) I have an Idea to try to get him to re-vitolise his store. Here is my plan. I want you guys to send a letter about how his needs to be cleaned. Send you letters to: Aeronautical Pets 112 W Moana Ln. Reno, NV 89503 Thanks! Chris. PS: I plan to send a E-Mail message to a local TV station about the shop and see if I can't get it on the news!! ... Pollytheism: [n] the belief that God is a parrot. --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 [NR] * Origin: Library COM -* Reno, NV USA *- (702) 785-4191 (1:213/742) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: EEL00000 Date: 10/15/97 From: TERESA VANDERHILL Time: 09:11pm \/To: KATHY JOHNSON (Read 0 times) Subj: This echo KJ> How many active users are still out here, anyway? KJ> How many of you want the Parrot Echo to continue? KJ> Please let me know! I agree with some of the other posts in this echo. I personally don't have any birds, but I do enjoy reading about all of the birds that everyone has. It has gotten me to look at some books in the library and try to get an idea of what sort of parrots that people are talking about. I may not always post in here, but I do read all the messages that are posted. I would very much like the echo to continue. Teresa * Origin: Dragons Realm BBS - Wayne, MI (313)722.8208 V34 (1:2410/224) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: EEM00000 Date: 10/17/97 From: CHRISTINE LABONT Time: 08:46am \/To: CHRIS ROEDOCKER (Read 0 times) Subj: I'm so very angry!!! CR> I am really *pissed* about a avain pet-store here in Reno, CR> NV. Have you tried constacting your local SPCA? Even the Better Business Bureau, or other government agency that is in charge of the regulations for pet shops. I did that once here in Ottawa. Chris --- timEd 1.10 * Origin: Acoustic Plains BBS. Ottawa, ON. 613-742-7612 (1:163/551) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: EEM00001 Date: 10/13/97 From: KLAUS BOSCH Time: 12:00am \/To: KATHY JOHNSON (Read 0 times) Subj: the future of this echo KATHY JOHNSON@1:2410/400 / 09.10.97: Hi KATHY! > How many of you want the Parrot Echo to continue? > Please let me know! Ja. Ich hier will "Parrots" lesen! cu ____^____ >Klaus< --- CrossPoint v3.11 R * Origin: Have a good time! (2:2471/1071.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: EEN00000 Date: 10/17/97 From: TRAFFIC V. 2.00 Time: 07:48pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Traffic Report ********************************************************************* * Birdsoft Poster Record for Area: PARROTS * * Messages received by Birdsoft Online (1:135/907) * * Fri, Oct 17, 1997 - Fri, Oct 17, 1997 * * TRAFFIC v. 2.00 Alpha Version for OS/2 * ********************************************************************* Posts Name Average Size Address ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Chris Roedocker 1216 1:213/742.0 2 Christine Labont 1280 1:163/551.0 2 Rich Veraa 512 1:135/907.0 1 Sheila James 512 1:250/525.0 1 CHRIS COOK 1024 1:15/26 1 TRAFFIC v. 2.00 1024 1:135/907 1 Pete Hopping 768 1:261/1108.0 1 Hap Newsom 1280 1:138/255@ 1 KATHY JOHNSON 768 1:2410/400 Total = 14 by 9 authors. * Origin: Birdsoft Online, North Miami, Florida, USA (1:135/907) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: EEN00001 Date: 10/18/97 From: KATHY JOHNSON Time: 11:01am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: the future of this echo KJ>How many active users are still out here, anyway? KJ>How many of you want the Parrot Echo to continue? KJ>Please let me know! OK, I counted 8 replies in a week. That's more than the fingers on one hand so the echo will stay up. Y'all might want to try to get some friends out here, if you can. As someone else said, there has been a great emigration to the Internet from Fidonet. I, too, spend some time on the Internet. But I don't want to see Fido die either. I think the problem is that all new computers come packed with Internet software, and nobody KNOWS about Fido anymore. I don't know if computers come with old-style communication software anymore. Maybe somebody should start a campaign in computer stores with free copies of some shareware comm software... Anyway, Parrots will continue. Thanks for the encouragement! --Kathy moderator, Fidonet Parrot echo * SLMR 2.1a * Electronic Superhighway: 600+ channels of nothing on... --- Silver Xpress Mail System 5.4M3d.b2 * Origin: bloom county bbs * Parrots HQ * (313)582-0888 (1:2410/400) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: EEP00000 Date: 10/19/97 From: KLAUS BOSCH Time: 12:00am \/To: CHRIS ROEDOCKER (Read 0 times) Subj: I'm so very angry!!! Chris Roedocker@1:213/742 / 15.10.97: Hi Chris! > I am really *pissed* about a avain pet-store here in Reno, NV. We I'm really _pleased_ to read here "*pissed*". This enlarges my and my parrot's vocabulary. ;-) ____^____ >Klaus< --- CrossPoint v3.11 R * Origin: Amazons are amazin' (2:2471/1071.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: EEP00001 Date: 10/19/97 From: CHRIS ROEDOCKER Time: 08:35am \/To: TRAFFIC V. 2.00 (Read 0 times) Subj: Traffic Report -=> Quoting TRAFFIC v. 2.00 to All <=- Tv2> ********************************************************************* Tv2> Posts Name Average Size Address Tv2> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tv2> 4 Chris Roedocker 1216 1:213/742.0 Tv2> 2 Christine Labont 1280 1:163/551.0 Tv2> 2 Rich Veraa 512 1:135/907.0 Yeah!!!! I'm the top talker! Chris Roedocker ... Pollytheism - worship of parrots --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 [NR] * Origin: Library COM -* Reno, NV USA *- (702) 785-4191 (1:213/742) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: EEP00002 Date: 10/18/97 From: FRAN WARWICK Time: 02:57pm \/To: KATHY JOHNSON (Read 0 times) Subj: the future of this echo KJ> "Parrots" still lives, barely...this moderator has been EXTREMELY KJ> busy lately, and I just don't have time to play on Fido like I used KJ> to. I'm not sure what to do about the echo at this point. Kathy, I will take responsibility of being moderator if you do not have the time. Just let me know and tell me what to do. Fran --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Wings Over Texas (1:382/92.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 225 PARROTS Ref: EEP00003 Date: 10/18/97 From: FRAN WARWICK Time: 03:02pm \/To: CHRIS ROEDOCKER (Read 0 times) Subj: I'm so very angry!!! CR> I am really *pissed* about a avain pet-store here in Reno, NV. CR> We have one pet-store that is expecialy for the birds and sells CR> nothing else except birds and bird products. I had never been in CR> there for very long before, just a look at the birds. Well today I CR> had time to look around and notice things. First thing: I come in to CR> the bulk seed bins. I see a large incest (possibly a cockrocah) CR> skittle its way into hidding. I look under the shelf to see if I Chris, I have felt this outraged at times. One day I walked into the local Winns to look at fish and was appalled at the milky water. This was only the last incident that ticked me off. I have never seen much results from complaints. Retail stores seem to be more interested in stocking shelves than caring for their livestock. So, instead of gripping, I went to the managed and explained that he needed to hire someone for the sole purpose of taking care of the living stock in this store. I told him it would take about 2 hours a day and that I was the person to do the job. I didn't need the work and was already too busy. He hired me and it was good to know that I made a difference in the quality of life of these creatures. Fran --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Wings Over Texas (1:382/92.5)