Kevin's Watch

not an armadillo...

I believe the one in the 'reuters' story actually survived, or at least was not to be found after the event.

Going back to the original post - it's hard to see how leprosy couls cross infect from armadillos to humans if in fact the disease is zoonotic in the species as suggested. Leprosy [if I remember my Chrons properly] is pretty hard to transmit even human to human - but armadillo to human?

Apparently bacterial transmission can occur via handling or eating them, but the risk is actually very low.

--A

Especially so in Cornwall I imagine.

I can't listen at work, but I hope this is correct.

peter wrote:Especially so in Cornwall I imagine.

Quite.

--A

plenty of dead ones around here, people touch them a bit, no diseases. florida sucks.

Florida is a big state to make such a blanket statement.

My part of Florida does not suck.

MsMary wrote:Florida is a big state to make such a blanket statement.

My part of Florida does not suck.

you are an oasis in a well of suckitude.

Good recovery Sarge.

--A

sgt.null wrote:

MsMary wrote:Florida is a big state to make such a blanket statement.

My part of Florida does not suck.

you are an oasis in a well of suckitude.

I kid ms.mary - i have never been to florida. i have a good friend who lives there. my wife wants to take me to disney. too big a crowd for me. but i would love to go to springtraining.

my apologies if i came across as crass.

sgt.null wrote:I kid ms.mary - i have never been to florida. i have a good friend who lives there. my wife wants to take me to disney. too big a crowd for me. but i would love to go to springtraining.

my apologies if i came across as crass.

Thanks, sarge. I did wonder if you'd ever actually been here.

There are lots of nice things all over Florida. And some not so nice things in some parts of Florida. But then again, I think that's true of any place.

sgt.null wrote:my wife wants to take me to disney. too big a crowd for me.

Then you should go when Disney has Armadillo Day. Crowds are usually light.

Do the first 50 guests get a free case of leprosy?

I've never been to Disney either, mainly because of the crowds. And not being a huge Disney fan. I do like rollercoasters and such though.

I hate big crowds. The seething mass of humanity...

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sgt.null wrote: my wife wants to take me to disney. too big a crowd for me. but i would love to go to springtraining.

Disney isn't crowded if you pick a time of year when fewer people go. When we went in the last week of January, we encountered very few lines.

And spring training games are lots of fun.

but it seems so hot and muggy. have plenty of that here.

www.scarletdukes.com/st/tmhou_venues2.html

on Friday we go in search of the building mentioned in the article.

sgt.null wrote:but it seems so hot and muggy. have plenty of that here.

www.scarletdukes.com/st/tmhou_venues2.html

on Friday we go in search of the building mentioned in the article.

That looks cool.

It's hot and muggy here in the summer. Pretty pleasant in the winter time. Orlando, where Disney is, can be quite cool in January. It got down to the 30s at night one of the times we went in January.

sgt.null wrote:
on Friday we go in search of the building mentioned in the article.

I did that once - hunted down a site that had special significance for me. This was back before Google and whatnot, so it felt like an accomplishment - something of a Dark Tower-ish quest.

Maybe I will go back someday, though the world has moved on and the original building is gone. I don't know if the site itself holds any meaning.

It's funny - I lost almost everything when I moved, including shredding any and all non-essential paperwork, but I came across the address on a scrap of paper hidden in the essential pile.

Maybe I need a quest.