OT- Calling All Auzzies

Howdy!

Casinos and shrimp: who wouldn't go?

..and Pete Fountain, too!

Hey Sandy:

Well you want to go to the Hollywood Casino. Let me know when you plan to arrive and I can get free tickets to see Pete Fountain along with free tickets to the buffet. All the boiled, fried and grilled shrimp you want. Then we can skip over to the Grand Isle and have a snack at Emeril's eatery. The Hollywood is only about 30 miles from me. So come on down and enjoy the sweltering heat with the rest of us. I'll bet Miss Polly will being her pet alligator. You'd recognize her. About as big as a minute with a big red boa around her neck. giggle

Kate T. South Mississippi

You lucky woman! My daddy was born and raised a fly's mile from Jackson

- and my Gramma moved to Gulfport right before she passed away about 6 years ago ... I've only been lucky enough to go a few times as a child, but I still remember the smell of sweet magnolia (Gramma had'em in her front yard) and the kindness and friendliness of everyone I met there.

Right after we made arrangements to move here (Northern FL) my Gramma passed away ... we were moving here specifically so we could be within visitin' distance ('bout 2 1/2 hours to her door - better than the 26 hours it was before we moved). She was a wonderful woman. And she had wonderful neighbors. :)

Well, Kate, Roo's are pretty darn difficult to catch even for an Aussie! They run and jump so unpredictably. Usually, a ranger will try to shoot it with a tranquilliser dart if the animal will pause for a second. Actually, the boot was on the other foot a week or so back here. A wild deer careened through the neighbourhood with the same problem. It seemed to have an inexhaustible supply of nervous energy. In the end it had to be shot dead. It was such a big animal. Evidently there are some wild deer around, but nothing like stateside of course.

-- Cheers Bronnie

You should see the deer we have in southern FL - they're the size of a large dog! They're called "Key Deer" and are the manipulated descendants of the White Tail deer you'd find up north in the US! :)

Really cute li'l boogers. Very friendly too - not the least bit afraid of man (probably because they're protected and are around humans so much). Took oodles of pics petting them last time we visited the Keys! :)

Go get 'em Skippy ;o) Mind you, I wouldn't want to try and catch one, they can get real nasty..... Wendy NSW

Even a small 'roo can be very hard to handle. Don't let it grab you around the neck or it will rake it's back feet down your front and rip you open. Shoot it, even a tranquilizer gun will make life easier, but if you don't have one of those, keep away from it. Ruth, Sydney. Back from "Sunny " England with Yards of Cotton sheeting 90inches wide for 1 Pound Sterling a yard.

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Have to ask where you got the sheeting from. Shirley