Hello Jerry!
Monday March 02 1998 18:24, Jerry Rudoff posted a message to Derek Brice:
 JR> Yes, I do but I'd rather chat here about the birds.  If we did it via
 JR> email or tape, there would be no need for FidoNet...right ..This is
 JR> part of the fun with telecommunications.
My problem in the past has been that when I get settled in a particular
Fido echo, suddenly, I get a stiff letter from the moderator telling
me I'm off topic through some technicality, and I end up by loosing
my cool, which is something I don't enjoy doing.
So for that reason, I tend to feel a bit nervous about carrying on
for more than just a couple of letters in ANY echo, EXCEPT the two
that I run over here.....
OK Mr Moderator, I'm sorry, I guess that paragraph was WAY off topic.
 JR> Mind sharing why you can't keep them outside?  Animals, thieves,
 JR> cold...what?
What we over here call: yobos.
So far this year, we have had our shed broken into and my sons mountain
bike stolen. Various neighbors have either had their sheds burnt
down or broken into.
 JR> Well, with Tiels, you can mate a parent with an offspring without fear
 JR> of those offspring recieving all recessive genes....unlike the mating
 JR> of siblings...It would seem to me that the same would exist for
 JR> budgers...
As I said in my original letter, I would like to find a true budgie
expert in this or any other echo. That would be one of the questions
that I would ask him.
 ->> BTW, if you have a cassette recorder with built in microphone, you
 ->> might like to try tapesponding with me. I've been doing it for over
 ->> twenty years now. It involves chatting on the tape and mailing it.
 ->> I still have three contacts in the States and one in Australia,
 ->> though at one time I actually had about 30 contacts.
 JR> Sounds like too much work...  later
Believe me, it's MUCH easier and more private, AND there's no chance
of upsetting any moderator if you chat on too long.  :-)
Tell you what,.... just for a test, try sending me a fido private
netmail. In the past, Florida was the only place in the States that I
ever achieved a two way net-mail link with.
Bye For Now,
Derek
                 FidoNet: 2:440/7.58       +       2:257/145.1
                 INTERNET:  derek.brice@relegation.pelican.org
                            derek.brice@pacific.trak-one.co.uk
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