Oh, my! I think I owe you all an explanation. Our patio is screened. When I let my cat "out on the patio" she is still thirty feet from the pond; and confined. I live in one of those gated communities with all kinds of restrictions. Unrestrained pets are taboo. So banish all those images of my cat nosing along the edge of the pond. No way; nix coom raus; nada. But my wife fears that the alligator will charge the house; rip the screen, seize the cat; and retreat to the pond; before I can confront and rebuff it with a stern "Don't you dare". Richard Emlin ps And, while I have you all here; may I change my simile for blind in a recent post. I said, "Blind (pronounced like wind)"; forgetting that wind is pronounced two ways. So change that to "pronounced like mint". In English, it's bliiind; in German, it's blint. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy" <better_than_good@yahoo.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Alligators and jokes :o) > --- Lynn wrote: > >> Oh Richard!!!!! I was laughing :o) >> Oh, and the part about your backyard and the alligator, I'm with your >> wife on that one!!!! I wouldn't want the cat out at ALL. Having >> them that close, doesn't that kinda scare you? Aren't you afraid >> you'll be visited INSIDE the house someday. >> Is it true about what they say about alligators eating dogs? and you >> have to always watch out for that? I guess you get use to it, huh? > ******************************* > > I got a chuckle out of it too, as my husband bow hunts. *grin* > > Lynn, > > It's true about the dogs (cats and little kids too). They get to the > edge of the water and make noise, which attracts the 'gator. The > neighbors around the corner said they put their fence up, not to keep > the dog in but, to keep the 'gator out! My brother was out walking a > few years back and saw a 'gator in the water. We live around a small > "lake" (some say retention pond but deeds and maps call it a lake). > When we go walking around out in the woods we usually take a handgun, > just incase. > > tracy