Hey Stella, I consider myself a Southern Gal and I've never heard of the expression "Rat Killing" either. Maybe I'm not far enough south!!! or am I too far south?? I would never take on a rat either!! One time I was sitting in the kitchen and saw something move out of the corner of my eye... and it was a little mouse... He/she/it was so cute... but I caught it in a trap later and gave it a good looking at, and that rascal wasn't at all cute when you got up close to it. Don't want anything to do with mice either. I have a cat now but he's scared of everything!! I don't know what he'd do if he saw a mouse. He's even scared of my three chickens! They're almost 15 weeks old now... How much longer till they start laying eggs? Anybody know? I have one rooster and two hens... they were all supposed to be hens! Oh well... too late now! I fixed up a flower pot with some straw, hoping that one of them would start laying... but I guess it's too early. The rooster hasn't even started crowing... Time will tell... Hey... today's my 75th birthday... Mary Clyde ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stella Roper" <busmar1852@webtv.net> To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 3:22 PM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Old Sayings > LOL LOL lol you gave me a chuckle...I thought you had become a > Southern Gal..Paulette...Don't tell me you never heard the > expresion...'Rat Killing?' It just means getting back to whatever you > were doing, before... ~~~still grinning~~~. Heavens no..I would never > take on rats...I would be out'a here! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1703 - Release Date: 10/2/2008 7:46 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 080531-1, 05/31/2008 Tested on: 10/2/2008 4:01:47 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com