Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer

T. Misérables looked like he was rolling up on the leaders at about the 5.5-6furlong point and then stopped. He was very rank and Johnny was fighting him a bit- if he has his athleticism back maybe he can relax here. IMO it could go either way. There is a fair chance that he will never be a Graded Level horse (or even a 75k stakes level), but he is still a possible talent, and just being at 80% of what he was puts him in contention.

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I disagree about the rolling up impression you got. I thought he was just rank.

However, the real reason I'm responding is that I was trying to figure out how to get that little accent mark over the e in Miserables last night, but couldn't do it!

What's your secret?

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Thanks too!

I spent about 30 of those 90 minutes looking at how I could expand my electronics collection and trying to figure out why they had only my three least favorite ben & jerry's flavors in stock.

We were about to give up on that bird, and yeah, an hour may seem excessive, but I have a fondness for animals. Especially ones that have been wronged by people.

One time, I got out of my car on my street while driving, and picked up a snapping turtle that was just sitting in the road. After I deposited her in the woods, out of nowhere, I start hearing this applause! I thought it might be a long awaited appearance by god, but alas, it was this little 90 year granny that was watching me from up on her property.

It was a bit weird.

Originally Posted by Danzig

we've rescued our share of turtles from the middle of the hiway, tony is a turtle nut...

as for electronics, i check out the ps2 games...but that's about it.

Originally Posted by cal828

Must admit, I too have done the turtle rescue thing, but I'm not too sure that doing it is a good thing. There's the danger of getting hit by a car and the added danger of being bitten by the turtle. Most of those that I have rescued are harmless box turtles, but a few have been snappers and they don't care whether you're trying to help them or not, they just want to take a plug out of you. My 5 year old grandson loves turtles, frogs, snakes, whatever. I took him to the Bass-Pro shop in Springfield, Mo this past weekend. Bass Pro shop had some live turtles and next door in a natural history type museum they had a giant alligator snapping turtle with a head as big around as my leg. My grandson was blown away.

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Yeah, I'm not without sense when i help something out. I live in a pretty rural area, so my risk of getting hit by a car is minimal, even with the high nascar fan/redneck % here.

The snapper was just a baby as well. I'm pretty experienced with handling animals, as I've even captured by hand a few rattlesnakes, back when I was a bit more wreckless.

Cats though? Now those are critters you gotta be careful with!

Cows too. I was almost murdered once by a stampeding herd while fishing the Owens river in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. That was one of the most surreal and unnerving experiences of my entire life!

Originally Posted by Ronnie

I see Steve doesn't have time to moderate these threads.

Originally Posted by Sightseek

When I was 9, I got attacked by a rooster when I went to go feed my pony. :( I've also been trampled by a horse. Nature is mean.

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

What do you mean by 'attacked'? Maybe he mistook you for a hen? :)

From the looks of things, both of our mishaps with animals happened with domestic animals, not wild ones.

Originally Posted by Ronnie

I see Steve doesn't have time to moderate these threads.