DrW

I hope you also protested when Irv started the thread about his fascination with his poop. Or is that more Bills-related?

Art: Prado, Madrid (Spain). I was there about 50 years ago, and I still remember Velazquez' "Las Meninas". Modern Art: MoMA, New York. Both Dali museums are worthwhile, the one in St. Petersburg (Florida) and the one in Figueres (Spain). Tram Museum ("Strassenbahnmuseum") Hannover (Germany). The special attraction: They let you drive a tram (20 minutes, $40; 1 hour, $110). https://www.tram-museum.de/besucher/strassenbahn-selbst-fahren/ And finally, right here in Lubbock, the National Ranching Heritage Center, where they have collected farm buildings from all over Texas from 1780 to 1950.

Anyone ever tried turducken?

They don't care if I'm a one-way mirror Well, they're not frightened by my cold exterior They don't ask me questions They don't want to scold me They don't look for answers They just want to hold me I, I, I love little girls They make me feel so good I love little girls They make me feel so bad When they're around They make me feel like I'm the only guy in town I love little girls They make me feel so good

When I came to the US in 1990, one of my desires was to drive a full-size station wagon, a type of car which we did not have in Germany. I got a used Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser, and I loved it. We took it from Rochester on trips to the West Coast, to Florida and Louisiana, and to Newfoundland, until it died with 237,000 miles. It was replaced by another full-size wagon, a Pontiac Safari, which did nearly as well. We did not take the Pontiac with us when we moved to West Texas 20+years ago, only my wife's Pontiac Bonneville. Thus, I had to look for a car here, and with two young kids at that time I was thinking SUV. Well, I ended up with my first minivan, a Ford Windstar. I had never imagined me driving such a vehicle, but it was just too darn practical. It was followed by another Windstar, and now for about seven years I have been driving a 2010 Honda Odyssey. It is truly low-maintenance, and at the moment I cannot imagine anything more useful. When my son went to high school, his first car was a hand-me-down Windstar. At first there was some fear of embarrassment, as most kids here drive trucks. However, there was never a problem. On several occasions his classmates decorated the "swagger wagon". Thus, when he had to replace it as student at UT, the first car of his own choice (with some parental financial help) was ... a Honda Odyssey.

There's a mushroom on my eyelid There's a carrot down my back I can see in the distance A vast quantity of beans To you I'm just a flavour To make your stew taste nice Oh my god, here come the onions And – I don't believe it! – at least a pound of rice

Now there's no hope of getting out of here I can feel I'm going soft Dirty waters soak my fibres The whole saucepan's getting hot So I may as well resign myself Make friends with a few peas But I just, I can't help hoping That a tummy ache will bring you to your knees Bring you to your knees Bring you to your knees Bring you to your knees

Follow-up: According to Tom Pelissero (NFL Network), the fine was rescinded on appeal.

I don't know what to do 'Cause I still believe After all the foolish things that we've been through I will always be a man who's open to..... Persuasion Blind romance There'll be no half measures given half the chance But we never learn

Save your money, don't go to the show Well I turned around and I said oh, oh oh Well I turned around and I said oh, oh oh Well I turned around and I said ho, ho And the northern lights commenced to glow And she said, with a tear in her eye Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow

It's a ghost town rabid underworld Dionysian night vitriolic twilight A mirage comes up it never ends Once you get born you're never the same Left behind erased from time Ain't no decency in being boxed up alive Look around ain't no R.I.P. signs here We don't rest in peace We just disappear So here we are Los Angeles No angels singing in your valley of unease I watch the sun roll down the pacific Over hookered sunset strip They say This is the city The city of angels All I see is dead wings All I see is dead wings

He's a twentieth century boy With his hands on the rails Trying not to be sick again And holding on for tomorrow London ice cracks on a seamless line He's hanging on for dear life And so we hold each other tightly And hold on for tomorrow

I agree that it is highly unlikely that the squirrel carried a dormant virus for 7 years. But this is where the raccoon comes in, which they took in just a few weeks/months ago. Rabies is very easily spread between different species.

Because it bit the DEC guy, it had to be tested for rabies. Unfortunately for the squirrel, the only way to test an animal for rabies involves dissection of the brain.