Sep 13 2006
Daily Notes 09-13-2006
Good morning everyone! I hope your day is a good one. Woke up this morning to cool air and rain. It was a nasty drive into work with the rain coming down quite strongly and some fog to make visibility poor. Had a bit of a scare on the interstate when a car splashed enough water to completely obscure the windshield and overwhelm the wipers for a few seconds. It’s supposed to clear off and be sunny this afternoon with highs only into the mid-70’s today. That will be very nice! Even through the weekend, temps are not supposed to be but low to mid 80’s and that is perfect weather for me. I can turn off the AC and open windows for fresh air and birdsong!
Had presents waiting for me when I got to work in the form of new applications for EService. We’ll see if they work as promised. Carlos is installing them now.
Had a second egg hatch last night around 6:30 pm. Still have two more to go that the parents are still sitting on. The babies are so tiny! They have some yellow fluff on their bodies and naked heads. They are a rather aggressive shade of dark pink/red that reminds you of raw meat –not quite as dark as beef, but darker than pork. Beaks are not fully formed yet and look like something that should be removed 😆 They peep when they are hungry which is a fair amount of their waking time. Right now, they are fed about every 2 hours. I fixed oatmeal with banana, apples, broccoli and carrots ground up into it for the adults who will regurgitate it for the babies.
My cockatoo, Taji has decided that he needs to be treated like a baby and wants to be fed the baby food, too. Since he went on a hunger strike to achieve this goal, I guess I will feed him baby food until he’s ready to go back to eating like a grown up. He’s only 3, so I guess he really is still a baby if you think about him living into his 80’s. Riley (African Grey) eats the baby food, too, but he isn’t neglecting his other food in favor of it. They will both eat it off a spoon which is too funny to watch. They get all excited when they see a spoon. They like to be fed yoghurt this way, too. The don’t really like cold food though. They much prefer it no cooler than room temp and really like it to be around 100ºF.
I really didn’t know what I was getting into when I got these birds!!! I’m learning as fast as I can, though.
Break time is over. See you later!
Love to all,
Margaret
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4 Responses to “Daily Notes 09-13-2006”
I am a little behind on reading your blogs so the bird story is new to me. I didn’t know you were in the bird raising business as well as the dogs. Sure am glad you didn’t try to raise horses when we went through that phase.
Good luck
That’s too funny – Taji on hunger strike! Everything is fine here in Bahrain.
Ramadan kicks off on the 24th so we’re being told to play nice and not offend anyone. Wish they’d show that much consideration when they travel to the US. The Australian PM really got it right a few weeks back when he told Australian Muslims that there were just some things – like equal treatment of women and speaking English – that they would have to get used to live in Australia. Muslims can practice Muslim culture in Muslim countries, but they can’t expect Western countries to give in and become Muslim. We do have a Western culture. While it may seem fragmented, disjointed, and spoiled to outsiders, it is OUR culture. I wish American politicians were talking the same way. Getting off the soap box now.
Love,
Eddie
Ma — hate to tell you, but we did have a colt. Ask Eddie as he performed midwife duties. We also had a calf, so I guess we’ve bred a lot of different things over the years. Well, we didn’t breed goats.
Son– you should always show respect for other’s cultural mores. If we ALL did that, there would be way fewer wars, but extremists of anything always spoil things for those of us who are moderate in our thinking and respectful of others way of life. I hope I taught you to BE respectful of others. God made us all different and it’s in our differences that we find our riches. Thinking on that, I guess even extremists have their place. Just wish they weren’t so dogmatic about it
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Love,
Mom
Mom – that’s the problem. We are respectful of their religion and culture while over here.
They are NOT respectful of our culture when they move to Western nations. And yes, I do believe that people from other cultures that move to Western nations should be expected to conform to some facets of Western culture while living in Western nations. It’s not like we MADE them come to America, Britain, or France. They came of their own free will and when they remain in enclaves, not learning the language of their new nation, seperating themselves from their new nation, it causes problems. Look at what happened in France last year! They seperated themselves, refused to fit in, then rioted when they remained unemployed!
The facts are birth rates in Western countries are down. Most Western nations would have stable or declining populations if not for immigration. Birth rates in Muslim countries are skyrocketing thanks to improved health care. Emigration reduces the population pressure in those countries as well as providing a revenue stream they might not otherwise have. The same conditions and situations are driving the Hispanic immigration issue.
If Western countries don’t decide what the common Western values are and hold immigrants to those values, then they will be overrun by other cultures by simple numbers. This is not a religious issue. It’s a cultural issue. There are certain things, like equal treatment, that Western countries strongly believe and some of these immigrants do not. If they don’t like it, they can leave. Insistiing on learning the language and obeying the law is not an undue burden. After all, Muslims insist on it in their own countries.
Eddie