On 5/5/2018 11:48 AM, Gary wrote:
> Ok, so it's May 5th and Cinco de Mayo. I remember in the past
> years here, many posted about cooking some traditional mexican
> meals for this..Especially those in California and some
> south-western states.
>
> So no mention here today about that. why?
>
Beats me. I toyed with the idea of making some Tex-Mex enchiladas using
an old Betty Crocker recipe. I decided not to.

It's Kentucky Derby day, too. I'm not drinking mint juleps or wearing a
big fancy hat today, either.

Jill

Roy wrote:
>
> Sheldon word-changed what -
> > Gary wrote:
> > >Today is also the UK National Ferret Day.
> > >Happy day to our UK people that celebrate the little
> > >ones on this day. A traditional meal; crockpot ferret stew.
>
> Sheldon...you are such a "sensitive" and "understanding" person NOT.
> However...I don't think that "weasel stew' would be too tasty unless
> the scent glands were removed. Those glands put out a putrid smell.

No they don't. You've never smelled it. I did once and it was
same as a mild fart that dissipated quickly. Only in *extreme*
life threatening situations does that happen. Does anyone's cat
or dog smell putrid?

http://i42.tinypic.com/24kyvpe.jpg

:-D

In article >, says...
>
> Roy wrote:
> >
> > Sheldon word-changed what -
> > > Gary wrote:
> > > >Today is also the UK National Ferret Day.
> > > >Happy day to our UK people that celebrate the little
> > > >ones on this day. A traditional meal; crockpot ferret stew.
> >
> > Sheldon...you are such a "sensitive" and "understanding" person NOT.
> > However...I don't think that "weasel stew' would be too tasty unless
> > the scent glands were removed. Those glands put out a putrid smell.
>
> No they don't. You've never smelled it.

I have.

>I did once and it was
> same as a mild fart that dissipated quickly.

If you smelled fart and it dissipated quickly, it was just a fart.
Your rescued pet ferrets probably had been neutere3d and their scent
glands surgically removed at the same time, for the pet market.

The smell from mustelid scent glands is nothing like a fart and it does
NOT dissipate quickly. One of our cats got sprayed once (made the
mistake of trying to catch a stoat) and the stench lasted days.

Polecat/ferrets scientific name Mustela putorius is derived from this
species' foul smell. The Latin putorius translates to stench or stink
and is the origin of the English word putrid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe...ogy_and_naming

Janet UK


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On Mon, 7 May 2018 16:23:23 +0100, Janet > wrote:

>In article >, says...
>>
>> Roy wrote:
>> >
>> > Sheldon word-changed what -
>> > > Gary wrote:
>> > > >Today is also the UK National Ferret Day.
>> > > >Happy day to our UK people that celebrate the little
>> > > >ones on this day. A traditional meal; crockpot ferret stew.
>> >
>> > Sheldon...you are such a "sensitive" and "understanding" person NOT.
>> > However...I don't think that "weasel stew' would be too tasty unless
>> > the scent glands were removed. Those glands put out a putrid smell.
>>
>> No they don't. You've never smelled it.
>
> I have.
>
> >I did once and it was
>> same as a mild fart that dissipated quickly.
>
> If you smelled fart and it dissipated quickly, it was just a fart.
>Your rescued pet ferrets probably had been neutere3d and their scent
>glands surgically removed at the same time, for the pet market.
>
> The smell from mustelid scent glands is nothing like a fart and it does
>NOT dissipate quickly. One of our cats got sprayed once (made the
>mistake of trying to catch a stoat) and the stench lasted days.
>
> Polecat/ferrets scientific name Mustela putorius is derived from this
>species' foul smell. The Latin putorius translates to stench or stink
>and is the origin of the English word putrid.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe...ogy_and_naming
>
> Janet UK

I've had skunks spray my back deck and even with everything closed up
the stench wafted into the house, was about a month before it
disapated. Febreeze didn't help at all.

wrote:
>
> I've had skunks spray my back deck and even with everything closed up
> the stench wafted into the house, was about a month before it
> disapated. Febreeze didn't help at all.

Ferrets are not related to skunks but many think so. This is why
everyone assumes that ferrets stink.

Janet wrote:
>
> In article >, says...
> >
> > Roy wrote:
> > >
> > > Sheldon word-changed what -
> > > > Gary wrote:
> > > > >Today is also the UK National Ferret Day.
> > > > >Happy day to our UK people that celebrate the little
> > > > >ones on this day. A traditional meal; crockpot ferret stew.
> > >
> > > Sheldon...you are such a "sensitive" and "understanding" person NOT.
> > > However...I don't think that "weasel stew' would be too tasty unless
> > > the scent glands were removed. Those glands put out a putrid smell.
> >
> > No they don't. You've never smelled it.
>
> I have.
>
> >I did once and it was
> > same as a mild fart that dissipated quickly.
>
> If you smelled fart and it dissipated quickly, it was just a fart.
> Your rescued pet ferrets probably had been neutere3d and their scent
> glands surgically removed at the same time, for the pet market.
>
> The smell from mustelid scent glands is nothing like a fart and it does
> NOT dissipate quickly. One of our cats got sprayed once (made the
> mistake of trying to catch a stoat) and the stench lasted days.
>
> Polecat/ferrets scientific name Mustela putorius is derived from this
> species' foul smell. The Latin putorius translates to stench or stink
> and is the origin of the English word putrid.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe...ogy_and_naming
>
> Janet UK

No need to try to "out ferret" me, darlin. I'm quite aware of
both. I've owned them for 12 years and you haven't. I also have a
few european friends with ferrets. What they call ferrets there
are different from ferrets over here. What you say about
"european ferrets" is true but so am I about my side of the pond.

Through crossbreeding, etc, what we have here in the usa are
similar but different. For a long time, the USA considered the
skunk (aka polecat here) as the same but recent years realized
that they are not so related at all.

Anyway...read this and update your info.
http://www.differencebetween.net/sci...at-and-ferret/

To argue "UK ferrets" vs "USA ferrets" is basically apples and
oranges.

....

On Monday, May 7, 2018 at 9:25:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
> " wrote:
> >
> > It must be a local/regional show.
>
> It's not local, it's a cable channel.
> Look for it Mondays (that's tonight) at 7:30pm eastern time. INSP
> is the channel, not a food channel. INSP shows many old westerns
> too that I like to watch.
>
I'm on DirecTV and even though it's a cable channel, it's a channel
your local cable system subscribes to. Not all channels, cable or
satellite are available to everyone in the country.
>
> Note: I never knew this until recently but Taylor Hicks was the
> American Idol winner several years back. 2006, I believe.
>
Well, that's the kiss of death!

On Monday, May 7, 2018 at 10:58:38 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
> wrote:
> >
> > I've had skunks spray my back deck and even with everything closed up
> > the stench wafted into the house, was about a month before it
> > disapated. Febreeze didn't help at all.
>
> Ferrets are not related to skunks but many think so. This is why
> everyone assumes that ferrets stink.
>
>
My nephew had one and he certainly scent marked and it had a pungent
smell.

On 2018-05-07 11:59 AM, Gary wrote:
> wrote:
>>
>> I've had skunks spray my back deck and even with everything closed up
>> the stench wafted into the house, was about a month before it
>> disapated. Febreeze didn't help at all.
>
> Ferrets are not related to skunks but many think so. This is why
> everyone assumes that ferrets stink.
>

They may not be directly related to skunks, but like many other furry
critters, they have scent glands that produce a musky smelling secretion.

On 5/7/2018 12:35 PM, wrote:
> On Monday, May 7, 2018 at 9:25:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>
>> " wrote:
>>>
>>> It must be a local/regional show.
>>
>> It's not local, it's a cable channel.
>> Look for it Mondays (that's tonight) at 7:30pm eastern time. INSP
>> is the channel, not a food channel. INSP shows many old westerns
>> too that I like to watch.
>>
> I'm on DirecTV and even though it's a cable channel, it's a channel
> your local cable system subscribes to. Not all channels, cable or
> satellite are available to everyone in the country.
>>
I've got Comcast cable and I don't get that channel.

>> Note: I never knew this until recently but Taylor Hicks was the
>> American Idol winner several years back. 2006, I believe.
>>
> Well, that's the kiss of death!
>
I thought that name sounded familiar. American Idol isn't necessarily
the kiss of death. Kelly Clarkson is a notable exception.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/7/2018 12:35 PM, wrote:
>> On Monday, May 7, 2018 at 9:25:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>
>>> " wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It must be a local/regional show.
>>>
>>> It's not local, it's a cable channel.
>>> Look for it Mondays (that's tonight) at 7:30pm eastern time. INSP
>>> is the channel, not a food channel. INSP shows many old westerns
>>> too that I like to watch.
>>>
>> I'm on DirecTV and even though it's a cable channel, it's a channel
>> your local cable system subscribes to. Not all channels, cable or
>> satellite are available to everyone in the country.
>>>
> I've got Comcast cable and I don't get that channel.
>
>>> Note: I never knew this until recently but Taylor Hicks was the
>>> American Idol winner several years back. 2006, I believe.
>>>
>> Well, that's the kiss of death!
>>
> I thought that name sounded familiar. American Idol isn't necessarily the
> kiss of death. Kelly Clarkson is a notable exception.
>
> Jill


Then there's Carrie Underwood, and the non winners like Jennifer Hudson,
Adam Lambert, and Daughtry just to name a couple or so, very successful.

Cheri

On 5/7/2018 7:37 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 5/7/2018 12:35 PM, wrote:
>>> On Monday, May 7, 2018 at 9:25:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>>
>>>> " wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It must be a local/regional show.
>>>>
>>>> It's not local, it's a cable channel.
>>>> Look for it Mondays (that's tonight) at 7:30pm eastern time. INSP
>>>> is the channel, not a food channel. INSP shows many old westerns
>>>> too that I like to watch.
>>>>
>>> I'm on DirecTV and even though it's a cable channel, it's a channel
>>> your local cable system subscribes to.* Not all channels, cable or
>>> satellite are available to everyone in the country.
>>>>
>> I've got Comcast cable and I don't get that channel.
>>
>>>> Note: I never knew this until recently but Taylor Hicks was the
>>>> American Idol winner several years back. 2006, I believe.
>>>>
>>> Well, that's the kiss of death!
>>>
>> I thought that name sounded familiar.* American Idol isn't necessarily
>> the kiss of death.* Kelly Clarkson is a notable exception.
>>
>> Jill
>
>
> Then there's Carrie Underwood, and the non winners like Jennifer Hudson,
> Adam Lambert, and Daughtry just to name a couple or so, very successful.
>
> Cheri

Yes. I don't keep up with it but a lot of them have gone on to
successful careers. At least they're not slinging hash at a local truck
stop. LOL

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
news
> On 5/7/2018 7:37 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 5/7/2018 12:35 PM, wrote:
>>>> On Monday, May 7, 2018 at 9:25:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> " wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It must be a local/regional show.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not local, it's a cable channel.
>>>>> Look for it Mondays (that's tonight) at 7:30pm eastern time. INSP
>>>>> is the channel, not a food channel. INSP shows many old westerns
>>>>> too that I like to watch.
>>>>>
>>>> I'm on DirecTV and even though it's a cable channel, it's a channel
>>>> your local cable system subscribes to. Not all channels, cable or
>>>> satellite are available to everyone in the country.
>>>>>
>>> I've got Comcast cable and I don't get that channel.
>>>
>>>>> Note: I never knew this until recently but Taylor Hicks was the
>>>>> American Idol winner several years back. 2006, I believe.
>>>>>
>>>> Well, that's the kiss of death!
>>>>
>>> I thought that name sounded familiar. American Idol isn't necessarily
>>> the kiss of death. Kelly Clarkson is a notable exception.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>>
>> Then there's Carrie Underwood, and the non winners like Jennifer Hudson,
>> Adam Lambert, and Daughtry just to name a couple or so, very successful.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> Yes. I don't keep up with it but a lot of them have gone on to successful
> careers. At least they're not slinging hash at a local truck stop. LOL
>
> Jill


Yes, it is a running joke between some of the people that watch, one of them
always predicted that within a year they would be working at McDonald's.
Fact is every one of them that he predicted that for ended up being highly
successful. LOL

Cheri