[Rhodes22-list] Fw: Hippo & Turtle..

[elle]

Thanks for the link. Brad...I need to check what format it started out as & what it became when I sent it over to myself to get it on the list....It may automatically become an .mht format when sent as attachment.

elle

We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Wed, 6/18/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fw: Hippo & Turtle..
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 10:55 PM
> Elle,
> 
> The attachment didn't come through on my e-mail but I
> did a quick search and
> here's a link-
> 
> http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=94458
> 
> The last time I was in Europe was about ten years ago on a
> trip to Basel,
> Switzerland to pick-up three adult hippos and one baby for
> transport from
> European zoos to the animal park at Disney in Orlando (we
> were supposed to
> have lions on board as well but they ran into some US
> Agriculture issues).
> The adults were completely enclosed in steel cages lined
> with plywood but
> the baby had an opening in the front of her cage. During
> the crossing I
> spent some time in the back BS'ing with the vet and the
> Disney rep.  You
> could put your hand in front of the baby and this tongue
> about a foot wide
> and two feet long would come out and lick you.  The vet
> said "enjoy it while
> you can, she'll be mean when she gets older".  We
> took Cora to Animal
> Kingdom last year to look at "my hippo" but they
> all look the same to me!
> 
> Brad
> 
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 9:31 PM, elle
> <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Here's a story to warm any cockles that may
> inhabit your heart.
> >
> > elle
> >
> >
> >
> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
> can adjust our sails.
> >
> >  1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06 
> "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
> >
> >
> > Note: forwarded message attached.
> >
> >
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