Mail Order Monkey

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That's funny. I rode my banana seat bike out to Kmart on a regular basis just to check out the critters. I also collected and kept painted turtles, snakes ( no rattlers!) , praying mantis, and pretty much anything else that I could get my hands on, including field mice. lol By the time I hit junior high, critters were out, mermaids were in. If you know what I mean. :) At 17 we moved back west to RD, and for better or worse life has never been quite the same.

Yes, a different world indeed.
 
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Funny that you mention Mantises. When I moved to Manitoba from southern Ontario, there were many species of wildlife with which I grew up that were no longer to be seen in this much colder climate, replaced by others I would have considered exotic back then. I was just mentioning to my wife the other day how much I missed Praying Mantises, still one of my favourite wild critters.

The rattlers were already, by that time, exceedingly rare in the area. They were an Ojibway Park specialty; so quite a trek for me...on my banana-seat bike as well! :)

Yeah, girls were an added distraction back then, as were cars and motorcycles a bit later...but they never completely supplanted critters, just added to the wonderful blend of the simple uncomplicated life of youth. :) Good times!
 
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Apologies to K krichardson for the thread high-jack...but...when you start a thread with a title like "Mail order monkey", I think you need to expect it to go a bit off the rails...:)
 
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jjohnwm said:
Apologies to K krichardson for the thread high-jack...but...when you start a thread with a title like "Mail order monkey", I think you need to expect it to go a bit off the rails...:)
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LOL!....I'm not sure why you felt need to apologize or why you felt that you were high jacking the thread.I posted the image for members to enjoy and discuss,so carry on!
 
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It says in that advert, "Eats same food as you, and even likes lollipops".

Why can't fish be more like this instead of costing me a damn fortune!
 
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esoxlucius said:
It says in that advert, "Eats same food as you, and even likes lollipops".

Why can't fish be more like this instead of costing me a damn fortune!
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Well....you can do like some folks and give your fish hotdogs!
 
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Or the more premium stuff, Vienna sausages.
 
.....probably makes for great ammunition for poop throwing!
 
Oh oh...I sense the impending rise of the Monkey Nutrition Thread...

I wonder if Purina still makes Monkey Chow? The store I worked for sold a ton of that stuff back in the day; way too much, IMHO, for feeding just monkeys. Hmmm...
 
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