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    From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 8 09:54:24 2025
    Freefall: Walking
    http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff4300/fc04240.htm

    My wife has never offered to catch a squirrel for me.

    But my dog has tried to catch many squirrels.

    And I have eaten squirrel with fried chicken a few times. My
    grandfather used to instruct us to come inside and notify him every time
    we saw a squirrel on the roof. He always nailed it with his single shot
    ..22.

    Waste not, want not.

    Lynn


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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 8 10:47:55 2025
    On 7/7/2025 7:41 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <104hmni$35njl$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Freefall: Walking
    http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff4300/fc04240.htm

    My wife has never offered to catch a squirrel for me.

    But my dog has tried to catch many squirrels.

    And I have eaten squirrel with fried chicken a few times. My
    grandfather used to instruct us to come inside and notify him every time
    we saw a squirrel on the roof. He always nailed it with his single shot
    .22.

    Waste not, want not.

    Lynn


    My father was the youngest of 4 brothers, so he always had to clean the squirrels and so never hunted after they lost the power to make him do it.

    Which is why he never taught me..

    My grandmother could strip and clean a squirrel in 15 seconds. And
    throw it in the skillet with the frying chicken.

    Lynn


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  • From Dimensional Traveler@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 8 14:34:37 2025
    On 7/7/2025 5:47 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 7/7/2025 7:41 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <104hmni$35njl$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Freefall: Walking
    http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff4300/fc04240.htm

    My wife has never offered to catch a squirrel for me.

    But my dog has tried to catch many squirrels.

    And I have eaten squirrel with fried chicken a few times. My
    grandfather used to instruct us to come inside and notify him every time >>> we saw a squirrel on the roof. He always nailed it with his single shot >>> .22.

    Waste not, want not.

    Lynn


    My father was the youngest of 4 brothers, so he always had to clean the
    squirrels and so never hunted after they lost the power to make him do
    it.

    Which is why he never taught me..

    My grandmother could strip and clean a squirrel in 15 seconds. And
    throw it in the skillet with the frying chicken.

    Video or it didn't happen! :P

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 8 15:34:54 2025
    On 7/7/2025 11:34 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 7/7/2025 5:47 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 7/7/2025 7:41 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <104hmni$35njl$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Freefall: Walking
    http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff4300/fc04240.htm

    My wife has never offered to catch a squirrel for me.

    But my dog has tried to catch many squirrels.

    And I have eaten squirrel with fried chicken a few times. My
    grandfather used to instruct us to come inside and notify him every
    time
    we saw a squirrel on the roof. He always nailed it with his single
    shot
    .22.

    Waste not, want not.

    Lynn


    My father was the youngest of 4 brothers, so he always had to clean the
    squirrels and so never hunted after they lost the power to make him
    do it.

    Which is why he never taught me..

    My grandmother could strip and clean a squirrel in 15 seconds. And
    throw it in the skillet with the frying chicken.

    Video or it didn't happen! :P

    No videos in the 1960s in my grandparents house.

    I am old.

    Lynn


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  • From Your Name@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 8 16:32:05 2025
    On 2025-07-07 23:54:24 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Freefall: Walking
    http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff4300/fc04240.htm

    My wife has never offered to catch a squirrel for me.

    But my dog has tried to catch many squirrels.

    And I have eaten squirrel with fried chicken a few times. My
    grandfather used to instruct us to come inside and notify him every
    time we saw a squirrel on the roof. He always nailed it with his
    single shot .22.

    Waste not, want not.

    Lynn

    There are no squirrels here in New Zealand. They also aren't even on
    the Government's list of approved animals that zoos can have.

    I've just finished reading a non-fiction book about various pet dogs
    and their jobs around the country. One dog lives at a rural hotel and
    the book says that one day a group of rural farm children staying
    there. The dog loves catching rabbits, so it went out, caught a rabbit, brought it back to one of the children. It then kept repeating that
    until each child had a rabbit. Being farm children, they know about
    rabbits being pests and hunting them, so they were apparently happy
    with the dog's gift / trick.



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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 8 22:17:18 2025
    In article <104ialu$3ct82$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 7/7/2025 11:34 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 7/7/2025 5:47 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    My grandmother could strip and clean a squirrel in 15 seconds.  And
    throw it in the skillet with the frying chicken.

    Video or it didn't happen! :P

    No videos in the 1960s in my grandparents house.

    I am old.

    I can believe it especially if she did the boiling water dip. Squirrels are made to come apart easily. Hmm... if you want a video...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c8OyexZ10E

    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 8 23:44:34 2025
    On 7/7/2025 10:34 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 7/7/2025 11:34 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 7/7/2025 5:47 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 7/7/2025 7:41 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <104hmni$35njl$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Freefall: Walking
    http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff4300/fc04240.htm

    My wife has never offered to catch a squirrel for me.

    But my dog has tried to catch many squirrels.

    And I have eaten squirrel with fried chicken a few times. My
    grandfather used to instruct us to come inside and notify him every >>>>> time
    we saw a squirrel on the roof. He always nailed it with his single >>>>> shot
    .22.

    Waste not, want not.

    Lynn


    My father was the youngest of 4 brothers, so he always had to clean the >>>> squirrels and so never hunted after they lost the power to make him
    do it.

    Which is why he never taught me..

    My grandmother could strip and clean a squirrel in 15 seconds. And
    throw it in the skillet with the frying chicken.

    Video or it didn't happen! :P

    No videos in the 1960s in my grandparents house.

    I am old.

    So am I and I still remember one of my grandfathers telling the story of
    going to school walking uphill both ways. ;)

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Jul 9 04:27:04 2025
    On 7/8/2025 7:17 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    In article <104ialu$3ct82$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 7/7/2025 11:34 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 7/7/2025 5:47 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    My grandmother could strip and clean a squirrel in 15 seconds. And
    throw it in the skillet with the frying chicken.

    Video or it didn't happen! :P

    No videos in the 1960s in my grandparents house.

    I am old.

    I can believe it especially if she did the boiling water dip. Squirrels are made to come apart easily. Hmm... if you want a video...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c8OyexZ10E

    --scott

    Paring knife that she used to cut everything up in a huge farmer's sink
    (one big well).

    Lynn


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