Comments on: Poor little guy… http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2005/11/bat14nov05/ Schrodinger's tagline is both clever and banal at the same time Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Doris http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2005/11/bat14nov05/#comment-796 Doris Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:16:12 +0000 http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/?p=352#comment-796 Tch! Making light in the midst of tragedy! You’d make a good Englishman ;-)

]]> By: george.w http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2005/11/bat14nov05/#comment-795 george.w Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:53:06 +0000 http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/?p=352#comment-795

Doris said: “But really, are these for real: “ooga-booga virus and smirkitude of the left elbow”?”

You know, now that you mention it I may have them wrong.  I think it’s “smirkitude of the right elbow”.

Thanks for noticing… I do strive for accuracy!  ;-)

]]> By: Doris http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2005/11/bat14nov05/#comment-794 Doris Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:48:38 +0000 http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/?p=352#comment-794 Oh dear, sorry to hear that the little critter didn’t survive. You tried.

But really, are these for real: “ooga-booga virus and smirkitude of the left elbow”?

]]> By: george.w http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2005/11/bat14nov05/#comment-793 george.w Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:19:27 +0000 http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/?p=352#comment-793 Thank you, Bill!  Although I put him in a bush, it was not a high bush so, acting on your tip, I went back and found him.  It had begun to rain and he was lying in a forlorn heap on the ground, soaking wet, a victim of my lack of bat knowledge.

Right now he is hanging upside down from the fingertips of my left glove, in a large plastic container on my desk.  After I am satisfied he has warmed up and dried off, I will carry him outside and hang the glove up in the eaves of my garage in a protected spot.  Perhaps he will be able to fly away then.

Of course I Googled Bat care just now and found out that handling him can cause ooga-booga virus and smirkitude of the left elbow, but I have been very careful.  And I am not planning to use that glove again (I buy cotton work gloves in bulk packages).

Once again, hope he makes it.

BTW, I just went to your website, and – what a marvellous bit of organization that is!  From the concept-mapping homepage and main pages to the topical documentation tree under “Technology Tips – collection of blog entries” (done with Treepad Business edition… I already use the free version of Treepad) – go check it out, folks!

I am definitely upgrading to the business edition of Treepad.

UPDATE: 15 Nov – he didn’t make it.  I guess rescuing animals is a chancy business especially when you know as little as I do I felt bad about this but in the paper this morning was a story about a vetenarian who did surgery on a zoo lion. nursed it back to health for 5 weeks, only it died anyway..

]]> By: Bill http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/2005/11/bat14nov05/#comment-792 Bill Mon, 14 Nov 2005 22:29:10 +0000 http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/?p=352#comment-792 Just thought you’d like to know you did the right thing.  We found out (by talking with a rehabber) that bats can’t fly if they’re on the ground: that is, they need a point of departure that allows them to glide and get started. See this link (if it comes through as a link ;)

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