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On St. Patrick’s Day we all get an “O”<\/p><\/div>\n
Did You Know”\u00a0When threatened or harmed, they will “play possum”, mimicking the appearance and smell of a sick or dead animal. This physiological response is involuntary (like fainting), rather than a conscious act. In the case of baby opossums, however, the brain does not always react this way at the appropriate moment, and therefore they often fail to “play dead” when threatened. When an opossum is “playing possum”, the animal’s lips are drawn back, the teeth are bared, saliva foams around the mouth, the eyes close or half-close, and a foul-smelling fluid is secreted from the anal glands. The stiff, curled form can be prodded, turned over, and even carried away without reaction. The animal will typically regain consciousness after a period of a few minutes to four hours, a process that begins with slight twitching of the ears.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n It’s Saturday and St. Patrick’s Day! We were lazy today and didn’t even fix corned beef and cabbage… First time in twenty plus years!\u00a0 However, we have the fixin’s so in the next couple of days the house will smell like corned beef!\u00a0 Yeah!<\/p>\n We talked to Jonathan (our 29 year old grandson) and he is out of the hospital and resting at home after a bout with the appendix and some minor complications.\u00a0 He had three feet of snow so again, even-though California is full of hair-brained leftist whacko’s we are glad we are here.<\/p>\n In the afternoon Paul got his new desk organized (the one made from two filing cabinets and a LARGE piece of 1\/2″ glass).\u00a0 Looks pretty good and sure works well.<\/p>\n We had Greek left-overs for a late brunch as we are going to Starlighters this evening in our formal attire.\u00a0 We departed for the Yorba Linda Country Club at 5:40 for a 6:30 dance and arrived with 5 minutes to spare!\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 Zero traffic!\u00a0 Perhaps everyone was in the local bar?<\/p>\n We had a great time this evening and enjoy being with our friends.\u00a0\u00a0 Holly and Bill are an amazing couple who join us in Catalina for the Avalon Ball and are also enjoying retirement!\u00a0 Holly always says “Swinging And Swearing” when the four of us attempt to play golf…\u00a0 Our scores are not great but we laugh so hard we are in tears!<\/p>\n “Swinging And Swearing”<\/p><\/div>\n We had MPG this evening and they are always fantastic.\u00a0 The house was not quite full as several members probably went “bar hopping” after all it is St. Patrick’s Day!<\/p>\n Decked out in our best bib and tucker!<\/p><\/div>\n We headed home about 10:30 PM a little ahead of the crowds as we wanted to take our time and avoid the wild drivers.\u00a0 It is great when one drinks non-alcoholic wine because calories and “buzzy-ness” go away!<\/p>\n Yes… We did watch Grey’s Anatomy before hitting the sack.\u00a0 We are getting caught up with the current releases so we are sneaking up on the time when we have to stop and make recordings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s St. Patrick’s day and that makes it easy to determine what kind of possum you are dealiong with! Did You Know”\u00a0When threatened or harmed, they will “play possum”, mimicking the appearance and smell of a sick or dead animal. … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-17-starlighters-003.jpg\")
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