Random Announcements

[Giles]

Here you go mcl:

[mclaincausey]

faints

[Winchy]

Please excuse the delayed response, this parenthood thing is pretty time consuming! The three of us wanted to thank you all for the lovely messages we're having a blast getting to know each other and couldn't be happier.

[mclaincausey]

Happy Mardi Gras! Oh, to be in New Orleans right now…

[Friday]

Congrats winchy and family..

[Omega Man]

Oh Winchy, you have no idea of what you both are getting into… It's all good, enjoy it everyday and congrats.

[bagley920]

Haha Winchy, I think my post count cut in half when Liam came along

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[Chris]

Which is roughly analogous to the decrease in your sleep totals and disposable income…

[rocket]

for Seul:

needed to rescue this little one today….

[mclaincausey]

It looks like a chipmunk got knocked up by a pig!

[Seul]

I would've kept it…

[rocket]

I bet, it is in a good place now…. had to call the police to find someone that will take good care of it...

[pillowPANTS]

Wtf is that rocket? Def looks like a pigmunk MCL lol

[rocket]

European boar, they life wild around here

[jdl1279]

It a non domesticated (wild) pig, has no one ever seen a wild shoat? He's cute now, but this is what the guy will grow up to be, bad temperament and all. Cool find none the less, and glad you were able to help the little guy out.

[trail and arrow]

i rescued one years ago to. it was really angry and bit into everything in his reach.

[jdl1279]

Here in the states, cattlemen are known to put donkeys to pasture with their cows. The donkeys being naturally aggressive toward wild pigs, act as protection to calves because the pigs are known to kill and eat them. I can't imagine Euro pigs have any better disposition.

How'd the little guy tear his snout up Trail?

[rocket]

yeah, they can get very aggressive…

[mclaincausey]

Pigs are survivors. Which means they are complete assholes. True story.

[trail and arrow]

@jdl1279:

How'd the little guy tear his snout up Trail?

we found it in a cellar at "beelitz heilstätten*" which is really scary place nearby:

*Beelitz-Heilstätten,
a district of the town, is home to a large hospital complex of about 60 buildings including a cogeneration plant erected from 1898 on according to plans of architect Heino Schmieden. Originally designed as a sanatorium by the Berlin workers' health insurance corporation, the complex from the beginning of World War I on was a military hospital of the Imperial German Army.

In 1945, Beelitz-Heilstätten was occupied by Red Army forces, and the complex remained a Soviet military hospital until 1995, well after the German reunification. In December 1990 Erich Honecker was admitted to Beelitz-Heilstätten after being forced to resign as the head of the East German government.

Following the Soviet withdrawal, attempts were made to privatize the complex, but they were not entirely successful. Some sections of the hospital remain in operation as a neurological rehabilitation center and as a center for research and care for victims of Parkinsons disease. The remainder of the complex, including the surgery, the psychiatric ward, and a rifle range, was abandoned in 2000. As of 2007, none of the abandoned hospital buildings or the surrounding area were secured, giving the area the feel of a ghost town. This has made Beelitz-Heilstätten a destination for curious visitors and a film set for movies.