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Date Posted: 11:32:09 02/08/06 Wed
Author: Dennis
Author Host/IP: unio-cas1-cs-40.dial.bright.net / 209.143.16.170
Subject: Re: Boomers look a lot like flying squirrels
In reply to: S. Patterson 's message, "Re: Boomers look a lot like flying squirrels" on 15:10:55 02/07/06 Tue

You're right there are no wild kangaroos in North Carolina.
There may be some "Baby Boomers" that are pretty wild, and squirrelly looking, though...lol

>Yes, "boomers" is slang for a kangaroo. There are no
>kangaroos in N.C. being sold in the pet trade, as far
>as I know.Also slang for the offspring of wartime
>brides, a la "baby boomers" or "boomers", and I doubt
>that these are the animals for sale too.
>
>So this leaves us with, as I stated previously, red
>squirrels. "Boomers" is a nickname for red squirrels,
>as I previously stated. I don't undertand why the
>problem with it. I have heard them called boomers
>before. No mystery there.
>
>They look a hell of a lot more like a North American
>flying squirrel than a baby boomer or a kangaroo.
>
>And the Mount Graham red squirrel is on the US
>Endangered Species list.
>
>>>Must be the red squirrel she is referring to.
>>Red squirrel??
>>They don't look like a sfs....
>> I also thought boomers were kangaroos.

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