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In message <[log in to unmask]> Trefor wrote: > In a message dated 02/07/96 16:19:51, Hotch wrote: > > >(Coincidentally, I have always been impressed by how easily cats and > >dogs vomit - there they are, walking along, then, suddenly, wooomph! > >- bit like children, really) > > I am not that interested in my phone bill and my hard disc being used up by > musings on vomiting children and animals! Erk! Can't think of a sensible reply to that, bearing in mind the size of the message and the tiny cost involved, unless it's the *principle* under discussion. > Surely there is a newsgroup (alt.pets.vomit or alt.vomit.watch????) for this > sort of thing. There are, and I have also posted the query to these, but there are reasons for posting the message to GP-UK. > I know some of the threads are a bit tangential to general practice but > pleeease! 1) It is difficult enough on many newsgroups to get sensible replies to serious questions. [fx: holds up hands] I thought that GP-UKers might know something that would help. 2) It is possible that the post might generate some interesting sub-threads: other stories about sick pets, the interface between veterinary & human medicine, the fact that dogs (like ours) can be put on human doses of some antibiotics (eg metronidazole 400mg tds) without ill effects while an aspirin can kill a cat (or something like that), how we feel happy about putting down animals to put them out of their misery yet agonise in all media about euthanasia, etc. 3) I 'know' many regular posters on GP-UK and would trust, in general, their advice. I cannot say the same for many of the newsgroups out on which I hang. 4) I think that's enough justification. I'm sorry if I have offended you or your wallet. Send me a second-class stamp and I'll put a penny in the post for you. 5) :-) 6) Why am I always apologising? 7) Number six was a rhetorical question, OK? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%