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  Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 21:58 -0400
    Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-10-11 04:10 +0000
      Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 20:29 -0400
        Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 19:46 -0500
          Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 22:27 -0400
            Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-10-12 02:38 +0000
              Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 23:03 -0400
              Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 23:13 -0400
              Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-10-12 13:21 -0500
                Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-10-12 11:37 -0700
                  Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-13 10:07 -0500
                    Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-10-16 21:31 -0700
                Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-10-12 18:45 +0000
            Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-10-11 22:55 -0700
              Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-12 19:55 -0400
                Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-10-13 01:41 +0000
                  Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-12 23:48 -0400
                    Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-10-13 04:38 +0000
                      Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-13 09:39 -0400
                        Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-10-13 14:12 +0000
                        Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice mvp@web1.calweb.com (Mike Van Pelt) - 2018-10-15 22:26 +0000
                          Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-15 21:05 -0400
                          Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-10-16 01:45 +0000
                            Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-15 23:41 -0400
                Re: Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-10-13 05:53 -0700

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#500109 — Honor Harrington and the Aeslin Mice

Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
enemies that they screwed up real bad.

So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
Novel", which opens with “I really don’t think you should put your
hand inside the manticore, dear. You don’t know where it’s been.” 

I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
mess.

Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
enemies of Manticore.

OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".

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#500121

In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
>action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
>and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>
>So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>Novel", which opens with “I really don’t think you should put your
>hand inside the manticore, dear. You don’t know where it’s been.” 
>
>I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>mess.
>
>Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
>the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>enemies of Manticore.
>
>OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".

The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
But you knew that.  I don't know how the Healy/Price clan go
about protecting their Mice (who are, note, a seriously
endangered species) from cats.  Perhaps they get their cats in as
kittens and teach them that the Mice are their friends?  I have
seen pictures of cats cuddling up to gerbils, guinea pigs, and
parakeets.  Not to mention innumerable dogs and cats cuddling up
to each other.  It's all in how one is brought up.

ObCats-and-Mice: Breaking Cat News, in which the cats outnumber
the People, and which features five Robber Mice who eventually
reform.  

The artist rebooted the series from start a year or so ago, and has
been re-using some material.  The Robber Mice have not shown up
yet.  Here's the current strip, from which you can go back to the
beginning if you like:

https://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news

And here's the original site, starting at the beginning:

http://www.breakingcatnews.com/comic/everything-is-broken/

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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#500227

On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
Heydt) wrote:

>In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
>>action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
>>and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>>enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>>
>>So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>>Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>>hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>>
>>I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>>laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>>mess.
>>
>>Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>>The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
>>the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>>enemies of Manticore.
>>
>>OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>>can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>>treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>>to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>
>The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>But you knew that. 

Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
cat.

> I don't know how the Healy/Price clan go
>about protecting their Mice (who are, note, a seriously
>endangered species) from cats.  Perhaps they get their cats in as
>kittens and teach them that the Mice are their friends?  I have
>seen pictures of cats cuddling up to gerbils, guinea pigs, and
>parakeets.  Not to mention innumerable dogs and cats cuddling up
>to each other.  It's all in how one is brought up.
>
>ObCats-and-Mice: Breaking Cat News, in which the cats outnumber
>the People, and which features five Robber Mice who eventually
>reform.  
>
>The artist rebooted the series from start a year or so ago, and has
>been re-using some material.  The Robber Mice have not shown up
>yet.  Here's the current strip, from which you can go back to the
>beginning if you like:
>
>https://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news
>
>And here's the original site, starting at the beginning:
>
>http://www.breakingcatnews.com/comic/everything-is-broken/

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#500232

On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
> Heydt) wrote:
> 
>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>>>
>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>>>
>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>>> mess.
>>>
>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>>> enemies of Manticore.
>>>
>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>>
>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>> But you knew that.
> 
> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
> cat.
...

Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor 
and have spears.
    http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php

Lynn

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#500243

On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:46:12 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>> Heydt) wrote:
>> 
>>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
>>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
>>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>>>>
>>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>>>>
>>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>>>> mess.
>>>>
>>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
>>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>>>> enemies of Manticore.
>>>>
>>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>>>
>>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>>> But you knew that.
>> 
>> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
>> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
>> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
>> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
>> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
>> cat.
>...
>
>Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor 
>and have spears.
>    http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php

Yes, that was part of the description.  I don't think that it would
help when dealing with a treecat armed with Manticoran military
weapons.
>
>Lynn
>
>

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#500248

In article <3j10sdla51qtm3eu51sc4l24l66pu34g0d@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:46:12 -0500, Lynn McGuire
><lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>> Heydt) wrote:
>>> 
>>>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>>>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
>>>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
>>>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>>>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>>>>>
>>>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>>>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>>>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>>>>>
>>>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>>>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>>>>> mess.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>>>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
>>>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>>>>> enemies of Manticore.
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>>>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>>>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>>>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>>>>
>>>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>>>> But you knew that.
>>> 
>>> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
>>> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
>>> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
>>> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
>>> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
>>> cat.
>>...
>>
>>Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor 
>>and have spears.
>>    http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php
>
>Yes, that was part of the description.  I don't think that it would
>help when dealing with a treecat armed with Manticoran military
>weapons.

No, but it would give an ordinary _Felis domesticus_ paw^h^h^hpause.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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#500249

On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 02:38:15 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
Heydt) wrote:

>In article <3j10sdla51qtm3eu51sc4l24l66pu34g0d@4ax.com>,
>J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:46:12 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>><lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>>> Heydt) wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>>>>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
>>>>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
>>>>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>>>>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>>>>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>>>>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>>>>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>>>>>> mess.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>>>>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
>>>>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>>>>>> enemies of Manticore.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>>>>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>>>>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>>>>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>>>>>
>>>>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>>>>> But you knew that.
>>>> 
>>>> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
>>>> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
>>>> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
>>>> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
>>>> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
>>>> cat.
>>>...
>>>
>>>Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor 
>>>and have spears.
>>>    http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php
>>
>>Yes, that was part of the description.  I don't think that it would
>>help when dealing with a treecat armed with Manticoran military
>>weapons.
>
>No, but it would give an ordinary _Felis domesticus_ paw^h^h^hpause.

That's my point--the cat was being used as a threatened disciplinary
measure.  I think that Nimitz would be a more effective threatened
disciplinary measure, however when a joke has had this much
explanation it ceases to be worth the effort.

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#500252

On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 02:38:15 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
Heydt) wrote:

>In article <3j10sdla51qtm3eu51sc4l24l66pu34g0d@4ax.com>,
>J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:46:12 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>><lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>>> Heydt) wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>>>>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
>>>>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
>>>>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>>>>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>>>>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>>>>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>>>>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>>>>>> mess.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>>>>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
>>>>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>>>>>> enemies of Manticore.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>>>>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>>>>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>>>>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>>>>>
>>>>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>>>>> But you knew that.
>>>> 
>>>> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
>>>> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
>>>> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
>>>> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
>>>> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
>>>> cat.
>>>...
>>>
>>>Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor 
>>>and have spears.
>>>    http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php
>>
>>Yes, that was part of the description.  I don't think that it would
>>help when dealing with a treecat armed with Manticoran military
>>weapons.
>
>No, but it would give an ordinary _Felis domesticus_ paw^h^h^hpause.

Only rumors but still
Enough to give pause
to anyone with paws
Something bad is happening in Oz . . .
                          
              -- Steven Schwartz, "Something Bad", from "Wicked"

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#500286

On 10/11/2018 9:38 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <3j10sdla51qtm3eu51sc4l24l66pu34g0d@4ax.com>,
> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:46:12 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>>> Heydt) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>>>>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
>>>>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
>>>>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>>>>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>>>>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>>>>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>>>>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>>>>>> mess.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>>>>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
>>>>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>>>>>> enemies of Manticore.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>>>>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>>>>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>>>>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>>>>>
>>>>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>>>>> But you knew that.
>>>>
>>>> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
>>>> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
>>>> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
>>>> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
>>>> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
>>>> cat.
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor
>>> and have spears.
>>>     http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php
>>
>> Yes, that was part of the description.  I don't think that it would
>> help when dealing with a treecat armed with Manticoran military
>> weapons.
> 
> No, but it would give an ordinary _Felis domesticus_ paw^h^h^hpause.

I see what you did there.

Lynn

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#500289

On 10/12/2018 11:21 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 10/11/2018 9:38 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <3j10sdla51qtm3eu51sc4l24l66pu34g0d@4ax.com>,
>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:46:12 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>>>> Heydt) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>>>>>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had 
>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again 
>>>>>>> thousands
>>>>>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>>>>>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>>>>>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>>>>>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>>>>>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>>>>>>> mess.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>>>>>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten 
>>>>>>> hammered in
>>>>>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>>>>>>> enemies of Manticore.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>>>>>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>>>>>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>>>>>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>>>>>> But you knew that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
>>>>> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
>>>>> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
>>>>> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
>>>>> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
>>>>> cat.
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor
>>>> and have spears.
>>>>     http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php
>>>
>>> Yes, that was part of the description.  I don't think that it would
>>> help when dealing with a treecat armed with Manticoran military
>>> weapons.
>>
>> No, but it would give an ordinary _Felis domesticus_ paw^h^h^hpause.
> 
> I see what you did there.
> 
I'm holding out for the story of Honor Harrington AS an Aeslin Mouse.


-- 
Inquiring minds want to know while minds with a self-preservation 
instinct are running screaming.

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#500397

On 2018-10-12, Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

[snippage ensues, because probably some folks are allergic to that much quoting]

> I'm holding out for the story of Honor Harrington AS an Aeslin Mouse.

... is this one of those things I never knew I wanted?

Dave, poking it experimentally with a pipe cleaner
-- 
\/David	DeLaney	posting	thru EarthLink - "It's not the pot that	grows the flower
It's not the clock that	slows the hour 	The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is	all it takes to	make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE	HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
my gatekeeper archives are no longer accessible	:( / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.

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#500795

On Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 11:07:48 AM UTC-4, David DeLaney wrote:
> On 2018-10-12, Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> 
> [snippage ensues, because probably some folks are allergic to that much quoting]
> 
> > I'm holding out for the story of Honor Harrington AS an Aeslin Mouse.
> 
> ... is this one of those things I never knew I wanted?
> 
> Dave, poking it experimentally with a pipe cleaner

Hey, if Walt Simonson could turn The Mighty Thor into a frog,
and get a decent story...

One fan saw it as an homage to the Greek:  

"Battle of Frogs and Mice"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batrachomyomachia

ObFandom: Simonson's STAR SLAMMERS artwork began as a part
of the eventually successful DisCon II bid by WSFA.

Kevin R

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#500293

In article <ppqoo7$lii$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 10/11/2018 9:38 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <3j10sdla51qtm3eu51sc4l24l66pu34g0d@4ax.com>,
>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:46:12 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>>>> Heydt) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>>>>>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
>>>>>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
>>>>>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>>>>>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>>>>>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>>>>>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>>>>>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>>>>>>> mess.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>>>>>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
>>>>>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>>>>>>> enemies of Manticore.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>>>>>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>>>>>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>>>>>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>>>>>> But you knew that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
>>>>> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
>>>>> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
>>>>> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
>>>>> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
>>>>> cat.
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor
>>>> and have spears.
>>>>     http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php
>>>
>>> Yes, that was part of the description.  I don't think that it would
>>> help when dealing with a treecat armed with Manticoran military
>>> weapons.
>> 
>> No, but it would give an ordinary _Felis domesticus_ paw^h^h^hpause.
>
>I see what you did there.

That was the intention.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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#500259

On Friday, 12 October 2018 03:27:24 UTC+1, J. Clarke  wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:46:12 -0500, Lynn McGuire
> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> >> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
> >> Heydt) wrote:
> >> 
> >>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
> >>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
> >>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
> >>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
> >>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
> >>>>
> >>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
> >>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
> >>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
> >>>>
> >>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
> >>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
> >>>> mess.
> >>>>
> >>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
> >>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
> >>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
> >>>> enemies of Manticore.
> >>>>
> >>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
> >>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
> >>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
> >>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
> >>>
> >>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
> >>> But you knew that.
> >> 
> >> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
> >> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
> >> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
> >> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
> >> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
> >> cat.
> >...
> >
> >Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor 
> >and have spears.
> >    http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php
> 
> Yes, that was part of the description.  I don't think that it would
> help when dealing with a treecat armed with Manticoran military
> weapons.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablative_armor> - hmm, that's mainly
for spaceships for some reason.  (And, not in Star Wars?  I suppose
that's what a lightsaber is for.)

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#500324

On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:55:17 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
<rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:

>On Friday, 12 October 2018 03:27:24 UTC+1, J. Clarke  wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:46:12 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> >On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>> >> Heydt) wrote:
>> >> 
>> >>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>> >>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
>> >>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
>> >>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>> >>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>> >>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>> >>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>> >>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>> >>>> mess.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>> >>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
>> >>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>> >>>> enemies of Manticore.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>> >>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>> >>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>> >>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>> >>>
>> >>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>> >>> But you knew that.
>> >> 
>> >> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
>> >> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
>> >> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
>> >> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
>> >> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
>> >> cat.
>> >...
>> >
>> >Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor 
>> >and have spears.
>> >    http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php
>> 
>> Yes, that was part of the description.  I don't think that it would
>> help when dealing with a treecat armed with Manticoran military
>> weapons.
>
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablative_armor> - hmm, that's mainly
>for spaceships for some reason.  (And, not in Star Wars?  I suppose
>that's what a lightsaber is for.)

Putting a word in front of "armor" doesn't make the armor magic.  I
doubt that any armore that can be carried by a mouse would be
effective against a weapon that can kill an armored human.

Ablative armor works by sacrificing itself.  The major use is
heat-shields where the time interval over which it needs to function
can be well-defined.

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#500336

In article <7tc2sdha4mb9i5n75epat87fevbcr3u676@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:55:17 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
><rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>
>>On Friday, 12 October 2018 03:27:24 UTC+1, J. Clarke  wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:46:12 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> >On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>> >> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>> >> Heydt) wrote:
>>> >> 
>>> >>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>>> >>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
>>> >>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
>>> >>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>>> >>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>>> >>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>>> >>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>>> >>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>>> >>>> mess.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>>> >>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
>>> >>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>>> >>>> enemies of Manticore.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>>> >>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>>> >>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>>> >>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>>> >>> But you knew that.
>>> >> 
>>> >> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
>>> >> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
>>> >> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
>>> >> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
>>> >> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
>>> >> cat.
>>> >...
>>> >
>>> >Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor 
>>> >and have spears.
>>> >    http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php
>>> 
>>> Yes, that was part of the description.  I don't think that it would
>>> help when dealing with a treecat armed with Manticoran military
>>> weapons.
>>
>><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablative_armor> - hmm, that's mainly
>>for spaceships for some reason.  (And, not in Star Wars?  I suppose
>>that's what a lightsaber is for.)
>
>Putting a word in front of "armor" doesn't make the armor magic.  I
>doubt that any armore that can be carried by a mouse would be
>effective against a weapon that can kill an armored human.

No.  But it could make a cat* think twice about attacking the
armed and armoured mouse.

_____
* With the exception of some of the brain-damaged cats who have
lived with James.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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#500346

On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 01:41:02 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
Heydt) wrote:

>In article <7tc2sdha4mb9i5n75epat87fevbcr3u676@4ax.com>,
>J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:55:17 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
>><rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Friday, 12 October 2018 03:27:24 UTC+1, J. Clarke  wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:46:12 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> >On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>> >> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>>> >> Heydt) wrote:
>>>> >> 
>>>> >>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>>>> >>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
>>>> >>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
>>>> >>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>>>> >>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>>>> >>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>>>> >>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>>>> >>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>>>> >>>> mess.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>>>> >>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
>>>> >>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>>>> >>>> enemies of Manticore.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>>>> >>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>>>> >>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>>>> >>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>>>> >>> But you knew that.
>>>> >> 
>>>> >> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
>>>> >> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
>>>> >> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
>>>> >> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
>>>> >> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
>>>> >> cat.
>>>> >...
>>>> >
>>>> >Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor 
>>>> >and have spears.
>>>> >    http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, that was part of the description.  I don't think that it would
>>>> help when dealing with a treecat armed with Manticoran military
>>>> weapons.
>>>
>>><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablative_armor> - hmm, that's mainly
>>>for spaceships for some reason.  (And, not in Star Wars?  I suppose
>>>that's what a lightsaber is for.)
>>
>>Putting a word in front of "armor" doesn't make the armor magic.  I
>>doubt that any armore that can be carried by a mouse would be
>>effective against a weapon that can kill an armored human.
>
>No.  But it could make a cat* think twice about attacking the
>armed and armoured mouse.
>
>_____
>* With the exception of some of the brain-damaged cats who have
>lived with James.

And Honor Harrington's cat, which has successfully attacked armed
humans on several occasions. And that was _before_ he started packing
heat.

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#500350

In article <vmq2sdpaea4gqu12ep03i6vr02vll1biuc@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 01:41:02 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>Heydt) wrote:
>
>>In article <7tc2sdha4mb9i5n75epat87fevbcr3u676@4ax.com>,
>>J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:55:17 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
>>><rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Friday, 12 October 2018 03:27:24 UTC+1, J. Clarke  wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:46:12 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>>>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> >On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>> >> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>>>> >> Heydt) wrote:
>>>>> >> 
>>>>> >>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>>>>> >>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
>>>>> >>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
>>>>> >>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>>>>> >>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>>>>> >>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>>>>> >>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>>>>> >>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>>>>> >>>> mess.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>>>>> >>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
>>>>> >>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>>>>> >>>> enemies of Manticore.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>>>>> >>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>>>>> >>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>>>>> >>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>>>>> >>> But you knew that.
>>>>> >> 
>>>>> >> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
>>>>> >> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
>>>>> >> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
>>>>> >> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
>>>>> >> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
>>>>> >> cat.
>>>>> >...
>>>>> >
>>>>> >Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor 
>>>>> >and have spears.
>>>>> >    http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, that was part of the description.  I don't think that it would
>>>>> help when dealing with a treecat armed with Manticoran military
>>>>> weapons.
>>>>
>>>><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablative_armor> - hmm, that's mainly
>>>>for spaceships for some reason.  (And, not in Star Wars?  I suppose
>>>>that's what a lightsaber is for.)
>>>
>>>Putting a word in front of "armor" doesn't make the armor magic.  I
>>>doubt that any armore that can be carried by a mouse would be
>>>effective against a weapon that can kill an armored human.
>>
>>No.  But it could make a cat* think twice about attacking the
>>armed and armoured mouse.
>>
>>_____
>>* With the exception of some of the brain-damaged cats who have
>>lived with James.
>
>And Honor Harrington's cat, which has successfully attacked armed
>humans on several occasions. And that was _before_ he started packing
>heat.

From everything I know about her treecat, which is damn little,
it has more paws and more intelligence.  It would attack an armed
human because it knew it could take one out.  The brain-damaged
cat would attack an armed human because it didn't know any
better.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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#500386

On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 04:38:39 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
Heydt) wrote:

>In article <vmq2sdpaea4gqu12ep03i6vr02vll1biuc@4ax.com>,
>J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 01:41:02 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>Heydt) wrote:
>>
>>>In article <7tc2sdha4mb9i5n75epat87fevbcr3u676@4ax.com>,
>>>J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:55:17 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
>>>><rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Friday, 12 October 2018 03:27:24 UTC+1, J. Clarke  wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:46:12 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>>>>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> >On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>>> >> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>>>>> >> Heydt) wrote:
>>>>>> >> 
>>>>>> >>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>>>>>> >>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber finally had some
>>>>>> >>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again thousands
>>>>>> >>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>>>>>> >>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>>>>>> >>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>>>>>> >>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>>>>>> >>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>>>>>> >>>> mess.
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>>>>>> >>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten hammered in
>>>>>> >>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>>>>>> >>>> enemies of Manticore.
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>>>>>> >>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>>>>>> >>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>>>>>> >>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>>>>>> >>> But you knew that.
>>>>>> >> 
>>>>>> >> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
>>>>>> >> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
>>>>>> >> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
>>>>>> >> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
>>>>>> >> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
>>>>>> >> cat.
>>>>>> >...
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor 
>>>>>> >and have spears.
>>>>>> >    http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yes, that was part of the description.  I don't think that it would
>>>>>> help when dealing with a treecat armed with Manticoran military
>>>>>> weapons.
>>>>>
>>>>><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablative_armor> - hmm, that's mainly
>>>>>for spaceships for some reason.  (And, not in Star Wars?  I suppose
>>>>>that's what a lightsaber is for.)
>>>>
>>>>Putting a word in front of "armor" doesn't make the armor magic.  I
>>>>doubt that any armore that can be carried by a mouse would be
>>>>effective against a weapon that can kill an armored human.
>>>
>>>No.  But it could make a cat* think twice about attacking the
>>>armed and armoured mouse.
>>>
>>>_____
>>>* With the exception of some of the brain-damaged cats who have
>>>lived with James.
>>
>>And Honor Harrington's cat, which has successfully attacked armed
>>humans on several occasions. And that was _before_ he started packing
>>heat.
>
>From everything I know about her treecat, which is damn little,
>it has more paws and more intelligence.  It would attack an armed
>human because it knew it could take one out.  The brain-damaged
>cat would attack an armed human because it didn't know any
>better.

Can't argue with any of that.  Reminds of a cat I knew.  There was one
person on Earth who that cat loved and who could submit it to all
manner of indignities.  Anybody else seeing it coming would cross the
street to avoid getting in attack range.

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In article <67t3sdtu01km9nt8ojehua3od12bai21i1@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 04:38:39 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>Heydt) wrote:
>
>>In article <vmq2sdpaea4gqu12ep03i6vr02vll1biuc@4ax.com>,
>>J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 01:41:02 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>>Heydt) wrote:
>>>
>>>>In article <7tc2sdha4mb9i5n75epat87fevbcr3u676@4ax.com>,
>>>>J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:55:17 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
>>>>><rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Friday, 12 October 2018 03:27:24 UTC+1, J. Clarke  wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:46:12 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>>>>>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> >On 10/11/2018 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>>>> >> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:10:27 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>>>>>> >> Heydt) wrote:
>>>>>>> >> 
>>>>>>> >>> In article <tlatrdprsgk298av6gi55f9j4330vbji7d@4ax.com>,
>>>>>>> >>> J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>> Finished up "Uncompromising Honor" last night.  Weber
>finally had some
>>>>>>> >>>> action on the various wars that are in progress.  Once again
>thousands
>>>>>>> >>>> and thousands of multiple drive missiles make clear to the Queen's
>>>>>>> >>>> enemies that they screwed up real bad.
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> So over dinner tonight I started "Discount Armageddon, An InCryptid
>>>>>>> >>>> Novel", which opens with ? really don? think you should put your
>>>>>>> >>>> hand inside the manticore, dear. You don? know where it? been.?
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> I sprayed soda all over everything and then nearly choked to death
>>>>>>> >>>> laughing.  Left the waitress a big tip for having to clean up the
>>>>>>> >>>> mess.
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> Good advice for The People's Republic of Haven, The Mesan Alignment,
>>>>>>> >>>> The Solarian League, and I forget who all else has gotten
>hammered in
>>>>>>> >>>> the 25 years that Honor Harrington has been rampaging through the
>>>>>>> >>>> enemies of Manticore.
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> OK, the Aeslin Mice don't figure much in the above remarks, but I
>>>>>>> >>>> can't help thinking that "Keep that up and I'll get a pulser-armed
>>>>>>> >>>> treecat" (Stinker learns to shoot in this one) is a more dire threat
>>>>>>> >>>> to the Aeslin Mice than "Keep that up and I'll get a cat".
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> The dire threat to the Aeslin Mice is the Covenant of St. George.
>>>>>>> >>> But you knew that.
>>>>>>> >> 
>>>>>>> >> Actually I didn't.  I am about 20 pages into my first encounter with
>>>>>>> >> them and so far they have created sufficient chaos for their roomate
>>>>>>> >> that she has threatened to obtain a cat, which is not to be used as a
>>>>>>> >> burnt offering.  Thus the notion of Nimitz with pulser.  Much less
>>>>>>> >> likely to be successfully used as a burnt offering than an ordinary
>>>>>>> >> cat.
>>>>>>> >...
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >Does your book have the pictures of the Aeslin mice ?  They wear armor 
>>>>>>> >and have spears.
>>>>>>> >    http://seananmcguire.com/fgaeslinmice.php
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Yes, that was part of the description.  I don't think that it would
>>>>>>> help when dealing with a treecat armed with Manticoran military
>>>>>>> weapons.
>>>>>>
>>>>>><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablative_armor> - hmm, that's mainly
>>>>>>for spaceships for some reason.  (And, not in Star Wars?  I suppose
>>>>>>that's what a lightsaber is for.)
>>>>>
>>>>>Putting a word in front of "armor" doesn't make the armor magic.  I
>>>>>doubt that any armore that can be carried by a mouse would be
>>>>>effective against a weapon that can kill an armored human.
>>>>
>>>>No.  But it could make a cat* think twice about attacking the
>>>>armed and armoured mouse.
>>>>
>>>>_____
>>>>* With the exception of some of the brain-damaged cats who have
>>>>lived with James.
>>>
>>>And Honor Harrington's cat, which has successfully attacked armed
>>>humans on several occasions. And that was _before_ he started packing
>>>heat.
>>
>>From everything I know about her treecat, which is damn little,
>>it has more paws and more intelligence.  It would attack an armed
>>human because it knew it could take one out.  The brain-damaged
>>cat would attack an armed human because it didn't know any
>>better.
>
>Can't argue with any of that.  Reminds of a cat I knew.  There was one
>person on Earth who that cat loved and who could submit it to all
>manner of indignities.  Anybody else seeing it coming would cross the
>street to avoid getting in attack range.

Gosh.  Reminds me of somebody who used to post on USENET (no
names).  I once said of him, "He is the neighborhood pit bull,
who if he sees me will savage me."  I would never have compared
him to a cat.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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