Hi Janet: How are you? Good! Well, you knew I would have to post to the Rat. Now, I had a rat named Vinnie. He was an albino rat and I found him at the local pet shop. They were going to feed him to the snake of which I couldn't stand. So, for $1.98, this baby, pitiful looking rat, hairless became him. He was named Vinnie for the Godfather, Don Vinnie, he had the full cheeks. Well, I had Vinnie for quite a while. Of all my pets, he was the cleanest. He kept himself immaculate, bathing all the time. He kept his cage clean as a "Whistle" (I don't know how clean a whistle is). I never really smelled his cage, but the Hamster was a different story, and the Cat Litter box, the Hedgehog pen. Why even the dogs, had a musky smell after sleeping. But as far as the rat goes, there was no smell. Sorry, I have done the research. But maybe Ken has a word or two. Oh yeah, I being one of the newly dx Diabetic, I have a Blood Sugar meter. It is a On Touch Basic. I was having an extremely tough time making sure that drop of blood got into the circle on the Test Strip. Well, they traded my monitor in on a SureStep. With this monitor, all I have to do is swipe the drop of blood of the test area, pink about 1/4 - 1/2 inch area to cover. It is wonderful that I don't have to tremor my way to getting the right position. With this I hold the strip in my hand and swipe not in the machine. GREAT THINGS FOR PD AND ME. And this to Hans and Ken. I have almost gotten the scanner working. I worked out the bugs and now I came up with this thought, I would like to share it with you: I Came I Saw I Chuckled. My philosophy. We take ourselves to serious sometimes. Laugh a little. TTFN Gina hugs to all [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[pd list]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] Anyway Janet, Vinnie always wore "Eau De Rodent"From Paris Sewer Co....