Not bird related

Claims letter

October 23, 2012

Mr. Larry Mickyson

Wal-Mart Supply Inc.

555 Butts Road

Pembroke Pines, FL 33089

Dear Mr. Larry Mickyson

On 07/09/2012, I bought a beverage container, order number P00K249 at your online store www.wal-mart.com.

Unfortunately, your beverage container has not performed well because is seems to have a leak. I am disappointed because the leak has ruined a new $35 table cloth. I have tried to prevent it from leaking with no success. To resolve the problem, I would appreciate your help in sending me full refund or replace the beverage container with another.

I look forward to your reply and a resolution to my problem. Please contact me at the above address or by phone at 954-555-9639.

Yours truly

Kevin Seay-Ekpeti

  Adjustment letter

Wal-Mart Supply Inc.

555 Butts Road

Pembroke Pines, FL 33089

(786)555-5555

Mr. Kevin Seay-Ekpeti

11968 NW 12TH ST

Pembroke Pines, FL 33388

Dear, Kevin Seay-Ekpeti

I was very unhappy to read your letter of October 23, 2012 informing me of the leak in the beverage container.  I would like to apologize for inconvince of our mistake.

I have sent already sent you a replacement container. I apologize for the ruined tablecloth. I realized that I cannot undo the damage to your tablecloth. We will be sending you a prepaid voucher to send back the beverage container.  As a token of our appreciation, we also want to include a $30 gift voucher that can be used at any product in our online store

We hope you accept our apologies and the corrections to our mistake.

Sincerely

Larry Mickyson

Generic Swimming Club

2077 Highland, Burley, ID 85463

208-555-1613

www.GSC.com

February 3, 2012

Ms. Lisa Buckwild

1903 Highland Avenue

Glenn Mills, NE 69032

Dear Ms.Buckwild,

Thanks you for writing us about your lost contact lens. I know how hard it can be to find a pair of contact lens once they have been lost, as I have lost many myself.

According to the letter you wrote, you lost your contact lens while swimming at the pool.

 As a valued club member I would replace your contacts lens, but all members signed a contract. The contract explicitly states that the management is not responsible for the loss of any personal possessions. It is on page 7 of your members’ handbook

We will try our best to locate it inside the pool, if possible. Please contact us if you have any other concerns or questions.

Sincerely yours,

Paul R. Blackwood, Manager

Customer Retaliations

Consumer Electronics

1620 Sunset Avenue

 Orlando, FL

254-437-3486

www.ConsumerElectronics.com

Dear Mr. Lowenth,

I’m sorry to inform you that the ad you inclosed in your letter was from five weeks after your purchase in our store. Our promotion is only acceptable a month from your purchase. Therefore we cannot accept it and refund your money.

However due to the ad being just after the cutoff date, we would like to offer you a free of charge 2GB USB flash drive. All that we ask of you is to pick it up at the store. Also, if you were misinformed about our ad promotion by an employee at the store, we would gladly give you a refund. Thank you for understanding and sorry for any inconveniences. If you have any other concerns please don’t hesitate to reply directly to me.

Sincerely,

David Seay, Manager

 

Bird Maintenance: Wings

                                     Bird Maintenance: Wings

Materials:

-Scissors

-Towel

-Quick Stop Blood Stopper

Directions: 

Using a towel capture the bird as quickly as possible to minimize its stress. Take care not to apply pressure to the bird’s chest as birds do not have diaphragms, so their breathing can be seriously restrained if chest expansion is restricted. Gently extend the wing open out of the towel making sure to keep his face covered.

When clipping wings, you only trim the primary feathers. Starting from the tip of the wing and moving in toward the body, the primary flight feathers will be the first group of long feathers on the underside of the wing. On the top of the wing, you’ll see a set of smaller, overlapping feathers above the primary flight feathers. This group of feathers, the primary flight covert, will serve as a guideline for where to snip the primary flight feathers. Also, when clipping, work quickly and carefully to avoid stress on the bird. You may also want to talk softly to it to keep it calm.

You must be very careful not to cut any blood feathers. Blood feathers are newly formed feathers still in their sheaths and if they are cut will bleed and can kill your bird. If a blood feather is ever cut, you must quickly apply quick stop to stop the bleeding.

Now, repeat the procedure on the other wing. Be sure to cut an equal number of feathers on each wing so the bird will maintain equilibrium. The purpose of trimming the wings is to prohibit flight, but you still want the bird to be able to glide to the floor in case they ever fall. Never cut only one wing. This will cause poor balance and control and your bird may harm itself trying to fly.

How Do Birds Mate?

During breeding season in response to the hormones, the male's reproductive organs become several hundred times larger than normal to produce sperm, with the left reproductive organ usually larger. The female bird’s reproductive organs also enlarge during breeding season to produce the ovum. Usually in Females, only the left reproductive organ is functional. 

In birds, an egg is fertilized in the female bird's oviduct by a seed cell from the male bird. Once fertilized, the sperm becomes the nucleus of the egg. The egg, that has its own food source, the yolk, will be laid by the female into her nest, incubated, and then the baby bird will hatch.

But how does the sperm from the male bird get into the female? How can they have intercourse without any external male organs, such as a penis? The male's sperm, produced in the testes, passes to reproductive organs. The female bird unfans her tail, moves it to one side while the male climbs up onto her back or gets close to her. Their cloaca’s are pressed together and the seed moves from the male to the female. This act is called a cloacal kiss.

The seed is stored by the female for at least a week, in some species over a hundred days. Then as each egg from the reproductive organs moves, it gets fertilized with the stored sperm, producing a clutch of many eggs, all with the seed from that one cloacal kiss.

There are a few species of birds where the males do possess a retractable penis that can be pulled back into the bird. These birds include ostriches, cassowaries, kiwis, swans, geese, and ducks. Since waterfowl sometimes make love while in the lake or pond, the penis helps ensure that the seed is not washed away by the water.

Seed can be transferred from male cloaca to the female in a blink of an eye or less than a second. Some birds seem to want to linger longer though, sometimes having sex for more than an hour! And, although it is not necessary to copulate frequently since the seed is stored within the female, remember those hormones are still making the birds excited. Many pairs of birds will mate numerous times within a few days.

Cloaca- The posterior opening which serves as the following, intestinal, Reproductive and unitary tract of most birds, this is where all waste matter is discharged from (poop)and all copulation occurs when male and female put them together, It is found on the underside of the bird below the tail and slightly above and in between the legs.

Oviduct- The tube through which an ovum or egg passes from an ovary.

Waterfowl- Ducks, geese, or other large aquatic birds.

Incubate- To keep egss at a suitable temperature so that they develop.