DEAR ABBY: I hope you can stand another story about the uses of pantyhose:
Three years ago I watched a bird building a nest in an evergreen tree outside our family room window. After a couple of windy days, I noticed the nest had tipped and the eggs had fallen out when a supporting branch broke.
I grabbed a pair of control-top pantyhose, tied the legs around the trunk of the tree and fastened the panty part to two small branches, forming a hammock for the nest to rest in.
I am happy to report that four dove families have used our pantyhose nest each year. And I have doves in my pantyhose as I write this. -- SALLY IN CLOVIS, CALIF.
DEAR SALLY: It's better than bats in your belfry or mice in your rice (to quote an old jingle I haven't heard in years!).