Topic: BACK IN THE WORK MODE (Read 55764 times)

Matthew · « **Reply #210 on:** September 02, 2008, 12:57:35 PM »

TOD - we had a few dogs growing up. All of which were "status" for my step-father, who liked to have his dog, but didn't like to take care of them. We loved the dogs, but he didn't seem to want anything to do with them, just lock them in a cage, but he had a dog, so that's what mattered. That alone turned me off to dogs.

We attempted cats growing up, but that was disastrous also.

In 1992, I adopted a cat named Smokey. Smokey had many MANY lives and we were always amazed that he survived the outside world as he did. He was a great cat. He left us in 2006. He had a great life.

Also, in 1998, I decided it would be fun to have an iguana as a pet. My partner at the time had one, and it seemed like a good idea to have a second one. I named him Kyle (yes, the iguana) Well the relationship (with the partner) didn't last, but I kept Kyle a few more years. I ended up passing him on to a science teacher. I'm not sure what happened after that.

Nowadays, it's all about Otto, the mini-schnauzer, who is definitely one of the family. The DP has always had a schnauzer as they have hair and not fur, as the DP is allergic. Everybody loves Otto, especially his Dads. In fact, they would go as far as buying a house with a HUGE backyard for him to play in. What Otto doesn't know, is that we are expecting to adopt his yet-to-be-born nephew at the beginning of the year. So he'll have to share his yard (or whatever he has at that moment).

MBarnum · « **Reply #211 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:03:11 PM »

Wonderful pet stories!!!

And great photos, DR Druxy!

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #212 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:04:23 PM »

Happy Foster Cat Story:
Tina Marie (named for the song) was rescued from a busy street. Tina Marie was crooked; the vet thought she had been hit by a car at some point and the bones healed crooked. Or crookedly. (I'm sure DerBrucer will tell us.)

When she ran down the hallway, you had to laugh, because she looked like a horseshoe -- her back feet were up as far as her front feet.

MBarnum · « **Reply #213 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:04:56 PM »

And Otto is quite adorable!

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #214 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:07:32 PM »

Happy Foster Story:

I was listening to a Guy Haines CD when I went to the pound to pick up a mother w/kittens. When I got them in the car and turned on the engine, the CD started up with Guy singing, "I loved you the first time I saw you, and I always will love you, Marie." So the mom cat became Marie. Her kittens were all females, as I recall, and Sandra gave them all "-ette_ names: Antoinette, Fleurette, etc.

Jeanne · « **Reply #215 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:10:30 PM »

Quote from: JRand58 on September 02, 2008, 08:21:55 AM

DR JEANNE these are the last few days of the LONG Jupiter retrograde, so health setbacks and transportation delays and problems can be expected.

It will end on September 7! So we must hang in there for a few days. In the meantime we have a Sun/Saturn conjunction today that compels us to apply our energy to ourselves and new projects.

Thank you, Jack. Too much was happening for it to just be a coincidence.

Matt H. · « **Reply #216 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:11:58 PM »

Lunch ran very long (especially since we made a stop at Borders), and so when I got in there wasn't enough time to watch KILL BILL Vol. 1 this afternoon. I was mightily pissed off about that as I wanted to be done with it.

Jeanne · « **Reply #217 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:12:20 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on September 02, 2008, 08:52:58 AM

Well, Maybe the republicans are hoping to catch the pregnant teen vote in the pro-life campaign? Can't we have a VP who at least knows about birth control and urges its practice?

Matt H. · « **Reply #218 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:13:02 PM »

Instead, I went ahead and watched all of the bonus features on the KILL BILL 1 Blu-ray. They are the same features as were on the original release: a making of documentary, two songs from the music group featured in the movie, and trailers from many of Tarantino's movies.

Matt H. · « **Reply #219 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:14:02 PM »

I'll watch the feature when I go back down and should be finished by around 8 p.m. giving me a nice chunk of time to watch what I please before THE SHIELD comes on at 10. I hope to watch Sunday's MAD MEN episode in HD tonight.

Jane · « **Reply #220 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:14:36 PM »

Quote from: Amy on September 02, 2008, 11:28:13 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wKsSkMV3xw

Sherlock would really like a dog or cat to bond with. I've been telling Keith if we get a cat we must finally succeed at training one to walk on a leash.

I carried Bosco (our tortie & white) around in a basket until she got too big. She did not take to the leash & her traveling days with Belle (our big black Belgian Sheepdog) sadly ended.

Do you take your cat places besides the quiet neighborhood. Our walks would be in town where it can get crowded & loud. Do you travel on vacation with them?

Matt H. · « **Reply #221 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:15:00 PM »

To take up the rest of the time, I finished SINGIN' IN THE RAIN which I had begun last night. Looked simply glorious upconverted, especially the bright, almost flourescent colors of "The Broadway Ballet."

bk · « **Reply #222 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:15:13 PM »

The Glucose Meter - that's the title of my next novel.

Matt H. · « **Reply #223 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:15:27 PM »

I also had time to skim through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Nothing of interest and nothing in the previews either.

Jane · « **Reply #224 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:17:47 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on September 02, 2008, 11:22:52 AM

Drat!!

Drat!!!

bk · « **Reply #225 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:18:10 PM »

Back from the errands o' the day. Pluto must be in Uranus or Uranus must be in Mars because you'd think it was the Christmas season - the post office was a total joke - jammed beyond repair. Thankfully, all I had to do was drop my packages on the counter and leave, but even getting into the parking lot was madness because people drive like complete dolts. At the mail place, the parking lot was also nuts - even at the bank. People. Can't live with 'em, can't live with 'em. And then there was the gas station - not crowded, really, but people parked in ways that you couldn't pull up to the pump that was open. People. I gotta tell you.

bk · « **Reply #226 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:18:59 PM »

I shan't be going out again until the early meal at Stanley's. I'm drinking Orange-flavored sparkling water - it's quite sparkling.

Matt H. · « **Reply #227 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:19:20 PM »

We had many dogs at our house during my growing up years and one cat who simply took up with us for about eight months and then left just as suddenly. The two doggies that stand out in my mind:

Cindy - a mix of fox terrier and chihuahua. The sweetest, most loving dog ever put on earth. She lived to be 15.

Snowball - a teacup chihuahua who was a true spitfire. Hated all strangers and yipped at anyone not living in her house. She lived to be 12.

I've had two dogs as an adult, both pugs:

Shadow - coal black and sometimes ornery. She only lived to age 6.

Gretchen - a champagne pug who was actually my partner's dog and who went with him when he left. She lived a long time, but I'm not quite sure how long.

Jane · « **Reply #228 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:19:25 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on September 02, 2008, 11:55:18 AM

I am annoyed. When one goes to the police station to report vandalism, one expects that a police report will be written up so that when one later requests a copy of said report for the insurance company there is a report on file.

Now what?

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #229 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:25:54 PM »

I need to go in on Friday and talk to the officer who took the information.

Amy · « **Reply #230 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:26:22 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on September 02, 2008, 01:07:32 PM

the CD started up with the Guy singing, "I loved you the first time I saw you, and I always will love you, Marie." So the mom cat became Marie.

I think that's one of the nicest compliments a singer or songwriter can get...to have an impact on someone's life.

Amy

Jane · « **Reply #231 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:28:21 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on September 02, 2008, 12:51:22 PM

Anyway, even though they were only metal, I miss them and their mom looks lonely without them! (She is now living inside our fence in case the thief returns for her.)

I know what you mean & would feel the same way.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #232 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:29:36 PM »

If we were fostering now, you'd ALL have kittens named for you.

Jane · « **Reply #233 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:30:14 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on September 02, 2008, 01:03:11 PM

Wonderful pet stories!!!

And great photos, DR Druxy!

Ditto!

Jane · « **Reply #234 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:34:05 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on September 02, 2008, 01:29:36 PM

If we were fostering now, you'd ALL have kittens named for you.

There is a cat with our last name. Fortunately we were on vacation when the kitten crawled out from under the deck & ran up to the pet sitter who kept him.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #235 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:50:07 PM »

Good Afternoon!

I'm currently sitting in a coffee shop right on the edge of Columbia University. In fact, it's right across the street from DR elmore's ER. --And, no, I am not stalking Dr. Green Eyes nor Dr. Gun Show. Well, at least not yet.

They have a good chunk of 120th Street blocked off for a block party/street fair in honor of CU's Teacher Appreciation Day. However, when I walked through it appeared that most of the CU staff and students were/are busy with first-day-of-class activities. -And there are a whole lot of food vendors with lots of food "toughening" away in steam trays.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #236 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:52:22 PM »

DR elmore - Good to hear that progress is being made. Did you ask your doctor if he actually diagnosed your diabetes officially before last week?

bk · « **Reply #237 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:55:46 PM »

Here is the darling daughter and the darling Sandy, who I rescued from a record store in 1979ish. Someone had just left her there - and they were trying to give her away, so I took her and surprised my darling daughter with a practically new puppy that night.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #238 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:57:59 PM »

Note to my "waitress": If four of your tables had to go up to the cashier to get and pay their bill, maybe you really aren't paying all that much attention to your tables.

Matthew · « **Reply #239 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:59:11 PM »

Quote from: bk on September 02, 2008, 01:55:46 PM

Here is the darling daughter and the darling Sandy, who I rescued from a record store in 1979ish. Someone had just left her there - and they were trying to give her away, so I took her and surprised my darling daughter with a practically new puppy that night.

That's a great pic!

Did EVERYONE have a copy of that Christmas Carol book that's on the piano?

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