Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Ken Morgan]

Eeew

 

[agedhorse]

I'll have to get a picture so you old farts can see what you are missing out on

Here you go... all in the name of rock n roll, right?

 

[SoulReflection]

I'll have to get a picture so you old farts can see what you are missing out on

Here you go... all in the name of rock n roll, right?
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Love that pic, Andy!

 

[beans-on-toast]

I'll have to get a picture so you old farts can see what you are missing out on

Here you go... all in the name of rock n roll, right?
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Nice horse! Those ears are really perked up.

 

[Al Kraft]

I'll have to get a picture so you old farts can see what you are missing out on

Here you go... all in the name of rock n roll, right?
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I'm just guessing that Mesa won't be featuring that picture on their website...

 

[rust_preacher]

Reporting to Friday's roll call. In good enough shape to take the rowboat out every morning for checking the crawdaddy traps. Aiming to collect some 50, and it's been a relatively good start. Imagine they live in our drinking water where we also go skinny dipping every morning and evening.

 

[BadExample]

Imagine they live in our drinking water where we also go skinny dipping every morning and evening.

Ouch!

 

[beans-on-toast]

Reporting to Friday's roll call. In good enough shape to take the rowboat out every morning for checking the crawdaddy traps. Aiming to collect some 50, and it's been a relatively good start. Imagine they live in our drinking water where we also go skinny dipping every morning and evening.

Do you cook and freeze or can them for the year?

 

[toprekoms]

Keep yer knickers on bro. I just forgot to put the happy face in the post - fixed!

Edit: Tia, our late little Chihuahua, had Epilepsy and had to have a dose of Phenol Barbital twice a day before meals. It got to the point that she would not eat unless we gave it her. She’d just sit and look at us until we clued in!

Sorry about your loss.

 

[BassmanPaul]

I’m feeling some bad vibes lately.....

We had many of those last night in our city. A 29 year old man pulled out a gun and started shooting at people. Seventeen hit including some children. This morning two have been announced as dead. This was in an area close to where I used to live. This year has been dubbed ‘The year of the gun’ as we have had a lot of shootings. <sigh>

 

[BassmanPaul]

Sorry about your loss.

Thank you.

At that time we had two. Bailey, a Shepherd/husky cross and our little Tia. Both lived long happy lives and brought joy into our home. Both lasted more than sixteen years.

If you have a dog and bring in a new one, the older ‘trains’ the new. In this country we rescued Brandy a Keeshond. Then my youngest son brought home a pair of puppies, Whiskey and Wodka. Whiskey Dog was Chow and Shepard while Wodka was all Doberman. Both were of the same litter!!! Brandy took them and taught them how the house worked. She decided that no dogs went upstairs and would lie at the bottom of them so no puppy could pass. Vodka went on to a new owner. Whiskey remained and when we rescued Bailey, taught her all she needed to know.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Thank you.

At that time we had two. Bailey, a Shepherd/husky cross and our little Tia. Both lived long happy lives and brought joy into our home. Both lasted more than sixteen years.

If you have a dog and bring in a new one, the older ‘trains’ the new. In this country we rescued Brandy a Keeshond. Then my youngest son brought home a pair of puppies, Whiskey and Wodka. Whiskey Dog was Chow and Shepard while Wodka was all Doberman. Both were of the same litter!!! Brandy took them and taught them how the house worked. She decided that no dogs went upstairs and would lie at the bottom of them so no puppy could pass. Vodka went on to a new owner. Whiskey remained and when we rescued Bailey, taught her all she needed to know.

It hasn't been a month yet since Shadow (my avatar) passed. Carey and I both believed he truly was an angel sent to us to keep us company and be like our child. We did our best to raise four kids but they seem to have forgotten how to call Mom on birthdays or even send a card. the beauty of a pet is they kind of never grow up like a child and move away and forget you.

We had to have Shadow put down, he was in the final stages of cancer. We had him cremated and his ashes came back to us in a beautifully hand made mahogany box. I don't know how I feel about that. See, Alaska Natives like most Native Americans, are somewhat superstitious. I was raised Christian and felt I shouldn't have had him cremated, so he could be buried whole and maybe someday join us on "the other side." I know this sounds silly but there it is.

We might get a dog soon depending on how Carey feels. She still does a lot of crying over Shadow. I do late at night when the living room's dark and I look over at his couch and he isn't there with those big gold eyes looking at me. Maybe a puppy will do us both good, but I don't know when the right time is yet. Still feels too soon.

 

[Al Kraft]

You'll know when the time is right Will. And odd as it sounds, it has always seemed that an animal shows up that picks the person when that time comes.

 

[Al Kraft]

We had many of those last night in our city. A 29 year old man pulled out a gun and started shooting at people. Seventeen hit including some children. This morning two have been announced as dead. This was in an area close to where I used to live. This year has been dubbed ‘The year of the gun’ as we have had a lot of shootings. <sigh>

That's beyond tragic and is so disappointing as I always look to Canada as a more civilized country than us when it comes to senseless gun violence. I simply can't imagine what possesses anyone to commit acts like that.

 

[BassmanPaul]

During our lives we have always said that our dogs found us. Brandy was owned by a workmate who I overheard saying he was going to get rid of. As my parents were Keeshond breeders when I was a younger I said I’d take her. The puppies were going to be dumped into a trash can when my son brought them home. Bailey belonged to a neighbour who kept her in a pen outside. We took her in. The only dog we ever actually looked for was Tia. On discovering her illness I think most people would have put her down. We just managed the illness and it became second nature.

I’m sorry for you and Carey’s loss Will. It hurts less as time passes but it still comes back at times. ATM we have no animals and the house seems so empty. We are thinking of a new one when we get back from the UK next year. Unless, of course, one finds us first!

 

[BassmanPaul]

That's beyond tragic and is so disappointing as I always look to Canada as a more civilized country than us when it comes to senseless gun violence. I simply can't imagine what possesses anyone to commit acts like that.

We may never know as he died from either a police bullet or self inflicted.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Thank you GOF's for the kind words. I think as @Al Kraft and @BassmanPaul said we'll wait a little while and see what comes our way. BTW We had lost two dogs before Shadow in a relatively short time. We weren't looking but the ACO at the time was a friend of Carey's and told us to go to the Shelter, which had six dogs in it at the time, to find our dog, she had a hunch. Sure enough, Shadow picked us out. I'll never forget how dirty and scared he looked. Mom washed him down in the tub and man he felt like a million after that! You shoulda seen him strutting his stuff!

 

[beans-on-toast]

We all become dust at some point. I see cremation as being a more dignified process than being broken down over many years in the cold ground. Shadow is waiting for you, he doesn’t need a whole body to do that.

“Everything we are and everything in the universe and on Earth originated from stardust, and it continually floats through us even today. It directly connects us to the universe, rebuilding our bodies over and again over our lifetimes.”

Ref: We Are Stardust—Literally

 

[agedhorse]

Well said Beans.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Thank you @beans-on-toast . That's excellent.

@BassmanPaul I'm very sorry about the shootings. I feel that society is experiencing some sort of sickness and it seems to affect everyone. Even peaceful countries like UK are affected-- the Bobbies there never used to carry guns. Now they have to dress like S.W.A.T. teams. Sad state of affairs today. not the same world we grew up in, GOF's.