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| Marj |
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| Of course! And just think Chills, it would be just a hop, skip and a jump from RI or Vermont. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:17 pm |
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| Rod, sorry about your cat. |
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| deckard |
| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:46 pm |
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chilly, syd, marj... thankee for the welcome.
marilyn - was it syd that joyce and i met in the windy city in feb. '02?
ehle - i had a friend downsize a pic for me to use at a worldcrossing site, but i read the faq sheet and it states that one must use a pic that has a url. i am extremely digitally challenged (i used to be able to bite my toenails, but knees won't allow it no mo') so... speak... slowly... and lay(wo)manly... |
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| sioux |
| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:55 pm |
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My condolences about George, rod. and belatedly, Syd, I'm sorry for your loss.
I have gone into deep denial mode about death lately. I have three friends who have lost pets (all pets I've babysitted) in the past month, my own kitty is over 13 and diabetic so I'm always on alert, and then people here facing the same thing.....
At the same time I lost a dear friend just nine days older than me just two months ago to friggin cancer that he had battled bravely for two + years, and then two weeks ago found out another new friend is facing a similiar, even more doomed battle.
It feels really shallow, but I want to build a wall in my heart. My experience with the big C is extensive and yet I still fall apart every time. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:04 pm |
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sioux-y q. -- as long as you keep putting yourself back together again so brilliantly, I think it might just be the healthiest thing to do in the situation.
deckard -- any image file, I think, but especially one with a .jpg extension will work loverly. Is that lay lady lay enuff? |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:09 pm |
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Ah, dear, if George had any idea of how many people cared about her now, she would have...turned her head haughtily and gone back to sleep on the grass.
It may be true we have never owned a normal pet - being not normal people, that isn't a surprise. George had a particularly peculiar life through which she emerged triumphantly unruffled, the feline equivalent of Angelina Jolie. Unlike her poor unfortunate sister Cindy, who got stuck playing Blanche to Baby Jane. When we got the pair, we were told there was one male and one female, and silly we didn't bother then to to check, as it was obvious Cindy was female. The other family to whom the female was supposed to go decided not to take her, so we ended up keeping both Cindy and George. Then George started putting on weight fast - a quick check revealed hey, hang on, this is goddamned she, and she is pregnant! This got George promptly to the vet where she was aborted and desexed. The next major crisis involving George was when she went missing for a couple of weeks. We think she might have been cat-napped, being as shse was, except for a slight tone of tortoiseshell on the flanks, an almost pure-bred English Short Hair, a notoriously beloved breed. But George made it back, god knows how, and settled down, unlike Cindy, who around the same time was mauled by a neighbourhood dog and was never the same, always skinny and neurotic where George was plump and powerful. George seemed like she would live forever; just a few weeks ago she caught a mouse. |
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| deckard |
| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:16 pm |
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otay, bobbie dylan. i was fixin' to e-mail you but didn't notice any thang that would allow me to add an attachment (pic). will that appear when i hit send e-mail?
sioux - may not help much, and i usually don't like using old adages to comfort, but it has truly been my experience that anything that don't kill you will make you stronger. god bless. |
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| sioux |
| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:26 pm |
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rod - you are so right about george's reaction. My cat would react similiarly.
Thanks ehle - I know you're right. I'll be fine. It just adjusts your perspective from time to time. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:46 pm |
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| Sioux - I so wish I could find something comforting to say right now. One thing I do know is that falling apart proves you haven't built a wall around your heart, and I doubt you ever could. In fact forget about the doubt. I know you couldn't. |
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| sioux |
| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:53 pm |
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marj - I know. actually the problem I have is that I never know what to say..but it all ends up working out.
I'm probably hormanal but I am currently crying while watching 30 Days, Morgan Spurlock's new series off his "Supersize Me" doc. He does seem to have a knack for living the reality of a situation. He and his girlfriend are fighting about money and I'm tearing up. |
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| sioux |
| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:54 pm |
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marj - I know. actually the problem I have is that I never know what to say..but it all ends up working out.
I'm probably hormanal but I am currently crying while watching 30 Days, Morgan Spurlock's new series off his "Supersize Me" doc. He does seem to have a knack for living the reality of a situation. He and his girlfriend are fighting about money and I'm tearing up. |
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| deckard |
| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:54 pm |
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| craaazy. thanks, ehle |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:55 pm |
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I refuse to take absolutely NO credit for that avvy until I get the 'splanation first. Jomesayin???
*shudders* |
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| deckard |
| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:00 pm |
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| well, the moral of the story is, don't go deer huntin' with folks that like to ingest an occasional, uh... funky fungi. i dig nature, ya know. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:04 pm |
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| Looks like I did my good deed for the year. |
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