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Goon Squad Leader
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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I have my health, I have a place to live. There's food on the shelf (and booze).
These things are nice. I have three wonderful children who love me and of whom I am immensely proud. I have the love of a good woman who is beautiful, smart and sexy. These things make me happy.
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#7517 |
Slattern of the Swail
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 15,654
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Dexter, Season 6, tomorrow night at nine!
Bowl till you bleed!!!!! YAY!
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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We have to go back, Kate!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 25,964
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Holy shit, finally!
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We have to go back, Kate!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Yorkshire
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I still have yesterday's Doctor Who finale playing out at the edges of my thoughts. It makes me happy that the series clicked together so well. What a great story.
Sometimes, ya know....it's the little things:P
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#7520 |
Slattern of the Swail
Join Date: Jul 2004
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That's what Tony Soprano always said.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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#7521 |
polaroid of perfection
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 24,185
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Got the boy a "food maze".
Couldn't have justified it at full price, but ZooPlus (website) had a sale and I also had a voucher. AND got free shipping. I've been having a fight this year to reduce Diz's weight. I doubt many people would have classified him as obese, but I know how bony he used to be. The breed profile for a Singapura is stocky, so being skinny isn't something I wanted to go back to, but he did have a paunch. I stopped his blood & bones diet after he tried to choke to death in May, but ever since then he has got more & more rotund. So when I saw the Cat-It Food Maze at a price I could afford I was all for it. I put a weighed portion of dried food into it every morning. There is still some left when I go to bed. He is no longer gorging then whining. He gets a food pouch in the evening, but this is factored into the plan. It does disappear in about two minutes! Oh and yes. From the first time he saw it he got it. Put paws in top to knock beebles down to next level. Then fish about on second level. Final level gets them into the dish at the base. Three levels of difficulty (you can change the size of the holes) and on the easiest level some can be knocked from the top right into the dish. I'll change this once he's used to working for his food.... Happy, happy, happy.
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#7522 |
Slattern of the Swail
Join Date: Jul 2004
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that is really cool.
Somebody said that we will be judged in heaven by the way we treated cats. You will get a crown of jewels! ![]()
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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#7523 |
polaroid of perfection
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 24,185
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I think it's cool, even if I don't believe in heaven.
Because if I did, I'd already be on the list for hell for being complicit in the poor bugger developing such greedy habits. At least he's moaning at me less. He can smell the beebles and knows he can knock them down, rather than calling for food 30 minutes after he ate 1/3 of what he was due per day. He misses the scoff-fests. Still, he gets one at teatime (pouch food).
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We have to go back, Kate!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Yorkshire
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That's awesome. How clever.
Pilau's gained weight. Cropped his fur and underneath he's a right podge! No wonder he was starting to feel heavy when I lift him into the car (he can't jump into the car anymore though bless him he tries). Alas his quota of guilt-biscuits has risen in inverse proportion to his shrinking exercise quota. It has to stop. The last thing he needs is a bunch of extra weight on those legs. He's already unsteady enough to blow over in a gust of wind.
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Not here
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That's a very nice kitty feeder there, Sundae. My two aren't (too) overweight, but I know they get bored on weekends when I have to put in 14 hour days at the Bates and then just come home and collapse.
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#7526 |
Person who doesn't update the user title
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods
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Today is my grandson's first day of real employment in a fish hatchery (Lake Merwin, WA).
He's still in the last year of the Fisheries training program at a local community college, and he'll go for full time employment in the summer. I'm a bit concerned that he is taking on too much this semester... 14 credit hours + 2 days per week at the hatchery + 1 day per week at the plant nursery where he's been part time for the past year. It's been 3 years since his Mom essentially threw him out of the house (drugs), but he has since got his GED, started community college with basic courses, and then was accepted into the Fisheries program. Sometimes it was touch-n-go, but we're very happy and proud of him. |
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#7527 |
still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
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Sometimes it takes a busy schedule to stay clean or at least clean enough. Good for him.
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polaroid of perfection
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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