Summer continues, but here is an old A&J from 2009. At least the door is open, and the lights are on.
At Your Service
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162 responses to “At Your Service”
Waking Arlo up at the romantic parts would keep him up much longer than a bathroom escort. At least, I would certainly hope so.
I have been awakened in the middle of the night for quite a few things, but never to accompany someone to the bathroom.
Old Bear, my ex and I trained our dog to ring a bell hung on the door when she needed to go out. Made it a lot easier to know when to take her out.
Mark: When you said “for something completely different”, I expected “confuse a cat”. Guess I’ll have to go look for it.
So I did – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6ZR3um4q20
Gerry has a button for the cat to push.
Ours verbally and non-verbally make their wishes known
whether it is go out or time for treats.
They prefer eating out of the dry food bin rather than their own
dish. Each is available all the time.
They are spoiled worse than if they were grandkids
https://scontent-dft4-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20106385_1503118113059762_4635826381599315508_n.jpg?oh=81799305d62b77cbebc1e42efb34307d&oe=5A012D79
Where is everybody today?
Hello?
I’m not used to this sort of quiet. It’s happening at my ICD support group, too. Maybe it’s the summer heat?
Bacon, anyone?
http://www.al.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2017/07/man_shoots_820_pound_wild_hog.html
Notice how small was the rear ends [hams?] of that hog? The article clearly refers to its 6-inch tushes!!
Whenever I see the damage wild hogs do in any place to which they have access, I wonder if they could somehow be harvested as free meat for those in need. It would require hunters – which could include some of those beneficiaries – some inspectors to make sure the animals were fit to eat, and persons with butchering skills. There is no doubt the landowners would applaud such a program.
“were” in first sentence; I changed to a plural and didn’t change the verb.
cx-p: Feral hogs are a big problem in many areas. The free meat idea couldn’t hurt, but there are many complications (demonstrated in some programs to get rid of them at local landfills and even Kennedy Space Center) – they’re both sneaky and dangerously mean, they breed faster than you can kill them, and then there’s this http://articles.extension.org/pages/65499/brucellosis-in-feral-hogs
RA/WP: Yes, I well remember – while I lived in Melbourne 40+ years ago – that hogs were being seen. In fact, studying wild hogs was one of the topics for biology graduate students there. At the end of one study, the people involved roasted one and held a party. I ate only a smidgen – it was still pink and I feared brucellosis and who knows what other diseases. As far as I know, no one got ill, so I guess that one was OK. Maybe the perpetrators chickened out and bought a commercial pig!
The other major topic for bio grad students seemed to be mosquito fish, gambusia affinis [if memory serves]. I read a number of theses about them. Wild pigs HAD to be more interesting….
Here is the link k to Laws of Files blog which is very funny account of Laws of and a Texas state trooper both shooting a wild boar and the resulting hilarity. Read it.
http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2016/02/well-that-was-festive.html?m=1
Ghost and I are thinking of going to ACA convention in Amarillo, TX on August 5-6 if we can arrange our schedules. Lawdog had a book out now and we’d like to meet him.
There is another writer there we are interested in named J.L. Curtis who blogs as Old NFO. author of about four modern western novels a d a couple science fiction novels.
I don’t know if the song’s any good, but this lady made an interesting remix of it:
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=45086453&nid=1017&title=have-you-seen-this-woman-compiles-incredible-despacito-remix-using-husbands-snores
Prayers for John McCain and his family………Amen
…God bless America
Prayers and good vibes, please? Robert (younger brother) crashed while crop-dusting today. Outlook at moment sounds good, but a long road ahead. MRIs and etc. yet to determine all. Thanks.
Llee, Ghost and I are very alarmed and hope for good reports when test results are in. Please let us know what happened and where he was flying? Whatever you know. Is it on news?
So sorry. We will call you tomorrow.
My mom and Ted Kennedy both died from that nasty form of cancer. I wish the McCains more luck with it than they had.
Sorry to hear that Llee, will be praying for him.
Jackie: http://www.capegazette.com/article/crop-duster-crashes-near-sandtown/138031
Note to Debbie, Ghost says we will see your French Lick and raise you Toad Suck, Arkansas.
We just drove by exit.
Prayers Llee
Well, don’t forget Bucksnort in Tennessee and Sugartit in Kentucky. I wonder if WordPress will censor that one?
Prayers and good wishes for those needing them, either as victims or as kin/friends thereof. Last October I lost a good friend to a glioblastoma and lost a cousin in September 2015 to the same disease.