Ace of Spades Pet Thread, March 11

Stolen from someone you may know.

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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Note the dog in the photo above. Below, Hrothgar is getting philosophical with us:

Stumbled across this yesterday and have seen it before, but as always it grabs me (in a good way
So I went looking on the good part of the internet and found this:

What if, in the dog world, humans are elves that routinely live to be 500+ years old?
They live so long . . . but the good ones still bond with us for our entire lives.
These immortals are so kind we must be good friends to them.
Many dogs never get to see their owners grow old and weak:
Now I am old. The fur around my muzzle is grey and my joints ache when we walk together. Yet she remains unchanged, her hair still glossy, her skin still fresh, her step still sprightly. Time doesn't touch her and yet I love her still.
But some do: . . .
Then I scrolled down to the video at post #4 at woodbarter and
Yowza!

A lot of great content to think about in these links, Hrothgar. Thanks.

Somebody needs to do one of those videos about Chihuahuas.

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Meet The PetMorons

LOOOVE the Pet Thread, KT! My young daughter does too; each and every Saturday, I scan for things to text her the link to, or watch with her when she's here with me for the weekend.
This is a pic of Precious, now almost four years old, back when she was a lot smaller than she is now. She used to love curling up for a nap in my small Revereware saucepan. She's too big for that sort of thing now, but if I have the pan out on the stovetop I do still catch her eyeballing it now and then. She's a funny little thing for sure. Use it if you like, or don't, my feelings won't be hurt either way. Thanks for all you do over at the ol' HQ...cheers!
Mike

Precious in a Pan is disconcerting at first. But kittens LOVE to curl up in containers of all sorts, don't they?

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Light mailbox this week, so I guess we get to visit a new little farm in the family.

Here's baby pig Jolene:

And a happy young farm dog in the snow

Goats: Brother, sister and mother

Black turkey or white turkey?

Chickens carving pumpkins

I hope I have the right source for the chicken photos.

Our pet thread is a little different today, don't you think?

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:
petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, March 4 Some special PetMoron stories and photos there.

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:11 PM

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1 Just about the cutest farm animals I've ever seen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2023 03:14 PM (EZebt)

2 YAAAYYY, Precious! Thanks, KT. My daughter's gonna be thrilled to death.

Posted by: Mike Hendrix at March 11, 2023 03:15 PM (y1sXz)

3 First ?

Posted by: commissar of plenty at March 11, 2023 03:15 PM (rXf/O)

4 I love seeing all of the pets each week, thanks K.T.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 11, 2023 03:15 PM (a4EWo)

5 That farm dog in the snow looks a lot like a puppy owned by a young woman who works at the bar.
Her dog is a St Bernard/Great Pyrenees cross.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 11, 2023 03:15 PM (VdGjU)

6 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 03:16 PM (T4tVD)

7 Thank you for the pet thread.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 11, 2023 03:18 PM (VdGjU)

8 Our pet thread is a little different today, don't you think?

Is that a trick question ?

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 03:18 PM (T4tVD)

9 Nice Pets Y'all!...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 11, 2023 03:18 PM (R/m4+)

10 That is a great assortment of critters!

I had to watch the Deny the Wolf trailer without sound, but it looks interesting. My bulldog never moves faster than when he sees a bird he can catch in the yard. He isn't as deadly as the cat, but he has caught and killed several birds.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 11, 2023 03:21 PM (OX9vb)

11 Nice Pets Y'all!...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 03:21 PM (T4tVD)

12 Also, Precious kitty in a saucepan is too adorable!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 11, 2023 03:22 PM (OX9vb)

13 Mike Hendrix at March 11, 2023 03:15 PM

Glad your daughter will get to see Precious!

Posted by: KT at March 11, 2023 03:24 PM (rrtZS)

14 I was talking to a hunter the other day. He hates me taste of wild turkey the bird not the bourbon.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 11, 2023 03:24 PM (VdGjU)

15 I miss all my pets who have gone over the rainbow bridge. They helped thru life more than most people

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2023 03:26 PM (Irn0L)

16 What is you soup of the day?

Precious, monsieur.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 11, 2023 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

17 Oh, I already texted her about it, KT. She said the same thing I did: YAAAAAY, Precious!

Posted by: Mike Hendrix at March 11, 2023 03:27 PM (y1sXz)

18 15 I miss all my pets who have gone over the rainbow bridge. They helped thru life more than most people
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March

I had a dream a night or two ago of the day I'll have to say goodbye to Paisley. It was very sad but it was well into the the future.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 11, 2023 03:28 PM (VdGjU)

19 Also, Precious kitty in a saucepan is too adorable!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

(do you work in a Chinese Restaurant ?)

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 03:29 PM (T4tVD)

20 19 Also, Precious kitty in a saucepan is too adorable!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

(do you work in a Chinese Restaurant ?)
Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 03:29 PM (T4tVD)

If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 11, 2023 03:30 PM (zZu0s)

21 I liked that meme about "Once, we were wild like wolves. Then we learned you have couches!"

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 11, 2023 03:31 PM (6lj/r)

22 I liked that meme about "Once, we were wild like wolves. Then we learned you have couches!"
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10,000 years later... [pug wearing birthday-party hat]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 11, 2023 03:33 PM (Vwz3I)

23 Via BTH, before he went wacky:

Adam and Dog

https://is.gd/384aDA

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 11, 2023 03:33 PM (zZu0s)

24 (do you work in a Chinese Restaurant ?)
Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 03:29 PM (T4tVD)

I said adorable, not delicious!!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 11, 2023 03:34 PM (OX9vb)

25 Oh my, I've never seen a white turkey. How cool is that?
Clearly he is oppressing the black turkey next to him, though.

Posted by: JuJuBee, fact checker hammered by events at March 11, 2023 03:36 PM (TTZKa)

26 Thanks for another food pet thread!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 11, 2023 03:36 PM (C3zFG)

27 * Good* pet thread

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 11, 2023 03:37 PM (C3zFG)

28 26 Thanks for another food pet thread!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 11, 2023 03:36 PM (C3zFG)

27 * Good* pet thread
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 11, 2023 03:37 PM (C3zFG)

I thought we were really rolling into the Chinese restaurant joke.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 11, 2023 03:37 PM (zZu0s)

29 Another attempted launch in 22 minutes or so.

Posted by: Ciampino needs launching at March 11, 2023 03:38 PM (qfLjt)

30 Hissing booth. LOL. That cat looks like dear departed cat Cleo who didn't hiss or scratch. I think somebody dumped her and she came inside the parsonage after a huge snowstorm at thet first church which I served. She was a sweetie and very friendly. Sometimes if the church door was open she would come down the aisle during church services , or if the door was open down to the Meeting room area she would come to church meetings. I considered putting her on the church membership roll. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 11, 2023 03:38 PM (nwvuS)

31 Great farm animals!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 11, 2023 03:39 PM (nwvuS)

32 My silly Paisley likes the cheap ass pet food I get at the grocery store far more than the more than the more expensive food from the pet store.
Reservation dog.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 11, 2023 03:39 PM (VdGjU)

33 That dog vs humans article, where have you been keeping it? It's very dusty ......

Posted by: Ciampino needs launching to Heaven if deemed worthy (probably not) at March 11, 2023 03:40 PM (qfLjt)

34 Such a lovely way to spend part of a Saturday afternoon. Thank you so much for this thread, week in and week out, K.T.

And I have seen some cute piggehs in my day, but I don't believe I've ever seen one as cute as the one in today's pet thread.

And I love the video about the wolf. Really nice.

Posted by: Appycay at March 11, 2023 03:41 PM (EdYR/)

35 (do you work in a Chinese Restaurant ?)
Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 03:29 PM (T4tVD)

I said adorable, not delicious!!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Oh.

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 03:41 PM (T4tVD)

36 My Shiba is a different animal when he goes after and kills a squirrel or raccoon. I'm not looking for him to do it but when he's off-leash in the woods, there's no stopping him. If I tried to train or force that out him, it would be like McMurphy after the lobotomy. I'm not doing that to him. He'll eventually drop it when I tell him to and keep staring at it, but as long as I don't take it we're good and can leave and then he's back to doing his domesticated act.

Posted by: mikey at March 11, 2023 03:43 PM (OitYB)

37 Thanks for another food pet thread!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 11, 2023 03:36 PM (C3zFG)

27 * Good* pet thread
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 11, 2023 03:37 PM (C3zFG)

I thought we were really rolling into the Chinese restaurant joke.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

YEAH ! And Huck kilt it !

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 03:43 PM (T4tVD)

38 My Shiba is a different animal when he goes after and kills a squirrel or raccoon. I'm not looking for him to do it but when he's off-leash in the woods, there's no stopping him. If I tried to train or force that out him, it would be like McMurphy after the lobotomy. I'm not doing that to him. He'll eventually drop it when I tell him to and keep staring at it, but as long as I don't take it we're good and can leave and then he's back to doing his domesticated act.
Posted by: mikey at March 11

I believe Shibas are bred to be hunting dogs.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 11, 2023 03:47 PM (VdGjU)

39 I love the look of Shibas and Akitas.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 11, 2023 03:49 PM (VdGjU)

40 I believe Shibas are bred to be hunting dogs.
Posted by: That Northern skulker

So they're in the Union !

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 03:50 PM (T4tVD)

41 Mmmmmm.

Catsoup. Good with fries.

Posted by: Emmie will be dancing to Flash Cadillac April 1 at March 11, 2023 03:51 PM (Emce2)

42 Bers, do you have or ever had an assistant of this caliber? Pretty unique I'd say.
https://is.gd/QfVFdu

Posted by: Ciampino has several indoors that try hard at March 11, 2023 03:52 PM (qfLjt)

43 40 I believe Shibas are bred to be hunting dogs.
Posted by: That Northern skulker

So they're in the Union !
Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023

They can go through the brambles and the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 11, 2023 03:52 PM (VdGjU)

44 5 minutes to launch

Posted by: Ciampino has several indoors that try hard to help at March 11, 2023 03:56 PM (qfLjt)

45 "I believe Shibas are bred to be hunting dogs."

Yes, they were. Don't let the cuteness deceive you. The Japanese created a little monster, but an extremely loyal and devoted one with honor and pride, sound familiar?

Posted by: mikey at March 11, 2023 03:57 PM (OitYB)

46 5 minutes to launch
Posted by: Ciampino has several indoors that try hard to help

Who's launching what, where and at WHOM ?

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 03:57 PM (T4tVD)

47 Four breeds that I think are very attractive are Anita's, Shibas, Nova Scotia Duck Tollers and Paisley.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 11, 2023 03:59 PM (VdGjU)

48 There's a grey cat that is back here today. I think it's a stray male as it seems to have an absess under one eye. He's showed up a few times, eyeing the birds at my bird feeder. I put out some food for him, which he thinks is a good idea. This house was vacant fow awhile and the local cats used to hang out in the shed. I'm trying to convince Jake to leave him alone.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 11, 2023 03:59 PM (6lj/r)

49 Yes, they were. Don't let the cuteness deceive you. The Japanese created a little monster, but an extremely loyal and devoted one with honor and pride, sound familiar?
Posted by: mikey at

Yep

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 11, 2023 03:59 PM (VdGjU)

50 Dolly Parton was singing about Jolene.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2023 04:02 PM (63Dwl)

51 Scrubbed launch again.

Posted by: Ciampino has several indoors that try hard to help at March 11, 2023 04:02 PM (qfLjt)

52 Shiba Inus are a very old breed and still a bit wild.

In that regard, they're a bit like basenjis.

There's always a bit of distance there between dog and master that you wouldn't see in something like a terrier.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 11, 2023 04:03 PM (L1tQx)

53 There's always a bit of distance there between dog and master that you wouldn't see in something like a terrier.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 11, 2023 04:03 PM (L1tQx)

That's why I love my Doberman. Only dog specifically bred for human protection. When they run off to chase a squirrel, they at least look back to make sure you're okay/

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 11, 2023 04:07 PM (UuD2k)

54 Some time ago I mentioned here that we are feeding daily a litter of 5 cats. We discovered it soon after they were born and thus our commitment to their individual welfare. Originally it was one mother and 6 kittens, 3 black and 3 gray. A black one disappeared very early on, as did the mother, so we are down to 5. Recently, on arriving for the daily feeding, we met a lady who runs a catch-neuter-release local rescue. A couple of days ago she announced on FB that she wants to do the NRL and then find homes for them. However from previous conversations, a home often is a barn or even farm, where visits by coyotes are common. Now we haven’t been feeding them all this time as a preprandial fattening up for the convenience of coyotes or owls, so we’ve decided to bring them home as outside cats (I used to have 6 outside/inside cats for about 10 years and I have too many currently inside). The daily interaction with my daughter means they have lost their feral nature and greet her joyously on her arrival, allow her to pet them, and some even allow a pick-up.
[PART ONE]

Posted by: Ciampino - red faces not palefaces at March 11, 2023 04:08 PM (qfLjt)

55 Dolly Parton was singing about Jolene.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Okay......

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 04:09 PM (T4tVD)

56 Robert the Cat (TM) has been trying snuggling. Only a couple of times, but still...

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2023 04:10 PM (uA82K)

57 Scrubbed launch again.
Posted by: Ciampino has several indoors that try hard to help

At least its clean.

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 04:11 PM (T4tVD)

58 Afternoon, all! I'll go back and have a look at that "denying the Wolf" video in a bit. But the idea that dogs might look upon us as near-immortal beings -- wow.

Cats see us as staff, yes, but I think they come to love us in their own peculiar way -- much as a man can love a long-serving family retainer, his nurse, who has raised him from a child. I can't imagine a cat looking at his human as a fabulous, near-immortal creature.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2023 04:13 PM (omVj0)

59 [PART TWO]

Someone here on AoS suggested I start up a ‘funding account’ to aid with vet fees and sundry. Is this something that is doable on AoS Pet Thread without breaking any rules? I definitely could do with help as I am on a very small annuity.

Here is a video of the kitties feeding.
https://is.gd/fudT5u
The gray one with the swirls is Mr. Friendly. I named him thus as he was the most friendly from the very start.

Posted by: Ciampino - red faces, not palefaces at March 11, 2023 04:13 PM (qfLjt)

60 Philosophy aside: Stirling the great black kitten is technically no longer a kitten today! We have settled on March 11 as his birthday, as he was said to be 3 months old when I adopted him on 6/11. If age 1 for a cat = age 13 for a human, then Stirling is now an adult and we should plan his bar mitzvah.

Siberian kitten Dagny is only 15 days behind him for her first birthday, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2023 04:16 PM (omVj0)

61 I love the pet threads. My mom has been seeing our cat we had when we were growing up. I told my middle daughter and she said “I hope God sends a cat for me when I die, too”.

Our pets doing what they can to help us in both worlds it seems! 💕

Posted by: Piper at March 11, 2023 04:21 PM (ZdaMQ)

62 Precious in the saucepan reminds me a bit of Annabelle, the white shorthair cat Miss Linda rescued after Katrina. Annabelle hated other cats, but liked humans. One day I was at their place and set my Australian fedora on a bookcase, crown down as you should with a fedora to avoid deforming the brim. I turned away for a moment, only to find that Annabelle -- not a kitten at the time, but not a huge cat -- had curled up inside the hat! Amazing how they can conform themselves to a small space.

The fedora is dark grey. It took me a little time to brush all the short white hairs off of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2023 04:23 PM (omVj0)

63 Black turkey, white turkey, both loogk the same at Thanksgiving supperz

Posted by: Eromero at March 11, 2023 04:23 PM (1KS1Z)

64 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 11, 2023 04:24 PM (Zz0t1)

65 Wife/daughter's cat loves getting it's ass beat. I can slap the crap out of the backend of that thing and it starts purring and flopping like a fish.

It's the craziest thing ever. The only thing I like about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 11, 2023 04:25 PM (Zz0t1)

66 The pic of the dog after eating the philosophy book is priceless !

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 04:26 PM (T4tVD)

67 Black and white turkeys, living together.

MASS HYSTERIA!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 11, 2023 04:29 PM (Zz0t1)

68 Wife/daughter's cat loves getting it's ass beat. I can slap the crap out of the backend of that thing and it starts purring and flopping like a fish.

It's the craziest thing ever. The only thing I like about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 11, 2023

***
The late Chekov was a bit of a masochist too. He'd hop on the cushion on my lap and sit quietly to be petted. Then, without warning, he'd give me a nip on the hand or arm. Never hard, no breaking of the skin, but it would scare me. I'd snap at him, "Damn cat! Get off me!" and slap his flank. He'd gallop away . . . and then within 5 minutes he'd be back looking to climb on my lap again.

Big beast nipped me at least once a month for 12 solid years, and a few extra -- ca. 150 times during his life.

I miss him anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2023 04:29 PM (omVj0)

69 MadisonTheCat likes to have her tail used to lift her hindpaws off the floor, preferrably at the water bowl. Just an inch makes her happy.

Posted by: Eromero at March 11, 2023 04:30 PM (1KS1Z)

70 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 11, 2023 04:31 PM (jMLk0)

71 The pic of the dog after eating the philosophy book is priceless !
Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 04:26 PM (T4tVD)

I have a similar pic of my nephew when he was 3 or 4 looking out into the Gulf of Mexico. It's one of my favorites. He was still a round butterball. Now he's tall and skinny. Damn sure did grow out of that baby fat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 11, 2023 04:32 PM (Zz0t1)

72 House cat suffering from Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy - a rare condition that causes muscles to grow excessively large

https://tinyurl.com/4667rhf5

Is it wrong that I want one?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 11, 2023 04:32 PM (UuD2k)

73 MadisonTheCat likes to have her tail used to lift her hindpaws off the floor, preferrably at the water bowl. Just an inch makes her happy.
Posted by: Eromero at March 11, 2023 04:30 PM (1KS1Z)

I can drag this cat around by it's tail as well. He loves it.

Feline insanity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 11, 2023 04:33 PM (Zz0t1)

74 MadisonTheCat likes to have her tail used to lift her hindpaws off the floor, preferrably at the water bowl. Just an inch makes her happy.
Posted by: Eromero at March 11, 2023

***
We did that with my boyhood cat Rusty as he cruised by us waiting for his dinner. His tail was thick-boned at the base, so we'd grip him there and lift him just a bit. Never bothered him.

He had his own routine. If he thought we were taking too long to give him dinner, he'd give us the lightest possible nip on the lower leg if we weren't wearing pants or jeans. Almost like scraping his teeth along the skin -- a gentle reminder.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2023 04:34 PM (omVj0)

75 Hey y'all

Feel like I got hit by a truck. Been in and out of bed all day. No cough to speak of. Very slight runny nose. But seriously, I feel like I got run over.

Cheerio!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 11, 2023 04:38 PM (U2p+3)

76 Happy Caturday everyone
Posted by: Skip

Why, Thank You !

And the same to you !

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 04:38 PM (T4tVD)

77
Feel like I got hit by a truck. Been in and out of bed all day. No cough to speak of. Very slight runny nose. But seriously, I feel like I got run over.

Cheerio!
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 11, 2023 04:38 PM (U2p+3)

Flu.

Sorry to hear that. Tylenol Severe Cold and Flu. Does wonders for me.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 11, 2023 04:39 PM (Zz0t1)

78 Lucy the Fink likes having her tail pulled too. Just a bit. She's been napping with me all day. Such a sweet friend.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 11, 2023 04:40 PM (U2p+3)

79 A truly memorable pet thread, thank you, K.T.!
My fur person sits purring next to me, and also approves.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, walking, not gonna bust any dance moves tho' at March 11, 2023 04:41 PM (jTmQV)

80 Hope ya feel better soon, Nurse !

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 04:43 PM (T4tVD)

81 Based on my experience as a Seabee, I advise you to fill a 12 oz coffee cup half full of honey, heat hot in the microwave, bring it to near the top of the cup with bourbon, squeeze half if a lemon in it stir gently, drink all while hot. Since this is a weekend you can dleep in.

Posted by: Eromero at March 11, 2023 04:47 PM (1KS1Z)

82 Feel like I got hit by a truck. Been in and out of bed all day. No cough to speak of. Very slight runny nose. But seriously, I feel like I got run over.

Cheerio!
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 11, 2023 04:38 PM (U2p+3)

I'll send some woodpeckers up your way to cheer you up...at about 6 AM tomorrow.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 11, 2023 04:48 PM (anj39)

83 Based on my experience as a Seabee, I advise you to fill a 12 oz coffee cup half full of honey, heat hot in the microwave, bring it to near the top of the cup with bourbon, squeeze half if a lemon in it stir gently, drink all while hot. Since this is a weekend you can dleep in.
Posted by: Eromero

dleep ?

"I can't understand them; they're using some kinda code "
"Bank heist, Crapgame, Big Joe, Little Joe...."

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 04:50 PM (T4tVD)

84 Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 04:43 PM (T4tVD)

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 11, 2023 04:50 PM (FUVRY)

85 Caring for "discarded" pets can be expensive. We spayed/neutered 4 cats about 5 years ago after they took up residence here. The momma cat had her 3 kittens and we figured after a few weeks or months she, and her kids would be gone. Nah, they're still here. 3 are more or less domesticated, one not so much. But we do what we can. Thankfully they're not picky with what brand food we give them, so it's usually the cheap-O 25lb bag of meow-mix or 9Lives. Plus they'll get inside privileges when it's really cold outside.

St. Francis would approve.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 11, 2023 04:52 PM (Q4IgG)

86 Hiya Fen !
Again !

(I'm 2/5 ths into a limerick !)

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 04:53 PM (T4tVD)

87 Since this is a weekend you can dleep in.
Posted by: Eromero

dleep ?

"I can't understand them; they're using some kinda code "
"Bank heist, Crapgame, Big Joe, Little Joe...."
Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 04:50 PM (T4tVD)

It's navy talk they learn while sailing with dfleet.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 11, 2023 04:54 PM (anj39)

88 I watched the video with the lab and it got dusty in here. My first house was in a little rural town on four acres, two of which was my part of the pond in back. I raised yellow labs. The male, Corwin, was a big goofy beautiful almost white colored from champion stock so had that big square head. My female, Amber's Butterscotch girl, was dark gold and had Hunter instincts. If you threw a stick in the woods, she would run circles til she found it. One time she brought home a turtle and proceeded to gnaw on it like a bone til I got it away from her. Chipmunks were also her specialty.
Great memories.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 11, 2023 04:54 PM (Y+l9t)

89 Dleep. It's the word for sleep, used to describe tired kittens innocent slumber. Yas.

Posted by: Eromero at March 11, 2023 04:55 PM (1KS1Z)

90 Dleep. It's the word for sleep, used to describe tired kittens innocent slumber. Yas.
Posted by: Eromero

Oh.

Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 04:57 PM (T4tVD)

91 Well. Ol Joe is getting a bit long in the tooth. He's about 13 now. Kinda wheezes when he sits next to me and can't quite jump as high as he used to. Still likes his belly rubs. And he sleeps a lot. Just not sure now much longer I'll have him.
A good companion.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 11, 2023 04:59 PM (anj39)

92 (I'm 2/5 ths into a limerick !)
Posted by: JT at March 11, 2023 04:53 PM (T4tVD)

Everyday JT says "Hi"
Makes the days really fly
It's good he doesn't say, "Bye"
Cause that would really make me cry.

Sorry; It's not a patch on Muldoon, but he is much smarter and wittier than I am and has been doing this for decades.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 11, 2023 05:03 PM (FUVRY)

93 youtubed bird videos for cats
Now shirley demands 20 minutes of screen time every day.

Posted by: DaveA at March 11, 2023 05:32 PM (FhXTo)

94 Noodus hobbiana

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2023 05:40 PM (omVj0)

95 Precious looks to be really beautiful.

Posted by: m at March 11, 2023 05:45 PM (mn2bz)

96 "Shiba Inus are a very old breed and still a bit wild.

There's always a bit of distance there between dog and master that you wouldn't see in something like a terrier.
Posted by: naturalfake"

My Yoshi is not a lapdog, some Shibas are, usually females. He guards just out of sight when not outside hunting. It's annoying that the dog shows catgorize the breed as non-sporting. They are hunters. I keep an e-collar on him when he's off-leash as insurance and for his safety. Only need to vibrate it to get him to stop or come back, shock is for emergencies and it's always set low, no pain but you can feel it. I wouldn't do anything to him that I couldn't take. He is 6 and has gotten way better with age. Up until 2, he was a PITA. New Shiba owners need to know this and commit because once these dogs bond at like a few months old, they don't do very well with anyone else for the rest of their lives. See the Richard Gere movie, Hachi, based on the Japanese Akita story. That dog died after 9 years of waiting at a train station for his dead master to return. That's what they do.

Posted by: mikey at March 11, 2023 05:45 PM (OitYB)

97 75 Hey y'all

Feel like I got hit by a truck. Been in and out of bed all day. No cough to speak of. Very slight runny nose. But seriously, I feel like I got run over.

Cheerio!
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 11, 2023 04:38 PM (U2p+3)

Sorry, nurse. Nurse, heal thyself?
; )

Posted by: m at March 11, 2023 05:46 PM (mn2bz)

98 If you are going by 64K page numbering ......

Posted by: Ciampino - red faces; not palefaces at March 11, 2023 06:26 PM (qfLjt)

99 He had his own routine. If he thought we were taking too long to give him dinner, he'd give us the lightest possible nip on the lower leg if we weren't wearing pants or jeans. Almost like scraping his teeth along the skin -- a gentle reminder.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2023 04:34 PM (omVj0)

I had a snapper cat that did something similar - if he was irritated too much he'd snap at you but bring the teeth together just short of your arm, then ram the arm with the teeth. Just so you knew what might have been.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2023 06:41 PM (eoQWY)

100 Cat in a cool aluminum pot? Wasn't that a movie?

My mobile lower intestine aka Sir Marksalot is up to three dumps a walk now. The others look on in awe.

Posted by: JEM at March 11, 2023 10:06 PM (8erNz)

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