shocker of the day.....
along with alot of things i never thought would happen.. like credit cards and landing on the moon...
one of our canadian camera people , wanting to come to the usa for dog fest...., needed a letter proving they were not coming to volunteer and take another american's job.
IT WOULD REALLY HELP ME GET ACROSS THE BORDER IF YOU COULD EITHER SEND ME AN E-MAIL OR A ‘SNAIL MAIL’ LETTER CONFIRMING THE DATE OF MY VISIT (JULY 19 TO JULY 25) TO “VISIT THE FARM AND LEARN ABOUT THE TRAINING PROCESS”.
SO SAD THAT IT HAS COME DOWN TO THIS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON JULY 19TH.
i did hear that on CNN, but i never thought -- i guess that is the problem... alot of americans never thought unemployment would be addressed this way...-- just to prove how self centered i can be...... now i am panic'd that the farm down the street-- mariini's-- won't be able to import all those men from wherever to work his fields.. he has done that for years... and the only bad thing i ever heard was maybe he should improve his dormitory for them.. that fresh picked corn is something you just don't get in new york city-- or houston -- or san fran...--
i must remember to get a bushel of corn for dog fest as a do it yourself project. it won't be available if he has to count on the citizens of ipswich o plant and pick it....
so i guess anyone planning to come to dog fest- better address that problem and maybe stress that you are coming here to learn...something... and if you need a letter let linda know.... unbelievable !!
i wonder if that pertains to hockey players....if it does, then the stanley cup is sure to go to canada...
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thankfully goldie was on duty yesterday with the imovie project of trying to put together a 3 minute video of service dog project for a grtant...jenna was here interning on puppy duty and i happened to mention the $^%&*()_*&^%$^&*() video i had to suffer thru creating...- and she said she could... and boy could she... she reached for the mouse and started to move pictures and explain how to do this movie bit... while my head was still on the fact that she was moving the mouse...
my reaction time has always been very slow- but compared to her... it was less than ridiculous- i could not even follow her curser let alone her thought process. then she found my computer would not record sound unless i bought a garage program---talk about a logical name-- i was all set to buy it when she set her phone down and said "we can use this just poke the red button".. so i did that and she poked it to stop and teh sound was already on the video we were making... the speed was terrifying me... one wrong button and it would be blasting from the microwave... or my car. couple more clicks and it was not 3 minutes 14 seconds but 2 minutes 58 seconds... as needed.
how bizzarre is this thing??? the pictures were all slightly crooked so she undid the "ken burns effect"-- i could wonder where they got htat name... but it was from ken, i am sure---- how couold i possibly have figuresd that out...
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yesterday i said i don't quit... well allow me to revise that.... if i don't even try ... is that quitting??? there is no way i can catch up-- i am still dealing with right or left button on the mouse...
basic problem is someone figured how to get 4 choices out of 2 buttons... right click once--right click twice-- left once-- left twice...
if they ever get to the right twice plus left once concept i am destroyed. i at least know the words for that.... it is permutations and combinations.
i've got the concept OK....
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how dare i question the face down hours kids spend texting on these powerful tiny machines... i do hope a few of these kids take time out to learn to dig a hole and plant some peas or they will all starve while they text away...
there is stuff they don't know-- linda asked me where i learned the measurements of a 2 x 4 are actually 1.5 x 3.5 of "finished" lumber..
or the fact that keroscene lying quietly in a puddle will burn-- while gasoline will expolde... or the fatter an extension cord, the better..
all those facts are on those little computer/phone things --- but there is a "hitch" computers don't give you time to learn by experience why keroscene must always get put in a blue container-- and gasoline in a red one.-- get that wrong just once and you could lose your life.
i wonder if someone did get it wrong- and had only a minor explosion - not getting killed--- how long would it take to figure out the relationship between the red/blue bang problem...
i do have one gasoline blow up story... the movie "blown away" blew up a ship in boston harbor- huge fireball etc....- and it took only 3 gallons of gas.. ( to do this they did stop traffic on the bridge and were supposed to clear the tunnels ( not sure that got done) however--- big bang....3 galloons. and 2 weeks later the film company was still sitting in mcdonalds writing checks to people with cracked windows and chimneys up to 1/2 miles away.
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i have been at this daily doggie so long , i can't remember what stories i have told.... hopefully there are new people who have not heard them...
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anne is coming bck to send off this movie and 37 questions... today... i is due tomorrow...
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we have some severe issues with murphy...massively bloody urine-- quarentined ( he apparently bit a dog before he was left here)-- horrible yeast infection...-- just for openers....
megan is working on it....
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the cut and pastes.... from the camera people.....
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(MAY HAVE BEEN BEEN PARAPHRASED) "YOU GIVE THEM A GOOD LIFE. THEN WHEN IT'S TIME, YOU LET THEM SLEEP. "
I DID THAT THIS MORNING WITH MY LOVELY CAT. VET CAME TO MY HOUSE. CAT AND I HAD SEVERAL HOURS ON THE SOFA TALKING ABOUT OUR LIVES TOGETHER. HER BROTHER AND SISTER JOINED US. I HAVE USED YOUR MAXIM SEVERAL TIMES WITH MY MATURE CATS. THANK YOU....IT GIVES ME STRENGTH AND THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR MY PETS AND NOT WHAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
THANK YOU,
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and so it goes.
