OCT 331 2017

MANY TIMES I FEEL THE NEED TO GIVE AN ABSOLUTE ORDER WHICH MAKES NO SENSE TO  STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS.. WELL THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES... IF YOU HAVE BEEN A STEADY VOLUNTEER HERE FOR  AT LEAST 2-3 YEARS, THEN YOU MUST NOT GO OUT AND BUY A WINTER JACKET THIS WEEK.

ALSO I CAN NOT BELIEVE I AM OUT OF THOSE TINY BRASS SNAPS I PUT ON THE SMALL MONKEY FISTS...  IF THAT IS TRUE, THEN I HAVE  SOLD OR GIVEN AWAY OVER 250 IN THE PAST YEAR...

IF YOU ( AS A CHICKEN BRICK BUYING CAMERA PERSON....   )    WOULD LIKE ONE, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS SEND ME A  SMALL  SELF ADDRESSED PADDED  ENVELOPE AND I WILL SEND YOU ONE OR TWO...  THEY ARE GOOD ZIPPER PULLS FOR THINGS LIKE WINTER JACKETS...

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THERE IS A LARGE DISCONNECT WITH SOME NEW PEOPLE---- SOME PEOPLE READ THIS AND DON'T REALIE THERE IS A 5PM MAIL CALL AND SOME OF THE MAIL CALL DON'T  KNOW ABOUT THE COMMENTS--- OR INFORMATION WEBS.. SO PASS THE WORD AROUND.  IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET THE DD IN YOUR EMAIL IF YOU SEND  TEH REQUEST TO ME IN AN EMAIL  I WILL TRY..  I USUALLY DO TH E DD FIRST  TO THE EMAIL ADDRESSES,  BUT IT TAKES ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE THEY SEND IT OUT.. I THN GO AND POST IT ON OUR WEB.. CLICK THE COFFEE CUP...

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SHORT DOGGIE...

 I HAVE THE COMPUTER DOCTOR COMING AT 9AM...  AND AN APT TO SEE MY ACCT AT 11 -- AND ALOT TO PULL TOGETHER BEFORE TEH COMPUTER GUY DEMOLISHES THIS MESS TO CLEAN IT UP...

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I KEEP EATING THOSE RED CHERRIES... AM I TO ASSUME IF I DID NOT EAT THEM SOMETING WOULD BE WORSE?

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PIXIE AND STACY....

"  AGH, THE WARM CAR AFTER ALL THAT GROCERY SHOPPING. I WAS MOMS SHINNING STAR ⭐️ HER LEGS WHERE TIRED OUT AND I DID MY JOB WITH PRIDE AS USUAL. MOM ALMOST TOOK A FALL IN THE STORE BUT I STOOD TIGHT WITH MY STRONG LEGS AND SAVED HER DAY AGAIN.. "

THE BEST PART OF MY DAY WAS WHEN WE OVERHEARD EMPLOYEES TALKING ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL PIXIE WAS AND HOW THEY ARE SO AMAZED WITH HOW WELL TRAINED SHE IS. I OVER HEARD THEM SAYING THEY SEE OTHER SD IN THE STORE AND NOT ONE OF THEM IS AS ATTENTIVE TO THEIR PERSONS NEEDS OR AS WELL BEHAVED. I WAS SO PROUD AND FELT SO BLESSED.  STACY

OCT 30 2017

HOW WINDY WAS IT?    WELL I CAN'T SEE THE ARENA ON THE CAMERA   YET..  THAT IS A "FABRIC" ROOF... BUT THE ELECTRICITY WENT OFF ( AND ON WITH OUR INSTANT GENERATOR...) HERE IS THE TRICKY PART.... THAT COULD MAKE ME CONCERNED..... MY CLOSET LIGHT--- I TURN IT ON AND OFF BY TWISTING THE BULB AND I MUST HAVE TWISTED IT JUST TO THEON-OFF POSITION... BECAUSE .. SEPARATE FROM THE LOSS OF ELECTRICITY IIN GENERAL, THAT BULB FLICKERED ON AND OFF ALL BY ITSELF LAST NIGHT.-- SO EITHER THE HOUSE WAS SHAKING OR A SQUIRREL IS CAMPED OUT IN THE WIRING... ANOTHE DISTINCT POSIBILITY...

BULB TWISTING--- WHEN I DESIGNED THIS HOUSE ( I SAY..DESIGNED.. VERY LOOSELY... IT WAS ON GRAPH PAPER NOT A RESPECTABLE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING....) I DECIDED THAT 8 FOOT CEILINGS WERE  THE NORM ONLY BECAUSE THE LUMBER COMES IN 8 FOOT LEGNTHS... BUT THAT EXTRA FOOT OF HEADROOM WAS A WASTE OF CUBIC AIR THAT NEEDED HEATING--( IN TH E PART OF THE HOUSE THAT WAS NOT CATHEDRAL CEILING)  BUT MORE THAN THAT---  I KNEW ME... AND I KNEW IF A BULB BLEW OUT  AND I NEEDED TO GET A STEPLADDER TO CHANGE IT, IT WOULD BE OUT FOR YEARS...  SO I STUCK MY ARM UP, AND MEASURED  THE HEIGHT OF A BULB-- AND  WROTE IT DOWN ON  MY GRAPH PAPER..AND THAT IS HOW THEY BUILT TH E OUSSE   

 I DID NOT KNOW ANYONE 7 FEET TALL ANYWAY...

NOW ADD THAT TO THE FACT THAT THE "OFFICIAL ELECTRITIAN" YEARS AGO WHO WIRED THIS HOUSE, HAD WHAT I CONSIDERED A DRINKING PROBLEM--NOT ONLY DID HE WIRE 220 TO THE DISHWASHER AND DISPOSAL - BOTH OF WHICH BLEW UP THE FIRST TIME I USED THEM-- BRAND NEW HOUSE AND I AM RUNNING FOR THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TWICE IN ON E DAY... BUT ALMOST WORSE,  THE SWITCH INTHE UPSTAIR HALL TURNS ON THE LIGHTS IN THE BACK ROOM, AND THE ONES IN THE LIVING ROOM WORK THE UPSTAIRS BATHROOM...- RATHER THAN REMEMBERING THIS , I I JUST TWIST BULBS..  WE HAVE TRIEED TO LABEL TEH LIVING ROOM SWITCHES- BUT I NEVER HAVE LEARNED WHAT THEY DO. SO BUD PUT IN PORCH LIGHTS THAT AARE MOTOIN DETECTION  LIGHTS-- WHICH DON'T WORK IF ANYONE FLIPS THE BATHROOM SWITH UPSTAIRS.  

YOU GET THE PICTURE.

TECHNICALLY I DON'T THINK I EVER GOT A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THIS PLACE....  MR CRANNEY ( A LIC ELECTRITIAN ) WAS NEARLY IN TEARS LOOKING AT THE   "SPAGETTI BOWL" OF WIRES IN THE CELLAR

LAST YEAR- AMID ALL THE DEMANDS ON ELECTRICITY,AND INSTALLING THE GENERATOR, I DID HIRE TEH CRANNEY COMPANY TO  INSTALL  ENTIRE  NEW PANNELS AND STRAIGHTEN OUT THE  WIRES  MANY OF WHICH HAD BEEN ADDED SINCE 1979. THAT DOES NOT HELP WHIT THE WIERD SWITCHES, BUT  IT SURE LOOKS BETTER...

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PROJECT OF THE WEEK-- ASSUMING THAT THE ROOF IS STILL ON ALL THE BUILDINGS,----  IS THE CALENDAR.

THE PROBLEM IS...KITTY HAS A BIG JOB AS CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE......-- BETWEEN WILLIAM'S IDEA ABOUT ARTISTIC, MY IDEAS ABOUT  AMUSING, AND MEGAN'S CONCEPT OR  BEING ABLE TO PULL OFF THE DOG MANAGEMENT,  IT AIN'T EASY.--- IT IS ALSO NEARLY NOVEMBER...  WE STARTED THIS CALENDAR IN ALL EARNEST LAST JAN 2nd.  THE SHOTS SO FAR ARE... PRICELESS  PER USUAL---  ALL 6 OF THEM --- WE NEED 13...  BUT WHO'S COUNTING?         (KITTY.... WITH THE 6  TAKING 10 MONTHS...... SHE KEEPS AFTER US....) 

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THE OTHER PROBLEM OF THE NEXT 2 WEEKS IS TO GET THE 990 FILED.. WHICH WILL BE MEETING WITH THE IRS,ACCOUNTANT AND LAWYER--  I USED TO DO THE FOOL THING MYSELF, BACK WHEN WE WERE A VERY SMALL OUTFIT... NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE GRANTS, THE SYSTEM DEMANDS WE SPEN TOO BIG A LUMP ON ACCOUNTING-- WHICH I WILL WAGER NO ONE READS ANYTHING EXCEPT THE BOTTOM LINES... IF THAT.-- THEY ARE INTERESTED ON **SALERIES OF  OFFICIALS -- ZERO  *** THE   5 HIGHEST PAID ( SDP IS  SKATING ON THE MINIMUM WAGE)**** HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON PROFESSIONAL FUNDRAISERS...? THE CHICKENS??? PLUS ANNE-- ZERO... *********OF COURSE THEN THERE IS THE #14 QUESTION ABOUT SWEARING WE DO NOT RUN A TANNING BOOTH..--  IT IS PAINFUL TO ME TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY... BUT I MUST.. --- SOMEONE SOMEWHERE HAS TO CHECK OFF A LITTLE BOX THAT SAYS "FILED".

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I AM CALLING DR BRYAN ABOUT  MAES FOOT

 AND SO IT GOES....

OCT 29 2017

THAT KRATOM UNDER DISCUSSION AT MAIL CALL...SOUNDS LOVELY... PAIN  KILLER MOOD ENHANCER AND  I FORGET THE THIRD CURE... WHAT STRUCK ME IS THE  LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE THE AD WAS  APPEALING TO...  BUY THESE SEEDS AND  YOU CAN HARVEST THE LEAVES---IT ALSO DESCRIBES THE SEEDS TO GROW THE STUFF ARE FOR A HUGE TREE.-- NOW IF I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS HUGE TREE TO GROW BEFORE I GET TO EAT A LEAF TO CURE MY HEADACHE... IT IS GOING TO  BE A VERY LONG HEADACHE. IT GOES ON AND ON ABOUT THE TREE NEEDS BASICALLY A SWAMP ENVIRONMENT..  AND TEH SEEDS SO SMAL THAT  YOU NEED A BUNCH BECAUSE THEY BLOW AROUND AND YOU MIGHT GET 10% GERMINATION. I DECIDED THE REAL PROBLEM  WAS THAT TO SHORTCUT AND BUY THE PILLS  WITH THE GREY DUST AND FANCY NAMES COULD BE TROUBLE..... THE  MORE INVENTIVE  BUSINESS PERSON   MIGHT BE INCLINED TO  TAKE ANOTHER SHORTCUT AND COLLECT THE SWEEPINGS OFF THE HAY LOFT FLOOR AND  PUT  IT IN CAPSULES, KNOWING THAT OFTEN PLACEBOS WORK AS WELL AS SOME CHEMICALS...

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? GROWING GRASS?   WE DID MUCH MUCH BETTER WITH THE 25#  WINTER RYE SEEDS   THAT TOM THREW OUT 6 DAYS AGO?? IT IS OVER AN INCH LONG NOW... AND HOPEFULLY WILL NOT GET WASHED AWAY BY THE DOWNPOUR WE ARE ABOUT TO GET TOMORROW???? APPARENTLY IT DOES NOT GROW"NEXT YEAR"   BUT AROUND HERE NOT MUCH DOES ANYWAY.... IF IN THE MEANTIME IT PRODUCED GRASS FOR MO AND FRIENDS  IT COULD BE A GOOD  COVER CROP..

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SPEAKING OF FRIENDS... WE HAVE ADDED MR AND MRS C.  --- 2 MAMOUTH DONKEYS-- HE IS ONE OF THE HEAVIEST BONED DONKEYS I HAVE EVER SEEN.....MY GUESS IS... HE/ HIS BLOODLINE WAS DEVELOPED TO PRODUCE TEH TYOE MULE THAT MO IS-- AND THE KIND THAT WE(USA)  USED TO SEND TO AFGHANASTAN  AS BABIES 30 YEARS AGO TO WORK IN THOSE HILLS..  THE  PEOPLE THERE DID NOT HAVE THE DRAFT HORSES -- NOR THE BIG DONKEYS TO MAKE THEIR OWN..   HE WAS AN "ENTIRE JACK" APPARENTLY WHEN JANINE RESCUED HIM - HE WAS NEUTERED IN QUARENTINE... WE MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SPOTTED MALE -- THTA LITTLE GUY IS PRETTY "STUDY"   I WILL TRY THEM TOGETHER TODAY...

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PART OF MY WHOLE  RUNNING WATER DOWNHILL PROJECT INCLUDED TANNER BEING HERE ON SUNDAY TO  BACK DRAG THE SUISHY MUD TEH DONKEYS HAVE SPENT THE WEEK PREPARING FOR HIM.  SO THAT WILL BE ME  ON THE TRACTOR  TODAY.

THIS NEXT RAINSTORM HAS BEEN EQUATED TO SANDY IN VOLUME   SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO  DIDDLE WITH TEH "RIVERS" BEHIND THTE ARENA AND IMPROVE THAT SYSTE,M A BIT...  WHERE ARE THE KIDS OF YESTERYEAR WHO  PLAYED IN MUD PUDDLES???? - THERE IS A BASIC KNOWLEDGE MISSING...  LIKE GRAVITY....

IN WRITING SOME OF THE GRANT "STUFF"  ONE THING WE CAN ASK  A COMPANY TO FUND.. IS OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.. I CAN SAY WITH GREAT PRIDE-- WE HAVE GIVEN 1/2 DOZEN KIDS THE  PRACTICAL  EDUCATION YOU DON'T GET IN SCHOOLS, WHILE  MOMMY NATURE SCREWS UP ENOUGH THINGS SO THESE KIDS KNOW THAT A SUPERIORITY COMPLEX IS A PITIFUL EXCUSE FOR BEING COMPETENT.   SOME OF THESE KIDS HAVE A BETTER EDUCATION.. NOW...  BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION THAN THE ONE I GOT FOR ALL THE MONEY MY POOR PARENTS PAID TO HAVE ME GO TO COLLEGE.

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WHEN I WAS IN EDINBURGH-- I JOINED THE PHYSICS SOCIETY--- I WAS MORE OF A "RELIC" THAN A PARTICIPATING MEMBER...  MOST OF THEM WERE SUPER BRIGHT-- GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WITH OUR COLLEGE. KNOWLEDGE .. AND THEN WENT TO UNIVERSITY... I WAS WELL OUT OF MY LEAGUE- BUT I SMILED ALOT...

ONE OF THE MEMBERS DREW A  GRAPH  OF BUNCH OF STATISTICS-- WORLD  POPULATION  BEING THE BIGGIE-- AND A FEW THINGS NOT RELATED TO POPULATION-- AND THE GRAPHS GREW SLOWLY THEN INCREASED QUICKLY AT ABOUT 1984 TO GO STRAIGHT UP...( BECOME ASYMPTOTIC AT 1984)

THE COST OF  A YEAR OF COLLEGE   WOULD NOW CONFORM TO THAT SHAPE.... WHEN MY MOTHER WENT OT COLLEGE  1924, THE 4 YEARS  TUITION WAS  $800....  IN MINE WAS $5000... MY KIDS' WERE $56,000, AND NOW $300,000.  YOU CAN NOT DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE THRU THOSE NUMBERS.  IT IS A CURVE THAT  GOES UP TO THINGS LIKE INFINITY

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IT IS THAT INFINITY STUFF THAT  WORRIES ME...  LAST NIGHT I WATCHED SOMETHING ABOUT  THE SALMON FISHING vs  A GOLD MINE IN ALASKA..  I DON'T CARE WHAT  WALL STREET SAYS, YOU CAN NOT EAT GOLD....  WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF CANARIES  TO PUT IN THE MINES.

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BACK TO WORK.....

I CAN REMEMBER BEING TOLD....------ ONE OF THE MOST  IMPRESSIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR JOB... IS TO BE THERE ON TIME... READY TO WORK... THIS  WAS  HUGE PROBLEM FOR THE WANT ADVERTISER ( AN "EBAY" SORT OF MAGAZINE FOR WHOM I WORKED FOR 30 YEARS)  I WORKED OFF SITE, BUT WHEN I HAD TO GO TO THE MAIN OFFICE I WOULD BE APPALLED... PEOPLE PUNCHED  IN AT 9:10--  AND HAD A MCDONALD;S BREAKFAST IN THE OTHER HAND  WHICH THEY WOULD THEN SIT IN THE LOUNGE AND EAT BEFORE GETTING  TO THEIR DESK- 9:45. TO WORK FOR 15 MINUTES BEFORE THEY HAD TO HAVE A CIGARETTE...

 THE OWNERS WERE VERY PLEASENT ABOUT IT.. BUT THE WHOLE PLACE DID NOT HAVE WHAT I CALLED A GOOD WORK ETHIC... IT WAS MORE OF A COUNTRY CLUB... SOMETIMES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ORGANIZATION A WHIP HAS TO BE CRACKED...'

THERE WAS A SONG...  SHIP WITHOUT A SAIL--- , A  BOAT WITHOUT A RUDDER... .A FISH   WITHOUT A TAIL.

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MY JOB TODAY IS TO SIT AROUND AND THINK CREATIVELY AND GET THIS CALENDAR DONE... AT LEAST MENTALLY...  THE PAST CALENDARS HAVE HAD A BLURB WRITTEN BY ME...

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GROANNNNNNN-- I CAN HEAR ANN GETCHELL WITH HER " DON'T USE EXTRA WORDS LIKE "HAVE HAD"  ONE  "HAD" WILL DO.

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WINDING UP THE  TOILET PAPER SAGA...

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4.5 INCH===  30 YEAR OLD ROLL

 It isn't just toilet paper rolls...

How about...

Short sleeve T shirts whose sleeves have become 2" shorter?

Underwear panties (briefts) that have become 1-2" shorter on the side?

Ice cream cartons that have become less than half gallons.

And so much more. :(

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AND THE IRS....

WHEN WE HAD A SMALL BUSINESS THE IRS DECIDED TO AUDIT US SINCE THIS WAS BEFORE COMPUTERS WE HAD ALL OUR RECORDS IN TRIPLACATE-REMEMBER CARBON PAPER-WE HAD FILLED AT LEASE TEN LARGE FILE CABINETS WITH SIX YEARS OF PAPER WORK-THE IRS WANTED US TO BRING ALL OF THAT DOWN TO THEIR ARLINGTON VA OFFICE ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY FROM OUR SHOP-MY GENIUS OFF THE IQ CHARTS HUSBAND AND OUR STAFF WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS WHEN I CALLED THE IRS AND TOLD THEM THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO DO THIS-THEY COULD SEND AN AGENT AT OUR CONVIENCE-IE WHEN THE SHOP WAS CLOSED AND AUDIT US IN HOUSE-THEY CALLED BCK AND ASKED FOR A SPECIFIC DOCUMENT WHICH ISENT BY RETURN MAIL AND WE NEVER  HEARD FROM THEM AGAIN-

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SO I HAVE CONTACTED THEM IN WRITING....-- IF THEY DODGE TEH QUESTION, THEY WILL PUT IT IN WRITING...  THEY ARE GOOD THAT WAY...

LET US PRAY...

OCT 28 2017

THINKING IS SO DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE THING RATTLING AROUND IN YOU HEAD...

THE CALENDAR-- I AM WAITING FOR TH AT STROKE OF BRILLIANCE THAT OFTEN ELUDES ME..... WE ARE WORKING AND HAVE SOME UNBELIEVABLE CREATIONS OF WILLIAMS  TO WHICH I AM SUPPOSED TO ATTACH A BRILLIANT REMARK..  WELL THE PHOTO.S FAR OUTWEIGH MY  TYPO'S AND SPELLING CHALLANGES.

ON TOP OF THAT--- I NEED TO GO SEE THE IRS AND GET TEH WORD FROM THE HORSES' MOUTH.-- I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TIE THE OTHER END OF THE HORSE TO THE WAY THE DIRECTIONS ARE WRITTEN... AND I HEAR THEY ARE TRYING TO RE-WRITE THE TAX LAW-- BOY... I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GO AT THAT ONE.-- PROBLEM IS WRITING IN ALL THE LOOPHOLES-- THAT IS  WHERE TEH DIARRHEA OF THE PEN SETS IN... 

 I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH THE IRS... I HAVE HAD A FEW CRAZY DEALS, ..I FOUGHT MY WAY ALONG WITH THE DOCTOR AND  HIS RACE HORSE EXPENSE-- WHICH THE IRS TRIED TO DENY AND ASSESS $30,000 PENALTY FOR SOMETHING..  I SAID ABSOLUTELY NO AND I WANTED TO GO TO COURT OVER IT-- THEY SENT A GUY ROUND WHO WENT THRU EVERYTHING FOR 3 DAYS-- FROM HIS APPOINTMENT BOOK TO THE  HYPPA RESTRICTED MED CHART TO THE DEPOSITS  AND THEN HE  MOVED TO IPSWICH-- WHERE I  DID HAVE SOME MEDICAL OFFICE STUFF IN THT BACK ROOM( THAT  IS NOW THE DOG DORM... ) TABLE  AND EQUIPMENT...- TOM  DID OCASSIONALLY SEE A PATIENT HERE... NOT VERY OFTEN... BUT IT DID HAPPEN-- AND THEN I SHOWED THE IRS GUY TEH RACE HORSES WE ACTUALLY HAD IN THE BARN. AND THE MANURE PILE--.. IF I NEEDED A NEW PITCHFORK, THERE  WAS NO DOUBT..---   I REMEMBER HIS COMMENT  ABOUT BEING NEWLY HIRED BY THE IRS...- AND HE HAD TO FIND SOMETHING SINCE HE WAS HERE FOR 3 DAYS-- SO WE SETTLED ON  DRIVING BETEWWN THE "HOUSE OFFICE"  AND  HOSPITAL WAS NOT A DEDUCTABLE "DRIVING BETEWEEN OFFICES"  , BUT IN FACT COMMUTING -- I SETTLED ON THAT . COST ME $320.  ( AND 3 DAYS EDUCATION)  HE ALSO SAID ( OUTLOUD.. WISH I RECORDED IT)   "I CAN TELL YOU WE ARE NEVER GOING TO AUDIT YOU  AGAIN" 

I PLAN TO TAKE THEM AT HIS WORD..-- THIS  HOUSE HAS 10 ROOMS AND HE ALLOWED 10% TO MEDICAL EXPENSES.. NO PROBLEM..  SO NOW... WHEN I HAVE 10% FOR MY PERSONAL USE AND SDP HAS THE REST OF THE 12 ACRES,, THE ACCOUNTANT IS  RELUCTANT... IT IS UNUSUAL MAYBE... BUT IT IS A FACT... AND I  PLAN TO STICK TO MY GUNS.  I HOPE IF I END UP IN JAIL, YOU ALL WILL COME SLIP ME A SAW BLADE IN A PIE WITH WHIPPED CREAM.

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 I DO KNOW YESTERDAY  I SIGNED 5 GRANT PROPOSALS FOR THE TOWER OF HOPE (TTOH HAS BEEN VERY KIND TO US IN THE PAST.. $40,000 KIND... ) , SIGNED A RECERTIFICATION OF SOMEONE WHO'S DOG LOOKED VERY HAPPY TO PUT

ON HIS HARNESS( THAT IS MY BIGGEST WAY OF JUDGING )  THEN--  I ORDERED 500 MORE CALENDARS , 75 VACINES FOR THE PUPS,  100 BALES OF HAY, 2 PIECES OF PLUMBING-  A NOT-DOWN  VEST-  A HYDROLIC HOSE FOR THE TRACTOR  AND 10 MORE HOTEL ROOMS FOR NEXT YEARS DOGFEST--- I REALLY DON'T WANT TO  HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO WITH 2018 DOGFEST  FOR A FEW MONTHS..--I HOPE TINA WILL HELP WITH  SOME THINGS- SHE HAS ALOT OF GOOD IDEAS AND ENERGY.. BUT SHE LIVES IN CALIFORNIA  4 TIME ZONES AWAY... SO WE HAVE TO REDO SOME PROCESSES. --- SARA BOUGHT US LUNCH FROM THE CLAM SHACK SO I ATE FAR TOO MUCH ... MUST HAVE BEEN 3000 CALORIES...I ENJOYED EVERY ONE OF THEM.

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ONE OTHER SHORT IRS STORY.... I LEARNED THIS EARLY...  I BELONG TOTHE ESSEX COOP... WHERE WE GET OUR HORSE GRAIN-- IT COST ME $20 TO JOIN.. AND ONCE A YEAR, I GET A $1 DIVIDEND CHECK FROM THEM... I HAVE ALWAYS INCLUDED THAT ON MY TAXES-- LUCKILY.. BECAUSE ONE YEAR THE IRS GAVE A "NEW GUY"  THE COMPUTER LIST OF EVERYONE WHO GOT THE $1 -- AND HAD HIM PRACTICE   AUDITING ANYONE WHO DID NOT INCLUDE IT. 

LESSON LEARNED... ANY TIME YOU ARE ON SOME LIST... PAY ATTENTION.... IN THE AGE OF COMPUTERS SOMEONE IS STUDYING  WHY YOU ARE ON THAT LIST.

OCT 27 2017

I HAD MANY COMMENTS ON  THE MEASUREMENT OF TOILET PAPER..... HERE'S ONE DIFFERENT SLANT...

CAROL & CO  WRITES

IN REGARDS TO THE TOILET PAPER ROLLS. NOT ONLY ARE THEY NARROWER, THE PAPER TUBE ON THE INSIDE IS BIGGER. ARGGGH!

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WHEN DOES DECEIVING THE PUBLIC  BECOME A DEMONSTRABLE CRIME?  WHEN DOES  14.4 OUNCES BECOME 16 OUNCES? 

 WHEN DOES 39% INTEREST ON A CREDIT CARD BALANCE =10,000 FREE MILES..?  WHEN DOES THE PRINT BECOME SO SMALL THAT IT COULD BE  CONCEIVED AS ILLEGAL????

OR MY FAVORITE... WHEN DOES "RATE OF INCREASE IS GOING DOWN" BE ALLOWED TO POINT OUT THAT THE STATEMENT MEANS WHATEVER THE TOPIC, THE STUFF IS STILL GOING UP..

THESE INDIVIDUAL WORDS  FREE AND DOWN ARE IN THOSE CASES JUST USED TO DISTRACT  FROM WHAT  THE REAL TRUTH IS... ?LAZY MIND?   OT TOO BUSY TREADING WATER TO BE ABLE TO DECIPHER WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING.... OR BY MY AGE.. JUST PLAIN PARANOID !!!

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I DO FIGHT IT... ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE- ELIMINATE THE NEGATIVE - LATCH ON TO THE AFFIRMATIVE   ( AN OLD SONG ABOUT NOT MESSING WITH MR. IN-BETWEEN.) 

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LIKE.....HERE WE GO....  I HAVE BEEN CARRYING LIFE SAVERS IN MY CAR- FOR MAYBE A YEAR NOW  AND I HAVE FOUND  #1. THEY HAVE TO BE IN A TIN BOX BECAUSE TEH SQUIRRELS LOVE THEM  AND #2..  WHEN I STICK MY HAND OUT THE WINDOW TO OFFER A ROLL OF THEM TO A COP STANDING DIRECTING TRAFFIC , HE TAKES IT.. AND IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR HIS GRIM FACIAL EXPRESSION  HAS TURNED TO SMILING  #3  EVERYONE IN THE CAR WITH ME  HAS BEEN UPLIFTED AND IS SMILING TOO.

SOOOOOO.......THERE ARE PIECES TO THIS NEXT IDEA...---

THESE PEOPLE TO WHOM WE DONATE DOGS ...  WE ALWAYS TRY AND GIVE THEM TO PEOPLE WHO ARE... OR COULD BE.. OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SOMEHOW...- IT IS A FACT  THAT   WALKING THRU A NURSING HOME WITH ONE OF OUR DOGS, PAST TEH NURSING STAFF (WHO ARE DEALING WITH DOWNERS SO MUCH OF THE TIME,) CAUSES THEM TO  LOOK UP AT THE DOGS AND SMILE.  IF ..  NOT SAYING ANYTHING WE JUST HANDED OUT A ROLL OF LIFE SAVERS IT WOULD LIFT THAT ATMOSPHERE UP A NOTCH... PLUS... SO MANY OF  "OUR" RECIPIENTS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING BACK INTO CIRCULATION-- CERTAINLY THE DOGS HELP BY DIRECTING ATTENTION TO THE DOGS AND NOT THE INFIRMITIES OF THE PERSON.   SO LETS GO ONE  STEP FURTHER... HOW ABOUT  SUGGESTING  ANYONE WITH OUR DOGS GIVE AWAY AT LEAST  5 ROLLS OF LIFE SAVERS A MONTH... CARRY ONE IN THOSE POUCHES ON THE HARNESS AND WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE DOING A DULL AND BORING JOB,  JUST HAND ONE  OUT... AND DON'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING..

99.7% OF THE PEOPLE WILL LOVE IT...  I SUPPOSE THERE COULD BE 00.3% WHO MIGHT EXPLODE AND CALL YOU #$%^&*&^%$# IDIOT...  

BUT THAT IS NEVER A CHANCE NOT TO DO GOOD.

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 NEVER... NOT...  TWO NEGATIVES - A POSITIVE... I BET MOST NEVER THOUGHT ALGEBRA WOULD BE USEFUL IN NORMAL LIFE.. AS IN   -2 X -13= +26

OK.... SO YOU ARE IN A COURTROOM  AND A LAWYER IS CROSS EXAMINING YOU "TELL ME- DID YOU NOT SEE THERE WERE NO WARNING FLAGS TO LET YOU NOT BE ALARMED  AT THE LACK OF  AN ONCOMING TRAIN?"  WHAAAAAT? 

A QUESTION LIKE THAT WAS ASKED OF ME  WHEN I WAS AN EXPERT WITNESS ABOUT AN ANIMAL CASE, AND I TURNED TO THE JUDGE AND SAID " TOO MANY NEGATIVES WOULD YOU ASK THE  LAWYER TO REPHRASE TEH QUESTION  WITH NO MORE THAN  ONE NEGATIVE"   AND HE DID...

I DO HEAR DOUBLE AND TRIPLE NEGATIVES USED DAILY IN POLITICAL STATEMENTS AND ... ADVERTISING...   THEI MINUTE IT STARTS I SHUT DOWN AND FIGURE WHTEVER THEY ARE SELLING IS NOTHING I  WANT.  ( ONE NEGATIVE.) 

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FYI...HERE'S A GOOD ONE .. NEW TO ME...--- WE HAD AN OLD METAL OBJECT-- WHIC WE NEEDED TO GET CLEANED UP... SO I ASKED DONNA... WHO WENT AND GOT KETCHUP AND STARTED RUBBING AWAY-- TO MY AMAZEMENT ... IT DID LOOK BETTER-- I DO NOT HAVE A CLUE WHY-- THE ACID? AND IT DID NEED WASHING OFF AFTERWARDS-- BUT IT CLEANED THE MOLDDY GRUCKY THING

BET YOU NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE !!

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THUS ENDETH THE LESSON OF THE DAY.

2018 DOG FEST-    DECISIONS  ---2017 WAS SAID TO BE THE BEST EVER -- WE--- A BUNCH OF OUR "DOGFEST STAFF"  MET FOR DINNER..  DON'T LET ANYONE CONVINCE YOU THAT SDP(  LIKE THE ARMY...) .DOESN'T MOVE ON IT'S BELLY-- OFFER TO FEED OUR BUNCH AND EVERYONE SHOWS UP...

 THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT/ TOO MUCH FOOD ON SATURDAY ( THAT'S A COMPLAINT?)-  THE FOOD WAS GREAT. ---PAM-- WHO OUTDOES HERSELF IN SO MANY WAYS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH FARM FRESH EGGS FOR BREAKFAST WHICH RAN INTO THE ARRRIVAOL OF THE LUNCH TRUCK.. WHICH WE JUST GOT OUT THE DRIVEWAY WHEN  THE LOBSTER TRUCK ARRIVED...NEXT  YEAR WE MIGHT GO WITH JUST JIM AND HIS FOOD TRUCK..( AND PAM'S EGGS) --MAYBE ADD TEH FIREBUILDING/CORN COOKING POT  CREW  FOR ENTERTAINMENT  ON SAT AFTERNOON....--- WE DECIDED TO INSTALL BLACK SHIRTS WITH "STAFF"  FRONT ADN BACK... SO THERE IS NO CONFUSION ABOUT WHO IS IN CHARGE OF WHAT... OR WHO.--  

THERE WAS MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT PUTTING OUT A SCHEDULE...  AFTER MY "ABSOLUTELY NO" ... WE MIGHTBE ABLE TO HAVE A WHITE BOARD OF POSSIBLE HAPPENINGS...MY PROBLEM IS... THIS IS A DO IT YOURSELF WEEKEND.. AND IF YOU ARE UP AND AROUND YOU KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING--- THERE IS A CONCEPT I FIGHT "I WILL JUST SIT IN MY CAR TIL 3:OO WHEN  WE ARE SUPPPOSED TO GET PICTURES TAKEN"  NO.. THIS WEEKEND IS TO EXPERIENCE THE THINGS WE DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS- AND  HANGING AROUND IN GROUPS WHILE DOING SOMETHING IS WHAT IT SI ABOUT.. LIK TEH WAXING OF THE TRACTOR... GOOD EXAMPLE...   I ALWAYS FIGHT THE TENT  IDEA... BECAUSE IF THE WEATHER IS ALL THAT BAD.. WE ALREADY  HAVE THE ARENA... AND WE HAVE A COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO CAN MOVE CHAIRS ETC INTO IT.  THIS IS NOT A SPA WHERE YOU GET WAITED ON...  BOTH DOG FEST OR  OTHER WEEKEND VISITS...

THE HOTEL... IN AN EFFORT TO CUT TH E PARKING - WHICH WAS "CREATIVE"   WE DISCUSSED A SMALL SCHOOL BUS -- IT IS A SHAME FOR PEOPLE TO RENT CARS WHICH JUST SIT FOR 2 DAYS.  THE LOGISTICS NEEDS WORK BUT WE NEED TO GET  PAST CARPOOLING IF WE CAN.-AS FOR TEH MIRAID OF OTHER DETAILS REGARDING DOGFEST, WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND EASIER TO HAVE ALL THE DETAILS BE HANDLED BY OUR IPSWICH OFFICE.  TINA HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB IN THE PAST, BUT TO HAVE ALOT OF THE STATISTICS I NEED TO KNOW IN  ANOTHER TIME ZONE IS TOO STRESSFUL FOR ME   AND  TINA  HAS NOT ONLY OUR HARNESS BUSINESS, BUT THE DONKEYS TO KEEP STRAIGHT- SO PLEASE- ALL DETAILS TO IPSWICH.   AS FOR THE DATES... WE DECIDED OCTOBER 13 ,14  AND THE HOTEL HAS GIVEN US  THE $145 RATE FOR FRIDAY THRU MONDAY NIGHTS.

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NOW TO ASK LIFESAVORS FOR A PALLET -- OR A GRANT????

OCT 26 2017

OF ALLYOU THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO READ THIS  FOOL DD.. IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS AN OLD ROLL OF TOILET PAPER?   I WAS FLABBERGASTED YESTERDAY TO MEASURE  A ROLL AND FOUND IT IS BARELY 4" WIDE... THE HOLDER ( 30 YEARS OLD) MAKES PROVISION FOR 5.25 " ROLL SO MY GUESS IS THE OLD ONES ARE 5" ... JUST CURIOUS....

IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME HOW INSIDIOUS CHANGES GO UNNOTICED  UNTIL TEH  "WAIT JUST ONE MINUTE" SETS IN.  I GUESS THAT IS WHAT WORRIES  TEH GUN CROWD... IF THE  AUTOMATIC ATTACHMENT TO A RIFLE IS OUTLAWED THEN MAYBRE THEIR ONE SHOT HAND PISTOL IS NEXT????  RESIST ANY CHANGE OR YOUR TOILET PAPER MY LAND UP BEING 1"WIDE....

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STOPING

 RUNNING TO DRIVE JANINE TO AIRPORT

THAT WAS  5:00am ... NOW BACK  7:23....

TRAVELS WITH JANINIE IS ALWAYS EXCITING... I FIND THAT IN A CAR IS THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN GET HER MIND ON ANY ONE THING  AND EVEN THAT WILL BE A ROLLER COASTER REQUIRING CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION.. HER DONKEY PLAN IS PREGO INTHE STALL;;-- HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AFTER MY BEDTIME...  BUT SHE IS HERE... AS FOR "TRAINING"  JANINE SAID WITH GREAT PRIDE " I GOT A HALTER ON HER"  THAT ESTABLISHES A  MINIMAL LEVEL OF  SOCIALIZATION... I.E.  NOT MUCH

SHE ALSO SAID THAT MR AND MRS C ( THE 2 BIG ONES)   ARE READY TO COME OVER HERE AND ARE A  VERY ENTERTAINING COUPLE... I SHOULD PICK THEM  UP IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS....

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BEFORE THE AIRPORT RUN, I WROTE THIS FOR THE CAMERA PEOPLE WHO WONDER WHAT IS WHERE-AND WHY TEHY CAN   OR CAN NOT SEE VARIOUS DONKEYS....

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W/R/T  THE DONKEYS  AND THE ONES TO BE ADDED.. AT LEAST TEMPORARILY------ FIGURE THIS OUT-----GOING BACK ALONG THE FENCELINE......  THERE IS  THE HILL WITH THE HAY FEEDER 1/2 WAY UP TEH HILL "DONKEY HILL" WHICH CONNECTS TO THE  1/2 "FAR END OF THE STALL" BY GOING AROUND A SMALL TURNOUT AREA WHICH GOES STRAIGHT OUT FROM TEH 1/2 BIRTHING STALL...   IT IS POSSIBEL TO GIVE MO A OUTDOOR AREA ABOUT 40 X 40   OR OPEN THAT GATE AND LET HER INTO THE DONKEY HILL AREA... THEN THERE IS A DOG'S "ARENA HILL" FOR THE KENNELS ON THE "NEW SIDE OF THE BARN... THEN THERE IS A FENCED LUMP CONTIGUOUS TO THE TANNER HANGOUT RUN IN SHED...20 X 36ISH WHICH YOU CAN NOT SEE OFF THE BACK OF TEH ARENA BEHIND TEH BUSH CLINTON PEROT  CARACTURES.... THE WAY I SEE IT WORKING IS TO  #1 BE ABLE TO SHUT EVERYONE DOGS AND DONKEYS OUT OF THE WAY AND DRIVE TEH MANURE PILE TO THE COMPOST PILE ALL THE WAY ROUND PAST FLAT FIELD... -- THEN -#2... DURING THE DAY ALL DONKEYS OPEN TO DONKEY HILL HAY  FEEDER-- WITH WATER COMING OUT OF THE NEW ICU BUILDING... EXCEPT THE PREGOS WILL BE CONFINED TO THTE SMALLER STALL AND TURNOUT UNTIL THEY FOAL AND CAN JOIN THE GROUP-- THE DOGS WILL GET THE  DOGS ARENA HILL -- AND BACK LUMP FENCED FOR EXERCISE-- TIL THEY ARE FED AT 4:00 WHEN THOSE GATES SHOULD BE REDONE -- IF WE ALLOW DONKS THE WHOLE AREA-- THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THE FAR END OF TEH STALL ON CAMERA... OR GO ROUND TEH ARENA TO TANNER'S PLACE WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE A 20 X20 SHELTER.. IF WE DID THAT , THE BUNCH MIGHT BE OFF CAMERA SO   CP'S MIGHT WORRY THEY CAN'T SEE THEM... MY POINT BEING.. DONKEYS ARE WILD... IF THEY WISH TO STAND OUT IN THE RAIN/SNOW/... THAT IS THEIR PROBLEM... I HAVE GIVEN THEM A WAY TO GET UNDER COVER... ..  THEY ALL GROW HAIR.. BIG TIME.  DON'T GO PHONING ME TO TELL ME THEY ARE OUT IN THE RAIN-- IT IS THEIR CHOICE.

THE RAIN RUNETH DOWN HILL  !!... OUR SYSTEM OF LEVEYS AND DAMS  IS NOT WORKING EXACTLY AS DESIGNED... BUT WATER IS GETTING TO THE "LOW AREA"  AKA "TREE DUMP"  

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NOW I BETTER GET TO REAL WORK.

oct 25 2017

this bit is getting serious..-- so i go to a meeting of teh dog festers last night-- food was great.. consensis was fest 2017 was the best ever. with only two or three changes to make...we -- linda pam bud  steve megan mark sandy  laughed and argued and bantered for a couple hours-- the whole while i am thinking "well that is tomorrows daily doggie material" then as we went to leaave, they all said "don't you dare put any of that in the DD"  that wouldn't be so bad if 2 other really interestng deals also got sensored by "other people"   either "you can't"  or  "you shouldn't"... no fun at all. not leaving me much of anything  to squawk about...not even the date of next year's dogfest.... which is dependant on the availability of the hotel  because of the leaf peepers who storm the place to look at the changing  leaves fall  colors... maybe there is a shread of a story to talk about... LEAVES -- and the 2018 calendar on which we ( william kitty, megan and i)  have been working... william--( ever the artist) wanted kitty and i to find a tree all by itself in the middle of a field...-- i  knew of 2 at groton house ( ann's place-- not denmark ann) ) -- we had used one .. i think in  the movie home alone where they added a gravestone to the  spot-- however  GH is a   huge place  2 different fields with lone trees. we get all set up for the shot... i have 2 dogs in my car... megan has 3, kitty has the "kraft table" stuff--- oranges energy bars, aspirins and water......-- william sets up the camers... and backs off...  "i need to see more trees" -- so we get in my car.... now groton house is either THE OLDEST or  one of the oldest farms in  mass... ... i know for a fact it is 1.25 miles on 2 sides-- lovely beautiful big old trees lining  its many driveways.   if you are really curious you can google   Groton House Farm Event -- i just did-- wandering around the pictures you get some feel for the thousands of trees on the place ----- i drove on and on around teh dirt driveways and lanes.......as william studied them one by one...  he finally found an acceptable one and he set up .... as megan and kitty re positioned and joined him... now here comes the interesting part.... bet you can't wait.... i go away and return in 10 minutes to find kitty, with a plastic bag in one hand going  around  picking up individual leaves with a cheerful "oh here's a good one..." i figure she has gone round the bend once too often... however... turns out.... how exacting is willliam?????..  many of   the trees in teh northeast have a leaf chewing ?bug causing a very lacy effect against the sky which wasn't too bad... but when he was focusing on the base of this tree,, the leaves on the ground had bites taken out of them-- so kitty had to find  whole leaves. proving once again  the devil's in the details... **** slightly interesting is --way  off in the distance a white car wandered around teh barns that once housed the carriage horses for  "the main house" it seemed to be studying us ... as we studied it... turns out it was janine who thought we were a crew chasing a loose horse... and we did not know she had parked some 14 of her  donkey rescues in "ann's  mother's barns"  ***  there are many many funny stories about groton house  and teh yearly event there...  altho it is perfectly maintained... it is not manicured-- ***  if you are driving by , you can tell if ann is  not home--- because there will be a 2  x 4 wedged holding the door shut-- if she is home, the 2 x 4 is set aside..- no knob--- been that way for years... works fine. ***** ann has more calluses on her hands than  i do... from doing her own horse stalls--- i remember ( i told this a while ago...) ann and i started an emt course a few years back... and the  opening remarks made by  nice little ( opinionated) man included "this course was not for aging grandmothers as it requires considerable stregnth to hoist unconscious victums"   that was directed at  us....  then came stretcher practice and he gave us a 200+ pound victum and backed off to watch-- we  both had many years of hay bales and grain bags behind us.. so we bent and picked him up and asked "where do you want him?"  it was one of those beautifull  moments. **** so much for not having anything to discuss...

OCT 24 2017

TEMPUS FIDGITS-- OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT...FALL FELL-- AND I HAVE CHANGED MY UNIFORM FROM TEE SHIRTS AND JEANS--- TO TURTLENECKS AND JEANS..- THE JEANS ARE  INTENTIONALLY TIGHT TO HELP AS A BACK SUPPORT..  WHICH IS WHY IT IS NECESSARY FOR ME TO EAT ALL THAT CHEESECAKE- -- I PROBABLY WOULDN'T NEED THE BACK SUPPORT IF I'D STOP EATING CHEESE...CAKE

THE  SELF PERPETUATING LOGIC  IS SIMILAR TO BUYING ANOTHER SKILL SAW BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT LOCATE THE ONE- OR TWO-- YOU ALREADY OWN.

MY THEORY OF HANDYMANNING IS-- ALL THAT CARPENTRY STUFF IS NOT "MAN'S WORK" IF YOU HAVE THE EQUIPMENT MEN USE... SAWS AND DRILLS  ARE NOT ANYMORE DIFFICULT THAN AN ELECTRIC SEWING MACHINE.--- AND MUCH MORE FUN.

OLD STORY MAYBE-- BUT--.. IN LYNNFIELD- THE SUBURB OF BOSTON WHERE  IF YOU DID NOT  CUT YOUR LAWN WHEN YOUR NEIGHBORS DID SO IT LOOKED "RIGHT"-- YOU WOULD BE THROWN OUT OF TOWN...SEEING AS I CUT MY LAWN EVERY AUGUST JUST BEFORE THE KIDS PUT ON THAT CIRCUS, I WAS THROWN OUT OF TOWN....1978ISH...

BEFORE I LEFT, I BUILT A ONE CAR GARAGE SORT OF THING FOR A MAGAZINE SHED.. AND ONE STALL TO HOUSE A VERY SICK PONY I DID NOT MEAN TO BUY- ( ANOTHER STORY) - BEING 100% NEW-- I BOUGHT A PILE OF 2X4'S, SOME VERY THIN PLYWOOD AND WENT TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT- I TRIED TO BE LEGAL SEEING AS I WAS ALREADY ON SHAKEY GROUND WITH THE NEIGHBORS...  I WAS FULL OF CONFIDENCE BECAUSE I HAD WATCHED BUILDERS BUILD MY NEW HOUSE AFTER THE OLD ONE BURNED TO THE GROUND ( ANOTHER STORY)--- THE LYNNFIELD BUILDING INSPECTOR SAID I DIDN;T NEED A PERMIT BECAUSE SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT I WAS DOING, IT WOULDN'T LAST LONG ENOUGH TO REQUIRE A PERMIT ( MY FIRST DANCE WITH BUILDING INSPECTORES-- ANOTHERE STORY)  I WENT BY THE OLD PLACE IN LYNNFIELD 6 MONTHS AGO, AND MY 40 YEAR OLD SHED IS DOING FINE... COULD BE IT IS THE LAYERS OF PAINT THAT ARE HOLDING IT TOGETHER-- BUT IT IS THERE...

I LEARNED-- QUICKLY-- RECTANGLES  THAT WOBBLE AND COLLAPSE ARE IMMEDIATELY STABALIZED BY ONE LOUSY TRIANGLE.,AND SIMILARLY THAT  NAILS HAMMERED IN CROOKED HOLD MUCH BETTER THAN PARALELL HAMMERED ONES... 

SO BACK TO MY THEORY OF HIRING HANDYMEN, CONTRACTORS AND CARPENTERS--- IF YOU BUY THE CORECT EQUIPMENT AND JUST DO IT YOURSELF - - YOU ARE WAY AHEAD TIMEWISE AND FINANCIALLY..EVEN IF YOU LOSE/MISPLACE/WRECK  THE EQUIPMENT YOU BOUGHT TO DO THE BUILDING.  I CAN NOT COMPREHEND THE NUMBER OF DRILLS OR HAMMERS I HAVE BOUGHT --HAMMERS LIE FLAT IN GRASS AND WEEDS-- I BET THERE ARE 36 AROUND CRAZY ACRES...AN EASY BET... I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1979 AND I AM SURE I HAVE LOST ONE PER YEAR.

BETS? I FORGET WHO I BET WITH BUT IN ?2000?  I  PERSONALLY / ALONE PUT UP  WHAT IS NOW THE YELLOW SHOP BUILDING IN A WEEK--EXCEPT FOR THE BIG DOOR AND SHINGLES.  JUST DON'T GO NEAR IT WITH A T-SQUARE.

ONE OTHER DETAIL ABOUT THAT BUILDING...  DUE TO A SLIGHT MISCALCULATION,  THE CEMENT FLOOR IS ABOUT 2 FEET THICK...

I LEARNED WHEN YOU ORDER 4 YARDS OF CONCRETE, YOU WILL GET 4 YARDS....  THEY HAVE EVERY INTENT OF GOING OUT THE DRIVEWAY  WITH AN EMPTY TRUCK....I REMEMBER  A COMEDIAN IN MIAMI BOASTED OF HIS  FREEFORM CONCRETE ARTWORK IN HIS FRONT YARD DUE TO THE SAME FACT.

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WORKING WITH 2X4'S IS ALOT EASIER THAN   81/2 X 11 SHEETS OF PAPER.

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Good evening all,

I am just writing you guys to give you an update on Andrew. He is doing very well. He was laid up for a couple of months this summer do to him contracting an infection in his paw from a branch that got lodged in him during a hike. After several appointments, procedures and about $3,800 the specialist was finally able to figure out what was going on and conduct the final surgery on Andrew. Since then Andrew has fully healed and has been enjoying life and working hard. He accompanies me at the VA and he does a wonderful job in restraunts, grocery stores and at the hospital helping me through my grandfather's final days. On Andrews leisure time, he has been enjoying going to the river, riding on the pontoon boat and chasing my chickens around the yard.Andrew also had his first dance with me and my fiance at a family members wedding. He is truly a god send and helped me through a lot these past couple of years. Thank you.

Timothy R. MacLean

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I REMINDED HIM THE VA WILL COVER ALL VET EXPENSES SINCE  SDP IS ACCREDITED--

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My daughter goes to school in New Mexico and today I just had the best day thanks to Kringle.  Prior to my health concerns I loved the outdoors by skiing, hiking, etc.  Kringle has allowed me to hike again.

Today my daughter was busy so I hired a guide and took a short hike in NM to tent rocks.  This is a challenging hike but I wanted to do it and knew with a guide and with Kringle I could do it.  We were slow but it was just beautiful.  The only other place in the world to hike like this is Turkey.

Well we did it.  I had to share my pictures.  Kringle was my star.  She even avoided the tarantula.

I would have sent this to Carleen too but I don't have her email.  This was my dream hike!  Have a good night.

Shauna Zukowski

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 SHE WAS TINY IN THE PHOTO BETWEEN THE STRAIGHT UP WALLS OF ?SANDSTONE? THE ONLY PICTURE I HAVE SEEN LIKE IT WAS ONE OF A DEEP SEA DIVER  IN THE REEFS  OFF THE COAST OF AUSTRAILIA

OCT 23 2017

MY PLAN  WAS   TO GET GOING ON THE AMT OF MONEY I HAVE SPENT  OVER THE YEARS ON VACUUM CLEANERS AND WALL TO WALL CARPET FROM MY MOTHER THRILLED TO HAVE  A DRAG BEHIND ELECTROLUX SOM E DOOR TO DOOR SALESMAN SOLD HER--- TO THE EXPENSIVE WOMAN WHO'S BARN I HELPED WITH  AND HER HEAVY HOOVER WHICH MADE ALL HER CARPETS LOOK SO NICE-- TO MY YEARS OF ORECKS WHICH CAME WITH THE SMALL HAND HELD ONE FOR FREE....-- I EVEN TRIED ORIENTAL CARPETS ONTO WHICH YOU COULD SPILL ANYTHING AND IT DIDN'T WRECK THEM...I THINK IT WAS TEH MYTHBUSTER SHOW ABOUT HOW FAR THE SNEEZED PARTICALS FLEW THAT MADE ME WONDER WHAT WAS UNDER THAT RADIATOR WHERE EVEN THE HOTEL ORECK WOULD NOT REACH.....YOU DON'T EVEN SEE ADS ON TV FOR THOSE VACUUM CLEAMNERS---- NOW--IT IS ALL"SWIFT" MOVING  GIZMOS FOR HARDWOOD OR VINYL FLOORING ....THE  WALL TO WALL  CARPET INDUSTRY WAS SUPPORTED BY THE BY TEH KLEENEX INDUSTRY AS THEIR BEST WAY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RUNNING NOSES... AS MYTHBUSTERS PROVED. I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT WHERE  YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO   REASONABLEY SPEND $5,000 ON A CARPET  BUT THE $5000 I SPENT ON THIS VINYL FLOOR WE NOW HAS  HAS TO BE RIGHT  UP THERE WITH   BEST EVER... **** BEST EVER-- ONE OF THE CUMMINGS  GRANT "INSPECTORS" ASKED ME WHAT I CONSIDERED SUCCESS.  SHE ASKED ME JUST AS BELLA WENT PAST MY GOLF CART  SMILING AWAY ON TOP  OF MO WEARING ABSURD SUNGLASSES AND FULL JOCKEY  "SILKS" ----- NOT ONLY TAKING AN UNSMILING KID FROM A WHEELCHAIR AND HAVE HER- THANKS TO HER DOG  GEORGE- WALK ENOUGH TO GET ON TOP OF MO....  BUT DON'T FORGET MO... WH OCAME EHRE   CONFUSED   ---SICK AND UNHAPPY HERSELF -- VERY SUSPICIOUS... KICKING AT ANYONE NEAR HER BACK LEGS   NOW WANDERING AROUND THE POND SEEMINGLY AWARE OF HER PRECIOUS CARGO AND NOT MAKING A MIS STEP.   MO IS CERTAINLY AWARE OF WHAT SHE IS CAPABLE OF DOING BECAUSE WITH AN ADULT MALE FRIEND OF JANINE'S - MO STOPPED TO LAY DOWN AND ROLL... BUT  WITH BELLA SHE WAS CAREFUL... THAT IS NOT A RANDOM THING.. THERE IS AN INTELLIGENCE THERE...  THERE WAS ALSO A DISCUSSION BY ME WITH BELLA'S MOM ABOUT HOW MOM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DECISIONS ABOUT BELLA  AND HOW I REALLY WOULD HAVE FELT BETTER IF SHE HAD HOLD OF ONE OF BELLA'S ANKLES AS SHE RODE... ***** SO BACK TO BEST EVER....- THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BEST EVER EMAILS  IN MY CAREER...  **** Ned is doing beautifully! I deliver Meals on Wheels 1 to 2 days a week. It has been so touching to see how excited people are when I walk up to the door with him. So many have told me seeing him makes their day. One lady gets teary eyed every time we come and asked me to give her a picture of him. There's a World War 2 veteran who loves to ask me about Ned and hear what he's been doing since we were there last. Its been such a wonderful thing to have Ned bring such joy to people that are shut in most of their days.   He's gotten so good in stores that he does a lot of things without commands now like dropping down when I go to a cash register. He's perfect in restaurants too. My daughter and I went to dinner in Nashville a couple of weeks ago and another table sent beverages to us because they were so impressed with how well behaved Ned was. I never cease to be amazed at the change in him when he goes from playful Ned to Service Dog Ned when his vest goes on. He is such a good boy, I can't imagine going back to life without him. I think often of how difficult it must have been to see him leave. Thank you so much for sharing him with me. I can assure you he is loved and cherished! ****** PERFECT !-----LOVED AND CHERISHED... KNOWS HIS JOB WITH A VEST ON... IMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR--- AND SERVING NOT ONLY HIS RECIPIENT  BUT HE IS BEIN SHARED WITH HORDES- OF OTHER PEOPLE AS  SHE DOES VOLUNTEER WORK.... NOT TO MENTION THE THOUSANDS OF DONORS WHO HAVE ENJOYED WATCHING HIM FROM BIRTH.  WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK ?  NOW WAS IT DIFFICULT TO SEE HIM LEAVE???  NOT AT ALL...  WE--FROM ALL THE TRAINERS TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DONATE TEH $10 CHICKEN BRICKS-- WE ARE THRILLED TO WATCH ONE OF OUR DOGS CHANGE SO MANY LIVES.... BECAUSE THE PROCESS OF ACHIEVING THAT HAS  ALSO CHANGED SO MANY LIVES OF THOSE WHO WATCH EVERYTHING  ON CAMERA....AS WE BIRTH DOGS AND EAT PUMPKIN PIE--  THERE IS ALOT  THAT GOES INTO THAT PARTNERSHIP. --- SPECIFICALLY...  IT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH  THOUSANDS OF OUR  DONORS-----  SO KEEP THOSE EMAILS COMING.....(and chicken bricks going)  **** I HAVE TO ADMIT-- WHEN PEOPLE APPLY, ONE BIG THING IS FOR US TO ANTICIPATE WHAT THE PERSON WILL BE DOING WITH THE DOG...  THIS IS NOT A PLACE FOR YOU TO COME GET A PERFECTLY BEHAVED PET DOG TO SIT ON THE SOFA ALL DAY.  WE LIKE THEM OUT- AND THO THEY ARE CERTAILNLY NOT THERAPY DOGS, JUST WALKING THRU SOME NURSING HOMES   OR ADULT FACILTIES WILL CAUSE MANY SMILES - AND ADD A GREAT DEAL TO AN OFTEN DRAB EXISTENCE FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND STAFF. ALL THESE PLACES ARE HEATED AND AIRCONDITIONED- SO  WALKING THRU SHOULJD PUT NO HARDSHIP ON  YOU OR THE DOG..   MAYBE THIS IS WHERE WE SHOULD APPLY THE LIFESAVOR PROJECT...  FIND SOME SOMBER PERSON IN A DREERY JOB, WALK IN AND GVE THEM A ROLL OF LIFE SAVORS AND TELL THEM TO HAVE A GOOD DAY AND LEAVE.  I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR  2 YEARS FOR  POLICEMEN STANDING DIRECTING TRAFFIC- PRETTY DREERY JOB-- AND THEY SMILE AND LAUGH AS I DRIVE OFF.  AS DOES EVERYONE IN MY CAR......  JUST AS WITH TRIANING TEH DOGS... DO SOMETHING AND TEHN LET THEM ALONE TO THINK ABOUT IT.   MOST PEOPLE , WHEN YOU HAND THEM  SOMETHING... EXPECT THE "GIFT" TO BE  SO YOU CAN SELL THEM LIFE INSURANCE .. OR VACUUM CLEANERS OR SUCH.... SO DON'T SAY A  WORD.. JUST LEAVE. MAYBE.... WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO LET THE LIFE SAVOR COMPANY KNOW ABOUT OUR PROGRAM???????? HMMMM... SOME OF YOU RETIRED LAWYIER TYPES I HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM LATELY...  NOW THERE IS A POSSIBLE  WAY TO GET A GRANT FROM LIFESAVOIR COMPANY WHOEVER THEY ARE???? HAVE AT IT... ALL I ASK IS DON'T SEND OUT ANY LETTERS UNTIL YOU RUN IT BY ME ( AND POSSIBLY ANNE-- FROM DENMARK.. WHO IS THE ONLY ONE I KNOW WHO SPEAKS  PERFECT ENGLISH)  MOVING ON... I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO TRANSPORTING DONKEYS FROM JANINE'S TO  OUR HOUSE...  AROUND HERE ONE MUST ALWAYS BE FLEXABLE...

OCT 22 2017

CURRENCY??  TIME IS THE ONLY TRUE CURRENCY--   SOME REALLY BRIGHT PERSON TOLD ME THAT.. UNFORTUNATELY I CAN NOT GIVE PROPER CREDIT DUE TO  INADEQUATE RAM.

SUNDAY BREAKFAST  WILL BE...  WHAT IS ON  MY DESK.... DRIED CHERRIES, HONEY MUSTARD BROKEN BAGEL PIECES AND COFFEE--- WITH CAFFEEN. SO THERE,   (SNYDERS HONEY MUSTARD BROKEN BAGELS ARE ADDICTIVE)--SO FAR ALL THE DRIED CHERRIES ARE EATABLE ONLY BECAUSE THE FIRST PACKET I AM EATING HAVE SOME SUGAR... THE NEXT 2 ARE ONLY CHERRIES  THIS MAY SLOW UP MY CONSUMPTION...

I PLAYED HOOKEY YESTERDDAY WITH SIZZLE-- I STARTED TO GO BUY FOOD FOR SUPPER-- SINCE  UNHOOKING THE TRAILER WAS TOO MUCH EFFORT, ... I  JUST DROVE OFF WITH THE THING BACK THERE... WHICH MADE  U TURNS IN PARKING LOTS VERY EXCEITING FOR   ALL ---SPECTATORS  INCLUDED...... MY CAR DOES HAVVE ONE OF THOSE BACK UP CAMERAS WHICH CAN NOT BE VIEWED IN SUNLIGHT...  IT IS ALSO  TOTALLY USELESS WHEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER 16 FEET OF TRAILER BEHIND YOU. 

ALL WELL AND GOOD TIL I PASSED MY FIRST SATURDAY YARD SALE....AND REALIZED I COULD PICK UP 6 OR 7 FULL SOFA'S  IN THAT TRAILER...WHICH WOULD PLEASE MEGAN... SHE COLLECTS SOFAS- WHICH IS WHY TEH LAUNDRY AND T-TENT ARE FULL OF THEM... I WAS DOING PRETTY WELL TIL I RN INTO AN OLD FRIEND  WHO KNOWS ME WELL....SHE ASKED  "ARE YOU BUYING OR DELIVERING?"    IN THE 3 SALES I STOPPED AT, I COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING EXCITIGN THAT I DIDN''T ALREADY OWN... WHETHER OR NOT I COULD LOCATE IT AT CRAZY ACRES IT WAS ANOTHER PROBLEM...

THE TOWN HAS SOME  RULE ABOUT ONE PIECE OF FURNATURE TO BE IN THE TRASH A MONTH -- I WONDER WHAT TEH TRASH PEOPLE THINK AS WE RARELY DON'T HAVE A CHEWED UP SOFA IN THE TRASH.-- DANES ARE VERY GOOD AT "DISTRESSING " FURNATURE.. BLESS WHOEVER DECIDED DISTRESSED WAS FASHIONABLE... WE CERTAINLY ARE THAT.

I DID MANAGE TO CCOME HOME WITH 2 MORE OFFICIAL PIPE GATES-- WHICH COMPLETE TEH SMALL "TURN OUT" OF TEH  BIRTHING STALL IN PREP FOR THE POSSIBLE ARRIVAL OF JANINE AND HER  GROUP OF DONKS WHICH INCLUDE ONE "ABOUT TO POP"  WHICH -- BEING A NEW RESCUE IS ANYONE'S GUESS-- AND SINCE IT IW WILD, NO ONE WANTS TO "GET OUT AND GET UNDER" TO SEE IF TEHRE IS MILK DRIPPING. ---- WITH JANINE... IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW, THINGS LIKE ARRIVAL TIMES   ARE ALWAYS A CASE OF PROBABLILTY..

THE FACT THAT IT IS SUNDAY ... WHEN  VISITORS BRING POT LUCK FOOD...  INCREASES THE PROBBLILTY OF JANINE'S ARRIVAL..  SHE TAKES AFTER ME INTH COOKING DEPARTMENT.

I DO LIKE TO INCLUDE A FYI IF POSSIBLE--- AND SINCE I AM RUNNING LOW ON INFORMATION OF RELEVANCE TO ANYTHING AT ALL..... I CAN HAVE ANOTHER GO AT BACKING UP A TRAILER..  PUT YOUR HAND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEERING WHEEL-- THE TRAILER WILL TURN IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR HAND.-- THAT IS TEH SIMPLE FACT...  THE OTHER FACTS ARE NOT QUITE THAT SIMPLE.... BUT...

.  #1... YOU START IT  TURNING AND THEN CHASE IT BACKWARDS

 #2...  AS YOUR PREPARE TO GO BACKWARDS, THE LAST 3 FEET OF GOING FORWARD  YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT  THE  POSITION OF THE CAR...  THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THAT 3 FEET WILL SAVE YOU 20 FEET GOING BACKWARDS...  CRITICAL IN SUPERMARKET PARKING LOTS....

#3.   YOU MUST NOT APPROACH A 90 DEGREE ANGLE BECAUSE THAT WILL BEND AND BREAK ALOT OF HEAVY IRON OF THE HITCH ETC...

#4.  I AM TOLD-- BY THEM AS KNOWS.... IF YOUR TRAILER HAS ONE OF THOSE BREAK AWAY CORDS TO APPLY THE TRAILER BRAKES IF TEH TRAILER BECOMES DETACHED..... IT MUST BE ATTACHED TO THE  TOWING VEHICLE... AND NOT SNAPPED TO THE  CHAINS...  I AM TOLD POLICE ARE TICKETING FOR THAT NOW....

#5.... THESE TOW BEHIND TRAILERS FOLLOW PRETTY WELL IN THE TRACKS OF THE CAR... HOWEVER  THOSE "5TH WHEEL" TRAILERS WHICH SIT IN THE BED OF THE PICKUP... REALLY   REALLY CUT CORNERS-- BUT ARE EASIER IN TH E LONG RUN TO MANUPULATE AS YOU CAN DO MORE THAT 90 DEGREES...

#6  THERE ARE CORNERS AROUND WHICH YOU JUST CAN NOT  TAKE A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER

I REMEMBER.....TRUE STORY... WHEN I WAS PRETTY NEW AT THE 50 FOOT LONG TRAILER, THERE WERE 3 WOMEN DRIVING A 50 FOOT HORSE TRAILER...CYRILLA THIBEAULT, ANN GETCHELL AND ME-----   I WAS AT ANN GETCHELLS HOUSE-  I HAD COME IN ONE DRIVEWAY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE HORSE EVENT SHE WAS RUNNING... AND SHE TOLD ME I COULD GO OUT  "THE BACK DRIVEWAY"  A DIRT ROAD LOOKING  DRIVEWAY.. -- SO I STARTED  ALONG IT... AND GOT TO A RIGHT HAND TURN WITH A BRIDGE AND LARGE TREE...  THERE WAS NO WAY THAT RIG COULD BEND AROUND THAT CORNER-- WHICH MEANT I HAD TO BACK UP ABOUT 1/2 MILE OF NARROW DIRT ROAD.... WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE BARNYARD..  SHE SAID -- AND I REMEMBER THIS TO  THIS DAY... "OH .. YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT AROUND THE TURN... I COULDN'T EITHER   BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU COULD" 

THERE IS A CYRILLA AND CARLENE STORY WITH TRAILERS TOO... IN BRINGING SOME HORSES AND PROPS IN TO BOSTON FOR THE KENNEDY AND FITZGERALD MOVIE  WE FOLLOWED THE  CREW DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY AND GOT OUR 2 LONG TRAILERS  WOUND UP AROUND A SMALL  TRAFFIC CIRCLE RIGHT IN FRONT OF MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL-- ADD IRATE CAB DRIVERS  IN THE MORNING RUSH HOUR... AND WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD MESS THERE. 

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 SO MUCH FOR THE SUNDAY DD

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FROM KITTY

 it's based my previous life as HR director when we considered all possibilities - I worked for years with a bunch of people who's go-to was "that's not fair." Dealing with dogs is so much easier.

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THIS IS AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE! WE ARE SO LUCKY WENDY CHOSE HUNTER AND THAT CARLENE AND SERVICE DOG PROJECT THOUGHT HUNTER WOULD BE A GOOD RECIPIENT, EVEN AT THE AGE OF 7. IN THEIR 4 YEARS TOGETHER, THEY HAVE BOTH GROWN, GOTTEN STRONGER, WITH THE CHANGES IN HUNTER BEING AMAZING.

HUNTER WANTED TO DO A FUNDRAISER TO HELP SDP, AND BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, WHERE HE'S RECEIVED GREAT CARE FOR HIS CP. HE SET A LOFTY GOAL OF SELLING 1000 BAGS. WE HAVE SOLD ALMOST 500 BAGS AND THINK THAT'S GREAT FOR HIS FIRST FUNDRAISER! WE HAVE A FEW BAGS LEFT AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WHO EVER WOULD LIKE ONE GETS THEIRS IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY. WE HAVE AROUND 15 BAGS LEFT AND WILL BE ENDING THE FUNDRAISE OCT. 31ST. WE WANT TO THANK YOU EACH AND EVERY PERSON WHO BOUGHT A BAG, MADE A DONATION, SPREAD THE WORD, AND HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING EMILY, HUNTER'S AUNT WHO MADE THE DESIGN, AND THE GRAPHICS COOP WHO PRINTED THE BAGS. IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR HUNTER & WENDY'S VILLAGE

OCT 21 2017

BAGGING UP...  JANINE SAYS ONE OF THE RESCUED DONKEYS SEEMS TO BE BAGGING UP QUICKLY..- AND SINCE SHE IS LEAVING FOR OREGON,  SHE HAD CONCERNS FOR LEAVING HER AT HER HOUSE-- SO GUESS WHERE SHE IS GOING...???   AND WE HAVE ONE WHO IS EITHER GETTING NEAR FOALING HERSELF, OR ALL THE FOOD SHE IS NOW GETTING  IS REALLY FILLING HER UP..

THEY ARE WILD ANIMALS, BUT SOMEHOW  I FEEL MOMMY NATURE HAS FELT THE NEED TO PLACE THEM IN OUR HANDS... SO WE WILL TRY TO PROVIDE THE BEST  WE CAN , HERE AT SDP's  BIRTHING CENTER...

COMPLICATIONS????.  JANINE SAID SHE HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT... BUT WHEN JANINE SAYS "SHE IS A LITTLE WILD"... LET ME TELL YOU   IT IS WILD....BIG TIME. SHE QUIETLY MUTTERED SOMETHING ABOUT "KICKING NOT TOO BAD"  THAT MAKES BENDING DOWN TO SEE IF THERE IS MILK DRIPPING FROM HER UDDER A GAME OF DODGE 'EM...MAYBE WE WILL JUST BE SURPRISED.... I WILL TRY AND ADD OUR SPOTTED MOTHER TO BE TO THE ONE "BIRTHING STALL" ARRIANGEMENT-- OUR MOTHER TO BEEEE IS  SHALL WE SAY.. JUST A BIT DOMINANT...  I THINK THE SMALLEST OF THE BUNCH, I HAVE SEEN HER PUT HER HEAD DOWN AND BACK TOWARD 1800 POUND MO... AND MO LEAVES.

 SINCE THE LAST BIRTH, I HAVE IMPROVED THE OUTSIDE AREA SO THAT STALL WILL HAVE  OUTSIDE AN UP THE HILL UNDER A COUPLE TREES, AS A PLACE TO ROAM...- I AM NOT SURE THE CAMERA CAN SWING THERE AS THE WALL MAY BE IN THE WAY-  BUT IT IS ALOT CLEANER NOW.....

I REMEMBER---- ONE MOTHER WHO DECIDED- WITH ONE FOOT POKING OUT, TO GO OUTSIDE TO FOAL... IN THE RAIN.. AND .. MUD,  GRACE WITH HER DAIRY FARM EXPERIENCE WAS NOT DETERRED- GOT THE SACK OFF THE HEAD AND PICKED UP THE COLLECTON OF "FOAL AND STUFF"  BACK INTO THE STALL--- MOTHER FOLLOWED....

I WILL LEAVE OUT THE EXACT DETAILS, BUT ALL THE "STUFF" THAT IS BORN WITH PUPPIES... IS BORN WITH  DONKEYS ONLY MUCH BIGGER--  THEREFORE, ALONG WITH  MUD, IT WAS  A SLIPPERY  MESS AS IT WAS DRAGGED ALONG BY THE UMBILICAL WHICH HAD NOT BEEN STRETCHED TO BREAK YET.--  HOWEVER, IT DID DETACH AS TEH FOAL BEGAN THE USUAL FLOPPING AROUND TRYING TO GET THOSE LONG LEGS UNDER CONRTOL.. SOMEHOW JUDY APPEARED WITH A TOWEL AND SCOOPED UP ALL THE EXTRAS AND RAN FOR THE DUMPSTER..

GOD BLESS OUR DUMPSTER GUY.  OUR MOST VALUABLE SERVICE PERSON.....--I'VE OFTEN SAID  PRESIDENTS MAY COME AND GO  BUT OUR  DUMPSTER GUY IS  CRITICAL.

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STEVE #3 HAS ARRIVED WITH HIS BIG BOX OF BANNANAS, COOKED CHICKEN AND... IF WE ARE LUCKY -- DICED HAM... LEFT OVER FROM HIS SCHOOL CAFETERIA...  HE MUST HAVE RECOVERED FROM HIS THURSDAY ILLNESS???

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THIS MORNING ... ON MY DESK.... 3 BAGS OF CHERRIES -- AND I HAVE STARTED EATING THEM-- SHANNON SAID 7 CHERRIES ARE  TO CURE A HEADACHE... WHICH I DON'T HAVE -- SO I ATE ABOUT 25 SO FAR.   THEY SAY 1/4 CUP IS 140 CALORIES...   I WONDER WHAT ELSE 1/4 CUP WILL DO... CONSISTANCY WISE THEY ARE ALOT LIKE PRUNES...   TO BE CONTINUED.

YESTERDAY I DID NOT GET OUT TO GET THE CHERRIES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO CURE ME FROM  A WHOLE RAFT OF MOSTLY AGE RELATED MALADIES,,,, I GOT HUNG UP WITH ..THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZING THE FENCING SO  I COUOJD HIRE "KARL" TO COME POUND ALL THE POSTS IN AND HANG IT--ALL I HAD TO DO  WAS CARRY THE HAY STRING TO TIE IT UP---- THOSE FENCE POSTS HAVE A FUNNY LITTLE WIRE CLIP TO ATTACH FENCING TO POST---I HAVE SOME SOMEWHERE... AND HAVE STRUGGLED TO USE THEM-- HOWEVER... THEY DO RUST  AND I HAVE FOUND IF I LEAVE THE HAY STRING ON THE POST WITH THE CUTE LITTLE WELL DESIGNED CLIPS,   THE HAY STRING MAY LOSE I'S PINK OR BLUE COLOR, BUT WILL FUNCTION BEATUFULLY WELL BE YOND THE CUTE WIRE CLIPS. I CAN NO LONGER POUND THOSE POSTS AS I DID 30 YEARS AGO WHEN I MOVED HERE  BUT I AM STILL THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN TIE THAT  QUICK RELEASE KNOT  TO HOLD THE FENCE TOGETHERE, YET  CAN  QUICKLY BE  UNTIED  AS WE CHANGE OUR MINDS... WHICH HAPPENS OFTEN...

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOUOLD HAVE TO ACTUALLY DO THIS... BUT IN HIGHSCHOOL WE HAD TO WRITE A DISCRIPTION ON HOW TO TIE YOUR SHOES...  NOW I CAN ONLY TRY AND DISCRIBE THE SIMPLE SAFTEY KNOT WITH WHICH EVERYTHING AROUND HERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE TIED..

HERE GOES... 

THE CLASSIC HAY STRING SHOULD BE CUT  OFF THE BALES RIGHT NEXT TO THE KNOT IN ANY  RESPECTABLE BARN... THIS GIVES YOU AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF  4 FOOT LONG PIECES OF VERY STRONG STRING --  IF YOU DON'T CUT IT NEXT TO THE KNOT.... I GUARENTEE THAT #$%^&^%$# KNOT  WILL INTERFERE WITH WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO WITH THE STRING.

I  TRY AND CARRY ONE ON MY GOLF CART JUST LIKE THE OLD SCOTISH "WEE ROPE" ANY  KILT WEARING SCOT CARRIES IN HIS SPORRAN ( THAT  IS THE THING THAT HANGS DOWN IN FRONT.... WELL... I BETTER QUIT THERE-- TOO MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD FUN TRYING  TO DESCRIBE A SPORRAN.) ... SO BACK TO MY HAY STRING...  I TIE  A SMALL LOOP IN ONE END-- GO ROUND THE  2 WHAT EVERS I AM TRYING TO JOIN... PUT  THE OTHER END THRU THE LOOP, AND PULL AGAINST IT... YOU CAN GET PRETTY GOOD "PURCHASE" ON THAT PULL..  PINCH THE STRING BETWEEN YOU R FINGERS TO HOLD THE PULL....PULL  THE LOOSE END THRU THE PINCHED PART-  KIND OF LIKE A SHOE LACE  ---ONE YANK AND IT IS SOLID.. YET YOU CAN PULL THE TAIL PART AND IT EASILY COMES APART.

I KEEP SAYING EVERYONE HERE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT KNOT IN SECONDS-- I DON;T KNOW WHAT IT IS CALLED... MAYBE OUR RESIDENT SEAMEN CAN TELL US.. ALL I KNOW IS... IT IS SIMPLE.. AND SAFE.. AND WORKS. 

I GET SOOOOO ANNOYED TO WATDH SOMEONE WRAP THE HAY STRING AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND AND JUST LEAVE IT HANGING .. HOPING THA T JUST FRICTION WILL HOLD IT TOGETHER IF THEY JUST TURN THEIR BACK ON IT..

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.. FRICTION  IS GOOD... BUT... I REMEMBER  .... MYTHBUSTERS ( LOVE THEM)-- THEY TOOK 2 THICK PHONE BOOKS AND PUT THEM " TOGETHER" BY ALTERNATING PAGES  THEN HAD 2 TRUCKS TRY AND PULL THEM APOART... AND THEY COULDN'T.

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 IN THAT SAME  SHOW... THERE WAS A FANCY/ EASY  WAY TO TEAR A PHONEBOOK IN 2 PIECES.

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BACK TO MY MANURE PROBLEMS-- GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO CARRY  ( WITHTHE TRACTOR) THE CURRENT  PILE BEHIND THE BARN DOWN THE ALLEY BETWEEN THE 2 PARKING PITS... AND PUT IN THE COMPOST PILE .. AKA  "TREE DUMP" .

PART OF THAT PROBLEM IS THE RAIN OFF THE ROOF OF THE ARENA-- TEH GE ENGINEERS WHO WERE NEW TO WATER PUDDLE MANAGEMENT-- DUG A TRENCH.... WE WILL TEST IT WHEN IT RAINS...  

WATER IS A HUGE PROBLEM  FROM TOO MUCH... TO TOO LITTLE... TO CANADIAN GEESE WHO HAVE "FOULED"  ALL THE GROUND WATER IN NEW ENGLAND WITH GIARDIA... NECESSITATING A 500 PILL BOTTLE OF FLAGYL ON OUR COUNTER...

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HOW ABOUT THIS BELLA STORY FOR   WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TO WORRY ABOUT CHRISTMAS VACATIONS???

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 BEAUTIFUL WEATHER THIS WEEK! BELLA AND GEORGE WERE ABLE TO ENJOY SOME TIME OUTSIDE PLAYING AND THEY WERE HAPPY! NOTHING LIKE SOME BIKE RIDING AND BEING CHASED BY YOUR DOG. 

I SPOKE TO DR KARLIN YESTERDAY AND HE THINKS WE MAY HAVE TO ADJUST HER SURGERY DATES BY A WEEK OR 2. SO IT COULD BE MID DECEMBER TO START TRACTION AND THEN START OF THE NEW YEAR FOR THE RODS. HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE SPECIFIC STAFF IS IN TOWN FOR THE SURGERY AND THE FRIDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS MAY NOT WORK FOR BELLA'S BEST CARE. HE SAYS THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THAT NEED TO BE CARED FOR. WITH COORDINATING LOTS OF DOCTORS AND HER FAVORITE ANESTHESIOLOGIST TO BE THERE. SO WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR FINAL INFORMATION. BUT I KNOW KARLIN IS WORKING ON EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE BELLA HAS THE BEST CARE. IF ANYONE HAS IDEAS FOR HIGH IRON FOODS, PILLS, VITAMINS, LIQUIDS ANYTHING. WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE BELLA ON A HIGH IRON DIET UNTIL SURGERY TO PREPARE! SO WE WOULD LOVE ANY IDEAS LOVE BELLA AND GEORGE

oct 20 2017

never in my life have i thought three were so many and interesting cures for a  very disruptive  "hot toe"--i didn't count but my email  re cures were in th edozens... and sooo interesting-- PLEASE don't send me all those products,  i would n't have room for them at mail call--   most were assumong it was gout---- probably because of my interest in thngs like cheesecake with whipped cream... but this is not gout..  doctors know about gout... and i have shown it to a variety of doctors from gp's to internests , caridologists, gynocologist,and even a dentist.- all of which say "it looks normal to me" -- leaving me to try some of the cures offered by our community of daily doggeers...

 today i will go and get some sunsweet  dried cherries-- several people mentioned those-- and furthermoer a couple told of  a high powered cherry juice  actually a few yeas ago someone sent me  a bottle of that as a cure for a skin itch.  so it must be good....--i did drink it - or consume it somehow-- like over ice cream...-- i still itch-- but logically  i was not testing a hot  toe problem at that time because i did not have a hot toe. it woudl be unscientific of me to  ignore the possible cure.. who's to say if it did not cure the itch that it wouold not cure the toe.......besides i like cherries.

plus..... this might be  a goldie tip.... somewhere in the past week, in ordering  some  generic medical supplies i noticed that liquid cheery juice picture somewhere-- i dunno where.... but if goldie puts it on  my screen again , i will order some... I WILL GO GET SOME  SUNSWEET DRIED CHERRIES....if they are anything linke sunsweet dried prunes i could have other problems. PLEASE-- DON'T ALL OF YOU START SEND ING ME BOTTLES... I REMEMBER I HAD TROUBLE GETTING THRU THE LAST BOTTLE  BECAUSE IT LACKED HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP !!

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i remember.. here we go again... the most packages i ever got in one day was 59-- i have a picture somewhere of my golf cart overloaded... it was because  i mentioned on mail call  my fascinatioon with bird houses ( bird hice?) the  the number and variety i got  was astounding because  the 59 was just one day.. and there were other days with a few m ore...-- i have a few that were so fancy  they never made it out  into the weather- but the place is loaded with very interesting bird  hice.

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it was almost as amazing as the pink enveloope campaign we did for the kid getting bullied in school-- for you new commers...-- way back..tehre was a kid who had a problem with her service dog in school... so we-- sdp-- made an appt to go see the principal  to try and get some help for the situation.  we had an appointment.. and sat in her outer office at 9:00-- she came out and waved her arm t us "i don't have any  tie for you" - causing me to realize we needed  help -- so i came home and got online with  the thousands of people who watch us and comment daily-- and asked them to  pass th word around and go buy 2 pink envelopes and  send pne to the superiintenden of schools and the other to the principal-- and mail them on tuesday.... there were 2 very significant results------ someosn at the post office told me they must have had 10,000 pink envelopes... and the principal  said " i had no idea"-- well she does now.

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the principal who had to deal with bella and george was  alot more reasonable... she was just paniced... and i can't blame her...  here we were saying this 48 pound little kid wouold have control over this 131 pound dog...-- it has been a long road to convince the world in general that  a well trained service dog is a whole different ball of wax compared to the generic house pet..

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 which brings me to -  the legal issues of how to tell who is faking it?.. i wish they would all stop trying to define  who IS  a service dog because there is often absolutely no problem in telling who is NOT a service dog... any dog that is  NOT perfectly behaved and 24 inches from it's owner on all 4 of it's own feet, is not a service dog....i could go even further and cure the airline problem by saying "remove all harness and collars from service animale and call  them  to walk the  the  scanner alone."  this is one of the  ADI tests to certify  public access... " in public drop leash  and call the dog to be under control"-- this would be absolutely no problme for any dog certified by us... at least when we certified them... sometime owners get lax... but they  passed that test when we donated them.!!  that would eliminate 99.4% of the issues. 

if only they asked me..... :)

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on a lighter note.... from ingrid ( the  Disney  Ingrid... we have several..)

Happy Friday Carlene!!!

MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT CHANNEL ON YOUR TV IS PBS.....

TELL EVERYONE TO REMIND YOU TO TAKE AN EXTRA LONG NAP TODAY.....

AND THEN TAKE ANOTHER NAP AFTER DINNER.....

BUT MAKE SURE THE OVERNIGHT PERSON KNOWS TO WAKE YOU UP ABOUT 8:45PM!!!

THE BEST OF BROADWAY - FRIDAYS, OCTOBER 20 – NOVEMBER 24, 9:00PM ET, PBS

A weekly Friday night salute to Broadway, PBS raises the curtain on some of the most acclaimed recent musical productions. 

Friday, October 20, 9:00pm ET: She Loves Me 

Amalia and Georg, two feuding clerks in a 1930s Budapest parfumerie, unwittingly find solace in each other as anonymous romantic pen pals—not realizing their respective correspondents are in fact each other. Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi, Jane Krakowski and Gavin Creel star. (Original 1963 Cast: Barbara Cook, Daniel Massey, Barbara Baxley, and Jack Cassidy (Tony Award)).

Enjoy.....Preview scenes and other clips.....

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/loves-five-things-love-loves/7417/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSnfSRiwGH8

OCT 19 2017

NOW....AS YOU KNOW AROUND HERE YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ONE MALADY   A DAY..-- OTHERWISE WE WOULD NEVER GET ANYTHNG DONE....-- WELL MY ALL CONSUMNG PROBLEM IS... MY TOE--  NOT MY BIG TOE... BUT THE SECOND TOE... LEFT FOOT -- VERY TIP--HOT? BURNING? DARN SORE...I CAN LIVE WITH THE PAINFUL TIPPY TOE DURING THE DAY,...  BUT IT  KEEPS ME AWAKE AT NIGHT...HAVE YOU ANY IDEA WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GO INTO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND SAY  " THE TINY TIP OF MY SECOND TOE IS PAINFUL"  ?  MOST DOCTORS TRY AND KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE AND LOOK AT MY TOE IN EARNEST SAYING "IT LOOKS ALL RIGHT TO ME" THEN SUGGEST ANYTHING FROM OXYCONDN TO XRAYS......NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME. I HAVE CUT OFF AS MUCH AS I DARED-- AND REMOVED ALOT OF THE NAIL IN AN EFFORT... NO DICE...

I REALLY NEVER HAD THE NERVE TO BOOK A DR VISIT JUST FOR  "THE TOE",   BUT BEING AN 'OLDER WOMAN"  I USUALLY SAY  "WANNA SEE MY TOE?"  WHICH PROVIDES THEM WITH A CHUCKLE I AM SURE.

SO MY NEXT RESORT IS MY EQUINE VETERNARIAN...   BRYAN...BECAUSE  HORSE PEOPLE HAD A SOLUTION TO PAINFUL FEET IN A HORSE.. LIKE NAVICULAR DISEASE-- WHERE THEY SIMPY CUT THE NERVE TO THE FOOT AND  HORSES "GOES  SOUND"  PAIN GONE....  --  NOW IN CASE ANY OF YOU ARE GOING  TO BUY A HORSE TODAY.... YOU SHLULD CHECK THE 2 BUMPS IN THE BACK OF THE FRONT FEET TO BE SURE THERE ARE NO SCARS INDICATING THE HORSE HAS BEEN "NERVED" -- IF IT IS AN OLDER HORSE - NOT BEONG RACED OR JUMPED... BUT RIDING IN QUIET CIRCLES IT IS A VERY REASONABLE SOLUTION.

BEING AN OLDER WOMAN INCLINED TO SIT AROUND IN CIRCLES.....IT SEEMS TO ME  A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO MY SECOND TOE...

I DON'T KNOW OF A "HOT TOE"  MEDICAL SPECIALIST TO GO TO...-- I DO KNOW  ALOT OF DOCTORS LEFT OVER FROM BEING MARRIED TO  ONE- AN D OF ALL THOSE, THERE IS ONLY ONE WHO WOULD HAVE THE INTELLECTUAL CREATIVITY TO CONSIDER  COMMENTIN G ON MY SOLUTION... PETER----OFTEN HAS GREAT ADVICE...BUT  HE NO LONGER KEEPS A CHART ON ME-  

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GOT TO BE CAREFUL OF THOSE "CHARTS"    I WAS INSTRAMENTAL IN SETTING UP A VET'S OFFICE ONCE, AND STARTED THE  IDENTIFICATION OF TEH  "QUALITY OF THE PET OWNER" BY HAVING THE VETS PUT A SMALL CIRCLE WITH A DOT IN THE MIDDLE ON THE BACK OF  A CHART  TO INCDICATE  A PART OF THE ANATOMY  WHICH DOES NOT OFTEN SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.  I LIVE IN FEAR OF SOME MEDICAL DR CONSIDERING ME A TOTAL LUNATIC.  I TAKE PRIDE IN BEING  "DIFFERENT"  .. BUT THIS TOE THING IS BEYOND THE FRINGE...

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SO IN THE MEANTIME,  I FIND THAT MY COWBOY BOOTS WITH THE LONG POINTY  TOE  GIVE THAT #2 TOE ROOM TO DO IT'S OWN THING..

 BRINGING ME TO  THE  FYI OF THE DAY.... CO WBOY BOOTS ARE WONDERFUL THINGS... HAVING WORN  MANY  AS BARN BOOTS FO R MANY YEARS  - ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO I BOUGHT A PAIR OF LUCHESE BOOTS..  THEY ARE THE "COACH LEATHER' OF COWBOY BOOTS.

FURTHERMORE, I FIND THAT THE SLIGHT  1.5 INCH  HEEL MAKES ME STAND UP STRAIGHTER.

SO WHEN YOU GO BY BOOTSW TODAY, YOU WILL ALSO NEED A BOOT JACK THING ON THE FLOOR WHICH WILL PULL OFF YOUR BOOTS VERY NICELY;

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I am a silent CP that has been watching the cameras and reading the Daily Doggie for years now. In reading today’s Daily Doggie, I felt that you should know that the Asian community eats jellyfish. I am Chinese and enjoy eating jellyfish dishes. I can’t say that eating it on occasion is helping my memory as my memory is pretty bad. Maybe I don’t eat it often enough? And in case you are wondering, jellyfish are rather tasteless and has a crunchy with a little bit chewy texture. The ingredients and spices added to the dish is what makes it taste good. 

Here is a link to an article on Wikipedia if you are interested in reading more about the consumption of jellyfish:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish_as_food

Thank you for letting me peer into some of the operations of SDP. I enjoy watching and is very educational. 

Musette Chan

Monterey Park, CA

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THERE WAS A PHONE CALL THAT HAS FOREVER CHANGED OUR LIFE! KATI CALLED BELLA TO ASK IF SHE WANTED TO TAKE GEORGE HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME. AS YOU CAN TELL BELLA WAS SPEECHLESS. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN AT ALL BUT IT DID 3 YEARS AGO! I CAN'T BELIEVE GEORGE HAS BEEN PART OF OUR LIVES FOR 3 YEARS. IT HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSING. BELLA HAS GROWN IN PERSONALITY AND STRENGTH. SHE DOESN'T HAVE AN EASY ROAD BUT DOING IT WITH THIS BIG GOOF BY HER SIDE HAS MADE IT ALL DOABLE! .... I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT. YOU HAVE ALL BEEN AMAZING. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG ROAD BUT I KNOW WITH YOUR SUPPORT WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS! LOVE BELLA AND GEORGE

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P.S.   IT IS CAKE DAY !! GET THOSE CAKES TO YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS

oct 18 2017

with regard to   5pm mail call and  coounting all those purina treats.... coupled with.. someone with a dog shaking on landing in an airplane.... 

i am back at.. wanting a chewable treat, the size of a thick slice of bread-- as a nurishing treeat for working dogs to avoid teh empty tummy danes  can have...   i wish i had time ... to grind up some purina treats, add some proplan  dog food, then figure out how to glue it into a  tough lump--?egg?  ? baking it?    that would fit nicely in a sandwich bag    for dogs to knaw on in certain situations...  on airplanes, school classes,  boring meetings, doctors waiting rooms... all those places one finds a service dog mid day-- or very early morning..

since i probably won't get to it..... we have so many would be chef's out there-- can you  all take on that project  and send me some of your  inventions... with directions on   "how to"    we will be happy to test them out.

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i did get a comment about  shaking on landing at times..  my suggestion....

?shaking on landing???   just in case..... carry  chewy treats for them to chew as landing  pressure changes....    like people chew gum????

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also.....re mailcall......

 and teh discussion  about aging memory cures... 

Carlene, you are right...jellyfish...

Prevagen is a new drug made from/with

Jellyfish. That helps memory loss.

Ps...squid (ink) is the other sea creature used

by some brain cancer patients

(alternative trial)

Thanks, (puppy raiser)  Barbara mulders in Michigan..  I raised a Leader Dog for the blind :)) 

teh probability of having  some scientist eat a moldy cheeze sandwich for lunch and figuring out his sore throat got better is more likely  than jelly fish eaters, i would think...  because teh probability of finding  an adequate number of jelly fish eaters in the first place is minimal......  or is this what the do in those senior residences??? feed people  experimental jelly fish??? 

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this has to be in the catagory of finding an infinite number of  jellyfish eaters where one  "joe" discovered he did not forget what he was eating.... while at the same time some younger person was alert enough to notice " hey.. joe remembered the jellyfish sandwich... and connected it with.... maybe that is why his memory has improved...."  

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"i am from  Missouri"      on that one.. ( wasn't that president truman's expression when he meant...   " i need proof")

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 in math----i think the impossibly huge number is called  -- "infinite"---  looks like that lazy number eight  thing  on it's side..--(   i am sure this keyboard has one-- i dont know where...)   and is defined as one divided by zero 

for you non math people....  here is a calculus  concept in a nutshell....

 if you take a dollar  $1.00 and divide it by 1.00 , you get 1-- now decrease the thing you are dividing  by to fifty ceent pieces and you get 2,, then teh smaller 25 cents and you get 4.. 10 cents would be 10 ---nickles 20---- and pennies 100  in brittain they have 1/4 pennies   so you'd have 400 of those--- so as the denominator gets smaller  the  resulting division produces a much bigger  number... so as teh denominator approchaes zero  teh result is soooo big there is no number and they call that  infinite--- all those who do not understand the concept of infinite become polititians and deal with our budget.

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today i have to go to boston  to talk with  a lawyer about bentley and  me  being electricuted.----  service dog project lost it's #1 stud dog, and my service dog...  his stamina is zilch... and mine is not alot better--  so sdp lost  18 months of my  dog training... and i am/was   good at that..... but i have not had the stamina either...  i am not looking to  get wealthy, but  sdp could sure use the money-- plus the system of monitoring the public safety  in elevators could stand a jolt.... if you all need another challange....  go find an elevator and as you stand there doing nothing  read teh certificate -- which should be there...  then go online and try and figure out  the rules.... like  when it was inspected last...  there are certainly a bunch of rules in mass....

i don't think bentley can go with me-- he worked the doctor's visit yesterday and when we came home he could only go round teh pond  once with linda(  linda,   chaos and sizzle are up to 4 times round at 5 pm...) he crumpted on the sofa... exhausted....  chaos loves it !!!