SEPT 30,2014

so ..... yesterday i got an email from a camera person ..

i would like a list of all the  pups and what became of them...... 

why do you give so many fabulous failures to volunteers and friends.. 

maybe if you tried harder you would be successful.

i did bite my tongue--- but maybe there are some things i need to explain better.. 

firstly the list of pups and serv dogs  is out there already on julie's family trees-- i love it when someone orders me to do some time consuming chore which has already been done

as to who gets what dog...

i have placed many dogs as potential keepers waiting to see how they develope for possible breeding stock.. if i don't like what i see- they get neutered and kept as pets...  think success-- bumpy... failure  peter... 

some i don't like what i see structurally-- not often-- but sometimes--  think perry cole---lovely dog-- paces big time...

some volunteers might need one of our dogs for themselves, and would not be thrilled to have all the details plastered all over the world..

some need special care- or get wounded--- tess with sandy  -- heckle with the wierd neck...williams

some i keep  myself  to breed -- success  bentley -- failure opal

or retire  luna, chaos bobby unless someone  can give them a special home.

and then there was the litter of all blacks-- no markings-- it was really before teh chicken  brick program was  helping with teh costs, and we just gave them to voluneteers etc  -- we could not tell them apart... we did keep fido who was too big  and made a serv dog out of spot.

too many litters of 11 pups in a row could push our capabilities

and there are people i owe dogs to  - lu of ecad

generally if we use your female you get a pup to go home with you----- scarlott/betsy-

 am sure there are another 1/2 dozen reasons...   fact still remains we have a much higher success rate than any other i have heard of...

boils down to--- 

 IT AINT THAT SIMPLE.

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bless the cut and paste....

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Hi Carlene, 

Today was the first day Wendy and I went to and from school on the bus. She 
didn't want to get on the bus, but when I started to climb the stairs she 
followed me and then sat in her seat. She sits in the seat ahead of me because 
there is not enough room for both of us in one seat. ;)  I get off the bus first 
until the last step and she helps me down. At CARE time today (assembly that 
happens every morning about 10 mins long) another student had a meltdown right 
next me and Wendy stayed down, not really noticing it at all. Everyone was 
impressed! Recess is getting better every time, but Dad is still coming in to 
help if we need it. Wendy thinks that Dad is always picking us up after school, 
since he has always been there to get us or put us on the bus. So to make sure 
she knew to get on the bus without Dad there, my sister Madi met us outside and 
got on the bus first then we followed. This is the first time we did it and it 
worked well!  She is doing better on the bus, but it's still new.  

 Thank you again for Wendy! I am much stronger...my PT and parents can even see 
little muscles in my legs when I walk. Hopefully the doctors will see a big 
difference in a couple of weeks! Talk to you soon!

Love, Hunter & Wendy 

PS it is a lot easier for my mom and dad too!

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this is the notice i got from alibaba today--- very interesting , thorough and non offensive--- 

You asked for Promotional Toy Style and Rubber Material bouncy balls for sale quotations on 08-02-2014 Members like you have recently got quotations from these 5 verified suppliers. Contact them now and get the detail!

Eva Jin | China (Mainland) |   | Ningbo Zhenhai Yifa Craft &... Main Products: Toys & Hobbies Quotations in 30 Days Accepted by 1 Buyers Response Rate: 96.7%

Joyce Li | China (Mainland) |   | Fuzhou Enci Import & Export... Main Products: Luggage, Bags & Cases, Toys & Hobbies, Gifts & Crafts Quotations in 30 Days Accepted by 513 Buyers Response Rate: 95.7% ******************* I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING... LAWYER STUFF TODAY

sept 29 2014
 600 bricks to go --- we are getting there !!!

i wish i had some brilliant  concept to offer-- but my head on slightly crooked  so i can't think straight.  it is better   but still left leaning..

the only odd thing i can think of is.....

remember when i had the wrong size balls-- i had hundreds of   27 mm and needed 30mm? and i was in a little bind because i needed them to make the monkey fists for everyone at dogfest...

 in the process... i tried china-- which is where all inexpensive things are made..  and  i ran headlong into alibaba.  "let us help you find your 30 mm balls"

 i thought ... just one more gimic.... except they hung in there  with very specific emails about size, cost, how to order, shipping etc..  i would get 2 - 3 emails a day from different chinese companies-- and these were not form letters.  i noticed-- very polite  and helpful-

 i finally got the 500  30 mm balls-- but i remained impressed with this alibaba connection to china... "is there any way we can help you find...."  etc....

then yesterday i see in the wsj alibaba had an initial stock offering with alot pf publicity-- from my experience, they have the "ordering from china" down pat.

i have the same feeling about alibaba that i had about that first mcdonalds hamburger i had years ago.

somebody studied a need and is filling it..

the rest of that ball story is that  i ran out of 1/4 " rope and ordered more from the rope company (r&w rope) and they sent some ever so slightly thinner than  the spool i had been using... 

consequently i needed 27mm balls... not the 30mm balls i had struggled to find..

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 along that same line... i think... but i am not sure...that the toilet paper we just got is 1/4 " more narrow than i was used to...  

i need to investigate this more.... but it looks to me like some company is pulling the "who's gonna notice?"

so will all of you take  note....

sept 28 2014

i am thrilled with the number of people buyng bricks--- couple more days and we just might make it !!  35 people yesterday wow..

keep after the new comers... it is working...

in the meantime..... we need special attention today for chaos--  i swear she knows it is sunday-- and is already asking me "is earlene+ coming?"

scott fitch won the shirt for the most correct items on the poo picker  game board-- i will dismantle it ( hopefully ) at 5pm since there is no mail call-- he missed the antique ladies dress hemmer, the wine bottle capper and the stirrup off a physician's table...

i have an extremely odd collection of hardware for this kind of thing  so i want to put those pieces back in th e  .box  in case i need to make another one. that one did get slapped together rather quickly..  i will keep collecting  krap  ( hardware) for 2015 dogfest and see if  i can do better.

the leaf camera is very popular for those who know about it-- keep passing the word on that too..

yesterday i filled the bucket of the tractor with the collection of nuts and bolts from the shop and tried to get them sorted...  the bucket is a perfrct work table-- height adjustable---

 i forgot i was on the leaf camera for that   until someone mentioned it in the comments.  i knew i was out of puppy hill r ange....

in that same..... steven chopped away at that vine blurring the vision of the  leaf cmaera... so it should be etter today.

short doggie... it even hurts my neck/arm  to type

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I liked the rant about cell phones. Cell phones are going to kill us. People are walking off subway platforms, into signposts, and wandering through busy intersections, looking down. People at work are texting their kids with the location of the lost sneaker during the meeting then ask you to repeat what you just said (and the answer is N.O.). We've actually coined a new acronym for this one: BFN. Stands for Big Fat No.

On the smoking thing, I have a coworker who is away from my desk more than he is there, because he is perennially outside smoking. A few years ago I was in the office of the New York Post, with Amy, on the 27th floor of a high rise on 6th Avenue. It took people too long to take the elevators down and go outside to smoke, so they took an unused closet, insulated it, put in ventilation, and crammed 8 chairs in there. The room was always full, and the walls were yellow. At the time, they told me it was a standard arrangement for high rise offices to have one of these rooms, but I've never heard of one before, or since. 

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Took some pictures during Opal's visit to Webster Assisted Living center yesterday.  She was so good, even as much as laying her head in an ailing resident's lap for a few seconds (very surprising as she didn't do that with any of the others). 

After visiting and taking a walk outside with my mom, she came in to Mom's room and lay down and went to sleep...such a good girl.

Thanks again for letting me take her there!

 

Jacky

SEPT 26 2014

I CAN REMEMBER MY MOTHER SITTING IN OUR LIVING ROOM SAYING "CARL, THERE IS A DRAFT ACROSS MY LEGS"  CARL BEING GOOD HUSBAND WOULD JUMP AND RUN  AND LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE DRAFT AND FIX IT....SAYING  "YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE ON THE GOOD SIDE OF  THE COOK"--- 

I ALWAYS FIGURED "WHATS THE FUSS OVER A LITTLE DRAFT??"

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WELL I AM OLDER NOW-- AND IT IS COLDER NOW--- AND I NOTICE DRAFTS- AND I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THEM.  

THIS HOUSE IS MORE THAN A LITTLE DRAFTY-- (AS A MATTER OF FACT  NOT ONLY THE HOUSE IS A LITTLE DRAFTY AROUND HERE TOO)

I HAVE HAD 2 THINGS TO SAVE ME FROM  THE COLD... A HEATING BLANKET, AND A MILKHOUSE HEATER.

THOSE MILKHOUSE HEATERS ARE WONDERFUL--- BEFORE WE REALLY WERE ORGANIZED WITH PROPER HEAT, THEY KEPT THE SMALLER DEAGLE HOUSE AND NUTT HOUSE QUITE WARM. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $14 AND $30 THEY ARE SOLD WITH VARIOUS NAMES BUT HSTORICALLY THEY WERE  MILKHOUSE HEATERS.

WHEN RON AND GWEN LIVED IN THE GUEST HOUSE-- BEFORE THY HAD REAL JOBS AND WERE RELATIVELY BROKE, THE GUEST HOUSE HAD NO HEAT...... THEY HAD A MILKHOUSE HEATER IN THE BATHROOM.. WHERE RON HAD PLYWOOD ON THE SINK FOR A DESK, GWEN SAT SIDEWAYS ON THE  TOILET AND THEY HUNG THE TV FROM THE HOOK THAT IS STILL IN HTE SHOWER.  AND IT WORKED...

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AND THEN THERE IS THE ELECTRIC BLANKET--- FROM THE PIZZA BOX EXAMPLE,  THERE IS A PROBLEM WAITING FOR A SOLUTION

THE "THROW" IS A BIT SMALLER THAN A TWIN BED SIZE...  BUT IT IS ABOUT THE CORD..

MAYBE I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE AN ELELCRIC BLANKET,.... BUT

FROM CORD TO CONTROL IS 28 INCHES   IT THEN GOES 6 FEET TO A PLUG.... SO IF I PLUG IT IN TO WHAT I WOULD ASSUME IS THE BOTTOM OF THE BLANKET, THEN THE CONTROL ISKNEE HIGH... IF I AM TO HAVE THE PLUG END AT THE TOP,  TEH CONTROL IS WITH IN REACH BUT THE PLUG IS IN MY NOSE ALL NIGHT...AND GETTING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT CAN BE DANGEROUS TO MY HEALTH WITH  THE CORD AROUND MY NECK.

I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS..  AND I JUST BOUGHT A NEW ONE.... SAME PROBLEM  

I HATE TO WRITE TO SUNBEAM AND ASK HOW TO PLUG IN THE CORD... BUT IT AMOUNTS TO THAT... AM I THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM?

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NEXT PROBLEM OF THE DAY

 THIS IS MY ONE HEALTH ISSUE  I AM ALLOWED TO DISCUSS PER DAY

WE NO LONGER HAVE NEWSPAPERS, AND THE LACK OF NEWSPAPERS MEANS  I CAN NOT MAKE MYSELF A STIFF COLLAR FOR MY WRY NECK.

NONE OF THE NECK BRACES HAVE EVER BEEN THE RIGHT SIZE-- AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS I HAVE HAD TO WEAR THEM ON OCCASION..  

SO MY SOLUTION HAS BEEN TO TAKE A HAND TOWEL,  LINE IT WITH SEVERAL SHEETS OF NEWSPAPER,  FOLD IT THE LEGNTH  I NEED AND DUCT TAPE IT AROUND MY NECK.  IT WORKED PERFECTLY..

EXCEPT TODAY--- NO NEWSPAPERS.. AND THERE REALLY IS NO SUBSTITUTE   I AM TRYING A WEE WEE PAD THANKS TO GRACE... BETTER THAN NOTHING... BUT IT  COULD USE A PIECE OF NEWSPAPER IN TH EMIDDLE. 

RELATED--- NOT REALLY A HEALTH   COMPLAINT-- JUST OBSERVATION...

I WENT TO THE DOCTOR YESTERDAY--  FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER I HAVE A SWELLING IN MY THROAT-- FEELS STRANGE -- SO AFTER ALL THE MEDICAL VOODOO HE TOLD ME TO " EAT ICE CREAM AND   FOOD WITH GRAVY- BECAUSE IF I TRIED TO EAT GRILED CHICKEN HE WOULD BE  CUTTING IT OUT OF ME IN THE OPERATING ROOM."  I ASKED IF  SLAPPING 1/4 POUND OF BUTTER ON EVERYTHING WOULD WORK.. WHICH IS WHEN HE SAID "YOU GET THE IDEA, BUT IF YOU LIKE I COULD SIGN YOU UP FOR  OUR SWALLOWING CLINIC WHERE THEY COUDL TEACH YOU  ABOUT SWALLOWING.

NEVER IN THE WORLD DID I THINK THERE WAS AN OCCUPATION OF MEDICAL PEOPLE TEACHING  YOU HOW TO SWALLOW. --  COVERED BY MEDICARE !!!

I WONDER WHERE THEY WENT TO SCHOOL..AND WHAT CLASSES  ?

CHEWING 101?

AINT THAT THE LIVIN' END????

SEPT 26 2014
17 people bought bricks yesterday---- woowowowowoooooo

we may make it yet !!!

thaT--- I AM THRILLED TO REPORT

HOWEVER THE NEXT MAKES ME ILL---SOMEONE SENT ME A VIDEO OF A GUY WHO INVENTED A PIZZA BOX WHERE THE TOP IS PERFERATEDE TO BE 4 "PLATES" AND TH BOTTOM IS EITHER 4  MORE PLATES OR FOLDED IN HALF TO FIT IN THE FRIDGE.

NOW IF THE LAWYERS HAVE HIS PATENT SEWED UP TIGHT , THAT GUY IS AN INSTANT MULTI MILLIONAIRE.--- NO.... BILLIONAIRE

AND SO HE SHOULD BE.

HOW MANY OF US HAVE HANDLED THOSE UNWIELDY BOXES AND NEVER THOUGHT..

THIS WAS MY POINT A FEW DAYS AGO..   WE DON'T THINK NEARLY ENOUGH......

BACK TO KEN ROBERTSON 'S CREATIVITY LECTURE ON TED.COM...

HAVING A PATENT ON SOMETHING IS NOT ALL IT IS CRACKED UP TO BE--- BIG COMPANIES FIND THEIR WAY AROUND THEM ON OCCASION... BUT I HOPE THIS GUY MAKES IT BIG TIME...

IF I HAD A PENNY FOR EVERY TRAILER..... BUT YOU HAVE ALL HEARD OF MY FATHER'S RAMP...AND MY PORTABLE PEE'ER.  BUT THE CONCEPT IS GOOD...

AFTER MY FATHER HOISTED IRON I BEAMS AROUND WELDING REALLY HEAVY STUFF  ONTO WHEELS---  HIS COMMENT THEN WAS  "TRY FOR 1/100TH OF A PENNY ON AN IMPROVED FLY SWATTER-- THE MATERIAL WOULD BE EASIER TO HANDLE AND LESS COST UP FRONT."

BOY ISN'T THAT THE PIZZA BOX DEFINED !!!

WHICH THEN GETS ME INTO  "HOW DID I GET 1 IN THE MAGAZINE BUSINESS  OR 2 . ANIMALS IN THE MEDIA... AND NOW SERVCE DOG PROJECT...

ALL WERE SIMPLY  --- IDENTIFY A NEED AND THEN FILL IT-- WHICH IS WHAT THIS PIZZA GUY DID...

WHICH IS WHY I AM SO SICK THAT ALL THE PIZZQA GUZZLING FOLK AROUND HERE DID NOT THINK OF IT FIRST... MYSELF INCLUDED...

ANOTHER OF MY OBSERVAIONS--IS THAT TO BE SUCCESSFUL  IN ANIMAL  HUSBANTRY ONE OF THE  MOST IMPORTANT IS HOW OBSERVANT YOU ARE.-  THAT IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY DISTRACTIONS OF 2 TYPES.. VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY.,

BRINGING IT HOME TO SDP.... INVOLUNTARY WAS THE LAUNDRY/DRYWELL PROBLEM OF SURFACE WATER--- 

VOLUNTARY???  THE WE SHOULD KNOW BETTER--- TYPE--- CELL PHONES...( P.S. YESTERDAYS TIRADE WAS VERY WELL RECIEVED...  SUPER COMMENTS  ---I WAS WORRIED)

SOMEWHERE IN HERE I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT IF EXPLORE HAD NOT GIVEN  IS THE MONEY THEY DID WE WOULD  NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT IN THE NEW DRY WELLS  AND WE WOULD BE STRUGGLING WITH SURFACE LAUNDRY WATER  ... HIDING FROM THE HEALTH DEPT.. IT WAS A HUGE EXPENSE MADE POSSIBLE BY  EXPLORE...

THAT LAUNDRY PROBLEM WAS LIKE A PICK POCKET-- DISTRACTING  US WHILE ROBBING US OF  ANY CREATIVITY--- WE COULD NOT THINK OF ALOT OF OTHER THINGS...  THAT NOW OUT OF THE WAY AND WE ARE MOVING ALONG MUCH BETTER

PRIORITIZING CREATIVITY IS NOT EASILY DONE.

WE  ---AS A GROUP--- HAVE THE ABILITY ---

WHEN I TOLD TRACY ABOUT THE PIZZA BOX, SHE CAME BACK WEITH "WELL LETS GET STARTED ON THE CHINESE FOOD CONTAINERS"

RIGHT ON !!!

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TDAY SCHEDULE

DR APT FIRST-- 

CALENDAR PHOTOSHOOT LATE MORNING  HERE

MEATCUTTING STEVE HAS FRIENDS COMING

AND I HAVE 2 RACKS OF LAMB I THAWED  TO USE-----BECAUSE I FORGOT STEVE WAS NOT COMING LAST NIGHT... 

SINCE CATHOLICS EAT FISH ON FRIDAYS ( OR THEY USED TO)   I THINK WE.. SDP.. SHOULD SERV LAMB ON THURSDAYS ( BECAUSE BOTH STEVE AND I LIKE IT AND HE IS ON CALL HERE TIL 7)  WHAT BETTER EXCUSE??

SEPT 25 2014
instead of the daily doggie  maybe i sholUd call this one  TODAYS TIRADE..

WE HAVE LUKE IN TH E HOUSE...  IN THE  BARN/FEED ROOM HE WAS TOTALLY CONFUSED BACKING AWAY CLEARLY SAYING "I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING AND IF I JUST GET HIDDEN MAYB IT WILL ALL GO AWAY. " 

HE NEVER OFFERED TO BITE, JUST ONE BIG "WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON" 

SOMETHING HAPPENED- ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN TO ALL OF THEM.. BUT WHATEVER IT WAS , NOBODY EXPLAINED IT TO HIM.

SO NOW HE IS IN HE HOUSE-- AND AFTER DONNA SAT WITH HIM DURING MAIL CALL, HE RELAXED AN NOW WAGS HIS TAIL AND ENJOYS THE PERSON GOING BY PATTING HIM..

WE WILL SEE IF THAT LASTS FOR THE DAY- BUT AT ANY RATE HE WAS MUCH IMPROVED..

MAYBE WHATEVER HAPPENED WAS JUST NOT NOTICED.  WE MISSED THE BOAT SOMEHOW...

AT SOME POINT WE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AND HAD A CONVERSATION WITH LUKE....

( YOU GOT IT... THIS IS GOING SOMEWHERE)

THESE CAMERAS...ARE   WONDERFUL ---  I CAN SIT HERE AND SEEE ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

OF LATE---  AND THERE ARE 2 KINDS OF  PEOPLE AROUND HER   PAID AND VOLUNTEER.

AND DIFFERENT RULES HAVE TO APPLY.. VOLUNTEERS CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT ... ALMOST.... BUT IF YOU ARE ON THE PAYROLL AND ON THE PHONE, WE NEED TO  BRING THIS BAD HABIT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

 I WATCHED ONE OF THE STAFF  PUT A DOG BACK IN A KENNEL--SHE WAS READY WITH THE HAND FED TREAT  ON WHICH I INSIST...  BUT THERE WAS NO HEAD PAT-- GOOD DOG REWARD- BECAUSE... ?READY FOR THI ONE?  SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WHICH SHE WAS HOLDING BETWEEN HER SHOULDER AND HEAD.

THAT STARTED ME.....  THIS IS A JOB...AN IT DEMANDS SOMEONE'S  FULL ATTENTION...SO I HAVE MADE A POINT OF WATCHING HOW MUCH TIME SDP IS PAYING SOMEONE  AT WHICH TIME THEY ARE NOT PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY GIVING IT THEIR ALL BECAUSE THEY ARE ON THE  CELL PHONE.

SO I HAVE BEEN LISTENING-- EAVES DROPPING YOU SAY??   I DIDN'T GO OUT OF MY WAY PEOPE ARE ON THESE THINGS ALL AROUND ME-- I MADE NO SPECIAL EFFORT TO EAVES DROP... AND I AM HARD OF HEARNG TO SAY THE LEAST...

AND I HAVE LEARNED

MEGAN USES HER PHONE TO STAY IN TOUCH  WITH THE 1000 THINGS SHE STAYS IN TOUCH WITH-- AND 98% SEEM DOG RELATED.  OCASIONALLY A QUICK BIT ABOUT WHERE SHE IS HAVING SUPPER... BUT MOSTLY DOG RELATED.

THE REST OF THE PHONE CONVERSATIONS REALLY MADE ME MAD -

TO THINK THEY WERE IN ANY WAY MORE IMPORTANT-  THAN  MAYBE EXPLAINING TO LUKE WHAT HAD FRIGHTENED HIM...

THE REASONING "MY CHILDREN MIGHT NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME" HOLDS VERY LITTLE WATER-- THE SOLUTION TO THAT IS TO HAVE WHOEVER IS WATCHING THE PUPS, KEEP ALL THE PHONES AND ANSWER THEM  IN CASE OF THAT EMERGENCY.  THERE WAS A REAL LIFE BEFORE CELL PHONES..

I WOUL D LOVE TO BE THAT PUPPY WATCHER AND ANSWER THE PHONES "MAY I TAKE A MESSAGE? SHE IS WORKING."  

"I NEED TO TALK TO HER, I CAN NOT FIND MY OTHER SNEAKER"  WOULD GET MY  ANSWER.

SO IN  AN EFFORT TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM... I NEED REAL FACTS...

IF SOMEONE IS ON THE PHONE WHILE ON THE PAYROLL,  IT SEEMS I SHOULD KNOW  WHAT THE CALL HAD TO DO WITH SERVICE DOG  PROJECT. 

MAYBE I JUST NEED MORE FACTS.... SO I WILL BE COLLECTING THEM...

 IF I AM NOT ASKING, I AM CERTAINLY THINKING ABOUT IT.  AND CAMERA WATCHING MAKES IT VERY EASY.

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I MUST PREFACE THIS NEXT WITH THE  FACT THAT  THE NEXT ARE GENERIC WORK  OBSERVATIONS WHICH IN NO WAY ARE SDP ORIENTEED -- MORE  FROM MY EXPERIENCES AT THE WANT ADVERITISER

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A FEW OTHER WORK RELATED OBSERVATIONS--

NONE OF OUR TRAINERS SMOKE-- I DON'T THINK... BUT ANOTHER FACT THAT GOES THRU MY HEAD IS... NOW THAT SMOKING IS DONE OUTSIDE BUILDINGS, IF YOU HIRE A PERSON WHO HAS TO GO HAVE A CIGARETTE EVERY 2 HOURS, THAT IS 20 MINUTES OFF THIER JOB

THAT IS 20 MINUTES OUT OF 120  

SO IF  THEIR SALARY IS $ 600 A WEEK IT IS COSTING YOU 1/6th MORE ... OR $700

I HAVE THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION WITH MARK ALL THE TIME.  HE RUNS A FAIRLY BIG SIZE BUSINESS...

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I HAD THIS PROBLEM WHEN I WORKED FOR THE WANT ADveritser  COMPANY( A BOSTON MAGAZINE) I RARELY WENT TO THEIR OFFICE-- BUT I REMEMBER BEING SHOCKED AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO PUNCHED IN WITH THEIR  TAKE OUT BREAKFASTS IN THE OTHER HAND- AND THEN SAT DOWN TO EAT.. WITH NO REGARD TO THE FACT THAT  THEY WERE "STEALING" FROM THE COMPANY BY  PUNCHING IN AND NOT WORKING.

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ANOTHER FAVORITE OF MINE HAS BEEN FOR YEARS--- AND DRUMMED INTO MY CHILDREN...

IF YOU ARE HIRED FOR 9 TO 5 ---AT 9 YOU SHOULD BE THERE READY TO PRODUCE WHATEVER.. SOMEONE WHO IS CONSTANTLY 5  TO 10 MINUTES LATE DOES NOT HAVE THE PROPER RESPECT FOR TH EJOB.... ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE NEVER 5 - 10 MINUTES EARLY. AND PUNCH OUT AT 5:01.  IF YOU ARE CONSTANTLY 15 MIUNTES EARLY  YOUR BOSS WILL NOTICE -- MOSTLY BECAUSE YOU WILL BE THE ONLY ONE THERE...PEOPLE SEEM TO FIGURE THE 9:00 IS THE SAME AS 9:15.      TRY 15 MINUTES LATE FOR AN AIRPLANE.

 "TRAFFIC WAS BAD"  IT IS ALWYAS BAD-- WHY SHOULD THE BAD TRAFFIC COST THE EMPLOYER- GET UP EARLIER.  

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OTHER THAN THAT.... EVERYTHING IS FINE.... LUKE IS BETTER....

SEPT 24,2014
i know carol has the best of intentions when she told me to take my clothes off---(SHE MEANT TAKE THEM OFF THE TREADMILL WHERE I TOSS THEM REGULARLY)  AND USE THE DAMN

 THING.

 SHE IS JUST ONE MORE  IN A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENCOURAGED ME TO WALK ON THAT THING-- OR RIDE ON A BICYCLE THAT DOES NOT GO ANYWHERE.. SOMEHOW IT IS AGAINST MY CORE PHILOSOPHY .

IF I AM TO ENGAGE IN FORCED WALKING  EXERCISE- THEN LET IT BE EMPTY THE SCRAP BASKETS..  I CAN NOT WASTE ALL THAT ENERGY WITH NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT ..

I HAVE LOOKED AT THE LONG LINES OF PEOPLE PEDDLING THOSE DEVICES WITH ONE WHEEL AND THOUGHT  THERE LIES THE ANSWER TO THE ENERGY CRISIS....  I KNOW I AM NOT THE  FIRST TO THINK IF A KID WANTS TO SIT AND WATCH TV- OR PLAY ON A COMPUTER THEY SHOULD CREATE THE ENERGY USED TO RUN TH E THING.

SOMEBODY ONCE DID JUST THAT-- AND HE/SHE  GOT VERY LITTLE PUBLICITY  ABOUT IT--MAYBE 40 YEARS AGO-- IT SHOWED 2 SOUR FACED KIDS BEING INTERVIEWED ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO WATCH TV UNLESS THEY PEDALED THE BIKE WITH THE GENERATOR AND MADE THEIR OWN CURRENT.

IF A PARENT DID THAT NOW, SOMEONE WOULD REPORT IT TO THE DSS AND THEY WOULD BE IN TROUBLE FOR CHILD ABUSE.

JUST THINK-- LOWER ELECTRIC BILLS AND  CHILDREN WHO ARE  "FIT".

JUST THINK--- HOW OFTEN WE JUST DON'T.

THAT IS ONE GOOD TING ABOUT THIS DAILY DOGGIE--- IT FORCES ME TO  THINK AT LEAST ONCE A DAY.- HOWEVER BRIEFLY- 

AND IF IT FORCES ANYONE ELSE TO THINK, THEN I MUST CONTINUE THIS MADNESS WITH THE HOPES I SPARK SOMEONE ELSE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM S OF THE WORLD- 

 LIKE CHEAP ENERGY FUELED BY FRENCH FRIES.

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CHAOS-- AN INTERESTING STUDY... SHE DOES KNOW WEEKENDS VS WEEKDAYS-- BECAUSE  SHE DOES WANDER AROUND WHINING AT THE DOOR ON WEEKENDS  - BUT DOES NOT WANT TO GO OUT IF I OPEN IT.  SHE IS LOOKING FOR EARLENE..   SHE CAN BE PLAYFUL AND HAPPY, BUT SHE IS LOOKING... SHE HAS ALSO BECOME ALOT MORE VOCAL  - STANDING IN FRONT OF ME GRUMBLING --- OBVIOUSLY EXPLAINING SOMETHING TO ME... AND I AM PRETTY SURE IT IS   WHERE IS EARLENE??

EARLENE AND PAUL SAID THEY WOULD COME BY AND TAKE HER FOR WALKS... AROUND THE  BABY SITTING CHORES... I HOPE THEY DO...

I THINK A TRIGGER MAY BE -- BUD-- BECAUSE HE WAS HERE WHEN EARLENE  WAS ON SUNDAYS  ... SO WHEN BUD GETS HERE CHAOS GETS ALL EXCITED  AND GREETS HIM- THEN GOES  TO WHININIG AT THE DOOR.... AND LOOKING AT ME.

AM I TRYING TO SLAP A GUILT TRIP???   YUP...

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OPAL IS NOT QUITE AS BAD... 

 SHE NEVER HAS GOT TO TH E POINT ANTICIPATING THE ARRIVAL  BY MY SAYNG "SHEILA'S HERE."   SHE HAS TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD "I HAVE TO GO NOW"  BECAUSE HER HEAD AND TAIL DROP AND SHE JUST STAANDS WHEN SHEILA SAYS THAT.

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WE HAVE TOO MANY VEHICLES---

THE COA VAN, THE CONVERSON  VAN AND MY CAR ( WHERE THE PAINT ALL MATCHES)  ARE PLENTY...  THE DURANGO IS PROBABLY JANINE'S ANYWAY--- THE OWNERSHIP HAS GONE BACK AND FORTH RANDOMLY...SHE NEEDS IT TO PULL THE HORSE TRAILER AROUND ONCE IN A WHILE.

THEN THERE IS THE  "WHITE VAN"  WITH IT'S NEW FRONT SHOCKS

PROBLEM BEING EXCEPT FOR MY TOYOTA, ALL THE OTHERS ARE 2002 DODGE VEHICLES THAT ARE PRETTY CONSTANTLY IN NEED OF REPAIR--- AND SHOULD ONLY BE DRIVEN "LOCALLY"  --- COUNTRY MOTORS ARE GREAT MECHANICS--   BUT TOO OFTEN  WE ARE DROPPING OFF ONE AND PICKING UP TH E LAST.

BUT THEY ARE ALL RUNNING RIGHT NOW... AND TIME TO BROOM OUT THE WHITE VAN AND GET JANINE TO CLAIM  THE DURANGO AS HER'S.

IF FOR NO REASON THAN TO MAKE 2 MORE PARKING PLACES.

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WILLIAM WAS HERE YESTERDAY AND MAYBE... JUST MAYBEEEE WE GOT 2 MORE PHOTO'S OUT OF THE WAY FOR THE CALENDAR--  THEN HE CAME IN THE HOUSE- TO DISCUSS A FEW OTHERS-- AND WE DID NOT REALIZE THE MIC WAS ON... SO SOME OF YOU HEARD ALL THE PLANS...

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THOSE ORCAS ARE VERY CUTE--- BUT WILLIAM HAS COME TO REALIZE IN ANOTHER 2 DAYS THEY WILL DOUBLE INSIZE AND NOT BE AS CUTE... WELL... NEARLY....

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I DID GO WITH THE TRAILER AND PICK UP THE CHICKEN COOP FOR THE NEW SOCIALIZED CHICKENS THAT SOMEONE HAS GIVEN US.

TURNS OUT-- THEY HAD TEHSE CHICKENS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD KIND OF PLACE... NO ROOSTER... JUST HENS... AND SOMEONE IN T EH NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED ANIMAL CONTROL WHO DECIDED THEY NEEDED A PERMIT TO KEEP THEM-- AND IT WAS $1000..

SO WE HAVE THE HENS..  

WE/I ALSO HAVE ALOT OF OPINIONS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO FIND SOME WAY TO COMPLAIN TO AUTHORITIES AND  BULLY SOMEONE ELSE WITH SOME NONSENSE. 

IN THIS CASE... IT WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF 20 HOUSES  SURROUNDED BY DENSE WOODS... MOST OF THE HOUSES HAD METAL TRASH CANS WITHOUT LIDS-   AND I SAW A FEW BIRD FEEDERS.   HER CHICKENS WERE SURROUNDED BY 1/2 INCH "RABBIT WIRE"   AND FED IN DISHES---  BUT THE NEIGHBOR HAD HEARD THAT CHICKENS ATTRACT RATS  SO RATHER THAN PROVING IT WAS THE CHICKENS AND NOT TH E WOODS AND BIRD FEEDRS... SHE WAS FORCED TO GET RID OF HER CHICKENS BY THREATENING $1000 FINES.

BULLYING... THAT IS WHAT THAT WAS...

THE ULTIMATE IS-- THIS WAS A WHILE AGO--- SOMEONE A THE IPSWICH COUNTRY CLUB COMPLAINED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEIR NEIGHBOR HAD PAINTED THEIR MAILBOX WITHAN UNAPPROVED COLOR...

BEFORE WE BOUGHT THESE 2 LOTS  WE LOOKED AT A HOUSE IN BOXFORD CENTER--- IT WAS  AN OLD FARMHOUSE AND BARN... BUT IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.... I COMMENTED THEN  THAT I COULD NOT PAINT MY HOUSE PURPLE WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE HISTORICAL SSOCIETY-- I REMEMBER USING PURPLE AS MY CHOICE COLOR-- AND HERE I AM WIHT A LOUDLY PAINTED PURPLE BARN...

  THE NEW CHICKENS ARE LOVELY , CLEAN AND SOCIALIZED-- THE NEW "COOP" S 6 SIDED-- SO IF WE CAN JUST GET IT TOGETHER BEFORE WE LOOSE THEM TO THE RACOON, WE WILL BE FORTUNATE.. I THINK/HOPE  DAVID WILL BE HERE TO DO THAT TODAY.

AND SO IT GOES...

SEPT 23  2014
MY PILL BOX TELLS ME IT IS TUESDAY..  

IT BETTER BE BECAUSE IF IT IS THURSDAY AND I AM 2 DAYS BEHIND IN PILLS  IT COULD BE A VERY LIVELY  DAY . 

USUALLY I WAIT TIL I AM DRIVING A 53 FOOT LONG HORSE TRAILER IN THE MIDDLE OF BOSTON TRAFFIC TO TELL SOMEONE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THAT I AM ON  DILANTIN .FOR SEIZURES  

IT HAS WORKED BEAUTIFULLY FOR 40 YEARS--  THE ONLY TIME I HAD A PROBLEM WAS VERY EARLY IN THE  PROCESS WHEN I FIGURED I DID NOT NEED  THEM..  2 DAYS OF NO PILLS AND I WAS IN BIG TROUBLE...!!     GOD BLESS EDUCATION AND  RESEARCH !!

IT CAUSED ME TO THINK OF ALOT OF THINGS I NEVER HAD TO CONSIDER...

AIRLINE'S FREQUENTLY LOST LUGGAGE-- CAMPING TRIP BY CANOE( WHITE WATER DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER) ... DISTANCE TO NEAREST PHARMACY.... AND OF LATE....  AN INCREDIBLY  MATURE MEMORY..  

I AM NEVER OFFENDED IF SOMEONE ASKS ME IF I HAVE TAKEN MY PILLS TODAY.  WHEN THEY DO , THERE IS A SPLIT SECOND WHERE I  TAKE INVENTORY OF MY THOUGHT PROCESS.  

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OTHER THAN THAT...... ANY OTHER PROBLEMS THAT TODAY BRINGS  WILL NOT BE CAUSED BY THAT.

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TUESDAY-- NO SHEILA---  I DON'T  MEAN TO BE UNKIND... WELL ALMOST.... BUT I DID GRIN A BIT WHEN SOMEONE TOLD ME  IT WAS SUPPOSED TO RAIN FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS IN VERO BEACH-- THUNDERSTORMS-- 

WELL I BET THEY ARE JUST TIDDLEY ONES.. NOT LIIKE THE REAL THUNDER WE HAD AT THE END OF   OVER THE RAINBOW   DURING DOG FEST...

THAT VIDEO IS WORTH SEEING... THE TIMING OF THAT  BOOM COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER.

 BIRDS FLY OVER THE RAINBOW WHY OH WHY CAN'T I?  

BANG !

WHY DID YOU ASK....I WILL TELL YOU  ...BECAUSE I DID NOT SAY YOU COULD.

LEFT ME  FEEING A BIT INFERIOR

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THE  PRESSURE POT WORKED BEAUTIFULLY YESTERDAY-- I DID NOT PRESSURE... BUT USED IT AS A SLOW COOKER  AND LITERALLY FORGOT IT--- DURING MAIL CALL, I TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO HAVE FOR SUPPER  AND SOMEONE REMINDED ME-- THERE IT WAS ALL READY... AND BEING KEPT WARM

PERFECT ! 

 

NOW HERE IS ANOTHER MILLION DOLLAR IDEA JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DEVELOP.

    COOKING FOR THE MATURE MIND... AND PUT TOGETHER  A BUNCH OF APPLIANCES  THAT ALL SHUT OFF BEFORE YOU BURN TH E HOUSE DOWN..

UP TO NOW I HAVE HAD TO RELY ON THE  FIRE ALARM TO TELL ME WHEN DINNER WAS READY.

DON'T LAUGH--- SOMEONE WILL DO JUST THAT---

I CAN SEE THE RECIPE DIRECTIONS NOW....   

SET ALL THE INGREDIENTS ON THE COUNTER TURN OFF YOUR HEARING AID.... BEFORE TURNING ON THE BURNER.. YOU MUST NOT TURN AROUND FOR ANY REASON..

REMEMBER IT IS CALLED A BURNER FOR A GOOD REASON.

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THERE ARE 2 METHODS OF MATURE  COOKING...

SAS--- STAND AND STIR-   WHERE YO U MUST NOT ANSWER THE PHONE OR THE DOORBELL

OR 

VLS- VERY LOW SETTING- WHERE  YOU WILL REMEMBER IT  ONLY WHEN YOU GET HUNGRY 

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OLD AGE IS NOT FOR THE  MEEK.

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I DROVE AROUND YESTERDAY WITH THE RACK ON THE BACK OF MY CAR--- AND IT DID NOT FALL OFF..  BUD SAID IT WOULD NOT... AND HE WAS RIGHT...

MAYBE I CAN MAKE IT TO SALEM TODAY-- THEY RENT SEGWAY'S THERE..  I WONDER IF ONE WOULD GO ON THT RACK-- IT HAS A RAMP FOR THTAT KIND OF THING

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KATI  WAS OUT YESTERDAY, AND TRACY, SHANNON AND MEGAN SURVIVED VERY NICELY.

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LASTLY  

MY COMPLAINT OF THE DAY

TOOTSIE ROLLS

REMEMBER MY OBSERVATON  ABOUT KITKATS AND HOW IN BRITAIN THEY SAT THEM ON THE WRAPPER CROOKED-  WHICH USED LESS PAPER...THIS SAVING WRAPPING PAPER ETC

WELL THESE TINY TOOTSIE ROLLS ARE WRAPPED WITH MUCH TOO MUCH PAPER- BUT BECAUSE OF THE  DIRECTION , THERE IS NOT QUITE ENOUGH TOEVEN PROPERLY 

 GO ROUND THE TOOTSIE...  .  BUT IF YOU SET THE TOOTSIE CROOKED AND WRAP  THERE IS MUCH TOO MUCH PAPER

BY ACTUAL MEASUREMENT THE WRAPPER IS 3" LONG AND DOES NOT GO AROUND THE TOOTSIE.  PUT IT ON  AT AN ANGLE AND  THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.. ACTUALLY 3/4 INCH TOO MUCH.

THAT IS 3" = 12/4ths  SO A SAVING OF 3/4ths  IS A SAVING OF 25%

I WONDER WHAT IS   25% OF THEIR COST OF WAXED PAPER? OR MORE IMPORTANT , HOW MANY CHICKEN BRICKS COULD THEY BUY WITH THAT MONEY.

SOMEBODY OUGHT TO CALL THEM AND TELL THEM TO BUY CHICKEN BRICKS WITH THE MONEY THEY SAVE.

sept 22 2014

my world is changing---   monday is no longer earlene  and now tuesday sheila has deserted  the ship   -- and this thursday steve is having a root canal..  i am nearly panicked.....

nearly....  

steve is the only one i know of who managed to fall asleep during a root canal... without drugs !!!

paperwork is in pretty good shape due to linda-- she is goooood. 

she wrote all the letters that had piled up during dogfest.  i signed and stamped them all.... now if megan can get the bag to the post office on some training mission...  

 

bills are all paid ... and prayers are requested for the chicken brick  wall...

statistics??  during the time around dogfest-- when i piled the letters of inquiry-- we had 19 requests

for dogs.. 9 of which the board felt could not be something we could serve- most got referred to another ADI training facility --- and the other 10 got sent the application form  and a suggestion  that they plan to come here on some sunday stew if they can...

i hope opal is pregnant...... and i know everyone is saying  no more than 6  but  we need pups...

we don't get to regulate the process...

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sounds like an odd connection... but bud managed to get the storage rack on the back of my car... because....

i may have to go into Boston to the attny general's office- and there is no way i can stand around and wait for an elevator more than 30 seconds... it is just not possible without hardware... my usual shopping cart support would be fine--  but somehow  think it would be out of place in those office buildings,..  my next resort is an antique worlds fair cane thing which the handle opens into a seat... ---  the next resort is that electric scooter/wheelchair that lives in the t t ent......hence the rack on my car.

the reason for the trip to the attny generals office is .... last time i had any problem with them, they were most helpful ( and loved the dog i had with me... thumper).. i have til nov 15th to solve the audit problem  and so far all the cpa's i have called have given up the non profit audit as too big a pain in the neck...

orca's are out for the morning... these are the most personable pups !!  especially "tiny"

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i had suggested to william huber( calendar photographer) that we do a shot with the 11 crumbs sitting  with me around the fireplace--- and i could have done that...  but he was busy and put it off for a month-- now kitty mentioned it -- and i laughed... now you could not fit all 11 in the living room--all we can do now is the 4 orcas... and we better hurry  they grew 3 pounds last week.... and are into that growth spurt...

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the freezer is freezing....

fyi  apparently restaurant type freezers are required to keep the temp at 10 below Fahrenheit  -- that is the kind of cold where your hand sticks to metal... and heaven forbid... you can not  even chip ice cream...

he also made note that it was possible to have the unit be a refrigerator... there are 2 "zones"   freezing is -10 to -40  and the other 32 to 40 for refrig. 

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HI -

IT'S ALL ON ONE SPREADSHEET.

1ST TAB SHOWS THE NOTES.

2ND AND 3RD TAB IS INFO FROM CPs.

4TH TAB IS INFO FROM STAFF / VOLUNTEERS.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

IT'S REALLY OVER...

    TINA

and i have attached her file.. i  would say it was a huge success---and we have already addressed the major problem... heat... by moving it back another week or two.

people who did not like lobster did not think we should bother... except this is new england... plus the company has said they would send someone to cook the chicken on site next year... ( the  alternate meal---chicken--- was.... just short of pathetic and they refunded the money...)

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BBQ chicken  reminds me......

that huge horse event i worked on for years..  groton house horse event... over at winthrop's.....it does google...

 the woman who donated our freezer also worked on it and one year she was responsible for preboiling 200 chickens for the BBQ person to pour red stuff on and make look lovely-- because ... i can see her to this day coming down the driveway with some of her barn help carrying see thru garbage bags of 200 boiled chickens.

200 boiled chickens without red sauce are   a gray/tan  strange looking... to say the least.

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it was a big deal and still is...-- 3 of us started it as a little event for pony club-- and  4 years  later it was totally out of control with  circus size tents for stabling 500 horses over 2 weekends.

many funny stories... many.. like ann ( winthorp) and i taking an emt course so we did not have to hire emts-- ( eventually we had to  hire 2 ambulances.. it  got so big...)  back then we  put together a stretcher out of a slice off the tent flaps....  

and heat..... it is ( still) last weekend of june first of july...   -- we had some massive cooling off of horses to do...we needed quantites of ice....so i went to  gloucester where i knew the  ships get ice for their fish..... backed in my  - 2 ton pick up and the man asked how much--   i did not have a clue so i said 2 tons. he pulled a lever...

2 tons of ice is enough to bury a 2 ton pick up... which it did... but i slithered out and  10 miles down the highway and got back with enough ice to  deal with  hot horses,  plus soda and wine..... 

many funny stories.. at least funny now...

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SEPT 21,2014

THIS WILL BE A WIERD DD...  UNLIKE SO MANY OTHERS THAT ARE PERFECTLY NORMAL

SHANON-- AND SEVERAL OTHERS- HAVE TOLD ME THE WONDERS OF APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

SO I BOUGHT 2 BOTTLES--- I TRIED DRINKING A BIT AS SHE TOLD ME TO-- AND I CAN NOT SAY IT WAS EASY TO SWALLOW-- BUT I TRIED-- THE REPORTS OF IT'S WONDERS WERE SPECTACULAR.. BUT  I CAN'T DRINK IT.... MAYBE ON A SALAD... BUT RAW... I CANNOT DO..

THEN SOMEONE SAW MY 2 BOTTLES AND SUGGESTED IT FOR A SPOT ON BAILEY'S FOOT.. BECAUSE THAY HAD TRIED IT ON A HOT SPOT ON THEIR DOG AND IT WAS GONE THE NEXT DAY.

OK....I CAN'T DRINK IT.. BUT MAYBE I CAN SMEAR IT ON--  I HAVE A COUPLE ITCHY SPOTS THAT JUST  LAST FOREVER.... WHY NOT... THE ENTIRE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN MASSACHUSETTS HAS GIVEN UP ON ... THE ITCH... SO WHY NOT WHATEVER CURED HER DOG.... AFTERE ALL IT SAYS NATURAL VINEGAR...( SO I HAVE BEEN COOKING EITH UNNATURAL VINEGAR???) 

AS I WAS SMEARING IT ON, I THOUGHT I AM GOIMG TO SMELL LIKE SALAD ALL DAY.

THAT TRIGGERED  "SALAD DAYS"  A VERY POPULAR BRITISH MUSICAL BACK IN THE 1950'S.

IF YOU GOOGLE IT BE SURE TO INCLUDE THAT IT IS THE SALAD DAYS MUSICAL...

THE SYNOPSIS IS ( CUTTING AND PASTING)

Jane and Timothy Dawes meet in a park, soon after their graduation, to plan their lives. They agree to get married, and do so in secret, but Timothy's parents have urged him to ask his various influential uncles—a Minister, a Foreign Office official, a General, a scientist—to find him suitable employment. He and Jane, however, decide that he must take the first job that he is offered. A passing tramp offers them £7 a week to look after his mobile piano for a month, and, upon accepting, they discover that when the piano plays it gives everyone within earshot an irresistible desire to dance!

After attempts by the Minister of Pleasure and Pastime (Timothy's Ministerial uncle) to ban the disruptive music, the piano vanishes, and Timothy enlists his scientific Uncle Zed to take them in his flying saucer to retrieve it. When it is found, the tramp reappears to tell them that their month is up and the piano must be passed on to another couple. He also reveals that he is a hitherto unknown uncle of Timothy (whose parents had referred to "the one we don't mention"). Timothy and Jane look forward to the future with confidence

THE  BRITISH HAVE A  COMICAL   WAY WITH WORDS WHICH WE HAVE LOST..      "THE ONE WE DON'T MENTION"  SONG IS DELIGHTFUL

 I OFTEN THINK OF THAT SONG  WITH VARIOUS US PRESIDENTS-- THEY SEEM TO ALWAYS HAVE A RELATIVE THEY DON'T WANT  TO MENTION....-- 

AT ANY RATE... THIS IS GOING SOMEWHERE...  JUST WAIT WAIT..

SHEILA LEFT TODAY FOR FLORIDA-- AND WE DID TRIP LIGHTLY OVER MY PLANS FOR A HOUSE....AND I ASKED IF IT ALSO TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION  BRIAN'S CONCERNS--- 

SHE SAID  HIS IDEAL IS A HOUSE THAT  HE CAN LEAVE AND COME BACK AND NOT HAVE TO SHOVEL OUT 2 FEET OF SNOW.--- EVEN THO BOTH OF THEM HAVE JOBS/BUSINESSES  HERE IN DANVERS MASS... THE ONLY HOUSE THEY NOW OWN IS IN FLORIDA...

LIKE THE SALAD DAYS - PLAY--- THEY NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR  LOVELY  "PIANO" 

OK.... SO IT IS A STRETCH.....

WHICH MADE ME THINK OF GRACE LIVING IN AN APT OVER TRACY'S GARAGE.. 

 AND 

THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE I KNOW LOOKING FOR SOME OTHER LIVING ACCOMODATION THAN WHAT THEY NOW HAVE... INCLUDING STEVE--- MEAT CUTTING STEVE...

 SO NOW I WILL DESIGN A 3 CAR GARAGE --- WITH APT OVER--- CONNECTED TO THE HOUSE WITH A WALK WAY..  TO TRY AND JAR THEM LOOSE FROM THE SUNNY WEATHER IN FLORIDA..

AROUND HERE - THEY NOW CALL THESE "MOTHER IN LAW APARTMENTS"  AND MOST BUILDING CODES ALLOW IT.

OH....... PROBLEM... MAYBE..... THE ADDRESS OF THOSE 5 ACRES IS IN IPSWICH, BUT THE LAND IS IN BOXFORD-- I WONDER WHICH BUILDING INSPECTOR WOULD BE INVOLVED...

?MY FRIEND THE IPSWICH BUILDING INSPECTOR????   WHO TOLD ME IN THE BUILDING OF TH E   ARENA "YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE-- YOU ARE ONLY A WOMAN>"   BECAUSE I DID NOT CHOOSE HIS CONTRACTOR......

I KEEP REMEMBERING THAT.....

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BUD TRIED TO DISCOURAGE HER ALSO  WHEN   HE SAID FLORIDA DOES NOT HAVE COCKROACHES.. THEY HAVE PALMETO BUGS---

A  ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD STILL HAVE THORNS...

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I SHOULD HAVE GIVEN HER THE TAPES I HAVE OF  "THE HILLS IS LONELY" -- A PRETTY AMUSING BOOK ABOUT AN ENGLISH WOMAN GOING FOR EXTENDED VACATION ON AN ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF SCOTLAND...   FUNNY BOOK...  

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Hi Carlene.

 We had a very good day. Handed out every business card. We had I'm sure way over 100. The stack was at lest 3 inches thick. Many poker chips. ( I have 5 left ) If half the people show up for Sunday stew SDP might have to open the back field for parking. Lots of ??? and Mia was AWESOME. 

Talked about chicken bricks, Explore, and of course you. plus so much more. When we got there the was an empty table where the venders set up so we asked if we could use it. Mia went into her down stay and Steve and I got to work.

 Didn't get much out of the seminars because we we're out talking about SDP most of the day. I'd like to know how many hits SDP and Explore get over the Next couple days. It was a blast. Hope we can do it again.

 Thanks Carlene for decking us out for the day, we looked fabulous. See you all next Sunday.

Steve, Michelle and Mia

sept 20 2014

 did i put this in a dd already???  explaining the application process....??*******

TIME TO TACKLE THE INQUIRY FILE...  WE GOT A LITTLE BEHIND DURING  THE DOGFEST.  WE HAVE ALOT OF INQUIRY'S TO FIGURE OUT IF we  SHOULD SEND IN A FULL APPLICATION...... OR IF FOR SOME REASON OUR DANES ARE NOT THIER BEST SOLUTION.

SENDING IN AN APLICATION IS NOT A SITUATION WHERE IF YOU ARE #16 ON OUR LIST, YOU GET THE 16TH DOG AVAILABLE...-- NO WAY--- THEN IT BECOMES KEEPING IN MIND WHO HAS APPLIED AND WHAT DOGS WE HAVE AND WAIT FOR A SWIFT BREEZE   TO TELL US WHICH TO M MATCH WITH WHOM.   HEIGHT AND WEIGHT ARE JUST THE BEGINNING... CHILDREN, AND OTHER ANIMALS, OCCUPATION, ABILITIES , GOALS, SENSE OF HUMOR, ( EVEN WITH PTSD) CHEERFUL ATTITUDE-- ALL THESE THINGS GO INTO TRYING TO MAKE A MATCH.  THESE ARE PARTNERS, NOT SLAVES.

AT ANY RATE IT STARTS WITH THE INQUIRY binder--BOOK.... FULL OF SINGLE SHEETS OF PAPER PEOPLE HAVE SENT ( NOT EMAILED- BEACUSE I DO NOT WANT TO DEAL WITH THE &^*(*^*&%^ PRINTER- THEY ARE TO BE SENT SNAIL MAIL.)

i can cope with poking 3 holes in the letters and putting them in a binder

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I TRY AND GO OVER THE BOOK WHEN THERE ARE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AROUND TO COMMENT  ALSO...

THEN EARLENE WOULD TYPE THE LETTERS... AND NOW WE ARE MINUS HER WHILE SHE BABY SITS HER GREAT GRANDCHILD.... DARN....  

i did the email bit -- after dogfest--- now --- linda... hopefully will type some letters from the notes we made...

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I DO NOT KNOW WHY -- TODAY-- I AM BLESSED WITH A COMPUTER DETEMINED TO SPLIT WORDS IN AN UNCONTROLLED FASHION... BUT SO BE IT.

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shocker of the day... well not really...

these phishers are getting more and more creative at spoofing emails.

here is todays

paypal notice 

Item total: 475.00 

Total: 475.00 USD Note: THIS IS A DEPOSIT INVOICE OF 50% ONLY. 

Door to door ground transport of 1 Great Dane from Boxford, Ma to San Fran, Ca.

Balance of invoice is to be paid no later than 1May10.

then i am to click on something with paypal in the www: bit  

curious that they have  it from boxford mass... 

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boxford is the next town to ipswich  boxford being our  street--  

because of that old new england custom which 150 years ago made sense.... this is the street in ipswich that goes to boxford... consequently... there are 5 boxford roads in this area-- raises heck with the gps things if you are not careful  

it makes perfect sense that boxford rd.. ipswich becomes ipwsich road in boxford and just because there is a very short piece of topsfield the one roade technically... is coming off th e  highway.....topsfield rd,boxford becomes boxford road in topsfield becomes ipswich road in topsfield becomes topsfield rd in ipswich and after that is the atlantic ocean.

it is supposed to make finding your way around easier...

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which brings to mind.... is it penna that labels the exits with the mile markers?i think all highways are labeled with mile markers starting at the southernmost point where it enters the state .. police use that numbering system " car accident at marker 72.6 northbound is only one place.. if we were used to looking for and using them it would make finding exits much easier-- you would know how many miles to your exit... a critical bit of info if you are traveling with small children who have been bitten by the "are we there yet?" bug.

i know my daughter gwen lives at mm 80 on rt 1A-- within 10 miles that rt 1A changes name/town/ and numbering system 4 times.. also... i think they were putting their house on the market - i tried to sell it to sheila -- some parts were great for her... it is a nice house.

when gwen bought it 25 years ago , it had a full greenhouse growing facility in the basement-- apparently that is why it had t be sold quickly-- the DEA   had noticed the activity while flying overhead in a helicopter.

i did not mean to imply shelia might be able to make use of the inside greenhouse-- gwen had to dismantle it in the process of buying the house. but it is a great conversation piece....and gwen had alot of very strange visitors for the first few months they owned the place..

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moving on...

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THE FREEZER IS FUNCTIONAL -- THE "CRANEY GUY" FINISHED THE LAST BIT.... HE TOLD ME THERE IS A HEATER COIL AROUD THE DOOR--- NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT--- IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE FOR THE DOOR TO GET FROZEN SHUT... NOW THERE IS ANOTHER THING FOR ME TO WORRY ABOUT.. THAT LITTEL CLICKER OVER THE DOOR REALLY SHUTS THE DOOR WITH AUTHORITY--- AND IF IT EVER GOT FROZEN YOU WOULD HAVE A REAL PROBLEM..

.SPEAKING OF FROZEN WATER.. I SHOULD PROBABLY NOT MENTION THIS... BUT.... WHEN I HAD ALL THOSE 4H KIDS IN LYNNFIELD.. THEY WERE IN CHARGE OF FEEDING AND WATERING ( EXCEPT SCHOOL MORNINGS)   

WE HAD A "GATE VALVE" THAT SHUT OFF THE WATER DOWN 4' AND IS THE OLD FARMERS SOLUTOIN TO NEW ENGLAND WEATHER.... EXCEPT IN OUR CASE THE LAST 2 INCHES WOULD HAVE ENOUGH LEFT OVER WATER TO FREEZE JUST ENOUGH SO yOU COULD NOT TURN THE HANDLE..... 

 MOST THE OLD NEW ENGLAND FARMERS WERE MEN WHO ALWAYS HAD A SMALL QUANTITY OF WARM WATER IN THEIR BLADDERS--- AND BEING MEN ... IT WAS SIMPLE.

NOT TO BE OUTDONE--- MY 4H GIRLS DID LEARN THAT SOLVING THE PROBLEM THE OLD WAY WAS ALOT EASIER THAN RUNNING ALL TH E WAY BACK TO THE HOUSE FOR A CUP OF WARM WATER...IT JUST TOOK A LITTLE PLANNING AND ALOT OF PRACTICE AIMING.

A DETAIL OF LIFE ON THE FARM I BET YoU CITY FOLK HAD NOT CONSIDERED,...THERE IS ONE MORE SPOT WHERE THAT SOLUTION HAS BEEN USED... BEFORE ELECTIRICTY THERE WAS THE MANUAL PUMP.. WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO AlWAYS HVE A FRESH.SMALL CONTAINER OF WATER NEXT TO IT JUST IN CASE IT LOST IT'S PRIME (THAT CUP OF WATER THAT CAUSES THE FLAP INSIDE TO ACTUALLY DRAW WATER UP) MINUS IT'S PRIME IT IS USELESS-- CAN'T GET THE LIVESTOCK WATERED "IF THE PUP DON'T WORK."..

 SO ONCE AGAIN THESE FARMERS FIGURED OUT WHERE THERE WAS A SMALL QUANTITY OF FLUID TO PRIME THE PUMP.

MOST PEOPLE USING THE EXPRESSION PRIMING THE PUMP, DON'T REALIZE THE ADDITIONAL IMPLICATIONS with the different meaning..

sept 19,2014
 Happy 19th of the month to all birthdays animverseries etc in the  month of september--
there got that done...

next  question----- about bumper stickers--

 we had thought about it before- and decided no... now linda brought it up again..

my opinion is that they do not allow enough info to make them a good investment.

and if no one can come up with different reasoning, i think that is still my opinion...

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the bricks are selling--- i see many new names-- keep working on the new comers to  buy a brick

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as for the accountant--

turns out many of these cpa's have given up doing the special audit for  nonprofits which is why the are charging $14,000  i will keep trying.. we have til nov 15th.

and this PC form that i need to sign is from the state of mass/attorney general's off ice..

back when------- we first started the chicken bit--- i needed to get a raffle permit because i was still using the word bingo...  the town would not give it to me until i had proven i had been in business for  xxx years.. and they way they determined that was this pc form at the attorney general's office..  i was ?maybe 8 years behind... but they were very helpful-- i could just fill out the form and sign it and pay $15 per year and all would be well..

i had my old stud dog thumper with me-- everyone in the office loved him-- they gave me a room with a table and i started in filling out forms, signing individual checks..

total for the day was i signed my name 147 times in this paperless society..

so if i have to go in there again.... bentley is going with me.  problem is i can not park and walk----now if i had a segway.........

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when i use those scooters in home depot or costco, they move sooooo slowly--- but i wonder if i could rent one  for trial   maybe it would work better..

i bought a rack for the back of my car in prep for carrying some transporting device--- i need to get  a piece cut off it before it fits....

good project for the day

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 along with trying to move the "leaf camera"  

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we had a great dinner last night fooling with the pressure cooker

the reciipie?   the week in review...  i.e.  stuff that was in the fridge

cooked with enough garlic - it was very good.

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someone said there is a segway rental place in salem..

getting transported vertically is al0t more appealing than scooters.

 there are those who are convinced i will break my neck on one.. 

but those people have also not had a ride on one... 

i rode one for an hour in florida and had not one problem..

i have to admit florida is alot flatter than 37 boxford road.

only bad part i can think of is taking a "power nap" on one 

might not be  as easy as the golf cart.

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from lynne

I thought you'd appreciate this example of why Willow earned her middle/last name "Monkey Pants".

First, we had an extremely long day at the Brigham during which she was at her best. I actually even gave her the opportunity to basically lead us back to the parking structure. We're there so often, I noticed she seemed to know where we were going inside so I thought, let's see if she can find our way back. She actually did. Even doing the stairs without commands. As well as stopping at the curbs and waiting for "walk on". While I still had hold of her harness, I gave no directional commands as I normally do (right, left, straight), I just let her lead me. Impressive. 

But, her little Monkey Pants move came at home. Dinner was a bit late. I look over and out of the corner of my eye I see the adorable Miss Willow working open the latch on her food bin. Not the retriever's food bin, only hers and she had just got it open when much to her dismay, I informed her that she was busted. The look on her face was priceless. She looked at the latch and then looked at me as if to say " um, yeah, about that ". All the latches now have Gorilla tape on them until I find Dog proof bins lest the retrievers were watching and get any ideas.

She truly is a clever girl and a little miss monkey pants :)