PLAN AHEAD.....I THINK THE FINEST EXAMPLE WAS THE PERSON WHO OWNED THE COCKATOO I INHERITED ALONG THE WAY... RUFUS.....WAS TAUGHT TO SAY VERY CLEARLY------- "IS THAT ALL YOU CAN SAY?" WHICH GOT MANY MORE RESPONSES/LAUGHS. THAN THE CONSTANT "HELLO " PEOPLE TEACH THEM TO SAY....
I TOOK ON THE BIRD AS A KNOWN CHALLANGE....I SHOULD H AVE BEEN WISER... THE PEOPLE NEEDING TO GET RID OF HIM AS TOO OBNOXIOUS WERE THE NUNS IN IPSWICH... I ALWAYS FEEL SORRY FOR A BIRD IN A CAGE...-- SO I FIGURED MORE FREEDOM, LESS SCREAMING..... NOT SO..... AND IF HE WAS NT IN A CAGE HE WAS TEARING UP PAPERS INTO VERY UNIFORM 3/4 INCH PIECES... HE SEEMED QUITE HAPPY LIVING IN MY TOP DESK DRAWER WITH A BUNCH OF JUNK MAIL TO TEAR UP....
HE WAS BAD...LOUD... AND SOMEWHAT DANGEROUS----IT WAS EARLY SPRING--- HE DID NOT FLY...SO I PUT HIM ON THE BACK DECK-- HE FLUTTERED TO THE GROUND SCREAMING AND SET ABOUT TERRIFYING THE DOGS AND ANYONE WALKING AROUND-- THEY ARRE STRONG-- HE PUT A HOLE IN THE TOE OF SOMEONE'S WORK BOOT-- (THAT'S HOW STRONG.... ). THE DOGS WOULD NOT GO NEAR HIM--AND A FAVORITE WAS FOR HIM TO SCREAM AS HE ATTACKED THE TIRES OF ANY CAR THRU THE GATE.... HE EVENTUALLY RAN TEH RAILS OF THE SPLIT RAIL FENCE. FROM TEH "WELCOME SHED". , ALL THE WAY TO THE PUPPY HILL CAMERA---- NOT ONLY SCHREECHING AS HE WENT, BUT HIS MAIN CHORE WAS TO KILL ALL THOSE GREEN SNAKES THAT HE COULD FIND-- YOU KNOW TEH ONES THAT CARRY WATER TO BUCKETS....-- JUST ONE PINHOLE IN EACH ONE.... HE WAS VERY EFFICIENT. .THERE WAS NOT ONE HOSE ON THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD NOT SPRAY WATER ALL OVER YOU UNEXPECTEDLY...
I HAD HIM DURING THE TIME THE TOPSFIELD FAIR HIRED ME TO FILL UP THE CATTLE RING DURING THE WEEK... THERE WWERE FEWER AND FEWERR CATTLE AROUND TO HAVE A PROPER CATTLE SHOW... SO I WASTEH SHOW..... FOR $1000 A DAY. 9AM TO 4PM.... -- WITH DOGS ON THE BED AND A BUNCH OF DONKEY.S AND RUFUS.... I DID THT FOR A FEW YEARS--- UNTIL THEY CHANE MANAGEMENT AND TOLD ME I SHOLD PAYTHEM $62 A RUNNING FOOT OF THE "MIDWAY".
THAT WAS THE END OF ME AT THE FAIR....BUT TO THIS DAY PEOPLE WILL ASK IF I WAS THE ONE WITH THE DOGS AND THE BED. AT THE FAIR.
I EVENTUALLY WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO FIND SOMEONE WHO WANTED RUFUS... TEH CARPENTER WHO BUILT THE ROOM NOW LINDAS OFFICE.. HE ALREADY HAD ONE WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS A GIRL- RUFUS COULD HAVE BEEN A BOY--- I WAS NOT SURE... BUT ANY PORT IN A STORM...
I WOULD HAVE PAID SOMEONE TO TAKE RUFUS.... IT WAS A CASE LIKE TEH BOOK.... "RANSOM OF RED CHIEF" WHERE A KIDNAPPED KID WAS SOO OBNOXIOUS THE KIDNAPPERS EVENTUALLY PAID TO GIVE HIM BACK.
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TEH FAIR IS A PERFET PLACE TO TRAIN DOGS-- AND BEING AN AGRI MEMBER... I GET A TICKET FOR ONE ADMISSION PER DAY... SO THE TRAINERS MOSTLY HALEY??? ARE TRYING TO USE THAT TICKET TO GET THE DOGS USED TO A REAL CROWD....
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THANK YOU ALL.........YESTERDAY CHICKEN SHATTING WENT ON SCHEDULE.... I MUST NOW OPEN THE NEXT...
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TODAYS SIDELINE.......
now i remember what initially drove me crazy.... remember teh childhood game of MAY I?
MY SISTER (OLDER). WOULD SAY "CARLENE YOU MAY TAKE 3 GIANT STEPS"
I WOULD THEN ASK "MAY I?"
THEN SHE WOULD SAY " NO YOU MAY NOT YOU MAY TAKE 2 BABY STEPS"
I WOULD ASK "MAY I?"
ETC ETC ETC.
AN EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING GAME. WHICH TODAY WOULD HAVE A BULLY TONE TO IT.
BUT I SUPPOSE IT WAS TO PREPARE ME FOR THE "PASSWORD" GAME I AM FORCED
TO PLAY EVERY DAY WITH THIS #$%^&*^%$# COMPUTER.
AT LEAST THAT GAME TAUGHT ME TO SAY MAY I. . INSTEAD OF CAN I
I WILL GETT HTE NEW BOARD GOING IN A FEW MINUTEWS
ENJOY THE PERFECT HIPS OF ANNA
