oct 17 2022

i have been taking a couple dogs out for the sitting/ achieving boredom. part of thier training.and my 2 sitting places are  ira toyota where they give me coffee... and then to costco. where i have to buy a slurpy.... so in. sitting there watching the shopping carts go by...i can not help but try and relate the  cart 

contents to the news of how expensive they say things are getting... couple that with questionable  availability....add a dose of childhood obesity... and so far... it ain't  visibility changed  costco  buying yet...  the place was mobbed... and the carts full of fruit loops and cupcakes--- i did not see any 50 pound bags of rice or massive canned stuff... ( my favorites  when  i go thru one of these frights.) as for cereal.... for you newbies...... i have to remind you of my friend who sent her 10 year old boys to the school bus with cups of "sweet feed"  a horse feed of mixed grains.. she declared it was all the same stuff including the ocassional bug...and probably healthier... i can not argue.. her boys are now. 6'2" and climb trees for a living...---every time i feed horses i look at the stuff.... it is not bad...  corn molassas,and things....  i could do it if hungry enough...  it is more appealing than dog food.

i am told that in sweeden gas is $6.00 a gallon,,, london$5.80 and china $8.39. ( russia $3.39) 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED... SITTER TYPES----back to costco sitting.... we have--- according to lynn--- an oversupply of dogs who need to achieve boredom-- which can be done at starbucks or dunkin.

IF  any of you local people want to have a go at just sitting around with a dog on a leash.. doing nothing remarkable at all.  a dog can not learn anything if they are fascinated with every person walking by....   COSTCO HAS TEH ULTIMATE OF TRAFFIC.... AND THEY DO NOT BAG THE GROCERIES SO IT IS PERFECT "DON'T SNIFF THAT" TRAINING TOO.

TODAYS CHORE IS AN ADULT CENTER  IN PEABODY WHERE WE PLAY TEH. FRY PAN GAME--- WHERE JUDI OR MEGHAN  GIVE A SMALL FRY PAN TO A SEATED  PERSON,  THEN  DROP A COOKIE AND I--- AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM--- SEND ONE DOG TO GET THE COOKIE , HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN, BE PATTED... THEN COME BACK TO WHERE I AM SEATED... SO FAR IT HAS WORKED WELL....IT DID NOT TAKE TOO MUCH TIME TO GET THEM TO "GO GET THE COOKIE" 

AND IT DOES START THE TRAINING TO "GO" ---- LEAVE ME..--- GO WITH ANOTHER PERSON... THINGS LIKE THAT

just a reminder-------+way back---the board and general population of sdp decided people without vaccinations would not be allowed in any building...  not only for my advanced age but everybody else either has grandparents or grandchildren or complicated immune whatever...