If Ramsey was a dog..

[Blindgreed1]

This conversation took a turn for the worse rather quickly.

[ramseycat]

Well no, I couldn't. Where's the fun in that? Mock was educational for you today, honey.

I could have gone the rest of my life not learning that and been fine.

[Duchess]

Knowledge is power, woman.

[HairOfTheDog]

This conversation took a turn for the worse rather quickly.

It wasn't til Baldawg busted out his "taint" and taught me a lesson that things started heading south.

Nothing wrong with heading south sometimes, though.

I reckon.

[Duchess]

Nothing wrong with heading south sometimes

Going down...

...my mind is in the gutter.

[Cutz]

So, were you sweatin' it up big time as you assembled that new over-the-door shoe rack and reassembled the old sex swing?
Seriously, hope your move went smoothly, Cutz -- I hate moving.

I went through 6 pairs of underwear in 2 days... and not for fun reasons.

We moved in on Friday, and since we're just renting for a year or so, the maintenance only goes from M-F 8-5pm. We found out the AC was broken around 3pm. The maintenance guys said someone wouldn't be out till the next day, and when I called the next day, it was only the 'emergency service' staff that apparently know 0% of what the regular service does and were polite but unhelpful, until I said I'd be calling back every half hour till the AC was fixed, at which point they were rude and unhelpful.

I had visions of nobody coming till Monday, then having 'it need a part' which would take another 3 days... but thankfully someone showed up Sat afternoon and fixed it. Of course, it broke again yesterday, but the same guy showed up and re-fixed it today. Hopefully that's the biggest problem we face in moving. We're still in the process of transferring vehicles registration and such. It's the cross-state moving that really sucks.

[FAHQTOO]

Well no, I couldn't. Where's the fun in that? Mock was educational for you today, honey.

I could have gone the rest of my life not learning that and been fine.

I thought this was quite tame compared to the sootikin...that still traumatizes me!

[Duchess]

Oh Lord. That was revolting! Probably top 5 revolting, I can't think of what the other four could be but I know they're out there.

[HairOfTheDog]

I went through 6 pairs of underwear in 2 days... and not for fun reasons.

I can't even think of any fun reasons why you'd have to go through 3 pairs of underway per day. But, at least you're not like some of the assholes around here, running around all commando...

We moved in on Friday, and since we're just renting for a year or so, the maintenance only goes from M-F 8-5pm. We found out the AC was broken around 3pm. The maintenance guys said someone wouldn't be out till the next day, and when I called the next day, it was only the 'emergency service' staff that apparently know 0% of what the regular service does and were polite but unhelpful, until I said I'd be calling back every half hour till the AC was fixed, at which point they were rude and unhelpful.

I think I'd prefer rude and unhelpful; makes it a bit easier to call them on the carpet for the incompetence. Could just be me though; I find it hard to complain when people are smiling and apologizing at me. Those damned polite people get away with murder.

I had visions of nobody coming till Monday, then having 'it need a part' which would take another 3 days... but thankfully someone showed up Sat afternoon and fixed it. Of course, it broke again yesterday, but the same guy showed up and re-fixed it today. Hopefully that's the biggest problem we face in moving. We're still in the process of transferring vehicles registration and such. It's the cross-state moving that really sucks.

Packing everything up and then unpacking everything is the part that I hated, no matter how far the travel distance. I always threw out a lot prior to moving, but there were still a lot of "sentimental" treasures to hold onto each time. Like the Lucky Lager bottle cap collection from the river days, the encyclopedia set that hasn't been been glanced at in 20 years, my first turntable that's been lid-less for ages, etc...

How's your girl's dog adjusting to the new home?

[Cutz]

How's your girl's dog adjusting to the new home?

Loves it. The windows start about 2 feet off the ground, which is the perfect level for him to stand and people watch. We used to have to open the curtains and he'd jump up to lean on the sill, but his back legs would get tired and he'd hop down. On good days, we'd lock the screens and leave the doors open for him.

Here, we just leave the blinds a foot above the sill and he can just look out. No mess, no fuss. Plus he has views from the front, side, and back, so he's 360 watchdog.

The fun way to soil underwear is from lapdances.

I left most of my sentimental stuff in Philly when I moved out to Ohio to be with girl. She doesn't keep sentimental stuff, and we sold as much furniture as possible. We put my motorcycle in a Uhaul, packed the rest with clothes/kitchenware/washer/dryer/few new furniture things, threw the car on a trailer on the back of the truck, and drove. The actual traveling was pretty easy.

[HairOfTheDog]

Good sign that the dog is happy there, Cutz.

Hope it turns out to be a good fit for all of you.

But, if you winding up hating the place -- well, it's only a year -- those fly by way too fast anyway.

[Duchess]

Sometimes I think a year is only lasting a nano second anymore.

[Midwest Spy]

Sometimes I think a year is only lasting a nano second anymore.

They say life is like unwinding a ball of twine.

As you get older the ball of twine gets smaller and smaller, and time passes much more quickly.

[Duchess]

It leaves me feeling like I'm running out of time. I've discovered I'm more open to doing things that I wouldn't even have considered just 10 years ago.

[crash]

HotD & Mom

[HairOfTheDog]

They're cute, crash.

I like basset hounds a lot (onesies, on the other hand, not so much).

It's Friday!!! Well, almost Saturday for you now. Hope you have some good fun in store this weekend.

[HairOfTheDog]

Sometimes I think a year is only lasting a nano second anymore.

Same here. Seems unreal that 2014 is ³⁄₄ gone already.

Anyway, a little bit of dog news here: I read this morning that Zeus, the world's tallest dog for two years running, died last week.

I hadn't realized that larger breeds have such short life spans; seems he died of natural causes at the ripe old age of 5.



^ Zeus was well-loved by his family and they miss the mellow giant. He was a Great Dane who stood over 7 feet on his hind legs and consumed 30 pounds of dog food per day.

RIP Zeus.

[HairOfTheDog]

^ Oops, make that 30 pounds of dog food per 2 weeks.

Slight difference.


Ref: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/12...06946.html

[Cutz]

I want my dog to live to be 20.

[HairOfTheDog]

I got the sense upthread that your dog is medium-sized, Cutz.

20 years would be exceptional, but it could happen. Hope it does.

Here's the average life-span for dogs, by breed (yeah, I'm geeky -- I like charts, and stats and all that jazz).