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[perchie.girl]

I am going to say one more time only nutritional studies done on corn is for pigs ... corn goes in comes back out just a filler of soap box but Biologically appropriate raw food better known by Barf on it own would kill a dog there are many vitamins and minerals missing that need to be added so Barf is bulls*** Just my humble opinion...
Good afternoon all

Penny... With regard to Purena I said we used it I am not advocating it. When I found the benefits of better food I switched when I was old enough and had the money to do so... and talked mom into switching as well.

Though I have read all the studies on BARF diet and agree whole heartedly unless I was in a position to handle and deal with the logistics of using raw meat and bones et al.... I just cant do it. Plus I hear its a challenge to get dogs started on it who have never had raw meat before.... Of course it depends on the dog.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

If only the world were indeed a meritocracy... people got jobs based on their abilities and advanced based on merit. Instead, there's the good old boy's network, cronyism, nepotism, racism, reverse racism, govt mandated hires based on demographics... It's a wonder the nation functions at all, let alone the economy...

Yup.... speaking as one of the first few women tool designers... I got in through the good ole boy net work... Once there I had to work Twice as hard to prove that I could "Take it"

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

You can take Vitamin C pills but I'm not sure I could get canned dog food past my nose.

yep Neither could I ... Nor could I eat food that had maggots in it...

 

[Peep_Show]

Is there really a dog food called Barf?

I will confess, Mom gave us Milk Bones as toddlers when teething.

Yes, back in the day those were your four choices. Mom always said "You go to college to get your M.R.S., but while there you learn how to do research." She took the teacher path, which is a riot because she didn't necessarily like kids...but we should be thankful she did because she would've been a worse nurse....so at least, to my knowledge, no little kids died under her tutelage. I run into her former students occasionally and they're still expressing fear and awe. (One of my former judges at the courthouse was in her 2nd Grade class and to her dying day she referred to him as Little Peter Berger.)

Discovering and restoring old cemeteries would be very fascinating. Forensics and quiet solitude. Nice!

This weekend -- the start of Balloon Fiesta here in ABQ -- is going to be, for me, pretty low-key as I'm still battling the respiratory crud I had at the beginning of the week. When I do feel better, I'll be engaged in deferred maintenance as house and yard have been sorely neglected in the interim, but definitely not up to it at present. I'm going to park myself on the sofa and watch some 1980's films. Caught "Heathers" the other night and it was as if I had never viewed it before. One I haven't seen yet and is on the list is Faye Dunaway in "Barfly".... That's Bar Fly, not barfly, although the reviews suggest the latter.

 

[perchie.girl]

If I were starving, at the end of my rope, I'd consider dog food before cannibalism... Aside from that circumstance, nope... Just not that hungry. I know how to fish & have guns, I can make traps, I can use a bow and arrow, and there's animals out there that can become "meat on a stick" over an open fire. If none of that is an option, it would pretty much be a SHTF situation and chances of surviving (let's face it) are pretty slim in any case. My luck, I don't think I'd be one of the "last survivors" trying to stay alive... Odds are against it... in a major way.

Yep again... Though I was born and raised in the city... I have never killed anything for food... But I could have learned when I was fit. I could trap... and fish.... But all of it takes being able to walk some distance.

I will be a goner when the SHTF...

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Is there really a dog food called Barf?

Bones and Raw Food - BARF..... A lot of people use chicken backs... there are many different recipes out there.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

My crazy uncle tried Milk bones - he said they weren't bad. Bear in mind he was my CRAZY uncle.

I have tried every food except canned dog and cat food that My animals eat. Including horse goat and chicken...

I loved scratch and could possibly heat that up with a pressure cooker for a meal.... My teeth couldnt break it down... My dad used to have Red Wheat for breakfast when he was a kid.... But it too needed to be cooked for hours.

But all in all their food is nuanced for their taste and needs not ours. If its a good brand... I shy away from foods that are "flavored" to taste like... what ever. They are trying to sell it to us...

deb

 

[Peep_Show]

I know when the aliens come that I will be a casualty and the first line of defense. I cannot (and will not) run and I'd be an ample tasty morsel. Everyone else, go save yourselves!

 

[perchie.girl]

I get to work all weekend, which means I got a day off today. Carpe diem. I'm covered in scratches and dirt and am a bit sore.

My town "lost" 3 cemeteries. Well, it lost 4 but I found one a few weeks ago. The town also bought signs a few years back to mark each cemetery and I've been hearing that the sign project isn't done on a monthly basis when the committee meets, and finally I got pushy and said I'd take care of it.

Went out early this morning with an old folk to try and find these last 3. I had located one in the deep woods through google satellite maps, and we got out there first using the GPS coordinates I got from the map. Lots of ravines and steep hills. The second involved knocking on doors and maybe a bit of romping through the woods looking for it (but not finding it). Luckily today was a teacher prep day and kids were home from school. We knocked at one place and the lady's son knew a kid a few doors down who had talked of finding a cemetery. We found the kid and he happily took us out there (he found it looking for a better fishing hole). Weirdly, at the end of his driveway is the base to an obelisk (marked with 2 names of children) that's been there for decades. And it's nowhere near the cemetery. He tells a tale that he heard that it came from a cemetery a few miles up in the next town. There's a story there, hopefully I will find it. The last cemetery we knew was going to be the most difficult, we weren't even sure what road it was on just knew it was almost at the north town line. After about 10 folks, we found a lady who was just coming home from getting her dog groomed who had (now older) boys that used to skate on the pond in the back of the neighborhood and had seen and told stories of the stones. We then found the property owner nearest the pond, and he took us out there.

At least the signs are all up, now, and I've GPSed and satellite mapped the routes to get there and emailed it to the cemetery committee. Shouldn't lose them from here on out.

The driveway obelisk base. (I can tell it is the base of something for 2 big reasons. One the top of the stone is rough, which means it was hidden. Two, and biggest, is the top of the stone has a trench in it. This trench was to pour molten stuff (lead, copper, sulphur mortar) to attach the top part of the stone to the base).

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The most difficult to find:

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Its like a cross between History/Geneology/Archeology but with more recent connections. I love it....

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

DD1 filed for her Canada student visa online last night. Got a response today saying it was granted. Bizarrely she has to pick it up at the border when she goes to school ... in January. Every border crossing can print visas??

We've decided we need to head north until we find a TD Bank across the border and open her an account. We can then transfer money from a TD Bank here to her account there and they can deal with the exchange rate. Then she can write checks in Canadian money for her school costs.

sounds like a good plan...

deb