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[Shyla-C]

Quote: The best part is I only had to pay for the nipples. I got the buckets from the Fred Meyer bakery for FREE! I found an electric water deicer that is safe for plastic buckets last night on Amazon for $26 and some change, so I will be giving those a try this winter.

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

No, it's his step son....not his biological son....he took responsibility for the kid, instead of spending that money on the dog, and the dog died.

Ah, well, he didn't say it was a stepson. I still think that when you marry someone with children, you have some responsibility towards those children if they are not adults yet. The whole rant just kind of creeped me out, comparing a human to a dog. And unless the crime was violent, I have nothing but sympathy for most prisoners. The American prison industrial complex is sickening; don't even get me started.

 

[HoneysuckleHills]

I hope ya all has yer garden patches protected. See we hit 32* here at 4:10am. The only thing we got/had growing this year is a couple pear towmater plants. We have only had 1 ripe mater so far. Not even gonna be enough for me to can so I am really not gonna get too worked up about trying to protect them from frost.
I just may have to go buy me a box of mators so I can make up a batch of chunky sauce!!!


ETA since nobody else has posted. It is now 6:50 and 30*

I just picked my first tomato yesterday. If it gets frosty around here I'll be pulling out the plants and hanging them from the rafters in the garage to ripen.
The little ones - Sungold in particular - have been great but the others......not so much this year.

 

[Imp]

Quote: I have 3 early girl and one lemon something plants in pots. I've picked maybe 3 dozen tomatoes, but they have all been small, about the size of plums.

Russ

 

[FirewifeJess]

So I'm holding out going to the chicken area to check for eggs until after lunch. It's killing me...I'm pretty obsessed with checking but I'm also sick and tired of going out there to only find one eggs, 8 times a day

 

[Nikki99]

I'm probably going to get crucified for this, but I'm kinda creeped out by the fact that RaZ's post about dogs v. children is getting support here. If you choose to have sex and it results in a child, then providing for that child is YOUR responsibility, no matter how you may feel about that child's other parent. Let's stop blaming women for unwanted children. Let's stop poo-pooing the institution of child support. I think if your child is in prison, you should take a good look at YOURSELF, not blame someone else or whine about how much money you had to shell out. Did anyone ever tell you kids would be cheap?!?

Ya, reading back over it, I should've edited the dog vs. kids post that I quoted and only kept the parts that I liked. I just liked the parts about dogs giving unconditional love. Not the parts about dogs being better then kids. I have kids, I love them with all my heart and soul, no person or animal will ever come before them.
CR's post hit it more on the head for me actually. I'm a huge dog person so the statement someone made that dogs don't give anything back, I totally disagree with but that just depends on what people consider as "giving something back". Do they lay eggs for us to eat? No. But can they find a missing person? Yes. Do they provide fertilizer for our gardens? Eeww, no. But can they find drugs and other illegal contraband that we can not, or detect cancer before it will show in tests, or detect an oncoming seizure? Yes. Can they read a bedtime story to the kids? Unfortunately, no. But can they keep your family, or home safe from people with bad intentions? Yes. That to me is definitely giving something back. Dogs, IMO also give us things that the human race isn't capable of, such as, a lifetime of unconditional love, 100% selflessness and forgiveness over and over and over.
One of my favorite quotes "A dog is the only thing on earth that will love you more then he loves himself".

These are just my opinions. I'm no expert. Just an ordinary dog lovin person. No ones right and no ones wrong, we just look at it differently.

 

[Sudsy Chick]

No debate here, just sharing.

I just wanted to re-post a funny photo I took the other day. I was trying to take a pic of my little Serama, Veronica, when Gryffin decided he would pretend to be oblivious and insert himself in the photo. I love the way he does that. Like, "What? You're holding a camera? Oh, I didn't know you were taking a picture of the chicken. I was just looking at something over there".




And another I took this summer while we were vacationing at the ocean. I love the unabashed JOY on Gryffin's face while he waits in anticipation. This is my DD holding the "Chuck It" while teaching Gryffin to "sit and wait." as he practically vibrates with excitement.

Ah, very cute photos =) I believe they call that first one "photo bombing" LOL and they have entire websites dedicated to it!

 

[VelvettFog]

Quote:
Nice Post Raz.

 

[SadieSue]

LOL, that's right - Gryffin would be a photo bomber! I've seen a few pics from those sites - they're pretty funny! Thanks dawng.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Ya, reading back over it, I should've edited the dog vs. kids post that I quoted and only kept the parts that I liked. I just liked the parts about dogs giving unconditional love. Not the parts about dogs being better then kids. I have kids, I love them with all my heart and soul, no person or animal will ever come before them.
CR's post hit it more on the head for me actually. I'm a huge dog person so the statement someone made that dogs don't give anything back, I totally disagree with but that just depends on what people consider as "giving something back". Do they lay eggs for us to eat? No. But can they find a missing person? Yes. Do they provide fertilizer for our gardens? Eeww, no. But can they find drugs and other illegal contraband that we can not, or detect cancer before it will show in tests, or detect an oncoming seizure? Yes. Can they read a bedtime story to the kids? Unfortunately, no. But can they keep your family, or home safe from people with bad intentions? Yes. That to me is definitely giving something back. Dogs, IMO also give us things that the human race isn't capable of, such as, a lifetime of unconditional love, 100% selflessness and forgiveness over and over and over.
One of my favorite quotes "A dog is the only thing on earth that will love you more then he loves himself".

These are just my opinions. I'm no expert. Just an ordinary dog lovin person. No ones right and no ones wrong, we just look at it differently.