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My 100 lb chocolate lab "Dakota" has become part of the couch.
cathyxx

Davoud:
Are you kidding? I'm working on my observatory -- digging random holes
in my yard -- and I just dug up a stone that acts considerably smarter
than my rescued greyhound, Daisy. Near as I can tell from a brief
observation, the stone also appears to spend less time lying about
doing nothing. My guess is it eats less, too. I'll have to wait until
someone comes to the door to see if it barks to warn me -- as if my
doorbell isn't sufficient.

Howard Lester:
I used to say that my rescued greyhound, Kelly, however adorable she was,
had a brain the size of a walnut.

I knew that someone would come along and brag that their greyhound was
smarter than mine!

Seriously, though, applying my deep knowledge of phrenology and canine
anatomy to my studies of Daisy's skull tells me that she has a small
banana for a brain.

Davoud

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Davoud:
I've heard tell of smart dogs, but I never did meet one.

CLT:
My goal in life has just to have a pet that's normal and not noticibly
disturbed in some fashion. So far I haven't even come close.

Forget it. By any reasonable measure, my greyhound is a psychopath.
Paranoia, satanic food rituals (take bits of dog food from dish in
breakfast area into the living room and place them on the carpet in a
pattern that I know has some meaning to greyhound Satan worshipers),
other strange rituals and habits.

Davoud

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"Starlord" wrote in message
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I'll stick with my cats.

Cat are *EVIL*.
They are just using you.

If you were to die alone in a room your cat would eat you!
Your dog on the other hand would defend you and stay by
your side even if you were dead.

A dog would leave your side only to chase a cat.
Or a squirrel.
Or a loud car/truck.
Or a bird.
Or bumblebees.

"Starlord" wrote in message
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Ah, but my cats never go outside, and I've had the door open when
moving something in or out, and the two in the living room area will
look out the door and just go back to the couch. They know they've got
it good.

Surely you've been hanging around Usenet this NG long enough to know that
_top posting_ is annoying, destroys continuity, is socially inept, defies
"netiquette" and is just plain wrong. Why do you persist in being
antisocial?

My cat sticks to me. Almost literally. 17 year old Periwinkle is the most
"social" cat I've ever had the fortune of knowing
in my 52 years of existence.

Best regards,
Bill

"Starlord" wrote in message
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I'll stick with my cats.


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"DT" wrote in message
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szaki wrote
Men are so easy.

The dogs would be lonely if we weren't.

Denis
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Howard Lester wrote:

I used to say that my rescued greyhound, Kelly, however adorable she was,
had a brain the size of a walnut.

Two English cocker spaniels. Half a brain between them. Unused.

Lovely, loving dogs but my ST80 is smarter than them...

Jim
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"Jim" wrote in message
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Howard Lester wrote:

I used to say that my rescued greyhound, Kelly, however adorable she
was,
had a brain the size of a walnut.

Two English cocker spaniels. Half a brain between them. Unused.

Lovely, loving dogs but *my ST80 is smarter than them*...

Jim

Can it go fetch a star? g

Best regards,
Bill

Bill Becker wrote:

Two English cocker spaniels. Half a brain between them. Unused.

Lovely, loving dogs but *my ST80 is smarter than them*...

Jim

Can it go fetch a star? g

Heh :-)

Jim
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Davoud wrote:
Are you kidding? I'm working on my observatory -- digging random holes
in my yard...

John Steinberg:
Speaking of your observatory, any new progress pictures to show?

Yes! I removed the form from the telescope pier footer yesterday and I
am pleased with the result.
http://www.davidillig.com/observatory3.shtml and
http://www.davidillig.com/observatory4.shtml. I was actually digging
a trench -- a ditch, if you will, as my mother always said that I would
end up a ditchdigger. But it has been raining for 18 hours and the
forecast for the next week doesn't look great.

I'm most concerned about the forecast for the 8th -- the Transit of
Venus. The Missus and I are hoping to do still photography (Nikon D100
on Questar w/full-aperture solar filter) and digital video (Sony
TRV-950 w. auxiliary telephoto and Baader solar filter). The forecast
at the moment says "partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance..."
Worrisome.

I am an animal lover without prejudice (although I draw the line at
snakes)...

So am I -- as you know -- but I don't draw lines! That doesn't mean
that I go around handling rattlesnakes (though I used to participate in
the Rattlesnake Roundup in San Angelo, Texas, during my reckless Air
Force days). I don't mind handling small snakes -- say, two-feet and
under -- because by doing so I have gained an appreciation for the
profound beauty that evolution has given these wonderful beasts. I have
to be careful around my wife, though; she has a deep fear of snakes.
For example, she knows intellectually that a certain complex array of
photons emanating from a television screen is not a real snake, but she
still can't even look.

My fear is of spiders. Perhaps not "fear," but healthy respect.
Nonethelss, I also used to handle tarantulas in San Angelo. And I'm
always rescuing a harvestman (better known as a "Daddy Long Legs") that
is in a precarious position. Let one walk onto your hand and observe it
closely as you turn your hand. This, to my eye, is one of the most
awesomely beautiful creatures in the known universe! And if you can
find a female Black Widow in a woodpile and, with leather gloves and a
long-sleeved shirt with a rubber band to prevent a bare-skin gap,
entice it walk onto your hand, you will see another example of pure
beauty.

Davoud

Davoud

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