Chapter 2: Just Insane

So nice to see that many of you will be with me at the Hospital; some seem to be short timers; others of you will need a more supervised extended stay.
A couple days ago while walking my 1 yr. old Bull Mastiff, a lady stopped and said she has a dog "just like him" and wanted to know if we could let them play together. Yesterday she came over w/her dog; a 50lb Pitbull. My dog weighs 145lbs; don't know how she figured these dogs looked alike. Anyway, her dog was too nippy, so I ended the play time before the need for a vet arose.
I invited her into the house, we walked around, she admired my stained glass work, art glass, and collection of pottery.
Whose the most insane: me for bringing a stranger into my home; or her for thinking our dogs looked alike.
I figure I'll come home to a cleaned out house one of these days because now my dog "knows" her.
Trouble w/a capital T.


This message was edited Oct 15, 2004 6:03 PM

She probably really believes it. My 14 pound Tibetan Spaniel thinks he's as big as my neighbor's 112 poung Black Lab - I guess it's all in the eyes of the beholder...

Thanks for the new thread...

I tell everyone that my wee Tessa (Dachshund) thinks she is a short legged Doberman!! LOL Jo

My great dane thinks he is a 10 pound Shiz Tzu and his best friend, who IS a 10 pound Shiz Tzu thinks she's a 140 pound dane. Actually, Apollo (our Dane) thinks he's a cat since he was raised by 3 of them! I think SacValley's point was the OWNER of this dog didn't know the difference!!! We came really close to getting a bull mastiff but our dane came to the shelter first so that's what we got. We actually have a pitbull mix too. I thought "bullies" weren't too fond of other dogs anyway? That's what they said on Breed All About It anyway... Jamie

Isn't that always the way? My ittle Shiz Tzu stands at my front door and barks like mad at the big Siberian Husky across the street. Big dog just looks at her like "yeah, right." and goes on about his business. If my little Josie got out there she would be one bite for Big dog.
SacValley, better change your locks!!

Okay, gotcha gw .. I do humbly 'thank you' for the re-direction ....

RB and trunnels, and gw .. I appreciate your acknowledgement, very much ! With much sincerity, I say 'thank you'!

Think I jes may have somehow 'intruded' ...
I've apparently, either not 'properly introduced' myself .. and/or perhaps have jes merely taken it for granted, to consider myself 'welcomed' to this thread. Duh me, I guess! hee But, I see that I am not alone either .. there's been a few others that may be feelin' a bit shunned (in a sense, mindja) .. besides myself.

Ever so gracious appreciation ... for the enlightenment.

Kindly seeing what RikerBear had referred to (similarly) .. in another thread.

So, I think I shall jes stay over in my wee lil garden .. and 'play' in my yard a spell!
... hee hee ...

Chins-up .. it's jes the internet, annnd, it prob'ly serves me right . . .

So, please, carry on ...
I feel most certain, that this will make no wrinkle in your freshly pressed white suits.
Jes watch that last buckle, fer it'll flat git cha!! ... hee

- Magpye

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Boy, Mags, I'm in the dark here. What's going on?

Me, too -- don't see anyone being excluded. Jump on in and post your stories -- This isn't some club!

SacValley, don't rely on your dogs to protect you. Keep a gun with you. protect them. I think you are thinking worse of your neighbor than deserved. My neighbor might show up if my house was on fire. Maybe.

I've gone back and checked the other thread and I don't get it.

Gardenwife, how did you know where the second thread was? I only knew about it when you posted it on the first thread for Magpye. I had been looking for SacValley to post the new thread.

I assumed it would be in this same forum, so went to the General Discussion forum to check. When I saw it, I copied the link and posted it in the first thread.

Guess others haven't found this thread yet.

Mags is referring to being in the fresh white jacket the carekeepers at our insane assylum provide --- I think. I've only just found this thread and read all the way down thru the first one. LAUGHING here. I lose things regularly, some I find, some I find when I'm looking for them, some I never find.

I lost the dishcloth while doing the dishes, found it two days later in the freeezer - never knew what was supposed to go in the freezer.
For years I thumbacked important papers [like koogers letter] to the wall just inside the office door. The top of the desk was as good as a wilderness. To this day any flat area becomes covered with one thing or another until it assumes the regulation domed shape.

Years ago I lost my IRS refund check... I finally realized I had thrown it away in the garbage. Believe it or not I got it replaced in less than two months - the letter I wrote explaining its loss was a wowzer.

This is fun. At 65 I could blame the absentmindedness on age, but my kids are quick to point out that I've been this way since they could remember. LOL another reason not to have kids, they remember everything except what you tell them to. ~Blooms

Barney, out of the blue, decided this spring that he is now a cat. For years he chased baby bunnies, baby birds and their parents. Once in a while he caught one and played with them, then gave me a real 'duh' look, apparently saying, "okay, what do I do with it now?" The play victims always got away from him.

Now he thinks he's a cat and he's catching them, in his old age. He's about 12 now, and EATING them. I know that's normal dog behavior for some but not this dog. I tried to stop him when I caught him with a baby rabbit but he's wasn't giving it up. What possessed him to now decide to eat baby rabbits and birds? Do dogs get Alzheimer's? Maybe Oscar (resident rescue cat who is an excellent hunter) taught him!

Second childhood? Except that maybe this time he's got the hunting thing figured out...

Ok, hi everyone... I just arrived in California Thursday and low and behold, I forget a purse. I guess I'll be going to a FORMAL wedding with a backpack! Unbelivable... Mere

Hey, maybe the colours match? lol

Yeah I wish... lol, hmmm... what's a girl to do? Mere

SHOP!

Yay Moby my thought exactly. Go straight to the nearest secondhand store, Sally Ann's is my favorite - there'll be a bin or shelf with fancy dress purses that no one ever really wore to shreads / or at all if the original owners are like me.

This must be the BEST thread - we sure do fill up fast! And, I'm wondering, if there's enough of us, do you think they'd make those cute little jackets with the sleeves that tie in the back in a floral print? White gets so dirty when we drool over gardening catalogues!

PS - I noticed you dropped the "old" having been convinced that we're just NUTS!?!

About an hour after dinner last night I went to write down my calorie intake and could not for the life of me remember what I'd made. I had to go look in the refg to see the leftovers. Today I'm going to make soup, it's an "all day event' so I should remememember. Hope I add the stuff and not just simmer water all day!
I think having Kooger's dog w/us at the Hospital will be nice.

Thanks gardenwife for doing the hyperlink..man you're smart; I'd never thought of such technology.


This message was edited Oct 17, 2004 12:00 PM

I think we need to bring all of our fur babies and leaf babies...and computers...

Usually what I lose is funny. But not always. Yesterday I took my antibiotic (for a tooth/sinus infection) at 4:00 pm, sitting out on what will be my new patio with Bud who is helping me move.

Came bedtime, and time for another dose. NO pills to be found. Now, this new place is not very large, and only big stuff has been moved in. Think I could find the pills? Nooooo.

Called Bud, telling hom I'm hopeless, and ask if he remembers where I put the pills... Of course not... my responsibility, not his! Search outside in my nammies by flashlight... the last place I remember having them. No pills.

Search the entire place inside again, and again this morning. No pills. By now the left side of my face looks like a balloon, and I'm not a Happy Camper.

Bud comes in about 9am to help move more loads of stuff, walks straight to the kitchen counter, and picks up my bottle of pills.

I must be insane.

I had to go back and find this old thread I started a long time ago: http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/228739/

my dog thinks she is a cat because we are always raing strays who take my heart. she has been raised with cats. even plays with them when they play.


i think i want my animals in the funny farm. something to keep me company at night. and they make great bed warmers. they even come with their own fur coat.

see i look away and something happens with Magpye and i dont know what went on. shoot see missing the good stuff in the funny farm too. hehe

Marie,

I know what you mean about the pets in the bed. But let me tell you!!! You do not want an animal in the bed with you that has had a dose of 100% organic fertilizer! No doggy kisses, no sharing the bed, yeck not even sharing the same room!

That day I was walking around the house with my nose stuck out sniffing away, trying to find the "accident " they had in the house. Not a mess to be found. So I called the girls to praise them about their perserverance, they wanted a kiss, yeck, yeck, yeck. Then I had to go out and track down what they had gotten into. More sniffing out in the yard. They had determinedly dug a hole in the fert. bag to get to the goodies.

I love them dogs, to be sure. One dog will get into something occasionally, but you put two dogs together and I think they conspire,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Molly
:^)))

Lol i know what you mean on that Molly. My cats will get into anything. They got into the bloodmeal bag the other day. talk about stickin i think they just rolled in it . Fidget is the worst though if it is get in to able hes in it.

shoot i am surprised i dont misplace them. hehe

When our critters get into stinky stuff like that, it makes me wish I could misplace my olfactory system for a while!

Darius, you're still under the weather with that tooth? Sorry to hear that!

Weezin, that photo had me chortling. See, we knew you were a charter member. And my special jacket has to be pink. not pale pink either, bright pink.

Can we picnic on hummus and cucumber slices? And fresh tomatoes too of course.

Darius, sorry your tooth is still probleming you. Me too on the right on the counter for someone else's eyes not mine scenario. Living alone I can't really believe someone / or thing spends precious time hiding things on me. LOL

GW, that tooth hasn't bothered me a bit since the KYRU until Friday. I was hoping the nerve was dying and I could put off having it pulled until I get everything moved, assuming I have any $ left. I hate dental work anyway and they want about $8,000 to fix my 5 upper front teeth (root canals and crowns).

I don't have a good record with keeping teeth with root canals and crowns. I end up losing the tooth (teeth) anyway and so far I've lost $15,000 in root canals, crowns and bridges over the last 20 years. I don't even have health insurance, much less dental insurance.

Blooms, I walked around like that with two different shoes for quite awhile... it's sad... LOL! By the way, at first glance I thought you suggested we dine on 'humus' and cucumbers....not hummus!

I found out that a member I knew from the old days at 'the other site' (LOL) and that was very generous sending me magazines years ago has a Chilean Native Plant in her 'wanted seeds' list. Although they are not in my list, I happen to have some seeds.

I thought 'well, this is my chance to return her kindness' and prepared an asortment of my best Chilean Native Plant seeds for her, carefully wrapped and packed them and went to the Post Office. While there, I had an uncomfortable feeling that something was not right, so I decided not to mail the envelope and check the address at home.

Well, the address was correct, only that the particular type of seed our dear member is looking for had not been included in the package LOL.

Today I'm mailing the package, including the Lobelia excelsa seeds.

Aren't you glad you caught the missing seeds before you had to do the 'duh, I forgot explanation'? lol

I love it when I write someone an email that includes an attachment. And I go on and on about the attachment in the email. And then I send the email. And then they get the second email that says, 'duh, I guess the attachment would help eh?' that includes the actual attachment.

wellll - did it again.. Went to meet Shirley1md for a sunset supper last evening. Before getting cleaned up I cut a lovely bouquet of the flowersthat are still blooming in my yarden. I even included the probably last red rose from the back fence. As she will be flying home out of Vegas did not think it wise to bring her living plants.

As I approched her in the parking lot I saw her hands held - you guessed it - living plants. Then I looked down at my hands which held the Utah map I'd marked the route on and - again, you guessed it - no bouquet. hadda do the 'I can't believe I forgot' routine once again. :((

A good time was had by all. We went up to the Sunset Grill which is aptly named for sunset dining. lo and behold they're closed on Sunday. Who knew?? So we strolled their patio-deck and watched the sunset. She knows names of plants like 'Spin does which I find awesome.

Caught in the act! Barney and Oscar, the fearsome birding duo, attempting to do in the sparrows!

Ambush!