Wives always outlive the husband. It's the first and last time the man gets to make a decision that's not overruled.
ID this horrible creature please!!!!
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Men choose to die first.
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Ha! I thought I was writing to you on Dmail when I said that! Time for bed.
Oh I am going to look into rescue... good to know...
sorry for all your losses...I keep thinking of how bad it will be when Lilly goes... oh I am already crying just by talking about it... she is so cute....
pirl - that must have been horrible for you and Jack. Poor Joey!! Kassia - on a brighter note, Lily is just beautiful!! Eleanor
Women out live the men but, I hope I die before my husband. Most women don't see the little things they do. Say the riding lawn mower breaks down, most likely they can fix it. If my husband was gone I would have no clue what to do. I would have to pay to have it hauled away and fixed and hauled back.
Kassia - love Lilly all you can. Nothing prepares any of us for big losses.
Yes, it was a horrible experience, Eleanor, and it's why I hate the deer.
I'd hope both husbands and wives do many things that seem to go unnoticed for each other. The companionship would have to be the greatest loss.
Well, historically, men outlived women. Many men had three wives over a life time, the first two often dying in childbirth.
we have definitely traveled far from woodchucks...
this is becoming rather depressing - or maybe it's just all the overcast & rain today.
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amethystsm - remember that we are a "talkative bunch" and we will keep a thread going even when there is nothing to talk about (referring to the disappearance of Woody)!! Maybe someone else trapped him or he is roadkill someplace. In that case we could change the subject forever!! Eleanor
Sort of like those old coffee klatches.
oh no woody is still around... he broke a plant .... oh that blasted thing... I just hope the cold will keep him away for the next 2 days... I have tons of tomatoes to pick at lunch time today!!!!
Kassia - 2 years ago, we had "Chuckie" to contend with...a fence was no deterrant......he tunneled under; a have-a-heart didn't interest him....he liked fresh-picked better; I found the entrance to his hole up under a juniper patch in the meadow. I decided to bribe him and make him think he'd do better if he stayed home, so I ringed his hole with a variety of my produce...he ate them all and went back into the garden. He was old and huge. I finally gave up; he would eat just enough of each tomato to make it inedible for us, then he'd move on and taste another one......terribly frustrating; he died during the winter - I think of natural causes, or maybe it wasn't fun for him when I gave up; opened the garden gate and let him have it! Grrrrrr.
On the pug front........rescued dogs make wonderful, loyal, appreciative pets. My last 3 have been rescues. Take a look at Petfinder.com....they have a lot of Katrina dogs and others who need a good home....of all ages. So many needy animals out there......Good luck!
oh lucky you!!!!! woody is still around!!!
Oh Dear! I wish I had the answer for you...as Victor said once.....when you name the critters, it makes it hard to consider doing them in......something like that, anyway...
Dear Woody,
Please go away and leave Kassia alone. You might want to think about joining Chucky in Groundhog heaven - of your own accord, that is.
Yours respectfully,
Donnie
Now, Kassia, print this letter out and post it around your garden. It's sort of like the old deal of burying a St. Joseph statue to sell a house in a real estate downturn. It may work as well as anything else.
Italians bury other things in their yards - even if they're staying.
That can't possibly be a reference to Jimmy Hoffa, could it?
Is that how you ended up gardening in the Big House??? I guess it's tricky to use a rototiller, huh?
Yes, both 'items' were found by some little neighborhood brat digging where hw had no business digging.
Spicy! Never hurts to have a little mystery in your history! The Big C....Cing Cing???
Cooler. Remember The Great Escape?
Oh, yeah! Love it!!
How did we get from trapping Woody to digging up Jimmy Hoffa?? So you're the one who did it victor!! I should have known.
Kass - just order Woody a T-shirt and surrender!
Victor - I'm so curious. What's the "both 'items'" you mentioned?
My lawyer advised me not to talk about that. (Louise reprised the prisoner shtick from the RU thread).
Now I'm condemned to never knowing. I'll have to view it as another of the great mysteries of the universe similar to, "Why does my cheesecake crack?".
Pirl - you can guess what he was referring to and start a rumour!! Eleanor
Or where do those d*** socks disappear to??
Ooh! Now that could be fun.
Both of what I wonder??? Both deer? No, I doubt his boys could have dug that deep.
Victor - be a sport and tell me if it's animal, vegetable or mineral.
Can't be socks. I'd find that too strange to bury.
We're hijacking poor Kassia's tribute to Woody!!!
When Woody returns so will Kassia to claim her thread.
lol.... just imagine... Debi (Tamberlin) came here today with Andrew ... Andrew walked all over... played with the kids, walked all the way in the woods... no sign of horrible woody.... as soon as they left.... woody just came out!!!!! blasted creature.... but as soon ans my sister saw him and called me I went running and screaming to scare him.... oh that thing is snickkyyyyyy.....
Get him a t-shirt.
Kassia - you can design and customize a special one just for him! Put his pic on it and "I hate woodchucks"! Eleanor
I'd give him a mirror and maybe he'll be so entranced he'll leave your garden alone.
We know of a nearby guy who has a life sized statue of a deer in his garden. It made the local papers when a buck attacked it and stomped it to pieces in an attempt to procreate.