Our beagle, Carmie was like this. She did guard duty when my mom set me out
on a blanket in our yard when I was a baby. Whenever I managed to crawl off
the blanket, she would grab me by my pants/diaper and put me back on the
blanket!

hugs to ken... most of us have  been here and it hurts.

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"What is real but compassion, as we move from birth to death?"
~~Greg Brown~~


> [Original Message]
> From: Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 11/30/2005 10:15:01 PM
> Subject: Re: i lost my bestest buddy (talking to mechanical objects)
>
> Years ago I inherited a dog from the neighbors when they moved to Chicago.
> His name was Amigo; they were vegetarians and fed him a veg diet also. I
> used to throw bones to him so needless to say he thought I was great.
> Anyhow he was a very smart dog. We lived on a street that was a walk
street
> so it had a large sidewalk with houses on both sides and alleys behind the
> houses to get to the garage. Pretty safe for toddlers. Even so one day my
> two year old son (now Case's father) ran down the block and was about to
> run into the street when I saw him and freaked out. Amigo darted down the
> street and grabbed the back of his shirt with his teeth and pulled him
back
> from the street to safety. I stood all amazed. Dogs are wonderful
additions
> to family life. I am thinking of getting another one.
>
> At 06:08 PM 11/30/2005, you wrote:
> >prancer attacked a huge piece of wood once. it was a
> >short log that ben broght to our porch. had couple of
> >short offshoots that made it holdable as a "machine
> >gun or bazooka" in his army play. but laid down it
> >looked at first glace like something with legs.
> >prancer and i were going out as part of our routine at
> >night. in the shadows there it was, close enough to
> >threaten us. she went balistic on it. it was funny to
> >me, but, i realised that to her she was protecting me
> >from a threatening animal of some kind.
> >
> >so, you may be right, your molly might attack it.  and
> >you brought back a good happy memory for me. thanks
> >kendall.
> >
> >--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Janet and I have talked about getting a Roomba, but
> > > are afraid Molly
> > > would try to "kill" it, and might hurt herself.
> > >
> > > Kendall
> > >
> > > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> > > redundant!)
> > >
> > > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> > > unreasonable one
> > > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> > > Therefore, all
> > > progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> > >
> > > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 8:24 PM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: i lost my bestest buddy (talking to
> > > mechanical objects)
> > >
> > > i called the rambler "rusty" i think you could guess
> > > why.
> > >
> > > --- Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > my first car was a Plymouth valiant that was as
> > > old
> > > > as I was. I named her
> > > > Pat, After three accidents in the first year, (dad
> > > > was right, that's why he
> > > > got me a 21 year old car, where I learnt my
> > > limits,
> > > > (depth perception
> > > > issues, and how to cope) I got a newer Plymouth
> > > > valiant, i think her name
> > > > was Polly. After Polly I switched to Toyotas, and
> > > I
> > > > don't recall what their
> > > > names were. My ex named his Toyota truck Prince...
> > > > We won't get into the
> > > > overtones of why he named his truck Prince!  LOL
> > > >
> > > > She doesn't cuss, she just says like, oh no you
> > > > don't, move it, stuff like
> > > > that.  I tease her by rolling my eyes when she
> > > does
> > > > this. lol
> > > >
> > > > My first computer was an Epson qx-10 I called him
> > > > Mr. Epson.  not very
> > > > imaginative.  I'd say, Oh, good boy, good boy!
> > > >
> > > > My cats would freak if I got a robot dog... also a
> > > > roomba vacuum cleaner,
> > > > heh heh heh.
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > > "What is real but compassion, as we move from
> > > birth
> > > > to death?"
> > > > ~~Greg Brown~~
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > [Original Message]
> > > > > From: Jonathan Rand <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > Date: 11/29/2005 5:50:49 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: i lost my bestest buddy (talking to
> > > > mechanical objects)
> > > > >
> > > > > those car names r delightful!  :)
> > > > >
> > > > > The Grey Ghost?  That's what I named my
> > > computer!
> > > > Its 1 of those grey
> > > > > Dell's...
> > > > >
> > > > > JR
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >From: Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > >Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy
> > > > List"
> > > > > ><[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > > >Subject: Re: i lost my bestest buddy (talking
> > > to
> > > > mechanical objects)
> > > > > >Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:52:14 -0700
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Jonathan and Mag,
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Jon, You might want to check out one of those
> > > > Sony Aibo dogs; a friend
> > > > > >just got one, and it's pretty cool.  They're
> > > > expensive, but you can find
> > > > > >them on Ebay now.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Mag, could your friend's conversations with the
> > > > cars on the road be
> > > > > >repeated in polite company?  Almost all my
> > > > vehicles have had names, some
> > > > > >fairly uncomplimentary, except for the van I
> > > had
> > > > before the one I've got
> > > > > >now, which was _completely_ uncomplimentary.
> > > It
> > > > was "The Beast." It was
> > > > > >a '90 3/4 ton Ford van with a marginally
> > > working
> > > > lift.  The van I've got
> > > > > >now hasn't come up with a name for itself yet.
> > > > They seem to generate
> > > > > >names based on paint color and quirks.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >'67 purple Jeep CJ-5, with a manual tranny: The
> > > > Purple People Eater
> > > > > >(hard to        get into or out of.  Bought in
> > > > 1976)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >'73 green Jeep Pickup: The Green Dragon or
> > > > Monster (so loud and so much
> > > > > >exhaust that I swore it breathed fire  Bought
> > > in
> > > > '77, as I couldn't
> > > > > >drive a stick anymore).
> > > > > >
> > > > > >'82 maroon Chevy Citation: The Scarlet Harlot
> > > > (developed a bad habit of
> > > > > >dying in intersections and at freeway
> > > off-ramps.
> > > > Bought in '86, when
> > > > > >The Dragon belched its last).=20
> > > > > >
> > > > > >'92 grey Pontiac Grand AM: The Grey Ghost
> > > > (developed same quirk as the
> > > > > >Citation, but I'd moved to Laramie by then, and
> > > > the mechanic down here
> > > > > >knew what the problem was, and fixed it
> > > quickly.
> > > >  Bought in '94.
> > > > > >Died a premature        death in 1996 in an
> > > > accident).
> > > > > >
> > > > > >'91 black Subaru Loyale Wagon: The Dad Mobile
> > > > (Named by a friend at the
> > > > > >time    Janet and I got engaged, because it
> > > > looked like a family car -
> > > > > >It was  the easiest vehicle I ever had to get
> > > my
> > > > manual wheelchair in
> > > > > >and out         of.  We traded it when I had to
> > > > go to a power chair for
> > > > > >"The Beast."    We still miss the "Dad Mobile,"
> > > > and wish we'd kept it
> > > > > >too, as it was a        good vehicle for Janet
> > > to
> > > > drive.  Bought in 1996
> > > > > >
> > > > > >'90 3/4 ton Ford van with a marginally working
> > > > lift: The Beast. Bought
> > > > > >in      2001, when I had to go to a power
> > > chair)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >'99 red (burgundy) Dodge Caravan: Yet to be
> > > > named, but considering "The
> > > > > >Red     Raider". Bought in April of 2004, after
> > > I
> > > > got trapped inside
> > > > > >"The    Beast" one      time too many.=20
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Kendall=20
> > > > > >
> > > > > >An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> > > > redundant!)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
> > > > the unreasonable one
> > > > > >persists in trying to adapt the world to
> > > himself.
> > > > Therefore, all
> > > > > >progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > > > >From: Magenta Raine
> > > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> > > > > >Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 8:37 PM
> > > > > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > > >Subject: Re: i lost my bestest buddy
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Aww Jonathan, one of my helpers talks to the
> > > cars
> > >
> >=== message truncated ===
> >
> >
> >
> >
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