Carhartt is the gentlest dog I've ever seen. When we first got him, I
wasn't sure how he'd do around little kids, but one day we were out in
the front yard, and he was off his leash when our neighbor's daughter
pulled up, and she and her kids (about 3 and 5) got out of the car.
Carhartt started to bound over to were the kids were, and the littler
kid started to cry. Carhartt stopped immediately, laid down on the
ground about five feet from the kid, and rolled over on his back. Our
neighbor's daughter said "See, he won't hurt you, and came up and gave
Carhartt a belly rub, and they've been friends ever since. The little
girl is now about ten, and the last time they were here for a visit that
I saw them, I was out walking Carhartt, and she came up and asked if she
could pet him.
Once when we were visiting Janet's parents, and I was walking him, there
was this HUGE dog behind a four foot chain-link fence that started
barking and snarling, and Carhartt got between me and the other dog, and
barked, which he rarely does. The other dog's "bark must have been
worse than his bite," because he stopped barking, and went back by the
house.
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: Magenta Raine [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 11:33 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: i lost my bestest buddy (talking to mechanical objects)
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.
> > > >
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > [log in to unmask]
> > > >
> > > > "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
> > >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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