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Lake of Shadows

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  1. That doesn't mean there won't be reprisals.
  2. Just sayin' hi... so... "hi". *waves*

  3. No Del, I didn't find your swim trunks... and dammit,you forgot to clean the Jacuzzi.

  4. It's dark. As the Hippie Dippie Weatherman used to say... "Tonight's forecast-- dark; and continued dark with widely scattered light in the morning". (RIP George).
  5. True. I think the point behind the various authorities making a 'big deal' about it and the subsequent news coverage of that is to make folks aware so that they will take appropriate precautions. Also, the various public health agencies have things they need to do to try to contain the spread of it. Public awareness and cooperation of those things is helpful, perhaps crucual. Erm, antibiotics are for fighting bacterial infections, not viruses. However, it's true that a lot of bacterial strains have become resistant to many antibiotics and this problem does seem to be getting worse. Exactly. Most of the precautions we're being advised to take are really common sense type things, that we should do anyway: Wash your hands frequently and properly, especially if you're sick, are caring for someone who is sick, or if you're in a high risk group for illness. If you are sick, don't go sharing your germs with the rest of the world. Stay home! Cover your mouth when you cough (and then Wash Your Hands)!
  6. That's exactly why I started 'his' thread... now y'all can enjoy everything all over the place... just like it was before it was more or less kept to one thread. I hope everybody smiles and parties at every post they come across in every thread that becomes at least temporarily 'jacked. ...and for the record... no, I'm not pissed that the thread got deleted. I didn't go there much at all... but [sarcasm alert] I'm looking forward to all the posts bitching about Spats' posts everywhere, etc. [/sarcasm]. Y'all got what you wanted. Enjoy.
  7. Agreed... A good mystery, with a bit less weirdness, and perhaps a different shade of lavender, would be nice. Granted, some mysteries should remain just that, and don't belong in this thread.
  8. Well, judging from the various references in various books, they played a definite, if non-musical, part in the life of the band when on tour... so maybe it's okay... as long as it doesn't degenerate into a woo-hoo 'groupies' type thing. *shrugs*
  9. Wow, I'm just glad to know that San Francisco is in Egypt... or it may be that California has a town named Cairo. Several other US states have a Cairo. Hell, I live near Athens, yet I've never been to Greece.
  10. We don't have the option of early voting, so I'll be doing my bit on Tues. My daughter has done her absentee ballot which I'll get to hand deliver on Monday. We both know how our state is going to go, but we voted our conscience(s?) anyway. Rock Action... I wrote in Colin Powell in '96 when I couldn't go with either candidate. Yes, I knew the vote would be a 'throw away', but I wanted to 'make a statement' anyway... even if I was the only one who knew or cared. edited for typo stupidity
  11. It was a chilly and rainy day today. I took a nap this afternoon. I rarely get to do that, but a nap during a rainy, chilly afternoon was just wonderful. Anyway, g'nite folks... I'm headed to bed... and that also makes me happy today.
  12. I just wanted to say hi... and warn ya that Del thinks he left his swim trunks in someone's jacuzzi... no mention of pudding though.

  13. Looks like the answer is yes... Collaboration is indeed the key. ... and Aquamarine, I still haven't gotten used to that use of the word 'anorak'. To me, it's a kind of jacket or coat.
  14. Cool, thanks. So Robert came up with the shadow idea? (That's the impression I got from reading it).
  15. Wise words. I'm glad you're happy. Yays indeed. BTW, love your sig!!!
  16. Hiya Klu... Please tell me you didn't cut those long locks.
  17. Best of luck to both of you... and I'm glad you get to enjoy such a friend. The age horses are raced at is much too young IMO as well. Run a horse as a two year old and they retire from racing at age 5 or so. A lot of horses (non-racing ones anyway) are just reaching their prime at that age. Most non-racing horses aren't even trained for riding until they're two... or three. I think a lot of injuries are due to cumulative stress/injury. I think they're pushed too far, too fast. I think of it like some of the Olympic athletes we have. Some of the sports have very young contestants... 16 year old, sometimes even 13-14 year old gymnasts and skaters, etc... so you know they started at much younger ages than that... and they're retired by the time they hit their twenties. I didn't hear yet exactly what happened, but I did see some of the footage briefly... and I don't care to watch it again. I understand what you're saying about PETA and I agree with some of it. They ARE extreme and I don't agree with some of their stances or their way of bringing attention to it. However, as extreme as they are, and regardless of their credibility, they do bring things to the public's attention. As a result, some folks start looking at the issues raised and sometimes things get changed. Turning lab animals loose that have never been 'free' can be really foolish and ironically dangerous for the lab animals... BUT the way lab animals are obtained, treated during their 'careers', discarded afterwards, etc. have been changed as a result. (But then, I tend to think that 'radical fringe groups' serve a very valuable purpose... and that is to get attention placed upon issues that otherwise aren't considered, or maybe even known. Sometimes that is what it takes. I often don't think the radical 'solutions' these groups come up with are practical or appropriate... but the change that does result may very well not come about without the radical fringe element making a lot of noise about the issue at hand.
  18. Kudos to your friend. Unfortunately, there are a lot of unscrupulous folks, and not just Thoroughbred breeders either. A few weeks ago we had to put down our 29 year old retired racing Quarter Horse. Some folks would've sold her at auction a few years ago, but we wouldn't... she'd been a good broodmare for us, and deserved to have a decent retirement. It was a rough event though. She had a lot of heart and "there wasn't any quit in her"... so she was almost literally dead on her feet after the sedation but she wouldn't go down, and her trying to stay on her feet made it difficult to get the actual euthanasia drugs in her. It was all reflex and instinct at that deep level... I don't think she was really even concious, but it was hard... real hard. I was in tears, the vet tech nearly was, and the vet was upset... said it was the toughest one he'd ever done. Despite that, it was still the right thing to do, no doubt about it. They do get drug tested. That's for the horses that make it that far. A lot of horses don't ever get to the track due to injuries during training, starting gate accidents, etc. We've had a couple Thoroughbreds and several Quarter Horses with racing pedigrees. I won't go into details on some of the 'mistakes' that were made, but there are a couple of trainers we won't ever have anything to with again. It was ignorance or indifference, but either way, we won't repeat that mistake again. ... and Big Brown... go for it!
  19. Well, I don't usually play the ponies, but I do tend to watch the Run for the Roses most years. Enjoy!
  20. It's because threads on 'mine is bigger than yours' are kinda discouraged... some twit would want to post pics as proof or something... and we can't have that now, can we?
  21. Just saying howdy from down south.

    ... and yeah... about pics of the mister... (I did see yours awhile back... yay)!

  22. Just sending you a big hug.

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