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Lurchers and lurgies [message #45152]

Tue, 27 September 2011 19:50

b_twin_1
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Registered: September 2008
Location: Victoria, Australia

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Lurchers and lurgies

And check out the Auction reminder and doodle on the blog page! Neat!

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Re: Lurchers and lurgies [message #45156 is a reply to message #45152 ]

Tue, 27 September 2011 21:16

Aaron
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Registered: June 2009
Location: California

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I want to see Gaudi’s Barcelona.

So you should. If my schedule works out you can meet me there next spring. Actually just contemplating Gaudi can be refreshing. Year and years ago* I recuperated from, and avoided preparing for, the exams in my department by "helping" my friends in the Architecture department with their models. I don't really know what was made of the gratuitous and labour intensive Gaudi details that kept creeping into their projects although I know that at least one gate was identified as such, and admired, by the professor.

*"when I was a boy, when there were wolves in Wales"

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Re: Lurchers and lurgies [message #45160 is a reply to message #45152 ]

Wed, 28 September 2011 01:57

Joseph-ine
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Registered: April 2011

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Just ordered some books!
Hurrah!

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Re: Lurchers and lurgies [message #45161 is a reply to message #45152 ]

Wed, 28 September 2011 02:22

Diane in MN
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Twin Cities, MN, USA

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It’s just a good thing they’re cute.

Puppies are cute so we won't kill them before they grow up and turn into dogs. Obviously being cute has survival value for dogs as well. Smile

if I ever find myself in the dreadful position of not having a hellhound of my own

Bad thought, don't go there. I get as far as "If I ever had to size down . . ." and then shut the door on it.

Once at Dysart’s Truck Stop

That is one gorgeous piece of blueberry pie pictured on their web site. Too bad they're north of my brother's house, or I'd make an excuse to go to his place when I'm in Massachusetts next month. Smile

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Re: Lurchers and lurgies [message #45163 is a reply to message #45161 ]

Wed, 28 September 2011 04:45

harpergray
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Registered: March 2011
Location: Sweden

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Diane in MN wrote on Wed, 28 September 2011 07:22

It’s just a good thing they’re cute.

Puppies are cute so we won't kill them before they grow up and turn into dogs. Obviously being cute has survival value for dogs as well. Smile

There's a new litter of PBGV puppies in the basement, and my mother reiterates this every time I talk to her - particularly now that said puppies have teeth.

The lurgy continues to ebb although I am disgracefully hoarse as a result of catching up on about a decade’s conversation with Luna and I’m not sure singing tonight is on.

I am glad to hear it! And in my opinion the manner in which you became hoarse is quite worth the hoarseness. Smile

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Re: Lurchers and lurgies [message #45165 is a reply to message #45156 ]

Wed, 28 September 2011 06:30

3rdragon
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Registered: October 2010
Location: USA

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I want to see Gaudi's Barcelona.

As someone who has been there, but not long enough, I'll add another vote that you should go. Parque Güell and Casa Battló are very nice. (Of course, I, foolish, foolish person, did not bring enough money on my last day in Barcelona and therefore did not have a chance to see anything else, except from the outside.) But my friends said that Sagrada Familia wasn't as nice -- or rather, that the impressive bit could be seen from the street.

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Re: Lurchers and lurgies [message #45195 is a reply to message #45163 ]

Thu, 29 September 2011 14:29

Diane in MN
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Location: Twin Cities, MN, USA

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PBGVs are PERMANENTLY cute. Smile

A litter of puppies with puppy teeth--scary stuff. Hydras aren't even in it!

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Re: Lurchers and lurgies [message #45200 is a reply to message #45195 ]

Thu, 29 September 2011 16:28

harpergray
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Registered: March 2011
Location: Sweden

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Diane in MN wrote on Thu, 29 September 2011 19:29

PBGVs are PERMANENTLY cute. Smile

A litter of puppies with puppy teeth--scary stuff. Hydras aren't even in it!

Very true, on both counts! When I was younger and living at home, I accidentally taught the litter of then-puppies (one of whom might be the mama of this litter) to chase my long hair. As soon as the teeth came I always had to put my hair up before going to see them. Lesson duly learned. Razz

Love them to bits, though, they're such sweethearts.

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Re: Lurchers and lurgies [message #45284 is a reply to message #45152 ]

Mon, 03 October 2011 03:52

Firebyrd
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Utah

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I somehow didn't get this entry read for a few days. It's so nice to know I'm not the only one who feels the whole exercise as treatment for CFS/ME/FMS/whatever is a bunch of bologna. I have tried it. Over and over and over again. Every single time, it has thrown me into a flareup that has taken anywhere a minimum of six months to come out of even a little. And then I had a pain specialist actually tell me I was bringing my pain and fatigue on myself by not exercising because I was losing muscle mass. Thank God there is a PA in the same office who gets that this is not the case and that a chronic illness like this is not the same and should not be treated the same as the injuries and such that they normally see.

Now if only some benefactor would start giving me some money every time someone, medical professional or not, tells me I should try exercise...

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