<p>Slugg and SBmom ... y'all made me laugh out loud ... and really hard, too! Wait, I think there's a tear rolling down my cheek from laughing so much ... hey, I taste salt ... yes, it is a tear!</p>
<p>From Animal Rescue League. We had one dog until my wife volunteered there, then we had two. She had to quit before we had three. </p>
<p>The family got her (the dog, not the wife) just shy of her first birthday. She had been abused and on the street (once again, the dog), with some scars on her muzzle. </p>
<p>The sweetest dog among family. Thinks she is the worlds only 60 lb lapdog. Fiercely protective in the house, with a ferocious bark; go outside and she is a chicken....</p>
<p>We have a 120 lb red haired land manatee that I will trade you for the ****-eating schnauzer OR the psychoactive drug taking lapdog. Be forewarned that the odor coming from her can only be described as that of a truly rotten watermelon. She has a few skin issues. I will draw the line on trading for family members from Southern Nevada. I think I'd rather have the dog. ;)</p>
<p>Funny dog story, m&sdad! There is a secret league of animal rescue volunteers sitting around laughing their butts off when it comes to adopting out these forlorn critters to unsuspecting softies like us. We were a foster home for kitty cats for about 5 minutes until one of them had kittens on my H's collection of bootleg record albums. Kept the cat because our 3-y/o cried when we tried to adopt her out (the cat, not the daughter), and I spent a couple of weekends interrogating potential new owners for the kittens with techniques that are now being used on detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Needless to say, the furry, little darlings went to wonderful homes. :)</p>
<p>As an act of retribution, the mother cat returned later for Round Two and urped Meow Mix on H's albums. His 1971 Neil Young, Live on Sugar Mountain, album now says, Live on Su--[cat barf] Mou--[more cat barf]--in. :o</p>
<p>FYI:<br>
1. Wrinkle cream does not work. :p
2. SluggS passed his driver's test, yesterday. :eek:</p>
<p>Gotcha on 1., slugg -- after testing about 27 varieties (purely for scientific purposes, you understand...) I concur with this assessment.</p>
<p>On 2., I'd offer congrats, but perhaps this was more a warning than a cheer? ;) The Junior From H*ll will be taking his in January, hoping to not need a "redo". TJFH is also laboring under some weird delusion that Yours Truly would like at some point in her life to buy him a motorcycle. I am hoping he will be satisfied with [url=<a href="http://www.idcow.com/m12mst2002.html%5Dthis%5B/url">www.idcow.com/m12mst2002.html]this[/url</a>] for Christmas.</p>
<p>I am not optimistic.</p>
<p>Mootmom. I love your descriptions of TJFH. Wild Child is in ED at Penn, katwk's son who drives her crazy is in at MIT (isn't he also a wrestler? That makes me laugh if so, the wrestler at MIT) so perhaps the adrep in heaven has a soft spot for these testosterone boys. </p>
<p>And please, let me stay in denial on wrinkle cream. I like nothing better than perusing the ads and dreaming of how young I will look next year.</p>
<p>Slugg,</p>
<p>would you believe this is the 3rd time I am writing this message (having computer moments :(</p>
<p>Congrats on son becoming one with the road.</p>
<p>Personally, I think we should take the Mrs. Doubtfire approach to skin care - just throw out face into a pie and call it a day . we don't have to mess up our pretty faces, we'll use a fork to get the pie into our mouth and avoid the rest of our face.</p>
<p>the reason that wrinkle cream does not work is because we have kids. Didn't you read the fine print that says: keep this product away from children, because children counteract the products effectiveness</p>
<p>where's audiophile? He should be around paying for the next round of drinks, to celebrate his D's acceptance to Penn. He's probably hanging our with Mowc and they are dirinking without us.</p>
<p>I have not checked out the wrinkle creams, butdo try te lip plumpers that are out now, they are fun ;)</p>
<p>barkeep,</p>
<p>could you pass another one down for twinmom. we're celebrating one of her twin's EA to harvard,</p>
<p>Hey, I'll buy this round in honor of my D and momofwildchild's S getting accepted to Penn ED. What drink goes well with cheesesteaks?</p>
<p>Quakers don't drink.... but we won't tell.</p>
<p>moot - DH and I snagged a Harley-shaped telephone (but wait, there's more - it really works!) at a charity silent auction a few years back. Thought it would be a great Xmas present for DS. He was not amused.
<em>even though he never personally expressed desire for an actual motorcycle</em>
I believe if you present your planned gift to TJFH this season, he will be twisting and turning it to figure out where the key to Real Thing is hiding. :eek:</p>
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<p>Oh, if only that were true (already imaginig her next year with no parental supervision) :o</p>
<p>Oh, pour me a drink. Dogs are a sore subject with me right now. We have two wonderful, very slow older dogs. D. has been begging for a puppy since before her surgery. I fell to her emotional blackmail last weekend and adopted a rescued beagle puppy. SHHH!!! I know all the stories about beagles ripping open refrigerator doors when left alone and howling at the moon when it's the middle of the day. But did I listen to those cautionary tales? Noooooo. So, all week I have been trapped in the house taking care of a puppy who screams and howls every moment I am out of her sight. She is a sweet little thing, and has potential, but I am too old to be back in the throes of early infanthood mothering. She reminds me of our dear deceased Border Collie mix who was too smart and too hyper for her own good. Our two "big girls" are rolling their eyes at me, growling at the puppy (who good-naturedly takes the growls as indication of wanting to play), and wondering how the heck we'll manage a Christmas tree this year with this energizer bunny. And, yep, you guessed it, D. has already lost interest. I have rescued 5 dogs over the last 20 years, and this is the first one I have seriously considered taking back to the pound. </p>
<p>So, yep, pour me a drink, and make it a strong one. I hear the drumbeat of beagle feet behind the couch and God knows what she is plotting now.</p>
<p>Audiophile,</p>
<p>As a resident of Philadelphia before I was of legal drinking age, I found that full-bodied red sodas (various colas, birch/root beers, and especially a good black cherry) went much better with cheesesteaks than delicate whites (7-up or Sprite.) These days, I prefer to wash 'em down with beer. Of course, these days, I prefer to wash down most things other than cereal that way.</p>
<p>There used to be a soda called "Red Creme," (I think by Fanta?), does anyone but me remember that? Soooooo tasty.</p>
<p>carolyn: step away from the beagle. Take that puppy back before you start loving it despite yourself!!!</p>
<p>Uh, I'm definitely a drinking Quaker and rely on it regularly since also adopting a rescue dog 10 weeks ago . Hang in there Carolyn. We lost our good old dog last May and I gave in when my daughter longed for one for her 14th birthday in October. I try not to drink before 5 however or I'd be injured when she spots a squirrel and I am out trying to leash-train her......Things do settle down. Crate training is definitely a sanity saver. I think there is some weird hormonal thing that leads us to give in to adopting a new being just as we are launching one out the door.....</p>
<p>Both our dogs are crate trained. Squirrels are public enemy number one with our mutts. I can control the dogs when one of the small furry fiends is about, but they take my 13 year old S for a drag if he is walking them.</p>
<p>Mootmom -- what is it with these second children? I assume TJFH is second child in your family. I thought DS1 was a handful at times, but in retrospect, he was a saintly child! DS2 either has more energy than his bro or I've lost it over the years. So pass me whatever all the rest of you are drinking -- I'm calling it a night!</p>