lol.


in other news...

THIS IS JUST WRONG:


Harison Ford in Speedo.

Is that who that IS? Speedos are a big no-no, even for Harrison.

Thanks a lot! I'll be seeing that one in my sleep, and not in a good way.

Actually I find myself doing the same (and grinning sometimes when I hear myself do it), I have been picking up so many sayings from LOCI, I must sound like a walking commercial...and the hubby and our employees are getting totally sick of me saying "BING! Reality..."




LOL Okay, that is somehow WAY too much of that man...don't get me wrong he isn't a bad looking guy...but speedo's?

Oooo I approve!

::watches Frantic::

Oh please! You know that if there was a VDO in speedo's picture you guys would be all over it.
At least I know I would. Oh my roommates would never enter my room again... I'd Rastorbate that to poster size and hang it on the wall... Muwahahahahahaha!

Sorry - I think speedos were the fashion industry's biggest joke on mankind. NO MAN looks good in a speedo even if THEY think they do (imo).

LOL.. i have to agree judy.. i for one do NOT want to see VDO in a speedo even in his hunkier days.

*bug*

Don't spend too much, ladies! (Window shopping can become expensive if you're not careful....)

Anthony Anderson played Stablers partner once on SVU, I wish they would have picked the other actor on KVille Cole Hauser, but I guess they wanted to stick with another Black actor. I will Miss Jesse L Martin.

oh no! I don't want him to leave! I love him! I hope they don't kill him off!

Hi *bug* we've missed you. Glad to see you back. I don't want to see ANY man in a speedo if I can help it.

I work in a vacation community with a large population of 'big boned' folks (men and women alike) who think they look great in bikinis and speedos (they don't) - It brings to mind the famous "my eyes, my eyes"!

thanks judy.. i just recently have been able to type *comfortably*.. getting better everyday.

on he mother ship crises.. i wonder how many changes can that thing go through?

*bug*

Me, either.

Welcome back, bug! Now our search party only has to find K-Rod, cuz I think I saw that Captain Jryan is back, too...


spook

sorry for the search party.. i had shoulder surgery and i thought i posted before i had it.. but i can't find it.. duh.. anyway.. thanks for the welcome back .. glad to be typing again.

*bug*

I know this is a double post.. but.. Fed-X just delivered a LOCI cap and T shirt to my door!!!.. do we all get one???

*bug*

Welcome back, bug! I hope you are feeling better!

We were more than happy to send the search party out - we missed you, *bug*!

I have bursitis in my shoulder, I'm sure that's just a teenie taste of what you have.


spook

You guys are crazy, Harrison looked great!

Well I can certainly see how that could make one "gun-shy" on the subject...

Glad you are on the mend bug.

Speedos gag!!!!! No man looks good in a speedo- not Harrison Ford, not VDO now, 5 years ago, even when he played Thor. They are just gross!!!!!! Where's the nauseated emoticon when you need it?

That's a bummer about Jesse Martin leaving L&O. I love him. Good luck to him.

Speedos are just wrong. I almost died when I saw that pic. There's nothing attractive about it (and I'm sure that Mr. Ford would freely admit that now).

just say NO! to the banana hammock!

Banana Hammock. I forgot about that. Funny.

Lemee get Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio in a speedo.

::daydreams::

I know that I have not received a delivery - Lucky you. Do you know who it was from? What a great surprise!



Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! No man looks good in a speedo.



You have no idea. This is a case of you have to see to believe. (Some folks also think we have a NUDE beach, which is also NOT a pleasant sight. I pity the security personnel when they have to go make the folks put their clothes back on.)



ITA - speedos are a big NO.



Again, I say Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

I totally agree...yuck...there is a limit to how much I wanna see of someone in public. Of course if Vincent were to come to my home, give me that smile...then slip into one...well




I got mine last week in the mail. They are very cool...a bit expensive, but hey ya gotta treat yerself every now and then!





Great, coffee spit into the keyboard again...*sigh*

Amen! speedos are just big no-nos. I heart Harrison Ford, even as is today.

My friend [Lazarus] just hit me in the face with a stuffed animal.

Was there provocation or was it out of the blue? You could hit him back with the stuffed animal and claim self defense and that would hold up in court. Woah...been watching a little too much CI.

He grabbed the stuffed animal, i then said, "Don't do it", turned my head, then BAM, smacked in the face with a flying stuffed Nemo.

Then i turned to him, insulted, and BAM, a flying 'Dopey' from the seven dwarfs hit me in the face.

I'd rather see VDO slip out of something rather than into, but whatever you prefer.

Is the LOCI hat/shirt something you and *bug* ordered? If so, I misunderstood her post. I did win a VDO mug off ebay that I'm quite happy with but I haven't ordered any LOCI items yet.






Assault with a deadly Dopey. I think you need to call Major Case to investigate the reason behind such an attack. (Nemo may be allowable, but Dopey? Please, have some compassion)

I got a T-Shirt a couple months ago cause I won the text message trivia drawing one week.

That was hilarious.

That is a blatant lie. Nemo and dopey were planning a vicious attack on you. I told them that it was a bad idea, so they threatened my life. Dopey said "you say one thing imma kill you". Scared for my life i kept my mouth shut. Nemo then threw himself at you hoping to knock you out. when dopey saw he failed, he attacked you.

Sorry Laz but I'm siding with Valley on this. Dopey does not have the logical reasoning to plan such an assault. (Grumpy or Doc maybe, but not Dopey). I think you had a nefarious plan up your sleeve and are using Dopey as your fall guy.

well.. ya know.. i didn't order a cap and shirt.. and i don't even know how to text.. but.. months ago i answered the trivia questions on the home site here at USA.. but that was months ago.. i guess maybe it's from that... regardless.. i was happy happy happy!

*bug*

LAZARUS!!!!! STOP THROWING THINGS AT VALLEY!!!!!! (Geesh! I have enough "policemom"-ing at my own home, now I have to be 'Mom' here, too....)

I don't think that's really Harrison Ford in that speedo....head doesn't sit quite right.....I think it's a fake! *whew*

Bug -- shoudler surgery? Yuk! I sure hope you're feeling better now.

Yeah it took like 2 months for me to get my stuff. So I can totally believe that it took that long for you to get your prizes.

ON another note... To start my weekend... I got a cold. It's not bad, at least not at this point. Just annoying and enough to make me feel not 100%. Blah. At least it's not freezing out.

I'll gladly trade you places. You can come here and have all the snow and sleet we have and I'll take your weather. Can't be any worse than ours. I am tired of cold weather.

depends on who is the ada...




JudyG, I did plan to help him "out" of it, once he had it on...

As for the shirt and cap...I ordered them...only took a week to get here. I was hoping that the "fan of the week" had a prize, maybe a personal visit from VDO(okay a BIT too much to ask, but...a girl can dream), but since I wasn't sure I just ordered them for myself.



PLEAD INSANITY!!!!! Dopey is definately a little on the "whacked" side...cute little bugger though

Dog owners (especially ones with 'house dogs'):

What do you do with your dog during the day when you are at work? Where does it go to the bathroom?

What about if you're going on a trip?

I'm looking into getting an Airedale Terrier sometime this summer or fall. I think that they are such cute, smart dogs.

I love gold fishes cause their so delicious, got gold fishessss

I have 2 mini dachshunds. They are both potty trained and also have little cages. They go in their cages if I am going to be away at work. They like being in there and often go in there during the day to nap or drink their water in there or eat their kibble in there.
When we go on vacation...my mom-in-law watches them at her house. She has 3 dogs of her own and loves dogs, so they get spoiled rotten while we are away.
As for an airedale, beautiful dogs, but they ARE a terrier breed. Terriers were bred for hunting vermin *ie mice, rats and other fast little critters...so they can be a bit highstrung and active. And a lot of people thing airedales are small dogs...they are not.I had a neighbor who bred them. Most of his were waist high! Please be sure to research the breed and what it was originally bred for...before you decide what kind you prefer. Also, please do not think I am preaching at you. It is just that I hear so many people love their puppy, then it grows and shows what it was really made to ...do, dig, hunt, herd...and people freak and take it to the pound. So many homeless dogs...its very sad.

Hope this did not offend...

Thank you for your advice, and no, you did not offend. I have done a lot of research on the breed, so I already knew theat they grow to be huge and tend to be high strung and love to dig. I really want a Great Dane (I still may get one instead, although I've fallen in love with Airedales), but they have the potential for a lot of not so good health problems. I'm too tenderhearted to deal with that kind of thing.

Airedales can have hip dysplaisia, which can be serious business, and they can also get some forms of dermatitis. Dermatitis can be prevented somewhat through regular grooming so that it is noticed early.

Is it really ok to keep a dog in it's crate (cage) all day? I didn't think that dogs liked to pee/poo in the same place that they lay down. is the crate big enough so that they do their business on one end and lay in the other?

I totally agree....its upsetting when people take in a pet without taking in the full responsibility of it. I get upset when I hear about people leaving their homes because of foreclosures, and leaving their animal behind.

These days any purebred dog seem to have hip dysplasia. They bigger breed dogs are easier to potty train and leave for longer periods of time.

It cracks me up that some dogs are litter trained. When we decided that our family needed a dog, we looked around and these were some of my personal observations; Little dogs tend to have accidents a lot. I did not get a dog to have to constantly clean up after it all the time after. I die when I see people buying Nature's Miracle by the gallon at the pet store. Spaniels are piddlers. They get it excited and they piddle. Pugs (no offense Chimera) can have breathing problems and make wheezing noises and snore. Phodesian Ridgebacks (which we originally had our hearts set on) have gas problems. I did not want another farter in the home. These were all breeds that we originally thought we wanted. We did our homework. I talked to everyone possible. We even went to local dog shows.

Find someone that has the breed that you want and ask a ton of questions.

We ended up with a Golden Retriever. She was never crated. We had baby gates in our kitchen to block off access to other rooms. As she got older, we gave her access to more of the house. She now sleeps upstairs on my bed. She is a love. My three year old niece can come up to her while she is eating and climb on he back, pull her ears and try to take food from her bowl and she doesn't move. She is a lap dog too. Such a love. I never thought a dog could be so loyal.

That being said, several of her litter mates had hip trouble and I asked her Orthopedic Surgeon (yes) what did we do wrong after doing so much research. He said take $50 and go to the pound. She did not need surgery (3 siblings did). We got her from the President of the Golden Retriever Club of our state. No puppy mill. She cost $750.

That being said, she is a perfect fit for our family. She is good for 8 hours alone. People are more than willing to babysit her overnight because she is such a kind dog.

I have a doggie door that leads to my fenced big back yard, When I got my dog he was a tiny thing only 4lbs, so at first I had to bring him out ever 2 hours to go, I was surprised, cause every dog I ever had I could never train, thats why I always been a cat person, just put out a litter box and your done. Well I been very lucky with this dog, except for one thing I can't understand, both my dog and cat are fixed, which is suppose to stop the spraying of territories. Well they both still mark their spots, Shaggy,(momma's dog) doesn't want Tiger( my daughters cat) in my room, so he marks my bedroom with urine. The cat has a favorite stool he likes to stay on so he marks that, so I have two spots I always have to keep cleaning, I don't know if its because they are male, but this pissing contest is killing me, its just in these two places. This summer we are pulling out all of the carpet and replacing it with ceramic tile and going to replace the furniture with leather to make everything easier to clean, these two have been together for 3 yrs and still are territorial, mostly on the dog's part. But back to topic except for these two places they both use the doggie door and go in the back yard, when it rains, much to my husbands dislike Shaggy goes on the patio, lol, He doesn't like wet grass.


Oh if I am going on a trip and will be gone for a few days and nobody will be home, the cat doesn't care, we have feeders that hold a lot of food and water, and they drop food and water as needed. It holds enough food for a few weeks. Now my dog is used to having me home all day, so he gets lonesome, so between my son and my mom, I have them take turns picking up my mail and visit Shaggy once a day so he doesnt get too lonely, also I call and talk to him on the answering machine.

JC are you talking about a puppy? I don't know much about puppies. Both of the dogs we've had came to us when they were full grown. Both could go all day w/o having to go out. The dog we have now is used to that because the couple who gave him to us both worked all day. Our new love, Rigley, is a sleepy head and can go to bed at 11:30 and not have to go out until 10;30 the next morning. He's had a couple of accidents but that is because we forgot to put him out or he went out and got spooked or something and came back in before he could do his business. (my theory).

My brother usually "baysits' if we go away for a few days. They don't have any pets because my sil is allergic to most dogs but our dogs were/are "hypoallergenic". They look forward to babysitting. There are kennels. I guess if you could find a very, very good one you could do that if you had to.

Thank you for all of the great tips and insight.

I found a few doggie boarding places where I live that I'm going to look in to. I won't need it for during the week so much (b/c I will be working part time more than likely) but at least one of the places is very reasonably priced and does three and four day weekends. This will be good for times when we're out of town and can't take the dog with us or if we know that we're going to be extremely busy and away from the house, we can take it there.

We used to board at the vet's. That way if the animal becomes ill, they will handle it. They even gave us free antibiotics after he came down with kennel cough.....He was crate trained.

The first 2 we had stayed exclusively in the back yard. We had a huge porch and lots of bushes for them to sleep on, under, behind, etc. They came in the few times the weather would get really cold, but we kept blankets outside for them. They would drag the blanked wherever they wanted it, too cute! We had a dog house big enough for them, but they wouldn't go in......

Hubby doesn't want next dog to be indoor dog....not sure what we're going to get eventually.....