I'm so sorry I won't be able to provide a picture of this but the camera is in the car and your dad would have a fit if I tromped downstairs to get it...but the Dervish is sleeping in front of the fan with his hair blowing straight back from his head. He looks like a cartoon character in a fierce windstorm. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> He's SO cute when he's asleep! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

t&l

It has been. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> It wouldn't be so bad if he had only eaten our cats, but when he ran out of those he started in on the neighbors. The only good thing was he at least waited for the neighbor cats to come inside the fence. Then nobody could blame him.

He hasn't killed any for a while; I think word got around. The pheasants are too dumb to have a grapevine, though, so he still gets one of them every now and again.

Don't let Aussie know you have a hunting dog!
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he's after a new 'pig' dog to go hunt wild pigs...... those dogs are usually as friendly as a Tasmanian Devil in heat.... on a good day... I make him keep them at grandads farm. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

even better... not have any at all!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I bet the Dervish did look like an angel... He is really you know its just that he's got to pretend that he's not! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Thats his job <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

I know this so out of character for me <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> but I gave this dad a right telling off today in the shopping centre...
This place is huge and could almost have a tram inside to get you around! ..this young girl.. a toddler .. ran straight into me screaming in hysteria .. now what do you do when that happens? well I picked her up and started to comfort her and finally got out of her her name ... Chrissy .. she was 2 yrs old and I want my daddy!!! ... off she started again... so I got her calm again and found out she came all the way 'down d'are' ok... lets pop you in the shopping trolley with Mikey... Mikey give Chrissy a hug ... it was so sweet.
So a few women comment as I walk towards 'd'are' and tell me she had been running all the way from way over in the west wing... off we go ... her bottom lip trembling ... and got one of the girls who work with Liz on the cleaning crew to contact the desk.... her friend got a security person ... a women so person is the PC thing ... to come with me ... well you never know.. you know? .

So for some reason when we got to the west wing I went straight to the car part shop... don't know why I thought of that <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
I asked little Chrissy do you see Daddy? 'DARE" she points to this oblivious man looking at some boom boxes. 'Daddy daddy daddy I finds you" ... of course I am looking daggers at him ... WHAT IN ****** ARE YOU DOING LEAVING THIS CHILD ALONE IN A SHOPPING CENTRE?? ARE YOU STUPID OR WHAT? I didn't yell at him .. I was being forceful .. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

Security guard crossed her arms looking even more daggers ... but she was in the play things he's pointing ... 100 m away ... AND YOU DIDN"T THINK THAT IF SHE LOOKED UP TO FIND YOU AND SHE COULDN"T SEE YOU SHE WOULDN"T PANIC???????? 'Oh" he says. I was trying really hard to not yell and frighten the little girl again ...
but boy did I want too! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

I used that 'Mothers voice' <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> to further tell him where I found her and what could of happened.... and what I thought of his behaviour... JERK ... ok that was in my head ...

But he did look VERY pale after I told him what can happen .... I wonder if he told his wife? because I bet little Chrissy did <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

I knew who you were talking about, Neak. Cinderella would understand, too. But anybody starting at the top of the page would think--that whole pronoun antecedent thing, you know--that the Dervish is the consuming predator of cats and pheasants, with only a fence to keep him from devouring the neighborhood. Well, that, or sending him to my house! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Hi AW. You give 'em what-for. Anybody could've picked that little girl up. Double <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />!

t&l

Changing the subject....
I´m too ashamed to post this on the NY governor thread but I can tell you guys!

Last night I had a nightmare: I was in a courtroom with WH and Ow and the judge was asking me to accept their relationship. I was soooooo outraged I couldn't adequately explain that adultery is wrong, however you look at it.

But that's not the point of this post: my nightmare occurred because a couple of days ago I read an article in the local newspaper which explained how the law THAT WAS PASSED a couple of months ago works: if you live with someone for 5 years as a couple (same or other sex) you can ask for that union to be recognized and get the same BENEFITS that a marriage has (financial, inheritance, etc). <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Yes, believe it or not this law was passed a couple of months ago. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

And the article went on to explain that you had to make a petition in front of a judge, prove with documents that you had been living together and sharing the finances etc AND IF EITHER HAD A SPOUSE BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT DIVORCED, <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> that spouse would be called to the courtroom to see if he/she cared that this new union would be accepted!!!!!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />


Crazy or what?????????

Ok, just in case, remember I'm in South America.

So my nightmare was about a potentially possible situation!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

So why do you guys complain about simple adultery with prostitutes?????

I'm ashamed of my country.

WOW! that is amazing!

Now, to clarify.....

- it is amazingly wonderful to watch sleeping children.

- it is amazing that the dog waits till the cats come to his house before he has them for dinner

- it is amazing that Chrissy found someone as nice as AW who, amazingly, found the idgit dad

- it is amazing that 5 years of living w/ someone could be recognized as a legitimate relationship if the spouse of either party doesn't object

- it is amazing that Elliott Spitzer is such an idgit

BTW, I heard this interesting feature on "All Things Considered" on NPR this evening.... Why Men Seek Out Prostitutes

You're right, it's all amazing, but I'm still mentally kinda stuck on WHAT KIND OF A COUNTRY ALLOWS COMMON-LAW STYLE MARRIAGES WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY MARRIED?????????????????????

CC, I think I would have nightmares, too.

If it comes to that, and you have it in you, contest it loud and long. I don't think you ought to take that kind of moral travesty without a fight. Yuck!

(If anyone was wondering, it really is the dog that eats cats and chickens and pheasants, not the Dervish. Thank you for pointing that out, Mom.)

cc--you need to have another dream where you get the last word and just tell everybody what they need most to hear!! Then you can wake up!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

t&l

What I can't understand is how these relationships can be considered equivalent to a marriage when one already exists!!!!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
Adultery doesn't seem to be a real concept people can understand here!

the other aspect I find sort of funny about this law is that you would probably not be able to have a live in relationship (with or WITHOUT sex) of more than 5 years, with man or woman, without the risk of the other person declaring that it WAS sexual and exclusive etc in order to inherit your stuff if you died. Witnesses are cheap. The judicial system is a joke here! So, imagine all the people who will be separating before the 5 year mark so as not to be caught up in this "forced" marriage-like relationship! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

This law was invented last year because a policeman died while on duty and everyone felt sorry for his common law wife bcause she didn't get the money that would have been due a wife, or his pension. In the end they gave it to her anyway, and I think he also had a real wife somewhere... Anything is possible....

Neak I've been thinking about my defense... I still have time, they've only been living together for 3 years and 2 months.

sorry to say its been here for years. The only difference is that if a will existed at some time and then that is treated as the wishes of the deceased even if he or she was living defacto in changed circumstances. And the courts can also interfere if the real wife or kids of the real marriage have been left out of a will. We had a famous case here with the racing car driver Peter Brock. He was living defacto with his long time lover when he was killed and the courts said she was to get nothing ..... after having left her H ... Brocks best friend ... and kids ... so she reaped what she sowed. You play then sooner or later you will PAY.

CC sorry you had a bad dream like that. Dream of them being condemned by the courts for such behaviour instead! Sentenced to Public shaming.

No Neak I didn't think the Dervish was eating the cats or the birds <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> ... he's far too cute for that <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> .... well not this week anyway <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> .... I thought it was your dog .... or did I get it wrong? Was I dreaming it? now I've lost track .......... where am I again??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

And,thanks for clearing up the fact that the dog eats the cats, chickens, and pheasants but does NOT eat the Dervish.

Dervishes are too mean to eat. And they taste bad.

Yeah, but that dirty boy smell is sure to attract hungry dogs.

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[color:"green"]THIS IS NOT GOOD!!!!!!!!!!![/color]

[color:"RED"]THE INSURANCE COMPANY FOR THE MAN WHO HIT MY CAR JUST CALLED. THEY CAN'T FIND THE CAR. IT IS NOT AT THE TOW-IN LOT AND THE COMPANY THAT USUALLY PICKS UP VEHICLES FOR THEM DIDN'T PICK IT UP!!!!!!!!

[color:"BLUE"]YES, I AM SHOUTING!!!!!!!![/color]

If they were supposed to tow it, and they didn't, I suspect you still get the money.

Prayers continue.

SS

Seems like no one else noticed that the Dervish ate all of Neak's cats then "started in on the neighbors".

Neaksis

Thank you, SS.....I guess I am spending my vacation money on a car.....I really really really wanted a vacation.

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I had the intake appointment for the boys' new therapist today. Very nice lady!

While talking to her about Val's angry feelings that they are going to be going to "her" therapist, she explained that she was planning to talk to Val about that today.

She said she was going to reassure Val that "nothing you tell me will make me like you any less than I already do."

I burst out laughing (couldn't help myself) and suggested she rephrase that a bit.

Good thing I wasn't there with you, then--we would've brought disgrace upon our own heads with our stereophonic snorts of laughter. The only way to have made it worse would've been to have been in church. Glad you were able to de-control yourself BY yourself today in public while I was home being a good girl.

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Mom just sent me a copy of the badly-done Bank of America fraudulent email. It was full of errors, but the following is my favorite.


Personally, I don't worry unless it's a parietal hold.