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WALKING THE DOG

A woman was flying from Seattle to San Francisco. Unexpectedly, the plane was diverted to Sacramento along the way. The flight attendant explained that there would be a delay, and if the passengers wanted to get off the aircraft the plane would re-board in 50 minutes.

Everybody got off the plane except one lady who was blind. The man had noticed her as he walked by and could tell the lady was blind because her Seeing Eye dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of her throughout the entire flight.

He could also tell she had flown this very flight before because the pilot approached her, and calling her by name, said, 'Kathy, we are in Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your legs?' The blind lady replied, 'No thanks, but maybe Buddy would like to stretch his legs.'

Picture this:
All the people in the gate area came to a complete standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with a Seeing Eye dog! The pilot was even wearing sunglasses. People scattered. They not only tried to change planes, but they were trying to change airlines!

True story... Have a great day and remember...


...THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS THEY APPEAR.


A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY WASTED!!!

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We are talking about where to go when we get older and want another place to live.

Where we would like to live would be too expensive. We must choose somewhere that is easy to reach by train, and somewhere others will like to visit.

Our town is going downhill.
The main activity here is a military barracks. It is leaving and the population will fall, the price of houses will fall and shopping will be less easy as there will be fewer customers.

It's hard to combine all the things we would prefer or need.
We shall never have a car so we must live in a town.
We wouldn't like not to have a small garden or a large terrace.
We would need facilities for shopping or by delivery.

Then we would need a good medical service.
We have thought of places on Lake Geneva on the southern French side. We would love to live in Switzerland but would have to win at the lottery first!

............ We'll see.
Pipe dreams perhaps but serious ones.

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Part of my family is here until Monday.
That is very, very nice.


My son made my Apo plugins work on the Mac. He doesn't even use Apophysis but he does use Mac.

The sun is shining!

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I wrote this a while back.

My son had found and brought up some stray puppies.
One little female in particular had bad health. He looked after her but later she died of a generalized infection.
He was very shaken.

The day after she died he found another little brown dog which was in very bad shape.

He still has her.

This is what I thought at that time.

"A special thought for Doggy Dog and Whiny.

I do hope they are enjoying life. It can’t have been very joyous around Mohamed Drive recently. I wonder if they feel something in the atmosphere. Who can tell?
Sharmeen said that Twiggy used to sleep on her head when she was miserable in bed.
How can we know just how much dogs feel? I wouldn’t say they understand, but feel of course. They grieve when they lose their owner, but do they sense our feelings? Do they read our body language and interpret the tone of our voices? They know when we speak to them but does our own talk or lack of it affect them, however intelligent they are?
We can’t get into their head, even less than into another human’s head.

Back to Little Brown Doggy.

If this little creature was treated badly, perhaps by children, she will remember. It would be wise to be very wary with her and in her presence once she is better. No sudden gestures. Dogs can bite if they feel in danger because of a memory. Children shouldn’t play with her as they can be rough, even unintentionally.
Maybe this warning is unnecessary but I think about it. She may be quiet because she is cowed by fear. I haven’t seen her so I can’t know. I don’t know if I could tell. It is just a hypothesis and Sharmeen thought the same thing. Little Vichy goes around with her ears back and acts in a submissive way because of Twiggy’s authority over her but when she can, because she is feeling excited, she attacks Twiggy to try her luck.
We are another dog to dogs aren’t we? Ah well. No real problem, just food for thought. Good luck to them all."


He now has five dogs and nine cats. I've mentioned it before I know.

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Since I feel I have been making too much fuss about my family problems I shall try not to talk about them unless something bad happens.
It is more sensible, I think.

I'm so talkative.