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Look, I wrote a book! The first lab I had in the 70's chewed a few shoes (all from different pairs, of course) and we sorted that out, but my last one was an angel. The litters of labs we saw born and sold out of the kennel I worked in never saw the inside of a house from the time they were weaned and out of the whelping box until their new owners took them home. They had individual insulated dog houses inside adjoining fenced kennels with wooden floors. Nothing to chew there, right? Some would chew the doorways of doghouses or even the floor so I was instructed to get a quart of hot sauce and apply to the wood. This dissuaded all but the one "odd dog out". His mum, Taxi, (my old Bogey's mum as well) was known for throwing the odd weird pup and this litter had one. He loved the hot sauce and chewed harder than ever! He was so lonesome and attentive I gave him basic obedience in record time but he was still a bit soft and not really suited for a hunting retriever or field trial dog so we didn't sell him, and my employer gave him to an old man as a companion dog. That litter all had grain names for the registry (as opposed to their home or call names) and I named that little guy Kannata Buckwheat. That was over 20 years ago and I still remember some of the individual dogs that we raised and trained and a few that were brought in for advanced training, either because of their characters or because of particular successes or setbacks in training. I remember having 6 dogs at heel straight out from my left shoulder walking and turning with me, unconnected but intent on my next move, then adding puppies to the file... I didn't make too much cash and had to work long and hard and at first I had to be trained then suppliment that with study, and I probably smelled like a dog but I think that may have been my favourite job. My boss had 300 sheep as well, and a few Border Collies but outside of having to feed the sheep when the boss was away and occasionally slaughter and butcher some lambs for sale the dogs were my main interest.

They were really good when I ordered my reels from Canada, took a bit of time to verify credit details but that's an inconvenience for them as well, so they went out of their way to serve me.

https://youtu.be/rV8HrpOu1FA

Philistine. Louis Prima was the bad boy of jazz and pivotal in it's development. He got proper recognition in Ken Burns' Jazz documentary series.

https://youtu.be/O-a8kLtJSJ4

What about taping a 1 ply piece of tissue paper over the flash? Freedom to experiment for free is just another thing I Iike about digital.

I'm so cheap and lazy that if I was going to consider them disposable or near as, I might take the path of least resistance and just drill in 1/8" or so and glue in a swivel, (cheap or otherwise). For distance you might gain a bit by trimming the stone with a tile saw or chop saw or grinder and vise to make it more aerodynamic but be careful, it's all good fun until someone loses an eye. I'm curious about just what it takes to drill into or through stones as I have a drill press and vise in the basement, and like the notion of in-lines as well.

Those are prehistoric artifacts, Gagnacarp, stone age fishing weights.

When I was about 15 I bought this album because I liked the jacket, and accidentally discovered jazz. In Walked Bud and Green Onions are a couple of cuts I like. No linking to these, but worth listening to on youtube.

I remember seeing Buddy Rich on the Ed Sullivan Show when I was a kid, he was a pretty big star.

I think it's because pebbles are non-polluting and they're free.

What a cutie! That over-zealousness is something she should grow out of*, and she'll get the hang of answering the door as well. Labs are really tractable but the attention span of pups dictates the length of training sessions as they grow. *The dogs that are bred for waterfowling and field trial competition are all relatively high strung, and some people kept them in kennels in the belief that they were faster than house pets but we found that an inside dog can have the same edge once they get in the field, and the kennel I worked for preferred to sell to buyers who would keep them as pets as well as hunters or field trialers.

Yellow Lab, right? Not a Golden Retriever... Dogs jumping up on you can be discouraged with a gentle knee in the chest. I trained hunting retrievers in a kennel for a couple of years and while we had almost exclusively Labs we did get the odd Golden. My dog was a black but his mother was a yellow, there were 8 black puppies and 2 yellows in the litter. If both parents have the genes they can have a rainbow litter with chocolates as well. Dogs that haven't moved all day will stir themselves out of the dust to come get a scratch and a pet from me.

I waited... aaahhhhhh.

..and I'm willing to take your word for it. Talked to a member of one of the other bands and apparently they didn't apply for the artist's visa early enough and the backlog of paperwork kept them out.

It's all about hate and frustration, [emoji49] the younger generation with nowhere to go... get with it man.... I listened to 20 seconds to get the address. [emoji3] Now they aren't coming so it doesn't matter, there will still be x number of bands screaming their hearts out. Apparently there was a "visa problem" so I'm guessing someone wasn't admissable to Canada.

Anybody know a deathmetal band from Hull called Black Tongue? They're one of the opening bands in our bar tonight. We've had metal bands from all over the world, but not too many from England. https://youtu.be/rqYE9kYYtkQ

I'm listening to The Doors, and the guys fishing in this boat are playing it. They're leaving now, and night has fallen.

A Kentish friend in Vancouver has recieved this for his birthday. Don't let the fact that the game pre-dates the common felt marker by several years dampen your enthusiasm... [emoji6]

I'm no good with either but will adopt them out to good homes. I can't even look at a football without jamming my finger. [emoji12] The soccer ball is a Coke FIFA Brazil 2014 souvenier ball. I've found both kinds up there over the years, plus innumerable tennis balls, the odd hackysack, phones, pipes, stolen wallets, packs etc.

Found these up on the roof at work this morning.

Unfair.