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14942. wabbit - 5/12/2005 7:38:53 PM Frau Bluecker! thoughtful beat me to it! 14943. arkymalarky - 5/12/2005 7:50:00 PM This stuff is great!
I'm at my parents' today until late tonight, so I don't have free rein of a computer, but y'all have given me quite a bit to think about wrt names. I love Frau Bleuker (neeeeiiighhh!).
You're right, Ulgine--no hurry. I've met the puppy once and it will be over two weeks before she gets here.
I thought about Vida today, as a scramble of Diva that means "life," but I don't think I should go there. This pup was born the day of my hysterectomy, so there may be some possibilities there.
"Pervert" cracked me up. We had a cat named Spot and I had a friend who had a cat named Dammit. So we said "out damned Spot!" and he said "out Dammit!"
Lots more good tips, Mac, especially on the bedding. I will definitely use them. She will sleep in her little carrier in our bedroom, but not by our bed. And she won't sleep in our room until she is used to being at our house and quits whining. We'll put her in the room next to us and keep it dark.
Mags, what kind of dog are you and Flexy looking at getting? 14944. PelleNilsson - 5/12/2005 8:02:18 PM Remember Nurse Diesel? Diesel is a fine German name. But what about a Russian name? Natasha? Kalinka? Olga? 14945. Magoseph - 5/12/2005 8:13:13 PM We don't know yet--I leave that decision to Flexy's daughter-in-law who runs a private animal shelter in Chicago.
She's having a party for him the 4th of July for his birthday. The dog will be given to Flexy then.
14946. judithathome - 5/12/2005 8:27:29 PM Arky, what about Kashi? It's very good, Bob loves it already, and it's good for you! 14947. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 5/12/2005 9:03:37 PM I like Schopenhauer or Nietzsche.
Here Nietzsche! Come and get it, Schopenhauer! 14948. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 5/12/2005 9:04:59 PM Then it could be Neetch or Shoap for short! 14949. thoughtful - 5/12/2005 9:16:45 PM Well of course german brings to mind german food, and esp for a little hot dog...bratwurst, weinerschnitzel...or call her cherry, like in a black forest cake.
Lady I worked with named her dog after their favorite baseball player...jeeter... i thought that was cute. And a rw goper I know named his dog maggie after margaret thatcher of course. Of course, had he asked margaret thatcher, I'm not sure she would've been pleased to know someone named a dog after her... 14950. PelleNilsson - 5/12/2005 9:30:27 PM Schlagzahne. Wurst. Knödl. Max (as in Strammer Max).
We've only had one dog, a stray we took in in Yemen. We called it Felix as in Arabia Felix. 14951. thoughtful - 5/12/2005 9:36:05 PM Felix was the name of an old cartoon cat here in the states...I remember watching them as a kid growing up. I guess it dates me now.
 14952. Ms. No - 5/12/2005 9:55:33 PM Felix the Cat!
The wonderful, wonderful cat
Whenever he gets in a fix,
he reaches into his bag of tricks
You'll laugh so much your sides will ache
Your heart will go pitter pat
Watching Felix, the wonderful cat.
I used to watch Felix when I was a kid --- but this was the Don Oriolo version from the late 50's. Every once in awhile they'd slip in some of the earlier works from the 20's and 30's.
I'd love to see a few of them now, I be they make great comentary on their time. I especially remember that the Professor in the Cold War Era episodes was always trying to amass Plutonium.
14953. thoughtful - 5/12/2005 10:09:52 PM thanks ms no for making me feel not quite so old...
Hubby is chopping out and replacing the subfloor in our foyer in prep for putting down porcelain tile. Under the plywood we found newspaper from 1954 when the house was built...at least that predates me. I'm working with some of these kids fresh out of college and I realize I've been with the firm longer than they've been on the face of the earth! What a shocker! 14954. arkymalarky - 5/13/2005 12:01:49 AM I used to watch Felix too. What makes me feel old is graduating seniors whose parents were students of mine. I guess I'll really feel old when I start teaching grandchildren of students.
Robert,
That's really interesting about your great-uncle. What do people do about SS#'s and such, I wonder, if they don't have names? 14955. arkymalarky - 5/13/2005 12:06:18 AM I'll get Bob to read this thread when we get home. He asked me to let him think of a name, which means we wait until I can't stand it, he comes up with zip, and I name the dog, after which he claims that I didn't let him name the dog.
In 24 years with a number of strays and a few we actually wanted, I'm very familiar with this routine. 14956. arkymalarky - 5/13/2005 12:11:40 AM Gee. My parents have DSL. It sort of makes you begin to understand why people clump together in masses like they do.
We have it at work, but since I don't Mote at work it's not so obvious what I'm missing at home--and everything else I would otherwise do at home, like checking news, etc, I do at work. 14957. arkymalarky - 5/13/2005 1:15:51 AM While I'm here on DSL, I want to make a general post, applicable to the other threads:
GREAT PICTURES, EVERYONE! 14958. robertjayb - 5/13/2005 2:15:50 AM Arky, In that time and place there probably wasn't much need for documentation. I suppose they picked it up as needed. I remember my parents, farm people, getting SSNs late in life. 14959. Magoseph - 5/13/2005 11:52:16 AM Posted by Mr. Porter at Mind's Eye Revisited:
Me and her
aradan/Nik (Aradan) 14960. uzmakk - 5/13/2005 1:51:50 PM I hope y'all don't hold it against me that I'm not here more often, but I thought I'd tell you that the news-talk show that I've been hanging with for a while now won best news-talk show in the state recently.(Associated Press Award?)
I was actually an employee for a short while,(years ago) but when I was selected as moderator of the forum the bitter, small-minded and envious masses who composed 95% of the forum rose against me. I was draconian in response and had a very enjoyable couple of days giggling to myself.(I have already expressed my shame at spending so much time with these particular people, however, the conversation concerning local politics is improving, a situation in which all Moties will surely take pleasure.) 14961. arkymalarky - 5/13/2005 2:49:05 PM We just miss you, Uz! Congrats on the award and (I suppose?) on your apparent forum house-cleaning.
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