On Mon, 07 May 2007 20:18:52 -0400, Melinda Shore wrote:

In article , Jeff Dege
wrote:
Neither of which I can see as being reasonably interpreted as having
taken a shot at you.

At my dogs. To wit: "I find having a dog that has a great outing and
sleeps soundly afterwards to be totally ordinary."

And it is. And were you to point that out wouldn't diminish my joy in it
in any way.

He earned his second Q, which isn't extraordinary, but does indicate
progress. And he took the championship in racing for adults under 12
1/2", which would mean more to people had all of the adult bitches
under 12 1/2" not scratched. But to him, that the under bitches scratched
meant that, since he'd won both of the qualifying races among the under
dogs, he didn't get to run a third race. Which he was eager to do.

He likes to race, he cares beans about ribbons. We had fun, I care beans
about how ordinary it is.

Jacks killing rats is perfectly ordinary. In fact, Jacks killing any
small furry critters they have the opportunity to is more often a problem
than a joy. Keeping the cats safe was a constant worry, when I lived in a
house with cats.

Your dogs? I don't know your dogs. I have no idea how special or unique
or whatever rat killing is in your life or your world. Or how proud you
might be of it. All I said was that in my world, dogs killing rats is
ordinary. Which it is.

--
Conservatives never seem to fully appreciate the fact that the issues are
never the issue where liberals are concerned. For liberals the issue is
power. Whatever serves their need for power is right; whatever frustrates
it is wrong.
- David Horowitz