elegy wrote in
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but unfortunately it's now freezing rain on top of sleet on top of
snow. looking forward to shoveling this. i sure am.

Uh huh. I like shoveling (did a ton of it this afternoon, and still
haven't totally uncovered my car). When it's ice-covered snow,
though, it's brutal. I do not envy you!

Totally OT: I'm kind of cranky about the fact that the parking lot
wasn't ploughed. The snow is high (higher than the running boards on
my SUV), and there are mountains of it where people have tried to get
their cars out, so even if I managed to get mine unstuck, and even
with 4WD, I'd still get stuck on the numerous snow hills if I tried
to get out. And I *want* to get out, because today was Operation
Cracktop Purchase Day. Grrr. Now I'm going to have to wait until
after work tomorrow, and the suspense might killerate me. Besides, I
swear every day I spend using this crappy old computer, the
aggravation takes five years off my life. Must acquire cracktop
*NOW*!

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

Shelly wrote:

(Melinda Shore) wrote in
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The dogs definitely don't want to stay inside during the
cold snaps, and the snow is a big bonus for them. When a
bunch of them are out together they all come in with snow on
their faces.

I miss Snow Face! Elliott would snowplow through it, which was
hugely entertaining. And then he would periodically just plop down
in a mound of snow, so that he completely disappeared under it.
Harriet just kind of bounces along on top (or tries to, anyway),
which is also entertaining, but not as much as watching dogs who
really *love* the snow.


Yoda loves the snow for about 2 minutes until he gets cold. Of course,
if we were kind enough to put his coat and booties on him before taking
him out he will play in the snow for about 15 minutes before getting
cold. I was a little worried after the last major snowfall when he
climbed up on top of an 8 foot snow pile from church next door plowing
their parking lot and he jumped off the near verticle drop into the
snow below.

Nick

montana wildhack wrote in
news:2009012812141116807-montana@wildhackcominvalid:

They were covered in snow then DH & I (now affectionately known as
the Asthma Twins) were doing the first shovel of the day.

No joke about shoveling and asthma, especially if the air is really
cold. Be careful!

I've been wondering about Diddy & Shelly and see you both
apparently still have power.

Oh yeah. There's a lot of snow, for this area, but not so much that
it's going to cause a black out. I hope.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

(Melinda Shore) wrote in news:glqjfl$7es$1
@panix2.panix.com:

If the Baytril doesn't work she's going to look for stones,
then a culture would be the next step.

Fingers crossed. I dread urinary problems, so you have my
sympathies. As does Crow.

Even Image had a brief cavort, then she looked around to
make sure nobody saw her do it.

Cute!

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

montana wildhack spoke these words of wisdom
in news:2009012812141116807-montana@wildhackcominvalid:
I've been wondering about Diddy & Shelly and see you both apparently
still have power.



The weatherman said we got 12 inches of snow in our county. I think he uses
the same unit of measurement that fishermen use, or some men bragging about
the center of their universe.
We do have 12 inches of snow all right, but some of that us cumulative
residual snow from last week's collection.
nice to look at, nice to play in, and the dog's have been having a ball. But
we were lucky, because we got just snow, and do not have the ice mess
afflicting those south of us. What a mess they have. I'm so glad we just got
snow!

In article , diddy none
wrote:

But
we were lucky, because we got just snow, and do not have the ice mess
afflicting those south of us. What a mess they have. I'm so glad we just got
snow!

I truly feel for those folks in KY! We have ice, but not like that (we
have in the past and I know how horrible it is). Still, DH's car and my
front walk are firmly encased in ice and I just got in from shoveling
the rest of the driveway before the refreeze It was ice, slush, ice and
ow do I ache. I didn't have a prayer of chopping up the stuff at the
end of the driveway. We have a dip and it is filled with water at the
moment (which will turn to ice tonight) and then the plow really packed
some ice on the end of that. Very nice. Mail hasn't come (maybe we
have to wait for gloom of night). The walkway, being concrete, is
holding onto the ice much more than the blacktop driveway. What fun.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

In article ,
Shelly wrote:
Fingers crossed.

And in Crow's case, legs.

I dread urinary problems, so you have my
sympathies. As does Crow.

Thanks. Greta's the only dog I've had who's had them in the
past, and I don't think that was at all typical. I'm
hopeful that the Baytril will knock it out. One step at a
time.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

"Janet Boss" wrote in message:

Still, DH's car and my
front walk are firmly encased in ice and I just got in from shoveling
the rest of the driveway before the refreeze

We came back from an exercise in futility we'll call our evening walk. We
walked for about 40 minutes, and got about 1/3 done as we normally do. Most
of it, VERY slooooowly. What I want to know is what kind of crazy person
jogs on frozen sidewalks at this time of the evening.

And how many times do you suppose it takes before some dog figures out that
standing 3-legged and peeing near the top of a slope on a sheet of ice is a
really bad idea?

Suja

In article ,
"sionnach" wrote:

"Shelly" wrote in message
1...
The university is closed today, so I'm home. Harriet just went outside
to pee, and she is not amused. Apparently, trying to squat in snow
that's taller than your butt is A Very Big Deal.


Cenau and Brenin say to tell her that at least she isn't having her feet
slip out from under...

Indeed. Peanut's walk was cut very short this morning because he was
having terrible problems...he'd just be standing there and then suddenly
start sliding off the sidewalk. Luckily the sidewalk had already been
cleared in front of my building so we were able to find someplace for
him to pee, but walking any further was out of the question even though
Peanut was up for it.

I hoped things would be better by the time I had to leave for work, but
they weren't...ended up falling on my way to the bus stop. Fell on my
back but luckily my backpack somehow ended up swinging free and not
ending up under me...luckily because I had my computer in it! Also
luckily didn't hit my head, and I have no idea why not since I ended up
lying flat on my back. Wasn't hurt, just annoyed and thinking "why me?"
although I'm sure I wasn't the only one to fall today!
--
Kevin Michael Vail* * | I would rather have a mind opened by wonder
* * * | than one closed by belief. * -- Gerry Spence

Kevin Michael Vail spoke these words of wisdom in
: Indeed. Peanut's
walk was cut very short this morning because he was
having terrible problems...he'd just be standing there and then suddenly
start sliding off the sidewalk.

Hmmm. Perhaps if he just walked in the back yard?

Tuck feels the need to hike high to mark in public places, but merely squats
when in the yard where he has nothing to prove