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Skriven 2010-03-15 09:58:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av JANIS KRACHT
Ärende: Re: Catching up...
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-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 03-12-10  11:00 <=-

 > Any excuse for a birthday cake... (G)  Have to make some kitty treats
 > for them, too, of course...  :)

 JK> haha.. yes, many treats.. I actually have cookbook and cookie-press
 JK> for making kitty treats.. some of the recipes sound down-right gross
 JK> Lol.. but then I'm not a kitty hehehehe  Maybe I'll make one of the
 JK> tuna ones for them today :) 

Kitties think that some of human food is gross, too... so I guess we're
even..  (G)  Did you make the tuna ones, and did they like them?  :)

 >> pictures of them on my system now.. Hmm.. I think if you log on to the
 >> bbs here, you'll find them at the top of the file list directory named
 >> 'kitty' hehe.. here's a link to one of Leo.. boy does he look like a
   (snippage)
 JK> Oh.. only problem there is BBBS, this bbs package, doesn't have a
 JK> command to 'view' pictures online unless you go to the web interface
 JK> ... all you see on the telnet bbs is the size of the picture.. :( :( 

So the bbs just lists the file names, and I'd have to download them as
files to my computer, then, from the telnet side?  (I'm not sure that
I've ever tried to view picture files on a bbs anyway before...)

 JK> maybe your lynx will show it to you though if you type in the link like
 JK> I showed you above.. in other words, at the command line on your
 JK> computer type in: 
 JK> lynx ftp://filegate.net:60721/kitty/000_1187.JPG
 JK> That should come up with a prompt to download or view, depending on
 JK> how things are set up over there.. I hope :)

I'll have to run that one by my wizard... not sure exactly at what point
I'd need to do that... I know how to get onto the ISP, and then there
are single letter commands for the various things I can do there...  But
he'll know better what needs doing... :)

 >   My son, as a toddler, would curl up under
 > the coffee table or dining room table or wherever (kinda out of the way)
 > and fall asleep when we were out visiting people or had company... just
 > didn't want to be off in some other room where the action wasn't... (G)

 JK> hahahaha that is so cute.. bet he doesn't like to be reminded of that
 JK> now though (g)

No, actually, he's as likely as I am to recount it...  (G)

 >> We're looking at adopting a little girl pup who was mistreated and
  (snip)
 JK> Well, I started having doubts about that idea.  I've read a bit more
 JK> about working with a mistreated dogs.. I think in her favor is that
 JK> she's a female (they are usually more layed back in general), but the
 JK> fellow that has her isn't really very 'forthcoming' in giving me
 JK> details as to what kind of abuse she suffered.. a bit more of a chance
 JK> to take with a larger dog and kids.. After my daugher was bitten by a
 JK> shepherd years ago when she was 4 (and the dog was a very large male
 JK> shepherd), I think twice about such things.. Right now, I'm trying to

I think the key is in reassuring the mistreated animal that they are
safe now... but that sometimes takes a long time... and the scars can
run very deep...  I don't blame you for not wanting to take a chance
with your grandkids.

 JK> convince a rescue in Ithaca to let us adopt a really happy, cute,
 JK> Shepherd/Labrador mix.. They have some strict adoption rules (req.
 JK> home visit, Toby has to meet the new girl, etc.. foster parents have to
 JK> like you (vbg)), but it might work out.  Time will tell :)  The people
 JK> who run the rescue do sound like really nice people though and they're
 JK> willing to come all the way to Windsor from Ithaca which is a good hour
 JK> from here.. :)  They want to talk to me on the phone today after 1PM to
 JK> discuss "Toby" and the kittens haha.. that should be a fun discussion
 JK> (grin) 

I bet it was a fun discussion.  :)   Did anything come of it?   The
strict adoption rules sound like they are quite sensible ones... :) 
Designed for more likely successful placements... :)

ttyl        neb

... Fired from orange juice factory - couldn't concentrate! !

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