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Did something happen to the Captain?

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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remember 'Ol Yellow?


"katysails" wrote

Or the price of a .22 shell (if you are able to do it...)

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You're confusing animals and minorities.

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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That's because inbred red-neck texans *try* to run them over. They have
a
point system and everything.

SV

"jlrogers" wrote in message
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Now that's not funny. I drove out to Jacksboro, TX yesterday and was
amazed
at the dead animals on the highway. In a hundred miles I counted 2 dead
skunks, 3 dead possums, 1 dead dog and 3 dead but unidentifiable.


"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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When I get tired of a dog I take him out to chase balls on RT 95.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
Trains are a winter sport

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"Simple Simon" wrote:

Sorry, but anybody who's a friend of Mooron's is no friend of mine .
.. .

S.Simon - the only true friend is a faithful cat or dog

Tsk, tsk. No wonder you hang on your mooring all alone with no
friends.

LP

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"Capt. Mooron" wrote :

Everyone should know what a steak really costs......

I already know, my ex in-laws have a big cattle ranch. But I really
don't like to dwell on such unpleasant thoughts...

LP

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My question must be re-phrased, thusly " In other words, is three =
minutes of
suffering for a dumb pet worth 15 weeks of life for a human"?

There are choices and then there are choices. If a person does not =
spend the money for the euthanasia, then he will spend it for the vet. =
I had a client with 3 small children. The family acquired a cute fuzzy =
wuzzy daisy dog with an unfortunate genetic bone disease. The dogs =
forelegs were actually rotating in the shoulder sockets and by the time =
the dog was 6 months old, his feet were on almost backwards...the local =
high priced vet with the CAT scan, etc. referred them to the state =
university vet hospital for extensive surgery. The surgery was going to =
cost 4K. The woman asked my opinion and I gave it to her honestly. I =
said that 4K buys a lot of groceries and a lot of healthy puppies that =
could play with her children. I explained that even though it would be =
a hard thing to do, euphonizing the animal was probably the best thing =
all around. I lost her as a client, but still knew people who were =
familiar with the family. The dog died on the operating table and they =
still owed 4K for the surgery. And their kids still didn't have a dog =
they could play with. And I bet Christmas was pretty light that year. =20

Everyone justifies their own actions by their own set of ethics and =
values. Each person holds one thing more dear than another person =
might. I'm not going to judge a person for spending money on =
euphonizing an animal over feeding someone starving in Africa. The New =
testament says that the poor will always be with us. We can alleviate =
that as much as possible, but we still have our own lives. I guess =
unless we all decide to emulate St. Francis of Assisi (who BTW did not =
exclude animals from his care...that we're just kind of stuck making the =
best decisions we know how with what we personally have to work with.
--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

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Yech...

"katysails" wrote in message
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After 17 years I figured he was too tough so I pressure cookered him....

You ever see the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes"?

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

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I drove out to Jacksboro, TX yesterday and was amazed
at the dead animals on the highway. In a hundred miles I counted 2 dead
skunks, 3 dead possums, 1 dead dog and 3 dead but unidentifiable.

When we drove through OK and the TX panhandle we saw hundreds of dead =
jackrabbits...coudln't believe there could be so many dead animals on =
the road...

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

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"Lady Pilot" wrote in message ...
Tsk, tsk. No wonder you hang on your mooring all alone with no
friends.


What business is it of yours?

S.Simon

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"Capt. Mooron" wrote:

"Lady Pilot" wrote in message

| You wouldn't take an animal on board your boat?

Sure... as long as it could tail winches, hoist anchor, swab the
deck....
in short carry it's fair share of the load. That ain't gonna happen
with a
dog or a cat.

I don't think a cat would be much trouble, if it liked sailing.

I've been known to allow deck gorillas aboard......

I used to have a Giant Schnauzer that went to work with me everyday at
Tulsa International Airport. He used to fly with me often. He was
attacked trained and would stay between me and the person walking up
to me. He was a very cool dog. Once he nearly drowned in the lake I
lived on. I went out with a friends on their boat and saw in the
distance a bobbing black head, which we all thought was a duck from a
distance. This dog swam about a mile offshore so he could be with me.
We had to pull this huge dog in the boat so he wouldn't drown. The
poor old dog died in surgery for a large tumor.

LP

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They are only unpleasant when you have no respect for the animal that
provided your meal. I don't eat store steak.... I only eat flesh when I know
who killed it , how, why and when. I petted the pig whose porkchops grace my
fridge. She had a good life.... only the best foods and a quick painless
death. The two of them drank 5 gallons of homemade cider prior to getting
shot between the eyes while they were staggering up to the trough for
another helping of apple sauce. Bet'cha they didn't even know they were dead
when they died.

CM

"Lady Pilot" wrote in message
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| "Capt. Mooron" wrote :
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| Everyone should know what a steak really costs......
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| I already know, my ex in-laws have a big cattle ranch. But I really
| don't like to dwell on such unpleasant thoughts...
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| LP
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