Where the &#@)!& are my spare spools???
 

Also Sprach Doug Kanter :
"Marshall Banana" wrote in message

Between the couch cushions. In our house, it's higly probable that the
cat could have eaten them.

That's some cat. Does it attack dogs? If so, can I rent it?

Actually, yeah, he does. Not necessarily successfully, but he HATES dogs,
and his flight-or-fight instincts seem to be permanantly wired to
fight. He's definitely not a wimpy cat, unlike his sister. I wasn't
kidding about eating the spools of fishing line either, he has a fetish
for any kind of stringy stuff. Wire, dental floss, fishing line, strips
of paper from the shredder, shoelaces, rubberbands, etc. all have to be
locked away.

Dan


--
Ah! How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier than a thousand kisses, sweeter
far than muscatel wine! I must have coffee...

-- J. S. Bach

Where the &#@)!& are my spare spools???
 

I need a cat like that. We have a dog problem in my neighborhood. Last time
I had a conversation with a dog owner about her animal digging in my garden,
the police showed up at my door. I'm not sure what the problem was, but I
suspect it was my comment: "Do you know what shark fishermen sometimes do
with the shark heads after they've butchered the sharks?" (In Montauk, they
used to hang them from the utility poles around the marinas). I think this
alarmed the dog owner. :-)

"Marshall Banana" wrote in message
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Also Sprach Doug Kanter :
"Marshall Banana" wrote in message

Between the couch cushions. In our house, it's higly probable that the
cat could have eaten them.

That's some cat. Does it attack dogs? If so, can I rent it?

Actually, yeah, he does. Not necessarily successfully, but he HATES dogs,
and his flight-or-fight instincts seem to be permanantly wired to
fight. He's definitely not a wimpy cat, unlike his sister. I wasn't
kidding about eating the spools of fishing line either, he has a fetish
for any kind of stringy stuff. Wire, dental floss, fishing line, strips
of paper from the shredder, shoelaces, rubberbands, etc. all have to be
locked away.

Dan


--
Ah! How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier than a thousand kisses, sweeter
far than muscatel wine! I must have coffee...

-- J. S. Bach

Where the &#@)!& are my spare spools???
 

Doug Kanter wrote:
I need a cat like that. We have a dog problem in my neighborhood. Last time
I had a conversation with a dog owner about her animal digging in my garden,
the police showed up at my door.

You don't have a dog problem, you have a neighbor problem. The two
options I see are 1- get a bigger meaner dog (or a pet alligator) or 2-
make friends with the dog so that it will follow you willingly when you
put it in your trunk to take it to the local pound. If you are going to
'disappear' the dog, which is a good Stalinist solution to the problem,
then don't mention it to anybody and wait a couple weeks so it won't be
obvious.

Dogs can't help being dogs, but they shouldn't be allowed to run loose
where they're not wanted. For one thing, getting hit by a car is the
usual fate and it's rather painful & cruel.

DSK

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"DSK" wrote in message
...
Doug Kanter wrote:
I need a cat like that. We have a dog problem in my neighborhood. Last
time
I had a conversation with a dog owner about her animal digging in my
garden,
the police showed up at my door.

You don't have a dog problem, you have a neighbor problem. The two
options I see are 1- get a bigger meaner dog (or a pet alligator) or 2-
make friends with the dog so that it will follow you willingly when you
put it in your trunk to take it to the local pound. If you are going to
'disappear' the dog, which is a good Stalinist solution to the problem,
then don't mention it to anybody and wait a couple weeks so it won't be
obvious.

Dogs can't help being dogs, but they shouldn't be allowed to run loose
where they're not wanted. For one thing, getting hit by a car is the
usual fate and it's rather painful & cruel.

Apparently, people can't help being people, either. Even the so-called "good
dog owners" are usually skanks who have no business living within miles of
other people. Example: I was out working in the garden once when a guy
stopped to let his dog crap on my lawn where it meets the street. He had the
equipment to pick it up afterwards, but as everyone knows, that doesn't
matter. Other dogs find those spots interesting because of the scent. So, I
politely asked him to not stop his dog on my property in the future. He said
he planned to clean it up. I said "Great, but even so, please don't stop
here any more". His next response was something like "That's some attitude
you have toward your neighors", to which I responded "Would it be OK with
you if I haul my trash cans down to your place and dump them on your lawn?"
He said "That's not the same". My final comment was "If you'd like to
continue having a dog, you'll not stop here in the future". He didn't. But,
why should anyone need to go through this hassle? He should've gotten right
to the correct response to my request: "Sure...no problem".

He's not the exception, either.

"I don't know how he gets out of my yard - really, I don't". (Hole in fence
big enough for a horse to walk through)

"You must be doing something to MAKE him want to visit your garden". (Right.
I grow steak bushes.)

"Oh come on....it's not THAT hard to clean doggy poo off your shoes. I do it
all the time." (A perfect example of coprophilia!)

We finally got a real dog catcher who behaves like a jack-booted thug. After
the legally required third complaint, he doesn't even knock on the dog
owner's door - he just takes the dog if he sees it, and sends them a letter
in the mail. Spooky. Nasty. Priceless. :-)

Where the &#@)!& are my spare spools???
 

Strange, I thought you said you live in an apartment Doug,
IMO the biggest offenders to gardens are cats, my dog stays in his own
yard, fenced of course, and never goes in the garden, On the other hand
I have a neighbor that thinks its perfectly acceptable to let his cat
stay outside and use my vegtable garden as a litter box, First time I
trapped it I gave it back, 2nd time it went to the pound, This week I'll
be going for a 3rd time since I tilled my garden last week and its full
of cat crap again. Crab season is starting soon so I'll need fresh bait
anyway. Some people don't deserve having cats or dogs. UD



http://community.webtv.net/capuglyda...inUglyDansJack

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I have lived in an apartment for the past 14 months. Before the divorce, a
house for 20 years. If my real estate agent is doing her job, I'll be back
in a house within 2 months. Meanwhile, the dog battle goes on. Had a garden
out behind the apt, and I'm TRYING to have a 20x20 space for the bbq &
picnic table in the meanwhile. Doesn't matter where you live. There are
targets everywhere. Wait....did I say targets? I meant dog owners.

"UglyDan®©T" wrote in message
...
Strange, I thought you said you live in an apartment Doug,
IMO the biggest offenders to gardens are cats, my dog stays in his own
yard, fenced of course, and never goes in the garden, On the other hand
I have a neighbor that thinks its perfectly acceptable to let his cat
stay outside and use my vegtable garden as a litter box, First time I
trapped it I gave it back, 2nd time it went to the pound, This week I'll
be going for a 3rd time since I tilled my garden last week and its full
of cat crap again. Crab season is starting soon so I'll need fresh bait
anyway. Some people don't deserve having cats or dogs. UD



http://community.webtv.net/capuglyda...inUglyDansJack

Where the &#@)!& are my spare spools???
 

Sorry to hear your wife left you Doug, Maybe you should get a dog, They
are known to be LOYAL you know.
Besides most women like MEN with dogs, unless of course you've come out
of the closet recently, then it really doesn't matter.
UD

Where the &#@)!& are my spare spools???
 

"Sir Spamalot" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 17:46:36 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

On my last fishing trip back in November, I put 8 spare spinning rod
spools
SOMEPLACE, and probably figured "Hey...I'll remember where". I should've
put
them in their normal place in the boat. They're someplace in my
apartment,
the storage area in the cellar, or the garage where I keep my boat, but
I've
turned over quite a bit of dust thus far, with no luck. Has anyone seen
them?
-Doug



They're with the clothes hangers.

If that was the case, he'd have about 20 once he found them.

Grissy

Where the &#@)!& are my spare spools???
 

Doug Kanter wrote:
Apparently, people can't help being people, either. Even the so-called "good
dog owners" are usually skanks who have no business living within miles of
other people.

Doug, you seem to be having a bad day. I'm sorry to hear it. If you're
going to be a pessimist, at least use it as a reason to be pleasantly
surprised more often.

... Example: I was out working in the garden once when a guy
stopped to let his dog crap on my lawn where it meets the street. He had the
equipment to pick it up afterwards, but as everyone knows, that doesn't
matter. Other dogs find those spots interesting because of the scent. So, I
politely asked him to not stop his dog on my property in the future. He said
he planned to clean it up. I said "Great, but even so, please don't stop
here any more". His next response was something like "That's some attitude
you have toward your neighors", to which I responded "Would it be OK with
you if I haul my trash cans down to your place and dump them on your lawn?"
He said "That's not the same". My final comment was "If you'd like to
continue having a dog, you'll not stop here in the future". He didn't. But,
why should anyone need to go through this hassle? He should've gotten right
to the correct response to my request: "Sure...no problem".

To a large extent I agree, and don't let my dogs crap on other peoples
lawns indescriminately, but OTOH is it that big a deal? Did you get a
written guarantee when you bought your house that NO dog (or any other
living being, for that matter) would ever leave anything on your
property that you didn't want? Would you kill a dog, who was otherwise
better company and has more to contribute than most humans, just for
pooping on your lawn?

If it really is that big a deal, move to an exclusive no dogs allowed
neighborhood. They exist. Several of our neighbors want to outlaw dogs
in our neighborhood... they want to outlaw boats in the driveway, too,
and pass rules about what kind of Christmas decorations you can have.



He's not the exception, either.

"I don't know how he gets out of my yard - really, I don't". (Hole in fence
big enough for a horse to walk through)

"You must be doing something to MAKE him want to visit your garden". (Right.
I grow steak bushes.)

"Oh come on....it's not THAT hard to clean doggy poo off your shoes. I do it
all the time." (A perfect example of coprophilia!)

Like I said, you have a neighbor problem.


We finally got a real dog catcher who behaves like a jack-booted thug. After
the legally required third complaint, he doesn't even knock on the dog
owner's door - he just takes the dog if he sees it, and sends them a letter
in the mail. Spooky. Nasty. Priceless. :-)

Sounds like a good deal, especially if he also rounds up unwanted cats.

Our dog catcher is a young woman who is nice but not really effective at
much except soothing irate elderly women.

Regards
Doug King

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:-) Actually, I left her. And, I have a boat, which is 100% loyal. The
girlfriend, on the other hand, is not 100% loyal to the boat, but I'm
planning on lobotomizing her. She's agreeable to everything else, just not
the boat.

As far as the dog, cleaning up after one is too much like changing diapers.
I had enough of that. :-)


"UglyDan®©T" wrote in message
...
Sorry to hear your wife left you Doug, Maybe you should get a dog, They
are known to be LOYAL you know.
Besides most women like MEN with dogs, unless of course you've come out
of the closet recently, then it really doesn't matter.
UD