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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:17:31 -0500, DSK wrote:

Bill McKee wrote:
The kid's dog is here and is Lab, Border Collie mix. Still not
completely
under control, but is only 6 months old.

That's the best time to work with them. Actually no, the
best time to begin a dog's training is much younger.

Right from the git go in fact. The difference with BCs is that their
attention span increases exponentially as you work with them as
puppies - if you keep them busy and active they can be as advanced in
training at six months as any other dog is at a year.

Ours are strictly working dog stock and in general, have been much
smarter than the average BC.

Time spent with a very young puppy is the most bang for the
buck in terms of shaping the dog's behavior later in life.
It takes some patience, consistency, and willingness to work
with a puppy's instincts & attitudes... and for me it has
always been great fun to have a puppy running around.

Collies and most herding dogs need a lot of exercise.
They're also too noisy for me. I've had more retrievers than
any other breed, IMHO they are perfect boating

I've owned one retriever, but I wasn't overly impressed - that was
probably one dog that I've owned that I wasn't overly enthusiastic
about. Good dog, just not my style. I ended up giving her to a
friend who hunts ducks and she was very happy with him.

I've trained a lot of dogs in my time, but standard, non-registered
stock dogs, BCs, Heelers, etc., are the best in my opinion. They can
do pretty much anything.

This was a resue dog, and was about 6 months when the got her. Actually
Cloe is doing pretty well.

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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:52:22 GMT, "Bill McKee"
wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:56:23 -0500, " JimH" wrote:


"Don White" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
..........all the guys must be out finally getting that Christmas
gift
for their wives.

You guys give the rest of us a bad name!

Anyway, the turkey is stuffed and has been cooking for about an hour.
Guests arrive after 1.

Merry Christmas folks.

Merry christmas to you and everyone in the newsgroup.
Happy holidays to anyone celebrating other than Christmas.

Cooking that turkey already? We do it Christmas Day.
My assigned duties today include cleaning the upstairs bathroom top to
bottom.

Turkey, stuffing and all the fixings today. Tomorrow we go to 8 a.m.
mass,
then open gifts while sipping on our favorite adult beverage, then pork,
sauerkraut and dumplings for dinner. We will have the same on News
Years
Day.

Wife, daughters and DIL decided on roast beef for tomorrow. Not just
any roast beef - A FREAKIN' STEAMSHIP ROUND OF PRIME RIB!!!

It's slow roasting as we speak.

You have any idea how much that damn thing cost me?

Tonight, the traditional Christmas Eve meal of American Slop Chewy,
salad, garlic bread and banana cream pie. Then all the Military types
get out the dress uniforms, the kids get cleaned up and it's off to
8:00 mass (kids mass). I'm sitting this one out because my RA is
flaring and I'm really not in the mood.

It's the stress of having all these freakin' people in my house. :)


I go to Safeway since they have Prime Rib on sale at $5 / pound for club
members and ask for a roast for 11 people. He cuts and wraps me a 10#
prime
rib. He must think they are gluttons. Will be nice left over's. And off
to deliver goodie trays later, and pick up the Tamales for dinner.
Youngest
is off to look at the set up for a Bat'h Mitzvah ( or however the females
is
spelt). For her August wedding reception. Oldest is off to an engagement
party. Just the parents and the kids dog.

I've just been informed that we are adding two Sailors and two Marines
from the Navy Base for tomorrow's dinner. Wife has already left for a
quick foray into Target/Walmart/Sears to pick up some small presents.

~~ sigh ~~

If never rains, it pours. :)

We always had Betty, my mom's older friend for years, but she has since
passed. We may have my daughters friends, He is Hindu, and she Christian.
We had them last year, but they may be going to another Hindu affair. I
come from a family, where we always had an open seat. Only way to get on
Mom's bad side was not to stay and eat.

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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 17:59:34 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 17:37:24 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing

wrote:

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:56:23 -0500, " JimH" wrote:


"Don White" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
..........all the guys must be out finally getting that Christmas
gift
for their wives.

You guys give the rest of us a bad name!

Anyway, the turkey is stuffed and has been cooking for about an hour.
Guests arrive after 1.

Merry Christmas folks.

Merry christmas to you and everyone in the newsgroup.
Happy holidays to anyone celebrating other than Christmas.

Cooking that turkey already? We do it Christmas Day.
My assigned duties today include cleaning the upstairs bathroom top to
bottom.

Turkey, stuffing and all the fixings today. Tomorrow we go to 8 a.m.
mass,
then open gifts while sipping on our favorite adult beverage, then pork,
sauerkraut and dumplings for dinner. We will have the same on News
Years
Day.

Wife, daughters and DIL decided on roast beef for tomorrow. Not just
any roast beef - A FREAKIN' STEAMSHIP ROUND OF PRIME RIB!!!

It's slow roasting as we speak.

You have any idea how much that damn thing cost me?

Tonight, the traditional Christmas Eve meal of American Slop Chewy,
salad, garlic bread and banana cream pie. Then all the Military types
get out the dress uniforms, the kids get cleaned up and it's off to
8:00 mass (kids mass). I'm sitting this one out because my RA is
flaring and I'm really not in the mood.

It's the stress of having all these freakin' people in my house. :)

Which did you get, a steamship round or a prime rib? In my book they're
two different
things. This year we got a five-rib roast. Set me back about $40 bucks,
but it's
worth it. I've never 'slow roasted' a prime rib, always just the opposite.
Hit it
with 450 degrees for about 45 minutes, then down to 350 until it's medium
(at most
another hour and a half).

I have no idea - not my job. All I know is it's called a steamship
round of prime rib - and it's freakin' huge and cost me a ton of
money.

~~ mutter ~~

De Nada. Younger daughter has been shopping wedding reception places while
home. The reception will cost me almost what the budget for the first girls
wedding was 6 years ago. So the cost of Prime Rib, seems like a pittance
this year. Oh well, maybe Santa will bring me a winning lotto ticket.

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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message

They would hate me - I don't like medium or rare meats - I like my
food cooked and hot - not shoe leather, but cooked through and hot in
the middle.

It's hard to get that across to some people, but of all the
restaurants I've been to, the only one to get it right the first time,
every time is Outback.

Outback gets it just right for me, too. I just tell them to carry the steak
past the grill on the way to the table!

Merry Christmas!

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On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 12:59:02 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

It's hard to get that across to some people, but of all the
restaurants I've been to, the only one to get it right the first time,
every time is Outback.

Perfect every time.

===========================

And you can get a Bloomin Onion with it :-)

Very good but instant indigestion.

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On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 12:59:02 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:40:10 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 18:33:23 -0500, "John Gaquin" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message

... Hit it
with 450 degrees for about 45 minutes, then down to 350 until it's medium

Cook a prime rib to medium? Say it ain't so!


Well, my daughter and the wife are the deciding factors. Damn women. But, what are
you going to do?

They would hate me - I don't like medium or rare meats - I like my
food cooked and hot - not shoe leather, but cooked through and hot in
the middle.

It's hard to get that across to some people, but of all the
restaurants I've been to, the only one to get it right the first time,
every time is Outback.

Perfect every time.

Well-done and prime rib don't belong in the same sentence.

For chuck roast, yeah!
--
John H

**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****

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On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 09:11:10 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 12:59:02 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

It's hard to get that across to some people, but of all the
restaurants I've been to, the only one to get it right the first time,
every time is Outback.

Perfect every time.

===========================

And you can get a Bloomin Onion with it :-)

Very good but instant indigestion.

Their 20oz T-Bone is a joy to behold. Damn, I haven't been there in a long time.
Maybe tomorrow.

Merry Christmas all!
--
John H

**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****

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JohnH wrote:
Well-done and prime rib don't belong in the same sentence.


Now there's something we agree on.

DSK

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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:40:10 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 18:33:23 -0500, "John Gaquin"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message

... Hit it
with 450 degrees for about 45 minutes, then down to 350 until it's
medium

Cook a prime rib to medium? Say it ain't so!


Well, my daughter and the wife are the deciding factors. Damn women. But,
what are
you going to do?

They would hate me - I don't like medium or rare meats - I like my
food cooked and hot - not shoe leather, but cooked through and hot in
the middle.

It's hard to get that across to some people, but of all the
restaurants I've been to, the only one to get it right the first time,
every time is Outback.

Perfect every time.


Outback is great. I like mine medium rare, and as Wayne suggested, with a
bloomin' onion. Great food.

Aweful quiet in here................
 

On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 09:56:00 -0500, " JimH" wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:40:10 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 18:33:23 -0500, "John Gaquin"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message

... Hit it
with 450 degrees for about 45 minutes, then down to 350 until it's
medium

Cook a prime rib to medium? Say it ain't so!


Well, my daughter and the wife are the deciding factors. Damn women. But,
what are
you going to do?

They would hate me - I don't like medium or rare meats - I like my
food cooked and hot - not shoe leather, but cooked through and hot in
the middle.

It's hard to get that across to some people, but of all the
restaurants I've been to, the only one to get it right the first time,
every time is Outback.

Perfect every time.


Outback is great. I like mine medium rare, and as Wayne suggested, with a
bloomin' onion. Great food.


The wife took me to Ruth's Chris Steak House for my birthday. Two steaks (nothing I'd
call spectacular) set her back about $135, with a veggie or two. Neither of us are
drinkers, so there wasn't any booze added to the bill. I would have much preferred
Outback, or my own for that matter.
--
John H

**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****