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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:28:33 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:



Pet Pig ????!!!!

Eisboch


Yeah. We got him as a frostbitten, tiny piglet. We raised him in the
house,
feeding him from a bottle until he got old enough to eat on his own. He
was
a great pet, would jump on the couch, sit in my lap, beg to be petted,
just
like a dog.

However, they grow up and get heavy. When it jumped on the couch and
put
its hoof through the cushion, it got banned from the couch. Once it hit
about 250lbs, it didn't fit on my lap anymore. It went to the butcher
shop,
Neither my mother nor my younger brothers would eat bacon unless they
saw
it come out of the store package!

Did you see Porky's picture? Cute little guy, huh?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

You ate your pet!

The same thought crossed my mind when I read John's post.

How can you eat an animal you raised and loved as a pet?


Hunger.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes



Thanks. I don't question your circumstances at the time John, I just would
have a very hard time doing it.



That's the difference between those 'country boys' and us 'city folk'.


Here's another quandary.

One of our dogs, the bearded collie, had a nerve sheath tumor just above
the left front paw. We had it removed a couple weeks ago. It will reoccur,
and eventually require the amputation of the foreleg, at least.

I would prefer putting the dog to sleep as opposed to amputating the
foreleg. My wife would prefer amputation.

What to do....

Dogs get get along very easily with 3 legs, the can do walk, run, go up
and down stairs without any problem, unless he had other health issues,
I would never put him to sleep due to amputation.

--
Reggie
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JohnH wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:27:22 GMT, Don White
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JimH wrote:

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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:28:33 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:



Pet Pig ????!!!!

Eisboch


Yeah. We got him as a frostbitten, tiny piglet. We raised him in the
house,
feeding him from a bottle until he got old enough to eat on his own.
He
was
a great pet, would jump on the couch, sit in my lap, beg to be
petted,
just
like a dog.

However, they grow up and get heavy. When it jumped on the couch and
put
its hoof through the cushion, it got banned from the couch. Once it
hit
about 250lbs, it didn't fit on my lap anymore. It went to the
butcher
shop,
Neither my mother nor my younger brothers would eat bacon unless
they saw
it come out of the store package!

Did you see Porky's picture? Cute little guy, huh?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and
necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

You ate your pet!

The same thought crossed my mind when I read John's post.

How can you eat an animal you raised and loved as a pet?


Hunger.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes



Thanks. I don't question your circumstances at the time John, I just
would have a very hard time doing it.


That's the difference between those 'country boys' and us 'city folk'.


Here's another quandary. One of our dogs, the bearded collie, had a nerve
sheath tumor just above
the left front paw. We had it removed a couple weeks ago. It will
reoccur,
and eventually require the amputation of the foreleg, at least.

I would prefer putting the dog to sleep as opposed to amputating the
foreleg. My wife would prefer amputation.

What to do....

Dogs get get along very easily with 3 legs, the can do walk, run, go up
and down stairs without any problem, unless he had other health issues, I
would never put him to sleep due to amputation.

--

Please take your obvious troll about dogs and euthanasia to the appropriate
forum or NG. This is strictly a boating NG.

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wrote:


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JohnH wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:27:22 GMT, Don White
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JimH wrote:

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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:28:33 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:



Pet Pig ????!!!!

Eisboch


Yeah. We got him as a frostbitten, tiny piglet. We raised him in the
house,
feeding him from a bottle until he got old enough to eat on his own.
He
was
a great pet, would jump on the couch, sit in my lap, beg to be
petted,
just
like a dog.

However, they grow up and get heavy. When it jumped on the couch and
put
its hoof through the cushion, it got banned from the couch. Once it
hit
about 250lbs, it didn't fit on my lap anymore. It went to the
butcher
shop,
Neither my mother nor my younger brothers would eat bacon unless
they saw
it come out of the store package!

Did you see Porky's picture? Cute little guy, huh?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and
necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

You ate your pet!

The same thought crossed my mind when I read John's post.

How can you eat an animal you raised and loved as a pet?


Hunger.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes



Thanks. I don't question your circumstances at the time John, I just
would have a very hard time doing it.


That's the difference between those 'country boys' and us 'city folk'.


Here's another quandary. One of our dogs, the bearded collie, had a nerve
sheath tumor just above
the left front paw. We had it removed a couple weeks ago. It will
reoccur,
and eventually require the amputation of the foreleg, at least.

I would prefer putting the dog to sleep as opposed to amputating the
foreleg. My wife would prefer amputation.

What to do....

Dogs get get along very easily with 3 legs, the can do walk, run, go up
and down stairs without any problem, unless he had other health issues, I
would never put him to sleep due to amputation.

--

Please take your obvious troll about dogs and euthanasia to the appropriate
forum or NG. This is strictly a boating NG.


This thread *is* boating related!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:28:33 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:



Pet Pig ????!!!!

Eisboch


Yeah. We got him as a frostbitten, tiny piglet. We raised him in
the
house,
feeding him from a bottle until he got old enough to eat on his
own.
He
was
a great pet, would jump on the couch, sit in my lap, beg to be
petted,
just
like a dog.

However, they grow up and get heavy. When it jumped on the couch
and
put
its hoof through the cushion, it got banned from the couch. Once
it
hit
about 250lbs, it didn't fit on my lap anymore. It went to the
butcher
shop,
Neither my mother nor my younger brothers would eat bacon unless
they saw
it come out of the store package!

Did you see Porky's picture? Cute little guy, huh?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and
necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

You ate your pet!

The same thought crossed my mind when I read John's post.

How can you eat an animal you raised and loved as a pet?


Hunger.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and
necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes



Thanks. I don't question your circumstances at the time John, I just
would have a very hard time doing it.


That's the difference between those 'country boys' and us 'city folk'.


Here's another quandary. One of our dogs, the bearded collie, had a
nerve
sheath tumor just above
the left front paw. We had it removed a couple weeks ago. It will
reoccur,
and eventually require the amputation of the foreleg, at least.

I would prefer putting the dog to sleep as opposed to amputating the
foreleg. My wife would prefer amputation.

What to do....

Dogs get get along very easily with 3 legs, the can do walk, run, go up
and down stairs without any problem, unless he had other health issues,
I
would never put him to sleep due to amputation.

--

Please take your obvious troll about dogs and euthanasia to the
appropriate
forum or NG. This is strictly a boating NG.


This thread *is* boating related!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes



No it isn't.

Don't get me wrong John, I have no problem with threads like this. But some
folks here have redefined what is acceptable and unacceptable to post here.

I just want to know what the new *rules* are and for them to remain
consistent.

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:33:55 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudadATyahooDOT com
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On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:27:22 GMT, Don White
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:28:33 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:



Pet Pig ????!!!!

Eisboch


Yeah. We got him as a frostbitten, tiny piglet. We raised him in
the
house,
feeding him from a bottle until he got old enough to eat on his
own.
He
was
a great pet, would jump on the couch, sit in my lap, beg to be
petted,
just
like a dog.

However, they grow up and get heavy. When it jumped on the couch
and
put
its hoof through the cushion, it got banned from the couch. Once
it
hit
about 250lbs, it didn't fit on my lap anymore. It went to the
butcher
shop,
Neither my mother nor my younger brothers would eat bacon unless
they saw
it come out of the store package!

Did you see Porky's picture? Cute little guy, huh?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and
necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

You ate your pet!

The same thought crossed my mind when I read John's post.

How can you eat an animal you raised and loved as a pet?


Hunger.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and
necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes



Thanks. I don't question your circumstances at the time John, I just
would have a very hard time doing it.


That's the difference between those 'country boys' and us 'city folk'.


Here's another quandary. One of our dogs, the bearded collie, had a
nerve
sheath tumor just above
the left front paw. We had it removed a couple weeks ago. It will
reoccur,
and eventually require the amputation of the foreleg, at least.

I would prefer putting the dog to sleep as opposed to amputating the
foreleg. My wife would prefer amputation.

What to do....

Dogs get get along very easily with 3 legs, the can do walk, run, go up
and down stairs without any problem, unless he had other health issues,
I
would never put him to sleep due to amputation.

--

Please take your obvious troll about dogs and euthanasia to the
appropriate
forum or NG. This is strictly a boating NG.


This thread *is* boating related!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes



No it isn't.

Don't get me wrong John, I have no problem with threads like this. But some
folks here have redefined what is acceptable and unacceptable to post here.

I just want to know what the new *rules* are and for them to remain
consistent.


I think, JimH, the desire is to have a news group without the acrimony,
ascerbity, and asperity that existed here a few short weeks ago.

That concept is not hard to understand. Anyone with more than a week's
worth of watching a month ago knows that the political threads almost
invariably resulted in the behavior mentioned above. Photography threads
have yet to do so, nor have 'pet' threads (until today, of course).

Perhaps you and Harry would be happier in a.politics?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

"JohnH" wrote in message
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JohnH wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:27:22 GMT, Don White
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JimH wrote:

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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:28:33 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:



Pet Pig ????!!!!

Eisboch


Yeah. We got him as a frostbitten, tiny piglet. We raised him in
the
house,
feeding him from a bottle until he got old enough to eat on his
own.
He
was
a great pet, would jump on the couch, sit in my lap, beg to be
petted,
just
like a dog.

However, they grow up and get heavy. When it jumped on the couch
and
put
its hoof through the cushion, it got banned from the couch. Once
it
hit
about 250lbs, it didn't fit on my lap anymore. It went to the
butcher
shop,
Neither my mother nor my younger brothers would eat bacon unless
they saw
it come out of the store package!

Did you see Porky's picture? Cute little guy, huh?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and
necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

You ate your pet!

The same thought crossed my mind when I read John's post.

How can you eat an animal you raised and loved as a pet?


Hunger.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and
necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes



Thanks. I don't question your circumstances at the time John, I
just
would have a very hard time doing it.


That's the difference between those 'country boys' and us 'city
folk'.


Here's another quandary. One of our dogs, the bearded collie, had a
nerve
sheath tumor just above
the left front paw. We had it removed a couple weeks ago. It will
reoccur,
and eventually require the amputation of the foreleg, at least.

I would prefer putting the dog to sleep as opposed to amputating the
foreleg. My wife would prefer amputation.

What to do....

Dogs get get along very easily with 3 legs, the can do walk, run, go
up
and down stairs without any problem, unless he had other health
issues,
I
would never put him to sleep due to amputation.

--

Please take your obvious troll about dogs and euthanasia to the
appropriate
forum or NG. This is strictly a boating NG.


This thread *is* boating related!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary
to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes



No it isn't.

Don't get me wrong John, I have no problem with threads like this. But
some
folks here have redefined what is acceptable and unacceptable to post
here.

I just want to know what the new *rules* are and for them to remain
consistent.


I think, JimH, the desire is to have a news group without the acrimony,
ascerbity, and asperity that existed here a few short weeks ago.

That concept is not hard to understand. Anyone with more than a week's
worth of watching a month ago knows that the political threads almost
invariably resulted in the behavior mentioned above. Photography threads
have yet to do so, nor have 'pet' threads (until today, of course).

Perhaps you and Harry would be happier in a.politics?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes

I have not posted anything regarding politics here for quite some time. Why
do you make that comment to me John rather than addressing the issue I
brought up........remaining consistent on what is acceptable and
unacceptable to post here.

What I think about the new and improved NG:

I appreciate the new tone. However, I think that everyone needs to step
back and stop the netcopping (as I have been guilty of in the past, and
perhaps am guilty of with this post). I think folks should be allowed to
post whatever they want to. I think that folks should take it upon
themselves to decide what discussions they want to participate in. I think
some folks here need to remain consistent on what they find acceptable and
not acceptable here (I know I do).

What do you think?

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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:28:33 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:



Pet Pig ????!!!!

Eisboch


Yeah. We got him as a frostbitten, tiny piglet. We raised him in
the
house,
feeding him from a bottle until he got old enough to eat on his
own.
He
was
a great pet, would jump on the couch, sit in my lap, beg to be
petted,
just
like a dog.

However, they grow up and get heavy. When it jumped on the couch
and
put
its hoof through the cushion, it got banned from the couch. Once
it
hit
about 250lbs, it didn't fit on my lap anymore. It went to the
butcher
shop,
Neither my mother nor my younger brothers would eat bacon unless
they saw
it come out of the store package!

Did you see Porky's picture? Cute little guy, huh?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and
necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

You ate your pet!

The same thought crossed my mind when I read John's post.

How can you eat an animal you raised and loved as a pet?


Hunger.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and
necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes



Thanks. I don't question your circumstances at the time John, I
just
would have a very hard time doing it.


That's the difference between those 'country boys' and us 'city
folk'.


Here's another quandary. One of our dogs, the bearded collie, had a
nerve
sheath tumor just above
the left front paw. We had it removed a couple weeks ago. It will
reoccur,
and eventually require the amputation of the foreleg, at least.

I would prefer putting the dog to sleep as opposed to amputating the
foreleg. My wife would prefer amputation.

What to do....

Dogs get get along very easily with 3 legs, the can do walk, run, go
up
and down stairs without any problem, unless he had other health
issues,
I
would never put him to sleep due to amputation.

--

Please take your obvious troll about dogs and euthanasia to the
appropriate
forum or NG. This is strictly a boating NG.


This thread *is* boating related!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary
to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes



No it isn't.

Don't get me wrong John, I have no problem with threads like this. But
some
folks here have redefined what is acceptable and unacceptable to post
here.

I just want to know what the new *rules* are and for them to remain
consistent.


I think, JimH, the desire is to have a news group without the acrimony,
ascerbity, and asperity that existed here a few short weeks ago.

That concept is not hard to understand. Anyone with more than a week's
worth of watching a month ago knows that the political threads almost
invariably resulted in the behavior mentioned above. Photography threads
have yet to do so, nor have 'pet' threads (until today, of course).

Perhaps you and Harry would be happier in a.politics?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes

I have not posted anything regarding politics here for quite some time. Why
do you make that comment to me John rather than addressing the issue I
brought up........remaining consistent on what is acceptable and
unacceptable to post here.

The first two paragraphs addressed your comment new 'rules'.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:07:03 -0500, Reggie Smithers
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:27:22 GMT, Don White wrote:


JimH wrote:

"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:22:46 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudadATyahooDOT com
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:28:33 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:



Pet Pig ????!!!!

Eisboch


Yeah. We got him as a frostbitten, tiny piglet. We raised him in the
house,
feeding him from a bottle until he got old enough to eat on his own. He
was
a great pet, would jump on the couch, sit in my lap, beg to be petted,
just
like a dog.

However, they grow up and get heavy. When it jumped on the couch and
put
its hoof through the cushion, it got banned from the couch. Once it hit
about 250lbs, it didn't fit on my lap anymore. It went to the butcher
shop,
Neither my mother nor my younger brothers would eat bacon unless they
saw
it come out of the store package!

Did you see Porky's picture? Cute little guy, huh?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

You ate your pet!

The same thought crossed my mind when I read John's post.

How can you eat an animal you raised and loved as a pet?


Hunger.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes



Thanks. I don't question your circumstances at the time John, I just would
have a very hard time doing it.



That's the difference between those 'country boys' and us 'city folk'.


Here's another quandary.

One of our dogs, the bearded collie, had a nerve sheath tumor just above
the left front paw. We had it removed a couple weeks ago. It will reoccur,
and eventually require the amputation of the foreleg, at least.

I would prefer putting the dog to sleep as opposed to amputating the
foreleg. My wife would prefer amputation.

What to do....

Dogs get get along very easily with 3 legs, the can do walk, run, go up
and down stairs without any problem, unless he had other health issues,
I would never put him to sleep due to amputation.

That's the wife's approach. Before they get to that point, however, they
*must* go through a painful and difficult learning process, no?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

JohnH wrote:
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wrote:


JohnH wrote:

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Pet Pig ????!!!!

Eisboch


Yeah. We got him as a frostbitten, tiny piglet. We raised him in the
house,
feeding him from a bottle until he got old enough to eat on his own. He
was
a great pet, would jump on the couch, sit in my lap, beg to be petted,
just
like a dog.

However, they grow up and get heavy. When it jumped on the couch and
put
its hoof through the cushion, it got banned from the couch. Once it hit
about 250lbs, it didn't fit on my lap anymore. It went to the butcher
shop,
Neither my mother nor my younger brothers would eat bacon unless they
saw
it come out of the store package!

Did you see Porky's picture? Cute little guy, huh?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

You ate your pet!

The same thought crossed my mind when I read John's post.

How can you eat an animal you raised and loved as a pet?


Hunger.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes



Thanks. I don't question your circumstances at the time John, I just would
have a very hard time doing it.



That's the difference between those 'country boys' and us 'city folk'.


Here's another quandary.

One of our dogs, the bearded collie, had a nerve sheath tumor just above
the left front paw. We had it removed a couple weeks ago. It will reoccur,
and eventually require the amputation of the foreleg, at least.

I would prefer putting the dog to sleep as opposed to amputating the
foreleg. My wife would prefer amputation.

What to do....


Dogs get get along very easily with 3 legs, the can do walk, run, go up
and down stairs without any problem, unless he had other health issues,
I would never put him to sleep due to amputation.


That's the wife's approach. Before they get to that point, however, they
*must* go through a painful and difficult learning process, no?

No, the pain from the operation is minimized from painkillers. Walking
without a leg is very easy for them.

--
Reggie
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