h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I've never had a dog since I was a little baby- I am fiercely allergic. I prefer living in apartments, anyway, which isn't conducive to happy dogs, so it's probably for the best.

I've had nearly every other kind of demoesticated animal as a pet (barring livestock- my father assured me we were not zoned for livestock) over the course of my lifetime, though.

Teaching a to mind, now there's a trick! We had to shut the bedroom door last night to keep Herman from jumping all over us (and saying "no!" or plopping him on the floor is all part of the game, it would seem), and at around 4:00 AM I awoke to paws slipping under the door and rattling it, so I gave up and let him back in... at which point he horked an enormous hairball up on the blanket. Talk about passive agressive.

We completely ignored his wailing for attention this morning, so he sulked in his favorite chair, hanging over the arm in this way he does. It makes him look like he's being seasick.

Te he "He understands every word i say & totally ignores it" type?

I am having a fun day here, builder up, builder down, dog go up, dog go down, cat go up, cat come down, dog chase cat, cat go up, dog go up, builder come down, builder go out, dog follow builder, cat follow dog, terri follow cat, cat come back in, dog chase cat, cat want go up, door closed; terri go up, open door, cat change mind, cat go down, dog chasse cat, dog go up, door open, terri chase dog down; close door, builder come back, builder go up, dog follow builder, terri follow dog, cat follow terri, dog chase cat.

*sigh*

"Total rest for that knee please madam"

Total so far trips up & downstairs today = 13 & counting.

Ask lil if you don't believe me, she has been on MSN & got running commentary!!!

zdt

I am exhausted


3 hours of the same conversation.. seperate dog from builder... then dog from cat.. then cat from builder.. and cat from dog.. Oh.. the table nearly got knocked over.. The builder gets locked in bedroom where the bungy rope is on the door.. .. and so it went until......


The builder came down holding his drill.. then the conversation became very smutty!!

aw dawg'on it!shucks

feeling muchly cheered up now. laurent arrived, took skanky for a walk & THERE are now piccies available!!! Have sent so far to abbi, PC, Lil & skanky; tomorrow laurent is gonna get all the computer bits together & see if we can work a way of getting two systems up n running by a process of cannibalisation (it's ridiculous, i have two monitors sitting next to each other & another in the attic, saved from bins! Plus 3 printers, 2 keyboards & the dead first beast....L reckons it *might* even be possible to save memory stuff from that


OH GOD HE JUST ARRIVED WITH A >BUNNY>!!!!!!

ZDT

He didn't bring the bunny for dinner did he?

I haven't received any photos as of yet... but I remember the last time, it took quite a while. I'll let you know tomorrow if I still haven't seen them. Thank you for sending them!

I *will* have photos of the flat, and Herman, up soon. K wants to wait (once again) till he's had a haircut. Sigh!

Oh PC.. Skanky is beautiful.. the dog that is..


Sorry Rich..

I want pictures!!!!

Saw the photos, and he is a lovely dog! I'd forgotten what breed(s) he was. What a gorgeous little (little-ha!) guy!!

Try Heinz 57

Tsk tsk, he is a fully accredited Large Beige Mutt. Many folks have suggested there is a touch of Great Dane in there; which i suppose is an improvement on Not So Great Viking, mummy is a Belgian Shepherd, papa is sorta Large Black Shaggy Mutt.

I will get pics off to the rest of you ASAP, my email thingy seems to sulk if i send to more than 4 at once.

Hootoo is being a pig yet again for me, so hope this posts.

zdt

Finally I got here!

Forget what I was going to say now..

Never mind.. must have been a lie!

I love his face Terri!

He is huge and his ears are fine!
I think they will add a lot of character.

I bet he will be skinny for a long time.
His face colors are that of a great dane or mastiff.
Hard to say what body shape he will have though I imagine more slender than muscular.

His ears are like a church steeple on top of his head! Yes, the colouring is dane/mastiff type.

He is very solid but slender; but he isn't a greedy type, he much prefers a walk or game to eating. Very strong though, even now i can only just win a tug of war game! He was one of the smaller pups in the litter of 9, the biggies were the black ones.

Gawd, he is protective as hell though, just now took him out for pee & skinhead type guy appeared (in fact not acting threateningly, but it was a surprise) & oh dear me; skanky barked & growled....i think he isn't seen as "aww, what a cute little puppy" any more! (but of course he is really!)

Not feeling well, i seem to have flu type thing, very sore throat, swollen glands, sticky eyes, blocked nose, fever/chills

But *if* it's flu, i would much rather get it out of the way now than when the bird flu thing hits, so hopefully i have natural immunity 'cos i can't have flu jab; NAG to those of you who can to DO SO NOW again; it looks so likely this is going to be a pandemic, with the luck the world has had this year, don't take chances my friends!

zdt

I'm waiting to see loads of sparrows with tissues waiting in line for a doctors appointment

If bird flu mutates into a form that humans can catch, having the regular flu jab won't help. There is no vaccine available for the H5N1 strain, which is most likely to make the leap from birds to humans. So far it has affected only people who have close contact with birds, which suggests it will actually make the leap at some point.

The fear is that we will be exposed to a disease that our bodies have not developed defences against. The fact that it has leapt species in a handful of cases suggests that it will at some point. A pandemic will be something we are totally unprepared for physically and medically; we just have to hope that the big medical companies, on discovering a vaccine, will share it cheaply and efficiently around the population with total disregard for their shareholders.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4355532.stm

'Andrew Lansley, the Shadow Health Secretary, said better plans should have been put in place before now.

He said: "The UK Government's plan may be better than many other countries, but it has been slow off the mark and delivery of key elements has not even begun." '


The 'key element' being a vaccine or cure that might work.

the worst part is, that even a pandemic,there will be a profit some where along the line for someone

Yup, i just read that too. France has stockpiled enough "normal" flu vaccine for the entire population ages back, rather than the 25% UK seems to have decided is enough (probably politicians, those involved in reality Tv programmes & royalty)

Anyway, for now skankyman, i would advise against with any birds you happen to pick up whilst doing tammylan stuff!

zdt

can't get to cuddle a "bird" without flu, let alone with