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bearz2 08-Jul-11, 05:16	Pets... And most of us have them...can't live with them and can't live without them... My missus says that about men...but i ignore that statement,,it's called selective hearing..and it is safer,,, I have 2 dogs...one a Staffy cross called Triton...some of you may know of him...getting old the poor old thing and then i also have a Jack Russell...she runs the place...bossy thing that is... So what are your pets and there personalities??
ubermensch43 08-Jul-11, 13:54	Say what.....? Can't live with them? Really??..... Why?....... :" " The more I know men, the more I love dogs " (put it in quotes because it is not from me, though I can't remember where this came from but it just popped out in my mind... Anyone knows the source of this quote, please let me know...!!).
shamash 08-Jul-11, 14:02	of dogs and men some variants: The more I know about men, the more I like dogs. Gloria Allred -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. Charles de Gaulle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The more I see of the depressing stature of people, the more I admire my dogs. Alphonse de Lamartine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The more I see of men the more I like dogs. Madame de Staël -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The more one comes to know men, the more one comes to admire the dog. [French, Plus on apprend a connaître l'homme, plus on apprend a estimer le chien.] Joussenel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. Jeanne-Marie Roland --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ubermensch43 08-Jul-11, 14:30	OH! God!(that's coming from an atheist) Shamash! What a polymath!! Dear Shamash, You really impress me and that is coming from somebody who is rather an elitist (in a good way!!). You seem to be good at many more things than Chess!! I wonder what your IQ is? Accepted by MENSA perhaps? (don't have to tell, if too confidential....!!) What do you think about the following: " Plus on aime une maitresse, plus on est sur le point de la hair " (don't know how to put the "trema" on my keyboard...) or this stupidity by Rousseau " L'homme est ne bon mais la societe le deprave"...(can't you tell I am a Voltairien and an Encyclopedist!!?) I just wonder if you can cite the source of the "maitresse" quote (testing you...!!) (smile!!)..... And, I hope you are not just "Googling" the above because I am not doing that with mine...!!!!!!!
shamash 08-Jul-11, 15:29	everywhere man is free -- except in the arms of perfection It's interesting when we judge a philosopher not by his words, but his behavior. And mostly what I recall of Jean-Jacques is that he could not break free from his obsession with an Italian tart, until he found what he considered an imperfection, a mole on one breast, but not the other.
bearz2 28-Oct-11, 21:22	Triton.. For those of you that know Triton..the team and the fact i called it after my dog...i wish to let you know that he is now blind...and i fear that nature is taking it's course on the old lump... We will need to see what happens over the next few months... i hate loosing a pet...it hurts..ALOT!!!
ubermensch43 28-Oct-11, 22:55	yes... it hurts... more than a lot..!! Bearz, I feel that, man. I have been a dog lover all my life until, on a rainy, cold day, there was that beautiful cat, which kept robbing its head against my foot and followed me from the subway to my house (a five-minute walk). When I was about to enter the house, that creature was still there, still robbing his head against my foot... And... I have never been a cat lover, mind you... I just could not let this being out, in good conscience, and under the circumstances. I took him home. Named him "wildfire"... And surprise... surprise... he has been the cutest and more loving being I have ever met... He is healthy and all.... but when I even think that he will have to die someday, and even perhaps, before me, I tear up, and don't know how I will do when that happens.... Losing a pet is a very serious affair, man..! As serious even perhaps loosing a family member... I am not kidding!!!!
bearz2 09-Nov-11, 21:32	Triton.. Triton my dog is now at peace...RIP buddy..
king_0_nothing 10-Nov-11, 22:44	Sorry to hear that bearz. My condolences
ubermensch43 11-Nov-11, 03:06	Impermanence How impermanent life is! I hope that science would be advanced enough to make our death and the death of our pets a matter of choice but not of obligation. But at least, now you have the good memories, bearz, as long as your brain cells are still healthy and functioning.
bigpeta 11-Nov-11, 15:49	in praise of cats much prefer cats to dogs. currently we have 3. my fav is boris (after spassky) as he sits on my shoulder and helps me play. is this considered outside help?

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