RottieGrrrl

One of the best lines ever from a TV show. "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" WKRP in Cincinnati Thanksgiving Turkey Drop Remember WKRP was doing a radio promotion to drop a thousand turkeys on Thanksgiving day from a helicopter for people?

Hey, you're dealing with somebody who had cheat-sheets for the Intermediate Class on Interpertation and Prophecy.

:lol: I guess that would make me an idiot genius who puts more time into cheating than studying. Just like I was in School!!!!!! :lol: I think you're all just jealous. :P I'm not giving anything up for free. 5 bucks an answer.

Thanks for sharing you story WG! It's neat to listen to other pet owners who have been through similar stuff with their dogs! An angel must have been with your dog! I bet your pooch is worth every penny too. Sounds like a sweetie.

I'm not going to give away any cheats. though I HAVE ALL OF THEM PRINTED OUT IN FRONT OF ME! And I tested them and made sure they are correct. (Hey! It's a Friday! Get off my back!) But I will let you know that if you screw up on the second level and need to get back to the second level instead of going through the whole dang thing again. The password to get back to the second level is...APPLE I also have the passwords for the 3rd and 4th (final level) also.

I think I found a page with some cheats. But I'm not going to post any. BTW my nerd score is......... 86% scored higher (more nerdy), 1% scored the same, and 13% scored lower (less nerdy). What does this mean? Your nerdiness is: Not nerdy, but then again maybe not all that cool either. In other words I'm an idiot.

Safari thanks, I'm going to try it later when I get a chance. :)

Well I need to ask for some cheats. I can't get past that pyramid number thing where the top number is 39. I actually can't believe I got through the truck symbol thing. Did I get lucky or something? What was that about?

Jim thanks! I am learning more and more that many others have gone through this (and worse!) WD: I've looked into pet insurance but at her age with 2 operations under the belt already, I'm sure there would be all sorts of "small writing" excluding her from stuff they know would be particular to her situation. It's probably best to get it while they are still pups. The thing is, when she was younger I was struggling a lot more and I couldn't have health insurance for myself, much less buying it for her! Plus I never in my wildest dreams though I would end up spending this much money! But many moons from now, (Nico will live a long life) I will take that into consideration. ;)

SO THAT's What it was! I think they give you some slack on that. Because I clicked the devil on both times I did it and the duh! appeard and when I moved my cursor around some symbol appeared like @duh! (something like that) and I clicked it and it let me move on.

She was born December 5, 2000

Thanks Dot, but this is the big reason I don't want more than one dog. You just don't know what will happen. If I didn't have the money I would just have to leave her as is and hope for healing as best as it could. Geez, with the money I've spent on both her legs I could have had a boob job!

And just to make sure I completely and thoroughly waste everyone's time. Here is..........The Idiot Test 2!

Thanks Linda! I'm still taking her to work with me. The surgeon told me I can. She is noticably different though. Maybe a combonation of her injury and the Rimadyl she's on. She's not being a pain in the butt like she usually is, she is just lying around. I drop her off next Wednesday at 7am and pick her up the next day between 11am and 5pm. The Dr. said she may be able to go back to work with me within days as long as I moniter her activity. but the surgeon just called me yesterday and said her blood work looks great, she's ready to go, and not to worry, she will be back to her old snotty self in no time. Just like kids, you get mad at them for misbehaving, but when they get sick and are just lying around, you long for the days that they cause you trouble!

Okay for all you smarty pants who thinks that idiot test is too easy... The Genius Test I didn't even bother trying to get past "dumb" with this one. It even took me a few trys to get past the first question! Sigh.

This is frustrating as hell. If you told me you passed it on your first, second or third try... I WONT BELIEVE YOU! The Idiot Test

I never saw the view either. I don't care for those "women bonding" shows, even the Christian ones like Aspiring Women, which is like a Christian Woman's The View. I have nothing in common with those women nor do I want to. Too many memories of feeling out of place in Wayferland Stepfordville I guess. I always felt like the lone soul on Noah's Ark.

When Pigs Fly Bush's Beans You mean THIS commercial? You're not talking about sweet Psalmie are you? I'm a little slow, haven't seen her for awhile though

1200 bucks, geez that's a HUGE difference! This is about the same cost as the last leg at a different animal hospital, so perhaps this is a different type of operation or just a regional difference. Sorry about your golden! How long ago did it happen and how is the other leg? Jumping out to chase a squirrel. Sigh. These dogs are as much trouble as kids I think.

Actually it's not uncommon at all. There are certain breeds that are more prone to this than others, and after one breaks there is a greater probability than not, that the other one will go. It's really not a break, I should clairify, it's more like a torn ligament I guess, or a blown knee? I don't have the vet stuff in front of me. Of course, even if somebody had told me that this might happen when I got a rott, your always thinking, Not to me it wont. And she is a well bred dog too. No hip problems whatsover. When they originally told me the other leg might go out after the first operation, I was thinking, not to me it won't. Now I find out if it DOESN'T happen you are in the minority!

Of course it's better it happened here than at the dog camp. That would have been a nightmare, and I wouldn't get any money back. The leg was probably going to blow at any time, and now at least like the surgeon said after this one heals, there is a minimal risk of either one ever blowing again. I GUESS THAT'S THE BRIGHT SIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I was all set to take Nico to the dog/people camp Memorial Day weekend. I had put down a 100 dollar deposit on it, in JANUARY!!! That's how quick the camp fills up. We had our own room in a lodge, and I had just taken her to the vet a week ago last Saturday, to get her up to dates on all her shots and heartworm, and flea/tick prevention, and get a vets release for the camp, and then I paid the balance of the 525 dollars for the camp. Then just last Saturday I have her at the dog park to try to get her into shape after a long lazy winter and she sees this young boxer that she had met just the Saturday before in the vets waiting room and was playing with. She RECOGNIZES this dang dog from half a mile off, and RUUUUUNS over to play with her. She is a big stocky dog and thinks she can keep up with a young agile dog, and 15 minutes later, BOOM. She busts her right rear leg. She did this 2 years ago last February with her left leg, playing with another young bouncy boxer! So another 3000 dollar operation (this is the CHEAPER operation!) and Dog Camp is out. I'm afraid to let her play with other dogs ever again! I'm so disappointed I could spit. I had mutts all my life and never spent money like this. But I love her, what am I supposed to do? If I couldn't afford it I guess I would let her try to heal as best she could on her own, but damn. I'm just venting now. I was really upset before, but now I'm calming down.

Great links all! Thanks! :)

Geez Garth, I didn't know which part of your thing to quote, it was all good. But that was my fave. Gee we do have laws against murder and rape and the like. I guess the criminals don't pay much attention to the proper laws like the rest of us do.

That's Thelma (Jucier than a barrel full of corn squeezens) Lou! And I take my fried chicken recipe straight from the official Aunt Bee cookbook. Sudo I hear ya. There was a church in Georgia a few years back that was holding adult bible classes based on an episode on TAGS they would watch. They wouldn't show the shows like Otis raising hell on a cow he thought was a horse (he bought it while he was drunk) but those shows had a message. Which from what I read is just what Andy intended. Here is an interesting piece on Aunt Bee from findadeath.com (love that site) ******************************************************************************** ************************* We all remember her for her role in The Andy Griffith Show, and thanks to my friends Cathy and Dave Bradford of North Carolina, we now can SEE where she lived her final days. Here's the buzz on Bee: The show that won her an Emmy ended in 1968, and in 1972 - Frances retired to Siler City, North Carolina. She’d visited the town previously during local celebrations, and fell in love with it, and bought a house on West Elk Street. During her time in Siler City – she avoided fans and interviews like the plague. This aside, she supposedly made many friends in the area, and a lot of them called her, "Aunt Bee." Inevitably, some idiot would come and knock on her door, looking for Sheriff Andy or some such nonsense. I don’t blame her for being a bit apprehensive, but I think she was losing her marbles. Andy Griffith once did an interview with Ralph Emery, and the subject of Frances came up. He said that both he and Ron Howard tried visiting her in Siler City. Unannounced. She flipped. Later, a mutual friend of theirs called Andy, and said that Frances wanted to talk to him. Andy called her, and she told him that she was sorry they never got along better. She told him that she had suffered two heart attacks and cancer. Andy said in the interview that it wasn’t that they didn’t get along, it was just that she didn’t always feel up to playing the role. Hmm. She was admitted to the Chatham Hospital, the day before Thanksgiving, 1989. She was kept in the coronary care unit for two weeks, and finally discharged on Monday, December 4. She died in this house on Wednesday, December 6. Heart Failure. She was 86 years old. Upon her death, whoever went in the non-curtained house found it reeking of cat ...., which is one of the worst smells on the planet. The plaster was peeling, the carpets frayed, and the upholstery worn. She didn’t keep a tidy home. She had 14 cats (ugh.), and their litter box was the basement shower. Not in it, it was it. Supposedly, Frances spent most of her time in a large back room, sparsely furnished with a bed, a desk, a television and an end table. The only mementoes they found were a few hats and dresses that she wore on the show. In the garage they found a blue 1966 Studebaker, with four flat tires. (This just in from Findadeath.com friend Bill Gregory Terlecki, "Aunt Bee drove a 1964, I think that was the year, Studebaker Lark. Way after that date, she would drive herself to the studio in it. It was pea green. This I know as fact, as I use to be in the Studebaker Packard club in Vancouver area, and the monthly magazine did an article about it.") Supposedly it was the same car that she drove in Mayberry, RFD. Cool. The last time she used the car was in 1983 – for a trip to the grocery store. In all, her estate was worth $700,000 (not too shabby) and her possessions were worth just under $32,000. I have no funeral information for Frances, but I do know that she is buried in the nearby Oakwood Cemetery. Her tombstone says "Aunt Bee" on it. In her will, Frances bequeathed her house to the Moore Memorial Hospital, in Pinehurst. The contents of the house went to the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television. The cats were found homes, well, except for one that got away. On Saturday, June 2, 1990 – there was an auction held of Frances’s belongings. Fans lined up to pick over things like velvet hats and white gloves (which Frances really wore), and even her old contracts from The Andy Griffith Show. All in all, there were 800 items for sale. Boy, I bet they wished that Ebay existed then. They could have made a killing. Findadeath.com friend Kay sent in this piece of trivia: Aunt Bee--Frances--whatever...in light of her...eccentricities, shall we say, it is perhaps surprising that she filmed her last movie, Benji (yes, the dog story), in the Dallas, TX area in 1974...she played the old lady whose cat Benji chased every day.. Trivia from Findadeath.com friend Jim: I was told that Howard Morris (Ernest T. Bass) couldn't abide Frances Bavier. Their feud supposedly came to a head during an episode he was directing. Morris was placing actors on the set. He said: "Frances? I'd like to move you over here." Frances was sensitive about her considerable girth, and real or imagined slights. She turned on Morris and snarled, "Nobody will `move' me!!!! I am not a sofa! I am not a dining room table!! How dare you?!!!!!" She did this in front of cast and crew. Morris told my friend it was all he could do to hold himself back from slugging her in the jaw.