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~~jwb~~ · 02-03-2021, 12:11 AM

how old was your dog at the time and what was your financial status?

there are plenty of times in my life when I wouldn't pay $1000 for a dog that will live 50 years. again, priorities.
i agree that in many cases death is more humane than just prolonging life... in dogs, humans and everyone else. but i find the pointless prolonging of life in humans more understandable. like you said dogs aren't going to meaningfully interact with you, anyone else, or life in general from the death bed.

OccultHawk · 02-03-2021, 01:00 AM

Rescue dog so I don’t know

I had some money at the time

If you got $1100 $1000 is terrifying - if you got $15,000 man you’re such a good person for loving your dog

Some people think poor people shouldn’t own dogs. Idk - I think some homeless people have dogs that love life - they’re outside exploring all the time

Who knows?

Dogs just like that be fed. That’s like 99% of it I figure.

If you die your dog isn’t burning incense and saying a pray; it’s looking around for food.

Those stories like the dog waited in one spot for such and such a time for its master to come back. Secret: Someone was feeding that dog right there. Otherwise it would be out looking around. A dog ain’t like oh no hawk is in the er. The dog is like where’s my ****ing alpo.

ribbons · 02-03-2021, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Sometimes I have trouble sleeping but successfully manage my sleeping problems with sleeping pills. Thank goodness for those, especially if you're used to switching time zones frequently like I am. Problem is you get addicted quite soon (3-4 days for me, which should be enough to fix your sleeping cycle), but I've also mastered the art of slowly weaning myself off of them (just managed it again after coming back from Europe 10 days ago).

Glad you found a system that works for correcting your sleep cycle, adi (and I hope all went well on your trip). I'm hyper-sensitive to anything tranquilizing. My doctor once prescribed me a sedative, and I couldn't function the next morning and had to miss work and nearly slept the whole day away.

I was a bit worried about not falling asleep last night, but conked out as soon as my head hit the pillow.

ribbons · 02-03-2021, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

It’s not like they can reflect on Dogstoyevsky and listen to Bark as they fade away.

ftfy (I couldn't resist)

The Batlord · 02-03-2021, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ribbons

Glad you found a system that works for correcting your sleep cycle, adi (and I hope all went well on your trip). I'm hyper-sensitive to anything tranquilizing. My doctor once prescribed me a sedative, and I couldn't function the next morning and had to miss work and nearly slept the whole day away.

I was a bit worried about not falling asleep last night, but conked out as soon as my head hit the pillow.

Lol they probably thought you were a junkie.

ribbons · 02-03-2021, 08:50 AM

I was nodding-out, man.

OccultHawk · 02-03-2021, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by ribbons

ftfy (I couldn't resist)

omg you’ve gone TrollHeart

take it from me, keep taking your pills!

ribbons · 02-03-2021, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

omg you’ve gone TrollHeart

take it from me, keep taking your pills!

OccultHawk · 02-03-2021, 10:17 AM

Trollheart · 02-03-2021, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Rescue dog so I don’t know

I had some money at the time

If you got $1100 $1000 is terrifying - if you got $15,000 man you’re such a good person for loving your dog

Some people think poor people shouldn’t own dogs. Idk - I think some homeless people have dogs that love life - they’re outside exploring all the time

Who knows?

Dogs just like that be fed. That’s like 99% of it I figure.

If you die your dog isn’t burning incense and saying a pray; it’s looking around for food.

Those stories like the dog waited in one spot for such and such a time for its master to come back. Secret: Someone was feeding that dog right there. Otherwise it would be out looking around. A dog ain’t like oh no hawk is in the er. The dog is like where’s my ****ing alpo.

Yeah well maybe but....

I bet nobody was feeding this dog!
From an account about the Battle of Marathon (490 BC)

Another tale from the conflict is of the dog of Marathon. Aelian relates that one hoplite brought his dog to the Athenian encampment. The dog followed his master to battle and attacked the Persians at his master's side. He also informs us that this dog is depicted in the mural of the Stoa Poikile.

Edit: **** that's not it. Hold on...

Sorry: here it is. Battle of Aughrim (Ireland), 1691

The Jacobites lost thousands of men, including some of their best commanders, and the resistance against William was broken and defeated forever. An observer with the victorious army, with the curiously appropriate name of George Story, had this to say afterwards: "from the top of the Hill where [the Jacobite] Camp had been," the bodies "looked like a great Flock of Sheep, scattered up and down the Countrey for almost four Miles round."

The English dead were buried, but the Irish were left where they fell, their bones scattered across the battlefield, to remain there for years to come. They were left to ravens and wild dogs, some of which of the latter became so fierce that they constituted a hazard to people passing that way. A rather touchingly tragic story is told by the English author John Dunton, of a greyhound who, his master slain at the battle, remained with his corpse, guarding it until shot by a passing soldier the next January.

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

omg you’ve gone TrollHeart

take it from me, keep taking your pills!

Yeah you do not want to go that direction, trust me!
Good edit, though!

02-03-2021, 01:00 AM	#73782 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Rescue dog so I don’t know I had some money at the time If you got $1100 $1000 is terrifying - if you got $15,000 man you’re such a good person for loving your dog Some people think poor people shouldn’t own dogs. Idk - I think some homeless people have dogs that love life - they’re outside exploring all the time Who knows? Dogs just like that be fed. That’s like 99% of it I figure. If you die your dog isn’t burning incense and saying a pray; it’s looking around for food. Those stories like the dog waited in one spot for such and such a time for its master to come back. Secret: Someone was feeding that dog right there. Otherwise it would be out looking around. A dog ain’t like oh no hawk is in the er. The dog is like where’s my ****ing alpo. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

02-03-2021, 10:17 AM	#73789 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	__________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

02-03-2021, 12:11 AM	#73781 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	how old was your dog at the time and what was your financial status? there are plenty of times in my life when I wouldn't pay $1000 for a dog that will live 50 years. again, priorities. i agree that in many cases death is more humane than just prolonging life... in dogs, humans and everyone else. but i find the pointless prolonging of life in humans more understandable. like you said dogs aren't going to meaningfully interact with you, anyone else, or life in general from the death bed.

02-03-2021, 08:50 AM	#73786 (permalink)
ribbons Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,265	I was nodding-out, man.