Doggie Play Day (fun action photos)

In article ,
shore.TakeThisOut@panix.com (Melinda Shore) wrote:

> In article ,
> Janet Boss wrote:
> >Have yet to figure out the "nose mitten" that works.
>
> Snot Spot: http://www.snotspotgear.com/

I get enough odd looks on the bus at it is...! Although it probably
would guarantee me a seat to myself.

> Although I do think you're missing something special if you
> haven't been outside in cold enough temperatures and working
> hard enough to experience ... the snotsickle!

We won't even get into the fun with frozen snot and facial hair...
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Melinda Shore wrote:

> Although I do think you're missing something special if you
> haven't been outside in cold enough temperatures and working
> hard enough to experience ... the snotsickle!

Um, thanks no.

Don't get me wrong, I do love walks on snowy days when it's not too
bitter, and I think the winter landscape is beautiful. I would never
want to live somewhere without seasons, but I still despise cold. Upper
20s and up if there's no wind and I'm moving can be fine.
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"Janet Boss" wrote in message:

> Nice is a relative term! It did get up to about 45 with sun yesterday,
> but my early class (8:45) was a bit brisk.

We tried to go on a long hike at Manassas Battlefield Park yesterday. The
operative word being *tried*.

Note to self: When the weather is described as blustery, don't go for long
walks in wide open spaces where the wind is blowing your 80 pound dog
sideways.

Suja
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In article ,
"Suja" wrote:

>
> We tried to go on a long hike at Manassas Battlefield Park yesterday. The
> operative word being *tried*.
>
> Note to self: When the weather is described as blustery, don't go for long
> walks in wide open spaces where the wind is blowing your 80 pound dog
> sideways.

Yikes! Pretty windy today too, and Thursday is supposed to have high
winds. EVERY Thursday has been high winds lately - a weird cycle.

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Janet Boss wrote:

> In article ,
> "Alison" wrote:
>
>> Looks like the weather is nice where
>> you are.
>
> Nice is a relative term! It did get up to about 45 with sun yesterday,
> but my early class (8:45) was a bit brisk.
>

Anything over 32F is nice in my book.

Nick
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diddy wrote:

> Janet Boss spoke these words of wisdom
> in
> I feel about the same way
>> about snowmobiles as I do about jetskis - a lot of idiots seem to be out
>> on them, and I just don't think I want to join them!
> I have been on them. When necessary for emergencies (Blizzard of 78-79)
> And it was ok. But an ATV is a lot more practical every day (used in
> cutting down trees, moving logs, relocating wagons of chopped wood,
> gardening, hunting/trapping, excercising dogs, snow blowing driveways, and
> when used for play, a lot more versatile (12 months of the year) and just
> as thrilling. We only use our ATV only in authorized areas. It seems most
> snowmobile activity is done illegally on public roads, through trespassing
> in farmer's fields, and often used to harrass livestock by the trespassing
> interlopers. It seems MOST snowmobilers are self centered thrill seeking,
> trespassing asses.

We had some cruising through our back field this winter. We didn't
witness them though, just the tracks. What really sucks is there is
nothing you can do about it unless the police were to catch them in the
act. They also are so loud that they wake my wife up when they go
flying down the road illegally at 2 am.

>
> I've hated them ever since I got a puppy back in winter of 1982, and was
> standing on a street corner n town (at that time, my property) and had a
> postage stamp yard.
> I took my brand new doberman puppy outside to potty. It was bitterly cold.
> So I stood behind a pine tree to break the wind, while waiting for him to
> do his thing on a 30 foot line. The snowmobiler did not see me, but he ran
> down my puppy and killed it.

I worry that whoever was trespassing through my back field could do the
same thing to Yoda. He runs around the field when we take him out and
we usually stand by the back of the house, out of sight in the direction
the snowmobiler entered the field from.

>
> After that, I strung a cable throat high to a snowmobile and painted it
> white all around my yard. It didn't bring my puppy back, but it did stop
> the snowmobile tresspassing in the town yard.

I always thought about putting up reenforced low walls that will
trash their snowmobile and send them flying. But I figured my insurance
would get sued, even though they are the ones trespassing.

> I hate them. I hate them all. Having cattle gards kept the horses in, but
> it allowed snowmobilers to access and chase them as well. I had to put up
> a gate.
> Snomobilers seem to have no common sense. I hope they all darwin themselves
> in their stupidity. I really do.

I do to. I wish someone would enact a knee jerk law banning
snowmobiles.

Nick
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In article ,
Nick wrote:
>I do to. I wish someone would enact a knee jerk law banning
>snowmobiles.

But not guns, right?
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Robin Nuttall wrote:

>
> hate having to put on 16 things to go to the mailbox.
>

16 things?

1. Shorts
2. Carhartt
3. knee high boots

I count 3 assuming I didn't have anything on to begin with. (Not saying
I lay around naked, just doing a worst case count)

Nick
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Janet Boss wrote:

> In article ,
> Tara Green wrote:
>
>>
>> That's easy to fix.
>>
>> Below 0 temps and that snot crystallizes
>> right up!
>
> Ok, that's just really gross! I also don't think it's true, as much as
> it seems like a good solution!
>

Yeah, you've got to change the freezing temp as a result of whatever is
in your snot. Figure ~sub -10 and you've got snot crystals.

Nick
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Melinda Shore wrote:

> In article ,
> Nick wrote:
>>I do to. I wish someone would enact a knee jerk law banning
>>snowmobiles.
>
> But not guns, right?

Correct.

Do we really want to make an offhand remark demonstrating my level of
dislike for snowmobiles into a gun argument?

Nick
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In article ,
Nick wrote:
>Do we really want to make an offhand remark demonstrating my level of
>dislike for snowmobiles into a gun argument?

Not a gun argument, a situational libertoonianism argument.
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Melinda Shore wrote:

> In article ,
> Nick wrote:
>>Do we really want to make an offhand remark demonstrating my level of
>>dislike for snowmobiles into a gun argument?
>
> Not a gun argument, a situational libertoonianism argument.

On principal I wouldn't support a ban of snowmobiles. I wish for it for
the same reason I wish they had never been invented. Both are
unrealistic and would never happen. I'm sure that in responsible hands
they can be a lot of fun. I just have never met a responsible
snowmobiler.

I hope they are out there.

And since we are on the topic of guns. I picked up my CPL from the
county clerk's office this morning. I no longer have to unload my
magazines when going to the gun range.

Nick
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In article ,
Nick wrote:
>I just have never met a responsible
>snowmobiler.

I think you need to spend more time outside. There are tons
of responsible snowmobilers - probably more than there are
irresponsible ones.
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