| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | JerseyGirl689  | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2019 00:13 | | Subject: | Re: How much does your pet mean to you? | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | Just had a stroke of genius (or just a stroke  ) while replying to post
I would really like to see more pics of our member’s pet. What do you think about
showing or introduce your animal companion to the BL membership here on the forum?
I suggest a new forum subtopic, under Off Topic: Pets
Anecdotes and/or pics of your pets? Maybe of interrupting your lego work or other
mischief. Or just an introduction of your nonhuman companion, new or old. What
your pet did today
Even though we don't have furry companions (son's allergies) we really
enjoy animal pics and stories. Think most do, evidenced by it's popularity
on youtube.
What do think? Think there is enough interest to warrant a sub-topic in the forum?
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Wiggles favorite place to sleep.
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2019 18:00 | | Subject: | Re: How much does your pet mean to you? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, legoman77 writes:
| | never go to a shelter to look around
their back rooms. I was looking for a missing outdoor cat and looked in the
shelters "death" room. 80 to 90 cats waiting to be put down. I could never
go back into that room. It still affects me. I asked if I could take some home
and they said sure, but I would have to pay 130-150 dollars for each one. I
cannot forget the cold look in the worker's eyes.
I guess I just ruined my day.
John P
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Hi John. The cats in the public viewing room, sitting on used pillows and beds,
have already been cleared for adoption. Most likely, they were waiting in the
backroom at one point. Glass half-full, some of the cats you saw eventually found
a loving home. And as far as shelter employees are concerned, a kind expression
is a false hope. Don't take it personally. I've seen adoption fees drop
to $60, but it's not a free clinic.
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| Author: | JerseyGirl689 | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2019 15:08 | | Subject: | Re: How much does your pet mean to you? | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, legoman77 writes:
| | In Suggestions, cycbuild writes:
| | In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | It remains one of the saddest thoughts in my long life thinking about this. Even
as I type it, tears flow. Silly!
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What a beautiful story, Cory. Sounds like you gave that badger biter the time
of his life. 
Before moving, I'd visit a humane society that served as a hub for all shelters
in the valley. I loved the high-energy kennel with the biggest dogs you're
allowed to walk, but also walk the smaller dogs for a quick bowel movement in
parking lot bushes, a block or two. This fat roly-poly kinda thing caught my
eye one day, and we'd walk a little longer every time I stopped by. I guess
he was too fat, because one of the vet-techs told me he'd been put down not
transferred. What a crap day. Sometimes think about whether I would've been
allowed to start a 10 day-hold and other what-ifs. At the end of the day it's
easier just to shrug and say "damn you, world!"
To lighten the mood, here's a few satellite photos of a wild tribe of wolves
-source unknown
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It angers me that people seem so uncaring when it comes to domesticated animals.
While I do not have dogs and do not rescue them (have done three in the last
7 years), when I look into their eyes at the Humane Society I see a longing to
have freedom from the pens and to have someone to love that loves them. We have
four new little kitties coming to eat at night (We feed about 8-10 feral cats.)
They get there early so that they have something to eat. Some of the feral
cats seem to bring them one at a time to eat. Goldilocks, who looks like see
is going to die any day now (has looked that way for over two years now) seems
to bring a couple of them. Not sure what to do, if I try to capture one in a
trap I am afraid that the others will not come to eat.
But back to what I started to post about; never go to a shelter to look around
their back rooms. I was looking for a missing outdoor cat and looked in the
shelters "death" room. 80 to 90 cats waiting to be put down. I could never
go back into that room. It still affects me. I asked if I could take some home
and they said sure, but I would have to pay 130-150 dollars for each one. I
cannot forget the cold look in the worker's eyes.
I guess I just ruined my day.
John P
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First, thank you so much for caring for those babies, if not for you many of
them probably wouldn't survive.
Wanted to make a suggestion since you said you have new kittys. Most states
have free catch and release programs. They'll trap them, spay/neuter, vaccinate
and provide medical care if needed, then set them free where they initially trapped
them. Not the ideal solution by any means, but it does help break the cycle.
Plus, in the case of very young kittens, they often go to rescues and onto good
homes instead of being re-released. Might be worth looking into in your area.
They might be a little frightened, and/or miss a meal or two, but they'll
recover very quickly and be much healthier and better off in the long run. As
I said earlier, these programs are completely free.
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| Author: | bb316892 | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2019 11:30 | | Subject: | Re: Email vs Message systems | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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Personally I am opposite, I prefer and use on site message system, I don’t check
the email box that messages go to regularly as it’s full of notifications that
I don’t need to read.
Besides using the message system you can see if your sent message has been read.
Also in event of dispute it will be easier to present your case.
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I agree. There may be occasions when you need to do something different but
in most cases the bricklink contact system works as it should. As an old military/security
kind of guy if I am discussing a possible problem with a buyer or seller I guess
I'd rather err on the side of caution. My own phobia/train of thought quickly
leads me to "why don't they want bricklink to have a record of this conversation?"
😉
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2019 09:27 | | Subject: | Re: How much does your pet mean to you? | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | In Suggestions, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | A little late but here is my dog Skragle. I wanted to give him a name that would
be based on something Lego related so I took kragle, from The Lego Movie and
just added an S and I think it fits him perfectly.
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He's beautiful!
I like the name, too. Very creative.
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What of the noble looking individual you've had as your ID card pic, ever
since I can remember?
Do we get to know more there?
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