OT: New member of the Clan :-)

Well looks like Morph will have an extra passenger soon. Rosie a rescue pup. Been and picked her out today, just waiting on an MOT from the dog warden to check we are fit parents which should be a formality as we've been there and done that several times. She looks very much like our Sally who is a Kelpie (a sort of cross between a Shepard and Collie), Black short coat and appears to be around 4 months old.

Kids are buzzing and our Sally is going to go mental, she loves play mates. I reckon a bit of mothering will take 5 years off her.

Trip to B&Q for wood to build a new Kennel and a load of puppy proofing materials for the room they will live in when getting those trash the house teething and genral distruction issues out of the way.

Tomorrow we're going back up to walk her for the sake of the kids sanity and then I think I'll go and dig some fresh holes in the garden in readiness so she feels at home.

Lee D

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Lee_D
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|| Kelpie (a sort of cross between a || Shepard and Collie)

It's lonely in them hills, you know. We mustn't judge.

Seriously, glad to hear of a good home for a rescue. Have fun.

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Richard Brookman

It's the absence of barking replaced with shouting "Yow be gerrin orf my drive, yowl be worrying my sheep skin rug" that made me suspicious... surely that wasn't normal behaviour for a dog? It may however clarify the leaning on 5 bar gates while eyeballing the postie and fondness of Landrovers.

;-)

Lee

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Lee_D

Good show!

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Mother

On or around Sun, 21 May 2006 21:27:23 +0100, "Lee_D" enlightened us thusly:

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Austin Shackles

Oh no... you mentioned the A....... word...

I'll have to hurt you now.

I reckon Machine Mart are ok for odd bits - but long ago lost the cheapest on the block award. I do like A........ though, oh dear, there I go, drooling again...

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Mother

My next job is to extend the shed - up (adding a second floow!) then add a nesting box and (covered) run for the chickens.

He'll be alright on a lead I'd have thought - best strategy for broader socialisation IMO. We've found that Max is (generally) far better behaved when left loose - rather than on a tether (also means we trip over him / the tether a bit less, too).

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Mother

In article , Austin Shackles writes

Was recommended by a pro to steer clear of 'Henry' because of serious 'cost reduction' of the motor. I think 'George' is better.

We have a Gnat which was made by ex-Numatic people using original Henry parts, including the original motor. It's done 22 years so far on the same motor and casing, although we no longer use it for building rubble. It squeaked for a while when our cleaner mistakenly thought it was a wet+dry type, but has been fine for the last couple of years. Couldn't recommend them more highly if they're still around.

Regards,

Simonm.

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SpamTrapSeeSig

On or around Mon, 22 May 2006 11:33:09 +0100, Mother enlightened us thusly:

and bloody chamine mart, too: 5l of carpet shampoo to go in such machine, 'bout 11 quid which isn't super-cheap but not pricey either. can you order it? can you ufkc. Please phone our mail order depratment. bollox to 'em, then, I'll have a look in town tomorrow morning, I bet one of the shops has something like.

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Austin Shackles

On or around Mon, 22 May 2006 17:02:08 GMT, SpamTrapSeeSig enlightened us thusly:

was especially after George 'cos of the carpet shampooing ability. need to clean the carpets and seats in the bus that's going on sale, and the bus I'm using, and the disco, and the house...

I reckon it'll pay for itself in the equivalent of about 2 trips to the car cleaning types to valet it. 'course, I could also start me own valeting service.

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Austin Shackles

Mother"

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Richard Brookman

In article , Austin Shackles writes

I get mine from a local janitorial suppliers. Not as pricey as that either.

Regards,

Simonm.

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SpamTrapSeeSig

On or around Mon, 22 May 2006 19:39:55 GMT, SpamTrapSeeSig enlightened us thusly:

yeah, I found a few online cleaning supplies types which were cheaper, too.

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Austin Shackles

Richard Brookman uttered summat worrerz funny about:

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Lee_D

ACE Janitorial in Sheffield - as commended by a skool caretaker and an office kleener - both of whom _really_ know what they're talking about

- saved me a small fortune.

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Mother

We had one of them before they'd allow Max to come live here.

Chap turned up and I got a very bad, bad, bad feeling. He 'seemed' to be the most uncooperative, unhelpful miserable wanker I'd ever met - complete fecking jobsworth who seemed to have a very large trunk (sticking it into areas I'd have prefered he kept well away from, like my little server playroom) - and an equally large chip on his shoulder. He wanted to see where 'this dog' would sleep - I (very reluctantly) showed him the corner of the bedroom - he glanced around the room and asked if it had central heating. I replied 'no' of course it doesn't, it's a 'kin bedroom and I feel it's unhealthy (have the window open even in mid-winter - have to, it's broken). As if it makes any sodding difference - IT'S A DOG - they have a massive inbuilt continental quilt duvet...

After condemning the back garden (OK, 'yard') as being too small, and grilling me as to whether I really do work from the ground floor of Poggle Wood, and making some smart arse comment about me not really looking like I get that much exercise...

... asked me if I could take more than one dog.

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Mother

It's strange, the standards and palava they go through before they'll let you have a stray dog, but anyone can have a kid without so much as a council permit.

Time we had breeding licences for humans, i think....

Alex

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Alex

I think i'd generally agree with that - or at least some kind of test before the bollocks are released from cold storage for some of the lowlife babyfathers around here.

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Mother

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