A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-17-03...."Gilligan...A Splash of...whatever!"

Dutchess and Gizmo

[dutchess]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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Flyer's Gilligan...a "Splash of Fresh...whatever!"

Good Day Finest Friends and Family. I'm heading to Texas to meet up with Flyer's Gilligan. Before I go…I need to share the note Gilligan sent me accepting my offer….Thin Man…you're going to LOVE THIS! But you gotta give him credit…an A for effort!

Dear Gizmo:

Looking forward to meeting you. .some of the story i have to tell is only from reading histry books because i didnt no dad until 1997. i will try to put it in chrokicle. . . croonilogi. . . in the order it happened wen we meet….

Luv - Gilligan

Before I begin...I hear that there were a few furry friends that paved the way for Gilligan....especially the beloved ginger and flyer....here are a few pictures....

Gizmo: So here I am in sunny Texas (brrrrr leaving the cold and snow of Ohio for the warm and sunny Texas weather!). Although Flyer is gone….typical of our freeper hosts….he has left a ton of treats and goodies for me. Suddenly Gilligan flies around the corner (flies…flyer…get it???? Okay…never mind) Hey Gilligan…nice meeting you….

Gilligan: Welcome….So….what next

Gizmo: Well…let's start at the beginning…

Gilligan: Well….dad - you'll call him Flyer - started working in the doggie business in 1990 at the Houston SPCA. He thought it was just a job for money when he started. He took care of dogs and cats and bunnies and goats and even a horse one time. They liked him (the animals and the people) so they also made him take care of the other workers too. Later he also did rescue stuff to help doggies hit by cars and cats that got stuck and possums in garages and stuff like that.

Gizmo: Wow….your daddy sounds like the best!

Gilligan: Yup! He already had one dog then. Splash was 4 years old. Then he met another dog there and liked her and took her home and called her Ginger, 2 years old. And….then he met another dog there he liked and took him home and called him Skipper. In 1993 he went to another place with dogs, Meyerland Animal Clinic. a doggie doctor place with a hotel and dad ran the hotel. This is where I met him but not yet… not until 1997.

Gizmo: So….what's with the time gap????? Don't get it bro!!!

Gilligan: I lived with another family before and had a brother. My old family got mad at each other and moved to different places and I couldn't go so they told my doctor me and my brother needed a new home. I had worms in my heart and knew it would be hard for someone to take me but dad did since he worked at the doctor place and could get me medicine there.

Gizmo: Don't want to be sentimental sappy…but….I'm getting there…..

Gilligan: I moved in with dad and splash and ginger and skipper and. . . A KITTY! I never had a kitty before and it was really neat. Have you ever had a kitty? They make very good friends… at least for some dogs. Me and Ginger… Splash and Skipper didn't think kitties made good friends.

Gizmo: So cool….how was life after that????

Gilligan: The first house where I lived with dad and splash and ginger and skipper and the kitty was small but we had a really really big yard and a pond and cows. the pond was fun for swimming but the cows were D-U-M-B! and they kick you if they don't like you.

Gizmo: Hey…we grew up with a pig farm behind us…DUMB….really DUMB!!!

Gilligan: When I first moved in I had to teach the other dogs how to eat. They would eat some food and save some for later but I taught them that any food I found left in a bowl was mine! So they all learned to eat all of their food at once. And I learned to stay away from their bowls or dad got mad at me. I always finished first and had to go sit in the corner and wait for the slow pokes to eat.

Gizmo: Wow…this is a working family!

Gilligan: I am a Golden Lab Retriever and so was Ginger. That means we are supposed to go and get stuff and bring it back. Ginger liked to practice this. She practiced and practiced and practiced. I wasn't very good at it but I tried to learn. I would go and get stuff but I wanted to keep it instead of give it back to dad. One time I had a ball and ran fast past dad and he tried to catch me and I fell and ran into a fence post and it had a nail sticking out and OUCH! dad had to take me to the place he worked and the doctors tied up my hurt spot. Believe me…. I hurt!!!!!

Gizmo: So then what???

Gilligan: 1999 was a busy year. Dad got a new job at another place that was a hotel but no doctors. It was called Fondren 5 Star Kennels. It was fancy. Some of the rooms had tv and couches and it was okay to get on the furniture. Splash was old and sick and went to wait for dad at Rainbow Bridge. and then the dumb cows came in the little yard and Skipper tried to save us and chase the cows out and he got hurt real bad and went to Rainbow Bridge too. But he did save us. And we moved to a new house so dad didn't have to go so far to work and I met two new dogs called Pongo and Dottie Sue. They were crazy dogs and had spots all over them.

Gizmo: Oh…Mom has told me about humblegunner…let's see a picture and tell me your thoughts…….

Gillian: Oh….this was one more very very important thing. Dad has let me meet a lot of his computer friends. One is very special because he makes assuage for me. His name is humblegunner. We go visit him and he cooks very good "assuage". He is my friend.

Gizmo…What a special friend…and LOVE the "assuages". Don't know if it is getting ready for the holidays,,,all the great snacks Flyer put out for us or the Texas weather…but ….I'm kind of ready for a nap….mind if I hang my hat and chill until the redeye flight….

Gillian….Man…I'm wiped out too….you're welcome to stay until tomorrow.....yawn.....

Gizmo: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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[dutchess]

[dutchess]

Welcome. It's FRPet Day..today we meet some of Flyer's special friends as told by his very special Gilligan..... Hope you stop in!

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Dutchess.

[dutchess]

Goodmoring Aeronaut. Hope you're feeling better today! Thanks, as always, for the flyover...and keeping our skys safe!

[MEG33]

Gizmo has the very best interviewing abilities.Sounds like Gilligan and his mates made it into the good times with Flyer!Thanks for another great post!

[GailA]

Good morning

[The Mayor]

I will never leave you nor forsake you. —Hebrews 13:5

Fear will leave us when we remember that God is always with us.

[The Mayor]

December 17, 2003

Never Alone

Read: Hebrews 13:5-6

I will never leave you nor forsake you. —Hebrews 13:5

Bible In One Year: Hebrews 11-13

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Robinson Crusoe, the chief character in a novel by Daniel Defoe, was shipwrecked and stranded on an uninhabited island. Life was hard, but he found hope and comfort when he turned to the Word of God.

Crusoe said, "One morning, being very sad, I opened the Bible upon these words, 'I will never, never leave thee, nor forsake thee.' Immediately it occurred that these words were to me; why else should they be directed in such a manner, just at the moment when I was mourning over my condition, as one forsaken of God and man?

"'Well then,' said I, 'if God does not forsake me, . . . what matters it, though the world should all forsake me . . . ?' From this moment I began to conclude in my mind that it was possible for me to be more happy in this forsaken, solitary condition than it was probable that I should ever have been in any other state in the world; and with this thought I was going to give thanks to God for bringing me to this place."

Have you been forsaken by a friend, a child, a spouse? God has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you" (Hebrews 13:5). So you too can say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?" (v.6). —David Roper

When all around me is darkness
And earthly joys have flown,
My Savior whispers His promise
Never to leave me alone. —Anon.

Fear will leave us when we remember that God is always with us.

[F14 Pilot]

Bump~!

[humblegunner]

That was a GREAT interview with Gilligan!
Gizmo does it again.. and the next time we have a big mess
of sausages..er, "assuages" Giz is certainly welcome! ;-)

[iceskater]

Excellent job, as always, Giz!

Hope you're doing ok, dutchess.

[Flyer]

Hey, that's MY dog! I was wondering who he had over the other day when he told me to spend the whole day Christmas shopping. Good job Gizmo, and be sure to take Humblegunner up on that offer for assuage.

[Flyer]

A ping for some of Gilligan's computer friends.

And a WOOF! of encouragement for the Dread Boston Salty who is off at boot camp.

[Pippin]

Hi, (((Flyer)))!

You have a neat dog!:O)

[Pippin]

Good Morning, ((Humble))

Long time, no post, LOL!

How are you doing?

[Pippin]

((((Dutchess))))!

[Pippin]

Good Morning (((Aeronaut)))!

[Pippin]

Good Morning (((MEG)))!

[Flyer]

Howdy Pippin. It sure is cold here in Houston but Gilligan thinks it's perfect. Goofy dog!

[Pippin]

Good Morning (((Gail)))!