Posted on 01/10/2014 4:51:53 AM PST by tioga
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “Word for the Day”.
Chivy
Verb
Also: chivvied or chivied, chivvying or chivying, chivvies or chivies
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Absolutely. I’m just trying to retrain his brain from using that other word. It’s not the least bit flattering.
Have you seen Deadwood?
Deadwood?
Don’t they make Viagra for that
/rimshot
Last time I tried to write that, I forgot the the, and got arrested!
No. The cowboy HBO series?
Well we haven’t had HBO for a 100 years so I didn’t know it was on there but I was looking up other Tim Olyphant roles.
The guy from the Die Hard movie? He’s good.
Oh I hadn’t heard that -
HD is it me or does that phrase just have...unnatural effects...lol
HD is it me or does that phrase just have...unnatural effects...lol
The first few days I was here, a curious Yorkie wearing a purple sweater kept coming through a space in the fence and bouncing around. Because he triggered a prey response in Husky girl-the avid look, stealthy approach, etc-I wouldn’t let her interact with him-I’ve heard that Huskies are that way, and should not be trusted with small creatures that are not part of their “pack”.
The Yorkie was back again early this morning, and his owner came running down the road with a leash, frantically calling-I said he’s right here, took him to the gate, she thanked me, and off they went. The little dog is cute, about the size of Titus, and would certainly fit in a “green” cloth bag-not a purse-but Husky girl seems to think he is food...
Awwww would she eat Jules and chan???
Definitely not Jules. He’s a big ole boy.
I really don’t know-the smaller the animal, the more interested she is-like most dogs, she goes after squirrels and neighbors’ cats-but the three cats in the house are “her” cats, members of her pack that she plays with and protects.
When I fostered three tiny abandoned kittens for the animal shelter several years ago, she would get that avid look and actually drool every time I had them out of their nursery box to bottle feed and cuddle. I breathed a sigh of relief when they were old enough to go up for adoption, and decided right then that Husky girl was untrustworthy around something so small and fragile as a kitten under 3-4 months old...
From all I’ve read/heard, she is a bit nicer than a lot of her breed-Huskies are not known for being nice to smaller animals not part of the family. As much as she is s good dog, I just won’t trust her with an animal of edible size.
If Jules weighs much over 13-14 pounds or so, Husky girl probably would think of him as a fellow canine, rather than a prey item.
Oliver is 19 and Gatsby is 65. Tobias, the ungrateful shelter cat aka Rolling Thunder Revue when he’s upstairs, weighs in at a mighty 8. The chooks are all probably 6-8 each.
Gatsby is a big boy, isn’t he? Husky girl is about 70 lbs, a fairly large Siberian Husky-close to Malamute size. The Alaskan ones-a newer breed-have been bred to be smaller, faster and a bit less furry...
Midget girl, my smallest ungrateful shelter cat weighs 6 lbs, Titus is 13 lbs, and Yeti boy 22. Your chickens are getting big, too-do you ever intend to eat any of them, or are they just egg producers? When I have chickens, I can’t ever bring myself to eat any of them-a failing I freely acknowledge...
No, we won’t eat our pet chickens. I did mention to the family that we could cremate them and enjoy the smell.
Gag, choke! Burning feathers-well remembered from ranch days-is one of the few smells that can make me sick, instantly-another is fresh asphalt being used for paving-awful, just the thought makes me shudder-glad I’m going for a hike and won’t eat for awhile...
May I suggest carting the chickens to the woods after their demise instead? That will benefit the scavenger critters and take any mess or odor away from the home-even goats that perish are normally dealt with like that out here-taken to an unpopulated area where vultures and other scavengers make short work of them-I’ve come upon many sets of bones hiking in or near the forest.
No, they are egg-laying pets. No humans will eat these girls.
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