Posted on 08/12/2004 5:28:55 AM PDT by Aquamarine
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I had never seen this heartfelt report written by you before. Glad you posted the link, makes me wonder what else I missed before I found FR and signed up.
You write very well BTW.
I love labs too although we've never owned one. Always wind up with a beagle somehow, Daisy's our third and she's been the best. The other two were boys and they were a couple of characters too.
LOL! A little competition is always good! NO OPUS, GIZ - you hear?! Just get back to work! LOL!
You must be gone by now but I thought I'd say HI anyway! :o)
"WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH 1000 AL QAEDA TERRORISTS THAN WITH A SINGLE AMERICAN"
This sign was prominently displayed in the window of a business in Philadelphia. You are probably outraged at the thought of such an inflammatory statement. One would think that anti-hate groups from all across the country would be marching on this business . . .. and that the National Guard might have to be called to keep the angry crowds back.
But, perhaps in these stressful times one might be tempted to let the proprietors simply make their statement. We are a society which holds Freedom of Speech as perhaps our greatest liberty ... And after all, it is just a sign.
You may ask what kind of business would dare post such a sign?
Answer: A Funeral Home (Who said morticians had no sense of humor?) You gotta love it!!! I do!!!!!!
Weinie
Thanks for reading it, Aqua. I was so inspired by that whole thing - my feet were frozen, as were everybody else', but the minute he and Laura descended that ramp and came into view, the *freezing and cold* were forgotten as the crowd just exploded!
Lori - pinged you because in looking back and reading that thread again, there was a FReeper whose screen name was "MamaBear" - I thought when I saw it that it was you, but there was no space between the two names, and she said she lived in Georgia I think. :) (I also think recently I've seen a "Mother Bear" screenname here - are you triplets? LOL)
Hi (((((((Pip)))))))) back at you - I was gone, came back, leaving again. Have a great evening, sweet friend. :)
Afternoon, Ladies.
This space for rent, eh? That thread from years past hit the spot for me - more refreshing than a McDonald's billboard. It was pretty interesting to read it again. Didn't do much posting around that time. It was several months before "meeting" you Billie.
Hi Dave. This space was for rent but Daisy Mae snatched it up pretty quick. :)
That is cute. It's one of those stories that causes your emotions to swing back and forth.
Beagles, Bassetts, and cockers - for some reason I think they are really cool and absolutely wonderful pets.
My old girl, she's 11, is half Chesapeake Bay Retreiver (mom) and Black Lab (dad). My little girl (she was 1 in May) is Black Lab and Chow. Hubby fell in love with her when he saw her because she reminded him of the lab/chow mix we had lost last year.
Weinie
Have your pets been featured here yet? Dutchess has a cute Pet Thread sometimes on Wednesday that has her dog Gizmo doing the cutest interviews of FReeper's pets.
It took me a while, but eventually I did become quite comfortable with their particular brand of humor and occassionaly utilized it myself."
In my case, I had a Double Whammy. Worked in and around medicine for 19 years, the last 15 in a major teaching hospital in North Carolina as a Department Secretary.
If that alone were not enough to gain warped humor, my office was across the basement hall from the Hospital Morgue. If the attendant was out and Security was busy, I stepped in to release bodies to the coroner or funeral home.
Needless to say, I learned how to put "life" in its proper place, gaining perspective that serves one well.
There were a lot of interesting lessons therein I've related here before to the regulars, but you might appreciate hearing them.
There was a major developer of malls and apartment complexes over several states who lived in Greensboro - seemed to be something of a workaholic, and his wife (in her 40's) had had some problems. One night she apparently left their bed, went to the enclosed garage and used carbon monoxide to leave this life.
It so happened when they came to take her to Raleigh for the autopsy, the Log I had to complete stated she had 'belongings.'
The transporter and I looked on the gurney and all around, and finally I spied a plastic bag on the radiator - contained the flimsy nightgown she had been wearing.
With all their millions and everything she could have wanted, it had not brought her happiness.
She left this world with what she had when she entered it - absolutely nothing...
In contrast was when I released the body of a man in his 20's who was slightly retarded, and had moved to Greensboro to stay with friends and find employment.
Unfortunately, he stepped off the curb of a major thoroughfare into the path of a moving vehicle.
Again - the Log stated he had belongings, and we looked for them.
In his case, he was still fully clothed and had a watch on his wrist and a short winter jacket.
In the pocket of the jacket and next to his heart, was The New Testament!
I thus could conclude volumes about his journey....
Then there was the time a fellow came alone to get a body, despite every funeral home in the area informed we did not furnish orderlies to assist them, and to have two come for the deceased.
This fellow was quite agitated and hostile when I showed up to release to him, amd obviously was not going to help him transfer the deceased from the autopsy gurney to his cart.
To show me just how furious he was, he attempted to "gross me out," unzipping the zipper on the body bag, exposing - well - a totally empty and wide open cavity from the breastbone to the pelvis, to shock me.
He was SO disappointed when I did not react...:))
LOL
Taking my cue from St. Paul, speaking of his afflictions, I knew the body was merely a temporary shell that encased the soul while on earth, and was not in itself morbid.
No.
And I don't think Gizmo would care for either of my girls - in their own way both are extremely ornery cusses (sorta like me)!!!!
Good Night, dear FRiend.
sleep well and dream good dreams.
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