So if you didn't do anything airgun related what did you do today?

[Blowpipe Sam]

Sat under a tornado watch and then a warning until after noon.  The skies were stormy and the wind was howling so I bravely told captain E that he could take out the first boat. 

When He got back safely I figured it was safe for us more experienced seadogs to take the next boat.

[buellm2]

Freezing rain and then snow on tree branches pushed some of the branches down onto my driveway.  Wife doesn't like driving past them and having them rub her car so I went out and did some pruning.   33 degrees, cloudy, no precipitation so good weather for pruning.   While I was outside, I scooped up a lot of semi-frozen dog pooperinos from the lawn.   Simba gets very excited when he sniffs out one of his turds decomposing under the snow.   Then he digs it up and tries to eat it before we catch him and yell at him.   We've had classier dogs.

I always think of these things when I see a dipstick letting their dog lick them on the face, mouth and inside their mouths too. Eat sh** is supposed to be an insult not an invitation.

It's only an invitation if you're a certain type of dog.   My dog is not much of a licker and I probably get tongue to face contact from him no more than once a year.  I've heard that a dogs saliva is much more of an antiseptic than human saliva but I'm not interested in any dog licking the inside of my mouth, poop eater or not.

[avator]

Rambo has never licked. He'll turn his head if you try to get close to his face.
Boss, on the other hand, is a sneak attacker. I don't trust her at all. She is also known to snack on deer and rabbit pellets.. among other disgusting things.

[buellm2]

Yup, deer and rabbit poops are a treat.   Wonder if they taste gamey.

[avator]

Yup, deer and rabbit poops are a treat.   Wonder if they taste gamey.

I imagine they taste like poop.. 
I wouldn't know one way or the other.

[Jshooter71]

I busted my butt yesterday on the kitchen plumbing… it was a lot of grease and hair and gunk… and the the vent pipe clogged from the bottom up. All the snaking and hot water & liquid heat helped, but I wound up on the roof pouring boiling water down the vent pipe followed with blasts of dry nitrogen until it was cleared. Then I had a mess to cleanup. Got everything flowing and mess cleaned up around 1630…thankfully, I was home from work because of the snow.

[uglymike]

I deliver hot meals once a week thru our local senior center to the folks who are too old or crippled up to get downtown. Less than an hour, dollar or 2 of gas, gives me something to do.

[avator]

Good on you Mike.

[buellm2]

I deliver hot meals once a week thru our local senior center to the folks who are too old or crippled up to get downtown. Less than an hour, dollar or 2 of gas, gives me something to do.

My wife and I do something similar through a "Meals on Wheels" program.  It ends up taking a lot longer than just the driving.   I think a lot of these folks get pretty lonely and they can be talkative once they've seen you a few times.   Some of them have pretty interesting life stories.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

I have my dogs train to not lick me. Hank is tall enough that even though I am 6' tall he could lick my chin while still standing on all four feet by just tipping his head back and stretching his neck and shooting out his long tongue (he use to do it occasionally).  I have not been successful in training him to stop nudging with his nose or chin though. It seems the best time to nudge me is immediately after eating or drinking while his face is a bit messy, especially if I just put on a clean shirt. 

  He is a loving big dork.

[avator]

Rambo was born a non licker and I wasn't the one that raised Boss and you can't teach an old dog new tricks. At least not THAT dog.

[Madd Hatter]

Got another one of dogs going to go over the rainbow bridge today. He had a seizer about 6 weeks ago and then another 3 days ago and then yesterday. Once every 6 weeks or so and we'd let it go but 2 a day apart we've decided it's time. We're afraid he's going to start seizing and not stop until he dies and don't want him to go that way. He's a couple of weeks shy of 16 so he's lived a pretty long life.

Might have to put our big guy down soon also. He's having problems getting up and weights around 100 lbs. It's said that things come in 3's

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Training Hank (the big dork) was different, he is very smart but, he seems to have ADD or ADHD. He did whatever he had at the top of his list until he learned/I learned how to keep his attention. He obeys me very well but moves comically slow while doing what I tell him to a lot of the time. It seems like he is moving with apprehension, confusion, or reluctant submission while always being perfectly obedient. He just looks like a slow motion video, when he lays down he always lowers his front first and then his back end. If I tell him all the way down he will lay on his side with his head down too. He walks on a leash perfectly with no pulling ahead. Off leash he comes when called (or if we call the other dog, LOL, he doesn't want to miss out of anything). He follows my wife from room to room except when I go out side then he wants to be with me. He is a great dog but, also a pretty good anchor making it difficult for both of us to leave home for long together.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Got another one of dogs going to go over the rainbow bridge today. He had a seizer about 6 weeks ago and then another 3 days ago and then yesterday. Once every 6 weeks or so and we'd let it go but 2 a day apart we've decided it's time. We're afraid he's going to start seizing and not stop until he dies and don't want him to go that way. He's a couple of weeks shy of 16 so he's lived a pretty long life.

Might have to put our big guy down soon also. He's having problems getting up and weights around 100 lbs. It's said that things come in 3's

 :'(
  I know it's hard to say bye to pets. When we took our last Great Dane to the Vet and found out she had cancer, we said goodbye and came home without her, it was tough because she seemed fine except for a bump on her front leg. But the bump was exploded bone and we could not keep her alive selfishly, knowing she was in pain.

[avator]

Got another one of dogs going to go over the rainbow bridge today. He had a seizer about 6 weeks ago and then another 3 days ago and then yesterday. Once every 6 weeks or so and we'd let it go but 2 a day apart we've decided it's time. We're afraid he's going to start seizing and not stop until he dies and don't want him to go that way. He's a couple of weeks shy of 16 so he's lived a pretty long life.

Might have to put our big guy down soon also. He's having problems getting up and weights around 100 lbs. It's said that things come in 3's

 :'(
  I know it's hard to say bye to pets. When we took our last Great Dane to the Vet and found out she had cancer, we said goodbye and came home without her, it was tough because she seemed fine except for a bump on her front leg. But the bump was exploded bone and we could not keep her alive selfishly, knowing she was in pain.

Sad to hear and I know this day is coming.

[Ronno6]

I'm sorry........I do not understand the nature of the question...........

[avator]

It's a basic collection of random thoughts from madmen.

[Madd Hatter]

Got another one of dogs going to go over the rainbow bridge today. He had a seizer about 6 weeks ago and then another 3 days ago and then yesterday. Once every 6 weeks or so and we'd let it go but 2 a day apart we've decided it's time. We're afraid he's going to start seizing and not stop until he dies and don't want him to go that way. He's a couple of weeks shy of 16 so he's lived a pretty long life.

Might have to put our big guy down soon also. He's having problems getting up and weights around 100 lbs. It's said that things come in 3's

 :'(
  I know it's hard to say bye to pets. When we took our last Great Dane to the Vet and found out she had cancer, we said goodbye and came home without her, it was tough because she seemed fine except for a bump on her front leg. But the bump was exploded bone and we could not keep her alive selfishly, knowing she was in pain.

Sad to hear and I know this day is coming.

Thanks guys. I've never really got attached to him but my wife is. He's a long haired mini dachshund. Our last dachshund we have.

[Sqrl Klr]

I have my dogs train to not lick me. Hank is tall enough that even though I am 6' tall he could lick my chin while still standing on all four feet by just tipping his head back and stretching his neck and shooting out his long tongue (he use to do it occasionally).  I have not been successful in training him to stop nudging with his nose or chin though. It seems the best time to nudge me is immediately after eating or drinking while his face is a bit messy, especially if I just put on a clean shirt. 

  He is a loving big dork.

My 200lb mastiff made a mess after eating drinking from the slobber but I never let him lick my face so he never tried. He was bad about racking me with his wagging tail and farting the house up though.


Climbed the fence to mend the loose barb wire back tight to several posts from a tree fall 2yrs previous now that all the brush died off and settled where I could get in there to fix the fence. Cut some wire then attached it to one on the fence that was broke then stapled it to the post. Now no more critters can walk through there like they have been lately.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

 I worked around our house in town. I got some weeds taken care of and went through some papers in the house and got the trash can filled up by 4:30PM when it finally got picked up. The wind was bad and the reason I quit working outside when I did. Right before I left the wind died completely so I swept the driveway and carport too.