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 2004-09-01 1:31 PM |
Master  1902    Berkeley, CA |  Subject: Relevant to practically nobody but meOn Monday, one of my housemates pets died (no... not the cat who cannot clean it's own butt). A rabbit... named Pumpkin. Housemate very sad, of course. I like pets, especially my own, but rarely get attached to anyone else's, so it didn't rock my world, but I felt for my housemate. Anywho. She wanted to have a little ceremony and bury it in the backyard. OK. Fine. I can handle that. So we find out that the hole needs to be a minimum of 3 feet deep. Ok, dig. Oops no shovel. Alright. We've got trowels. Dig, dig, dig. This is not going to work. Borrow from neighbor, fine. We dig. Roots. Well crap. Dig again. Roots again. My arms feel like they're falling off and we haven't even gotten to the final gravesite. One last option, so we begin to dig. Oops ant colony lives here. Too bad for ant colony. Yikes, I've got ants crawling all over me! Help. Here's a little water to speed you on your way boys! Dig, dig, dig. Hmm, ground is VERY hard. Let's soften it up with some water. Ok, done. Dig, dig, dig. Wet sticky clay-lilke mud everywhere. Dig, dig, dig. Ugh. Can someone measure this whole for me? 2 feet. Ok, no problem. Almost there. Dig. Holy crap! Fell into hole. Shoe got sucked off. That's all right. It's just my FAVORITE PAIR OF BIRKENSTOCKS EVER! Mud is everywhere. What's that???!!?? Stupid ants. Give me the creeps. Dig, dig, dig. Ok, we must be there. Measure. 2 feet 2 inches. How is that possible i've been digging forever!!! You can't have measured correctly. Hmm. 2 feet 1 inches. See, I told you... Ugh. Dig, dig, dig. Can someone bring me a flashlight? Dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig 2 feet 8 inches. Holy mother of God!! I cannot dig anymore!! I just... I can't... Don't you think this will be ok?? Please?? My arms are noodles. No we don't want the raccoons to tear poor Pumpkin apart. Don't worry. Dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig. Ummm... what do you think if put a layer of heavy rocks over Pumpkin? Dig, dig, dig, dig. Rocks we'll be ok??? Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! Let's get Pumpkin. He's got rigomortis??? That's ok. Perfectly natural. Do you want me to put him in? OK. Ummm.... he's got rigomortis. I know you told me that already. What I mean is... he's got rigomortis!! He doesn't fit in the hole. No. I'm pretty sure we can't put him in upright. That sort of negates the 3 foot rule. No I can not dig. I physically no longer able to dig. Yes, I've run a marathon, I've finished a 1/2 IM. But I cannot dig another scoop of dirt out of this too narrow whole. Umm. Can we... squish him in?? Just a little?? I promise you, Pumpkin won't mind. Push, push, PUSH. Ok. Flowers, poem, pray for Pumpkin's owner, list of 10 good things about Pumpkin. Tears. Rocks, dirt, dirt, dirt. How is it possible that a hole that took 2 hours to dig can be filled in in under 30 seconds. It just seems wrong. Sigh. Pet to human ratio has fallen from 4:4 to 3:4. R.I.P. D |
 2004-09-01 1:38 PM in reply to: #56334 |
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| 2004-09-01 2:03 PM in reply to: #56337 |
| Master 1902 Berkeley, CA | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me Even Eileen was laughing. It was just ridiculous. There we stood--head to toe in mud with a very stiff bunny in our hands, contemplating burying him upright. Hmmm. D |
| 2004-09-01 2:48 PM in reply to: #56334 |
Expert 1279 Northern VA | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me How did you log that workout???? Oh, I think I found it under "Sports" - Squash??? Gary Edited by glf33 2004-09-01 2:51 PM |
| 2004-09-01 2:50 PM in reply to: #56410 |
| Master 1902 Berkeley, CA | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me Hmm. Hadn't thought of that. Dang it, that's right!! Strength training definitely, but there was some mental game going on there too. Dana |
| 2004-09-01 5:12 PM in reply to: #56334 |
Master 2233 Mechanicsburg, PA | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me I truly feel for you. Similar experience burying my pet Iguana at 10:00PM in December (She passed during a Christmas party that we got home late from and we were leaving the next day to go on vacation). Think frozen tundra... I couldn't figure out if I should laugh or cry  Thank goodness I didn't break her tail off or I would have lost it for sure... -Frank |
| 2004-09-01 5:52 PM in reply to: #56334 |
| Expert 1164 New Port Richey | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me What a great friend you are Dana!!! Give our condolences to your roomate. It sucks losing a pet. |
| 2004-09-01 10:44 PM in reply to: #56334 |
| Regular 123 St. Louis, Mo. | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me Digging deep but narrow holes is impossible! I totally feel your pain. The first foot takes 30 seconds, the next foot takes about 10 minutes and someone could spend eternity digging and it would still be a few inches short. Bummer about the bunny! |
| 2004-09-02 1:42 AM in reply to: #56334 |
| Regular 66 Milwaukee | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me I join the rest of the crew in feelings of sorrow and condolences. But......BIRKENSTOCKS attire to dig a hole in such a solemn time? You most be out of your mind ;-) |
| 2004-09-02 12:21 PM in reply to: #56708 |
Champion 6285 Beautiful Sonoma County | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me Tagaman1 - 2004-09-01 10:42 PM I join the rest of the crew in feelings of sorrow and condolences. But......BIRKENSTOCKS attire to dig a hole in such a solemn time? You most be out of your mind ;-) She lives in Berkeley. Hello. It's part of the uniform! I'm partial to my Tevas myself and would wear them with everything if I could. |
| 2004-09-02 12:24 PM in reply to: #56334 |
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| 2004-09-02 12:27 PM in reply to: #56708 |
| Master 1902 Berkeley, CA | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me Tagaman1 - 2004-09-01 9:42 PM I join the rest of the crew in feelings of sorrow and condolences. But......BIRKENSTOCKS attire to dig a hole in such a solemn time? You most be out of your mind ;-) I was about to reply to this, Tagaman, but see that madkat beat me to the punch. In retrospect it was a poor choice to wear my dresswear shoes to the grave digging part of the ceremony. Should have put them on during the memorial. No respect, I tell you!! D |
| 2004-09-02 12:28 PM in reply to: #56334 |
| Master 1902 Berkeley, CA | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me Thanks all for your condolences. Same for you and yours (the lizard, the fish, etc.)!!! Bring hankies, Lara! D |
| 2004-09-02 12:33 PM in reply to: #56334 |
| Champion 6285 Beautiful Sonoma County | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me My friend had to put her 20 year old cat down this past weekend. And, for some morbid reason, I always dread the first look into the the fishtank every morning. I have a mostly blind goldfish, and I keep expecting it to drop off any day now, even though he's quite the healthy eater. And I worry that I'm starving my plecostomas (sp?) because I only feed him every couple of days -- anything more often and the filter gets gunked up. Fortunately, both cats are quite healthy. I'm one of those squemish people who can't stand to hear any kind of sad animal story. I can't bear to watch that show on Animal Planet -- Pet Detective or whatever it is. And I get little pangs of sadness when I ride/run past road kill. I'm such a bleeding heart, I know! |
| 2004-09-02 4:54 PM in reply to: #56962 |
| Expert 1279 Northern VA | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me OK Kat, my curiousity is killing me again: How do you know a goldfish is partially blind??????? Do they squint, start bangin into the glass???? I'm sure there's a simple and obvious explanation that I'm missing. Gary |
| 2004-09-02 5:16 PM in reply to: #56334 |
| Champion 6285 Beautiful Sonoma County | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me Its eyes are covered with a whiteness, like a cataract. It still manages to eat, so I'm not terribly worried. But I know its blind at least on one side because it doesn't react to me waving my hand when its facing me with that eye-side. The other gold fish is huge and I'm worried it's too big for the tank. |
| 2004-09-02 5:16 PM in reply to: #56334 |
| Champion 6285 Beautiful Sonoma County | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me That, and the little white cane he's got. |
| 2004-09-02 5:36 PM in reply to: #57134 |
Champion 5495 Whizzzzzlandia Silver member | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me And a seeing eye dog??? How does he hold the harness?? |
| 2004-09-02 5:48 PM in reply to: #56334 |
| Champion 6285 Beautiful Sonoma County | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me Sadly, the dog drowned. Now the poor fish just sits on the bottom with his little tin cup. I sometimes find my cat up on the shelf looking at the fish bowl. I bet he's thinking something like, "I bet I can get that white one. He can't even see me! And look at that huge one! He can't swim away from me, he can only go back and forth!" |
| 2004-09-02 6:14 PM in reply to: #56334 |
| Master 1902 Berkeley, CA | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me |
| 2004-09-02 10:11 PM in reply to: #56334 |
| Champion 6285 Beautiful Sonoma County | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me Sorry, Dana. May Pumpkin rest in peace. And may your beloved Birkenstock be cleaned and returned to its pre-mud state. *:::::(=' :'=)::::* ... ¯°*-:¦:-*·°¯ Edited by madkat 2004-09-02 10:11 PM |
| 2004-09-03 2:04 AM in reply to: #56334 |
| Regular 66 Milwaukee | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me I received my punishment for critizicing the proper attire for a funeral...My computer died this morning when a lightning struck across the street. I did not get scared or anything but my dog, Chacho (former greyhound racer) jumped to my bed and started shaking for about 5 min. When finally made it to the computer, the lights in the screen were ok but the drive was ...Flat Dead! The technician said that it was the "power supply" so, in addition to no internet, now no computer but here at the library, oh well  I hope it the operation works otherwise will have to bury that thing without ceremonies or BIRKENSTOCKS (tevas is the uniform here in Guam) |
| 2004-09-03 11:46 AM in reply to: #56334 |
| Champion 6285 Beautiful Sonoma County | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me I think of Birkenstocks as "formal" Tevas. They're leather and suade, right? |
| 2004-09-03 2:26 PM in reply to: #57116 |
| Veteran 275 San Diego, CA | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me glf33 - 2004-09-02 1:54 PM OK Kat, my curiousity is killing me again: How do you know a goldfish is partially blind??????? Do they squint, start bangin into the glass???? I'm sure there's a simple and obvious explanation that I'm missing. Gary Come on, every one knows it's the little red/white cane!! |
| 2004-09-03 7:58 PM in reply to: #56334 |
| Extreme Veteran 444 Thunder Bay, Ontario | Subject: RE: Relevant to practically nobody but me I'm having trouble following this, LOL, no wonder I keep coming back |
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