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Joseph Testagrose
March 2nd 16, 01:36 PM
Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]
March 3rd 16, 11:24 AM
These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
scratch behind the ears.
RiŠardo
March 3rd 16, 12:32 PM
On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>
> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
> scratch behind the ears.
>

He heard that, and said "yes, please".

;-)

RiŠardo

--
Moving Things In Still Pictures
Charles Lindbergh[_2_]
March 3rd 16, 01:20 PM
On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:

>On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>
>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>> scratch behind the ears.
>>
>
>He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>
>;-)
>
>RiŠardo

Is that your lab? Handsome boy.

At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
dogs I have ever been owned by.
RiŠardo
March 3rd 16, 01:56 PM
On 03/03/2016 13:20, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>
>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>
>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>
>>
>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> RiŠardo
>
> Is that your lab? Handsome boy.
>
> At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
> dogs I have ever been owned by.
>

Hi Charles,

Yes, he's a recent acquisition - eleven years old, would you believe.
He'd been a working guide dog for a blind person for nine years and was
being retired on age grounds. In fact he had worked longer than is usual.

We lost our previous dog, a German Shepherd - also a retired guide dog -
just before Christmas and a very large gap in the home needed filling.
This new boy retired on a Tuesday night and we met up with him the next
day and has been with us for just over a month now.

We've supported the UK Charity Guide Dogs for the Blind for over thirty
years, the first fifteen having been spent bringing up puppies for the
first year of their life, from which they underwent a further year's
"college" training before being teamed up with a person. Subsequently we
took on reject and retired dogs.

Our first ever pup, a yellow lab (as they're known here), failed his
exams and came back to us. He was a great mentor for the puppies in
training with us - including at one time, in the best of Labrador
traditions, showing a puppy how to get plums off the plum tree!

You can't beat a Labrador, always our first love in dogs. As you say
"the best dogs to be owned by"!

RiŠardo

--
Moving Things In Still Pictures
Charles Lindbergh[_2_]
March 3rd 16, 05:06 PM
On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 13:56:32 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:

>On 03/03/2016 13:20, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>
>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>
>>>
>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> RiŠardo
>>
>> Is that your lab? Handsome boy.
>>
>> At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
>> dogs I have ever been owned by.
>>
>
>Hi Charles,
>
>Yes, he's a recent acquisition - eleven years old, would you believe.
>He'd been a working guide dog for a blind person for nine years and was
>being retired on age grounds. In fact he had worked longer than is usual.
>
>We lost our previous dog, a German Shepherd - also a retired guide dog -
>just before Christmas and a very large gap in the home needed filling.
>This new boy retired on a Tuesday night and we met up with him the next
>day and has been with us for just over a month now.
>
>We've supported the UK Charity Guide Dogs for the Blind for over thirty
>years, the first fifteen having been spent bringing up puppies for the
>first year of their life, from which they underwent a further year's
>"college" training before being teamed up with a person. Subsequently we
>took on reject and retired dogs.
>
>Our first ever pup, a yellow lab (as they're known here), failed his
>exams and came back to us. He was a great mentor for the puppies in
>training with us - including at one time, in the best of Labrador
>traditions, showing a puppy how to get plums off the plum tree!
>
>You can't beat a Labrador, always our first love in dogs. As you say
>"the best dogs to be owned by"!
>
>RiŠardo

Funny, we have avocado trees and my labs have learned how to climb onto the lower branches and swipe the ripe
ones.

They call them yellow labs here too, but some, like my Murphy, are the color of vanilla ice cream, so calling
him yellow isn't very accurate.

Attached is a picture of my boys.
Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]
March 4th 16, 09:07 AM
On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo >
wrote:

>On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>
>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>> scratch behind the ears.
>>
>
>He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>
>;-)
>
>RiŠardo

Trying to reach through the modem...
Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]
March 4th 16, 09:10 AM
On Thu, 03 Mar 2016 13:20:46 +0000, Charles Lindbergh
> wrote:

>On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>
>>On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>
>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>
>>
>>He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>
>>;-)
>>
>>RiŠardo
>
>Is that your lab? Handsome boy.
>
>At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
>dogs I have ever been owned by.

Scrawnches all around!

Oldie but goodie... =)
RiŠardo
March 4th 16, 09:55 AM
On 03/03/2016 17:06, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 13:56:32 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>
>> On 03/03/2016 13:20, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>>
>>>> ;-)
>>>>
>>>> RiŠardo
>>>
>>> Is that your lab? Handsome boy.
>>>
>>> At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
>>> dogs I have ever been owned by.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Charles,
>>
>> Yes, he's a recent acquisition - eleven years old, would you believe.
>> He'd been a working guide dog for a blind person for nine years and was
>> being retired on age grounds. In fact he had worked longer than is usual.
>>
>> We lost our previous dog, a German Shepherd - also a retired guide dog -
>> just before Christmas and a very large gap in the home needed filling.
>> This new boy retired on a Tuesday night and we met up with him the next
>> day and has been with us for just over a month now.
>>
>> We've supported the UK Charity Guide Dogs for the Blind for over thirty
>> years, the first fifteen having been spent bringing up puppies for the
>> first year of their life, from which they underwent a further year's
>> "college" training before being teamed up with a person. Subsequently we
>> took on reject and retired dogs.
>>
>> Our first ever pup, a yellow lab (as they're known here), failed his
>> exams and came back to us. He was a great mentor for the puppies in
>> training with us - including at one time, in the best of Labrador
>> traditions, showing a puppy how to get plums off the plum tree!
>>
>> You can't beat a Labrador, always our first love in dogs. As you say
>> "the best dogs to be owned by"!
>>
>> RiŠardo
>
> Funny, we have avocado trees and my labs have learned how to climb onto the lower branches and swipe the ripe
> ones.
>
> They call them yellow labs here too, but some, like my Murphy, are the color of vanilla ice cream, so calling
> him yellow isn't very accurate.
>
> Attached is a picture of my boys.
>

Thank you Charles, they are magnificent. Here's some pictures of
Fraser's predecessors - both of Guide Dog stock.

Jemma the Labrador departed about 18 months ago, and Rufus the Shepherd
just before Christmas from very sudden cancer of the liver! Such is life.

On the subject in hand - we've never had a bulldog!

;-)

RiŠardo

--
Moving Things In Still Pictures
RiŠardo
March 4th 16, 09:57 AM
On 04/03/2016 09:10, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Mar 2016 13:20:46 +0000, Charles Lindbergh
> > wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>
>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>
>>>
>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> RiŠardo
>>
>> Is that your lab? Handsome boy.
>>
>> At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
>> dogs I have ever been owned by.
>
> Scrawnches all around!
>
> Oldie but goodie... =)
>

Love it!

RiŠardo

--
Moving Things In Still Pictures
RiŠardo
March 4th 16, 09:57 AM
On 04/03/2016 09:07, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo >
> wrote:
>
>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>
>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>
>>
>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> RiŠardo
>
> Trying to reach through the modem...
>

:-)

--
Moving Things In Still Pictures
Charles Lindbergh[_2_]
March 4th 16, 04:17 PM
On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 09:55:39 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:

>On 03/03/2016 17:06, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 13:56:32 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/03/2016 13:20, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>>>
>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> RiŠardo
>>>>
>>>> Is that your lab? Handsome boy.
>>>>
>>>> At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
>>>> dogs I have ever been owned by.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Charles,
>>>
>>> Yes, he's a recent acquisition - eleven years old, would you believe.
>>> He'd been a working guide dog for a blind person for nine years and was
>>> being retired on age grounds. In fact he had worked longer than is usual.
>>>
>>> We lost our previous dog, a German Shepherd - also a retired guide dog -
>>> just before Christmas and a very large gap in the home needed filling.
>>> This new boy retired on a Tuesday night and we met up with him the next
>>> day and has been with us for just over a month now.
>>>
>>> We've supported the UK Charity Guide Dogs for the Blind for over thirty
>>> years, the first fifteen having been spent bringing up puppies for the
>>> first year of their life, from which they underwent a further year's
>>> "college" training before being teamed up with a person. Subsequently we
>>> took on reject and retired dogs.
>>>
>>> Our first ever pup, a yellow lab (as they're known here), failed his
>>> exams and came back to us. He was a great mentor for the puppies in
>>> training with us - including at one time, in the best of Labrador
>>> traditions, showing a puppy how to get plums off the plum tree!
>>>
>>> You can't beat a Labrador, always our first love in dogs. As you say
>>> "the best dogs to be owned by"!
>>>
>>> RiŠardo
>>
>> Funny, we have avocado trees and my labs have learned how to climb onto the lower branches and swipe the ripe
>> ones.
>>
>> They call them yellow labs here too, but some, like my Murphy, are the color of vanilla ice cream, so calling
>> him yellow isn't very accurate.
>>
>> Attached is a picture of my boys.
>>
>
>Thank you Charles, they are magnificent. Here's some pictures of
>Fraser's predecessors - both of Guide Dog stock.
>
>Jemma the Labrador departed about 18 months ago, and Rufus the Shepherd
>just before Christmas from very sudden cancer of the liver! Such is life.
>
>On the subject in hand - we've never had a bulldog!
>

Your monsters were all quite handsome.

Hard to think of anything in life that has generated greater serenity than those animals which have chosen to
adopt me.
RiŠardo
March 4th 16, 09:08 PM
On 04/03/2016 16:17, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 09:55:39 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>
>> On 03/03/2016 17:06, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 13:56:32 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 03/03/2016 13:20, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RiŠardo
>>>>>
>>>>> Is that your lab? Handsome boy.
>>>>>
>>>>> At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
>>>>> dogs I have ever been owned by.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Charles,
>>>>
>>>> Yes, he's a recent acquisition - eleven years old, would you believe.
>>>> He'd been a working guide dog for a blind person for nine years and was
>>>> being retired on age grounds. In fact he had worked longer than is usual.
>>>>
>>>> We lost our previous dog, a German Shepherd - also a retired guide dog -
>>>> just before Christmas and a very large gap in the home needed filling.
>>>> This new boy retired on a Tuesday night and we met up with him the next
>>>> day and has been with us for just over a month now.
>>>>
>>>> We've supported the UK Charity Guide Dogs for the Blind for over thirty
>>>> years, the first fifteen having been spent bringing up puppies for the
>>>> first year of their life, from which they underwent a further year's
>>>> "college" training before being teamed up with a person. Subsequently we
>>>> took on reject and retired dogs.
>>>>
>>>> Our first ever pup, a yellow lab (as they're known here), failed his
>>>> exams and came back to us. He was a great mentor for the puppies in
>>>> training with us - including at one time, in the best of Labrador
>>>> traditions, showing a puppy how to get plums off the plum tree!
>>>>
>>>> You can't beat a Labrador, always our first love in dogs. As you say
>>>> "the best dogs to be owned by"!
>>>>
>>>> RiŠardo
>>>
>>> Funny, we have avocado trees and my labs have learned how to climb onto the lower branches and swipe the ripe
>>> ones.
>>>
>>> They call them yellow labs here too, but some, like my Murphy, are the color of vanilla ice cream, so calling
>>> him yellow isn't very accurate.
>>>
>>> Attached is a picture of my boys.
>>>
>>
>> Thank you Charles, they are magnificent. Here's some pictures of
>> Fraser's predecessors - both of Guide Dog stock.
>>
>> Jemma the Labrador departed about 18 months ago, and Rufus the Shepherd
>> just before Christmas from very sudden cancer of the liver! Such is life.
>>
>> On the subject in hand - we've never had a bulldog!
>>
>
> Your monsters were all quite handsome.
>
> Hard to think of anything in life that has generated greater serenity than those animals which have chosen to
> adopt me.
>

Agreed, and they get you out of the house, whatever the weather is doing!

--
Moving Things In Still Pictures
Savageduck[_3_]
March 4th 16, 10:49 PM
On 2016-03-04 21:08:31 +0000, Ri ardo > said:

> On 04/03/2016 16:17, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 09:55:39 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>> On 03/03/2016 17:06, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 13:56:32 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>> On 03/03/2016 13:20, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>>>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is that your lab? Handsome boy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my
>>>>>> chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
>>>>>> dogs I have ever been owned by.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Charles,
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, he's a recent acquisition - eleven years old, would you believe.
>>>>> He'd been a working guide dog for a blind person for nine years and was
>>>>> being retired on age grounds. In fact he had worked longer than is usual.
>>>>>
>>>>> We lost our previous dog, a German Shepherd - also a retired guide dog -
>>>>> just before Christmas and a very large gap in the home needed filling.
>>>>> This new boy retired on a Tuesday night and we met up with him the next
>>>>> day and has been with us for just over a month now.
>>>>>
>>>>> We've supported the UK Charity Guide Dogs for the Blind for over thirty
>>>>> years, the first fifteen having been spent bringing up puppies for the
>>>>> first year of their life, from which they underwent a further year's
>>>>> "college" training before being teamed up with a person. Subsequently we
>>>>> took on reject and retired dogs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Our first ever pup, a yellow lab (as they're known here), failed his
>>>>> exams and came back to us. He was a great mentor for the puppies in
>>>>> training with us - including at one time, in the best of Labrador
>>>>> traditions, showing a puppy how to get plums off the plum tree!
>>>>>
>>>>> You can't beat a Labrador, always our first love in dogs. As you say
>>>>> "the best dogs to be owned by"!
>>>>
>>>> Funny, we have avocado trees and my labs have learned how to climb onto
>>>> the lower branches and swipe the ripe
>>>> ones.
>>>>
>>>> They call them yellow labs here too, but some, like my Murphy, are the
>>>> color of vanilla ice cream, so calling
>>>> him yellow isn't very accurate.
>>>>
>>>> Attached is a picture of my boys.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you Charles, they are magnificent. Here's some pictures of
>>> Fraser's predecessors - both of Guide Dog stock.
>>>
>>> Jemma the Labrador departed about 18 months ago, and Rufus the Shepherd
>>> just before Christmas from very sudden cancer of the liver! Such is life.
>>>
>>> On the subject in hand - we've never had a bulldog!
>>>
>>
>> Your monsters were all quite handsome.
>>
>> Hard to think of anything in life that has generated greater serenity
>> than those animals which have chosen to
>> adopt me.
>>
>
> Agreed, and they get you out of the house, whatever the weather is doing!

My kids back in 1986.




--
Regards,

Savageduck
Charles Lindbergh[_2_]
March 4th 16, 11:30 PM
On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 14:49:40 -0800, Savageduck > wrote:

>On 2016-03-04 21:08:31 +0000, Ri
ardo > said:
>
>> On 04/03/2016 16:17, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 09:55:39 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>> On 03/03/2016 17:06, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 13:56:32 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>>> On 03/03/2016 13:20, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>>>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>>>>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is that your lab? Handsome boy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my
>>>>>>> chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
>>>>>>> dogs I have ever been owned by.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Charles,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, he's a recent acquisition - eleven years old, would you believe.
>>>>>> He'd been a working guide dog for a blind person for nine years and was
>>>>>> being retired on age grounds. In fact he had worked longer than is usual.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We lost our previous dog, a German Shepherd - also a retired guide dog -
>>>>>> just before Christmas and a very large gap in the home needed filling.
>>>>>> This new boy retired on a Tuesday night and we met up with him the next
>>>>>> day and has been with us for just over a month now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We've supported the UK Charity Guide Dogs for the Blind for over thirty
>>>>>> years, the first fifteen having been spent bringing up puppies for the
>>>>>> first year of their life, from which they underwent a further year's
>>>>>> "college" training before being teamed up with a person. Subsequently we
>>>>>> took on reject and retired dogs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Our first ever pup, a yellow lab (as they're known here), failed his
>>>>>> exams and came back to us. He was a great mentor for the puppies in
>>>>>> training with us - including at one time, in the best of Labrador
>>>>>> traditions, showing a puppy how to get plums off the plum tree!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can't beat a Labrador, always our first love in dogs. As you say
>>>>>> "the best dogs to be owned by"!
>>>>>
>>>>> Funny, we have avocado trees and my labs have learned how to climb onto
>>>>> the lower branches and swipe the ripe
>>>>> ones.
>>>>>
>>>>> They call them yellow labs here too, but some, like my Murphy, are the
>>>>> color of vanilla ice cream, so calling
>>>>> him yellow isn't very accurate.
>>>>>
>>>>> Attached is a picture of my boys.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you Charles, they are magnificent. Here's some pictures of
>>>> Fraser's predecessors - both of Guide Dog stock.
>>>>
>>>> Jemma the Labrador departed about 18 months ago, and Rufus the Shepherd
>>>> just before Christmas from very sudden cancer of the liver! Such is life.
>>>>
>>>> On the subject in hand - we've never had a bulldog!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Your monsters were all quite handsome.
>>>
>>> Hard to think of anything in life that has generated greater serenity
>>> than those animals which have chosen to
>>> adopt me.
>>>
>>
>> Agreed, and they get you out of the house, whatever the weather is doing!
>
>My kids back in 1986.

Wonderful, sweet looking labs. You were fortunate indeed.
Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]
March 5th 16, 07:33 AM
On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 21:08:31 +0000, RiŠardo >
wrote:

>On 04/03/2016 16:17, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 09:55:39 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/03/2016 17:06, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 13:56:32 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 03/03/2016 13:20, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>>>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> RiŠardo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is that your lab? Handsome boy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
>>>>>> dogs I have ever been owned by.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Charles,
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, he's a recent acquisition - eleven years old, would you believe.
>>>>> He'd been a working guide dog for a blind person for nine years and was
>>>>> being retired on age grounds. In fact he had worked longer than is usual.
>>>>>
>>>>> We lost our previous dog, a German Shepherd - also a retired guide dog -
>>>>> just before Christmas and a very large gap in the home needed filling.
>>>>> This new boy retired on a Tuesday night and we met up with him the next
>>>>> day and has been with us for just over a month now.
>>>>>
>>>>> We've supported the UK Charity Guide Dogs for the Blind for over thirty
>>>>> years, the first fifteen having been spent bringing up puppies for the
>>>>> first year of their life, from which they underwent a further year's
>>>>> "college" training before being teamed up with a person. Subsequently we
>>>>> took on reject and retired dogs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Our first ever pup, a yellow lab (as they're known here), failed his
>>>>> exams and came back to us. He was a great mentor for the puppies in
>>>>> training with us - including at one time, in the best of Labrador
>>>>> traditions, showing a puppy how to get plums off the plum tree!
>>>>>
>>>>> You can't beat a Labrador, always our first love in dogs. As you say
>>>>> "the best dogs to be owned by"!
>>>>>
>>>>> RiŠardo
>>>>
>>>> Funny, we have avocado trees and my labs have learned how to climb onto the lower branches and swipe the ripe
>>>> ones.
>>>>
>>>> They call them yellow labs here too, but some, like my Murphy, are the color of vanilla ice cream, so calling
>>>> him yellow isn't very accurate.
>>>>
>>>> Attached is a picture of my boys.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you Charles, they are magnificent. Here's some pictures of
>>> Fraser's predecessors - both of Guide Dog stock.
>>>
>>> Jemma the Labrador departed about 18 months ago, and Rufus the Shepherd
>>> just before Christmas from very sudden cancer of the liver! Such is life.
>>>
>>> On the subject in hand - we've never had a bulldog!
>>>
>>
>> Your monsters were all quite handsome.
>>
>> Hard to think of anything in life that has generated greater serenity than those animals which have chosen to
>> adopt me.
>>
>
>Agreed, and they get you out of the house, whatever the weather is doing!

My cat gets me out of the house to go get her treats. She stays home
nad keeps the chair warm. Or more likely, just keeps the chair...
RiŠardo
March 5th 16, 10:16 AM
On 04/03/2016 22:49, Savageduck wrote:
> On 2016-03-04 21:08:31 +0000, Ri ardo > said:
>
>> On 04/03/2016 16:17, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 09:55:39 +0000, RiŠardo
>>> > wrote:
>>>> On 03/03/2016 17:06, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 13:56:32 +0000, RiŠardo
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> On 03/03/2016 13:20, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>>>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>>>>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is that your lab? Handsome boy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my
>>>>>>> chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
>>>>>>> dogs I have ever been owned by.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Charles,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, he's a recent acquisition - eleven years old, would you believe.
>>>>>> He'd been a working guide dog for a blind person for nine years
>>>>>> and was
>>>>>> being retired on age grounds. In fact he had worked longer than is
>>>>>> usual.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We lost our previous dog, a German Shepherd - also a retired guide
>>>>>> dog -
>>>>>> just before Christmas and a very large gap in the home needed
>>>>>> filling.
>>>>>> This new boy retired on a Tuesday night and we met up with him the
>>>>>> next
>>>>>> day and has been with us for just over a month now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We've supported the UK Charity Guide Dogs for the Blind for over
>>>>>> thirty
>>>>>> years, the first fifteen having been spent bringing up puppies for
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> first year of their life, from which they underwent a further year's
>>>>>> "college" training before being teamed up with a person.
>>>>>> Subsequently we
>>>>>> took on reject and retired dogs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Our first ever pup, a yellow lab (as they're known here), failed his
>>>>>> exams and came back to us. He was a great mentor for the puppies in
>>>>>> training with us - including at one time, in the best of Labrador
>>>>>> traditions, showing a puppy how to get plums off the plum tree!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can't beat a Labrador, always our first love in dogs. As you say
>>>>>> "the best dogs to be owned by"!
>>>>>
>>>>> Funny, we have avocado trees and my labs have learned how to climb
>>>>> onto the lower branches and swipe the ripe
>>>>> ones.
>>>>>
>>>>> They call them yellow labs here too, but some, like my Murphy, are
>>>>> the color of vanilla ice cream, so calling
>>>>> him yellow isn't very accurate.
>>>>>
>>>>> Attached is a picture of my boys.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you Charles, they are magnificent. Here's some pictures of
>>>> Fraser's predecessors - both of Guide Dog stock.
>>>>
>>>> Jemma the Labrador departed about 18 months ago, and Rufus the Shepherd
>>>> just before Christmas from very sudden cancer of the liver! Such is
>>>> life.
>>>>
>>>> On the subject in hand - we've never had a bulldog!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Your monsters were all quite handsome.
>>>
>>> Hard to think of anything in life that has generated greater serenity
>>> than those animals which have chosen to
>>> adopt me.
>>>
>>
>> Agreed, and they get you out of the house, whatever the weather is doing!
>
> My kids back in 1986.
>
>
>

Looking good Leonard!

:-)

RiŠardo


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RiŠardo
March 5th 16, 10:17 AM
On 05/03/2016 07:33, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 21:08:31 +0000, RiŠardo >
> wrote:
>
>> On 04/03/2016 16:17, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 09:55:39 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 03/03/2016 17:06, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 13:56:32 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 03/03/2016 13:20, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>>>>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> RiŠardo
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is that your lab? Handsome boy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
>>>>>>> dogs I have ever been owned by.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Charles,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, he's a recent acquisition - eleven years old, would you believe.
>>>>>> He'd been a working guide dog for a blind person for nine years and was
>>>>>> being retired on age grounds. In fact he had worked longer than is usual.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We lost our previous dog, a German Shepherd - also a retired guide dog -
>>>>>> just before Christmas and a very large gap in the home needed filling.
>>>>>> This new boy retired on a Tuesday night and we met up with him the next
>>>>>> day and has been with us for just over a month now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We've supported the UK Charity Guide Dogs for the Blind for over thirty
>>>>>> years, the first fifteen having been spent bringing up puppies for the
>>>>>> first year of their life, from which they underwent a further year's
>>>>>> "college" training before being teamed up with a person. Subsequently we
>>>>>> took on reject and retired dogs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Our first ever pup, a yellow lab (as they're known here), failed his
>>>>>> exams and came back to us. He was a great mentor for the puppies in
>>>>>> training with us - including at one time, in the best of Labrador
>>>>>> traditions, showing a puppy how to get plums off the plum tree!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can't beat a Labrador, always our first love in dogs. As you say
>>>>>> "the best dogs to be owned by"!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RiŠardo
>>>>>
>>>>> Funny, we have avocado trees and my labs have learned how to climb onto the lower branches and swipe the ripe
>>>>> ones.
>>>>>
>>>>> They call them yellow labs here too, but some, like my Murphy, are the color of vanilla ice cream, so calling
>>>>> him yellow isn't very accurate.
>>>>>
>>>>> Attached is a picture of my boys.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you Charles, they are magnificent. Here's some pictures of
>>>> Fraser's predecessors - both of Guide Dog stock.
>>>>
>>>> Jemma the Labrador departed about 18 months ago, and Rufus the Shepherd
>>>> just before Christmas from very sudden cancer of the liver! Such is life.
>>>>
>>>> On the subject in hand - we've never had a bulldog!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Your monsters were all quite handsome.
>>>
>>> Hard to think of anything in life that has generated greater serenity than those animals which have chosen to
>>> adopt me.
>>>
>>
>> Agreed, and they get you out of the house, whatever the weather is doing!
>
> My cat gets me out of the house to go get her treats. She stays home
> nad keeps the chair warm. Or more likely, just keeps the chair...
>

Superb!

RiŠardo

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Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]
March 6th 16, 11:21 AM
On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 10:17:18 +0000, RiŠardo >
wrote:

>On 05/03/2016 07:33, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 21:08:31 +0000, RiŠardo >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/03/2016 16:17, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 09:55:39 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 03/03/2016 17:06, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 13:56:32 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 03/03/2016 13:20, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>>>>>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> RiŠardo
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is that your lab? Handsome boy.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
>>>>>>>> dogs I have ever been owned by.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Charles,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, he's a recent acquisition - eleven years old, would you believe.
>>>>>>> He'd been a working guide dog for a blind person for nine years and was
>>>>>>> being retired on age grounds. In fact he had worked longer than is usual.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We lost our previous dog, a German Shepherd - also a retired guide dog -
>>>>>>> just before Christmas and a very large gap in the home needed filling.
>>>>>>> This new boy retired on a Tuesday night and we met up with him the next
>>>>>>> day and has been with us for just over a month now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We've supported the UK Charity Guide Dogs for the Blind for over thirty
>>>>>>> years, the first fifteen having been spent bringing up puppies for the
>>>>>>> first year of their life, from which they underwent a further year's
>>>>>>> "college" training before being teamed up with a person. Subsequently we
>>>>>>> took on reject and retired dogs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Our first ever pup, a yellow lab (as they're known here), failed his
>>>>>>> exams and came back to us. He was a great mentor for the puppies in
>>>>>>> training with us - including at one time, in the best of Labrador
>>>>>>> traditions, showing a puppy how to get plums off the plum tree!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can't beat a Labrador, always our first love in dogs. As you say
>>>>>>> "the best dogs to be owned by"!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> RiŠardo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Funny, we have avocado trees and my labs have learned how to climb onto the lower branches and swipe the ripe
>>>>>> ones.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They call them yellow labs here too, but some, like my Murphy, are the color of vanilla ice cream, so calling
>>>>>> him yellow isn't very accurate.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Attached is a picture of my boys.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you Charles, they are magnificent. Here's some pictures of
>>>>> Fraser's predecessors - both of Guide Dog stock.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jemma the Labrador departed about 18 months ago, and Rufus the Shepherd
>>>>> just before Christmas from very sudden cancer of the liver! Such is life.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the subject in hand - we've never had a bulldog!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Your monsters were all quite handsome.
>>>>
>>>> Hard to think of anything in life that has generated greater serenity than those animals which have chosen to
>>>> adopt me.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Agreed, and they get you out of the house, whatever the weather is doing!
>>
>> My cat gets me out of the house to go get her treats. She stays home
>> nad keeps the chair warm. Or more likely, just keeps the chair...
>>
>
>Superb!

She knows who wears the fur in the household.
RiŠardo
March 6th 16, 12:00 PM
On 06/03/2016 11:21, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 10:17:18 +0000, RiŠardo >
> wrote:
>
>> On 05/03/2016 07:33, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 21:08:31 +0000, RiŠardo >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 04/03/2016 16:17, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 09:55:39 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 03/03/2016 17:06, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 13:56:32 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 03/03/2016 13:20, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>>>>>>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> RiŠardo
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is that your lab? Handsome boy.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> At the moment, my vanilla lab is sleeping on my left foot and my chocolate is sleeping on my right foot. Best
>>>>>>>>> dogs I have ever been owned by.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Charles,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, he's a recent acquisition - eleven years old, would you believe.
>>>>>>>> He'd been a working guide dog for a blind person for nine years and was
>>>>>>>> being retired on age grounds. In fact he had worked longer than is usual.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We lost our previous dog, a German Shepherd - also a retired guide dog -
>>>>>>>> just before Christmas and a very large gap in the home needed filling.
>>>>>>>> This new boy retired on a Tuesday night and we met up with him the next
>>>>>>>> day and has been with us for just over a month now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We've supported the UK Charity Guide Dogs for the Blind for over thirty
>>>>>>>> years, the first fifteen having been spent bringing up puppies for the
>>>>>>>> first year of their life, from which they underwent a further year's
>>>>>>>> "college" training before being teamed up with a person. Subsequently we
>>>>>>>> took on reject and retired dogs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Our first ever pup, a yellow lab (as they're known here), failed his
>>>>>>>> exams and came back to us. He was a great mentor for the puppies in
>>>>>>>> training with us - including at one time, in the best of Labrador
>>>>>>>> traditions, showing a puppy how to get plums off the plum tree!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can't beat a Labrador, always our first love in dogs. As you say
>>>>>>>> "the best dogs to be owned by"!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> RiŠardo
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Funny, we have avocado trees and my labs have learned how to climb onto the lower branches and swipe the ripe
>>>>>>> ones.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They call them yellow labs here too, but some, like my Murphy, are the color of vanilla ice cream, so calling
>>>>>>> him yellow isn't very accurate.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Attached is a picture of my boys.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you Charles, they are magnificent. Here's some pictures of
>>>>>> Fraser's predecessors - both of Guide Dog stock.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jemma the Labrador departed about 18 months ago, and Rufus the Shepherd
>>>>>> just before Christmas from very sudden cancer of the liver! Such is life.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On the subject in hand - we've never had a bulldog!
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Your monsters were all quite handsome.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hard to think of anything in life that has generated greater serenity than those animals which have chosen to
>>>>> adopt me.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Agreed, and they get you out of the house, whatever the weather is doing!
>>>
>>> My cat gets me out of the house to go get her treats. She stays home
>>> nad keeps the chair warm. Or more likely, just keeps the chair...
>>>
>>
>> Superb!
>
> She knows who wears the fur in the household.
>

:-)

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Indrek[_7_]
March 7th 16, 11:51 PM
"RiŠardo" > wrote in message
...
> On 04/03/2016 09:07, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>
>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>
>>>
>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> RiŠardo
>>
>> Trying to reach through the modem...
>>
>
> :-)
>
> --
> Moving Things In Still Pictures

It was nice to see the pet pictures, but perhaps this picture taken on one
of my recent beach walks will steer things a little closer to aviation.

Cheers,

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Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]
March 8th 16, 08:22 AM
On Mon, 7 Mar 2016 18:51:40 -0500, "Indrek" >
wrote:

>
>"RiŠardo" > wrote in message
...
>> On 04/03/2016 09:07, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>>
>>>> ;-)
>>>>
>>>> RiŠardo
>>>
>>> Trying to reach through the modem...
>>>
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> --
>> Moving Things In Still Pictures
>
>It was nice to see the pet pictures, but perhaps this picture taken on one
>of my recent beach walks will steer things a little closer to aviation.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Indrek Aavisto

Now you've done it...

Bomb run:
RiŠardo
March 8th 16, 12:35 PM
On 07/03/2016 23:51, Indrek wrote:
>
> "RiŠardo" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 04/03/2016 09:07, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:32:44 +0000, RiŠardo >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 03/03/2016 11:24, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> These things are so darned cute, you just want to go give 'em a
>>>>> scratch behind the ears.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> He heard that, and said "yes, please".
>>>>
>>>> ;-)
>>>>
>>>> RiŠardo
>>>
>>> Trying to reach through the modem...
>>>
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> --
>> Moving Things In Still Pictures
>
> It was nice to see the pet pictures, but perhaps this picture taken on
> one of my recent beach walks will steer things a little closer to aviation.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Indrek Aavisto
>
>
>
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Wow Indrek, what a superb shot!

RiŠardo

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Byker
March 8th 16, 04:53 PM
"Indrek" wrote in message
...
>
> but perhaps this picture taken on one of my recent beach walks will steer
> things a little closer to aviation.

You'd think that aircraft named after owls would have at least some ground
attack capability ;-)
Dave Kearton[_4_]
March 9th 16, 09:24 AM
"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message
...



> Now you've done it...

> Bomb run:



Not many people can make a deposit on a beach-front property, these days.






Cheers

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