Charlie is Fast

Tonight I caught a mouse in my feed bin. So I slammed on the lid and took the bucket outside. Dogs being dogs they all gathered around. Listening very intently to the sounds in the bucket. So I tipped the bucket a little took off the lid.

The mouse jumped out. Right on top on Lady. Using her as a spring board the mouse took off. Charlie got it. Charlie wants more.. Darn. Only 1 I had. Guess I'll have to catch more. Or maybe Charlie will get the idea and turn into a mousing dog!

Nothing New

Nothing much going on. Visiting family.
I still need to do some weeding.
I still need to do some welding on my tow mixer.
Have not even made one batch of papercrete this summer.
But hey the shed is really full of paper if I ever get back to it.
Vacation is a hair over 2 months away and I'm starting to get impatient.

Need to get some new duds for the cruise.

The Army Dog

While I was stationed at Fort Ord in the early 70's for advanced training I got a new dog. Let me tell you Some people need to be terminated at birth.

I was driving back to base from town. A car in front of me THREW out a box in the left lane of the Freeway. Out spilled a bunch of puppies. I slammed on the brakes hit the flashers - jumped out of my station wagon and started grabbing pups.

Only 2 survived. I got back in my car but was never able to catch that bastard. If I had been I would have shot him on the spot. What is this the new "put'em in a sack and drown them method"? Just throw them out on the Freeway!

Oh I forgot they were German Shepard pups. 1 gave away and 1 I took home for mom to keep for me until I got done with training. My intention being to take the dog to my permant station.

Did not work out that way.. The dog ended up at a friends Ranch. They raised horses. Someone started hiding in the woods and shooting horses. Happened several times.

Finally and this is just the story that I got. One day a shot rang out. A horse fell. The Shepard took off at a dead run thru the field and into the woods. By the time the people got there it was all over. The shooter was down the shepard took him out. The shepard was also down and died.

One Damn GOOD DOG!

Meanwhile, my boys are being destructive. Tonight they ate/tore up one of the big towels we use at the pool. Last night they tore up a pair of swimming goggles and a pool toy.

The Story of Chris

Chris was my all time favorite DOG. He was an American Cocker Spaniel. Golden. Mom got him as a Christmas Gift when I was in the 2nd Grade. He was the dog I grew up with. Everywhere I went on my bike or on Foot Chris was sure to go. He was not only my best friend with whom I shared all my secrets, he provided me with food (rabbit) when we were in the woods. He was an awesome hunter. I could point and he would catch it. Of course we also ate birds that I would get with the slingshot or BB gun.

Now Chris was supposed to belong to all 3 of us girls. But from day 1 he was mine. I fed him, watered him, walked him. Protected him from little kids that wanted to pull on his ears. I trained him and I let him sleep in my room.

Never mind that mom would come in when she got home from work and called him out. When I went to bed he was under my bed every night. He made the nightmares go away. After all how can the monsters get me when Chris was their?

On those days I did not want to go to school I would leave the gate unlocked. He would follow about 1/2 hour later and of course come straight to school and look me up.. The teacher of course would let me go to take him home.

He could run 20 miles or more in a single day while we were out. Me riding my bike - I carried water with us. You could just never tell. We would rest and if he got too tired he would ride on my bike with me.

Chris had a crew cut for most of his life. People always thought he was a puppy. Finally my 2nd year as a HS freshman our new dad decided we would be moving to Florida. Chris had to go to the pound.

My new older brother had a dog in Modesto that died of old age. I think he resented me and Chris. He drove us too the pound and when I found out he was too old to be adopted Gordon refused to drive us home.

I still cry every time I think of this betrayal of my best friend. I have never been able to forgive my brother - stepfather - or mother. The day before yesterday I woke up from a sound sleep crying. For crying out loud it's been over 30 years. I need to get over this.

Our Government Lies

Sad but true, The U.S. Government lies to the citizens. The reason of course being money.
Our government sold us out to "Big Oil", "Big Pharmacy", "Big Farms" and anything else that spends millions in lobbist activity. Then of course their are the "secret" agencies. The special offical government organizations designed to instill fear in the average citizen.

My big problem with the Government and Big Money is the suppression of Life saving information. Energy Production, Food and Health lies. And the sorry ass political candidates that are seeking office purely for personal power and the lining of their pockets with my money.

Did you know that cholesterol will not kill you? Did you know that your own body produces cholesterol? Are you taking drugs to lower your cholesterol? How are you feeling? Getting your liver checked on a regular basis? Cholesterol lowering drugs cause severe liver damage. The liver is what produces your own natural cholesterol. Feeling stupid? Most likely your BRAIN is not getting the cholesterol it needs.

Don't eat eggs? Natures perfect food. And the yolk is the best part. Duck eggs, chicken eggs, any egg. Is a complete natural WHOLE food.

No real butter? IDIOT unpasturized milk contains natural CLA - CLA is sold over the counter as a weight lose aid. Whole milk has all kinds of good stuff in it.

Big Farms have destroyed the small farmer. So in order to get meat and produce you have to go to the grocery store. Instead of buying at the farmers market. Now the farmers market had natural produce and meats.

Salt don't get enough or flush it out buy drinking too much water and you will die. Salt by the way only raises blood pressure in those who are sensitive to it. Just use natural salt - not the chemical laced garbage they sell in the grocery.

Instead we go to the grocery and buy meat laced with chemicals that our bodies are not designed to handle. Then we wonder why we have cancer and allergy problems.
http://www.naturalnews.com/sodium_nitrite.html

Their are thousands of energy technology products out their - have been since the late 1800's but "BIG OIL" "BIG UTILITY" destroyed the evidence. Brought out or scared out the inventors. Every flippin house in the U.S. Should be able to generate it's own power. But no we are "connected" to the grid and pay thru the nose for the privilage of electrical power.

As each house produces it's own power the excess could be fed back to the grid. That would power hospitals, schools, public building etc. But then the utility company's would go broke paying US the citizen for the power we were producing.

More later - have to go read some more books.