Ardith Hinton wrote to James Bradley, "Introductions...  1A."

Or should we say, "Gone to the dogs?"

 AH>            Nah... my taste in popular music leans more
 AH> toward the Beatles.  ;-)

Now, they haven't been popular for a while.  Did you catch Sir Paul at the
super-bowl? I hear he did quite well. The broadcaster was likely glad he didn't
disrobe!

 AH>  Dallas often says "Not bad for a Friday," regardless
 AH>  of what day of the week it is....  :-)

 JB>  LOL! You tell Dallas I'm going to use it.

 AH>            I may adopt your "That's a loaded question," too....

I was thinking "Not bad for a Monday." might be more apropos. O-8

 JB>  [Telemarketers]
 JB>  I'm sure there can be genuine and concerned people
 JB>  who have to do those cold calls.

 AH>            Agreed... in fact we once knew a guy who had to do
 AH> that type of work for awhile after he'd lost his previous job.


 AH> I'm not always quite so mean.  If they call while I'm trying to
 AH> get Nora ready for school, address me as "Ms. [or Mr.] Hilton",
 AH> and ask with exaggerated cheerfulness how I am without
 AH> telling me who they are... that's the sort of incident I'm
 AH> referring to.  No, I don't want to transfer my outstanding
 AH> debts to the XYZ company [as I told the last umpteen people
 AH> who called on behalf of the same company].  The sooner we
 AH> can get to the crux of the matter, the less of my time...
 AH> *and* theirs... will be wasted.  :-)

The caller ID sure works wonders. When "Name withheld" calls, and
it's a 1-866
#, I'm usually too busy to answer. I've a cordless phone that will announce in
a synthesized voice the callers name for me, so don't even have to walk to the
phone! Real nice feature that one. <-;

 AH>            Uh-huh.  Many people, although they may have the
 AH> best of intentions, seem completely unaware that not all
 AH> medical problems are resolved within a few weeks.  Dallas & I
 AH> observed the same phenomenon when Nora had leukemia....  :-/

In remission then?

 JB>  Curious about this human nature, isn't it?

 AH>            Yes, I find it quite fascinating sometimes.  :-)

Operative word, "Sometimes." 

 AH>            I read somewhere once that domestic dogs are related
 AH> most closely to wolves or to jackals, depending on the breed.
 AH> I don't remember now where I saw it... so I'm open to argument.
 AH> However, I have noticed some differences in the
 AH> personalities of the dogs we've met which lend credence to
 AH> this theory....  :-)

Well, I couldn't make a case for one ancestry or another, so I'm taking your
word as gospel. 

 JB>  I also wonder about some of the other continents
 JB>  wild dogs, like in Africa, or Australia's' Dingo.
 AH>            Likewise....  :-)

I was suspecting more a wild dog lineage, but the jackal works for me. <-;


 AH>            Uh-huh.  I also ran across a comment to the effect
 AH> that although the humans in Fido's household may think they've
 AH> trained Fido to do his business in the back yard, he may think
 AH> he's trained them to open the door for him....  ;-)



They might have a point! You heard the comedian who talks for the
"domesticated" cat? "You feed me, and clean up my
litter-box, then you feed me
more so you can clean up more of my ..."


... People with pets live longer? Maybe it just feels longer!
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