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I'm not sure how many of you are still amused by my occasional life-centric posts, I'm not around as much as I used to be due to the evil number of hours I'm working (uh... forty. Oh. Well, that's still too damn many.)
Every new song I write seems to be about escape. I hate my job and my house and this town.
So my dad visited (we can almost hold conversations now) and a few things he said made me wonder what's actually keeping me here.
My mortgage.
My sister.
My dog.
Now that the rest of the family are moving off to pastures new (France and Tenerife!) I don't see the point in staying here.
With the increase in property values over the last couple of years, I'm actually sitting on a good £20,000 here with my house. So I'm going to sell up, bum around America and see my friends over there, maybe write a book about it. Then when I come back (if I come back, he he) I can find somewhere new to start again. Somewhere relatively chav-free. I'd say completely chav-free but you can't expect a miracle.
Becky said I should go and do what I need to do while I'm free to do it. The only problem is Dale, I either have to take him with me somehow or give him up. :cry:
I've realised I'm 21 years old and I should have a life. I'll probably never forgive myself if I don't do this now... So that's my plan.
Tell me I'm crazy.
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COME TO CHICAGO!!!! I'd love to meet you in person!
:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
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You're crazy :-D ....
However ive heard worse plans, i'd like to get out on my own too but currently my plans are limited to leaving the parental home since ive just started college. A close friend of mine is planning on leaving Glasgow too and i can see half my other friends going the same way or married in a few years so i guess when im done with this higher education nonsense it'll be time for me to ship off too, ideally i'd like to head to japan or china for a while but i fear the language barrier may be a big problem there. If its what you want to do, go for it. Do some research into taking your dog with you too. The only problem i can see with the US is that their chav's have guns :/
P.S Im probably missing some punctuation, feel free to insert your own.
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@Punkie
If you don't do it now, next thing you'll be married, mortgaged to the hilt and in a career you can't take a break from.
I for one would be very interested in your writing, so go for it dude... Can't sis take care of mutley?
Maybe the US isn't as chav free as we all think. It's a possiblity that they have a different class of chav there instead. Maybe you could write "The Worldwide Guide to Chav Spotting"?
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I say go for it while you've got the chance...
Just make sure you do write a book, I'll definitely buy it :-D
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Thank you all for the encouragement. :-)
I think Becky would like to look after Dale but she's not allowed pets where she's staying now.
Wain,
I know some other people in IL too, so chances are I'll be around. I'll let you know. :-)
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Go for it, Dude!
If you really can afford it(£20k is a lot of cash) then just leave! You only live once.
I'd love to do such a thing, but I'm stuck here with my gf and my mortage! :-D
Crazy is a good thing!
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@Punkie,
I wish I could help with your dog. It must be a heart wrenching decision to make.
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PMC wrote:
Maybe the US isn't as chav free as we all think. It's a possiblity that they have a different class of chav there instead. Maybe you could write "The Worldwide Guide to Chav Spotting"?
The essential prop for chavdom, the bountiful welfare state, is missing in the states. Single mums there work 16 hours a day to feed and educate their kids. Single ned mums here burp out babies every 9 months and the social pays for those kids until they die of heart disease 50 years later, having gone through all the petty crime, cheap gold, and shouting at complete strangers near McDonalds phases.
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All thanks to all those unemployed scots, who have nothing better to do than to shag single mothers all day long! :-D
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go for it!
you only regret the things you never do!
Bon Voyage!!! :banana:
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whabang wrote:
All thanks to all those unemployed scots, who have nothing better to do than to shag single mothers all day long! :-D
This from a nation that's given the world some of our greatest engineers and poets.
Kind of sad really... In a Trainspotting kind of a way.
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:lol:
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A nedette single mum? I'd rather shag a jumpstart battery.
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KennyR wrote:
I'd rather shag a jumpstart battery.
One has to get one's jollies somehow :lol:
@tpg
Do it. I forget where I heard it (an orbital track I think :lol:), but the saying goes "the funny thing about regret is, it's better to regret something you have done, than something you haven't."...
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how shocking
:roflmao:
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Well, at least with the jumpstart battery I get the shock there and then, not the next time I pee. :)
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Karlos wrote:
Do it. I forget where I heard it (an orbital track I think :lol:), but the saying goes "the funny thing about regret is, it's better to regret something you have done, than something you haven't."...
It's at the start of the Butthole Surfers 'Locust Abortion Technician' album too. :-)
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KennyR wrote:
PMC wrote:
Maybe the US isn't as chav free as we all think. It's a possiblity that they have a different class of chav there instead. Maybe you could write "The Worldwide Guide to Chav Spotting"?
The essential prop for chavdom, the bountiful welfare state, is missing in the states. Single mums there work 16 hours a day to feed and educate their kids. Single ned mums here burp out babies every 9 months and the social pays for those kids until they die of heart disease 50 years later, having gone through all the petty crime, cheap gold, and shouting at complete strangers near McDonalds phases.
Well, we have a slightly different system here. Here, you must manipulate the CSEU to achieve the same lifestyle after having several children to different fathers and collecting 26% of each fathers income. Same idea really, but less of a burdon on the taxpayers. (unless that taxpayer happens to be one of the fathers.)
Having a son these days is almost as scary as having a daughter.
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"Having a daughter is Mother Nature's way of getting revenge for the way men behave as teenagers"
Crikey... I'm due three sons at this rate!
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I just hope you have access to a computer so you can keep checking up on how bad the jokes are around here :-D
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T_Bone wrote:
Well, we have a slightly different system here. Here, you must manipulate the CSEU to achieve the same lifestyle after having several children to different fathers and collecting 26% of each fathers income.
We have the same system here, but it never works, because
a) The girls rarely know who the father is
b) Even if they do, it's a dead cert he's unemployed and has no income anyway.
So the welfare system takes the burden. Sad really, that so many good people campaigned to make the welfare state the end of starving and disease ridden unemployed, and its abused so systematically and blythely.
Oh, and did I mention that here, single mums are very rarely actually single? Live with a boyfriend, pay no rent, no tax, and the boyfriend has an empty house (also no rent, no tax) sitting empty while people are homeless.
Not surprised TPG wants to leave, actually.
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@tpg
Go for it dude, personally I've never been the type to enjoy travelling, but I know many people who have spent years travelling and none of them have any regrets, some even caught the "travel bug", now they can't stop. If your heart is telling you thats what it wants to do, then take heed and listen to it.
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KennyR wrote:
Well, at least with the jumpstart battery I get the shock there and then, not the next time I pee. :)
Depends if you forget to remove the battery before you go, I assume :-)
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Do it, do it, do it.
I would offer something more insightful, or even inciteful, but I'm hungover and tired :-)
But don't hesitate. I wish I had the financial freedom to be able to do that, instead of sitting on university debt :-(
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Echoes everyone else
Go for it.
I did it when I was 22. My Problem was I went and bumped into my childhood sweetheart Miles from anywhere. ( I went back to Aussie on my own).
She was already geting married ... But silly us started hanging out together.
Hurt like hell watching her marry someone else.
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that_punk_guy wrote:
I'm not sure how many of you are still amused by my occasional life-centric posts, I'm not around as much as I used to be due to the evil number of hours I'm working (uh... forty. Oh. Well, that's still too damn many.)
Every new song I write seems to be about escape. I hate my job and my house and this town.
So my dad visited (we can almost hold conversations now) and a few things he said made me wonder what's actually keeping me here.
My mortgage.
My sister.
My dog.
Now that the rest of the family are moving off to pastures new (France and Tenerife!) I don't see the point in staying here.
With the increase in property values over the last couple of years, I'm actually sitting on a good £20,000 here with my house. So I'm going to sell up, bum around America and see my friends over there, maybe write a book about it. Then when I come back (if I come back, he he) I can find somewhere new to start again. Somewhere relatively chav-free. I'd say completely chav-free but you can't expect a miracle.
Becky said I should go and do what I need to do while I'm free to do it. The only problem is Dale, I either have to take him with me somehow or give him up. :cry:
I've realised I'm 21 years old and I should have a life. I'll probably never forgive myself if I don't do this now... So that's my plan.
Tell me I'm crazy.
21... no commitments (no a dog is not commitment:roll:), and £20000 in assets...
In your shoes, and frankly I wish I was... I would remortgage the house, rent it out, then travel to America try and get ajob, and live their usign the rent from your house in Chavton to fund any economic lows you may experience.
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bloodline wrote:
no a dog is not commitment:roll:
A dog isn't just for Xmas dude :-x
properly cured, there'll be some left for new years, too...
Seriously though, family pets are a commitment. You either look after them properly or you don't own them period.
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Karlos wrote:
bloodline wrote:
no a dog is not commitment:roll:
A dog isn't just for Xmas dude :-x
properly cured, there'll be some left for new years, too...
Seriously though, family pets are a commitment. You either look after them properly or you don't own them period.
That's not what I meant. Of course if you have a pet you have a responsibility to look after it... but never, and I can't state this enough, never hold your life back because of one.
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A dog isn't just for Xmas dude
:roflmao:
i've watched AbFab, so i actually know why that's funny!
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Wain wrote:
COME TO CHICAGO!!!! I'd love to meet you in person!
:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
Yes if you come to Chicago, I can go visit you as well! :-)
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Hmmm, the problem with visiting America is there are just so many places you'd have to visit to consider yourself having visited here :-)
New York, Toronto, Boston, Charlotte, Orlando, Tampa, Nashville, New orleans, Las Vegas, San Francisco...
screw it, you'll just have to move here permanently, too much to see :-D
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@ T_bone
I've been looking into visiting the US, and after doing a lot of reading, I decided that I would probably try and go for three months, since this is the amount of time a Brit passport will *usually* entitle you to on a tourist visa.
That's the problem, some of your states are bigger than our entire country!! :-o
The problem with TPG moving to America (as you jokingly suggest) is that your immigration is meant to be really tough. Its meant to be really difficult to get a work permit, let alone residency. My cousin is the CEO of a music company and he lives in Florida, but he is only allowed to stay because of his work, and only gets to stay about nine months of the year (if my memory serves me correctly)
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T_Bone wrote:
Hmmm, the problem with visiting America is there are just so many places you'd have to visit to consider yourself having visited here :-)
New York, Toronto, Boston, Charlotte, Orlando, Tampa, Nashville, New orleans, Las Vegas, San Francisco...
screw it, you'll just have to move here permanently, too much to see :-D
Heheheheheh :lol: I guess you mean "North America" :-)
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Hoya!
@Karlos
I disagree.
I always regret what I HAVE done, because I am always wrong.
Be funky
M A D
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The Dale dilemma is unfortunately not a new one. For a while now I've been struggling to give him the quality of life he deserves. It's just him and me, and I'm trying to work as much as I can to get out of debt... I try and get someone to drop by and see him while I'm at work, but that's not always possible. I hoping I can convince the local kennels to let me drop him off just during the day. They have "open" runs, so I guess that'd make him happier.
Sometimes I can't help thinking he'd be much better off without me. :-(
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@tpg
Sometimes I can't help thinking he'd be much better off without me
I guess he doesn't see it quite that way. I'm sure Dale is happy to be alive and well fed, even if he's a bit short of company. Hopefully the kennels will let him stay during the day - assuming he likes to be around his own kind, that is (seems not all do).
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that_punk_guy wrote:
The Dale dilemma is unfortunately not a new one. For a while now I've been struggling to give him the quality of life he deserves. It's just him and me, and I'm trying to work as much as I can to get out of debt... I try and get someone to drop by and see him while I'm at work, but that's not always possible. I hoping I can convince the local kennels to let me drop him off just during the day. They have "open" runs, so I guess that'd make him happier.
Sometimes I can't help thinking he'd be much better off without me. :-(
Some kennels specialise in this, my kennel is "Kamp Kanine", they take the dog for 9 hours a day, they bathe him, walk him, and even have group dog activities, and you can watch what the dogs are doing on a webcam, and even look at photo's the caretakers have taken of your dog during the day. They have an in-house vet, trainer, and groomers. Pick up and drop off service is also available, and if you give them a key to your kennel, you don't even have to be home for pickup/dropoff.
It's a really cool service, but expensive. I haven't used them since the last time both my wife and I worked the same hours, but we still use them during vacations sometimes.
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There are some daycares around I think (without all those bells and whistles), just none even remotely within walking distance.
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But the longer you stay away, the happier he is to see you again,- that's what differ's a dog from a woman. :-D
No wonder a dog is a man's best friend.
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Not my best friend. Dogs are intensely irritating, noisy, over-excitable, stinking animals. My family's hasn't grown out of its "bark constantly whenever nobody is in the room" phase, and that and its carpet-licking and its penchant for coating my windows with mucus, is really not making me a friend of the animal. Not many women do that.
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KennyR wrote:
are intensely irritating, noisy, over-excitable, stinking animals.
Are you sure you're talking about dogs? :lol:
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Certain. Whoever's idea it was to domesticate dogs should be reincarnated, dragged out into the street, forced to drink dog slobber, then shot.
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I would encourage any such OE trip to folks, the younger the better. Punkie, I don't think a trip to The States would be complete without a stop in Beaverton to visit with the famous Doom Master. Doomie would you be up to showing an overseas visitor life in small=town America? :lol:
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@kennyR:
:lol: Your perception of the dog is one I can relate to. Cats rule ;-).
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Cats are evil. Period.
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Nothing worse than finding a freshly laid steamy doggy turd on your front lawn in the morning. IMHO, people who fail to pick up their dogs sh!t should be dragged out into the street, made to eat a dump truck full of dog sh!t and then shot...repeatedly... :madashell: :madashell: :madashell:
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whabang wrote:
Cats are evil. Period.
Agreed.
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adz wrote:
Nothing worse than finding a freshly laid steamy doggy turd on your front lawn in the morning. IMHO, people who fail to pick up their dogs sh!t should be dragged out into the street, made to eat a dump truck full of dog sh!t and then shot...repeatedly... :madashell: :madashell: :madashell:
Finding an insensate drunken chav lying there would be on a par.
Hmm, thinking about it, (other than size), how would you tell the difference?
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Finding an insensate drunken chav lying there would be on a par.
Hmm, thinking about it, (other than size), how would you tell the difference?
So what would be the punishment for leaving said chav?? A fusioncracker up the coiter :-D :-D :-D
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Hmm, round up all the chavs everywhere and shove 'em someplace surrounded by at least a thousand km of ocean and then put a nice fusioncracker display on for them ;-)
A few megatons of chav vapourising entertainment for all the family :lol:
...I can feel it coming...
...must ... resist ...
muhhahhaaahaahaaaaaaaa!
(oh bugger)
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T_Bone wrote:
whabang wrote:
Cats are evil. Period.
Agreed.
Yep. Evil little whores. They only want food and stroking. What does a cat give in return?
A dog will be genuinely pleased to see you when you walk through the door, a dog will defend you if it thinks you are being attacked, a dog will know when you are upset.
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Cyberus wrote:
Yep. Evil little whores. They only want food and stroking. What does a cat give in return?
A dog will be genuinely pleased to see you when you walk through the door, a dog will defend you if it thinks you are being attacked, a dog will know when you are upset.
You obviously don't have much experience with cats (or maybe the wrong cats).
Sure, they are much more independant and not as needy as dogs (by far), but when I still lived at home (I can't have pets where i am now :-( ) the cats would come and greet me all the time, even jump into my arms at times, so that's just FUD you're spreading :-P
And you know that sound they make when you stroke them? That's called a pur, dude, and that means love :-)
I've had a few dogs in my life that I've enjoyed very much, but I can't see myself getting another one, they're just so stressful and needy (and dumb :-D).
@TPG
I really feel for you, it's not easy leaving someone you love, be they human or not
Hmm, smiley overload ... oh well :pint:
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
If I were you, I'd begin with looking nearby (or well, in the UK that is..)
This way, less fuss, less money spent, but probably with the same result :-)
I suggest a student's city.. I mean, a city with an university (maybe Aberdeen?)
but let's discuss this rather in the punkie goes america thread..
Well... I want to go to America anyway, 'cause I have friends there. So it wouldn't be quite the same result, even though there are cool people in Aberdeen. :-)
The only place I've ever felt like I belong to is Scarborough. I've been thinking I'll head for there when I come back.
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that_punk_guy wrote:
Well... I want to go to America anyway, 'cause I have friends there.
Cecilia? :-D ;-)
even though there are cool people in Aberdeen. :-)
Yup, my sis is going to live there with her friend for at least 3 years, to study/work at the university (that's also why it came to mind)
She now lives almost next door and I am often going to her place or going out with her in the city, so...
I'm going to miss her :cry:
anyhoo, it seems you made up your mind
Do you already know about how and what 'bout this?
I really hope it turns out to be a wise decision 'cuz I like you :-)
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I am on Team Cat for the following reasons:
1) A dog only licks your face because one minute earlier he licked his testicles.
2) A dog is only loyal to you because you're his personal janitor/mobile pooper-scooper.
3) Dogs slobber.
4) They hump legs, fluffy toys and boots, and even more embarrassingly they sometimes are a bit too 'knowing' about womens' personal once-a-month issues.
5) Cats don't bark.
6) Cats don't stink.
@ Punkie: leave your dog with a trusted friend, a good home, and get a nice pussy in the US.
:-P
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X-ray wrote:
5) Cats don't bark.
6) Cats don't stink.
But cats do stink and cats can make continuously awfull noise during spring
Let's say: I like certain cats and certain dogs.
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But cats do stink
Hmm, I've always found our cats had a very pleasant natural shampoo or soap like smell (and no, they hardly ever got washed), as opposed to most dogs.
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hm, you probably never had to clean a cat's box...
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@X-Ray
No. I was rather talking about the stench a cat can cause in a cat's box.
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@ Toy Boy
That's a different issue. It's probably safe to say that any animal's faeces stink, but when speaking of the animal and not its waste, I'm willing to bet that in a poll the cat would be voted far cleaner and nicer-smelling than the dog.
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X-ray wrote:
leave your dog with a trusted friend, a good home, and get a nice pussy in the US.
:-P
Dreadful!
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
that_punk_guy wrote:
Well... I want to go to America anyway, 'cause I have friends there.
Cecilia? :-D ;-)
:lol:
even though there are cool people in Aberdeen. :-)
Yup, my sis is going to live there with her friend for at least 3 years, to study/work at the university (that's also why it came to mind)
She now lives almost next door and I am often going to her place or going out with her in the city, so...
I'm going to miss her :cry:
anyhoo, it seems you made up your mind
Do you already know about how and what 'bout this?
I really hope it turns out to be a wise decision 'cuz I like you :-)
Thank you. :-)
I have some rough plans coming in my mind, which I won't share for now because they'll change then for sure. ;-)
I like your avatar, btw. :-)
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that_punk_guy wrote:
I like your avatar, btw. :-)
thank you :-)
*sigh*
yes,
come to think of it, tis not much more than half an hour driving from where I live now...
've been crew on such a ship (this kind of ship is called a tjalk, it's lying dry on the wad, soon after this picture is taken, this sea has become kind of a wet desert) a few years ago, and have also enjoyed exactly such evenings (this picture brought back memories), and also crisp mornings.
Yup, true happiness really exists.
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@speel:
Y'know, in secondary education (VWO5) we had a trip on such a ship too for a midweek. And that was indeed sooooo cool. I have a very similar picture nailed to my wall :-).
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Blomberg wrote:
But cats do stink
Hmm, I've always found our cats had a very pleasant natural shampoo or soap like smell (and no, they hardly ever got washed), as opposed to most dogs.
So your saying that cats smell of shampoo?
Whilst dogs stink! :lol:
Cat {bleep} is one of the worst smells in the world!
Plus the fact that they go and {bleep} everywhere in other people's gardens. That may be funny if you own the cat, but I have a friend who has had cat {bleep} walked through his house from his garden too many times to find it funny. He now keeps a 'super-soaker' handy (a big {bleep}-off water pistol).
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Blomberg wrote:
You obviously don't have much experience with cats (or maybe the wrong cats).
I had two cats of my own when I was younger. They were lovely animals actually - used to bring live rodents into the house, and leave guts all over the floor for you to tread in in the morning. Both got killed by traffic :-(
Sure, they are much more independant and not as needy as dogs (by far), but when I still lived at home (I can't have pets where i am now :-( ) the cats would come and greet me all the time, even jump into my arms at times, so that's just FUD you're spreading :-P
Sure, some of my friends have nice friendly cats. But then as many have either fat greedy cats that trip you up when you're going into the kitchen, because they ALWAYS want food [and one of the things I can't stand is gluttony], or cats that you see for ten minutes of every day - feeding time. Plus the fact that they whore themselves out to whoever gives them the most food. I know people who have gained neighbours' cats by feeding them, or lost cats to neighbours who give them more food.
And you know that sound they make when you stroke them? That's called a pur, dude, and that means love :-)
Hmm, true, but then cats seem to get 'aroused' whenever I stroke them. Heh, that reminds me of a little 'trap' you can set when a cats on your lap:
Make sure the cat is settled and reasonably happy, then surreptitiously aim the cat's rear end at the person sitting next to you. Now, stroke the cat vigorously near its tail, and it will lift its hind legs in pleasure, exposing the unfortunate girl next to you to a blast of cats arse! :lol:
I've had a few dogs in my life that I've enjoyed very much, but I can't see myself getting another one, they're just so stressful and needy (and dumb :-D).
I love walking, and a dog is the greatest companion for this. Not all dogs are dumb.
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
that_punk_guy wrote:
Well... I want to go to America anyway, 'cause I have friends there.
Cecilia? :-D ;-)
oh, you are sly, aren't you! :-P
if chris visits NY, i'll be happy to do the tour guide thing.
plus, there's at least 2 amiga meetings a month around these parts (mid-month). one can be traveled to by subway and the other is in Long Island and needs a ride.
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Cyberus wrote:
A dog will be genuinely pleased to see you when you walk through the door...
...as will the neighbours, as chances are it will have whined and barked solid every second you've been gone.
...a dog will defend you if it thinks you are being attacked...
I consider dogs more of a danger in my area than people!
...a dog will know when you are upset.
..and promptly do its best to try to comfort you by covering you in saliva, or by attempting coitus with a lower extremity.
And they really do stink. Catshit might stink, but cats don't carry that stink around with them. Dogs stink, always. The places they sleep stink. The houses they live in stink. Even the people who keep them sometimes stink of them.
But that doesn't mean that TPG isn't attached to his, even if it does possibly make him a bit stinky. ;)
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
hm, you probably never had to clean a cat's box...
Of course I have :roll:
But I thought we were talking about the animals themselves, not their faeces ... well, I've got news for you: all s**t smells, even yours and mine :-D