Everyday Adventures

[Pat]

We're going to pay close to $3000 for the dog to have his ACL repaired.  Poor guy has been hopping on 3 legs for a week now.

My wife has had the dog for longer than she's had me around.  I didn't have the heart to suggest we not pay the money.

But damn - that's a lot to pay for a dog who is estimated to live 4 more years.

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It's not as if we're poor...

I was rolling my eyes at the notion that $3000 is too much money since "it's only got 4 years to live".

I don't think less of you for entertaining the notion, since I understand you might not have a bond to the dog other than you'd have for your car or a fancy set of steak knives, but it is completely foreign to me to think that way.

You have to think that way though.

If he was only going to live another 6 months we wouldn't get the surgery at all.

If you're poor, sure. If I had four kids to feed, a stay-at-home wife and a shitty job at the plant, it obviously wouldn't be much of a contest. If the choice is between buying a new LCD TV or getting a $3000 surgery for my dog who's going to live another 6 months I wouldn't even think twice about the money. I would speculate on the value of a surgery where the anasthesia might kill him, but the cost? Not a chance.

Yeah, definitely with you on that one. Dogs are members of the family, after all.

[Grey Fox]

I'm poor. At 3k, dog gets euthanised.

[Slargos]

Do you actually have a dog Slargos? 

I did, and he was a tiny scrapper so had to go through surgery several times to fix broken bones and dislocated hips. His courage was alas too big for his diminutive stature.

[Slargos]

Do you actually have a dog Slargos? 

He did, but it was deemed a mongrel and euthanized.  Is "euthanized" a word?  I get little red lines under it, but it looks right.

I thought he euthanized it because it was black?

Nah, I euthanized him because he was old, sick and frail. 

[Martinus]

Do you actually have a dog Slargos? 

If I had a dog Slargos I would have put it down, as it would keep barking at people too much.

[Ed Anger]

After 3 days of constipation, the dam broke free. Launched was a turd so massive, the Yamato was a digny compared to it.

I FEEL BETTER.

[DGuller]

After 3 days of constipation, the dam broke free. Launched was a turd so massive, the Yamato was a digny compared to it.

I FEEL BETTER.

Did you have any difficulties flushing it?

[Ed Anger]

After 3 days of constipation, the dam broke free. Launched was a turd so massive, the Yamato was a digny compared to it.

I FEEL BETTER.

Did you have any difficulties flushing it?

I broke it apart with the plunger.

[DGuller]

Ugh, I hate it when that happens.  Did you make sure that no chunks were stuck to your plunger after you put it away?

[Ed Anger]

Ugh, I hate it when that happens.  Did you make sure that no chunks were stuck to your plunger after you put it away?

After a few flushes, I swirled it in the bowl water before dropping it in the plunger bucket.

The maid might get a surprise.

[DGuller]

Ugh, I hate it when that happens.  Did you make sure that no chunks were stuck to your plunger after you put it away?

After a few flushes, I swirled it in the bowl water before dropping it in the plunger bucket.

The maid might get a surprise.

Hmm, plunger bucket.  That's a clever idea, I like it.

[DGuller]

On a different subject, I'm going to lock myself in a cheap hotel room for 5 days starting this Friday, to prepare for my exam without any distractions.  If that particular Days Inn turns out to be a roach motel, I would be very annoyed.

[The Brain]

I just did my taxes.

[DGuller]

Getting ready for my investments actuarial exam tomorrow.  I really hope I'll do well, and have enough time to answer all the questions.  Failing the same exam for the fourth time would just be too sickening.

[grumbler]

Getting ready for my investments actuarial exam tomorrow.  I really hope I'll do well, and have enough time to answer all the questions.  Failing the same exam for the fourth time would just be too sickening.

"Break a pencil"