>>>>>>>Hi Mike
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lnInterestInDiscussiongPolitics = 0

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>>>>>>>>PS -- I think I would go with llInterestedInDiscussingPolitics = .F.
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>>>>>>>You should think about scale qualities again ...
>>>>>>>or go back into early teenager mode and reread the definitions of Null-A ;-)
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>>>>>>>have fun with your new family member - what name did she get ?
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>>>>>>Bailey. That was suggested by my older daughter Allie and we all liked it. (Emily, her younger spinster, suggested Lily, which is her own middle name, LOL).
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>>>>>>It's a little like having a baby again. She has been doing this thing since last night that has me concerned. She has been retching or gagging audibly, enough to make her body shake. It's like she's going to vomit but she doesn't vomit. I suspect it's from eating grass, a habit I have been unable to break her of so far. I'm going to call the vet's when they open.
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>>>>>>If someone can tell me how to attach a picture I will post one taken of her when she was 5 weeks old, the day we picked her out from the litter.
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>>>>>In my experience, the grass eating is an attempt to 'cure' something else.
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>>>>Not sure I am following. If it's something you would rather not say, that's OK.
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>>>Dogs will sometimes eat grass because their body asks them to in order to balance out some other ailment Or perhaps something else they ate that does not agree with them. Perhaps an 'old wives tale' but the grass is a sort of "medicine" for them.
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>>>>How was the bike ride?
>>>It was a 4H club ride. Heat - Humidity - Hills and Headwinds. First four days were really tough on this 69 year old body. I was ready to bag it and go home but my pride would not let me. Last three days were nice. I rode over 500mi including 2 consecutive 100 mile days. The heat index was over 110 on those two days. Fun though!!!
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>>Salud, sir. How many 69 year olds could begin to do that?!
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>Actually, many of the 15,000 + riders were senior citizens, some very senior. And there were a lot of wiry little old grandmothers that were passing me up those hills (Iowa is not flat!)
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Show offs! (grin)


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>>Fortunately the extreme heat has abated. This is the third perfect day in a row. The grass has even started growing again.