OT: Very OT, rant, rave. vent.........

huggs, you are sure you are not on the other side of my neighborhood "person"?? I trained my dogs not to bark- really- I bribed them alot with dog bones- trained them to watch and not bark- so I only got the bark thing once, but can definately understand your upset.....I was going to have thier vocal chords operated on to live in peace..... this woman we have must be related to my awful ex..... anyhoo- am sad for you- some times "religious" people are the worst- hopefully things will work out- oof on the snakes- here it is racoons and possums!!!!- and the other neighbor has turkeys and chickens, now you know why I trained the boys not to bark....

anyhoo huggs for you and a calming vibe!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Susie,

I'm lucky enough to live between not one, but two nondog people. At least the other neighbors have never complained and even told me that the dogs never bother them.

We have racoons and possum too. We don't run into them too much because they're nocturnal, and if my dogs go out at night, they're only out for a few minutes. Even with that, they've probably caught three or four possum. One time, I had to pull Romeo off one (back when he could see) that he had cornered against a tree. Bleh! I didn't want to get that close to that snarling mess of fur and teeth!

Why do you let crazy people upset you so? Don't you see that's how they win?

Take some deep calming breaths.

Whatever she heard had nothing to do with you or Spike. It might even have been a wrong number for all you know, because she never identified herself. If you do wind up talking about it with her, just smile calmly and say, "I'm sorry, but my dogs were inside all morning. I don't know whose dogs you heard, but they weren't mine." Could have been feral dogs that came through the woods. Who knows?

Seriously, calm down and get some sleep. It's not your problem, it's hers.

{{{{Jerri}}}}}}

Cheri (Bubbee to Emily and Nathan)

Sigh. I guess I get defensive when I feel like I (or my dogs) am the one under attack It's just bizarre..

I wish I could think it was a wrong number, but I think I recognized the voice.

No, it's not bizarre, it's natural. But you're not guilty here, so you don't have to be defensive.

How about some Sleepy Time tea?

Cheri (Bubbee to Emily and Nathan)

Jerri,

Settle down. She is probably a snotty ass yankee bitch (sorry ya'll). I am going on record as saying not everyone from the north is a snotty bitch. Maybe if she bends over next time you can see what rod is stuck up her ass and recommend a good surgeon. ;-)

Come on over. I have plenty of fixings for almost any drink you like as long as it's Vodka or that snotty cinnamon tasting drink with gold flakes that I love. :-p

Crud! I know how that feels and two dogs are outside most of the time in their kennels or running about. My neighbors never complain even though I know the dogs bark way too much sometimes but the neighbors claim they like knowing if someone is around that isn't familiar to the dogs.

I also know what you mean about not the right kind of Christian. Girl I was raised in Texas and then moved to the south (Georgia & South Carolina). Don't get me started because I hear it constantly from my MIL about church. When DH and I decided to get married she had a coronary about me being Mormon at the time. That's a whole subject onto itself.

Lol. I guess I meant that she's bizarre.

I may have some sleepy time tea. If nothing else, I'll put on the tv. That usually puts me to sleep.

Illegitimi Non Carborundum. "Don't let the bastards wear you down". When stuff like this happens think about pity since their lives are so barren they have nothing better to do than complain about someone else. Armand

Lol. Starlia, you crack me up. No, she's a suthna, born and bred (or whelped, whatever the case may be). I really don't know much about her other than she's not an animal person. (Maybe that says it all right there.)

The thing is, my dogs aren't outside all that much. Sometimes they'll go out for a while, but most of the time, they want to be inside. I guess she's just one of those people who has to have something to complain about. Just makes me nervous because you never know what crazy people will do.

And yes, I'm probably the third notch on the wrong kind of Christian list. I'm your basic, boring Episcopalian, and only tolerated slightly better than the Catholic and Mormons are in the south. We won't even go into non-Christian faiths! I've put up with it for so long, that I just find it amusing. Some people are so worried about what kind of Christian you are, that they don't even think about how they're acting! It's really kind of sad. Sometimes it bothers me to hear, "Christian bashing", but I can really understand where it comes from. It doesn't happen all that often, but I still run into people that need to change me.

Thanks Armand,

I knew just hearing some words of wisdom from the group would help settle me down.

I think I'll trot on off to bed. We'll see if I'm up in a few hours, not sleeping!

I had to get a possum from the dingo female we had, she nearly killed it- it was passed out so I got it into a laundry hamper and got her in the house, it was after the cat food on the porch

our neighbors are real good people except for the one on the side of us with the ditch, she has mental problems sadly.....we hope they find a new home soon with lots of room for her relatives to park and no neighbors for a ways....

the man with the fowls here is a sweet guy- he told me not to worry if the new dogs barked, said was ok for him, he knew we needed watch dogs.........his turkeys are sweet, they come to the fence we share and watch me in the garden and talk turkey talk at me.....

fortunately we have a 7 foot fence with privacy lattice between and a big ditch between us- amen for ditches and high fences..... it cost alot for us to do it- but so worth it...........the woman has a mental problem on that side of us so we leave her alone and pray they move soon.......

at least your doggie was in the daytime hours if he was barking at all- perhaps 5 minutes was too long for her- is she ill???? or just crabby........

is ok- was daytime, they were just upset and spread it huggs

Also, she may be on or off a medication. I had a problem with some medication that I was on and was horrible to a neighbor. That was 3 or 4 years ago. Unfortunately it is still being held against me.

Hugs,

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "starlia" :

]raised in Texas and then moved to the south

LOL! honey, i've always considered Texas already south!

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Beadbimbo" :

]I'm your basic, boring Episcopalian

hey - now wait a minute!!!! basic? boring? NOT!!!!!!!!!! [and so am i!]

Hehehehe....I did too until I went to the south. They don't consider Texans southerners anyhow. Whatever. My great-great grandfather fought in that damn war too on the confederate side but that never factors into conversation. I just find it kinda funny when I go to visit my MIL who is southern to the bone. Cracks me up every time.

I'm a many generations Texan and proud of it. We were our own state once and my family lived here at that time. Well most of them that weren't on government property because they are savages that is.

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:46:42 -0400, Beadbimbo wrote (in message ):

In the city where I live, we have very strict dog laws, and some dedicated dog officers enforcing them. Mostly I appreciate it, because I haven't seen a dog running loose (except in designated areas) or a stray in years. We don't have problems with barking dogs either, although the dog officers insist that the complainant record the sound of the dog barking, and keep a log of the exact times and dates the dog was barking. (an hour or two wouldn't cut it)

As you all know, Sophie doesn't go out without a person. She does not like outside, except to do her business, and only barks like a maniac while indoors. (Which you cannot hear from outside - we've checked) Sophie is not left out at night to sleep, and on the rare occasions she wants to sun herself outside, I have a "one bark" rule: you bark once pal, and in you come.

Yet we had a neighbor that reported me (or rather Sophie) on a weekly basis for years. She called the dog officers almost daily, and when they stopped taking her calls, she called the police. The thing that tipped them off that she was a total wing nut was that when she first started calling, we didn't have a dog. Buckie had passed away some months before, and we hadn't yet adopted Sophie. Must have been those "invisa-dogs" that hang out at the Varraso house.

This woman passed away last year at just over 100 years old. I can't say I miss her much, and I suspect I'm nowhere near alone. When this lady saw the hearse come to my house to take my mother in law, she felt the need to come out on her porch to yell at me to get over there and tell her what was going on. (Like it wasn't friggin' obvious? Funeral guys taking a stretcher out of the house - hello?)

I'm also sure that the teenagers and non-white people in the area are delighted she's no longer with us, either. She had the lovely habit of reporting anyone who was not white as a "breaking and entering in progress," and any group of two or more kids was a "gang fight." (In my town, the police are required to respond to those kinds of calls, even though they know she's just being a jerk)

My only advice is to ignore her, for whatever the reason. Even if she calls the police, she's going to have to have a lot more evidence than "I heard a dog barking for the first time in years, and it was for two whole hours." In your area it sounds like it would be even harder to prove since the area is wooded, and dogs could come in from outside the area.

If she calls again, tell her that you all are praying for her to get a life.

Kathy N-V

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "starlia" :

]Hehehehe....I did too until I went to the south.

oh, i know. i've heard that, too. trust me - i was raised in Missouri. it might as well be 'south' too.

After you drink your double maragrita, dress Spike up in something fetching and parade him up and down in front of their house. While wearing a gorilla suit. They'll think you're a complete nutter and you'll never hear from them again.

Marisa (AU/NZ)