So, your NOTHING dogs birthday is a dead NOTHING dog ? RIP Fido


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I am NOTHING but confused. :confused:

We had a Dalmation named Ashes. She lived for 19 years and not for NOTHING. She picked up Valley Fever in Scottsdale, AZ and tried to get around the movie production trailers at the Red Lion Inn in Rohnert Park which were 300 feet out our back door. Lots of movies were made in the Sonoma-Napa Valley CA areas.

One of her favorite people was the Grand Jury Foreman who lived across the street from us in Reno, Nevada. She would bolt across the street whenever she saw him and a door was open.

A funny story about Ashes. https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...+virginia+lake It has some pictures of Ashes when she was in Reno, Nevada as well.

19 years is very old for a Dalmatian. Our last Dally lived to be 13 but I would be NOTHING but happy if Jake lives to 19.

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That is quite a funny story and some great pics. He has never bit his tail but he does sometimes like to chew on his toes. NOTHING that draws blood though.

I sure was worried about a cop stopping me with all the blood dripping off the windows. I would have had some explaining to do and not for NOTHING.

Yep, she's been gone for about 10 years now - wow, in figuring that out, I can't believe it! She was the perfect dog - a rescue and so well behaved. We have not been able to bring ourselves to get another one because she was so easy. I was afraid we'd never get one that good again. My husband used to call her the considerate dog because she would be so careful walking around the house so as to not bump into anything and knock it over. She was very observant of our reactions, never wanting to disappoint or upset us. It was like having the perfect child - lol. She was with us for 16 years, essentially grew up with our son. He cried like a baby when she died. We were all heartbroken. :cry:

There's so much more I could say but don't want to bore you. Instead I'll just finish by saying NOTHING except thanks again for sharing your doggies with us.

Seems you've had your share of dogs throughout the years, Tal. NOTHING but another beautiful one in those pictures. What a wild story too......:22yikes:

We would like NOTHING more than to get another pet when we move to TV but if we manage to travel as much as we hope, we just don't want to have to kennel or have someone come take care of them..

Keeping her birthday memory is NOTHING but what a true Den mother would do.


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That's kind of where we're at with the thought process too. I told my husband maybe we should take up dog sitting or dog walking when we move to TV. Then we can have the enjoyment without the full-time responsibility. We actually were asked to come down to TV and house/dog sit over Christmas last year for a couple we met through friends of ours. We would have jumped at the opportunity if I could have figured out the logistics with getting there and getting off work. I would like NOTHING more than to spend time in TV in December one of these years. If for no other reason than to see some of the awesome decorations.

Hmm.. Maybe we'll get a pet after all. We now know who to call to house and pet sit. NOTHING but a perfect solution. lol

We have quite a few neighbors who do this. They also do not want to have a dog of their own but will gladly take care of the dogs in the neighborhood when their parents travel. It is NOTHING but great for us and we try to help them in other ways.

There you go - NOTHING but a win-win!

Since my husband retired he has gotten into a lot of barter type situations with friends and neighbors. He loves it because he would rather not sit idle and his only real hobby is going to the gym - too much work and no play over the years. So he's done house sitting, pet sitting, and helps friends with their contracting businesses.

One funny thing he did was he rearranged the neighbor's family room furniture when they were away. I asked him why would you do that?? He said he thought it looked better the way he arranged it. Then I asked what happens if they don't agree?? He replied, I'll just put it back where it was.....duh (what I think he was thinking about my question, not what he actually said to me). Long story short they came home and loved it!! So guess whose furniture got rearranged next? Our living room, and guess what? I love it! I guess he has NOTHING but another talent I never knew about in the 35 years of living under the same roof! LOL

He sounds like NOTHING but fun.

That he is, and NOTHING but helpful too. I will toot his horn for him and say he is a great person to have as a neighbor and/or friend. Always there if you need anything. Unfortunately, sometimes it interferes with his honey-do list at home, but a honey nonetheless and you just gotta love his heart for others.

I profess to having one of these gems for a husband also. Too bad it had to be the second time around. I NOTHING but learned the hard way always.

I think a lot of us had practice spouses.. I got it NOTHING but right on the second try too.

Thank God, I have a friend who still hasn't figured it out. Her last boyfriend was a Catholic priest. I tried to tell her it was a mistake but NOTHING I said made a difference. He dumped her when he got caught and went through "counseling" for his "problem" and then got reassigned.

Gee, so maybe I should try again and it will get even better?!? :undecided:

NOTHING doing........counting my blessings.

Truth be told, we did a lot of practicing on each other and it certainly wasn't always pretty. At first, probably the only thing we had in common was our career paths. We were both raised very differently so we had a lot to iron out along the way. But I think what helped us was 2 things - we were friends first, before we even started dating, and as a result we were good at keeping communication lines open. That was one thing my friends always noticed about us - we could talk about everything and anything........and no secrets. It wasn't always easy and still isn't sometimes, but we always come back to the fact that we truly are each others best friend.

Darn, we sure covered a lot of territory on NOTHING today!

If NOTHING else we're a diversified bunch.. lol

Btw, forgot to mention - NOTHING but glad to hear that the 2 of you found the right mates for you. Sounds like W did too. Believe me when I say I just got lucky the first time around. No magic formula here, just the way it worked out.

Yeah, I want to know who could be bored on this thread? You never know what's going to pop up next on NOTHING. Stay tuned........

I dream of the day when we all become gazillionaires by starting our own sitcom........lol

I said we were diversified. I said NOTHING about being funny.. :1rotfl:

Ok, so wrong genre.......how about drama? I can create a lot of that, especially if someone will pay me for it. How's that for NOTHING?

Hi you bunch of beautiful NOTHINGS, sorry I’m late. I can relate with a whole lot of the posts today. I love fw’s pup and W’s pup didn’t eat a bone it looks like he smoked a Bone. Both dogs large and in charge.

Sorry about your Bro Tal. That’s a rough one. I just don’t know. There is plenty of pain to go around with addiction.

I’m a member of the Club on getting it correct the second time. I think I told you I just got a three years Marriage Contract Extension, With a Signing Bonus. Ooo La La.

Goodnight you all.

Nucky has spoken. NOTHINGVILLE is secure.


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Quiet night in NOTHING. Makes me wonder what's going on on the island. I heard a rumor that the boat ride at LSL has been closed due to Legionaires disease.

The boat ride may have been closed, but there can often be a wild ride on NOTHING. We may have ended the night quietly (good to hear from Nucky and thanks W for always doing a perfect closing statement), but we had a wide range of topics going yesterday.

From addiction and prayer to dogs and marriages. Oh yeah, and my failed attempt to get interest in doing a TV show. Too bad, I was thinking of calling it "2 Jakes and Friends" or maybe "2 Jakes and Some People". Definitely not "The NOTHING Show" for fear of a lawsuit from the Seinfeld people. Hey, maybe that's who should be looking at this thread - c'mon Tal, get on it!

So Happy Monday, everyone. Another week upon us and here we are into the month of July. Every time I say I can't take another winter up north or even another year up here - poof, it's gone! - so why fret, just live well wherever you're planted.

Are you NOTHING but crazy? The winters were so long I thought they would never end. I was definitely planted in the wrong place because I love the heat down here even in the summer.

Haven't lost my mind quite yet, but a couple more years up here should do it. Then it won't matter where I'm at - lol.

In all seriousness, my intent was just in saying how fast time flies in general. Believe you me, one more winter up here and that's it. We're already planning our 3 month winter stay in TV for 2020. We'll see how that goes, then maybe the next year will be longer and the next even longer. If we weren't locked into our house here we would already be there full-time. It's a long story.......and I don't want to forget my NOTHING. :D

I do not miss the Milwaukee, WI; Itasca, IL; and Minneapolis, MN, cold temperatures. Denver, CO could be cold one day and hot the next and Reno, Nevada was relatively mild in comparison like Rohnert Park, CA. Those desert nights in Apache Junction, AZ could be cold as those of Scottsdale, AZ.

Been in Florida now 22 years and a few days. 13 of these in the Villages.

I do not mind the heat here in FL not for NOTHING.

I do miss the mountains of CO, NV, and CA and the snow at times. Better to be inside a moving car or train or in a warm house or motel/hotel though at the snow.

I do miss the mountains, Florida is so flat but never the snow. I NEVER want to see that again. I NOTHING but hated it. Depressing, depressing, depressing for me. Cold, grey, dark...I never understood the people who found it beautiful. I wanted to hibernate until things turned green again.

Also lost a brother, Jim, of a sister-in-law a few months earlier in 2014. A paranoid schizophrenic who fell in love with guns and would not give them up so thrown out of the house by older brother. He was always too clever to say anything crazy enough to get him mental health treatment. After he killed himself, quite a long time later after the forced eviction, the cops got a look at his journals which showed just how troubled he was. My brother and sister-in-law saw these too. Guns and the mentally ill do not mix well but these are complicated issues. Too easy for enemies to use labels of mentally ill to get some kind of leverage or just win battles. Crooked timber of humanity and all that. Not a NOTHING quote from Immanuel Kant. Immanuel Kant - Wikiquote

The last quarter of 2014 was a very tough period for my older brother and his wife with the loss of both her only sibling and his youngest brother as well a few months apart. And both due to all consuming mental health and/or addiction problems. Jim was addicted to carrying those semi-automatic pistols around. My younger brother to alcoholism for decades.

Mental illness is NOTHING but the worst curse. My sister's oldest child is bi-polar and it has been a horrible life sentence for her.

It can be quite a lot of work for other family members. But not for NOTHING. I am also not so sure that psychiatry is past its infancy so far. They know so little about the human mind. They can often address the symptoms of mental disease with chemicals but not get at the causes of this mental illness.

And there is also that political element of those with more power labeling undesirables as "mentally ill". That happens a lot in many parts of the world and especially over history.

The families though usually know a lot more about the behavior of other family members unless hidden like with my brother-in-law Jim. He was quite careful about whom he said stuff to in many settings.

I personally believe that mental illness is more about the physical brain than the psych. I am NOTHING but convinced that much more research needs to be done on brain function. Many people who have been through similar trauma come out with entirely different outcomes simply because their brains are wired differently.