The Palatial Palace of Suck and Peace

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

01/12/2009 12:46:01 PM · #1076

Originally posted by xianart:

sprog pics will have to wait until i get home...

unless, of course, you're on that evil entity of facebook...

I'll wait 'til you get home. I've so far successfully avoided the evil entity, on the presumption I'm entirely too old for Facebook or MySpace or whatever the kids are using these days. :-)

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

01/12/2009 12:47:54 PM · #1077

you're fishing.....

o, ok, you whippersnapper you. no-one's to old for facebook. it's a non-ageist addiction...

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

01/12/2009 12:49:49 PM · #1078

Hmmm.... I have to admit at least three different people have asked me "Are you on Facebook?" I think the odd look I return indicates my unfamiliarity with the whatever it is. Perhaps I shall investigate... but imagine my chagrin if I were to create one of these Facebook things and no one came by?

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

01/12/2009 01:01:04 PM · #1079

have no fear, if you build it, they will come...

sorry.

tim and aimee are there, jj beguin, don, and lots of others...

SaraR

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

01/12/2009 01:09:30 PM · #1080

My children have told me they will disown me if I join Facebook...

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

01/12/2009 01:23:09 PM · #1081

Originally posted by SaraR:

My children have told me they will disown me if I join Facebook...

so, don't tell them.

K3Master

Pentax K-3

Pentax D-FA* 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW

01/12/2009 01:24:21 PM · #1082

*sniff* I'm still teamless! ;)

snaffles

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

01/12/2009 01:28:38 PM · #1083

*Sigh* I hate Mondays. Esp this Monday.

Started off with a crap score on my Sand entry, which is pretty oob, I guess. Things didn't improve with the fire not wanting to start in the woodstove, which in turn made me late for work.

Where it quickly becomes obvious that the time has come for the 28-yr-old Clydesdale gelding to leave us. Hopping around on three legs, the degenerative arthritis in his right hind leg hock has caught up with him, won't put any weight on it at all. Won't touch his grain, didn't want to leave his stall, and even after putting 40 cc of bute (in 2 doses of 20 cc) into him, still won't set that foot down.

I told the owner the time has come; learn later that she and hubby have been fighting all weekend about whether or not to put him down.

Seems like my word was the final say, however. Either that or seeing me in tears - at his obvious level of pain, more than at seeing him go - made up her mind.

I don't doubt I'll be bawling my eyes out tomorrow too, but at least I'll be there when he goes to see his soul on its way.

01/12/2009 01:30:08 PM · #1084

Originally posted by K10DGuy:

*sniff* I'm still teamless! ;)

Ummm... OK - try this - go look at the beginning of this thread and see what the teams are and who is on which one. Draw a circle on the floor with indelible marker, write the teamnames, spill a soft drink and see which name collects the most liquid.

Or pick someone you know on one of the teams and shamelessly beg to join them.

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

01/12/2009 01:31:50 PM · #1085

Oh, Susan, how very sad. :( But it does sound as if the poor guy is ready to move on. I feel for the owners and for you. Never an easy thing no matter how many times. Bless his heart, though, he has you to look out for him and do the right thing. Hugs!

kashi

Nikon D60

01/12/2009 01:46:50 PM · #1086

Thank you everyone - y'all know what for.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

01/12/2009 02:02:01 PM · #1087

Thanks, Deb.

This old guy has had a good life.

I took this picture of him as a potential entry for Horses this past summer. Just did a resize and some sharpening. The owners got him from a rescue facility when he was 17, he'd been a hitch horse (don't know who for) until he got too old or arthritic for that. He was used for light riding, mostly as a 'hubby horse'.

I'm just glad that he does want to go (I got the feeling, right before I left, that he was a little annoyed that he has to wait til tomorrow morning), and he's going before the weather gets any worse - midweek it's meant to drop to -30, and that kind of cold would be brutal on the old man, even with blankets on. We weren't even sure if he would survive last winter, but he did, and up until last week he acted fine. Thursday however he was noticeably stiff. Friday he was on 3 1/2 legs, meaning that he was still putting weight on the bad leg, but obviously limping.

I usually don't work the weekends, so it wasn't until I saw him this morning and the sheer agony in his eyes, coupled with a complete lack of interest in food, and that bad leg being kept carefully off the ground, that I knew it was time to tell the owner that it's time for him to go.

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SaraR

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

01/12/2009 02:15:16 PM · #1088

Susan, your care for the animals you look after is so obvious. Hope tomorrow goes as well as it can, and your support for the old guy helps him at his end. I'll be thinking of you.

01/12/2009 02:52:12 PM · #1089

Originally posted by kashi:

Thank you everyone - y'all know what for.

Where in the world have you been? I know you weren't happy with your camera at first - is it getting any better?

01/12/2009 05:06:47 PM · #1090

Originally posted by kashi:

Thank you everyone - y'all know what for.

Welcome back Lea, we missed you :)

MAX!

01/12/2009 05:15:30 PM · #1091

Originally posted by K10DGuy:

*sniff* I'm still teamless! ;)

___________

We'll take him, can we have him, can we, can we, huh please, please, PLEase, PLEASE, pleASE, PLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

(throws self on floor thrashing about screaming "WE WANT EDWARD, WE WANT EDWARD, WE WANT EDWARD, WE WANT EDWARD, WE WANT EDWARD, WE WANT EDWARD!!")

Boy I hope this works I feel like I'm two again:)

MAX!

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

01/12/2009 05:24:23 PM · #1092

snaffles Susan, my heart goes out to you and the owners, it's never an easy decision even when you know it's the right thing to do.

Let the tears flow and then relax with a nice bottle of wine and some cheese in front of your new wood stove and let the puring of your cats and the crackle of the fire sooth you after

which you should take a nice warm bath in a candle lit roof with your favorite music playing softly in the background.

I know this will not help with all the pain of your loss but I would hope it would bring you some level of comfort.

All the best to you and the owners, you'll be in my thoughts tonight and tomorrow.

MAX!

Hipychik

Sony Alpha a6000

01/12/2009 05:48:14 PM · #1093

Originally posted by meyers:

EstimatedEyes has been added to Team Out of Focusers.

Yay! Welcome to the team Dennis!!

dsterner

Canon EOS-40D

Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon

01/12/2009 06:13:11 PM · #1094

Originally posted by Quigley:

Originally posted by K10DGuy:
*sniff* I'm still teamless! ;)

___________

We'll take him, can we have him, can we, can we, huh please, please, PLEase, PLEASE, pleASE, PLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

(throws self on floor thrashing about screaming "WE WANT EDWARD, WE WANT EDWARD, WE WANT EDWARD, WE WANT EDWARD, WE WANT EDWARD, WE WANT EDWARD!!")

Boy I hope this works I feel like I'm two again:)

MAX!

I'm with MAX - I want him too!