Dear So and So

[marni]

Dear Rowena,

No your ribs are not showing, nor are mine. That is why we are both on a diet. It is unreasonable for a 14 lb.corgie to insist that you must eat your weight in kibble on a daily basisin order to survive.

[snapdragen]

Your corgi only weighs 14 pounds? Is she a puppy?

[channlluv]

My condolences about Pansy, too, to the people who knew her or who enjoyed her presence here. Cancer is a hard way to go. I hope her transition wasn't too painful.

Roxy

[marni]

Your corgi only weighs 14 pounds? Is she a puppy?

no she is actually two years old and full grown. She is just a very tiny, not purebred corgi. I think she is actually a borgeranian (corgie, beagle, pomeranian)or some such. She has a corgi head and ears, the typical corgi shed a rugs worth of coat every day of the year, and the corgi bunny butt but her legs are quite fine and her chest is not as broad as it should be. She is amazingly agile and can get all four feet off the floor at the same, something I have never seen another full blood corgi do.

in the picture she is sharing my lap with Tux our Main Coon who actually outweighs her but is about the same size, if you ignore the projectile shedding armpits

[snapdragen]

Oh she's cute! My corgi, Chloe, does the four footed jump, I always said it was because she grew up with cats.

[OakLeaf]

She is darling.

My Measle did the four-footed jump. By appearance, we guessed he was half Dalmatian and half greyhound. When he jumped with all four feet, he could clear the sofa. He liked to spin in the air, too, so he'd come down facing the opposite direction he started from.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

ignore the projectile shedding armpits

Um...how could anyone ignore something like that ? lol!

What a mental image!

[BikeDutchess]

Dear telephone solicitor for some firefighters organization: When I firmly, but politely, tell you that I never commit to donations over the phone, but will be happy to decide whether to donate after reviewing any written materials they care to send me, telling me "I hope your children never get burned" is NOT the way to change my mind!

[Crankin]

I hang up on any solicitor who happens to get through the do not call list. Who thought the list of non-profits that call me would be so long? This includes the ASU alumni association, who I told to quit calling me. They ask poor students to do their dirty work. I am a life member and I give almost every year, but please, let me do it by mail.

[OakLeaf]

I'm acquiring a decent sized database of call center phone numbers. Whenever I get a spam call, I program my phone to send that number straight to voicemail. Some still get through (got one this morning, actually), but you'd be surprised how many solicitors use the same call centers, thus the same numbers. The longer I do this, the more numbers are in my phone, and the fewer I have to answer.

[indysteel]

Dear telephone solicitor for some firefighters organization: When I firmly, but politely, tell you that I never commit to donations over the phone, but will be happy to decide whether to donate after reviewing any written materials they care to send me, telling me "I hope your children never get burned" is NOT the way to change my mind!

OMG. That's ridiculous. I don't care how worthy a cause is; it's not an invitation or excuse to be rude. I'd be calling the Powers that Be at that organization and giving them an earful.

[bmccasland]

I'm loving having functional caller-ID on the house phone. I can see who's calling, and choose whether to answer or let go to voice mail. Amazing how few solicitors continue to the option of leaving a message.