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@jhill2d11 - I have no problems with someone like you who takes in the strays & keeps them off the street. The problem here is that people are setting out food & scraps for the strays - this is bringing vermin & wildlife from the valley where the railroad runs. In the last year, I have trapped 3 possums, 2 raccoon, and one very large, very angry woodchuck. Thankfully my neighbor got the skunks - No, he didn't get sprayed. Now the cat count - between Tom & I, we have trapped 60 in the last year. They get taken to the rescue center where they are neutered & put up for adoption. Unfortunately, the center has cut back operations so we may have to take them to Animal Control.
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@jhill2d11 - I'm sure that those Vets were appreciative. MOST are but there are some that expect EVERYTHING handed to them on silver platters because they are VETS.
Susan - I am an animal lover but frown on anyone who feeds strays. We have a problem in our neighborhood because one neighbor harbored stray cats - Humane Society rescued 40 - 50 from her house when City finally cited her. Now another neighbor has taken it upon herself to feed all God's creatures, as she calls it, before she feeds her husband. As a result, my flower beds smell like litter boxes. I go through a container of Critter-Away just about every month trying to keep them out of my flowers.
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@jhill2d11 - Thank you !! One of the most touching scenarios I have ever had in my life was several months ago when I took my BH out to dinner @ O'Charley's - a steak/prime rib & seafood house that is popular in the South - just moving up North now.
We had a very enjoyable dinner & asked for our check. The waiter said that it had been taken care of by a younger couple that were out on the patio near us. I walked over & thanked them profusely (serious - I had tears in my eyes). Apparently, she was the daughter of a third - maybe fourth generation military man (also Air Force) & sister to 3 Air Force officers. She had failed the physical to get into the Air Force so she made it a point to pay for the dinners of any military men & their families dining near her and her husband when they dined out.
So, don't think your kind act goes un-noticed. I had to have BH drive home that night because I was so rattled. I have never had anyone show such kindness to me. -
@jhill2d11 - my best "Bud", originally from California, now lives in Maryland - we plan on getting together sometime this coming Summer when he travels thru to visit out West. He just retired from a Gov't job after 35 years.
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@jhill2d11 - Coincidence is my first sale from storage unit over a year ago to Buyer in the Dakotas. After I shipped the glass dish, I got an email from the Buyer's Dad asking me if I had served in VietNam in the Air Force. Turned out the Buyer's Dad was one of my co-workers in the radio site in Saigon in late '69. I have found 4 of my good friends from the P.I. & Nam thru the Web.
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@jhill2d11 - they may have been my aunt's in-laws. I believe her husband was from N.Y. state.
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@jhill2d11 - Nope - SS check is based on last name. Mine comes on 3rd Wed. of month.