Another f’in new guy - Page 3

Janet · #51 01-19-2012, 02:54 PM

Huntsville also seems to have an awesome library. I'm on a committee with their head of computer education and their lab is huge compared to ours. From the website, the whole library looks great and well funded. I'm both impressed and jealous as hell.

Welcome, by the way.

PopeyesPappy · #52 01-19-2012, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Deadlokd

My greyhound story is that two greyhounds mauled my dog when it ran under the fence of our rental property and tried to make friends with them. They slipped their muzzles and mauled him pretty badly. Admittedly he was a chihuahua so he probably looked like a rabbit.

I was twelve at the time and saw it all. Pretty traumatic.

Anyway, that's beside the point. Welcome PopeyesPappy!

Pops isn’t particularly good with other breeds. Not just small ones either. He doesn’t like big dogs when he doesn’t think they are acting right. I have a theory about why but some will argue with me about it. I believe that one of the causes of this issue is that most dogs don’t know how to act or communicate like dogs.

The racing greys are raised in packs from the time they are born until they leave the track. That’s at least 18 to 24 months even for a hound that runs in a race. During that time they experience the complete cycle of K9 cognitive development and learn to communicate with other hounds on the same level as a pack of wolves. Most household pets never get that experience. They are taken out of the pack at a very young age and never learn many of the communications skills necessary for membership in a pack of dogs. So when a strange dog approaches a couple of greyhounds exhibiting what is perceived as aggressive behavior who can blame them for responding in kind. What would you do if someone aggressively got in your face and told you to grovel before them or get your ass kicked?

PopeyesPappy · #53 01-19-2012, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Janet

Huntsville also seems to have an awesome library. I'm on a committee with their head of computer education and their lab is huge compared to ours. From the website, the whole library looks great and well funded. I'm both impressed and jealous as hell.

Welcome, by the way.

Is that the public library or UAH?

PopeyesPappy · #54 01-19-2012, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by LadyShea

I am just North of Gulf Shores (like a block N. of the city police jurisdiction lol). Closer to Pensacola than Mobile, actually.

I spend more time in Destin than Gulf Shores. Probably because Mom and Dad's neighbor of 40 years has a couple of condos there that she lets us us for the cleaning fees.

Crumb · #55 01-19-2012, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by PopeyesPappy

with many of problems usually associated with middle aged guys.

They make pills for that now. :viagra:

wei yau · #56 01-19-2012, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by lisarea

Are you a real guy, or some kind of demographic homunculus of the Freethought Forum or something?

Oooh oooh, I see a new user title for PopeyesPappy!

PopeyesPappy · #57 01-19-2012, 04:45 PM

Just for you

SR71 · #58 01-19-2012, 05:19 PM

Awesome. What's a homunculus? Do they jump out of trees onto wildlife?

Janet · #59 01-19-2012, 08:16 PM

It's the public library. I'm kind of amazed considering the state of public library funding these days. Oh, damn! Now you made me look again and I found out they're having a Harry Potter Lego night on top of the John Milton author tea. I am so freaking jealous!