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Hot-air balloon hit a power cable near the stadium? No lights, no scoreboard, no clocks... broadcasts?
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I just caught this walking in the room... no power at all at RWS. Anyone know what's going on? Game still on?
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Im not going to add to the pit bull/breed discussion other than to say the 2 ive owned rank as the top 2 friendliest, loving, loyal dogs out of all the different breeds my family have had.
Crating, on the other hand, is not a bad thing. As long as you arent leaving the dog in the crate for more than 6-8 hours at a time, it is actually better for most dogs. Puppies tend to hate their crate in the beginning, but by 1 year old, it becomes "their space" and the dogs will often sleep/stay in it on their own when the door is left open. It gives them their little piece of territory. It should NEVER be used as a form of punishment.
What this all comes down to (pitbulls, vicious dogs, crating, etc) is not the dog, but rather how responsible the owner is. Or is willing to be. Dogs are a lot of work (no duh), and the stronger the personality, the more work they need.
If the OP wants a dog that can be independent and be left outside on its own for a few days on end, I would recommend AGAINST a pit bull. Not because of any fault with the dog. It just will not be the right environment for such a strong personality dog. You might want to look at Labs or Hounds maybe?
edit: ill second jeff's dalmation idea, but i dont know enough about them to say it would be ok on its own.
Dalmatians are usually pretty independent and they do have a protective streak. Pits may be great dogs, but I personally wouldn't want to deal with the crap that surrounds them.... uneasy friends, insurance issues, and so on.
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Additionally, I'd like a female. I seem to work better with them. I had enough experience dealing with alpha males during my marriage.
Some will flame me for this, but I can be too easily dominated and have trouble training males.I've had better luck with female dogs as well to tell you the truth. Both of mine are girls.
Don't rule out the crate, though. It's not a bad thing. Almost all vets and rescue groups will actually recommend it. I wouldn't be surprised if some rescues actually require that you have a crate for when you're not home. My dogs are both crate trained. It's akin to a dog house, really.
My wife is home all day, so they're out most of the time. Instead of leaving them home alone to get into trouble, we simply tell them to 'go home' and they happily bound off to the two crates we've setup for them. That's also where they go to hide bones and whatnot.
This seems to cover it pretty well. Though note that I've heard different opinions on feeding your dog in a crate.
Based on what you've said... a Basset, perhaps a Chow... Dalmatian might be good, too? Plus, they have spots. Spots are cool. Well, measles aren't cool, but spots on dogs are. The chow and the Dalmatian would have a bit of a protective instinct as well, which might be good if you live alone. The Basset would make a lot of noise, but probably wouldn't hurt a fly.
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Best dog I ever owned was an older Shepard mutt. Nicest, sweetest and most well behaved dog I ever was around.
Same here. He was very much the neighborhood dog. He was a Shepherd/Husky mix. A big monster dog. Nicest thing, too. Still the best dog I've had. He used to love burying himself in the Buffalo snow. Though, the husky I have now is pretty close... she listens very well and has that "soft mouth" that most retrievers have.
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I may have missed this... but what exactly are you looking for? Good with kids? A one-person-dog? Friendly all around? A guard dog? Do you have a badger hunting addiction and you're looking for a partner?
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As an animal lover, I'm very concerned about having an animal in an unsuitable environment for its breed. I appreciate the suggestion, but I don't feel that Huskies belong in the Texas heat.
Yeah, if you're looking to keep the dog outside most of the time, a Husky in Texas is not a good idea. The double coat will help keep it cool, but not cool enough to live outside. You would have to ensure you have a nice shady spot and some shelter so it didn't overheat.
I'm in GA. Mine stays indoors for the most part during the day. I take her for a good long walk after the sun goes down and it gets cooler.
A basset or a beagle might be a good choice?
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Absolutely, however it doesn't seem like the wrong side because the steering wheel is also on the wrong side. Although, turn signals and wipers are a bit of a challenge...
Ain't that a B word? So is shifting and dealing with a clutch. When I first got to Australia a few years back it took me a couple days to really get the hang of it.
2.89 N. of Atlanta as of yesterday afternoon.
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Honestly, I'd skip the pit for the simple fact that explaining how harmless he is would get really, really old. Every time you've got company, you'll need to put him away somewhere. No matter how many times you tell most people it's safe, they'll probably never really relax around it, which will keep the dog on edge.
There are other annoyances as well. Your insurance will go up or you'll simply have trouble staying insured. GA still has those lists of dangerous dogs, I'm not sure about NY.
Just, quite honestly, not worth the trouble. Seems to me that there are just too many hassles surrounding a pit.
I still vote Husky, with the Basset being a close second!
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I've recently moved and since I now have a very large, fenced yard, I'd like to get a dog again. I'm comitted to getting a rescue dog and I've been hearing a lot a great things about Pit Bulls. I'd like some opinions from any who have had experience with them.
Can't help you on pits. It'd be weary of a rescue pit as there's probably a chance that a previous owner may have been planning on using it as a fighting dog. I'd love to hear some objective info as well. I've heard that they can be very good dogs if brought up right. All I hear about here in Atlanta are Vick and his dogs.
Both of my dogs are rescue girls. I've a Basset and a Siberian Husky. Both are great animals, though they're on opposite ends of the energy spectrum. If you'd consider a Basset, I know there's a great rescue up that way. I believe it's called ABC. I've met a couple of the guys that run it.
My rescue dogs:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=5757...mp;id=569239125
The Siberian is a great dog, but she need a lot of exercise. She runs about four miles a night with me. Very smart and somewhat mischievous. I think there's a Husky rescue up there too... Husky Savers or Husky Helpers or something like that.
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.22-caliber rifle discharged after her husband placed the butt on the ground between his legs. He had been shooting rabbits.
.22? It's gotta be an accident.
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5. Tammy Her son must be so proud of his mom's whore picture.
Yeah, especially as she's nastying up his uniform. Notice the emblem was blurred out.
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Five Guys Burgers 'n Fries
Their fries are fantastic too.
My wife also makes these ones that are like grilled meatloaf almost, covered in cheese.... awesome burgers.
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I voted for the one requested, but #1 is an order of magnitude above the rest.
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Sorry, I did 7
Which ones? Would that make you a hockey dad?
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Jeffrey D. Sweetin, a Special Agent with the Rocky Mountain Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said that Henry, 29, along with James Mack were arrested Tuesday as a result of a “multi-kilogram cocaine transaction” in Centennial, CO.
Multi kilo so at least 4.4 lbs that ain't a line between friends folks. BYE-BYE
Wow, later Henry...
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I agree, I wonder if that was the turning point for him, or was he already a scum bag and we didn't know it?
Ding ding ding. Good people screw up sometimes and get caught with a doobie. You've got to have some scumbag in you already to start selling the powdered stuff.
Now, of course, 4 mil. and life in jail is the high end... that's the "caught in a Stephen Segal movie wearing a black pony tail and sporting a white suit" punishment. Some undercover dude may have "simply" spotted him taking some cash for sharing a line with a buddy.
Either way, he's a tool.
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Edwards taken off on a cart... eyes "glazed over." They're stabilizing his head, so says GR. Son of a B word!
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Every time I open the 'Off The Wall' forum, I think I see "Oh, Miss Florida!" I think to myself... "Oh good, pictures of a hot girl." Then, I slow down and read it again. Disappointment. I've done this about 4 times now.
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It looks like he shaved off the moustache and is just going with a full beard...that is messed up.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team+BUF/rams/losman
Well played, very well played.
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Okay.. on Linux, it is possible to partition ANY block device (see below). The difference is that they boot different. The PC hardware isn't going to look for an MBR on a floppy device, it's just going to load a boot sector directly from LBA 0. A hard disk is going to look for a record and load from a bootable partition. It has to do with what's recognized by the system versus what you can actually write.
Jeff
jeff@martian:~$ dd if=/dev/zero of=b
dd if=/dev/zero of=b
172905+0 records in
172905+0 records out
88527360 bytes (89 MB) copied, 1.94793 s, 45.4 MB/s
jeff@martian:~$ fdisk ./b
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x2291c037.
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable.
You must set cylinders.
You can do this from the extra functions menu.
Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)
Command (m for help): x
Expert command (m for help): c
Number of cylinders (1-1048576): 1024
Expert command (m for help): r
Command (m for help): c
DOS Compatibility flag is not set
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-1024, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-1024, default 1024): 50
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 25: Inappropriate ioctl for device.
The kernel still uses the old table.
The new table will be used at the next reboot.
Syncing disks.
jeff@martian:~$ fdisk ./b
You must set cylinders.
You can do this from the extra functions menu.
Command (m for help): p
Disk ./b: 0 MB, 0 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2291c037
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
./b1 1 50 401624+ 83 Linux
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For a friend's homework assignment... Is it possible to have multiple partitions on a floppy disk in either a windows or linux environment? I've been scanning google, but i may get an answer more quickly here... I haven't dealt with floppy disks in years, so i have no way to test anything.
Here's a hint... where is the partition information stored on a hard disk?
The REAL answer? Who the hell uses floppy disks?
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The mother has a mental disorder, I forget the name of it, but people with it hoard crap and can't throw anything away. The beer guy could probably pay cash for a Ferrari after cashing in those cans. Coors should just buy him one or make him a stock holder.
I knew a woman just like that Ebay lady. She would compulsively order stuff off of QVC and stack it everywhere. It was difficult to walk through the house. Very VERY nice woman, just a little OCD.
Now, this apartment... a former coworker of mine had one of the worst houses I've ever seen. They got very very addicted to playing EverQuest. To the point where they would simply neglect the house, their pets, and to a certain extent, their children. I used to carpool to work with the guy. At first it wasn't so bad, but after 6 - 8 months of living there, they wouldn't let me in the house any longer when I picked him up in the AM.
After a while, they let up and started letting me in. It was atrocious. Stacks of diapers 2 feet high in the corners, piles of dog sh*t everywhere... 5 - 6 piles at any point in time. The dogs had ripped up the carpet and dug a whole *through* the master bedroom door. They had cats, which had kittens, which had kittens. They wound up just using one of their BATHTUBS as a litter box because they had so many cats. Garbage everywhere, the smell of rotten food throughout the kitchen. Beer cans full of ashes. You could smell the dog piss in their *driveway* it was so pungent. Their kids would walk around the house in sagging diapers. They were very bad with money... every couple of weeks they'd have some utility shut off. The guy made really good money, too.
They wound up loosing the place because they got behind. That was the *worst* house I've ever been in!
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The only two things that really stuck out for me...
1. Obama kept going on and on about how he opposed the war day one. Kept saying that we should never have gone into Iraq... well, whatever. The bottom line is that we're there and we have to do something about it now. Hindsight is 20/20 and all that... what's your plan NOW? I don't care about what happened back in '03. Coulda woulda shoulda isn't going to win you my vote.
2. I liked how Obama gave credit to McCain when he was right... though that could be dismissed as a simple desire to find common ground.
At the end of the day, the debate didn't really sway me at all. I think this one went about 50/50.
Power Outage at RWS?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Juice is back..
Er wait...
POWER is back.