Barney's Gone

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  1. Dwight Ward

    Dwight Ward Veteran Member
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    Beautiful. So, are you about 12 hours out of sync with the US? It's 12:40am here on the east coast.
     
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  2. Kate Ellery

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    Well ….I’m not “home” at the moment I’m 1300 Km from home ….In a city called Canbera which is the capital city of Australia.

    ….so this area is ……..1/2 hour ahead of South Aust time :):)…….where I actually live

    So now let me work that time difference between where you posted from and where I’m ….so it shows on my end you posted / tagged me HALF an hour ago …….and that would have been
    4.45 pm here

    @Dwight Ward

    isn’t it marvellous we can chat to members right across the other side of the world …..as I do when I play word games with the girls each morning :)
    :)
     
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  3. Dwight Ward

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    Yes, it fills a void with me. I'm not the most gregarious person in person (awkward phrase) but I like some human interaction everyday. The site is good for that at those times when I don't see any people in my everyday life.
     
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    I don't have any pets at the min. It's been a few years now since I lost my dog and it's the longest I've ever been without a pet. I'm thinking of getting a cold water fish tank. I've kept tropical and cold water fish in the past so know what to buy, plus I still have some equipment from my last tank.
     
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  5. Dwight Ward

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    I have a friend who still grieves for her last dog and won't get another. I wish she would. We have to accept these losses and keep ourselves open to even more. It's just part of life and you can't close yourself off from it. Good luck with your fish.
     
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    “It is a fearful thing to love what death can touch.”

    not sure of source
     
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  7. Dwight Ward

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    Thanks for the quote.

    'Tis a Fearful Thing
    By Chaim Stern


    ‘Tis a fearful thing
    to love what death can touch.
    A fearful thing
    to love, to hope, to dream, to be –
    to be,
    And oh, to lose.
    A thing for fools, this,
    And a holy thing,
    a holy thing
    to love.
    For your life has lived in me,
    your laugh once lifted me,
    your word was gift to me.
    To remember this brings painful joy.
    ‘Tis a human thing, love,
    a holy thing, to love
    what death can touch.
     
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    Thank you for the source. I’ll but the whole thing in my “quips and quotes” file.
     
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    That sounds exactly like how I feel.
    Reckon I'll stick with the idea of a fishtank (⁠•⁠‿⁠•⁠)
     
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  10. Dwight Ward

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    Hi Leigh. Where in Nevada are you from? When I was hitchhiking I spent a little time in Vegas and Reno and more time in Lake Tahoe on the border where they used to shoot Bonanza. I prefer the lake.
     
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    sorry for your loss---dwight
     
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  12. Dwight Ward

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    Thank you, Betty. Everyone has been so kind. Barney was a guy and king of the house. He was an inside only cat. I have two females who are in and out cats and they are a solace to me. I think they miss Barney too.

    Of course I might be thinking of the dozens of women who would miss me if I passed.
     
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