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Battleborn

JohnInCarolina said:

Battleborn said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Battleborn said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Battleborn said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Now I know it is Holiday season.

Hopefully your tamale deal was as sketchy as mine. 

We talking parking lot here?

No parking lot here, but I was in a part of town that I had no business being in on my off time. I would have stopped me if I saw someone else doing what I was doing. 

You had me at “I would’ve arrested myself”

I didn’t say arrested, just stopped. Looked sketchy. After a look of contents being tamales and not meth, it would make sense. 

FYI, I didn’t dislike. 

I know I was just cracking a joke.  I hope the tamales are as good as they sound.

Oh, I know. There is very little that I take personally or literally. We got them for thanksgiving. They were delicious. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Battleborn said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Now I know it is Holiday season.

Hopefully your tamale deal was as sketchy as mine. 

Lol, I didn't think about it, but I get them from the south side.  You drive into a specific neighborhood and look for the house with the blue light bulb by the door.  Everything is dark and all windows covered. Ring once and wait.  I guess I never thought of it as sketchy.

Ozzie_Isaac

kl8ton said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

lousubcap said:

@ColbyLang Like that was just figured out by him today?? Hello!

Lol, you sound just like my very upset wife. At this point, our hands are tied. Puppy is in his possession and paid for in full…….

Working with animal transporters can be super stressful.  Hopefully all goes well.  Waiting is the worst part.

We just ended our 7 month stint with a foster boy that is almost 13 years old. Human transport can be worse.  They basically had 45 days to make other arrangements for him. It ended terribly. Basically a white prison van with bars on the windows came to pick him up and put him in a homeless shelter in Detroit. Hours away from our house.  

That is a bad deal, especially with plenty of notice.  If you don't mind me asking, did they age out or just had other circumstances

fishlessman

ColbyLang said:

fishlessman said:

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

lousubcap said:

@ColbyLang Like that was just figured out by him today?? Hello!

Lol, you sound just like my very upset wife. At this point, our hands are tied. Puppy is in his possession and paid for in full…….

Working with animal transporters can be super stressful.  Hopefully all goes well.  Waiting is the worst part.

Upsetting part is the super lack of communication. You broke down Tuesday night. You were supposed to be here this morning. I wouldn’t know anything without calling him myself. Ain’t like he’s bringing this pup for free

How much would a flight have cost, I flew my last one from the Dakota's to Boston and that included a crate big enough for training for a few months.

Fish, $400 plus the round trip to the nearest major metro airport with a puppy nanny………Bougie dog, what can I say?

a puppy flying first class with a nanny......would never have imagined

ColbyLang

fishlessman said:

ColbyLang said:

fishlessman said:

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

lousubcap said:

@ColbyLang Like that was just figured out by him today?? Hello!

Lol, you sound just like my very upset wife. At this point, our hands are tied. Puppy is in his possession and paid for in full…….

Working with animal transporters can be super stressful.  Hopefully all goes well.  Waiting is the worst part.

Upsetting part is the super lack of communication. You broke down Tuesday night. You were supposed to be here this morning. I wouldn’t know anything without calling him myself. Ain’t like he’s bringing this pup for free

How much would a flight have cost, I flew my last one from the Dakota's to Boston and that included a crate big enough for training for a few months.

Fish, $400 plus the round trip to the nearest major metro airport with a puppy nanny………Bougie dog, what can I say?

a puppy flying first class with a nanny......would never have imagined

Knew what my options were the day I put a deposit on him. I didn’t have the time to drive 28 hours round trip. 

Ozzie_Isaac

fishlessman said:

ColbyLang said:

fishlessman said:

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

lousubcap said:

@ColbyLang Like that was just figured out by him today?? Hello!

Lol, you sound just like my very upset wife. At this point, our hands are tied. Puppy is in his possession and paid for in full…….

Working with animal transporters can be super stressful.  Hopefully all goes well.  Waiting is the worst part.

Upsetting part is the super lack of communication. You broke down Tuesday night. You were supposed to be here this morning. I wouldn’t know anything without calling him myself. Ain’t like he’s bringing this pup for free

How much would a flight have cost, I flew my last one from the Dakota's to Boston and that included a crate big enough for training for a few months.

Fish, $400 plus the round trip to the nearest major metro airport with a puppy nanny………Bougie dog, what can I say?

a puppy flying first class with a nanny......would never have imagined

Problem with puppies is they can't read yet, so they have a hard time finding the right gate.

fishlessman

ColbyLang said:

fishlessman said:

ColbyLang said:

fishlessman said:

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

lousubcap said:

@ColbyLang Like that was just figured out by him today?? Hello!

Lol, you sound just like my very upset wife. At this point, our hands are tied. Puppy is in his possession and paid for in full…….

Working with animal transporters can be super stressful.  Hopefully all goes well.  Waiting is the worst part.

Upsetting part is the super lack of communication. You broke down Tuesday night. You were supposed to be here this morning. I wouldn’t know anything without calling him myself. Ain’t like he’s bringing this pup for free

How much would a flight have cost, I flew my last one from the Dakota's to Boston and that included a crate big enough for training for a few months.

Fish, $400 plus the round trip to the nearest major metro airport with a puppy nanny………Bougie dog, what can I say?

a puppy flying first class with a nanny......would never have imagined

Knew what my options were the day I put a deposit on him. I didn’t have the time to drive 28 hours round trip. 

time for me to start looking again, the last breeder i bought from sold the kennel and the guy that bought it breeds from cryo, whole different world out there. dont think i will be buying from him.

alaskanassasin

Going to pick up a sprayer. 

 My dad had a brittney shipped from Texas to Alaska. Not sure the deets. What kind of dog are you getting @ColbyLang ?

ColbyLang

alaskanassasin said:

Going to pick up a sprayer. 

 My dad had a brittney shipped from Texas to Alaska. Not sure the deets. What kind of dog are you getting @ColbyLang ?

F1 Aussie Doodle male

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang said:

alaskanassasin said:

Going to pick up a sprayer. 

 My dad had a brittney shipped from Texas to Alaska. Not sure the deets. What kind of dog are you getting @ColbyLang ?

F1 Aussie Doodle male

I will ship you bags of undercoat, just so you don't miss the 'real' Aussie experience!  🤣

ColbyLang

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

alaskanassasin said:

Going to pick up a sprayer. 

 My dad had a brittney shipped from Texas to Alaska. Not sure the deets. What kind of dog are you getting @ColbyLang ?

F1 Aussie Doodle male

I will ship you bags of undercoat, just so you don't miss the 'real' Aussie experience!  🤣

Nah, my mini has enough undercoat for me. Can’t wait to see her reaction to a puppy almost the same size as her out the gate

kl8ton

Ozzie_Isaac said:

kl8ton said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

lousubcap said:

@ColbyLang Like that was just figured out by him today?? Hello!

Lol, you sound just like my very upset wife. At this point, our hands are tied. Puppy is in his possession and paid for in full…….

Working with animal transporters can be super stressful.  Hopefully all goes well.  Waiting is the worst part.

We just ended our 7 month stint with a foster boy that is almost 13 years old. Human transport can be worse.  They basically had 45 days to make other arrangements for him. It ended terribly. Basically a white prison van with bars on the windows came to pick him up and put him in a homeless shelter in Detroit. Hours away from our house.  

That is a bad deal, especially with plenty of notice.  If you don't mind me asking, did they age out or just had other circumstances

We put in our notice to have him removed for several reasons. Mainly the agency wasn't supporting us/him as we all agreed upon when we took him in. It was supposed to be for 5 days. We had him 7 months. We had great systems in place to manage his needs (High level). They basically made it so that what we had set up was impossible to do without the help they promised. His case worker is too blame. We've sent an email and copied his lawyer, supervisors, adoption worker, and anyone else that was involved with him. 

It's hard. We've been doing foster care for 10-12 years and we've never asked to have a kid removed. They've either moved back home or been adopted. Sometimes by us. 

Legume

That sucks @kl8ton, very sorry to hear that, it has to be hard on everyone involved.

TEXASBGE2018

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

alaskanassasin said:

Going to pick up a sprayer. 

 My dad had a brittney shipped from Texas to Alaska. Not sure the deets. What kind of dog are you getting @ColbyLang ?

F1 Aussie Doodle male

I will ship you bags of undercoat, just so you don't miss the 'real' Aussie experience!  🤣

Nah, my mini has enough undercoat for me. Can’t wait to see her reaction to a puppy almost the same size as her out the gate

I agree

ColtsFan

Unboxing. So much cardboard!

GrateEggspectations

Performing snow management.

Gulfcoastguy

kl8ton said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

kl8ton said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

lousubcap said:

@ColbyLang Like that was just figured out by him today?? Hello!

Lol, you sound just like my very upset wife. At this point, our hands are tied. Puppy is in his possession and paid for in full…….

Working with animal transporters can be super stressful.  Hopefully all goes well.  Waiting is the worst part.

We just ended our 7 month stint with a foster boy that is almost 13 years old. Human transport can be worse.  They basically had 45 days to make other arrangements for him. It ended terribly. Basically a white prison van with bars on the windows came to pick him up and put him in a homeless shelter in Detroit. Hours away from our house.  

That is a bad deal, especially with plenty of notice.  If you don't mind me asking, did they age out or just had other circumstances

We put in our notice to have him removed for several reasons. Mainly the agency wasn't supporting us/him as we all agreed upon when we took him in. It was supposed to be for 5 days. We had him 7 months. We had great systems in place to manage his needs (High level). They basically made it so that what we had set up was impossible to do without the help they promised. His case worker is too blame. We've sent an email and copied his lawyer, supervisors, adoption worker, and anyone else that was involved with him. 

It's hard. We've been doing foster care for 10-12 years and we've never asked to have a kid removed. They've either moved back home or been adopted. Sometimes by us. 

I understand. My niece and her husband fostered two half siblings with the aim of future adoption. After thinking about my post the boy had too many problems that they weren’t equipped to deal with. I will leave it at that.

Botch

Mad props to you folks who take on these challenges.  

alaskanassasin

Well I managed to piss off half of Ohio by hauling farm equipment down state routes for 100 miles. The ones that matter, a state trooper, a city cop and a few county bountys one who passed me did not seem to mind. I was able to get up to 35 mph most the time, that is BLAZIN!

dbCooper

@alaskanassasin - no pics of the new equipment?

LetsEat

Enjoying a martini and counting my blessings. 

Thank you @Ozzie Isaac for the recommendations as I was troubleshooting bulb failures. 

alaskanassasin

fishlessman

alaskanassasin said:

Well I managed to piss off half of Ohio by hauling farm equipment down state routes for 100 miles. The ones that matter, a state trooper, a city cop and a few county bountys one who passed me did not seem to mind. I was able to get up to 35 mph most the time, that is BLAZIN!

Just went a hundred miles behind plow trucks in the rain. They made a barricade across all lanes pushing the nooo snow

alaskanassasin

That’s a dvck move @fishlessman

fishlessman

alaskanassasin said:

That’s a dvck move @fishlessman

I left work three hours to avoid the snow. Bastards

WeberWho

Just wait until they let people name the plows. Our official snowplow names:

• Plowy McPlowFace
• Ope, Just Gonna Plow Right Past Ya
• Duck Duck Orange Truck
• Plow Bunyan
• Snowbi Wan Kenobi
• F. Salt Fitzgerald
• Darth Blader
• The Truck Formerly Known As Plow
• Betty Whiteout
• Ctrl Salt Delete
• The Big Leplowski
• Plowasaurus Rex
• Scoop Dogg
• Blizzard of Oz
• No More Mr. Ice Guy
• Edward Blizzardhands

JohnInCarolina

WeberWho said:

Just wait until they let people name the plows. Our official snowplow names:

• The Big Leplowski

The snow abides.

Ozzie_Isaac

@kl8ton thank you for taking the time to explain.  You are doing amazing work and all the kids and families who you help are truly blessed to have you as a part of their lives.

GrateEggspectations

Neat video about using water to achieve better browning on your foods. 

https://youtu.be/rzL07v6w8AA

ColbyLang

Puppy finally got here. 1:30 this morning 🤦🏻‍♂️.

kids are ecstatic, current pup thinks it’s great we got her a toy