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I love the quote from Will Rogers: "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."
I absolutely agree, no dogs, send me where ever they are. That will be my Heaven.
I love the quote from Will Rogers: "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."
So sorry for your loss. She looks like a great friend!Thursday, December 15, 2022
Sadly Mary and I had to say goodbye to our baby girl, Ziva Diva. Ziva was 9.5 and was stricken with degenerative myopathy the canine version of ALS in humans.
Thanks to our friends Lisa and Greg who provided her Magna wave treatment’s that gave her relief for three weeks. Unfortunately this disease has no cure and can advanced rapidly as it did with our girl.
We were overwhelmed with the staff at VCA Vet clinic. The techs that had always made a fuss over our girl all came in and sat with us and Z. One of the techs got a call that we were bringing Z in and came to join us on her day off.
Ziva was finally allowed some Hersey kisses and after playing with the first one determined they did taste good and ate at least three or four. When all the techs gathered Z wagged her tail for the first time today, she was happy.
We will miss her, and the house immediately felt empty when we came home with no happy face and tail wagging to great us. Tomorrow will be another day of firsts. I’ll miss that wet nose poking under the covers to let me know it’s time to get her breakfast ready. Rest easy princess, we love you.
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Like cleaning up after a baby — dog can’t help it. It’s a part of life.Thanks for the thought. Her back legs are weak and she can't walk while wearing a diaper.
I have one slowing down now. I just spent the last hour prepping pill pockets and earlier today adding more runner rugs to the house.
When he goes, I am going to be a mess. We don't deserve dogs.
Gary, I know exactly what you are going through. Please accept my warmest condolences.
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Can't like that Airport Dog photo enough!Jay,
So sorry for your loss. It’s a brutal process most of us go through at some point but that still doesn’t make it easier.
One of our friends said to us it’s the transfer of love from the fur baby lost to the new pup that will heal your heart.
Mary and I could deal with doing the right thing for Ziva, we own them that much, not to let them suffer. The hardest part is the empty house and their unconditional love at all times.
We decided that we would head to the local shelter and adopt. Our home now is filled with puppy breath and new adventures. Honestly we forgot how much work it is keeping up with an 8 week old, and house breaking. What a work out!
Happy to say she loves the airport, loves to sit and watch the planes taxi in and out. Now to get her in the air.
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Thank you, all.I am sorry to hear this. It's horrible.
I have a big old guy that doesn't have much time left. I am giving him adventures while I still can.
Carrying him to a local pond and just sitting there watching ducks and feeding him grilled chicken.
18 years is an awesome run. RIP Tuffy.![]()
To each their own. I’ll happily love on a strangers dog to get my fix.When walking my dog over the years, I've had numerous people stop to love up on him only to tell me they'll never get another dog b/c losing them is too painful. To me, never experiencing all of their joy and love is much worse.
Retired five years ago and not sure how I ever had time for work.
I try and fly at least once a week. The bride and I will be back traveling and enjoying new adventures.
I’m sorry for your loss. Never an easy thing to deal with.
I didn't find the CGI that bad. Sure beats using optical effects to multiply the number of aircraft ("633 Squadron"), setting up flat silhouettes of B-17s for the ground shots (1990's "Memphis Belle"), or painting ME-109s in British colors to pad the ranks of the Hurricanes in "Battle of Britain" (What, you DIDN'T notice!!!???).
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Face it, ladies and gents, there barely enough B-17s left in the world to display a full bomb group, even on the ground. There's not enough flyable B-17s in the world to fly a single squadron. The times when enough get together to form even a single element is rare enough. And we expect movie producers to snap their fingers and scarf up all the flyable B-17s in the world?
If they do try it, look in the background...you'll probably see some OD-painted Electras, DC-7s, and any other four-engined prop transport they can find to make up a "real" squadron.
Otherwise, the moviemakers are left with trying to do it with models. I'm sure no one would be complaining if they had....
CGI allows them to reproduce real-world scenarios that we'd never see again. I'm sorry about the wrong rudder motion or the speed of the Greenland go-around. But it did give us those great "drone" shots showing the line of Forts taxiing down between the hardstands, and the squadrons struggling to join up coming through the clouds. And the skies filled with those majestic Boeing airplanes with all their doors in place....
It reminded me a lot of the filmed version of "The Shepherd." Again, mostly CGI, but of hard-to-find planes flying on a moonlit night. Looked cool.
Being a movie buff, I have my own peeves about shows like this. Salutes, for me, are a big one. Many actors and directors don't know what a salute is supposed to look like. The "Monarch" series on Apple+ is a very bad example of this. Only seen one or two salutes in "Masters of the Air," but the ones I noticed looked right. Referred to an RAF officer as "Captain"; the RAF doesn't HAVE captains. Group Captains, yes, but that's the equivalent of a full colonel. Not likely to find one bar-hopping or getting into a fist fight with Yanks.
I think the sets and the equipment looks dead-on. REAL impressed they found enough B-3 flying coats (the fleece ones) to equip so many actors. And you'll notice if they AREN'T going to be flying, they're wearing A-2 jackets. Exactly the way it should be, original A-2s were a windbreaker only, with no insulation. The trucks and Jeeps have the usual Hollywood mistake (they're too clean...NOBODY in wartime washes a utility vehicle) but at least the Jeeps are wartime models (there might be some CJ-2As, -3As, or -5s in there, but I haven't spotted them yet.)
There are deviances from the standard equipment. I saw men wearing goggles that I thought were WWII Navy goggles, but googling goggles revealed the AN6530 were worn by both services. Spotted one gunner wearing RAF Mk 7 goggles, and one of the lead characters has an obvious non-standard fleece flying jacket. But these things do happen in wartime; the individuals could have picked up these pieces informally.
Otherwise... well, I'm not too impressed with the story lines so far, but we'll see if they pick up. I have always been willing to extend the Suspension of Disbelief that accompanies all fiction. Heck, I enjoy the movie "Gravity" despite 40 years in the space business.....
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Removing the door for filming is one thing and not unusual. Having the door open and tied to the strut is quite another, it would be like taking off with drag brakes, not to mention the yaw effect and the possibility of blanking half the stabilizer. I can't imagine any pilot with half a brain trying this.
I’m so sorry for your loss.Just went through this with our goldendoodle, Cooper. He was 10, and succumbed to hemangioma sarcoma of the spleen. Named him after Gordon Cooper’s character in The Right Stuff.
He was definitely the best dog I ever saw, and he is sorely missed…..
Condolences. May your fond memories bring you comfort.He was definitely the best dog I ever saw, and he is sorely missed…..
Sorry to hear about your fur child.
We also recently went through the sudden loss of one of our two cats, that are my wife and I's only children. We took our girl into the vet because she seemed to be breathing a little faster than usual, but was otherwise acting fine and happy. Once there, the vet discovered she was in cardiac and respiratory failure, and her lungs were filling up with fluid fast. This particular breed of cat is known to be susceptible to a heart problem. There was no choice but to put her down to avoid her suffering. We never imagined that trip to the vet would be the last we'd see her.
So very sorry for your loss. It is never easy, as goofy as the fur babies can be they always give unconditional love. Remember the fun and laughter provided and i hope you feel better soon.We lost our cat 2 days ago to pleural effusion. Had him for 14 years... Can't stop crying and focus on any meaningful activity. Everything around our small apartment reminds me of him. A lot has happened in those 14 years, ups and downs, good and bad days, good and bad years, people came and people went...One thing that remained constant was coming home and being greeted by someone who was genuinely happy to see you and who had true and unconditional love for you.