Bah Humbug

Zigactly. I was crushed when my boys drafted Wilson. Round one, get beef. I'm really hoping we get Cardale, this year or next, mid-rounds, and keep him on ice for three years. That's how you get a quarterback. Winston and Mariota will both let their teams down.

BillyD

Yeah they're pretty confident guys. They've taken to nesting on skyscrapers recently, brought home several years ago by a pair nesting on a skyscraper ledge right off Central Park in NY. They were all the rave in the city that year, Pale Male was the male's given name.

Bah Humbug

Ok my man, THAT is a worthwhile bird shot. That right there, do more of it.

I know what you mean about "not the greatest", but yet it's the best I've seen on a forum.

rjones28 

We had a dog with Cushings.

2manybikes

I remember that being on the TV news.

Heathpack 

Very common in dogs, usually a functional pituitary microadenoma. Sometimes a macroadenoma, that's when I get involved. Pro tip: if someone brings you their dog repeatedly insisting it's just "vaguely not right" or "a little mental" and you can't find anything, just go ahead and MRI the brain. Good chance you'll find a pituitary macroadenoma or other diencephalic lesion. It's a classic history starting with "No one believes me..."

Heathpack 

See? Just like I said. Common.

coasting 

I like watching birds.

BillyD

Appreciate the feedback 2mb and Hummer, I didn't anticipate that pic's appeal.

datlas 

The human type??

BillyD

About a year before the end one of my vets suggested Moose's condition might be Cushings. Who knows? Everyone else saw it as hypothyroidism.

Bah Humbug

That's what my poor old puppy died of, too.

rjones28 

She also had luxating patella.

Heathpack 

Aw, sorry I brought it up.

Now you just have cats?

rjones28 

Bah Humbug

I think what I like is it isn't just yet another bird flying or standing; the action is evocative. It'd be nice if there were more contrast between the color of the bird and the grass, but that's a damn fine shot right there.

And hey, I never knew where AV-8Bs got their name from. So, you learned me something today!

WhyFi

Winston can generate facial expressions that convey absolute dumbfoundment better than anyone else that I've seen in recent memory. I admit that I haven't actually seen him play, but the dumb looks and crab legs alone make me glad that the Vikings are no longer in such a QB-needy position.

Heathpack 

Also common. Your dog was a canine cliche.

Bah Humbug

Oh, it's ok; I think of him every day anyway. Been nearly a decade; I don't think that will change.

Just the one cat, actually. He's had... less than positive experiences every time I've moved him somewhere with another cat, so no additions while I have him.

Bah Humbug

Besides the allegations of sex assault, nevermind the lack of formal charges. The crab legs. The student union. The tweet after losing. All of it screams Ryan Leaf.

Meanwhile, Mariota looks like he'd break in half by the end of year two.

WhyFi

I know that you don't like the football talk, @Heathpack, but changing the subject to dead pets is a low blow.

WhyFi

His body type looks like he could just balloon at a moments notice, too, JaMarcus-style.

This is the only thing that worries me about Teddy. He does seem to have good pocket sense and movement, but I still hope he puts on a little more meat.

coasting 

datlas and rjones.. outed as dirty old men.


my work is done. you're welcome.

Heathpack 

I had a great dog when I was in vet school & my residency. Gordon Setter. Totally fun dog. She survived jumping off the roof of the vet school (wasn't even injured), jumping out of a moving car (also not injured), and falling through the ice in a pond (guess what? uninjured).

She was also funny because she was obsessed with shadows, I think she confused them with birds. She loved to swim but was not buoyant like all my friends dogs, super skinny. If you took her to the beach and asked her where China was, she'd start digging a hole.

Haha one day I came home and no dogs at the door. She & my roommates black lab were sitting casually on the couch, legs crossed, as if nothing was up, she just didn't happen to hear me come home. So funny because she & the lab were covered head to toe in flour. They'd gotten into the pantry and the lab (who would eat anything) ate five pounds of flour. He was pretty sick from it. My dog was fine, I think she was just curious as to what he was doing and got inadvertently in the flour cloud.

That dog was 100% game for anything- especially if it involved running around in circles for hours. Hiking, swimming, boating, kite-flying, butterfly chasing, ice cream eating, etc. Never met anyone she didn't like. Well, she was always kind of afraid of Mr H, he never really liked her and she could tell. Truthfully she was pretty slobbery and hairy and exuberant.

Anyway, she eventually died of complications of a kind of uncommon tumor, an insulinoma. This tumor type secretes insulin spontaneously and makes the blood sugar low. Kind of sad in the end, because it sapped her energy and energy was this dog's defining element. But happy happy happy dog, never complained about one thing ever in her whole life. In turn, I had zero complaints about her. Just a totally good dog.

Heathpack 

Lol, I was just getting started