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  1. It was difficult that Roxy the retriever had to go into the operating theatre, so we had to leave her. With Bella, the black spoodle, she was given the needle at the local vet, and we were able to hold and pat her, and talk to her through it. I think that makes a big difference for them.

     

    When my daughter leaves the house to go to work as a schol crossing supervisor, or to do the shopping, or go to the footy/rugby/whatever, Buster the fawn spoodle, lays beside whoever is at home with him, but I'm sure he hears her car turn into the street. He is up beside the door and all over her when she walks in, like she'd been missing for a week.He doesn't leave her side.

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  2. Yes, pets are family and losing them can be as emotional as losing actual family members. As the "old man", it has been my resposibility to take pets on their final journey, and become quite tearful driving to or from the vet or RSPCA. These are the two dogs referred to in my previous post.

     

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    After my wife passed, my daughter insisted on getting another dog. She chose another Spoodle. He has an endearing character, but is often a pain in the neck. He lives indoors, and barks, shits and pees anywhere he likes, and chews anything he can get in his mouth. The photo below was when he was only a few months old. We also have two cats.

     

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  3. I know exactly how you feel. My late wife had the most beautiful golden retriever who developed a problem with leakage into the stomach. The vet told us to take her to the animal hospital. She refused to get out of the car and it took two of us to pull her out. She was operated on that night and we got a call to say she didn't come out of the aneasthetic. Our other dog, a gorgeous black spoodle, went blind, running into cupboards and walls. Then she started throwing up everything she ate, so we had to have her put down. Very distressing. 

     

     

     

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  4. Tell me if you think this is moving a little too fast. On May 13 I sent an email to a former neighbour telling him that another house in the street had been demolished for rebuilding. That's just under 7 weeks ago. The builders portaloo had been delivered, but preparation for the slab had not been commenced. The photo below shows the progress as of today.

     

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  5. I read a report where a US visitor to Australia, in a social media post, expressed amazement that here you fill up the car before going in to pay. Drive-offs and fuel theft became so rampant in the US, it is now normal to have to go in and prepay for your fuel.

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  6. Melbourne's Metro Tunnel was meant to open this weekend. The Gov't are now saying later this year, but that's now consideed unlikely. Two new stations have not been completed, and they are only just starting to work on the timetables. When they do start, it will only be off-peak services. Peak services will not start till next year, and passengers will have to travel via the existing City Loop. Couldn't run a piss-up in a brewery.

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