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Old 12-24-23, 06:20 AM
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I signed up, but unless I get displaced from my trip I won’t have the time.

My kids have been waking up at a stupid early hour. Like 530 am, So riding Christmas Day is prolly not going to happen.
wonder where they get that from.....
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Had a lovely Christmas surprise Friday. Our 15 y/o dog would not get up for breakfast. She’d been having issues due to caudal nerve damage (occasional loss of feeling in her hind end), that we were able to control with anti-inflammatory meds. Friday, when she tried to stand up, unless we were there to help her, she’d fall over and pee all over herself. Ultimately we made the decision that it was time to say goodbye and had a service come to our house to put her to sleep. It was really hard for the girls, so they and I left while it was happening.

Really hoped she would make it to the new year. But she’s not suffering.

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My group rode off while I was fumbling with my vest and I heard the moto guys talking about Yasgur's farm (Woodstock) so I said "Max, Yasgur's name is Max". Guy says if I'm old enough to know Max then I'm too old to be doing that stuff (bicycling). I agreed with him and rode off.
I rode there from Port Jervis, NY during a long weekend of cycling back in 2001. Pretty neat.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Had a lovely Christmas surprise Friday. Our 15 y/o dog would not get up for breakfast. She’d been having issues due to caudal nerve damage (occasional loss of feeling in her hind end), that we were able to control with anti-inflammatory meds. Friday, when she tried to stand up, unless we were there to help her, she’d fall over and pee all over herself. Ultimately we made the decision that it was time to say goodbye and had a service come to our house to put her to sleep. It was really hard for the girls, so they and I left while it was happening.

Really hoped she would make it to the new year. But she’s not suffering.

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It's not easy, but you did the right thing and she had an amazing life.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Had a lovely Christmas surprise Friday. Our 15 y/o dog would not get up for breakfast. She’d been having issues due to caudal nerve damage (occasional loss of feeling in her hind end), that we were able to control with anti-inflammatory meds. Friday, when she tried to stand up, unless we were there to help her, she’d fall over and pee all over herself. Ultimately we made the decision that it was time to say goodbye and had a service come to our house to put her to sleep. It was really hard for the girls, so they and I left while it was happening.

Really hoped she would make it to the new year. But she’s not suffering.

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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Had a lovely Christmas surprise Friday. Our 15 y/o dog would not get up for breakfast. She’d been having issues due to caudal nerve damage (occasional loss of feeling in her hind end), that we were able to control with anti-inflammatory meds. Friday, when she tried to stand up, unless we were there to help her, she’d fall over and pee all over herself. Ultimately we made the decision that it was time to say goodbye and had a service come to our house to put her to sleep. It was really hard for the girls, so they and I left while it was happening.

Really hoped she would make it to the new year. But she’s not suffering.

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Sorry amigo. We def know how you feel. Mrs. Bam is still grieving Leah.

The Vet that she took her too, cremated her and gave us a special box with her name engraved to hold the ashes. A week later we got a box in the mail containing a nice wooden decorated box and an imprint of foot print. Super nice of them.
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Originally Posted by ls01
That's hard brother. my sympathies.
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It's not easy, but you did the right thing and she had an amazing life.
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Sorry amigo. We def know how you feel. Mrs. Bam is still grieving Leah.

The Vet that she took her too, cremated her and gave us a special box with her name engraved to hold the ashes. A week later we got a box in the mail containing a nice wooden decorated box and an imprint of foot print. Super nice of them.
Thanks everyone.

We decided a few months ago we were going to bury her in the yard, it was her favorite place to be. I dug a 5 foot deep hole back in October and we buried her there yesterday. After she passed, the vet helped my wife get her in a Euthabag and carry her out to the garage. We took some paw prints to hang in the girls’ room before we buried her.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Had a lovely Christmas surprise Friday. Our 15 y/o dog would not get up for breakfast. She’d been having issues due to caudal nerve damage (occasional loss of feeling in her hind end), that we were able to control with anti-inflammatory meds. Friday, when she tried to stand up, unless we were there to help her, she’d fall over and pee all over herself. Ultimately we made the decision that it was time to say goodbye and had a service come to our house to put her to sleep. It was really hard for the girls, so they and I left while it was happening.

Really hoped she would make it to the new year. But she’s not suffering.

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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Had a lovely Christmas surprise Friday. Our 15 y/o dog would not get up for breakfast. She’d been having issues due to caudal nerve damage (occasional loss of feeling in her hind end), that we were able to control with anti-inflammatory meds. Friday, when she tried to stand up, unless we were there to help her, she’d fall over and pee all over herself. Ultimately we made the decision that it was time to say goodbye and had a service come to our house to put her to sleep. It was really hard for the girls, so they and I left while it was happening.

Really hoped she would make it to the new year. But she’s not suffering.

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Old 12-24-23, 08:11 AM
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I'm so sorry to hear, phrantic09 We go into this knowing our heart will be broken, yet we go willingly. The heartbreak just means you made sure the best dog lived the best life.
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Had a lovely Christmas surprise Friday.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Had a lovely Christmas surprise Friday. Our 15 y/o dog would not get up for breakfast. She’d been having issues due to caudal nerve damage (occasional loss of feeling in her hind end), that we were able to control with anti-inflammatory meds. Friday, when she tried to stand up, unless we were there to help her, she’d fall over and pee all over herself. Ultimately we made the decision that it was time to say goodbye and had a service come to our house to put her to sleep. It was really hard for the girls, so they and I left while it was happening.

Really hoped she would make it to the new year. But she’s not suffering.

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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Had a lovely Christmas surprise Friday. Our 15 y/o dog would not get up for breakfast. She’d been having issues due to caudal nerve damage (occasional loss of feeling in her hind end), that we were able to control with anti-inflammatory meds. Friday, when she tried to stand up, unless we were there to help her, she’d fall over and pee all over herself. Ultimately we made the decision that it was time to say goodbye and had a service come to our house to put her to sleep. It was really hard for the girls, so they and I left while it was happening.

Really hoped she would make it to the new year. But she’s not suffering.

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Did breakaway intervals this morning outside. Use a stretch of the colonial parkway between Williamsburg and Jamestown. The section is the flattest section of the parkway and it’s about 7 miles long which was enough mileage for one interval set. Plus side, I did not see one car during the whole work out, downside, it was pitch black.


After a 30 min warm up. Started the first set which was 30 seconds Zone 5 followed by 10 mins zone 4 followed by 8 mins recovery repeat. First 2 sets didn’t feel bad at, the last set was appropriately hard. Glad I was able to finish, the ride home was a struggle.
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My foot won't be still while that's playing.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Had a lovely Christmas surprise Friday. Our 15 y/o dog would not get up for breakfast. She’d been having issues due to caudal nerve damage (occasional loss of feeling in her hind end), that we were able to control with anti-inflammatory meds. Friday, when she tried to stand up, unless we were there to help her, she’d fall over and pee all over herself. Ultimately we made the decision that it was time to say goodbye and had a service come to our house to put her to sleep. It was really hard for the girls, so they and I left while it was happening.

Really hoped she would make it to the new year. But she’s not suffering.

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so sorry. we love our pets so much..
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Thanks everyone.

We decided a few months ago we were going to bury her in the yard, it was her favorite place to be. I dug a 5 foot deep hole back in October and we buried her there yesterday. After she passed, the vet helped my wife get her in a Euthabag and carry her out to the garage. We took some paw prints to hang in the girls’ room before we buried her.
Very sad. They really become part of us.
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Hey, I recognize that record! I was worried it had gone missing for a second as it wasn't with the other Ramsey Lewis but rather in with the Christmas records.

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Sounds like Natalie Merchant.
I think it's a wonderful version. Others, it seems like they're in a hurry to finish. Johnny Cash does OK too.
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So sorry about your pup's passing, phrantic09
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You do know that a tweet from two days ago is considered olde news, right?

You think DougRNS was ever on one of those cars?

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Phrantic, I'm so sorry. That's hard news anytime, but especially this time of year.
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You do know that a tweet from two days ago is considered olde news, right?

You think DougRNS was ever on one of those cars?
Does MARTA extend to Paulding County? Probably not.
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