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Re: No good deed unpunished!
« Reply #20 on: May 11, 2014, 09:51:22 pm »
There are countless ways of being loving and compassionate in this world. One person may choose to feed the lost animals, another may volunteer to go to the cancer clinic and offer an ear. How about those who provide shelter for domestic abuse victims. Those that visit the preemie ward and just rock new born babies. And then there are those who go to the homes of the elderly to help them with a shower and a nice rub down so they don't ache so much.

So for some.. it may be helping animals, for others it may be something that we don't even know about...

We all have a heart path, the tragedy is when we don't follow it...

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Re: No good deed unpunished!
« Reply #21 on: May 12, 2014, 11:40:15 am »
"So for some.. it may be helping animals, for others it may be something that we don't even know about...

We all have a heart path, the tragedy is when we don't follow it...

Peace Love Hope  ;) 8)"


thanks jen, very true.
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Re: No good deed unpunished!
« Reply #22 on: May 12, 2014, 12:22:03 pm »
OK... so, the only time my kids show up is when they need money.. does giving it to them count???    :laugh:
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Re: No good deed unpunished!
« Reply #23 on: May 12, 2014, 12:34:25 pm »
No! Kids don't count unless you give them a kidney!

 You have to give a homeless bum a sandwich and a large cup of coffee, pat them down so you know they're not going to put booze in it!

Of course you could cut a deal with your kids and say this money needs to be paid off by the end of the year.. or a grandkid on the way! That would be exceptable  ;) 8)
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Re: No good deed unpunished!
« Reply #24 on: May 12, 2014, 12:52:45 pm »
Meh.  If mine want $$, some sort of physical labor must be done to earn it.  I am NOT a charity... maybe a charity-case, though.  No, that's not right... head-case!  That's what it is!

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Re: No good deed unpunished!
« Reply #25 on: May 12, 2014, 12:57:27 pm »
I hear ya Cpn- hubby kept a log on the inside of the kitchen cupboard for moneys owed. It worked pretty well. Son painted and double coated the exterior of our house last year, to pay off the debt. It's the old fashioned way and I approve.
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Re: No good deed unpunished!
« Reply #26 on: May 12, 2014, 06:05:41 pm »
nope, not the first national bank.....and i don't bail anyone out of jail either or pay attorneys fees......you managed to git yourself there, you git yourself out.  straighten up and fly right.....
i worked hard all my life, managed to get myself through college and many other life events and never took a dime from my folks for anything, can't say that about my siblings or my son.

er, after a time or two, my son was told the above......

old fashioned ways work too..... ;)
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So maybe there *are* some good cats...
« Reply #27 on: May 14, 2014, 04:18:08 pm »
Ok, I'm no cat lover...really.  Perry's recent encounter with one didn't help my feelings towards them, either, though my hat's off to Perry for his kind actions.  So, today...I've acquired a bit more respect for cats, check this video out!!!!

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2014/05/14/legal-view-cat-fights-dog-saves-kid.cnn.html

Do be aware that this is rather graphic.  Ed

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Re: No good deed unpunished!
« Reply #28 on: May 14, 2014, 04:30:00 pm »
Great, we have 2 cats. Nobody better try and mess with my kid!
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Re: No good deed unpunished!
« Reply #29 on: May 14, 2014, 04:45:05 pm »
Back to the original topic--Perry, consider yourself lucky that they didn't have to keep that cat under observation for rabies.
In our neck of the woods, in addition to the other shots, and meds, rabies is also a  concern.  Every year or two the newspapers carry a story of someone who got bit by a rabid animal (usually a dog, but other mammals too)

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Re: No good deed unpunished!
« Reply #30 on: May 14, 2014, 05:29:08 pm »
Ditto.  You don't recover from rabies.  My daughter was trying to help an injured dog a few years ago when it bit her deeply on the arm.  As it was, the dog was hurt badly so the owners put it down and "disposed" of the carcass by dumping it close to a river.  >:(   With a bit of yah-yahing the owner of the dog finally came up with rabies certificates that were a couple of years old (Alabama at that time only used 1-year vaccinations).  The night after the dogbite we got torrential rains and the river flooded...bye-bye dog head.  My daughter had to go through the rabie shots because we had no dog in quarantine to monitor and we didn't have the brain to send off for testing.  The problem is that if you come down with rabies there is no cure.  A big gamble to take.  :sad:

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Re: No good deed unpunished!
« Reply #31 on: May 14, 2014, 08:28:57 pm »
Bummer story Ed, truely sorry to hear that ~ watched the video, and even tho I'm a dog person I do know that cat's can do some amazing things.
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Re: No good deed unpunished!
« Reply #32 on: May 14, 2014, 09:19:55 pm »
Used to have a beautiful Springer Spaniel I bred and raised in our kennel.. he became my sons dog, and the two were inseparable...   A neighbor stopped by one day and grabbed my son, as if wrastling with him in fun, and the dog bit him.. not terribly, but enough to make him back off...   My son was rather proud, but I was quite upset...  about a month later, my daughter was babysitting a toddler in our house...  she saw the dog come around the corner and put his hair up, so she reached over to pull the toddler back, yelling at the dog, and as she did so the dog lunged forward, and ended up biting my daughter pretty badly..
   He had his shots etc, so no worries about rabies... but we went for a walk and he didnt come back.. I loved that dog as much as my son did, but kind of like owning mean bees, I will NOT own a dog that bites..  I hold no sympathy for anyone that would, nor any mercy if their dog bites someone in my family.

   That cat in the vid impressed the heck out of me.. I have to say, that is the most astounding thing I have ever seen a cat do, and it is not something I would have EVER guessed a cat MIGHT do.
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Re: No good deed unpunished!
« Reply #33 on: May 14, 2014, 11:01:33 pm »
Many have said it but cat bites are no joke!  My wife spent two days in the hospital from a kitten bite. The Dr. said she has actually had amputations from cat bites that weren't attended to promptly enough!
And rabies isn't out of the picture either .  A local family recently took in a stray cat.  Turns out the cat had rabies.  Now the whole family needed shots.  The scary part about rabies is that once you have any of the symptoms it too late and it has a near 100% mortality rate. 

Love them animals but care for yourself too.
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