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The patter of tiny feet
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From: DR <darren.blueban...@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: The patter of tiny feet
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 12:21:58 -0700 (PDT)
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On 9 May, 01:32, TD <topper.dog...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 2008-05-08, DR <darren.blueban...@googlemail.com> wrote:
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> > On 8 May, 23:56, Pip <gingerblokeNOS...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Thu, 8 May 2008 12:15:39 -0700 (PDT), DR
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> >> <darren.blueban...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> >Nice. I just lost mine on Tuesday; diabetes (somewhat ironic) leading
> >> >to kidney failure. 15 y/o Jack Russell, IIRC Eddie met him once. I
> >> >still keep thinking I can hear the old dog padding about.
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> >> That's a fucker, mate - the dog-shaped space, innit. It'll be with
> >> you for a while, unless you fill it with another one.
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> > Not entirely up to me; the parental units were the de facto keepers.
> > As I've said elsewhere, to a very dear friend, I can get another dog.
> > I can't get another Freebee (as such was his name, due to having been
> > one). He may have been "just a dog", but he was just _my_ dog, and
> > for all he wasn't human, he was as much a person as any I've met, and
> > more intelligent than some... Rest well, old friend.
>
> I hear that. I've been there and I still think about ours every day.
> It's amazing how much it actually hurts. But it sounds like you have good
> memories, and I'm sure the little git appreciated your obvious love and
> affection.
Here's a memory:
http://www.carlisle.talktalk.net/freebee.jpg
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DR
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