(May 10, 2018 at 9:51 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The bigger guy is Bons  ( or Bones ) or Justin ( don't know where that came from.)  A stray picked up by our contacts in Guadalajara he was terribly underweight and had a bad wound on his back leg.  They've been nursing him back to health.  He gets neutered tomorrow in Mexico and will be flying to Phoenix on the 19th.



We've got a nice foster home all picked out for him where he can rest and recover... and be spoiled rotten... while our vets check him over.  He's supposed to be 2 or 4.  Our vet will cast the deciding vote.

So our vets examined, x-rayed, and finally did a biopsy and bacteriological culture on samples from Bons' ( now renamed "Dandy") leg.  Today we got the results.  No cancer.  No infection.  Something caused a the bone to appear mineralized on the x-rays but it may have happened when he was a pup and his body fought it off.  In any event, this explained to our vet why he did not even have the decency to limp or exhibit any sigh of discomfort with the leg.  He has also gained 15 pounds since this photo was taken in Mexico and was really enjoying the extra meal every day.  That will be ending, but life is looking good for Dandy.

(May 22, 2018 at 6:56 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:

(May 22, 2018 at 3:13 pm)Fireball Wrote: I'll bet money that those are just brick veneer on reinforced concrete columns. Oz is situated on the infamous "Ring of Fire", so should have decent building codes.

Oz gets an occasional, very rare earthquake.  Pretty sure there are no active volcanoes on the mainland, either.

Kiwiland, however, more than makes up for it.

To be honest, even with the earthquakes New Zealand is one dream destination.

(June 13, 2018 at 1:17 am)AtlasS33 Wrote:

(May 22, 2018 at 6:56 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Oz gets an occasional, very rare earthquake.  Pretty sure there are no active volcanoes on the mainland, either.

Kiwiland, however, more than makes up for it.

To be honest, even with the earthquakes New Zealand is one dream destination.

Doing Hobbit tourism would be very cool. 

(June 13, 2018 at 6:32 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:

(June 13, 2018 at 1:17 am)AtlasS33 Wrote: To be honest, even with the earthquakes New Zealand is one dream destination.

Doing Hobbit tourism would be very cool. 

Amen to that. The biggest concern I got though is the occasional Nazgul raids on Auckland 's international airport.

(June 13, 2018 at 5:26 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote:

(June 13, 2018 at 6:32 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Doing Hobbit tourism would be very cool. 

Amen to that. The biggest concern I got though is the occasional Nazgul raids on Auckland 's international airport.

Big Eagle Airlines has contracted to cover air security, so don't sweat the flying dinosaurs.

(June 13, 2018 at 5:34 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:

(June 13, 2018 at 5:26 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: Amen to that. The biggest concern I got though is the occasional Nazgul raids on Auckland 's international airport.

Big Eagle Airlines has contracted to cover air security, so don't sweat the flying dinosaurs.

So it's true.. Gandalf told me but I thought he was just high on Middle-Earth weed

(June 13, 2018 at 5:49 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote:

(June 13, 2018 at 5:34 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Big Eagle Airlines has contracted to cover air security, so don't sweat the flying dinosaurs.

So it's true.. Gandalf told me but I thought he was just high on Middle-Earth weed

He was doing some shit he got off a Balrog of Morgoth, designer shit that fucked him up so bad he though each day was as a life time of the Earth.

(June 13, 2018 at 6:05 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:

(June 13, 2018 at 5:49 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: So it's true.. Gandalf told me but I thought he was just high on Middle-Earth weed

He was doing some shit he got off a Balrog of Morgoth, designer shit that fucked him up so bad he though each day was as a life time of the Earth.

Look, I was telling him all the time to get off Galadriel, the Barlog had an ancient crush on her and he won't let Gandald get away with his flirting towards her, so he brought it upon himself. After all, he wanted to fashion the Barlog's token into a gift for the elf

I want to get a pet therapy dog when I get my own place.

(June 13, 2018 at 6:32 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:

(June 13, 2018 at 1:17 am)AtlasS33 Wrote: To be honest, even with the earthquakes New Zealand is one dream destination.

Doing Hobbit tourism would be very cool. 

From my lounge window I can see the quarry that served as the set for Helm's Deep.

And about 15 minutes' drive from my house is the park area that served as the set for Rivendell. They left one of the set arches in place.