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Just wanted you to know that although I haven't posted in about a month, I have made up for it now.  Including this one (which is NOT original content, but the results do pertain to me) I have a total of 3 new postings for ya!  Each on totally different subject matter - the last one is original content and guaranteed to crack you up! 


I hope you enjoy them (the 2nd one - you're welcome to copy and pass along - it's super important!) and I hope you let me know that you were here - 'cos you don't leave enough comments and you should - that's the whole point!

Your Mind is PG-13 Rated

Your mind is definitely a little dirty. You're naughty, but not trashy. You don't shy away from a dirty joke, and you're clearly not a prude.

How You Life Your Life

You seem to be straight forward, but you keep a lot inside. You're laid back and chill, but sometimes you care too much about what others think. You prefer a variety of friends and tend to change friends quickly. You tend to dream big, but you worry that your dreams aren't attainable.

Your Hidden Talent

You are both very knowledgeable and creative. You tend to be full of new ideas and potential - big potential. Ideas like yours could change the world, if you build them. As long as you don't stop working on your dreams, you'll get there.

Your Reputation Is: Sweet Girl

While you're well known, there's nothing to worry about. You're reputation is mostly good - as good as any rep can be.

A friend sent me this with the usual instructions to foward it.  I thought it to be important enough to post - could very well save a life!


A group of rapists and date rapists in prison were interviewed on what they look for in a potential victim and here are some interesting facts:

1) The first thing men look for in a potential victim is hairstyle. They are most likely to go after a woman with a ponytail, bun, braid or other hairstyle that can easily be grabbed. They are also likely to go after a woman with long hair. Women with short hair are not common targets.

2) The second thing men look for is clothing. They will look for women whose clothing is easy to remove quickly. Many of them carry scissors around specifically to cut clothing.

3) They also look for women on their cell phone, searching through their purse or doing other activities while walking because they are off guard and can be easily overpowered.

4) Men are most likely to attack & rape in the early morning, between 5: 00a.m. and 8: 30a.m.

5) The number one place women are abducted from/attacked is grocery store parking lots. Number two is office parking lots/garages. Number three is public restrooms.

6) The thing about these men is that they are looking to grab a woman and quickly move her to another location where they don't have to worry about getting caught.

7) Only 2% said they carried weapons because rape carries a 3-5 year sentence but rape with a weapon is 15-20 years.

8) If you put up any kind of a fight at all, they get discouraged because it only takes a minute or two for them to realize that going after you isn't worth it because it will be time-consuming.

9) These men said they would not pick on women who have umbrellas, or other similar objects that can be used from a distance, in their hands.  Keys are not a deterrent because you have to get really close to the attacker to use them as a weapon. So, the idea is to convince these guys you're not worth it.

10) Several defense mechanisms he taught us are: If someone is following behind you on a street or in a garage or with you in an elevator or stairwell, look them in the face and ask them a question, like what time is it, or make general small talk: "I can't believe it is so cold out here", "we're in for a bad winter." Now you've seen their face and could identify them in a line-up; you lose appeal as a target.

11) If someone is coming toward you, hold out your hands in front of you and yell STOP or STAY BACK! Most of the rapists this man talked to said they'd leave a woman alone if she yelled or showed that she would not be afraid to fight back. Again, they are looking for an EASY target.

12) If you carry pepper spray (this instructor was a huge advocate of it and carries it with him wherever he goes), yell I HAVE PEPPER SPRAY and holding it out will be a deterrent.

13) If someone grabs you, you can't beat them with strength but you can by outsmarting them. If you are grabbed around the waist from behind, pinch the attacker either under the arm (between the elbow and armpit) OR in the upper inner thigh VERY, VERY, HARD. One woman in a class this guy taught told him she used the underarm pinch on a guy who was trying to date rape her and was so upset she broke through the skin and tore out muscle strands - the guy needed stitches. Try pinching yourself in those places as hard as you can stand it; it hurts.

14) After the initial hit, always GO for the GROIN. I know from a particularly unfortunate experience that if you slap a guy's parts it is extremely painful. You might think that you'll anger the guy and make him want to hurt you more, but the thing these rapists told our instructor is that they want a woman who will not cause a lot of trouble. Start causing trouble and he's out of there.

15) When the guy puts his hands up to you, grab his first two fingers and bend them back as far as possible with as much pressure pushing down on them as possible! The instructor did it to me without using much pressure, and I ended up on my knees and both knuckles cracked audibly.

16) Of course the things we always hear still apply. Always be aware of your surroundings, take someone with you if you can and if you see any odd behavior, don't dismiss it, go with your instincts!!!

1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!

2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you.... chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.

4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit there (doing their check book, or making a list, etc. DON'T DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.

If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF, repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and run. It is better than having them find your body in a remote location.

5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:

A.) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat.

B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.

C.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.

6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. This is especially true at NIGHT!)

7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; and even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN, preferably in a zigzag pattern!

8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP. It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.

9. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her "Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door."

The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, "We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it! , but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night.

HE’S AN “IT” NOW!

Sandy got his little nuts neutered yesterday!  Yeah!  Yippee!  I’m so looking forward to him NOT peeing on everything - and already things seem to be looking up!  The surgery went well and Sandy is one happy little guy today, the day after.  We’ve been out in the yard and he only peed on about half as many trees!  AND his once gigantic weenie seems to be returning to normal proportions!

As par for the course, things did not start off smoothly.  His appointment was supposed to be Thursday, the 8th, but that was not to be!  Monument Road Animal Hospital, Dr. Michael Shumer, is the vet that helped Sandy through his miserable bout with heartworms - remember?  The whole thing cost me around $2000!  MRAH has been my vet of choice ever since I moved into my house way back in 1988.  I have taken probably 5 or 6 of my cats and 6 or 7 of my dogs there and had been very happy, even though there had been several different vets in charge.  

Notice I said ’had been happy’?  When I took Sandy over at 8am Thursday, I was given an estimate for the days’ services.  Those people had the unmitigated gall to utter $361.90 to me!  I had an absolute cow!  You have got to be freakin’ kidding me!  What the hell were they going to do - replace them with solid gold ones or what?!  The clerk attempted to break the charges down for me - the actual surgery was around $220, then several “biohazard” charges and about $120 for that stupid thing they put around dogs’ heads to keep them from bothering the area.  

I tell you, people, I lost my mind!  Shoot, I’ll cut the damn things myself!  How the hell can they make such a big deal out of the “importance of spaying or neutering our pets” and then charge these ridiculous prices?  Why make such an effort to promote adopting from shelters to prevent cities from being overrun with strays?  How can a vet profess to have such concern for our pets’ health and then not want to be reasonable in their costs for care?  Seems awfully hypocritical!  

Now, don’t get me wrong - I am not so naïve as to think vets don’t need to make a living.  I mean, after all, they have put in the hours, costs, and study efforts to become an animal doctor and deserve proper compensation.  Yes, but reasonable realistic costs!  It would seem they would do a market analysis to see where they stand in terms of other vets in the area and the various charges.  I did!  I found prices ranging from $133 to $175 regarding the cost for neutering a dog in my dog’s weight and age bracket.  None were close to the $360 my vet proposed!

I called several animal hospitals in my area - got them straight out of the phone book.  I chatted with each one briefly and I decided on one called Ft. Caroline Animal Hospital, an additional 5 or 6 extra miles away.  Just so happened that this one was the one with the $133 neutering charge.  Sandy’s new appointment was the next day, Friday, yesterday.  They gave me their fax number and I had MRAH fax Sandy’s records over.  I’m sure they were none too pleased, but oh well.  (I wonder if they will follow up and try to contact me - we’ll see)

So, I took Sandy in at about 8:30am - naturally, despite shaking like a leaf in a tornado, he immediately took a sh** on their reception area floor.  (I wonder if that’s in protest or to purposely embarrass me & teach me a lesson! He did the same thing when I took him to be groomed!)  I fell in love with the support staff right away.  

I checked in around 1:30pm and all was well.  The doctor, Dr. Charles Athey, a wonderful man with over 20 years experience, called me around 3pm to give me his evaluation.  He spent a good 30 minutes explaining all sorts of things and answering all my questions!  Normally I complain when I have to talk a long time on my prepaid cell phone, but this time I didn’t.

Dr. Athey informed me that Sandy was still inundated with fleas.  I was kinda ticked off about that seeing as how the week before I had just wasted $45 to have all of his beautiful coat cut off and thoroughly groomed at Petsmart.  AND I spent about $25 on some anti-flea products there!  Dr. Athey gave me a long thorough explanation of today’s flea treatments.  He convinced me that, contrary to the high cost, Advantage (and Frontline) are the only products available that are both extremely effective at killing the fleas and the eggs, but they also are not dangerous to our pets.  The stuff you get over-the-counter is detrimental to your pets and really, to you too.  MRAH quoted me $80 for a 4 months’ supply for EACH of my 3 pets!  $240!  Online it costs about $55 for 4 months + shipping and handling, but there is a growing epidemic of fraudulent product.  Very “iffy”

Ft. Caroline charges $65.90 for 7 months!  And guess what, that will actually cover ALL THREE of my pets, but for 4 months!  The doctor and staff showed me how to use syringes marked with the appropriate dosages to split the product up.  Since it is not harmful to the animals, it can be used on my cat too, although the amount necessary to cover her is less because she’s only about 12or 13 pounds compared to Sandy at 32 pounds and Baby at around 45 pounds.  

Tell me I’m not newly in love with my new vet!  They just called to check up on him and I couldn’t be more thrilled with it all!  Sandy is now virtually hairless (not really, but his long beautiful locks are gone - for the time being ) but he’s also “ball-less” and we’re all a very happy, flea-less, barren,  “spayed and neutered” little family!  Oh, and his used-to-be gigantic weenie is no longer dragging the dern floor!