Intersting tidbit ... What is a neurostimulator? Is it connected to brain
electrodes or is it a transistor radio? But then the batteries would last
longer.
K-F Etzold
CG Carline
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02:27:07 PM
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Subject: Our dog
Our dog is a four-and-a-half year old Airedale Terrier named "Madam".
She's
our third Airedale, the male was called "Sir" and the other bitch Madam as
well. We've had Airedales for twenty-five years now and they're just
fabulous. They aren't popular enough to have become inbred. Ours have
been
independant and loyal. Esther grooms and disciplines Madam while I
exercise
her and feed her. The only trouble is that, like all dogs, she is a thief,
taking everything from veal scaloppini to applepie from the kitchen
counter.
Liberally sprinkling the counter with cayenne pepper did not solve the
problem - the only solution is vigilence. But, I'm making her out to be a
badly behaved dog. Not so.
Each morning, rain or shine, I get up at 5:30+/- 15 minutes, put a fresh 9
volt battery in my neurostimulator, pop my pills and go for a brisk 5
kilometre - for the Amrerican non-metric types, about 3.25 miles - walk
through Rosedale, a midtown residential neighbourhood. It takes us about
forty-five minutes. This is usually the high point o the day for me.
In July, when we're usually at the family cottage, I slide my sixteen foot
cedar strip canoe into the water and Madam hops in in front of the bow seat
and sits quietly as I paddle her around the lake for half an hour or so.
