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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To All Droolers,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sir Nudge here. I have finally convinced my
slaves to send me to the spa in Western PA run by goodslaves Pat Dill and Carol
Sharp. They have been trying for years to convince my slaves to let me
visit. You see, Pat & Carol wanted to adopt me at the very first
Freedom Fest I attended, but Rich and Dawn already had dibs on me. Just a
few months later, Hugh needed rescuing in Mount Vernon, NY, and Pat & Carol
adopted him instead. Hugh went to the Rainbow Bridge in December, and
everyone who met both of us thought that we looked alike and acted alike.
Dawnslave even had T-shirts made with a photo of both of us consulting at a
basset event. So Hugh and I considered ourselves cuzins. Poor Cuzin
Hugh. But I digress.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, when Dawnslave found out that Pat &
Carol-slaves were going to drive the nickzillion miles between Rural Valley, PA,
and New Jersey TWO WEEKENDS IN A ROW (yesterday for the Reunion Picnic and next
weekend for Taco WOOF Bell's 15th Gala Celebration), she relented and agreed
that I could FINALLY get a week's vacation at the most fabulous basset spa in
all of Western PA (are there any others?). Pat and Carol slaves had to
sign a contract in triplicate before I could go, and Dawn has Patslave's raffle
prize (the much-coveted new Deb Winstanley sculpture) from the picnic as
collateral for my safe return.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was loaded into the van yesterday after the
picnic festivities, and we all rested quietly on the way home. At the rest
stop where we pottied, several nice people stopped to pet mememe and to
comment on my elderly handsomeness. So far, so good.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We got home late, and I was offered precious
morsels of eggplant, tomato sauce and PASTA (my pawsonal favorite). So
with belly full and a nice soft bed, I went to sleep dreaming of the days of
luxury to come.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will try to paw through my adventures daily,
though I warn you that spaces at the Rural Valley Basset Spa are filling up
fast, and you all mustn't get your hopes up about coming any too
soon.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>FINALLY--out from under the iron paws of Cakie and
TWB,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nudge</FONT></DIV>
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