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class=735123609-20082010>Dont' know about that whole "Bridge Closing" for a
while.. in my experiences driving ... all a bridge closing does, is back people
up waiting for the bridge to be open again... </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=735123609-20082010>I know.. bad metaphor either way .... but for any hound
that must go ... I would wish them the easiest and most gentle of transitions..
that they get there in peace rather than the many many ways they could get there
badly.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=735123609-20082010>Its never a good time for them to go ... but time is
full of "waited too longs" and the pain, regrets, and self doubt that come with
it.. I don't want hounds in pain because we humans couldn't do the last best
caring thing for them.. ie. helping them to the here after when the here is not
good enough any more.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=735123609-20082010>-Robert</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=735123609-20082010>PS. You're
not the only one Anthony ... For dogs I get the watery eye, get the lump in the
throat, etc.. for some reason no so for most humans unless they were close
to me, I think it has to do with dependence. -R</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma><B>Subject:</B> [Dailydrool] Bridge closing and
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<DIV>Like Karen I to wish the bridge would close for awhile. <SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=735123609-20082010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial><snip></FONT> </SPAN>it's alittle embarassing to be
sitting having lunch and get wet cheeks because some dog I've never even met has
left us.<SPAN class=735123609-20082010><FONT color=#0000ff
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