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Nothing normal about Normal Heights
"Have you read dogbitelaw.com?" Some of it. But you obviously have not. "it never states that pitbulls alone are "The most dangerous breed. Period"" Not word for word. They didn't have to. Here's something that site DOES state, word for word: "Most fatal dog attacks are by pit bulls. In 2008, 65% of the fatalities were by pit bulls." http://www.dogbitelaw.com/index.html#scale (See #3) I think that's good enough. I'm not going to go back & find the PDF document that lists pit bull attacks in the 4-digit range, while the very worst of all the other breeds barely reach into the hundreds. 65% of fatalities, which means that ALL OTHER BREEDS COMBINED only make up the remaining 35%. Just about two thirds. Pretty impressive. This woman survived. Lucky for her. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mef5uvKP_4Q This baby, killed last month, didn't. http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100415/ART… This 6-year-old boy didn't either. He'd just finished his first week of first grade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G700_zPJ1eU The one above is the most harrowing, to me. Totally unprovoked, by a dog they'd owned "since Scott was a baby." His mother's plea: "Learn from a grieving parent...get rid of the dogs." The stories of pit bull tragedies are endless. I could post links to news reports and YouTube vids all day. In fact, this YouTube user has apparently set up a channel just to chronicle them: http://www.youtube.com/user/zupf— May 14, 2010 9:57 a.m.
Nothing normal about Normal Heights
"No need for a break stick. If at a dog Park, carry Q-tip swabs and stick them up the nose of the dog that latches on. Can't continue to latch on if you have to open your mouth to breath." That's a great tip, Mindy. Might have to start carrying Q-tips on my route. :) And I certainly wasn't putting you in the "ignorant" owner category. If anything, I'd say you're closer to an expert. I skimmed PitBullDad's comments, and they're typical. I notice that the defenders like to cite statistics out of thin air that appear favorable to the breed, but seldom (as in NEVER) cite their sources. As for my coworker who's pregnant with her second baby and just acquired her second pit bull? She's responded to my providing her with the story of the 2 pits attacking the baby and tearing off his testicles, and numerous other articles concerning pits attacking small children -- by putting up pictures of her dogs at her station. This little genius has already lost one baby boy (due to no fault of her own). One would think she'd have better sense. If/when one of those dogs tears up one of her kids (4 year old girl, infant on the way), as far as I'm concerned, it is 100% her fault and she should have her kids taken away from her for being a moron. Another of my coworkers described a recent attempt to walk her small dog through her neighborhood. She noted they were being watched by a pit bull that began following them. As she sped up, so did the pit. She scooped up her little dog and ran, jumping down into a ditch and up the other side. The pit didn't follow, but just stood there. It never made a sound. She looked at him and noted that he was all bristled up. Was reading on a blog the other day in which the poster was afraid that her pit bull puppy was going to kill her cat. The behavior was that the pit would chase the cat, corner it, then hover over it and lick the back of its neck. *shudder* About half a dozen responses in a row said either, "My dog killed my cat," or "Your dog WILL kill your cat." This was still just a pup. Certainly not "trained" to be aggressive. With an endless amount of pit bull attacks to read about on the internet, as well as REAL statistics at places like DogBiteLaw.com (see link above), there's not much sense arguing. The most dangerous breed. Period.— May 13, 2010 11:03 p.m.
Heidi Klum's Anti-Aging Secrets
"Now mind you, this evil hateful female making fun of the lady never in her life could have been called slender even when she was smoking crack AND shooting heroin." LOL. Busy gal. She found time to EAT? :)— May 13, 2010 6:36 a.m.
Heidi Klum's Anti-Aging Secrets
Grantie, if you saw how unforgiving my jumpsuit is when it comes to every little dimple and bulge, you'd understand. *ring, ring* DROP ZONE: "Hey, where are ya? We're trying to put together a load." Me: "Working out." Yup, this was the most consistent period of "working out" that I ever did, this little space of a year and a half in the 90s. Why? Was it health reasons? Nope. Trying to catch me a feller? Nope. No, the reason was that stretchy piece of lycra/polyester whatever-the-hell-it-is that's still hanging in my closet. The unforgiving, tighter-than-a-size-small-condom-on-Ron-Jeremy skydiving jumpsuit. I tried to find something online that looks like mine, but frankly, they all suck. Baggy as hell and buttugly. MY suit's the freakin' BOMB. I look(ed) like a superhero in it. *sigh* Back in the day... :)— May 12, 2010 9:27 p.m.
Heidi Klum's Anti-Aging Secrets
"hey Auntie G...that sky diving field in Eloy Arizona...i use to sit for hours and watch the jumpers when i visited a BGFF there.." That drop zone in Eloy is a biiiiig deal. http://www.skydiveaz.com/ I drove down there one day to check it out one day back in the 90s, but it was a weekday and there wasn't diddly going on. I see that pool you're talking about: http://www.skydiveaz.com/Skydiving-Facilities/Def… Oh man, it all looks so great. Got me a longin' for the life again, Nanners! Now, where did I put those aerobics videos...— May 12, 2010 8:40 p.m.
Nothing normal about Normal Heights
"Go home and show your parents the knot on your head and tell them it’s their fault! Come back, you forgot the bag!’" LOL. Lovin' me some Hank. :) Agree with everything in #3. "I think owners of strong breeds should be held to a higher standard of care than other owners because of the potential damage they can inflict." Absolutely. That breed's ability to cause permanent disfigurement and/or death is reportedly so far and above that of other dogs that they are in a class by themselves -- a deadly weapon with a bite more on the scale of an alligator or gila monster than a dog. They can rip skin and muscle right off, down to the bone. http://www.dogsbite.org/blog/uploaded_images/pit-… http://img.medscape.com/pi/emed/ckb/emergency_med… http://pit-bull-awareness-center.christianfunfair… Yeah, apparently a thief. But what did these children do to deserve their pitbull maulings? http://www.golivewire.com/forums/img.cgi?i=16922 http://www.dogsbite.org/blog/uploaded_images/unna… Or any of the children in these news stories? http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/play/568599/pi… What did Molly do to deserve her pit bull attack? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orknc7WZDpM&featur… What about Vico, the little pug that was killed this past Saturday, April 24 by a pit bull at the Grape St. Dog Park? http://www.dogster.com/local/CA/San_diego/Dog_Par… What about all of these people? http://www.dogsbite.org/img/tanya-barnes-pit-bull… http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1263069/ http://pit-bulls.christianfunfair.org/attacks.htm http://www.dogbitelaw.com/Dog%20Attacks%201982%20… This is what comes up when you put in keywords "pit bull injuries" on YouTube. Certainly plenty to watch. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pit+b… If you Google "pit bull attacks," you'll get approximately 2,840,000 hits. There's plenty of evidence as to how dangerous the breed is, and plenty of information about them on the internet. Most people who own them are simply ignorant, and there's a good chance that someone ELSE -- be it their child, another pet or a random stranger, may very well suffer for it. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/08/do… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2004/jul/29/gr… I remember a few years ago working with a young woman whose male friend had called her distraught, crying "My dog killed another dog!!!" Of course it was a pit bull. What else?— May 12, 2010 8:22 p.m.
Sheep to the slaughter
BTW, your Tikiness, they're thinking of getting rid of this: http://www.tongaroom.com/ :( So if you haven't yet made your pilgrimage to this shrine of high Tiki, you'd better hurry. Just a little heads up.— May 12, 2010 7:22 a.m.
Why I Love San Diego (most of the time)
I miss it. :( Do you know it's still COLD up here at night, and we actually got even more RAIN on Monday? http://www.alt-gifts.com/assets/images/product/la… !!!!! !!— May 12, 2010 7:18 a.m.
Heidi Klum's Anti-Aging Secrets
Aw, regular old ex-jumpers like me are a bunch of geriatric weenies. THIS, OTOH is the SH*T: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cs-zZ0Qu5Y *sigh* Ah, to be a twenty-something male, forever and ever. :)— May 12, 2010 7:09 a.m.
that sketch offered
Hugh Laurie? http://www.univie.ac.at/cga/art/inside-laurie.jpg Maybe a little. I love Hugh Laurie. He's one of those rare men who actually becomes MORE interesting when he opens his mouth. (The unexpected British accent emerges. Always a good thing.) :)— May 12, 2010 6:53 a.m.