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[smoke665]

Howard County, MD LODD (Line of Duty Death). Seven-alarm house fire, he fell through the floor into the basement.
Howard Co. firefighter dies battling 7 alarm house fire in Clarksville

So sad. People sometimes question why, as a volunteer department, we train so much. Its for this very reason, because fighting fires is extremely dangerous. 2 years ago a neighboring department lost a member in a 2 story house fire, lot of training and safety violations by the member and the department, but basically he got separated from his partner in heavy smoke, and in his confusion trying to find his way out, ran out of air. When they found him he was less than 20' from an exit point. We follow the rule "Risk a lot to save a lot, risk a little to save a little, and risk nothing to save nothing". Prayers go out to the family of a brother in arms.

 

[waday]

Sad about the firefighter.

In other sad news, it's been raining nonstop for us for the past few days, which is leading to flooding. Things I don't want to think about but have to: my mother's house flooding.

It flooded in the 70s, and then again in 2011. This rain needs to stop. The river forecasts have been all over the place. Right now, it won't flood, but last night, I was making preparations to empty the house. We're still preparing to move the things we can upstairs or out of the house. It's a very frustrating process.

While my grandparents didn't know it when building the house, this is why one should never, ever, ever buy or build in the floodplain.

 

[Fujidave]

Too hot to be out with the camera so came back home.

 

[Fujidave]

Howard County, MD LODD (Line of Duty Death). Seven-alarm house fire, he fell through the floor into the basement.
Howard Co. firefighter dies battling 7 alarm house fire in Clarksville

That is so sad

 

[CherylL3 2]

PS- Gary update: Saturday morning, while walking Maggie and Max, the dogs took out his knee. We were all in the park and Gary unleashed Max for the dogs to play unrestrictively ... with wild abandonment. They were running full tilt, snapping and growling at each other with abandonment them Max, the 75 pound Golden Retriever and Maggie, another 35 pounds of pure muscle, hit the side of Gary's knee. Gary never saw it coming and not only took him out of the game, he's presently on the injury roster. It hurts like hell when he rotates his knee. Between the knee brace and over-the-counter pain killers he's getting by and managed King Tut. But don't ask him to pivot.

Missed this earlier - stay off of it.

Can't do that. Took the brace off yesterday ... after a bit, stuck it back on. As of yet, no painkillers today ... so it's getting better or the brace is cutting off the circulation and killing everything from the knee down. Either way it's an improvement from the moment of impact. Max's head nailed the side of my knee right behind the kneecap (inside the leg).

Hope you have a speedy recovery! My friend broke her arm when her lab ran into her as he chased the grandpup. My pups like to sleep on the stairs and I told my bunch if they come home and find me at the bottom of the stairs they will know what happened.

 

[SquarePeg]

Just back from the vet. The dog has lyme disease. Antibiotics and pain meds for the next month. Poor guy. He's been limping a bit and more sleepy/lethargic than usual so took him in for a check up. Hopefully he will be feeling better soon.

 

[jcdeboever]

I think JC hates the AL East.

The Sox are on pace for 112 wins, and the Yankees are on pace to win 107.

(But Price pukes on his Nikes every time he takes the hill in October, and Porcello isn’t much better. I get the rationale, haha)

I am not a fan of Price as a pitcher, especially in October. He was, however, very nice when he did some volunteering for the charity that my brother and sister-in-law run.

He is an enigma. He all the stuff to be flat out nasty but for whatever reason, he just throws untimely, bad pitches. Porcello is fine if he keeps the ball down and doesn't get fancy. Porcello never really has been as good as he should be. Even in in Cy year, he could have been better. Both guys think to much. You guys will probably get Friers from us, which is fine. That guy is a gas can, he is due to blow up. Statistically, he is pitching out of his norm. I wouldn't touch him with a ten foot pole.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Sorry to hear that Charlie, noticed you had the black armband style avatar on.

Aw, SharonCat sorry your dog is sick, hope the meds help him feel better soon.

 

[vintagesnaps]

The weather forecast is actually - nice! This weekend - high in the upper 70's, sunshine, low humidity... I'll feel like I moved out of sinus valley. Picture taking time!!

 

[jcdeboever]

Just back from the vet. The dog has lyme disease. Antibiotics and pain meds for the next month. Poor guy. He's been limping a bit and more sleepy/lethargic than usual so took him in for a check up. Hopefully he will be feeling better soon.

oh, poor boy. don't the flea collars prevent those things?

 

[Gary A.]

Howard County, MD LODD (Line of Duty Death). Seven-alarm house fire, he fell through the floor into the basement.
Howard Co. firefighter dies battling 7 alarm house fire in Clarksville

 

[Gary A.]

Just back from the vet. The dog has lyme disease. Antibiotics and pain meds for the next month. Poor guy. He's been limping a bit and more sleepy/lethargic than usual so took him in for a check up. Hopefully he will be feeling better soon.

oh, poor boy. don't the flea collars prevent those things?

Nobody uses flea collars anymore, it is either a topical oil which lasts a month or a pill/chewy which lasts three months. Both are much more effective than a flea collar.

 

[waday]

Just back from the vet. The dog has lyme disease. Antibiotics and pain meds for the next month. Poor guy. He's been limping a bit and more sleepy/lethargic than usual so took him in for a check up. Hopefully he will be feeling better soon.

oh, poor boy. don't the flea collars prevent those things?

Nobody uses flea collars anymore, it is either a topical oil which lasts a month or a pill/chewy which lasts three months. Both are much more effective than a flea collar.

We had to move away from the topical oil, because it was ineffective. The chewy pill (which Roxy dislikes) is much more effective. I just have to remember it every 3 months. Once a month was easier to remember.

 

[Gary A.]

Just back from the vet. The dog has lyme disease. Antibiotics and pain meds for the next month. Poor guy. He's been limping a bit and more sleepy/lethargic than usual so took him in for a check up. Hopefully he will be feeling better soon.

That is sad. We found a tick our a hotel room in Santa Barbara. We figured Maggie may have picked it up and it found her distasteful and jumped off, (a lot of civil creatures find Maggie ill mannered) ... or ... the previous occupant left the live tick. Gary has had dogs most of his life and he never found a tick on any of his dogs.

 

[Gary A.]

Just back from the vet. The dog has lyme disease. Antibiotics and pain meds for the next month. Poor guy. He's been limping a bit and more sleepy/lethargic than usual so took him in for a check up. Hopefully he will be feeling better soon.

oh, poor boy. don't the flea collars prevent those things?

Nobody uses flea collars anymore, it is either a topical oil which lasts a month or a pill/chewy which lasts three months. Both are much more effective than a flea collar.

We had to move away from the topical oil, because it was ineffective. The chewy pill (which Roxy dislikes) is much more effective. I just have to remember it every 3 months. Once a month was easier to remember.

Yep, the vet reports that fleas are becoming immune to Frontline. We use Nexguard, it is supposed to have a beef flavor. Maggie seems to like them.