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#1386 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Oct 7th, 2024 02:03 am To My Beloved Pal:
This is my first time posting at the Ralphsite but for the last 10 years I have posted daily at Rainbows Bridge. Pal my beloved mini-dachshund who was with me for more than 16 years. I lost him on August 25, 2014. It has been a long time but my life has never been the same. I have gone on and a few months after I lost Pal, Taz came into my life and has been with me ever since. I love Taz with all of my heart but he and I have never been as close as Pal and I were. After I lost Pal, I feared that as time went by I would forget about him so in order to remember him I started to post messages to him every day. It is now a habit of mine. I am so glad to be a member of this forum now. Thank you. |
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#1387 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Oct 8th, 2024 12:01 am To My Beloved Pal:
On August 25, 2014 I saw you for the last time and since that time I have been posting messages to you on Rainbows Bridge every day. Now I am on the Ralph site but I am sure that you will still know what I am writing to you. I miss you and I love you and you will always be with me.
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#1388 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Oct 8th, 2024 11:23 am To My Beloved Pal:
This autumn weather is so beautiful here in Connecticut. This was always the favorite time of the year for you and I. This is my third day on the Ralph site. I just want to thank everybody who is involved in running this forum. It is such a big help fore someone like myself who still wishes to keep the memory of my beloved Pal alive. Thank you. |
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#1389 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Oct 9th, 2024 10:52 am To My Beloved Pal:
The first thing that I do in the morning is take Taz outside to pee and then I sit in front of the computer spilling my thoughts to you. When I do this I somehow feel like you are still with in a small way. I have been doing this for more than 10 years. It is now part of my everyday life. Thank you for listening to me and for always watching out for me.
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#1390 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Oct 10th, 2024 12:20 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I feel so bad for all of the people who are affected by Hurricane Milton. I pray that no lives are lost and that property damage is minimal. I also pray for the safety of all of the four-legged companions down there. It seems like every every major storm there are some furry companions that will become separated from their human companions and thus became homeless. Hopefully those separations will also be kept to a minimum.
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#1391 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Oct 11th, 2024 12:27 pm To My Beloved Pal:
For the first time in the last six months, there was frost on the ground this morning. It was only a few weeks ago when the temperatures were in the 90's. It will not be long until the snow is here. That is the beauty of New England weather, we have four seasons.
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#1392 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Oct 12th, 2024 12:39 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The television stations have started showing the Christmas movies non-stop. It is not even Halloween. It seems to be too early. I love the holiday season but the way the start so early now I will be tired of it before Thanksgiving.
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#1393 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Oct 13th, 2024 06:29 pm To My Beloved Pal:
It has been more than two months since Taz's back surgery. After the surgery he developed an infection and he was in the hospital for three weeks. He is slowly getting back to normal. I really feel that when things looked the bleakest for him that you were watching over him to see that he would recover just like you are always watching over me.
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#1394 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Oct 14th, 2024 10:44 am To My Beloved Pal:
I was out yesterday in the beautiful, autumn weather and I started to remember all of the good times that you and I would have this time of the year. We would go to the apple orchard. Dan was just a little boy then and you, him and I would pick apples. We would always buy some apple cider and your favorite part was the apple fritters and the apple cider donuts. I would always share mine with you. The apple orchard is no longer there. Now a development of houses sit on that land but the memories will always be with me.
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#1395 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Oct 15th, 2024 11:05 am To My Beloved Pal:
I went to a college basketball game at the casino last night so Taz was left alone in the house for a few hours. When that happens he gets very angry at me so he was up barking all night long. There is a Krispy Kreme donut shop in the casino so I did bring donut home for Taz. You used to loved Krispy Kreme donuts. 20 years ago there was a shop only two miles from the house so you would get those donuts while they were still hot. That donut shop is no longer there. Now it is an urgent care medical clinic.
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#1398 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Oct 16th, 2024 10:53 am To My Dearest Pal:
Just a couple of months ago I was complaining to you about how hot it was outside. The temperatures would go up to 95 degrees every day. Now when I wake up in the morning the temperatures are in the 20's and there is frost on the ground. That is the way the weather is here in New England. You never minded how the weather was. The time time that it bothered you was when there was a sudden change in the temperature. If the temperature was in the 90's one day but only in the 50's the next day, you would be bothered by that.
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#1399 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Oct 17th, 2024 10:13 am To My Beloved Pal:
Two weeks from today is Halloween. Back when you and Dan were both young, I would have the house decorated for Halloween. I also always carved a jack o lantern to put out front. You and I always took Dan out early to trick or treat on Halloween night because we wanted to be home in time to give out the candy when the trick or treaters rang our doorbell. You loved seeing all the children dressed up in their costumes. The house is not decorated these days and Dan is a grown man but I still give to the candy on Halloween night.
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#1400 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Oct 18th, 2024 12:03 pm To My Beloved Pal:
This weekend the carnival is in town. It is only a half a mile from the house. You, me and Dan used to walk down there every year. You and I would watch Dan go on the rides. Your favorite part was the food. You always loved sharing an ice cream with me and Dan would always share his French fries with you. You loved seeing all of the carnival lights at night. It has been many years since I have visited the carnival but this year I might take a walk down there and look at the lights and remember you.
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#1401 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Oct 19th, 2024 09:59 am To My Beloved Pal:
I am getting ready to run the Hartford Marathon this morning. I started to run marathons not long after you came into my life. When I would return home after running the 26.2 miles you would be so excited to see me. That was so long ago and I am alot slower now. I am almost 70 years old sand this will be my final Hartford Marathon. All good things must come to an end.
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#1402 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Oct 20th, 2024 02:19 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I just returned home from Sunday Mass. I usually attend the Saturday Vigil Mass but yesterday I was running a marathon so I had to go to Sunday Mass instead. Even though I do not consider myself to be a religious person I always attend Mass because 50 years ago when I was a teenager serving in the Army in Vietnam I promised that I got out of there alive I would never miss Mass after. I kept that promise for more than 45 years until Covid caused the Churches around here to be closed down for many months.
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#1403 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Oct 21st, 2024 11:05 am To My Beloved Pal:
The leaves are staring to fall from the trees. Pretty soon I will have to start raking. You would always be outside with me when I would rake the leaves. I would rake them into a pile and then you would run through that pile, messing it up so I would have to rake them all over again. I would pretend to get mad at you but you could always see right through me.
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#1404 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Oct 22nd, 2024 11:20 am To My Beloved Pal:
On August 25, 2014 you and I saw each other for the last time. I always feared that as time went by that I would forget about you. That is why I started to post messages to you every day, for 10 years on Rainbows Bridge and on this forum. I will never forget you but my fear now is after all these years that you have forgotten me. I worry that when I cross over to the other side you will not know who I am.
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#1405 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Oct 23rd, 2024 10:44 am To My Beloved Pal:
Taz is almost completely recovered from his back surgery. The surgery was hard enough on him but then he developed an infection which left him in the hospital for three weeks. No more jumping on chairs and sofas for him. From now on the room with the furniture in them are blocked off for him if I am not there. You never jumped on anything in 16 and a half years but Taz has been jumping on furniture ever since he came here. During his hard time when he was not doing well I know that you were watching over him and me.
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#1406 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Oct 24th, 2024 12:28 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Tomorrow is my birthday. I stopped celebrating my birthday 50 years ago when I was 18 years old and far away from home serving in the Army. I like celebrating the birthdays of others but not mine. Even though I do not celebrate my birthday I started to buy a small ice cream cake for you and I to share on my birthday. We both loved ice cream. After you left 10 years ago I stopped buying the ice cream cakes. You would be surprised to hear that I eat very little ice cream these days. That just happened with the last few months. You and I would have ice cream every night. I guess everything changes in time.
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#1407 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Oct 25th, 2024 12:20 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I raked some leaves yesterday as they have started to fall off the trees. You remember hoe I always complained whenever I had to rake leaves? Last year I had to hire someone to do it because I was still suffering from the broken leg that I sustained after I was struck by a driver who was texting and I was in a cast that covered my entire leg for three months. This year I was happy to be out there moving around once again.
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#1409 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Oct 26th, 2024 12:24 pm To My Beloved Pal:
This is the Saturday before Halloween. This was the day when the businesses in town would give out candy to the trick or treaters. When Dan was a boy I always took him out on this day and you always came along with us. One year I actually dressed you up in a pumpkin costume but you did not like it so I never did that again.
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#1410 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Oct 27th, 2024 08:18 pm To My Beloved Pal:
We are coming up to the anniversary of the October snowstorm. It happened on October 29, 2011. 20 inches of snow fell. The leaves were still on the trees and the weight of the snow caused the branches to fall onto the power lines and we were left without power for two w weeks. The gas stations that were still open had lines of over an hour as people were buying gas to fuel up their generators and the restaurants that were opened had people waiting for more than two hours. Luckily for us we just drove 40 miles down to our house at the shore. It was 65 degrees there. I shoveled snow in the morning and mowed the lawn in the afternoon. That here Halloween was postponed until the middle of November around here.
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#1411 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Oct 28th, 2024 09:50 am To My Beloved Pal:
When I wrote to you yesterday I spoke about the October 2011 snowstorm. The entire year of 2011 was a year of extreme weather. In January of 2011 we had over 100 inches of snow in that one month alone and in August of 2011 Hurricane Irene hit us knocking out the power for four days. The extreme weather continued past 2011, because in October 2012 Hurricane Sandy hit us and in February 2013 we had a blizzard that left us with 40 inches of snow. Weather like that would always make me nervous but you were always so calm. Nothing ever bothered you and your calmness would make me feel better.
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#1412 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Oct 29th, 2024 10:29 am To My Beloved Pal:
Halloween is only two days away. I have bought all of the candy to give out to the trick or treaters. You loved Halloween. You and I would go out early trick or treating with dan and when we returned home we would all hand out the treats. You loved seeing the children in their costumes. Back in those days there were not many children living in the neighborhood but these days there are alot and now Taz enjoys seeing the chlldren in their costumes.
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#1413 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Oct 30th, 2024 11:08 am To My Beloved Pal:
Tomorrow id Halloween but it will not feel like it outside. The temperature is supposed to hit 85 degrees on Halloween which will be the warmest it has ever been on October 31st here. Normally the average high temperature for this time of the year is around 50 degrees. That means that alot of children will be out tomorrow night trick or treating. I look forward to giving out candy.
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#1416 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Oct 31st, 2024 12:16 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I am just getting everything set up for the trick or treaters who will come tonight. I have bought alot of candy to give out and I have a pumpkin outside the door. I am sure that there will be many trick or treaters because we are having summer type weather. I will have to keep Taz in a separate room but he does not it when someone rings the doorbell.
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#1417 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Nov 1st, 2024 11:01 am To My Beloved Pal:
It was a nice Halloween. The weather was beautiful and about 50 trick or treaters came to the house. Last year there were a few more but back when you were with me we never had more than 20. Taz does not it when the doorbell is rung but it was only for one night and now everything is back to normal.
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#1418 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Nov 2nd, 2024 11:16 am To My Beloved Pal:
Last fall after I was hit by the car and suffered a broken leg, I was laid up for three months, stuck in the house, unable to enjoy the autumn season. I felt bad about that but this year I have made up for it. For the last two and a half months the weather has been the best. Hardly any rain and the temperatures have been summer like. It has been an enjoyable autumn season for me this year making up for everything that I missed last year.
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#1419 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Nov 3rd, 2024 12:15 pm To My Beloved Pal:
After a two weeks with temperatures in the 80's, this morning actually felt like November here in Connecticut. The temperatures were in the 20's and there was widespread frost. When I took Taz outside to pee, he was confused by the sudden drop in the temperature. At this time of the year we could see snow at any time. I will have to get the snow shovel out.
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#1420 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Nov 4th, 2024 11:23 am To My Beloved Pal:
The leaves are falling off the trees so that means that I have alot of raking to do. Even though I had most of the trees in the yard cut down the trees in the neighbor's yards have alot of leaves and they blow into the yard. You would always be out there with me whenever I would rake leaves. I would rake them into a pile and then you would run through the pile messing it up so I would have to rake them all over again. I would pretend to get angry with you but you always saw right through me. I miss those days so much.
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#1421 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Nov 5th, 2024 10:46 am To My Beloved Pal:
It has been almost two months since Taz had his back surgery. He is doing so much better now. He is almost back to being 100 percent. I have to make sure that he does not overdo it and I have certain rooms in the house blocked off now to prevent him from jumping up on chairs and sofas. When he was first injured I questioned whether I should subject him to back surgery. He is more than 10 years old. Now I am so happy that he had the surgery when I look at him in the house.
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#1422 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Nov 6th, 2024 10:26 am To My Beloved Pal:
Another 80 degree day is forecasted today. This feels like summer. It should only be about 50 degrees this time of the year. We have had such beautiful weather since the middle of August. I started to take Taz out for short walks once again. This is his first time out since his back surgery three months ago. He is so happy to be moving around again and out of pain.
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#1423 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Nov 7th, 2024 12:32 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I have to have tests done today on my kidney. I did not know until I was 60 years old that I was born with only one kidney and eight years ago that one kidney started to fail. At that point the Doctor told me that without a transplant or dialysis, I would be dead within six months. Being in my 60's at that point I decided to not do anything and just pass away peacefully. I made all of my final arrangements, said my goodbyes and prepared to enter hospice care. Here I am all these years later running marathons and living an active life. I am so glad that I made the decision that I did then.
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#1424 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Nov 8th, 2024 12:01 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I am so grateful that The Ralph Site exists. I have been coming here for the past month. I posted on the Rainbows Bridge forum for more than 10 years but in the last few months what was a site for those of us grieving the loss of your beloved four-legged companions became the site of some ugly political discourse which was totally unrelated to the original purpose of it's intention. Thank you so much for giving me a place where I can still post my messages to Pal on a daily basis.
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#1425 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Nov 10th, 2024 12:14 am To My Beloved Pal:
I just returned home from running a marathon today. When you were with me I would only run one or two a year. This tear I ran 18. I am almost 70 years old now and I run those to sat in shape. Also the weather here is so beautiful in the spring and fall and I want to be outside as much as possible.
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#1426 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Nov 10th, 2024 10:02 pm To My Beloved Pal:
This week Taz has to get his rabies shot. He should have had it two months ago but he was recovering from his back surgery. I remember your final rabies shot. It was only a couple of months before I lost you and you still were not feeling well from the oral surgery that you had a couple of months before that. The rabies shot set you back in your recovery. I really man sorry that I put you through that. You were more than 16 years old and and that point you were not leaving the house. I am sorry that I put you through that painful experience.
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#1427 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Nov 11th, 2024 10:44 am To My Beloved Pal:
Today is Veteran's Day. As is my tradition on this day, I will get my free donut for Veteran's Day at Dunkin Donuts and I will share it with Taz just like I would always share my donut on this day with you. I usually just get a plain donut. Tomorrow the town is planning to have a Veteran's reception and I will attend that. It was 50 years ago when I served. I was so young then and even after all of these years I am still upset by the way we were treated then when we returned home from Vietnam.
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#1432 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Nov 12th, 2024 10:51 am To My Beloved Pal:
It finally feels like November outside. For the last two months we have been having summer type weather but this morning it is cold outside with widespread frost on the ground. Taz was surprised when I took him out to pee. He is used to the warm weather and the sudden cold temperatures surprised him. It will noe be long until the snow comes.
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#1433 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Nov 13th, 2024 10:23 am To My Beloved Pal:
Now that it is cold outside I do not go out for my run/walk until later in the morning. Back in the summer when the temperatures would hit 95 degrees I would be out at the crack of dawn. Now I wait a few hours until it begins to warm up a little and it is light outside.
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#1434 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Nov 14th, 2024 12:14 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Thanksgiving is only two weeks away. When you were here, every holiday was a big event. I would cook alot of food and many people would be over for dinner. It would be alot of work and a long day but you liked seeing people and you loved me sharing my dinner with you. Things have changed so much in these last 10 years. Dan is down up and living on his own and because of my health issues I cannot eat very much. The work also got to be too much for me so these days I do not really celebrate the holiday. I just stay home with Taz. I actually like the holidays better now than I did before. Things are much more quieter and easier now.
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#1435 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Nov 15th, 2024 12:07 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Taz had his rabies shot yesterday. He was supposed to get it in the summer but his back surgery delayed that. He is suffering the after effects of the shot today. He is acting lethargic. I will be home watching over him today. He is always there for me when I am not feeling well so I will be there for him.
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#1437 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Nov 16th, 2024 12:07 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Taz is recovered now from feeling the after effects of his rabies shot. It is going to be a nice day today so I am going to a college football game. The school is not very large and I did receive my Master's Degree there. Veterans are getting free admission to the game today so I figured that I will go also it is only about five miles from the house so it is convenient.
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#1438 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Nov 17th, 2024 12:33 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I went out to the mall last night to buy some See's chocolates as Christmas gifts. The local See's is only open during the holiday season. When I came home I remembered that when Dan was just a boy I would buy Lindt chocolate bars to put in his stocking. On two Christmas seasons I did that and when I got home I put the chocolate in another room. They were in a box. On both of those occasions you found where the chocolate was, got it out of the box and ate the entire bar. I called the Vet but because Lindt chocolate is pure milk chocolate you never even got sick. After that whenever I would buy chocolate it would go onto a shelf where it was out of your reach.
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#1439 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Nov 18th, 2024 11:07 am To My Beloved Pal:
It was 70 degrees yesterday so I put up the outside Christmas lights. By the end of the week the temperatures will not go above freezing so yesterday was the perfect day to do it. When both you and Dan were young I would put a big tree up in the house but now I just have a small table top tree with the lights already on it. I do not do very much decorating these days.
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#1440 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Nov 19th, 2024 10:56 am To My Beloved Pal:
Back when you were with me, you and I would always visit the nursing home a few days before Thanksgiving and again at Christmas. The people residing there were happy to see some new faces and they loved seeing you. I kept up that tradition with Taz until Covid hit. Since those days the nursing homes do not let people come in like they used to. I miss those days but now I am older than many of the people living in those homes.
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#1441 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Nov 20th, 2024 10:42 am To My Beloved Pal:
The holiday season is almost here and we are still not together. I miss you so much. Eight years ago when the Doctors told me that I was suffering from kidney failure I was told that me kidney would totally shut down within six months. I was actually happy to hear that news because that meant that I would be with you again. I am still here though. Since then I suffered the fall that broke eight ribs and was struck by an SUV that actually left me clinically dead until CPR was performed and I am still here. I pray every night that I will not wake up the following morning but when the morning comes I am still here. I have lived a full life and I just want to cross over and join you at the Rainbow Bridge.
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#1442 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Nov 21st, 2024 11:01 am To My Beloved Pal:
We are going to have heavy rain today before it changes to snow as it turns colder. We have not had any rain in the last three months and the weather has been summer like. This makes up for last fall when I was struck by the SUV whose driver was texting. Between the head injury and the broken ankle and foot, I was stuck in the house for three months with a cast on that covered my entire leg. This fall has made up for everything that I missed last year.
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#1443 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Nov 22nd, 2024 12:24 pm To My Beloved Pal:
We had heavy rain yesterday with strong winds so the yard is now full of leaves. You remember how I had the big trees in our yard cut down many years ago but one of the neighbors has trees in his yard and when the leaves fall they come into our yard. That is not that bad but when we have hurricane the branches of trees that are that big fall unto to the power lines knocking out our electricity for many days. People will spend money on everything else except their trees and that can cause so much damage.
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#1444 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Nov 23rd, 2024 12:12 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I am so thankful for TheRalphSite. I am still able to post my messages to you every day and that makes me feel like you are still here with me. On Rainbowsbridge.com I would have to spend an hour or so every day responding to people who posted on my thread. Now I can just post my message to you and not have countless numbers respond to my postings.
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#1445 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Nov 24th, 2024 09:17 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday was the Saturday before Thanksgiving and as always I volunteered at the Thanksgiving food collection drive. The cars drove up and handed me what they were donated. Many turkeys were donated along with other types of food which will be distributed to needy families in the area. This is one of my favorite things that I do every year. When the weather was nice you would stand outside with me but yesterday you would not have been able to do it. It was very cold, windy and rainy all day long.
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#1446 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Nov 25th, 2024 10:59 am To My Beloved Pal:
The weather forecast is calling for a possible snowstorm here in Connecticut on Thanksgiving Day. I do not have anybody coming over to the house that day so it will not affect me. I am running a race early that morning but that should be before the snow arrives. Hopefully the snow comes after people have gone home after their Thanksgiving dinner. It is a big holiday and I want to see people enjoy it.
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#1447 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Nov 26th, 2024 10:35 am To My Beloved Pal:
The snowstorm that was forecasted to hit us on Thanksgiving Day is now just projected to be just heavy rain with gusty wind. Hopefully, people will not lose their electricity when they are cooking Thanksgiving Dinner. We are supposed to get heavy rains today also on top of the three days of rain that we had last week. I am not complaining though because for three months we had the nicest stretch of weather that I have ever witnessed in my 70 years.
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#1448 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Nov 27th, 2024 10:28 am To My Beloved Pal:
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. When you were with me it was a big day for us. I would make a turkey with all the sides in addition to pie for dessert and there would be many family and friends over for dinner. It was alot of work but you liked seeing people. Those days are long past. Because of my kidney failure my Doctor wants me to be at least 40 pounds below my normal weight so I cannot eat vey much these days so those big dinners are no longer for me. Now Thanksgiving is just Taz and I. I will run a 5K race early in the morning and then Taz and I will watch "The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on television followed by "The National Dog Show" and then some football. It is still Thanksgiving so I bought a frozen dinner with turkey, mashed potatoes, corn, stuffing and gravy and that will be the holiday dinner for Taz and I. I actually enjoy the day much more now than I did when all the people would be over the house.
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#1449 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Nov 28th, 2024 10:51 am To My Beloved Pal:
I am getting ready to leave the house to run the Thanksgiving Day 5K road race. It is raining hard but after running/walking 18 marathons this past year, 3.1 miles will be a breeze. Usually on Thanksgiving night I like to walk around the neighborhood looking at the houses all lit up for Christmas but with it being raining this year I will just stay home with Taz.
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#1450 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Nov 29th, 2024 12:11 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I did not celebrate Thanksgiving yesterday. I ran the 5K race early in the morning and the weather during the entire day was cold with heavy rain and I was not expecting anybody over the house so it was just another day for Taz and I. Holidays mean nothing to me anymore and I really hope that I do not live to see many more of them.
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#1451 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Nov 30th, 2024 12:13 pm To My Beloved Pal:
When I was younger I loved the holiday season with the bright lights and all of the holiday parties. I would get so down when January came and the long, cold, snowy winter was here. Now it is the opposite. I get upset during the holiday season. Maybe after 70 years I have seen too many holiday seasons. Now I look forward to when January gets here and everything is quiet.
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#1452 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Dec 1st, 2024 12:23 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The temperature outside is 18 degrees. It has not been this cold since the middle of last February. I am heading out for my walk now. I go out every day. Usually I go 12-15 miles a days but I have some things to do this afternoon so I will only do eight miles this morning.
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#1454 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Dec 2nd, 2024 11:13 am To My Beloved Pal:
We are forecasted to receive our first snowfall of the season on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. We are forecasted to get about three inches of snow which is not much for us here but it is the first one of the year and then the temperatures are not even expected to get out of the teens for a few days after that. Winter is here. The snow shovel is out. Here I am at 70 years old still shoveling the snow. Remember when I bought a snowblower? I used it a few times but I never liked it so I sold it. Shoveling is good exercise for me.
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#1455 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Dec 3rd, 2024 11:17 am To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday I bought a new phone. When you were young not many people even had their own computers and there were even fewer cell phones. So much has changed since 1998. Even in the 10 years since you have been gone so much has changed from a technological standpoint. I always have been the last one to adapt to anything but in this day and age I really do not have any choice.
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#1456 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Dec 4th, 2024 10:24 am To My Beloved Pal:
When I took Taz out this morning there was a light coating of snow on the ground. It was the first of the season for us. Tonight we are forecasted to get an additional three inches. Just a month ago the temperatures were 85 degrees. The weather has changed so much since you were here with me. Back in those days snow started to fall in late October-early November. Now winter comes later. It is going to be cold for a couple of days but by next week it is supposed to go up to 60 degrees once again. The days of when you would want me to put you on top of those high snowbanks are long gone now.
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#1457 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Dec 5th, 2024 12:34 pm To My Beloved Pal:
There ia some heavy snow coming down outside now. We are forecasted to get around five inches before it stops. I will go outside to shovel as soon as it does. This will be a stay to stay home.
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#1458 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Dec 6th, 2024 12:41 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The snow on the ground looks so pretty before Christmas but after that I cannot wait for winter to end. You and I went through some big snowstorms together. In January of 2011 we had 100 inches of snow in that one month alone. It seemed like we had a storm every other day. The worst blizzard though was in February of 2013. We had 40 inches of snow in that one. Snow was falling at a rate of six inches an hour. Every two hours I would have to go back outside to shovel. I was up the entire night because when I took you out in the morning I did not want you to have to walk outside in the heavy snow to pee. I also always shoveled a path on the lawn for you to walk around in.
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#1459 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Dec 7th, 2024 12:18 pm To My Beloved Pal:
When you and Dan were both young, I used to bake so many Christmas cookies. I would spend two weeks just baking them to bring in to work and to give to family and friends. You would always stand next to me the entire time because you wanted to eat some cookies too. You hated waiting for them to cool enough for you to eat. I always gave you milk to go along with your cookies. Not long after you left I was diagnosed with kidney failure so I cannot eat very much anymore so the cookies are a thing of the past. I wished that Taz got to enjoy the same experience like you did. For a few years I would buy some Christmas cookies from the local baker but I do not even do that anymore.
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#1460 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Dec 8th, 2024 12:26 pm To My Beloved Pal:
This past Friday was Dan's birthday. When you and him were both young that was such a big day. I would get a cake for him and he would open his presents. Because his birthday was so close to Christmas, the tree would already be up. When you saw the tree and Dan's presents there you thought that it was actually Christmas Day so I would always have to buy a present t for you to open up also. Then we would have cake, which you would enjoy. On Dan's birthday this year he stopped over to the house and I ordered a whipped cream and fruit cake from the bakery. I gave him his presents and he shared a piece of his cake with Taz.
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#1461 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Dec 9th, 2024 11:12 am To My Beloved Pal:
The Christmas season used to be so busy when you were here with me. Between the shopping, decorating and baking, in addition to a steady stream of people coming over to the house you and I were constantly on the go. I also was still working during those days. Now with me being old and retired, the holiday season is really not any different than the rest of the year for me. Even though Taz and I are home by ourselves these days, I actually like it better now. Things are so much slower now.
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#1462 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Dec 10th, 2024 10:51 am To My Beloved Pal:
After last year after I was struck by the SUV and spent 79 days in a cast that covered my entire leg and walking with crutches, I was upset that I missed the entire Autumn season. This year more than made up for it. Until a month ago the weather was summer like with no rain at all and I really did many things. Running marathons, going to concerts and sporting events and attending fairs and carnivals, I was on the go for more than three months. Now things are slowing down but I am happy that I got to experience the beauty of fall in New England this year.
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#1463 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Dec 11th, 2024 10:25 am To My Beloved Pal:
Only two weeks until Christmas and three weeks until a New Year is here. When you and Dan were young the holiday season was always so busy. I remember your first Christmas so well. I had never had a dog in my life before so I did not know what you were thinking. On that first Christmas morning Dan was opening up all of his presents. I had not bought anything for you. I could tell that you wanted to join the fun and open your presents too but there were not any. I then went out. The only store open was 7-11 and they only thing that I could but there were some tennis balls. I bought them and wrapped them up when I came home and gave them to you. You were so happy to receive a Christmas present. After that I always made sure that there were presents for you under the tree.
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#1464 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Dec 12th, 2024 12:20 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The heavy rains and winds from yesterday have now ended so I will be able to get out today. It is very cold though but it is the middle of December. Last night Taz and I watched "Scrooge" on television. You and I used to always watch it together.
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#1465 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Dec 13th, 2024 12:22 pm To My Beloved Pal:
On Christmas Eve when you and Dan were young, Dan always left cookies and milk for Santa Claus. I had to make sure those cookies were out of your reach because you would eat them. Also I would have to block off the room where the Christmas Tree was because that night you would have unwrapped all the presents that I would put under the tree that night. You loved unwrapping presents even more than getting the presents themselves.
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#1466 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Dec 14th, 2024 12:57 pm To My Beloved Pal:
We are in the middle of some very cold weather here but it is December so that is normal for us here. You were born in Minnesota in February and you spent your first few months there so cold, winter weather was something that you were used to. In the summer I complain when it is very hot and in the winter I complain when it is very cold. At least we do get to experience all four seasons here.
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#1469 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Dec 15th, 2024 01:20 pm To My Beloved Pal:
It is 10 degrees outside as I am ready to leave for my daily 12-15 mile walk. As long as it is not snowing I will go out. It is good exercise and it gets me out of the house. When I get home Taz will be there waiting for me just like you used to me and then maybe I will watch some football.
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#1472 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Dec 16th, 2024 10:46 am To My Beloved Pal:
Christmas used to be so busy here when you and Dan were both young. I feel, sorry for Taz because he never got to see a little boy grow up in the house like you did. Taz has had a quiet life with just him and me and he has never gotten to experience some of the same joys that you did. On the other hand though you never had undivided attention on you that Taz has had on him.
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#1473 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Dec 17th, 2024 10:58 am To My Beloved Pal:
I was out in the cold on Sunday volunteering for the Salvation Army by ringing the bell and now I am feeling sick. I still have to volunteer at the toy drive this Saturday., I would like to deliver meals on Christmas Day for those who cannot get out of their houses but I have to be careful to not overdo it. You taught about the good feeling that you get when you help someone in need but as I am now almost 70 years old it is getting harder to do as much as I once did.
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#1474 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Dec 18th, 2024 10:12 am To My Beloved Pal:
One of my favorite times of the holiday season was when you and I would visit the local nursing home. We did that at Halloween and Thanksgiving also. The people residing there would be so happy to see someone come to see them and they all loved seeing you. After the pandemic came the nursing homes stopped allowing people to come in unless they had family there. I really miss doing that.
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#1475 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Dec 19th, 2024 12:55 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Even though it is very cold we will not have a white Christmas this year. We had a few of those when you and I were together. One year we had a blizzard on Christmas Day. People were supposed to come over to the house for Christmas dinner but the weather was too dangerous so we had everybody come over for dinner the following day. One year we had a blizzard on Christmas night but at least the weather was okay during the day. Now we usually start getting the big snowstorms here after Christmas.
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#1476 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Dec 20th, 2024 01:07 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Christmas week was always so exciting. Dan would be on vacation from school and I always took that week off from work. You were not used to having people at home with you all day long but you loved it. It was sad on January 2nd when I would go back to work and Dan would return to school. Now every day seems the same to me.
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#1477 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Dec 21st, 2024 01:34 pm To My Beloved Pal:
When Dan was little, he would leave cookies and milk for Santa Claus on every Christmas Eve. I had to make sure that the cookies and milk were out of your reach because you would have eaten them. In those days I would have a big Christmas dinner with many people over. Those days are long gone and Taz and I just spend Christmas by ourselves after I get home from delivering meals to those who cannot get out. Taz went through so much this year with his back surgery and I am so glad that the is home with me so I bought a rib roast that I will cook for him and I to eat on Christmas Day.
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#1478 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Dec 22nd, 2024 12:55 pm To My Beloved Pal:
We are in the middle of an arctic cold spell. The temperatures are not going above 10 degrees today. Yesterday I volunteered at the toy drive and I was able to walk to the Saturday Evening Vigil Mass but today I will stay in the house all day. At least with all of this cold weather we will have a White Christmas as there is some snow on the ground.
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#1483 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Dec 23rd, 2024 10:40 am To My Beloved Pal:
The bitter cold weather is still with us for today. At least on Christmas Day it will be a little bit warmer so that I can deliver meals to those who are homebound.
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#1485 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Dec 24th, 2024 10:55 am To My Beloved Pal:
It is Christmas Eve. Unlike the days when you were with me today will be a quiet day. The weather is warmer so I can get out today for a walk and later this afternoon I will attend the Christmas Eve Vigil Mass. You knew what Christmas was all about. On Christmas morning you could not wait to open your presents. You would be excited and play with your new toys for a few minutes and then you would head back into your bed. You knew at that point that Christmas was all over for you then.
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#1486 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Dec 25th, 2024 10:08 am To My Beloved Pal:
Christmas Day is here. It is really no different than any other day at this time of my life. When you were here with me, Dan was still young and Christmas was so exciting. There would be so many presents under the tree and I would cook a big Christmas dinner for family and friends. Now it is just Taz and I. Taz opened his presents and played with his new toys but now he is laying in his bed. I am cooking a small rib roast for us to eat and I bought some Christmas cookies from the bakery for dessert. Im am now leaving for three hours to deliver Christmas meals to those who are unable to get out.
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#1487 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Dec 26th, 2024 02:05 pm To My Beloved Pal:
After I returned home from delivering meals on Christmas Day I was not in a mood to cook the rib roast that I had bought. I remembered that it was the first night of Hanukkah so I drove to the Jewish supermarket in the next down and bought some potato pancakes which Taz and I had for our Christmas dinner.
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#1490 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Dec 27th, 2024 12:25 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I have not been feeling well since Christmas. I probably overdid the last few months. After I was laid up in bed after being hit by the SUV in September of 2023, I vowed that I would make up for the time I lost when the fall of 2024 came around. Between running marathons, going to concerts and sporting events and other activities it just caught up to me. At least January is coming g in a few days and things will slow down for the next few months.
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#1492 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Dec 28th, 2024 01:14 pm To My Beloved Pal:
There is freezing rain outside now. Hopefully it will have stopped by the time I walk to the Saturday Vigil Mass later this afternoon. After today we are forecasted to get rain all the way through New Year's Day before winter weather makes its return.
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#1493 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Dec 29th, 2024 12:15 pm To My Beloved Pal:
With Christmas over and New Year's almost here, I am feeling a bit down. When you were with me you always knew how to make me feel better when I was down. I am sure that I will be better in the next day or two. Some of the reason I have not been feeling well is due to the rain weather that we have been having. A week ago the temperatures were arctic like and now it is almost 60 degrees. It could be worse though, it could be snowing.
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#1494 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Dec 30th, 2024 10:55 am To My Beloved Pal:
Tomorrow night is New Year's Eve. It has been many decades since I last wet out on that night. When you were with me I would try to stay up until midnight to watch the ball drop at Time's Square in New York but the last few years I have been long asleep when that happens. I expect that this year will be no different.
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#1495 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Dec 31st, 2024 10:51 am To My Beloved Pal:
We are forecasted to get a couple of snowstorms next week. The worst blizzard that you and I ever went through happened in February of 2013. We had 40 inches of snow in one day. It was snowing at the rare of six inches an hour. Every two hours I would go outside again and shovel. I did that all through the night. When its was time for you to go out in the morning and pee the driveway and sidewalk were both shoveled along with a path on the grass for you to walk on. Of course the next day I had to use there roof rake to get all of the snow off of the roof.
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#1496 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Jan 1st, 2025 06:56 pm To My Beloved Pal:
A new year is here. I never thought that would still be around in 2025 after the Doctor told me that my one kidney that I have would totally shut down within six months. That was eight years ago and I am still here. I never thought Taz would still be with me in a new year after he developed an infection after his back surgery this past summer. He was in the hospital for three weeks and the vet did not think that he would make it. I guess that I have much to be thankful for as a new year begins.
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#1497 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Jan 2nd, 2025 10:05 am To My Beloved Pal:
Today is January 2nd. That would be the day when Dan would return to school and I would return to work after being home for the holidays. It was a sad day for me but I think that you probably liked that day because you finally had the house to yourself all day again.
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#1498 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Jan 3rd, 2025 12:35 pm To My Beloved Pal:
You have been gone for almost 10 and a half years now and I have written messages to you every day. I do that the first thing in the morning. Lately I have been having dreams all through the night but you are not in any of them. In all of these years you have only been in two of my dreams and both times it was only for a second or two. I wish that I would dream of you again so I can see you but I do not know if that is going to happen. I do not feel very good. Winter is here and the holidays are over and the weather will not be nice for the next three months. I really could use you now to cheer me up like you always did.
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#1499 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Jan 4th, 2025 12:32 pm To My Beloved Pal:
You had a hard time in your life health wise. You were epileptic and you suffered from seizures. You were three years old when your first seizure occurred. You started to shake uncontrollably. I did not know what was happening. It was the middle of the night and there was a snowstorm going on but I drove you to the emergency clinic. During the drive I kept my finger in your mouth because I was afraid that you would swallow your tongue. The clinic kept you overnight. That was the only night in 16 and a half years that few were not together. The next day the vet diagnosed you with epilepsy and sent you home with medication to prevent seizures that you took for the rest of your life. Even with the medication you would still experience a seizure every few months. You would shake uncontrollably for at least an hour. During that time I would sit next to you, just petting you and talking to you. You were so brave.
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#1500 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Jan 5th, 2025 12:29 pm To My Beloved Pal:
In February 2014, you stopped eating and you would not get out of your bed. Your mouth was swollen badly. After a few days you were not getting any better. You were almost 16 years old and I thought maybe the end was here. On a Friday afternoon I called the vet and on Monday morning your pain would be over. On that weekend I slept on the floor next to you because I did not want you to ever be alone again. On both of those night you would wake up and 2:00 a.m. and start to run around the house for an hour playing with me. It was like you were young again but after that hour was over you went back into your bed still not moving or eating. On that Monday I took you to the vet believing that our time together was over. You and waited for the vet to come in and I was so sad. The vet was about to start the procedure but another vet came into the room and said that maybe if she removed some of your teeth, you might feel better. I agreed to that immediately and the vet did some blood work on you to see if you were healthy enough to withstand the surgery. I was so happy to take you home that day and that out time together was not ending.
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#1501 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Jan 6th, 2025 10:37 am To My Beloved Pal:
I remember the day of your surgery back in 2014 so well. I was so happy that I was not going to lose you but I never realized the pain that you would have to endure. That morning at the vet's office I held on to you so tight. When the vet took you in for surgery she said that she would call me when the operation was completed. It was snowing that day but I could not stay home. I just walked around all day in the snow waiting for the phone call. When the vet finally called she told me that she had to remove eight of your teeth. She said that maybe you should spend the night there but I insisted on picking you up. When I got there I could tell that you were still in pain but I took you home. That night you slept in my arms all night long. You would have to endure six more months of agony. I was so selfish. I should have had to put out of your pain but I just never wanted to lose you. Please forgive me.
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#1502 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Jan 7th, 2025 10:47 am To My Beloved Pal:
After you returned from your surgery. I made sure that you were never alone. I slept on the floor next to you every night for the next six months. Every morning when I woke up I would listen to hear you breathing and when I heard that I was so happy because that meant that I got to spend another day with you. I had to puree your food because with eight of your teeth pulled you had trouble chewing and I fed you by hand. Your joints would give out when you walked so I carried you everywhere. I actually liked doing all of that because for 16 years you were the one doing everything for me and now I was finally able to do something for you. Through those months it never occurred to me that you were in tremendous pain. I am so sorry that I put you through all of that.
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#1503 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Jan 8th, 2025 10:15 am To My Beloved Pal:
Even though there is not any snow on the ground, it feels likely winter here in Connecticut. The temperatures the last few days have not gotten out of the teens. It is too cold and windy for me to go out for my walk. Between that and the end of the holidays, things are very slow now and it puts me in a bad mood. You always knew how to cheer me up when I was feeling down.
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#1504 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Jan 9th, 2025 12:34 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Having spent the first winter of your life in Minnesota, you did not mind the winter weather here. You liked the snow. You enjoyed walking in the snow and at the end of the driveway there were tall snowbanks of where I put the snow after I shoveled it off the driveway. You would want me to put you on the top of those snowbanks and you would just stand on them looking down at me.
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#1505 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Jan 10th, 2025 12:08 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The temperature is a bit warmer today so I can go outside for a 15 mile walk. It will feel good to get outside after being stuck inside the past three days. Even Taz was getting sick of me being in the house. He likes his privacy too. One good thing about winter weather is that I can catch up on the rest that I do not get during the other months of the year.
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#1506 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Jan 11th, 2025 01:55 pm To My Beloved Pal:
There is a little bit of snow falling outside now. The last few winters have not brought us as much snow as when you were here with me. We now get a couple of big storms every winter but so far this winter we have received very little. I am not complaining though. I do not like the snow. It is pretty to see before Christmas but when January gets here I do not want trouble see any of it.
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#1507 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Jan 12th, 2025 12:24 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Tomorrow is the day that the Judge will issue her ruling in my case against the driver who struck me while I was walking on September 24, 2023. The case has been delayed a few times before because the driver kept changing lawyers and last month before the Judge was going to rule he said that he had a medical emergency. Even though I will be happy to have the case behind me it will feel strange to not have it be a part of my life anymore. I am going to donate some of the money to a fund for pedestrians who are struck by drivers and I am also going to give some to the volunteer ambulance association whose EMTs saved my life that day. I wish that it had never come to this. If the driver had come to the hospital to see how I was doing or even if he had inquired as to my condition this never would have come to this.
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#1508 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Jan 13th, 2025 10:46 am To My Beloved Pal:
I see so many stories on the news about the devastating wildfires in Southern California and to add to that tragedy, so many four-legged companions have now been left homeless. I feel so bad about this. Today my case concerning when I was hit by the car should come to a conclusion. Even though it is not enough I am still going to make a donation in your name to help those beautiful creatures who are suffering out there.
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#1509 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Jan 14th, 2025 10:32 am To My Beloved Pal:
In these dark days of winter, I do not have too much energy. Some of it could be do to my old age but just a month ago I was much less tired. The days of when you and me would run around and play are long gone. Taz never really liked to play with me and since his back surgery he also has less energy. Hopefully in a couple of months Shen the weather gets warmer I will start to feel better.
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#1510 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Jan 15th, 2025 09:58 am To My Beloved Pal:
I look at the news and I see the devastation caused by the wildfires out in Los Angeles. Seeing entire neighborhoods destroyed is so sad. I have not seen anything like that since I was serving ninth Army during the Vietnam War all those years ago. I pray for those who have lost their homes and for all of the beautiful four-legged creatures who are now homeless.
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#1511 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Jan 16th, 2025 12:25 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The weather is a little bit warmer today so I am heading out for a 15 mile walk. I better get the miles in the next few days because next week, the forecast calls for the coldest temperatures here in the past three year. The high temperature in the daytime is not expected to rise any higher than 10 degrees. Only 36 days until the Red Sox start playing baseball in Florida.
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#1512 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Jan 17th, 2025 12:12 pm To My Beloved Pal:
We are expected to have a snowstorm beginning on Sunday night. Close to a foot of snow is expected to fall. That will be our first snowstorm of the season. When you were here with me the snowstorms would start in November and by January the snowbanks at the end of the driveway would be a four feet tall. Things have changed but one thing has not, I still shovel by hand even sat my age. Remember the year I bought a snow blower? I only used it a couple of times before I sold it. Maybe I am a stubborn, old fool but I would rather shovel the snow by hand.
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#1513 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Jan 18th, 2025 12:46 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I am not feeling too well today. I think being outside in this cold weather is making me sick. I have to go out this afternoon to attend d the Saturday Evening Vigil Mass. I always walk to the church. It is a three mile walk each way. I want to get out early tomorrow before the snowstorm hits. That will be the last time that I get outside to walk because it will be very cold for the following four days.
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#1514 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Jan 19th, 2025 01:00 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I am waiting for the snow to start. We are forecasted to get about a foot of snow starting this afternoon. I am going out in a few minutes for a 10 mile run. After today I will not be able to run. or walk outside until Friday because the temperatures will be even get out of the teens. This is January and this id Nerw England.
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#1515 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Jan 20th, 2025 11:36 am To My Beloved Pal:
I just finished shoveling the snow. We had about eight inches but the bitter cold temperatures are even worse. I shoveled last night before I went to bed and again the first thing when I woke up this morning. Just like I always did with you, I shoveled a path on the grass for Taz to walk on when I take him outside to pee.
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#1516 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Jan 21st, 2025 10:31 am To My Beloved Pal:
When I took Taz out to pee this morning, the temperature was below zero. As cold as it is, I still see many people out taking walks with their four-legged companions. You might have been from Minnesota, but when the weather was really extreme, you and I stood inside. Winter only lasts for three months, we had the rest of the year to enjoy the outdoors.
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#1517 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Jan 22nd, 2025 10:18 am To My Beloved Pal:
I heard a story on the news about a four-legged companion being abused, starved and just abandoned in this snow and bitter cold. I get so angry hearing stories like that. The person who does something like that should also be abused, starved and left in the cold. Luckily, someone took the abused dog to a veterinary clinic and he is doing better and has a new home ready to take him in.
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#1518 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Jan 23rd, 2025 01:04 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday morning it was 16 degrees below zero when I woke up. The house felt very cold. It turns out that there was something wrong with the furnace. I brought out the old electric space heaters and Taz and I sat in front of them until the service technician came in the afternoon to fix the furnace. When you were with me I still had the oil furnace and you and I spent a few times min the cold waiting for that to be fixed. During your last year with me, I had a gas furnace installed. As I was waiting for the heat to come back on I thought of the ones who do not have the resources to pay for heat in these cold months. I then made donation to the fuel bank which provides assistance for those who cannot afford to pay for oil due to an emergency.
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#1519 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Jan 24th, 2025 12:17 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The temperatures are more seasonable today so I can finally get outside for my 12-15 mile walk. It is going to turn bitterly cold again next week. This is the first time in my 70 years that we have not experienced a "January thaw", where temperatures run well above normal for a period of a few days. The entire country is feeling the cold. Cities in the Deep South are just as cold as we have been and they have received record-breaking amounts of snow.
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#1520 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Jan 25th, 2025 02:30 pm To My Beloved Pal:
It seems like January is moving so slow this year. Maybe it has something to do with the cold weather. I cannot wait for February to get here. The temperatures start to get a little bit warmer, there is a noticeable increase in daylight, marathon season begins fore me and they start playing baseball again on Florida. Of course February is also the month where we could the largest amount of snow.
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#1521 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Jan 26th, 2025 12:32 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Animal abuse is so sad anytime of the year but in the winter it is even worse. The other day when the temperatures were below zero, someone found a plastic bag on the side of the road with four puppies inside frozen to death. How could anybody do such an evil thing? There are shelters that would have taken in those puppies and found them loving homes. Sadly if the person who did this is ever found very little will happen to them from a criminal standpoint. The taking of of animal's life should have the same penalties as the taking of a human life.
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#1522 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Jan 27th, 2025 10:49 am To My Beloved Pal:
In my almost 70 years, I have never been able to get close to anyone. I was never really a loving son, brother, husband, friend or father. It has always been my own fault. With you it was different though. I have never loved any being as much as I loved you. Maybe it was because you loved me for what I am and you never gave up on me. The first few years that you were here with me, I would not get close to you but you kept trying. I am so grateful that you did because to be able to love and to also be loved was such a great gift.
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#1523 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Jan 28th, 2025 10:48 am To My Beloved Pal:
I heard on the news yesterday that the people in Los Angeles who homes have burned down due to the fires had to evacuate their homes leaving their dogs and cats behind. I pray for those beautiful four-legged companions. I hope that they are safe and are reunited with their human families. It is such a sad story.
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#1524 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Jan 29th, 2025 09:52 am To My Beloved Pal:
Since January began I have very seldom left the house. There are at least two days every week where I do not even go out for my 12-15 mile daily walk;k because the weather is too cold or it is snowing. This January seems to be worse for me than others have been. Even at night I cannot even stay up long enough to watch anything on television. I am hoping that when the spring gets here I will have some more desire to actually get out and do something.
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#1525 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Jan 30th, 2025 12:22 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday was five months since Taz returned home from the hospital. What was only supposed to be a few days for back surgery turned out to be three weeks after an infection set in. There were times when the vet thought that he would not make it and when he did come home he was so weak. I look at him now and I sometime forget everything that he went through. When he first hurt his back I originally was against surgery. I thought maybe I should just let him pass on but thankfully Dan convinced me not to give up and to give Yaz a chance to recover through surgery.
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#1526 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Jan 31st, 2025 12:08 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Today the temperature is going to be 40 degrees but it is going to be raining g so it will be another day in the house for me. On Monday the temperature is forecasted to go above 50 degrees. That will feel like summer to me.
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#1527 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Feb 1st, 2025 12:42 pm To My Beloved Pal:
February is finally here. It seemed like January dragged on forever. Even though the weather is still cold and snowy in February there are some good signs. Baseball begins and for me the marathon season starts. Also at the end of the months is your birthday. That was such a big day for me when you were here. Now it is a sad day to remember.
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#1528 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Feb 2nd, 2025 12:37 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Many people are not feeling well at this time of the year. I think the cold weather has alot to do with it. I do not go out that often so I do not get as sick and when I was working. As cold as it has been I see people outside taking their dogs for a walk. We could have temperatures below zero, it could be heavy snow or we could be having a driving rainstorm but there are those who will never miss talking their four-legged companion out for a walk.
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#1529 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Feb 3rd, 2025 11:13 am To My Beloved Pal:
I just finished shoveling the snow. We had four inches overnight. It was nothing compared to the 40 inches that we had one day 12 years ago. This is part of a winter here in Connecticut.
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#1530 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Feb 4th, 2025 10:34 am To My Beloved Pal:
The other day, the groundhog in Pennsylvania saw his shadow so that means six more weeks of winter. The local groundhog here in Connecticut did not see his shadow though. It does not really matter. We are going to have at least six more weeks of winter no matter what the groundhog says. That is the way it is here in Connecticut. Sometimes winter will even stretch in April.
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#1531 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Feb 5th, 2025 09:52 am To My Beloved Pal:
Another very cold day here today. Tomorrow we are forecasted to get about six inches of snow before it turns over to sleet and freezing rain and the same thing is forecasted to occur on Sunday. The weather forecasters are talking about the possibility of a major snowstorm in the middle of next week. This winter has been awful from a weather standpoint. I am hoping that maybe by the time that March gets here the weather will start to get better.
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#1532 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Feb 6th, 2025 12:48 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The snow has started to fall. We are only forecasted to receive about four inches of snow today but Sunday is expected to bring about nine inches and next Tuesday we could receive more than a foot of snow. I think back to January of 2011 when you and I saw 100 inches of snow in that one month and also February 2013 when we had a blizzard that dumped 40 inches of snow on us in one day. We had so much snow then that roofs were caving in because there was so much snow on them. I along with many others went out and bought a roof rake to get the snow off the roof. Doing that was worse than shoveling because not only did I have to get the snow off the roof, I then had to shovel it off the driveway and sidewalk. The snow banks those years were about 10 feet tall. You loved it when I would put you on top of one of those snowbanks and you could look down at everything.
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#1533 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Feb 7th, 2025 12:15 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday we only received two inches of snow before it turned to freezing rain. On Sunday though we are forecasted to receive more than a foot of snow, then another snow storm is forecasted for Tuesday night, following by another one next Thursday and yet another one next Saturday. We have not had a winter this bad in more than 10 years. This is like the winter that we would have when you were here. We would have so much snow and if it was not snowing it was very cold.
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#1534 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Feb 8th, 2025 12:29 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Tomorrow is the Super Bowl. You know me and how I love to watch any kind of football, I will watch college football, arena football and Canadian football but I never watch the Super Bowl. Instead Taz and I will do what you and I always did. We will watch the Puppy Bowl.
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#1535 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Feb 9th, 2025 01:17 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The foot of snow that was predicted for us last night only turned out to bee four inches. I am not complaining about that. It was easy shoveling that amount of snow. I am looking forward to watching the "Puppy Bowl" on television this afternoon with Taz just like I used to watch it with you.
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#1536 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Feb 10th, 2025 11:05 am To My Beloved Pal:
This was always the week that you and I would watch the Westminster Dog Show on television. You and I would sit side by side looking at all of the dogs. Since the pandemic came the show was moved to June and it was held outside. Taz and I still watched it but it seemed different. Finally this week for the first time in five years, the show is back in Madison Square Garden. Taz and I will be watching it and I will be thinking of you.
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#1537 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Feb 11th, 2025 10:36 am To My Beloved Pal:
When it was discovered that I was born with only one kidney and that one kidney was failing, the Doctors told me that I could no longer take aspirin or Advil. That would preserve whatever function was left in my kidney. Having suffered from migraine headaches my entire life that was so hard to do but for six years that is what I did. I then realized that in those six years I had spent over 100 days in bed due to migraines that I could not do anything about. I then decided that I was wasting precious time doing that so now whenever I do get a migraine, I will take aspirin. It will cut down on whatever time that I have left but at least I no longer have to spend days lying in bed.
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#1538 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Feb 12th, 2025 10:17 am To My Beloved Pal:
Taz and I spent the last two nights watching the Westminster Dog Show on television. It was good that see it in February again which was when it always was before the pandemic. More snow is expected tonight which will turn to freezing rain. Another snow storm is in the forecast for Saturday and then bitter cold temperatures are expected next week. This has been a hard winter in terms of the weather.
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#1539 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Feb 13th, 2025 09:52 am To My Beloved Pal:
As you know my one weakness in life is ice cream. I am really addicted to it. Every night you and I would always have sone. For the last 45 years I have given up ice cream for lent. It is hard for me but I manage to go 46 days without eating any. When Easter comes, however, I start eating once again. Last year I once again gave up ice cream for lent. When Easter was approaching I stocked up my freezer with ice cream. When Easter finally came though I no longer had any desire to eat ice cream. That ice cream has sit in the freezer ever since. I finally decided that I had better either eat it or throw it away som Taz and I have been eating ice cream again this last week. He had forgotten how good it tastes.
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#1541 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Feb 14th, 2025 12:08 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday pitchers and catchers with the Boston Red Sox reported for spring training. Ever since Dan was a little boy every year on the day that pitchers and catchers reported he and I would go outside and have a catch. We have done that every year even in the snow and the cold. On the few years that the weather was nice you would come outside with us but most years you stood inside the warm house and watched us. Even though Dan is now a grown man we still have kept the tradition going so yesterday he came over with his ball and glove and we had our catch. It was cold and raining but it was not a bad day.
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#1542 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Feb 15th, 2025 01:18 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday morning I went out for a walk. It started to snow and very quickly the snow covered the ground. Without seeing it I slipped on a patch of ice and I suffered a broken wrist. I am in a temporary cast now and on Monday I have to see the specialist who will see if I need surgery. With falling on the ice in 2021 breaking 8 ribs, getting hit by a car in 2023 suffering a broken foot and a broken ankle and now this it is probably time to buy a treadmill. I am in alot of pain now but I think of how much Taz suffered in the summer after his back surgery. What I am going through now is nothing compared to what he went through.
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#1543 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Feb 16th, 2025 12:50 pm To My Beloved Pal:
We had four inches of snow last night. The person who was going to plow the driveway was late in getting back to me so I shoved it myself. It was a little bit difficult with a b token wrist but I got it done. Now we are having freezing rain and high winds are coming in. That means many power outages. Unlike when you and I would sit in the dark when that used to happen I had a generator installed so at least I will still be in a warm house with Taz.
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#1544 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Feb 17th, 2025 08:16 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Today is Washington's Birthday. That was always a big day for us. I would be off from work that day and Dan would be on his school vacation. I would always buy a cherry pie and some cherry cake donuts for all of us to eat. If there was snow on the ground you and I would watch Dan go sledding. I am, so thankful that I have those memories to look back on.
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#1545 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Feb 18th, 2025 10:31 am To My Beloved Pal:
I went to the Orthopedic Doctor yesterday to have him examine my broken wrist. He want too wait a week to see if the pain subsides before a decision on surgery is made. I really do not want to have another operation but I really do not have any control of the situation.
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#1546 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Feb 19th, 2025 09:57 am To My Beloved Pal:
Since the snow and ice storm came last weekend we have been having arctic like cold weather. This winter has been hard. On many, many days the weather has not allowed me to leave the house. The weather forecast calls for temperatures to reach 50 degrees next week but the weather forecasters have predicted that occur several times this winter only for the bitter cold temperatures to remain in place.
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#1547 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Feb 20th, 2025 01:05 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I can really use you to cheer me up. This is the third time in the past four years that I have suffered broken bones and it is frustrating to me. On top of that this winter has been very cold and snowy so I have been stuck inside the house much of the time. At a time like this you would know how to make me feel better. I love Taz and he is a great companion but he and I have never had the close relationship that you and I had. I guess a relationship like that only happens once in a lifetime.
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#1548 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Feb 21st, 2025 12:04 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Today is one of my favorite days of the year. This is the day that the Red Sox play their first spring training game in Florida. Even though the game is meaningless you and I I always sat in front of the television to watch it every year and now Taz and I do the same thing. After a hard winter watching a baseball game lets me know that spring is on the way. I am going out for a walk early today so that I will be home when the game starts.
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#1549 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Feb 23rd, 2025 04:27 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I just returned home after walking to Sunday Mass. After running a marathon yesterday morning and going to the Billy Joel concert last night I am tired. I will just stay home the rest of the day with Taz watching basketball and baseball on television. The weather this week is going to be lovely with temperatures getting close to 60 degrees. It will give me a chance to was my car and to finally take Taz out for a walk. He is tired of being stuck inside the house all winter.
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#1551 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Feb 24th, 2025 10:26 am To My Beloved Pal:
The weather is forecasted to be beautiful for the next four days. Bright sunshine with temperatures expected to top 50 degrees. It will be nice to enjoy the outdoors again. I can take Taz out for a walk. It has been a long time since he has seen his four-legged friends. There is still alot of sand and salt on the roads so I will have to make sure that I clean his feet thoroughly. By next weekend the winter weather is expected to return.
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#1552 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Feb 25th, 2025 10:35 am To My Beloved Pal:
I have an appointment with the Orthopedic Doctor this morning concerning my broken wrist. I hope that surgery is not required but no matter what he recommends I will follow it. My goal is to recover fully.
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#1553 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Feb 26th, 2025 09:57 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The Orthopedic Doctor said that I have to remain in this cast for another month. After that I will wear a removable splint for awhile. It could have been so much worse. My broken wrist does require surgery and this cast that I have been wearing is not really that cumbersome.
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#1554 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Feb 27th, 2025 03:04 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Tomorrow is your birthday. Even though I do not celebrate my own birthday, your birthday was a big day for me. I would go to the doggie bakery and buy special cupcakes for you and then I would go to the butcher shop and buy you a rib-eye steak which I would cook on the gas grill. The doggie bakery is no longer in business and the butcher shop is also closed. So many things have changed except for one thing, my love for you whig is just as strong and deep as it ever was.
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#1555 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Feb 28th, 2025 01:19 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I am getting ready to leave for a 15 mile walk. Today will be a typical late February day in terms of the weather. This past Tuesday and Wednesday it was sunny and warm outside. It felt so good to be out there.
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#1556 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Mar 1st, 2025 12:37 pm To My Beloved Pal:
With all of the sunny weather we have had for the past week, most of the snow is now gone. Yesterday for the first time in a couple of months Taz was able to walk around the yard and I was also able to do a little bit of yard work. The weather forecast calls for a couple od cold days coming up but but by Wednesday the temperature is expected to reach 60 degrees.
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#1557 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Mar 2nd, 2025 12:12 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday the temperature was 60 degrees. That was the warmest that it has been that warm in the last four months. Today it will not go above 20 degrees. This is how March is in Connecticut. In terms of the weather we will experience all four seasons in this one month. Only 19 more days until the first day of spring.
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#1558 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Mar 3rd, 2025 12:27 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Between the extremely cold weather that we had yesterday and my frustration in dealing with my broken wrist, my mood has not been too good. In the old days one look at you would brighten my mood. Taz does not have that kind of power over me but I am still so glad that he is with me and that he seems to be totally recovered from his back surgery.
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#1559 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Mar 4th, 2025 02:01 am To My Beloved Pal:
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. For the last 45 years I have given up ice cream for Lent every year. Even though I would stop eating ice cream I would still give it to you since you did not have to give up anything for Lent. After a day or two when you saw that I was not eating ice cream you would refuse to eat it also. Up until a month ago I had not eaten much ice cream since last Easter. I just do not have a taste for it now. The last few weeks I have started to eat it again just because I am trying to get rid of what I have in the freezer. Tomorrow it will be back to no ice cream for the next 46 days.
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#1560 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Mar 5th, 2025 09:41 am To My Beloved Pal:
I am getting ready trouble walk to church for the Ash Wednesday Mass. Luckily for me the heavy rain that is forecasted will not come until this afternoon so I will be home by then. No ice cream, chips or gum for the next 46 days.
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#1561 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Mar 6th, 2025 12:43 pm To My Beloved Pal:
These first few days of Lent are hard for me. Even though I have given up ice cream for Lent for the past 45 years, every year I go through a withdrawal process. It seems to get harder every year. After a couple of weeks I will get used to this but for now it is difficult.
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#1562 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Mar 7th, 2025 11:54 am To My Beloved Pal:
Tomorrow night the clocks get moved up by one hour. It takes me awhile to get over losing an hour of sleep but you loved daylight savings time because that meant that you got to eat an hour earlier. At least it will not get dark until 7:00 p.m. which will be nice after the dark days of winter.
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#1563 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Mar 8th, 2025 01:31 pm To My Beloved Pal:
On Wednesday night we experience torrential rains. When that happens the telephone lines outside become too wet and I lose my phone service until they dry out. Yesterday and today we have been having hurricane force winds. We have lost power a couple of times but shortly thereafter it comes back on. Between the howling winds and the power going on and off, Taz has gotten upset. He is like me in that we do not like change in our routines.
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#1564 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Mar 9th, 2025 11:48 am To My Beloved Pal:
With this time change it is still dark at 7:00 a.m. Usually Taz reminds me by then that he is ready for his breakfast but he was confused because it was still dark so he let me sleep a little longer. I am getting ready to leave for my walk, It is cold but at least the winds have subsided.
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#1565 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Mar 10th, 2025 09:29 am To My Beloved Pal:
Today I am getting together with my old friend my high school. We are best friends back then and even after we graduated and I went into the Army we would still get together whenever I would return home on leave. As the years went by we lost contact with each other and it stood that way for 45 years. A few years ago we connected again on social media and since then we have gotten together every three months. I am looking forward to seeing him again.
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#1566 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Mar 11th, 2025 09:23 am To My Beloved Pal:
I was thinking back to when there was a minor league soccer team in the next town over. Their season would begin in March but in April they would play pre-season friendlies at the park not far from the house. You, me and Dan would go to see those friendlies. There would be many people at the park walking their dogs or playing with their children. The soccer team has been gone for many years now but the three of us had so much fun back then.
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#1567 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Mar 12th, 2025 11:26 am To My Beloved Pal:
During the last few years I have had one health issue after another. Being diagnosed with kidney failure and given six months to live, falling on the ice suffering eight broken ribs and getting hit by a car suffering a head injury which caused my heart to stop beating along with a broken ankle and foot. Adding in two torn rotator cuffs and now this broken wrist I have spent alot of time at Doctor's offices. I used to wonder why I am still here but now I just live each day as it goes by, I do know that through everything that has happened you have always been watching over me.
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#1568 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Mar 13th, 2025 11:54 am To My Beloved Pal:
I was thinking yesterday that after what seemed to be a never ending winter that in a few weeks the outside yard work will have to start again. When I am outside mowing the lawn on a hot day I will probably wish that it was winter again. I have gotten out to do a little yard work recently. When I am in the backyard I always look back at the sliding glass door that overlooks the back yard. You always sat looking out that door at me when I was outside. Yesterday when I was out in the backyard, for the first time ever, Taz was sitting by that door looking out at me just like you used to do.
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#1569 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Mar 14th, 2025 11:59 am To My Beloved Pal:
I put the snow shovels away yesterday. I do not think that we will get any more snow now. This winter was much colder than normal but we also had less snow than normal. Six more days until spring.
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#1570 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Mar 15th, 2025 11:44 am To My Beloved Pal:
The heavy rain and wind storms that are sweeping across the country are arriving here on Sunday night. Today will be a good day to rake the lawn so that tomorrow I can put fertilizer on it before the rain comes.
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#1571 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Mar 16th, 2025 12:32 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Tomorrow is Saint Patrick's Day. Even though I am not Irish I will still but a small amount of corned beef at the deli and give it to Taz. When you were with me I would boil a corned beef and you and I would share it but I can no longer eat it. Today Taz and I will watch the parade on television like you and I would do.
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#1572 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Mar 17th, 2025 09:27 am To My Beloved Pal:
It is a rainy day today but I am not complaining. You and I saw many times where we would be having a snowstorm this time of March.
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#1573 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Mar 18th, 2025 09:15 am To My Beloved Pal:
Now that my legal case against the driver who struck while I was walking has been settled, I finally distributed the money which I received. A donation in your name has been made to the local animal shelter, I have also donated money to a fund which helps to pay medical bills for others who have been struck by motor vehicles. Part of the money was donated to the local volunteer ambulance association, whose members saved my life that day and also a donation was made to the local homeless shelter. Now everything that happened that day is behind me.
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#1574 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Mar 19th, 2025 08:48 am To My Beloved Pal:
Today is St. Joseph's Day. On this day I would always go to the bakery and buy a zeppole filled with vanilla pudding which you and I would share. I can no longer ear a zeppole but the memory of you with vanilla pudding all over your face will always be with me.
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#1575 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Mar 20th, 2025 11:06 am To My Beloved Pal:
Spring is finally here. It seemed like this winter was never going to end. Even though it is officially spring we are still forecasted to receive a little bit of snow on Friday and the temperatures are going to be colder than normal. You and I lived through many spring snow storms together.
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#1576 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Mar 21st, 2025 11:05 am To My Beloved Pal:
I saw a report on television about vicious dogs being brought into prisons and the people in there train them so that they can be adopted. The dogs were all big like pit bulls, rotteweilers, and German Shepards. Among all of those bog dogs was a little dachshund. You never had a temper but Taz is different. Even after all of these years together he still will try to attack me when he gets upset.
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#1577 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Mar 22nd, 2025 01:25 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Even though I receive a flu shot every year, I now have the flu. At least I will probably get better in a couple of days. I also get all of the Covid vaccinations and two years ago I came down with Covid.
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#1578 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Mar 23rd, 2025 01:23 pm To My Beloved Pa:
I could not sleep last night. This flu that has hit me also has cold symptoms so I woke up coughing in the middle of the night. When he saw that I was up, Taz also got up thinking that it was time for his breakfast. He was disappointed to learn that the would have to wait a few more hours.
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#1579 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Mar 24th, 2025 11:28 am To My Beloved Pal:
Even though I have not been feeling well, yesterday the Girl Scouts were out at the supermarket selling their cookies. You and I always ate Girl Scout cookies, so I put on a mask and gloves and I bought a box of lemon cookies along with a box of peanut butter cookies to share with Taz.
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#1580 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Mar 25th, 2025 09:15 am To My Beloved Pal:
I am getting ready to see the Orthopedic Doctor. Hopefully this cast comes off. It does not rally bother me but I would love to be able to take a shower once again.
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#1582 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Mar 26th, 2025 07:57 am To My Beloved Pal:
I have this terrible cough left over from the flu that I had last week and that cough kept me from sleeping last night. I am now wearing a removable splint on my wrist. I only have to wear it when I am sleeping or walking. When I am noi wearing I am a little bit afraid that I might re-injure it.
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#1583 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Mar 27th, 2025 11:10 am To My Beloved Pal:
I slept well last night. I am just about over this illness that I had. When I was sick I noticed that Taz was constantly new me. I could tell that he was worried about me just like you would be.
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#1584 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Mar 28th, 2025 10:55 am To My Beloved Pal:
It is hard to believe but in two weeks I will be mowing the lawn again. I complain about the winter but that is the easiest time of the year for me. From the middle of April until the end of November I will be doing yard work. It does make the time go by faster though.
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#1585 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Mar 29th, 2025 08:14 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I had to drive out about 25 miles earlier today. When I left the house it was 40 degrees, cold, cloudy and windy. 25 miles away it was 75 degrees and sunny. People were wearing shorts while I had on my winter coat. Typical New England weather.
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#1586 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Mar 30th, 2025 03:00 pm To My Beloved Pal:
With the nice weather that we had last week, I was able to take Taz out for a walk a few times. He still has a little trouble moving when it is cold and rainy and he cannot walk on consecutive days but he is doing well. I look at him and I know that even though it is different, my love for him is just as deep as my love for you is.
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#1587 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Mar 31st, 2025 10:30 am To My Beloved Pal:
Tomorrow is April 1st and as typical for April we are forecasted to receive rain for much of the week. All of this rain has made the grass grow and next week I will have to start mowing it.You and I experienced Aprils where we had snowstorms and others where we had 90 degree heatwaves. This is an exciting month in terms of the weather.
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#1588 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Apr 1st, 2025 10:17 am To My Beloved Pal:
I noticed that many people are feeling sick now. At this time of the year the weather is constantly changing so people get sick easier. When I was younger I was very rarely sick. I never took a sick day when I was working. You and I were so healthy when we were younger.
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#1589 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Apr 2nd, 2025 09:37 am To My Beloved Pal:
When you were with me, you and I would stay up late many nights watching television. Whether it was a ballgame, movie or "Hogan's Heroes" you and I would be up watching it. These days I am in bed no later than 10:00 p.m. That is another symptom of me getting older and older.
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#1590 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Apr 3rd, 2025 12:18 pm To Me Beloved Pal:
I try to get outside every day to walk or run but this past winter the weather forced me to stay inside several day. Extreme cold, snow, ice or heavy rain were enough to keep me from going out. The people who walk their dogs, however, are outside in all kinds of weather. They are very dedicated and tough to be able to brave the elements like that.
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#1591 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Apr 4th, 2025 05:27 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I do not watch the news on television and I have not done so for many years. The only thing that I watch is the weather forecast. That is an old habit from when you were still here. Back them Dan played baseball and soccer in the spring and I coached both of his teams along with being the President of the youth soccer league. I was always watching the weather forecast then to see if games and practices would be able to go on as scheduled.
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#1592 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Apr 6th, 2025 07:00 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Another rainy, cold day today. I am still able to get outside but it is very gloomy. Tomorrow a bit of snow is forecasted to hit us.
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#1593 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Apr 7th, 2025 12:57 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The su came out for a couple of hours yesterday so I mowed the lawn for the first time this year. Taz likes it when the grass is short just like you did. It is a good thing that I did it yesterday because today it is raining and snowing.
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#1594 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Apr 8th, 2025 10:36 am To My Beloved Pal:
With Easter being less than two weeks away, I am going over to the smokehouse this morning to buy some Easter kielbasa. I cannot eat it but I give them to some of my neighbors. You used to come with me to the smokehouse. Taz does not people the way that you did so I will be going by myself.
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#1595 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Apr 9th, 2025 10:04 am To My Beloved Pal:
Even though the calendar says that is April it feels more like February outside. Very cold and windy with some snow. When you were with me we experienced four seasons of weather but the last few years we seem to go straight from winter into summer skipping the spring entirely. At least we do not get as many snowstorms so that it one plus.
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#1596 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Apr 10th, 2025 11:37 am To My Beloved Pal:
Last night I gave Taz a bath. He is good when he gets a bath, unlike you. You did not like it when you go a bath. You did not walk as much as much as Taz does so he did not need a bath as often as he does. You did not like it but when you were finished you felt good to be clean.
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#1597 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Apr 11th, 2025 11:54 am To My Beloved Pal:
Tomorrow is the Town's Annual Easter Egg Hunt for children. Chocolate eggs are laid out on the Town Green and the children run out there and pick them up. When Dan was young he participated in that every year. You always came along and it was hard to keep you from running onto that Green to get those chocolate eggs for yourself. It is going to rain tomorrow so the egg hunt will be held inside the high school gym instead.
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#1598 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Apr 12th, 2025 12:55 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Today is the 12th day of April and on all but one of those days it has rained. Today it is snowing and the grass is covered with snow. Taz was confused when he went outside to pee this morning and he saw the snow just like you also get confused with the changing weather. Monday it is forecasted to be 70 degrees and I will be mowing the lawn that day.
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#1599 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Apr 13th, 2025 12:33 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Today is Palm Sunday. I attended the Vigil Mass yesterday afternoon and received palms. As I always do I put a palm on the wall above where your bed used to be. You are still with me.
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#1600 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Apr 14th, 2025 10:59 am To My Beloved Pal:
Every year around Easter I would hang plastic Easter eggs on the bush in the front yard. You would be outside with me when I would put those eggs on that bush. Many years ago I cut down that bush because it was dying. I planted another bush in its place but it is too small to hang those Easter eggs on it.
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#1601 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Apr 15th, 2025 10:14 am To My Beloved Pal:
The school children are on vacation this week. I see them playing outside and it reminds me of when you, me and Dan would be playing outside during his school vacations. You liked it when we were all together but in a small way you were happy when he went back to school and I went back to work. You liked having the house to yourself.
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#1602 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Apr 16th, 2025 09:49 am To My Beloved Pal:
At the end of April it will be the anniversary of when you came into my life. I never liked dogs. When I was a boy I had a paper route for many years and in those days dogs ran loose so I was chased and bitten many times. Dan was only seven years old then and he wanted a dog but I still did not want one. That day was a Saturday and Dan and I were driving when he convinced me to stop at the local pet store and go inside. When we went in I saw you sitting in your cage all by yourself and you looked so lonely. Within minutes you were home with us. I then sat down with a glass of water. You immediately jumped on my lap, drank from my glass of water and fell asleep.
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#1603 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Apr 17th, 2025 02:30 pm To My Beloved Pal:
When you first came home with us we had to give you a name. In those days, Dan used to watch a television show on PBS called "Arthur" and there was a dog on that show named Pal. Ironically before I was born my older siblings had a beloved dog also named Pal. The original Lassie from the movies was actually a male and his name was Pal.
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#1604 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Apr 18th, 2025 12:22 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday I volunteered at the town's Social Services Department. I dropped off candy at the Senior Citizens Center for the Easter party and then I helped make up Easter baskets that were distributed to children of less fortunate families. I have always like to volunteer my time. Even though I am a senior citizen when I dropped off the candy at the Senior Center I saw many people there older than I was am and for a minute I felt a bit younger.
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#1605 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Apr 19th, 2025 12:54 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Today is the final day of Lent. Tonight I will be attending the Easter Vigil Mass at 8:00 p.m. The Mass is two hours long. When I got home you and I used to wait until it was midnight. Lent was then over and you and I would eat ice cream for the first time in 46 days. Now when I get home I go straight to bed and the ice dream can wait until tomorrow.
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#1606 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Apr 19th, 2025 11:16 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Easter Sunday is finally here. It seems that the Lenten season lasted forever this year. After 46 days not eating ice cream I really do not have any desire to eat ice cream. The Vigil Mass last night was two hours long. By the time I returned home it was past 10:00 p.m. I have always wanted to attend an Easter Sunrise Service. One year you and I did go to one but 6:00 a.m. in April in Connecticut is too cold. In the old days I would have an Easter basket full of Candy for Dan. I had to keep that basket out of your reach. I would then have people over to the house for Easter dinner. Now Easter is just like any other day for Taz and I. With Easter being so late in April this year that means that the tax filing deadline has passed and Dan will be able to come over and visit later today.
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#1608 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Apr 21st, 2025 10:40 am To My Beloved Pal:
Taz and I had a quiet Easter. It is sure different from the Easter's when you were here when there were alot of people and alot of food. I like it so much better now. Being an old man I like being home alone these days.
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#1609 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Apr 22nd, 2025 10:29 am To My Beloved Pal:
I always tell you how much that I have changed since you and I were last together. Last night was a perfect example of that. When you and I were together we would spend our evenings watching a ball game or an episode of "Hogan's Heroes" on television. Last night I watched "The Sound Of Music". I have not seen that movie since I was a student in elementary school and my class went on a field trip to see it. I would always tell you that I would never watch it again but last night I did indeed watch it.
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#1610 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Apr 23rd, 2025 11:36 am To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday I was outside with Taz when I gentleman from the neighborhood came walking by. He looked like he might be confused so I asked him if anything was wrong. He did not know where her was or where he lived. I knew where he lived so I drove him home and I alerted his neighbor. This gentleman is only a couple of years older than I am and I realized that this can easily happen to me so I ordered a tag to wear with my name, address and emergency contact on it.
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#1611 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Apr 24th, 2025 10:55 am To My Beloved Pal:
The weather has just been so nice here the last two days with bright sunshine and temperatures getting to 75 degrees. The weather is supposed to be wonderful the next two days until Saturday when rain is in the forecast. All of this nice weather makes the cold winter that we just experienced seem like a distant memory.
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#1612 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Apr 25th, 2025 12:31 pm To My Beloved Pal:
This is the last weekend of April. Back in our younger days that was when Dan's baseball and spring soccer seasons would begin. Dan played both sports and I coached his teams. We would have one game and then head straight off to play another game. Being the President of the soccer league I always gave our team Sundays off so Dan and I could referee soccer games so that he could earn some money. Even after Dan went to high school and then college I still was President of the soccer league in addition to being a coach and a referee. During all of those game you were always there next to me on the sidelines when the weather was nice. I did all of that until the pandemic came along. I miss coaching sports but I also like having the free time on my hands.
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#1613 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Apr 26th, 2025 12:46 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The last Saturday of April was always the town fishing derby for youngsters. You, me and Dan would go over to the pond along with all of the other children for a few hours of fishing. The pond was stocked with trout so every child caught fish that day. I always had a catch and release rule with Dan so whatever fish he caught we threw them back into the water. The three of us would eat fish however because we would stop at the local fresh seafood market and buy some salmon which I would grill later that day.
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#1614 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Apr 27th, 2025 12:39 pm To My Beloved Pal:
We had heavy rain all day yesterday. Today it is sunny but cold. For the last week we have had sunny and warm weather so we were due for some rain. After I get home from my 12 mile walk today I have to mow the lawn. The heavy rain makes the grass grow fast.
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#1615 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Apr 28th, 2025 10:26 am To My Beloved Pal:
With the spring time being here, I am much more busier doing outside work. After a winter of not doing all that much the first few times that I work outside in the spring makes a realize how out of condition I have become. After a few minutes of mowing the lawn I start to get tired. After a couple of weeks I always get used to it though.
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#1616 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Apr 29th, 2025 10:09 am To My Beloved Pal:
It is coming up to that time of the year when you had your final rabies shot. You were already 16 years old and just two months earlier you had oral surgery where eight of your teeth were removed. You were already in alot of pain but you never showed it because you were always trying to make me feel better. That shot made you feel even worse. I am so sorry for making you suffer even more than you already were.
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#1617 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Apr 30th, 2025 10:00 am To My Beloved Pal:
When I look at Taz, I see you in do many ways. Even though the two of you are not alike in any way you both have been such a blessing to me and you have both taught me that I am capable of being able to love.
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#1618 - by Pal Rip >> Thu May 1st, 2025 12:36 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I have to have some medical tests performed on me today. They are routine but the bad thing for me is that I cannot eat anything until the tests are completed and that will not be until 3:00 p.m. It is going to seem like a very long day to me.
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#1619 - by Pal Rip >> Fri May 2nd, 2025 12:14 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I am going out for my walk now. I am only doing to do eight miles today because I have not been feeling 100 percent. Tomorrow morning I am going to mow the yard because beginning Saturday afternoon we are forecasted to have heavy rain every day until Wednesday.
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#1620 - by Pal Rip >> Sat May 3rd, 2025 04:06 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I just finished mowing the lawn. I wanted to get that done before the heavy rains come in. It is forecasted to rain until Thursday. While I was in the backyard, Taz kept looking out through the sliding glass door at me just like you would always do. Until recently he never did that. Seeing him looking out at me reminds me so much of you.
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#1621 - by Pal Rip >> Sun May 4th, 2025 01:24 am To My Beloved Pal:
The heavy rains have arrived and they are going to be around through Wednesday. This is spring time here in Connecticut and we always get heavy rains in the spring.
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#1622 - by Pal Rip >> Sun May 4th, 2025 08:11 pm To My Beloved Pal:
With the train being here for the next few days, I get a chance to do things around the house that I have neglected lately. It also gives me a chance to spend more time with Taz. He likes it when I am home with him.
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#1623 - by Pal Rip >> Mon May 5th, 2025 10:14 am To My Beloved Pal:
Since Taz's back surgery last summer it seems like he and I have gotten much closer. He still gets angry with me at times but I can tell that he wants me to be with him. I guess it took a crisis like that to bring us closer together.
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#1624 - by Pal Rip >> Tue May 6th, 2025 10:04 am To My Beloved Pal:
We are forecasted to receive rain until Sunday. That means that the grass will grow high until it is dry enough to mow. You did not like the high grass. Being built so low to the ground you did not like it when the grass would touch your belly. You also did not like to walk on the wet grass. Taz does not mind the high grass but like you, he also does not like to walk on the wet grass.
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#1625 - by Pal Rip >> Wed May 7th, 2025 09:59 am To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday I had to go to then Dentist to have a filling replaced. I had two filling back in 1973 and those are the only two fillings I have ever had. The last time that I had novocaine was in 1975 when I had my wisdom teeth removed. The procedure took only 15 minutes and the Dentist only gave me a small amount of novocaine but I was in pain. I thought of you when api had eight teeth removed. You must have been is such great pain. I am so sorry that I had you endure that.
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#1626 - by Pal Rip >> Thu May 8th, 2025 10:16 am To My Beloved Pal:
One thing I have learned is that I have to take care of Taz's teeth. Every night I brush them. I tried to brush your teeth when you were young but you did not like it so I gave up on it. I am so sorry for that because you developed problems with your teeth because of it. Taz might not like it but I crush his teeth every night and so far he has not had any problems with his teeth.
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#1627 - by Pal Rip >> Fri May 9th, 2025 11:59 am To My Beloved Pal:
Two more days to go until this rain finally comes to an end. It will be eight straight days of rain. I think back to the days when I coached and also ran the youth sports leagues in town. I did not like to cancel games and neither did the players so most of the time we played. If the game had to be cancelled I would have to call all of the parents so unless there was thunder or lightning we played and you were on the sidelines with me.
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#1628 - by Pal Rip >> Sat May 10th, 2025 12:20 pm To My Beloved Pa:
Tomorrow is Mother's Day. You came into my life the year after I lost my mother. I was never that close to my mother like I was never close to anyone. You taught me how to love and that I was also capable of being loved.
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#1629 - by Pal Rip >> Sun May 11th, 2025 12:15 pm To My Beloved Pal:
After eight straight days and more than 10 inches of rain the sun is finally out today. The first thing I did was to mow the lawn. The grass was very high and it was hard doing it but now Taz will not have to walk on through high grass when he goes outside to pee. I am leaving now for a 12 mile walk. With all the the rain that we had I was only walking 8 miles a day so now I can increase the mileage again.
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#1630 - by Pal Rip >> Mon May 12th, 2025 10:40 am To My Beloved Pal:
Since Taz has had his back surgery I have noticed that he feels pain there whenever it rains. I am the same way. With all of the broken bones that I have had I also feel pain in those areas when it is cold and rainy. I noticed that he now stretches his back in the morning. You always did that and you never had any problems with your back.
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#1632 - by Pal Rip >> Tue May 13th, 2025 10:46 am To My Beloved Pal:
I still think about you all the time even though it has been almost 11 years since we last saw each other. I miss you somuch. There is an empty part of my heart which was occupied bu you.
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#1633 - by Pal Rip >> Wed May 14th, 2025 09:14 am To My Beloved Pal:
I am leaving now the run the marathon at the golf course up from street from my house. It is a nice day outside so Dan will be playing golf while I am running and my neighbor will be bringing Taz over to watch me as I finish the 26 miles. Afterwards we will all enjoy ice cream,.
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#1634 - by Pal Rip >> Thu May 15th, 2025 09:52 am To My Beloved Pal:
It is raining very heavily outside now but it is expected to stop within the next hour. I am waiting for that to happen before I take Taz outside to pee. He does not like to go outside in the rain and I do not like standing outside with him either in the rain.
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#1635 - by Pal Rip >> Thu May 15th, 2025 11:05 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Taz will have to be on his own on Friday because I have been summoned for jury duty on that day. I usually get summoned to serve every five years. I hope that I am excused at the end of the day because I really do not want to spend time serving on a jury.
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#1636 - by Pal Rip >> Sat May 17th, 2025 12:13 pm Yo My Beloved Pal:
Heavy thunderstorms are coming through this morning and this afternoon. This has been a very rainy May here for us. Hopefully tomorrow I can mow the lawn. The grass is getting high. Taz does not like to walk in the high grass when he goes out to pee. You did not like to do that either. If the grass was too high you would pee in the driveway and lately Taz has been doing the same thing. I do not mind that but I will not let him poop in the driveway because it is too hard to clean up.
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#1637 - by Pal Rip >> Sun May 18th, 2025 09:11 am To My Beloved Pal:
With all of the races that I run every year, I feel that it is important that I give something back so this morning I volunteered at the 5K race to benefit the local library. I handed put cups of water to the runners and walkers. Dan used that library alot when he was in school so it was for a good cause.
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#1638 - by Pal Rip >> Mon May 19th, 2025 10:38 am To My Beloved Pal:
The grass finally dried out enough yesterday from all the rain that we have received and I was able to mow the lawn. The grass had grown so high that I had to mow it twice. It was so hard pushing the lawn mower through the high, thick grass. It took me more than four hours to finish but Taz was looking at me through the sliding glass door just like you used to. Now we are going to have two sunny days until the rain moves in again.
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#1639 - by Pal Rip >> Tue May 20th, 2025 10:13 am To My Beloved Pal:
Today is Taz's birthday. When he was in the hospital for three weeks last summer I never thought that he would ever celebrate another birthday with me. He and I are both old now and neither of us have many birthdays left. I am going to the butcher shop today to get him a rib eye which I will grill for him later today. I am also going to stop at the bakery to get him a strawberry shortcake cupcake that he can have for dessert.
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#1640 - by Pal Rip >> Wed May 21st, 2025 09:25 am To My Beloved Pal:
For the last 27 years I have had you and Taz in my life. I do not have any contact with my surviving siblings and I really do not have any friends. I have always been a loner and that is how I like it. You and Taz have given me companionship, friendship and love for all of these years. I am so fortunate to have had you both in my life for all of these years.
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#1641 - by Pal Rip >> Thu May 22nd, 2025 12:11 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Torrential rains are here today so it ;pacs like I will be staying inside. Even though Memorial Day is right around the corner and that is the unofficial start of the summer the last few days have felt like winter with temperatures 30 degrees below normal.I have been wearing my winter coat and yesterday we even had some snow flurries.
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#1642 - by Pal Rip >> Fri May 23rd, 2025 12:03 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Tomorrow is the town's Memorial Day Parade. When Dan was younger he always marched in that parade with his baseball football or soccer teams. Being the coach of all of those teams I also marched and because the parade route only covered a quarter of a mile you marched with us. At the end of the parade the youngsters who marched were given ice cream and because you marched with us you also got ice cream.
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#1643 - by Pal Rip >> Sat May 24th, 2025 12:32 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Memorial Day weekend is here but it does not feel like it. The temperature might get up to 50 degrees today when it should be 75 at this time of the year. During the month of May we have received 15 inches of rain. On Memorial Day you and I would drive over to the town where I grew up for the Memorial Day observance. We would look at the Vietnam War Memorial and see my name along with the names of all of the other residents of the town who fought in that war.
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#1644 - by Pal Rip >> Mon May 26th, 2025 10:27 am To My Beloved Pal:
The sun is finally supposed to come out today after a week of rain but it still will be very cold for this time of the year. One this Memorial Day I am going to but a rotisserie chicken for Taz and I to share and we will watch some World War II movies on television. I still cannot watch any movies regarding the Vietnam War.
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#1645 - by Pal Rip >> Tue May 27th, 2025 10:22 am To My Beloved Pal:
Having lived with kidney failure for these past few years I have to be very careful. I have to be especially careful about what I eat. I cannot eat too much protein. That means little or no meat at all. Until yesterday I had not eaten any meat since the last holiday season. Yesterday in honor of Memorial Day I bought a rotisserie chicken to share with Taz. That was a big mistake because that set off symptoms associated with my kidney failure. I am not feeling well now but it is my own fault. In this battle I cannot let up at all.
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#1646 - by Pal Rip >> Wed May 28th, 2025 09:36 am To My Beloved Pal:
I am still bothered by these effects of kidney failure. I will call the Nephrologist today to get some tests run. I know the symptoms by now but its has been a few years since I have experienced them like this.
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#1647 - by Pal Rip >> Thu May 29th, 2025 01:10 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I am having a new refrigerator delivered today. It is for the basement so the delivery people will not have to come into the house. Taz gets very upset when people come into the house. You liked people coming into the house because many times they would have treats to give you.
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#1648 - by Pal Rip >> Fri May 30th, 2025 12:16 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I have alot of outside work to do today because the forecast for Saturday calls for heavy rain the entire day. Since February every weekend has had at least one day of bad weather. This May has been really bad. It is the second rainiest May we have ever had in Connecticut.
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#1649 - by Pal Rip >> Sat May 31st, 2025 12:41 pm To My Beloved Pal:
When we get alot of rain, I can tell that Taz's surgically repaired back is bothering him so I will have to extra care of him today. He likes to play a little game with me. He has three beds throughout the house that he lies in at different points of the day. He will turn those beds upside down. I then will turn those beds over and then he will turn them upside down again. He enjoys doing that.
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#1650 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Jun 1st, 2025 12:47 pm To My Beloved Pal:
It is finally sunny here today. I am so happy the May is finally over. We had the most rain ever for any May and the temperatures were much colder than normal. This week the temperature is expected to hit 90 degrees. Summer is finally here.
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#1651 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Jun 2nd, 2025 10:04 am To My Beloved Pal:
Now that June is here it is the month to renew Taz's license. When you were here with me you and I would go into the Town Hall and renew your license in person. You liked that because the people working there always had treats for you. Since the pandemic came five years ago all renewals must now be done through the mail.
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#1652 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Jun 3rd, 2025 10:19 am To My Beloved Pal:
When I took Taz out to pee at 5:00 a.m. this morning I noticed how light it was outside. In the evenings the sun does not go down until after 8:00 p.m. It was only a couple of months ago when it was dark most of the time and now we have so much daylight.
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#1653 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Jun 4th, 2025 09:26 am To My Beloved Pal:
Towards the end of the school year, you and I would walk with Dan on his way to school in the mornings. The school is just down the street from the house so it is not too far of a walk. The school children really loved seeing you. These days very few children walk to school anymore. When I go by the school the street is lined with cars driven by parents dropping their children off to school instead.
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#1654 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Jun 5th, 2025 12:22 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The summer heat is finally here. The temperatures is expected to hit 95 degrees today. The last few years we seem to go straight from winter into summer with the spring season seeming non-existent. By tomorrow though the temperature will start to go down. Today's heat will get me used to the heat we will feel when summer does get here.
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#1655 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Jun 6th, 2025 12:00 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Last Sunday when I was out walking at 8:00 a.m. I noticed Little baseball, youth lacrosse and youth soccer games all being played at that time. When Dan was young he played youth sports and I coached all ofd his teams. I also ran the youth soccer league until five years ago. We could never been a game on a Sunday until noon so that children could attend Sunday church services. Another sign that things have changed.
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#1656 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Jun 7th, 2025 12:44 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The rain is coming in this morning. This will make 15 straight weekends where we have had rain on at least one day. At least the extreme heat that we experienced the last two days is gone. It was over 90 degrees on both days. The first hot days of the year always result in me getting sick because I am not used to temperatures that high. It has been nine months since we experienced that kind of heat. It will get me used to the heat that we will be experiencing this summer.
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#1657 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Jun 8th, 2025 12:23 pm To My Beloved Pal:
This is the 16th straight weekend where we have had rain on at least one of the days and the forecast for next Saturday calls for rain once again. One good thing though is the rain keeps me inside more so I get to spend more time with Taz. In a couple of weeks when the heat becomes unbearable I will welcome the rain to cool things down.
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#1658 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Jun 9th, 2025 01:29 am To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday when I was out walking I noticed the beauty of the birds that were flying around. You also liked to look at the birds. Sometimes when I see a bird I think that maybe your spirit is living inside of that bird now. When I returned home I made a donation in your name to The Audubon Society. I feed the birds that come around but there is so much more that I can be doing.
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#1659 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Jun 9th, 2025 08:22 pm To My Beloved Pal:
We are coming up on the 17th anniversary of the tornado that we had here in 2009. The night before Dan graduated from high school. The ceremony was held outdoors and even though kit was raining everything went off as planned. The following afternoon the skies darkened and the tornado came across the front yard. Dan was working at the minor league baseball stadium that day but after the tornado came through the game was cancelled. We lost power for two days and some trees came down but that was the extent of the damage. It could have been so much worse.
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#1660 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Jun 10th, 2025 10:21 am To My Beloved Pal:
The school children begin their summer vacation this week. You used to like seeing the children playing outside during the summer. There are so many more children who live in the neighborhood now. With the schools being out that means that there will be less traffic on the roads in the mornings. The children will be outside playing during the day. I pray that the motorists are mindful of this and slow down and drive more carefully.
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#1661 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Jun 11th, 2025 07:52 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I just finished my second straight day of running a marathon to benefit NAMI. Mental illness awareness is so important. I am a little tired after having run more than 52 miles the last two days but it was for a good cause and the weather was nice. Now I get to take three months off until I start all over again.
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#1662 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Jun 12th, 2025 12:40 pm To My Beloved Pal:
With the schools now closed for summer vacation I think back to when you, me and Dan were all younger. The summer meant much time spent at the house at the shoreline. You liked that house because it gave you more places to hide. You also liked the ocean and the ice cream truck. The community was full of families with young children then and many of Dan's friends even now are the ones that he met all those years ago when they were children playing on the beach. Now everything has changed. People but houses down for investment purposes only. They keep it for a year and sell it for a profit.
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#1663 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Jun 13th, 2025 09:50 am To My Beloved Pal:
Another weekend is upon us and once again rain is in the forecast. This will be the 17th straight weekend where it has rained for at least one of the days. It is better though than the extreme heat that we could be getting this time of the year.
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#1664 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Jun 15th, 2025 10:43 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Two days ago the temperature was 90 degrees. The air-conditioner was going full-blast and I was wearing shorts. Today it is raining, the temperature is in the 40's, I am wearing a heavy coat and the heat in the house is on. Since you have been gone we no longer get a spring season. We go straight from winter into summer now.
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#1665 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Jun 16th, 2025 10:16 am To My Beloved Pal:
All through high school and college, Dan worked for the minor league baseball team which was in the next town over. The highlight of the season was the "Bark In The Park" night where fan could take their dogs in to see the game. You loved that night. You got to see Dan, be among other dogs and best of all, get to eat the ballpark food. These days I drive by that stadium and it is empty because the team moved to another city a number of years ago.
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#1666 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Jun 17th, 2025 10:07 am To My Beloved Pal:
Next week we are forecasted to have our first extended heat wave of the summer. The temperatures are expected to reach 95 degrees on four straight days. Taz and I will be cool in the air-conditioned house. Your first summer with me was very hot. Back then the only air-conditioning that we had were the units that I would install in the windows but they did not cool down the entire house. I noticed how hot you were so I had central air-conditioning installed.
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#1667 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Jun 18th, 2025 09:30 am To My Beloved Pal:
I was watching sports on television and a story was shown about a baseball team that instead of having a bat boy retrieve the bats, a dog was doing it. The dog was retrieving the bats of players who had just hit the ball and the dog was doing everything else that a bat boy would do. That was an amazing thing to see.
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#1668 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Jun 19th, 2025 02:53 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Many times when I am out walking, drivers in a hurry to go nowhere will swear at me if they have to stop at a red light while I cross the street. Yesterday for the first time I actually witnessed road rage. I was driving on the highway and due to highway construction four lanes of traffic became one. The driver in front of me wanted to drive his car on the shoulder of the highway but he felt the driver in front of him was impeding his progress. What followed was horn blowing, middle finger waving and a constant barrage of obscenities. The driver of the car in front then got out of his vehicle in the middle of the highway and a verbal altercation ensued. Thankfully it went no farther than that. All because of a delay that was no more than 10 minutes. When I got home and saw Taz I was reminded of just how much I prefer being with pets than I do with humans.
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#1669 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Jun 20th, 2025 11:49 am To My Beloved Pal:
With my 70th birthday coming up g in just a few months, I finally applied for Social Security yesterday. I did everything on-line and it only took about 10 minutes. I put it off for as long as I could because it ids hard to accept how old I am. Taz and I are just a couple of old men now.
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#1670 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 09:36 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I just finished mowing the lawn. With the temperature being 95 degrees outside it was a struggle. I think that Taz was worried about because for the entire time that I was outside, he was barking uncontrollably. Now it is into a cold shower for me.
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#1671 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Jun 23rd, 2025 09:51 am To My Beloved Pal:
It is 5:00 a.m. and I am leaving for my 12 mile walk. For the next three days the temperatures are forecasted to be over 100 degrees each day so I have to leave early to escape the heat. Taz does not like it when it is this hot. He is similar to me in that way.
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#1672 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Jun 24th, 2025 09:56 am To My Beloved Pal:
When kit is hot outside like it is now I am reminded of you did not like to walk on the grass outside because your feet would get too hot. The pavement was even hotter so on a hot day when you went outside to pee I would have to carry you. Taz also does not like to walk on hot grass or pavement but he does not want me to carry him.
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#1673 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Jun 25th, 2025 09:02 am To My Beloved Pal:
Another 100 degree days is forecasted for today. This will be the fifth straight day of this excessive heat. Supposedly the weather will be better tomorrow. Taz is very lethargic in this heat and I along with many other become short-tempered.
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#1674 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Jun 26th, 2025 11:26 am To My Beloved Pal:
The weather here today is so much nicer. After five straight days of record breaking 100 degree heat, the temperature today is 30 degrees cooler. When I took Taz out to pee this morning he immediately felt the difference and he was so much more energetic. It feels good to not have to start my walk at 5:00 a.m.
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#1675 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Jun 27th, 2025 02:58 pm To My Beloved Pal:
At this stage of my life I no longer make any long-term plans. It was just announced, however, that Stevie Nicks will be performing five miles away in October on my birthday. You and I used to listen to Fleetwood Mac music many times so I bought a ticket. I still love music from the 1970's. You and I would listen to that music all the time.
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#1676 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Jun 29th, 2025 09:13 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I am feeling my old age. I just finished mowing the lawn and I sam so tired. Just a few years ago I was mowing two lawns with a push mower. Now I am only mowing one lawn and I use a self-propelled lawn mower and I am so exhausted.
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#1677 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Jun 30th, 2025 10:00 am To My Beloved Pal:
You were always a big drinker of water. I never was. In fact my kidney specialist is always telling me to drink more water. Taz also was not a big water drinker. Now in this summer weather I find myself drinking water constantly. Taz also now drinks alot of water. I am always refilling his water bowl.
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#1678 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Jul 1st, 2025 10:04 am To My Beloved Pal:
July is here. That means for the next two months we will be experiencing summer weather. Hot days with thunderstorms. That is to be expected at this time of the year. Summer used to go by so fast. Before you knew it the schools would be back in session. You, me and Dan were all so much younger back then. Now summer is like any other time of the year to me.
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#1679 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Jul 2nd, 2025 09:22 am To My Beloved Pal:
4th oh July is in a couple of days. For many years now I stay home on the holiday. I do not want to be on the road with those who may have had too much to drink. You, me and Dan used to spend the 4th at the shoreline. A few people lit fireworks on the beach and Dan and his his friends also lit a few. After a few years though, it got out of hand. People would come from all over to light their fireworks on the beach and after a day of celebrating many people acted unruly. The police finally forbid people from lighting fireworks on the beach.
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#1680 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Jul 3rd, 2025 12:24 pm To My Beloved Pal:
There will be alot of fireworks going off tomorrow night on the 4th of July. Your first 4th of July was the first time you ever heard fireworks and the loud noise frightened you. For a few months after that every rime you heard thunder you that that fireworks were being set off. After that you were never bothered by them. Taz does not like the noise but there are not many fireworks being lit in the neighborhood. I will watch the fireworks on television with Taz at my side.
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#1681 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Jul 4th, 2025 11:42 am To My Beloved Pal:
4th of July is here. People will be cooking hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill. You, me and Dan would cook on the grill on the 4th of July down at the shoreline and have people come over to the house. Now I can no longer eat that food. When I go past a house and I smell food cooking on the grill I get jealous. It is hard being over six feet tall and not being allowed to weigh more than 120 pounds but that is what keeps me alive.
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#1682 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Jul 6th, 2025 09:05 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Hopefully tonight there will not be any fireworks going off. For the last two nights fireworks have been going off pretty much all night. I do not mind but the noise bothers Taz. He does not mind it until after 11:00 p.m.
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#1683 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Jul 7th, 2025 10:01 am To My Beloved Pal:
Now that the 4th of July is over that means that the real summer is here. Hot temperatures every day with thunderstorms possible. The season only last for a couple of months and then it will be back to wearing long pants and sweat shirts once again.
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#1684 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Jul 8th, 2025 09:56 am To My Beloved Pal:
This time of the summer the grass is very wet early in the morning when I take Taz out to pee. He does like to walk on the wet grass. You also did not like to walk on the wet grass so you would pee on the driveway. I would pretend to get mad at you because the driveway would then have a pee stain on it. After you left I never wanted those pee stains to ever go away.
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#1685 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Jul 9th, 2025 08:58 am To My Beloved Pal:
In this very hot weather I get out for my walk or run every day at 5:00 a.m. in order to beat the heat. It is hard to get going that early in the day but that also means that I return home earlier and I can spend more time with Taz.'
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#1686 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Jul 10th, 2025 08:47 am To My Beloved Pal:
When I was a boy I was a big fan of the "Superman" television series. When I was in my 20's I saw the movies when they were released and when Dan was younger he and I would see every new film because he was also a fan of Superman.
Now that I am almost 70 I do not go out that often but I read a review of the new "Superman" movie and I saw that he has a .loyal dog as his sidekick. Maybe in a couple of weeks I will see the movie.
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#1687 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Jul 11th, 2025 09:37 am To My Beloved Pal:
For the next couple of days I am having some landscape construction work being done. There are two bog tractors parked in the yard. Taz is amazed by those tractors. You would have wanted to sit up in one of those tractors.
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#1688 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Jul 13th, 2025 09:45 pm To My Beloved Pal;
Ever since I lost you almost 11 years ago I always thought that you and I would be reunited in the next life. I am not so sure about that anymore. When I was hit by the car almost two years ago, I was clinically dead for a short period of time. I experienced nothing during those moments. Others who have experienced the same thing say that there is a peaceful, happy feeling but I felt nothing. I even asked my Priest about it and he said that there are some things that we humans have no explanation for.
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#1689 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Jul 14th, 2025 09:56 am To My Beloved Pall:
As I was driving yesterday I noticed a deer laying one the side of the road who had been struck by a car. Deers are such beautiful creatures. I felt so bad. I know that deers can suddenly run across roads and highways but seeing that deer laying there brought tears to my eyes. I see many deers while I am out walking and they are so beautiful.
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#1690 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Jul 15th, 2025 09:49 am To My Beloved Pal:
When I complain about the heat that we are experiencing here I think of those who have been affected by the flooding in Texas. So much property damage and loss of life has occurred. Today I will be volunteering at a site where bottled water, food, clothing and monetary donations will be collected for those whose lives have been upended by this tragedy. I only wish that was more that I could do.
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#1691 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Jul 16th, 2025 08:56 am To My Beloved Pal:
A person who lived on the next street over and who I coached in soccer 30 years ago passed away yesterday. He was only 36 years old and he battled cancer for 12 years. What makes it even sadder is that his brother, who also battled cancer, passed away 10 years ago. You knew both of them very well. I am not surprised when someone from my age group passes away but when someone from Dan's age group passes away it is so sad.
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#1693 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Jul 17th, 2025 02:27 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I just returned home from my 12 mile walk. I had to leave at 5:00 a.m. in order to beat the heat. The heat wave is expected to break tomorrow. It feel good to not have to leave the house sp early in the morning. Maybe then I will be able to take Taz out for a nice walk. In this heat he tires very easily and he can only walk for a short distance.
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#1694 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Jul 18th, 2025 02:30 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The great wave is over for the next couple of days. I actually had to put on a jacket when I went outside this morning. Taz will be happy. He and I are going for a walk this afternoon.
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#1695 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Jul 20th, 2025 08:53 pm To My Beloved Pal:
On Friday night Taz woke up at midnight and he started barking. He does this sometimes and I will sit with him until he calms downs. This time though the barking continued all night long. Yesterday both he and I caught up on our sleep and last night he slept fine all night.
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#1696 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Jul 21st, 2025 09:57 am To My Beloved Pal:
We had very heavy rain along with thunder and lightning last night. The next couple of days will see some beautiful weather here. Taz will enjoy getting outside seeing his friends. By Thursday though the temperature is forecasted to reach 100 degrees as another heat wave settles in.
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#1698 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Jul 22nd, 2025 09:44 am To My Beloved Pal:
Even though it is still the middle of the summer, fall is just around the corner. That means that the local fairs will then be starting up. One of the highlights is the dachshund races where dachshunds run around a track chasing an Oreo cookie. Those dachshunds are so adorable. You would have done well in those races. When it came to chasing down food you were the fastest by far.
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#1701 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Jul 23rd, 2025 09:00 am To My Beloved Pal:
With the extremely hot weather due to return tomorrow I feel bad for the people on the street corner asking for money. I have given them money in the past but the police told me that they use the money to buy fentanyl. Now on a hot day I will drive out to give them a cold bottle of water and some fruit.
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#1703 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Jul 24th, 2025 02:18 pm To My Beloved Pal:
We have had som nice weather the last three days so I was able to take Taz out for a walk every day. He moves very well considering his back surgery. Now the extreme heat and the storms return for a few days so any walks for Taz will be short and will take place after the sun goes down.
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#1705 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Jul 25th, 2025 02:47 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I just returned home from my walk. It is hard having to leave at 5:00 a.m. Now I have to mow the lawn. I was planning to do that over the weekend but rain is in the forecast and the extreme heat will still be here next week also. I complain about the winter weather but the summer can be just as hard with the heat. The weather never bothered you. No matter what the weather was you were always in a good mood.
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#1706 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Jul 27th, 2025 09:18 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I saw on the local news this morning that in the neighboring town a dog somehow got up into the roof at his house and could not get down. The Fire Department was called and they were able to get on the roof and get the dog safely back into the house. The dog and his human companions must have been so frightened.
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#1707 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Jul 28th, 2025 10:14 am To My Beloved Pal:
It is 5:00 a.m. and I am leaving for my 12 mile walk. The next three days call for temperatures reaching 100 degrees each day so I have to leave early to beat the heat. By the end of the week though the weather forecast calls for an extended period of gorgeous weather. I am looking forward to that.
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#1709 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Jul 29th, 2025 09:58 am To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday on two streets over a woman was out walking her dog. They went past a house when suddenly another came out charging and attacked the dog who was walking. It took three people to pull the attacking dog off the other one and sadly the dog did not survive the attack. The house had an electronic fence but it was not working. It is so sad. I walk by that house quite frequently.
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#1710 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Jul 30th, 2025 08:52 am To My Beloved Pal:
In this extreme heat I have to make sure that Taz is drinking alot of water. Unlike you he does not like to drink much. I never had to worry about you drinking enough water. You drank it constantly. Until the last few months Taz always drank very little but since then he has started to drink more.
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#1711 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Jul 31st, 2025 11:38 am To My Beloved Pal:
Today was always one of my favorite days of the year. It is the night of the first NFL pre-season game. You and I always were in front of the television set at kick-off. The game means absolutely nothing but to me it meant that the long, hot summer was coming to an end and fall was just around the corner.
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#1712 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Aug 1st, 2025 11:33 am To My Beloved Pal:
August is finally here. It seemed like July would go on forever. We had heavy storms last night but that took away the extreme heat and it is not forecasted to return in the foreseeable future. Of course August is also a very sad month for me. On August 25th I lost my grandfather, my mother and you.
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#1713 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Aug 3rd, 2025 09:54 pm To My Beloved Pal:
We are in a stretch of absolutely beautiful weather that is forecasted to last through next weekend. The daytime temperatures are very comfortable and no rain is in the forecast. Taz is enjoying his walks and it feels good not to have to leave the house at 5:00 a.m. in order to escape the heat.
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#1714 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Aug 4th, 2025 09:47 am To My Beloved Pal:
August 25th is coming up. That will be 11 years since I last was with you. For the last few months you were in such pain but I was so happy to still have you with me that I totally disregarded it. It was on a Saturday and that night I had to run an errand so I left you alone for an hour. That was the only time in the past six months that you were left alone. When I returned home I noticed that your jaw was totally swollen. The next morning you would not get out of bed or eat and I knew that the end was here. It was a Sunday and I did not want your final pain to be painful so I took you to the 24 hour emergency clinic. They gave you a shot and you felt better. You were playing and eating. I actually thought that you were getting better but the next morning once again you could not get out of your bed. When Dan left for work that morning he said his final good-bye. That was so sad, you two had grown up together. When I took you to the vet you were wrapped in your favorite blanket. I always said that when the end came I could never stand the pain of being there with you but that day I stood with you petting you and telling you that I loved you. As I am writing g this I am crying g uncontrollably. I miss you so much.
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#1715 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Aug 5th, 2025 10:32 am To My Beloved Pal:
August 25, 2014 was the day that I lost you. August 25th was always a bad day for me. On August 25, 1972 I lost my grandfather and on August 25, 1997 I lost my mother. I am sure that when I do finally pass it will happen on an August 25th.
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#1716 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Aug 6th, 2025 08:51 am To My Beloved Pal:
After I lost you I did not want to go on. In some ways I still do not. After a few months Taz came into my life. His human parent had gone into the nursing home and he needed a new home. I really believe that you saw how sad I was and you brought us together. You were watching over me then just like you are still watching over me now.
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#1717 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Aug 6th, 2025 09:41 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I spent the day up in Boston with Dan. I had an appointment with a Nephrologist earlier today and now we are heading to Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox play. You bought good luck to the Red Sox. They went 86 years without winning the World Series but in your lifetime they won the World Series three times. I will be back home later tonight.
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#1718 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Aug 7th, 2025 01:38 pm To My Beloved Pal:
After being away for most of the day yesterday, today will be spent entirely with Taz. He deserves the attention even though he, like you, does enjoy his privacy from time to time.
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#1719 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Aug 8th, 2025 11:28 am To My Beloved Pal:
From now until the end od September we are in the hurricane season. You and I went through a few hurricanes together. In August 2011 Hurricane Irene came through. We lost power for a couple of days. The next day you and I went to Home Depot and bought a generator so that would not happen again. I only used that generator one time in 2020 when Hurricane Isaias hit us. After that I had a generator installed. I would always be worried during a hurricane but you would be so calm.
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#1720 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Aug 10th, 2025 09:55 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Today is one year since Taz had his back surgery. It was scary for awhile. An infection set in and he was in the hospital for three weeks. Today he is pretty much back to normal, however, no jumping for him is allowed. To celebrate I got him pint of Italian ice from the place that you used to love. He will wart that for the next few days.
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#1721 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Aug 11th, 2025 09:38 am To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday the cable box in the house blew up so I did not have any television all day. I did not mind because it gave me time to spend with Taz. He enjoyed the extra attention. This morning the technician will come to repair it and Taz will not be happy because he does not people coming into his house.
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#1722 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Aug 12th, 2025 10:03 am To My Beloved Pal:
We have had extreme heat for the past four days. That means having to leave the house at 5:00 a.m. in order to get my walking in. There is no end in sight for this as the forecast calls for very hot temperatures for at least the next 10 days until the possibility of Hurricane Erin hits us.
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#1723 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Aug 13th, 2025 08:58 am To My Beloved Pal:
I was reading an article in a magazine saying that dachshunds have a mind of their own and they can be hard to train. It said that while other dogs desire to please others a dachshund wants to please his or herself. After having lived you you and Taz for the past 27 years I feel while that is partly true it is also what makes you so lovable. You and Taz could both be stubborn at times but I am the same way also.
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#1724 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Aug 14th, 2025 02:34 pm To My Beloved Pal:
We had heavy storms last evening with thunder and lightning. During the daytime the temperatures are extremely hot. This weather pattern is forecasted to last through the weekend before next week brings us some much nicer weather.
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#1725 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Aug 15th, 2025 11:25 am To My Beloved Pal:
Even though it has been extremely hot outside when I was in the store yesterday I saw that they were selling apple cider donuts. They also had the Halloween candy out. That means that the fall is just around the corner. You loved apple cider donuts. I would but them from the apple orchard. That will open again in September and I will buy some for Taz then.
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#1737 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Aug 17th, 2025 08:53 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The town just passed an ordinance calling for those who do not pick up after their dogs to be fined. There are quite a few people who walk their dogs in the park and do not pick up after them. When you you saw someone not picking up after their dogs you would let them know that it was not right and after a bit of your loud barking at them they would pick up.
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#1745 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Aug 18th, 2025 10:02 am To My Beloved Pal:
I was thinking about the summers that you, me and Dan would spend at the house at the shoreline. The beach association had so many activities back then. There were Movies on the beach and Halloween in August where the children would dress up in the Halloween costumes and go trick or treating. The thing that you liked the best was Thanksgiving in July. Everybody would bring a Thanksgiving themed dish and we would all sit on the beach eating a turkey dinner. You would sit at the feet waiting for me to give you turkey and stuffing. Everything is different now. The people who stray there now are just there for the short-term and there are no more of the activities that we used to enjoy.
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#1747 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Aug 19th, 2025 09:34 am To My Beloved Pal:
For the first 10 years of your life I was working and Dan was in school so you were home alone all day. I only worked a mile and a half from home so I would come home a couple of times during the day to see how you were doing. I did that until I retired. Now most people get to work from home. I would have liked to have been home with you during those 10 years but you did like your privacy.
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#1748 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Aug 20th, 2025 09:08 am To My Beloved Pal:
After 10 days of extreme heat the weather has finally turned nice. I had to put on a jacket when I went outside. Taz likes this weather also. You would get confused when the weather would change. You did not care how the weather was as long as it did not suddenly change.
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#1749 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Aug 21st, 2025 09:14 am To My Beloved Pal:
Next week the children return to school after summer vacation. When Dan was in school the children went back on the day after Labor Day. Labor Day was also there day that the town's swimming pools shut down. Now the pools shut down in the middle of August and the children are back in school before Labor Day.
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#1750 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Aug 22nd, 2025 08:51 am To My Beloved Pal:
Summer is almost over. Next week will be Labor Day weekend. That was always the weekend that we shut down the house at the shoreline. Even though it could be used all year long after Labor Day it would sit idle until the next summer. It was always a little bit sad when we left that place for the final time.
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#1752 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Aug 24th, 2025 08:12 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Tomorrow is August 25th. Its will be 11 years since you and I were last together. August 25th has always been a bad day for me. On August 25, 1972 I lost my grandfather and on August 25, 1997 I lost my mother. I am sure that when I pass it will be on August 25th. Even though the days is a sad one for me it was August 29th of last year when Taz finally came home after being in the hospital for three weeks so now while the day is still sad for me there is some happiness mixed in with it.
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#1753 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Aug 25th, 2025 10:02 am To My Beloved Pal:
It has now been 11 years. So much has changed during those years. The entire neighborhood has changed and there are now many young children. All of the neighbor who were here with us, along with their four-legged companions have passed on. Dan has been on his own for many years now and all of his friends that you used to play with are now approaching middle age and many of them have young children of their own. So much is different now. I miss you so much.
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#1754 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Aug 26th, 2025 09:51 am To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday was a hard day for me. It was 11 years since I lost you. I am so lucky to have found "The Ralph Site". Writing messages to you makes me feel like you are still with me in a small way. Thank you to everybody associated with "The Ralph Site". You have gotten me through some difficult days.
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#1755 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Aug 27th, 2025 09:08 am To My Beloved Pal:
eleven years ago I started to write daily messages to you. I did that because I was afraid that as ti e went by that I would forget about you. It did not take me long to realize that I could never forget about you. Writing to you every day makes me feel that you are still with me in a small way.
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#1756 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Aug 28th, 2025 09:26 am To My Beloved Pal:
After I lost you I did not think that I could go on but a few months later Taz came into my life. His human parent had to go into a nursing home and he needed a home. I often think that you brought us together. As the years have gone by my love for him, although different, runs just as deeply as my love ran for you,
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#1757 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Aug 29th, 2025 08:57 am To MY Beloved Pal:
Two weeks ago I was complaining about how hot it was outside. I would have to leave the house at 5:00 a.m. in order to beat the heat. Now only two weeks later the sky is pitch dark until after 6:00 a.m. and if I was to go walking at that hour I would have to wear a coat and long pants because the mornings are now quite cool. The changes in the weather would confuse. You did not mind gradual change but you did not like big changes happening in a short period of time.
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#1760 - by Katherine Porlas >> Sat Aug 30th, 2025 10:53 pm Dear Joe,
I used to post and read your posts on the Rainbow Bridge.
My dog Max went to Heaven 2 days after Pal. I was so distraught. I did not think that I could ever breath again.
But, then you introduced yourself and felt the same as I did. You saved me that day and helped me to move on with all my memories of Max posting through the forum.
I have been searching to see if there were different forums and this one of them I stumbled on. Reading through I saw you. I figured this then has to be the forum for me.
It has been 11 years now since I had to send my Maxie to the Rainbow Bridge. I can still feel his fur and breath on me. I don't know if his last look was, that I waited too long or that he's sorry and gonna miss me. All I know is. I would do anything to hold him again to tell him what a good dog he was and that I love him.
Loving Max and Mr. Gordy,
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#1761 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Aug 31st, 2025 06:42 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Labor Day weekend is here and summer is over. This summer I never went to the house at the shoreline at all. Back when you were with me you, me and Dan would spend the entire summer there. Dan visited the place a couple of times this summer just to check the house but that was it. Unlike you, Taz has never liked that house and I do not want to force him to do something that he does not like.
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#1762 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Aug 31st, 2025 07:20 pm Hi Katherine:
It is good to hear from you. I hope all is well. Last October I discovered The Ralph Site and I have been on it ever since.
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#1763 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Sep 1st, 2025 05:37 pm To My Beloved Pal:
The weekend after Labor Day was always the start of the youth sports leagues. We had already been prating for the past two weeks but the games were finally about to begin. Dan played football and soccer and I coached his teams in addition to running the leagues. You were always there on the sideline next to me. Every night was one practice or another and there was a game on the weekend. I had selfish reasons for running the leagues though. It allowed me to make up the schedule and I always made sure that Dan and I would have the time to officiate other soccer matches. I ran the soccer league for 25 years and also officered matches until I stepped down five years ago. I finally was able to have weekend that were free.
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#1764 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Sep 2nd, 2025 09:53 am To My Beloved Pal:
The day after Labor Day used to be the first day of school. On that day you and me would walk to school with Dan. All of the school children were happy to see you. You would get sad though when Dan went into the school and you and I would walk home by ourselves. You loved having him home with you all summer.
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#1765 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Sep 3rd, 2025 01:47 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I am feeling a bit down today. When you were with me you knew how to lift my spirits. You knew exactly what I needed when I needed some cheering up. I miss you so much.
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#1766 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Sep 4th, 2025 08:54 am To My Beloved Pal:
I am not feeling any better today. I think that maybe it has something to do with last week being 11 years since we last saw each other. I am doing what I have to do but it is an effort and I cannot concentrate on anything. I also am sleeping very little. Hopefully this passes soon.
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#1767 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Sep 5th, 2025 12:12 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Im am feeling a bit better today. Yesterday I got a Covid shot along with a flu shot. I was expecting to feel the effects of that today but I am fine.
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#1768 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Sep 5th, 2025 09:03 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I would begin shopping for your Christmas presents in September. I would hide the presents but you always found them and it pretty much was a three month process of Christmas shopping for you. I really enjoyed doing that though.
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#1769 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Sep 6th, 2025 04:48 pm To My Beloved Pal:
We are forecasted to get some severe storms this afternoon. Hopefully they will hold off until I return home from the Saturday afternoon Vigil Mass. There is also the possibility of a tornado. You and I experienced the tornado in 2009 which took down many trees and left us without power for three days. In 2009 a squall came through the neighborhood also uprooting trees and causing us to lose electricity. You were always such a calming influence when we experience weather like that.
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#1770 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Sep 7th, 2025 09:18 am To My Beloved Pal:
It is forecasted to be a rainy day today. That means that Taz and I will be spending the day indoors. I am actually looking forward to having a rainy day. I like to just stay in sometimes and enjoy the house along with the company of Taz.
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#1771 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Sep 8th, 2025 09:35 am To My Beloved Pal:
The fall season is the time for local fairs and carnivals here. I would take Dan to all of the local fairs and we always made sure to bring you home something to eat. There is a carnival a half mile away and you and I used to walk down there. You like seeing the carnival all lit up at night and of course you liked the carnival food. I have taken Taz down to that carnival also and I probably will again when it comes back in October if the weather is nice.
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#1781 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Sep 9th, 2025 09:39 am To My Beloved Pal:
This time of the year is apple picking time here. You, me and Dan would always go to the apple orchards to pick apples. After we finished picking the apples we would drink apple cider and eat apple fritters You loved apple fritters. There used to be four apple orchards in the area. Now only one remains. The orchards where you used to run around in are now housing developments.
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#1789 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Sep 10th, 2025 08:43 am To My Beloved Pal:
Usually when September rolls around I start to feel pretty good. The weather is nice, football is back and the fall marathon season has begun. This year I am having a hard time getting going. It is difficult just to do whatever has to be done on a daily basis. Maybe as time goes by I will feel better. At least Taz is around to help keep me going.
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#1804 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Sep 11th, 2025 12:24 pm To My Beloved Pal:
When I took Taz outside to pee this morning it was still dark. While we were outside a noticed a fox standing in the yard of a nearby house. Taz starting barking very loudly. I hope that he did not wake anybody up. It reminded me of when you were here a family of foxes settled in the neighborhood. Foxes are afraid of humans so I was never worried.
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#1805 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Sep 12th, 2025 09:41 am To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday when I was mowing the lawn I did not notice a bee's nest in the ground. When the mower went over the nest a swarm of bees came out and I was stung many times. Luckily I am not allergic to bee stings. Many years ago you and were walking when we went over a bee's nest. When the bees came swarming out I pick you up to protect you and I was stung many times then also.
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#1806 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Sep 13th, 2025 09:57 am To My Beloved Pal:
When Taz and Isaw the fox outside the other morning it reminded me of the time you and I encountered a skunk. It was dark that morning also and when you were peeing a skunk came into the yard. If you saw anything you would start barking so even when you were finished you and I just stood there. I was so afraid that we would get sprayed. It seemed like we were out there forever waiting for that skunk to finally leave.
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#1807 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Sep 14th, 2025 09:17 am To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday was such a beautiful day. It was sunny without a cloud in the sky. The weather forecaster all agreed that there was no rain in sight. I was walking home from the vigil Mass when suddenly it got very dark and the sky opened up. We had a huge deluge of rain that lasted for a half an hour. When I got home I was drenched. I have been caught up in rain storms many times but yesterday's was heaviest downpour I have ever seen.
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#1808 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Sep 15th, 2025 09:59 am To My Beloved Pal:
My days are so uneventful now. Back when you and Dan were young there was so much going on. Between my work and Dan's school and sports we were always on the go. Now my life consists of Taz and I staying home. It seems like those days were in another lifetime.
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#1809 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Sep 16th, 2025 09:40 am To My Beloved Pal:
When I go past the local soccer and football fields this time of the year I think back to the days when Dan was playing those sports, I was coaching his teams and you were next to me on the sidelines. Even if Dan's teams were not playing he and I would be officiating the soccer matches and you would be on the sidelines watching us.
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#1810 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Sep 17th, 2025 08:38 am To My Beloved Pal:
My life is pretty boring these days. I wonder how you would have liked a life like that. You, me and Dan were always on the go. Now Taz and I just sit home all day. Sometimes I like it this way but there are other times where it can get a little bit lonely.
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#1811 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Sep 18th, 2025 09:19 am To My Beloved Pal:
Another day is here. Ever since August 25, 2014 I have prayed every night that I will not wake up to see another day. Those prayers have not been answered. I miss you.
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#1812 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Sep 19th, 2025 09:06 am To My Beloved Pal:
When I am outside going for my walk early in the morning I see so many people outside walking their dogs. They are out there in all kinds of weather. I guess that some dogs are not bothered by bad weather. You did not like the bad weather though.
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#1813 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Sep 20th, 2025 09:14 am To My Beloved Pal:
When you were with me there was another dachshund who lived across the street from us. Her name was Katie. I would be amused because when you would go outside to pee you did your business veery quickly while Katie would be outside for seemed to be an eternity. Years later the laugh is on me. Taz takes forever when he goes outside to pee. I actually welcome a day with bad weather because at least then he will pee fast.
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#1814 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Sep 21st, 2025 09:19 am To My Beloved Pal:
The weather here now is quite cool. A month ago I would have to start walking at 5:00 in order to escape the heat. Now the skies are totally dark until 7:00 a.m. and the temperatures are pretty cool for a few hours after that. The leaves on the trees have started to change colors. Tomorrow is the first official day of fall but the fall weather has been here for the past few weeks.
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#1815 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Sep 22nd, 2025 09:36 am To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday I visited an animal. I was struck by the beauty of those creatures. The alpacas were so lovely to look at. I saw baby chickens being hatched out of their eggs. It was amazing to see new life beginning. When I saw all of those four-legged beings I kept wishing that us humans possessed the same innocence that those beautiful creatures possess.
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#1816 - by Katherine Porlas >> Mon Sep 22nd, 2025 03:47 pm Dear Joe,
I'm so glad I found you on this site. It's like finding an old friend.
I'm sure missing my Max and Mr. Gordy. Max was so athletic and a good swimmer and hunting dog.
The Terriors my husband has now don't even like the water!
I know it's been 11 years, but I still get to tears when I think of Max and Gordy. Especially, looking at their pictures.
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#1817 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Sep 23rd, 2025 12:35 am Hi Kat:
It is good to hear from you. I hope that all is well. It has been a long 11 years for both of us. We go on but things will never be the same.
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#1818 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Sep 23rd, 2025 09:40 am To My Beloved Pal:
It is now officially the fall season. The leaves will soon be falling. Fall is always a nice time of the year with the beautiful colors and the nice weather but I miss the summer. The hot temperatures can be hard to handle but I love the extra daylight.
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#1819 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Sep 24th, 2025 08:54 am To My Beloved Pal:
We had heavy storms that passed through last night with thunder and lightning. It is forecasted to be this way for the next two days. When I woke up during the night I discovered that Taz way lying next to my bed. The storms must have scared him.
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#1820 - by Katherine Porlas >> Wed Sep 24th, 2025 04:32 pm Hello Joe, poor Taz. I remember before I unfortunately had to send Max to the Rainbow Bridge. I took him camping for the last time. He so loved the outdoors. They had fireworks and we sat and watched them. Then, he looked up at me. I could tell he was tired. As time goes on. I miss Max more.
I'm glad I found you and your still here, Joe.
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#1821 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Sep 25th, 2025 12:32 am Hi Kat:
It must be so sad for you to think of watching that final fireworks show with your beloved Max. Just like you miss Max more with each passing day, I find myself missing Pal more also. I think that it has something to the fact that I am getting so old.
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#1822 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Sep 25th, 2025 05:01 pm To My Beloved Pal:
It his a stormy day today so I will just stay inside. I have not been feeling well for awhile now so maybe a day inside will make me feel better. I have tests scheduled for early November so at that point I will know what if anything is wrong.
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#1823 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Sep 26th, 2025 08:08 pm To My Beloved Pal:
After yew days of heavy rain the sun is finally out again and it is warm. It felt good to go outside today. There is a possibility that a hurricane might come this way at the end of next week. Normally we are finished with hurricane season here at the end of September but you and I both experienced Hurricane Sandy which hit us on October 30, 2012.
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#1824 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Sep 27th, 2025 12:52 pm To My Beloved Pal:
It is going to be a gorgeous weekend for us here in terms of the weather. Sunny skies and warm temperatures. I do not know what I will do yet. I have to attend the Vigil Mass later today but other than that I have nothing going on. It sure is different from all of those weekends when you, me and Dan went from football games to soccer matches.
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#1825 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Sep 28th, 2025 08:53 am To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday I went out and bought a large pumpkin to put outside the house. I would always carve out a jack-o-lantern for Halloween but I stopped doing that many hyraxes ago. Soon I will start to buy the candy to give out to the trick or treaters. When you were here not many children came trick or treating boy the last few years many families with young children have moved into the neighborhood so Halloween sees many trick or treaters ringing the doorbell.
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#1826 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Sep 29th, 2025 09:09 am To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday felt like a summer day with the temperatures getting close to 90 degrees. The largest fair in Connecticut is only a couple of miles from Dan's house so yesterday morning Dan and I went to the fair. We spent a few hours there walking around and looking at the animals. When I returned home I gave Taz some apple crisp which I bought at the fair. He really enjoyed that.
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#1827 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Sep 30th, 2025 10:19 am To My Beloved Pal:
Recently the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall spent a few days in town. I have been to the memorial in Washington, D.C. and to me it was very emotional. I went to the location where the traveling wall was. When I got there I saw that the children had been let out of school in order to visit the memorial and it was almost a carnival type atmosphere. To me that memorial is so emotional and visiting it should be a somber occasion. I left rather than be a part of that type of atmosphere.
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#1828 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Oct 1st, 2025 08:42 am To My Beloved Pal:
Today is October 1st. At my age the months do not really mean anything to me but when you and I were much younger October was a month that I looked forward to. The leaves on the trees would start to turn colors and the weather was so nice. I remember being outside raking leaves. I would rake them into a large pile and you would run through the pile messing it all up. I would pretend to be mad at you bit you always knew that I was not serious.
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#1829 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Oct 2nd, 2025 09:08 am To My Beloved Pal:
I would like got take a drive this time of the year to look at all of the beautiful fall colors. Taz does not like to ride ion a car though. The only time that I force him into the car is when he has to go to the vet. You loved riding in the car. You would sit on the seat next to me but after awhile you would jump onto my lap and sit straight up as if you were driving the car.
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#1830 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Oct 3rd, 2025 09:19 am To My Beloved Pal:
This morning there was frost on the ground. This was our first frost of the season. It is already October which means that we are only a month away from the potential of snow.
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#1831 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Oct 4th, 2025 09:37 am To My Beloved Pal:
I heard tat the trees will be producing a large amount of acorns this season. That is good news because acorns are the primary food for squirrels. I worry about how animals living outside will eat. After Halloween I leave my pumpkin in the woods because the deer like to eat that and I also throw bread into the pond down the street for the turtles to eat.
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#1832 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Oct 5th, 2025 09:04 am To My Beloved Pal:
I am trying to enjoy these last couple of days of summer like weather before the colder weather returns. The temperatures are forecasted to get close to 90 degrees these next two days. Even though it is hot outside there is no humidity in the air at this time of the air so it is very comfortable. Taz likes tis weather also. He wants to stay outside all the time.
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#1833 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Oct 6th, 2025 09:38 am To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday the temperature actually reached 90 degrees. It felt like a July day. The church had a special blessing for the animals so Taz and I went. In the afternoon Dan and I went to a small fair that was within walking distance from his house. I brought Taz back an apple cider donut.
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#1834 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Oct 7th, 2025 09:18 am To My Beloved Pal:
This will be our last day of summer like weather here for awhile. Rain is in the forecast for tomorrow and that will bring in colder temperatures. It was nice wearing shorts and tee shirts for the last week but now I will have to break out the sweat shirts and sweat pants once again.
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#1835 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Oct 8th, 2025 08:51 am To My Beloved Pal:
One of the channels on my television continuously show the old "Lassie" television series. That series ran for almost 20 years. Before I was born my older siblings had a dog and his name was also Pal. They named him that because the original Lassie was a male and his name was Pal.
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#1836 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Oct 9th, 2025 09:23 am To My Beloved Pal:
Even though the original Lassie's real name was Pal and my older siblings named their first dog Pal that is not how you got your name. When you first came into our lives Dan was seven years old. There was a show on Public Television called "Arthur" which he used to watch every day when he got home from school. In the show Arthur had a dog named Pal so Dan named you after him.
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#1837 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Oct 10th, 2025 12:33 pm To My Beloved Pal:
This morning we set the record for the coldest October 10th ever here in Connecticut. It looks like winter outside with all of the frost on the ground. The next two days are going to be nice but Sunday and Monday will brings us Tropical Storm Jerry which will produce torrential rain and high winds. There are alot of sports that Taz and I can watch on television. Hopefully we do not lose power. Even though I have a generator during a power failure we still lose cable, phone and internet.
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#1838 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Oct 10th, 2025 02:50 pm To My Beloved Pal:
It is not even Columbus Day but some of the television networks have already begun to start airing non-stop Christmas movies. Taz and I love to watch Christmas movies just like you and I used to do but they should at least wait until Halloween has come and gone.
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#1839 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Oct 11th, 2025 08:39 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I am leaving now to go to gather Saturday evening Vigil Mass. It looks like the storm will hit us Sunday night and Monday. At least today was nice outside. Many people have a three day weekend this weekend and many have outdoor plans.
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#1840 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Oct 12th, 2025 04:38 pm To My Beloved Pal:
With the storm predicted to come in this afternoon, most outdoor events have been cancelled. No matter how bad it is it cannot be any worse than the storm that hit us on October 29, 2011. We had 20 inches of snow. The leaves were still on the trees and the weight of the falling snow caused the branches to break leaving most of the state without any electricity for almost two weeks. Halloween was postponed for two weeks. You, me and Dan spent that time at the house at the shore where the weather was just gorgeous. I was shoveling snow in the morning here but that afternoon only 40 miles away I was mowing the lawn. The only problem was that whenever we stood at the shore you would always get a treat from the ice cream truck but the ice cream truck does not come around in late October.
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#1841 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Oct 13th, 2025 09:51 am To My Beloved Pal:
The "noreaster" is here. Heavy rain and high winds. Taz and I are staying in just watching it. I have tickets to the basketball game at the casino tonight. Hopefully by then the weather will improve somewhat.
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#1842 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Oct 14th, 2025 09:26 am To My Beloved Pal:
The rain has just about ended. As usual what we received was nowhere near as severe as what was predicted. I returned home late last night after attending the basketball game at the casino. Taz was happy though. Not only did he get his Krispy Kreme donut from me but Dan saved him some of his hamburger from Bobby Flay's restaurant down there. I do not know when or ever I will get down there again so I figured that Taz should at least have some goodies to enjoy from that place.
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#1843 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Oct 15th, 2025 09:32 am To My Beloved Pal:
These mornings when I take Taz out to pee it almost feels like winter outside. Just a little over a week ago I was wearing tee shirts and shirts outside, now I am wearing layers of clothes, a hat and even gloves. It will not be long before the snow starts to fall.
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#1844 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Oct 16th, 2025 12:06 pm To My Beloved Pal:
This weekend the carnival comes to the park down the street. It is the final carnival or fair of the year. You and I would walk down to the carnival. You loved seeing it lit up at night and you and I would share a cup of ice cream. The weather is predicted to be nice this weekend so maybe I will take a walk down there.
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#1845 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Oct 17th, 2025 09:28 am To My Beloved Pal:
In a couple of weeks the clocks will be pushed back an hour. That means that it will begin to get dark before 5:00 p.m. You did not like the day when the clocks got pushed back because that meant that you would eat an hour later..
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#1846 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Oct 18th, 2025 09:02 am To My Beloved Pal:
I was walking around the neighborhood last night and I noticed some houses were decorated for Halloween. When you and Dan were youn I would decorate the house for Halloween but I have not done that for many years now. Some of the house I saw had elaborate decorations outside. I would just have a pumpkin and a ghost that I would light up.
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#1847 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Oct 19th, 2025 09:33 am To My Beloved Pal:
As I get older and older I find myself getting grumpier. I remember you and I would see grumpy old men and now I a one of them. At least I am still polite around others. It seems like I am always in a bad mood now and it will probably get worse.
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#1848 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Oct 20th, 2025 09:48 am To My Beloved Pal:
It is raining very hard this morning with high winds but it it forecasted to clear up by this afternoon. The fair and carnival season has come to an end around here until next July. At least the weather was mostly nice for that period of time. Halloween is just around the corner and after that the holiday season will be approaching. This time of the year always goes by so fast.
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#1849 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Oct 21st, 2025 09:11 am To My Beloved Pal:
A couple of weeks ago I was watching a college football game on television that was taking place in Wyoming and there was a snowstorm going on there. I started to think that it will not be long until the snow starts to fall around here also.
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#1850 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Oct 22nd, 2025 08:19 am To My Beloved Pal:
The leaves are starting to fall from the trees. That means that pretty soon the raking will start. There are only a few times left to mow the lawn this season. I complain every time that I go out and start up the lawn mower but after I have finished doing it for the season I miss it in a way. Of course when the rakes get put away that means that the snow shovels will come out.
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#1851 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Oct 23rd, 2025 08:54 am To My Beloved Pal:
When you first came into my life I still only in my early forties and I watched you grow older. Now that Taz is with me we are both getting older at the same time. I could not really relate to how you must have felt as you were getting older but with Taz and I both becoming old at the same time I can better understand how the aging process affects him.
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#1852 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Oct 24th, 2025 05:33 pm To My Beloved Pal:
On the last Saturday afternoon before Halloween the local businesses would hand out candy to children dressed up in their Halloween costumes. That was always a big day for Dan and you and I always went along with him. For a couple of years I dressed you up in a Halloween costume also but you did not like that. Costume or not you were always very popular with the children getting their candy and with the adults handing it out.
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#1853 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Oct 25th, 2025 01:54 am To My Beloved Pal:
I stopped celebrating my birthday many year ago when I was 18 years old far away from home in the Army and I have not celebrated it since. I love celebrating other's birthday but I never wished to observe my own. When you were with me I would but a small ice cream cake on my birthday because you loved ice cream. Now I hardly ever eat ice cream. This afternoon I will be going to the Saturday evening Vigil Mass and tonight I am going to the Stevie Nicks concert which is only five miles away. You and I would always listen to Fleetwood Mac music. Tomorrow morning I have to leave the house at 3:00 a.m. in order to drive 100 miles to Rhode Island to run a marathon benefitting NAMI.
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#1854 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Oct 27th, 2025 08:39 am To My Beloved Pal:
It is going to be cold outside this week. That is pretty much what is supposed to be like at this time of the year. Rain is forecasted during the day on Halloween. I hope that the weather clears up in time so that the children can go trick or treating that night.
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#1855 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Oct 28th, 2025 08:29 am To My Beloved Pal:
Every Halloween you and I would visit the local nursing. The residents there love seeing you and we always came with treats. I am now older than many of those who we would visit. After Covid the nursing homes changed their policies and now only family and friends are allowed to visit. I probably would not want to go there now because one of those patients could easily be me.
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#1856 - by Katherine Porlas >> Tue Oct 28th, 2025 02:15 pm Happy Halloween, Joe
How are you? I remember Max's first Halloween. He was such a good sport. I dressed him up hat and all. Then I took my little niece out trick or treating for 2 hours! Max was so pooped out. When my niece emptied her bag on the carpet Max could care less, he just wanted to rest. After carving pumpkins and putting them out he would like to chew on it?! He loved greeting all the truck or treaters at the door. Holidays just do not seem the same without Max. Mr. Gordy was fine as Long as he had his treat.
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#1857 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Oct 28th, 2025 11:40 pm Hi Katherine:
I hope that all is well with you. It is good to hear from you. I still look forward to giving out the candy to the trick or treaters on Halloween but back when Dan and Pal were young it was so enjoyable. Pal loved seeing the children in their costumes. Taz does like it when the doorbell rings. I have to keep him in an another room.
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#1858 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Oct 29th, 2025 07:44 am To My Beloved Pal:
Storms are in the forecast for Thursday night into Friday morning. We are expected to have heavy rain and high winds. Hopefully the weather will clear up so the children can go trick or treating. It cannot be as bad as Halloween of 2011 when we received 20 inches of snow and most of Connecticut was left without electricity for two weeks. That year trick or treating was postponed for two weeks.
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#1859 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Oct 30th, 2025 07:58 am To My Beloved Pal:
The weather is supposed to clear up in time for the trick or treaters tomorrow night. You and I always went out trick or treating with Dan early on Halloween so that we would be home early enough to hand out the candy to the children who would ring our doorbell. Dan could never eat all of the candy that he would collect so I would always have a piece or two of what he got. My favorite candy was the Snickers bars.
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#1860 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Oct 30th, 2025 11:57 pm To My Beloved Pal:
With the Federal Government having been shut down for the last month there are those who cannot afford to buy food. On Saturday I will be volunteering at a food distribution event. There are so many who now have no food in their homes because they are not getting paid or they are not receiving any benefits. It is hard to hold back the tears when I see others who are suffering.
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#1861 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Nov 1st, 2025 12:43 am To My Beloved Pal:
Halloween is over. There were less trick or treaters than I expected. We experienced some high wind gusts and there was a chance of tree branches falling so many of the younger children stayed home. There were quite a few older trick or treaters out though. I have to drop off the left-over candy to the nursing home and then head over to distribute food to the families in need.
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#1862 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Nov 1st, 2025 10:49 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Tonight is the night that we set the clocks back one hour. We get to sleep an hour later tonight but it will get dark ay 4:30 p.m. You did not like it when the clocks were set back because you had to wait an hour longer to eat. With all of the wind that we have had the past three days I will be raking leaves for the next few days.
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#1863 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Nov 3rd, 2025 09:17 am To My Beloved Pal:
November is here. It now gets dark at 4:30 p.m. The temperatures are now colder and snow can come at any time. The stores have all of the Christmas decorations up. The holiday season will be here before you know it.
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#1864 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Nov 4th, 2025 09:51 am To My beloved Pal:
Today is Election Day. That means the schools are closed because the polling places are located inside the schools. Ever since Covid I have voted by absentee ballot. I miss seeing the excitement at a polling place on Election Day but I do not miss having to stand in line to vote.
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#1865 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Nov 5th, 2025 01:52 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I am leaving now for my regularly scheduled kidney tests and to meet with the Nephrologist. These tests are routine for me now. I always hope that the tests will show that my kidney function is declining at a more rapid pace. Even though it continues to decline the rate of decline is not enough to cause the kidney to completely shut down.
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#1866 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Nov 6th, 2025 08:58 am To My Beloved Pal:
Next week is forecasted to be winter like here. On Tuesday and Wednesday the temperatures are not forecasted to go above the freezing level. It is time to put away the lawn mower and take out the snow shovels. Tuesday is expected to be the coldest day since last April. That is also Veteran's Day and I have a couple of outdoor Veteran ceremonies scheduled for that day.
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#1867 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Nov 7th, 2025 11:53 am To My Beloved Pal:
Yesterday I took Taz to the vet for his check-up. The vet discovered that he has a heart murmur. The vet is going to schedule an echo-cardiogram and he might have to go on medication. You were on medication your who life due to your epilepsy. Taz is getting up there in terms of years but he is still very lively.
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#1868 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Nov 7th, 2025 05:00 pm To My Beloved Pal:
Taz's echo-cardiogram is scheduled for the Monday before Thanksgiving. He will not having to go back to zee the vet. Hopefully the heart murmur is something that can be treated.
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#1871 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Nov 8th, 2025 08:29 pm To My Beloved Pal:
It feels like summer today. The temperature is close to 70 degrees and there is bright sunshine. I am enjoying this while I can because by Monday the temperatures are not forecasted to go above freezing.
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#1872 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Nov 9th, 2025 09:03 am To My Beloved Pal:
This is the time where I am outside every day raking leaves. You remember how I had all of the trees in the yard cut down but the surrounding houses have many trees and the leaves fall into the yard. On Monday the town will come by and vacuum the leaves that are out by the curb. If there is not any snow on the ground they will return right before Thanksgiving and vacuum any additional leaves left out. It is alot easier now that I have hired someone to take care of the house at the shoreline. There are many more trees down there and there you have to bag the leaves and dispose of them at the town dump.
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#1873 - by Pal Rip >> Mon Nov 10th, 2025 09:34 am To My Beloved Pal:
I am not looking forward to the very cold weather coming in later today. One good thing about that though is that Taz does not like the cold weather so when I take him outside to pee he will do his business and come back in. When the weather is nice he just likes to stand outside walking around. You were always so fast when I took you out to pee.You would go right away.
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#1874 - by Pal Rip >> Tue Nov 11th, 2025 09:26 am To My Beloved Pal:
Last night Taz and I watched "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" on television. It was the original version that first aired when I was a young boy. You and I would always watch it together every holiday season. It feels like winter outside. I am going to a Veteran's Day ceremony this morning. It was scheduled to be held outside but it is too cold so the ceremony will now be held indoors instead.
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#1875 - by Pal Rip >> Wed Nov 12th, 2025 08:38 am To My Beloved Pal:
Taz and I spent a quiet Veteran's Day together. After I attended the Veteran's Day ceremony and I finished my walk we spent the rest of the day watching World War II movies on television. The brave soldiers who fought that war were TRUE HEROES. When you were with me, I was always running around doing things with Dan so you and I never really had the quiet time together that Taz and I have.
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#1876 - by Pal Rip >> Thu Nov 13th, 2025 09:04 am To My Beloved Pal:
The Christmas season used t o be my favorite time of the year. I would buy your presents early, wrap them and put them away until Christmas but every year you find your new toys, take off the wrapping paper and immediately start to play with them so I would have to buy more presents for you. I would also buy Lindt chocolate for Dan and put wrapping paper on them to put in his stocking on Christmas morning. On more than one occasion you would find that candy, take off the wrapping paper, take it out of its box and eat it. Amazingly you never got sick, the vet said that was because it was pyre milk chocolate. I finally had to start hiding the presents and the chocolate in the Attis away from you.
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#1877 - by Pal Rip >> Fri Nov 14th, 2025 09:28 am To My Beloved Pal:
The town came by yesterday and vacuumed the leaves that had been left on the curb. The noise from the truck used to startle you but you got used to it just like Taz has gotten used to it. The town will try to come by again to vacuum but if we get any snow storms before then the trucks used got vacuuming up the leaves will become snow plow trucks instead. On of the trees in the neighbor's yard always falls late so I will have to rake those leaves and bag them instead.
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#1878 - by Pal Rip >> Sat Nov 15th, 2025 12:13 pm To My Beloved Pal:
I overslept this morning. I am always up by 4:30 a.m. but this morning I overslept by an hour. Taz let me sleep later. You never would have done that. If I overslept by a minute you would wake me up. You were better than any alarm clock.
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#1879 - by Pal Rip >> Sun Nov 16th, 2025 08:58 am To My Beloved Pal:
This weekend is the final weekend that I have nothing planned for awhile. Nest Saturday is the Thanksgiving food drive, the weekend after will see me ringing the bell for the Salvation Army and the weekend after that is the Christmas toy drive. All of those activities are scheduled to be held outside so I hope that the winter weather is not too severe at those times.
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