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08/17/2010 21:19 #52464
Your shoes are ghetto...Category: clothes
08/16/2010 13:32 #52459
Tortoise ReturnsCategory: pets
We found the tortoise. Well someone found him on main St near north. They picked him up and brought him to a pet store on Massachusetts and Normal. Then they contacted (e:Matthew) via craigslist. I think it was the nephew of the pet store owner that found him.
He did not like the car ride. I think it made him sick as he shit everywhere.
As soon as he got home he ate and went into his borrough. Its a miracle he was not run over. Now to go take down all the signs.
He did not like the car ride. I think it made him sick as he shit everywhere.
As soon as he got home he ate and went into his borrough. Its a miracle he was not run over. Now to go take down all the signs.
08/15/2010 16:28 #52454
Lost Tortoise - North and LinwoodCategory: pets
Our pet sulcata tortoise named basra got away today in Allentown near the corner of North and Linwood, by the Church of the Ascension in Buffalo, NY. If anyone sees him, please return him to 24 linwood avenue, 14209. He went missing around 3PM. Please so not put him in water, he is a land tortoise, not a water turtle.
::READ PDF::
He is pretty big and heavy. This is me carrying him.
::READ PDF::
He is pretty big and heavy. This is me carrying him.
metalpeter - 08/16/10 17:22
Hope you find him as well
Hope you find him as well
libertad - 08/15/10 21:27
This sucks. I hope you find him soon.
This sucks. I hope you find him soon.
uncutsaniflush - 08/15/10 21:10
I hope that there is a happy resolution. Please update us if there is any news.
I hope that there is a happy resolution. Please update us if there is any news.
paul - 08/15/10 18:36
They don't suggest glueing, drilling, screwing and attaching things to the shells. Its like a living growing tissue. I bet I could get a gps chip implanted though - if I ever get it back.
They don't suggest glueing, drilling, screwing and attaching things to the shells. Its like a living growing tissue. I bet I could get a gps chip implanted though - if I ever get it back.
heidi - 08/15/10 18:33
Nisha has a dog license and owner notification tag. Should Basra have a brass plate screwed to his shell?
Nisha has a dog license and owner notification tag. Should Basra have a brass plate screwed to his shell?
heidi - 08/15/10 18:05
:-(
:-(
paul - 08/15/10 17:59
We tried looking everywhere he could possibly walk. I am convinced someone took him. Maybe they just thought he was lost. Hopefully they will find this or the craigslist post and return him.
We tried looking everywhere he could possibly walk. I am convinced someone took him. Maybe they just thought he was lost. Hopefully they will find this or the craigslist post and return him.
heidi - 08/15/10 17:54
Do you want help looking?
Do you want help looking?
tinypliny - 08/15/10 17:38
How did he get away!!?? He couldn't have gone very far, could he? Could he have dug himself into another yard perhaps? Maybe in that big trench you have in your backyard (if you still have it from last year...)
I'll keep an eye out! You should put up posters down linwood/north/summer/franklin. He has to be in the radius of 2-3 blocks.
How did he get away!!?? He couldn't have gone very far, could he? Could he have dug himself into another yard perhaps? Maybe in that big trench you have in your backyard (if you still have it from last year...)
I'll keep an eye out! You should put up posters down linwood/north/summer/franklin. He has to be in the radius of 2-3 blocks.
08/15/2010 10:16 #52450
Erie County Fair - misc otherCategory: fair
The fair also has tons of other stuff, from bizarre live infomercials to bathtubs, teeth whitening (2 shades, $79) and no cook cheesecake packets. Even a Christmas village. (e:matthew) said that he read it was the second largest fair in the world.
libertad - 08/16/10 11:32
My favorite part of the fair was the infomercial center. It's funny that you and Mike thought I hated it. Nice pics.
My favorite part of the fair was the infomercial center. It's funny that you and Mike thought I hated it. Nice pics.
metalpeter - 08/15/10 12:37
I love that it says it is ok to say "Merry Christmas". Did you get to see any of the shows (not sure what they are this year) I think like dog stunts or pig or duck races? [I'm going thursday and my sis and niece are going and then taking off at some point, I'm going to see Ultimate night of Distruction]. There is a lot at the fair. I don't remember the stat but it used to be that it was the biggest county fair in the country I think or maybe 2.......................
I love that it says it is ok to say "Merry Christmas". Did you get to see any of the shows (not sure what they are this year) I think like dog stunts or pig or duck races? [I'm going thursday and my sis and niece are going and then taking off at some point, I'm going to see Ultimate night of Distruction]. There is a lot at the fair. I don't remember the stat but it used to be that it was the biggest county fair in the country I think or maybe 2.......................
08/15/2010 10:10 #52449
Erie County Fair - animalsThere are so many animals at the fair. Every farmer wants to win giray premium. We learned a lot of interesting facts. One was that Americans spend on average only 14% of their income on food. It is one of the lowest rates in the world.
bill - 08/16/10 19:21
What is that in the last picture???
What is that in the last picture???
mike - 08/15/10 23:21
it was cool seeing a chicken lay an egg and we saw a cow that just birthed a baby calf and still had the placenta hanging out of it.
it was cool seeing a chicken lay an egg and we saw a cow that just birthed a baby calf and still had the placenta hanging out of it.
metalpeter - 08/15/10 12:32
Nice Pictures seeing that one chicken with the egg is wild, at first. But if you think about it, it is natural just never seen it before........
Nice Pictures seeing that one chicken with the egg is wild, at first. But if you think about it, it is natural just never seen it before........
tinypliny - 08/15/10 10:38
It's fascinating to see what people eat across the world and at what costs: :::link:::
It's fascinating to see what people eat across the world and at what costs: :::link:::
tinypliny - 08/15/10 10:35
Re: the 14% comment. It's about how much subsidized processed food people eat in general. I am sure you must have seen this famous set at some point :::link:::
Commentary: :::link:::
One look at what people eat and how much they spend across the world tells you about the general health of the country.
I just read these insane facts about healthcare costs in US.
- The average cost to visit an urgent care clinic is less than $200, whereas a hospital emergency room visit usually costs at least $600 and often much more.
- Having a baby in the U.S. is expensive. Charges for routine delivery (including doctor?s fees) are about $6,000 — often more.
- The daily hospital stay for room and board and doctor's fees can be $2,500 ( and even more at some hospitals!), so an average stay of only three days costs $7,500. That amount does not include medicine, surgery, laboratory costs, and other similar expenses.
I guess the whole system of health is skewed in this country. The major stress - that should be on prevention, is completely non-existent. The entire system encourages bad habits and poor health and then taxes the individual (and the community through ill-advised subsidies) heavily for illnesses that develop due to these habits.
People may criticize social engineering, but the current wide chasm in the healthcare Vs. prevention balance cries out for shifting the stress to education about good eating habits and giving people the time and initiative to think about the well-being of their bodies for a change instead of travelling closer and closer to the sick part of the health spectrum every year.
Re: the 14% comment. It's about how much subsidized processed food people eat in general. I am sure you must have seen this famous set at some point :::link:::
Commentary: :::link:::
One look at what people eat and how much they spend across the world tells you about the general health of the country.
I just read these insane facts about healthcare costs in US.
- The average cost to visit an urgent care clinic is less than $200, whereas a hospital emergency room visit usually costs at least $600 and often much more.
- Having a baby in the U.S. is expensive. Charges for routine delivery (including doctor?s fees) are about $6,000 — often more.
- The daily hospital stay for room and board and doctor's fees can be $2,500 ( and even more at some hospitals!), so an average stay of only three days costs $7,500. That amount does not include medicine, surgery, laboratory costs, and other similar expenses.
I guess the whole system of health is skewed in this country. The major stress - that should be on prevention, is completely non-existent. The entire system encourages bad habits and poor health and then taxes the individual (and the community through ill-advised subsidies) heavily for illnesses that develop due to these habits.
People may criticize social engineering, but the current wide chasm in the healthcare Vs. prevention balance cries out for shifting the stress to education about good eating habits and giving people the time and initiative to think about the well-being of their bodies for a change instead of travelling closer and closer to the sick part of the health spectrum every year.
so i had emailed ArtVoice to see if we can put an ad in there for a missing pet. They just got back to me with this message:
Sameer,
You can place an ad at no charge by visiting www.artvoice.com
You will place the ad in the classified section under "Lost and Found" in the "Community Billboard" section. Feel free to call the office should you require any additional assistance.
Cordially,
Joseph Fell
Artvoice Classifieds
tel: (716) 881-6124
fax: (716) 881-6682
classified@artvoice.com
This is very cool of them and would have definitely come in handy if Basra had not been found yet. Very cool ArtVoice, very cool indeed!
Yay for the kindness of strangers!
I'm putting the tortoise on the naughty step.
In the pic of Basra in the vehicle, there appears to be an open bottle of a New Belgium Brewing Company beer. Maybe that's what made him sick. Tortoises shouldn't drink alcohol. ;-) Glad he was found!!!
Maybe you should really look into a GPS chip thing now. They used to do that Spooks all the time. :-)
It's very lucky that the cars are a LOT more slower on Linwood now (as they ought to be). I hated all that zooming down the streets. It used to be a very dangerous block to cross the street. Not so anymore.
I wonder if some motorist saw him crossing... What would you do if you saw a huge tortoise crossing the road. I bet you would swerve thinking it was a rock or something.
That's very happy news! I went past main and north today morning and didn't see him! I was somewhat worried that he would have found a place to hide in the middle of all that digging in front of N.Pearl/North! It's a miracle! He must have crossed the road safely and then navigated all across all that construction and what-not! Brave (and foolish) little Basra!
glad he is back after his adventure , hopefully it is his last adventure and that he knows now not to take off like that.......
great!! :)
I'm so happy that you got him back! Poor thing. I can't imagine seeing such a large tortoise on Main Street! That would definitely be a WTF moment for me. He looks awful in the car.
Yea!!!!! Welcome home, Basra!!
(That's probably Tango's Pet Store owned by Michelle Giomundo.)