Don't give in to the temptation. She'd probably just take her love to town.

roger that,
uncanny how i can't stand the first edition of this song, understanding i may be roasted for the condition my opinion is in

I hate that version as well. Both songs were written by great country songwriters (as you probably know): Mel Tillis wrote "Ruby", and Mickey Newbury wrote "I Just Dropped In ..."

in my opinion Kenny Rogers Roasters and the First Edition can wrap a white sweater around their neck 'til their face melts from ruby to a new berry color.

I don't think I ever gambled on his chicken place.

eta: gotta admit I missed the roasted in your first post.

did you pick up on uncanny roger?
or that ruby's husband was wounded in vietnam and couldn't stand?
the 'til their face melts mel tillis reference was just a bonus lyric based on your previous feedback
my key new berry drop should be obvious

The islands in the stream of consciousness are plentiful tonight.

the part when we doll on the makeup in the tub is because we rely on each other
and everything is nothing if you got no one

I almost fyp to "rogers"
Missed the can't stand reference
Still not sure about the face melts

I guess I'll have to admit that I'm sputtering.

i'll be the first to admit 'til their face melts was the only way my brain thought to blend a mel tillis reference into the space of that sentence.
just stuttering the syllables of his name in a different order

this showed upon my FB feed from May 4th four years ago...

14 years ago, my friend asked me to do him a favor. He was getting his son a dog for Christmas and he had to pick him up 3 weeks before. He asked me if I could take care of him because he wanted it to be a Christmas morning surprise. I wasn’t happy about it but agreed.

I’m going to make a long story short. I fell in love with that dog and my friend’s son had to find another dog.

He was so smart and fun. I know to him, I was just somebody that provided food and would endlessly throw a ball for him to chase. But to me, he was as good a friend as I have known.

He left us today. He had been sick for some months. The vet advised a couple of months ago that I put him to sleep. It was not something I could do.

Here he is with his whole life ahead of him. If I could read his mind, he is probably thinking, ‘dude, can you just let me sleep’.

I am so sorry. I'm not sure I agree, or just don't want to, that my dog is just waiting for his next meal/hike/fetch. That's likely because he's sleeping on my lap right now.

There is never a good time for you or the vet. I know it's hard and I'm sure you did the right thing.

oh no pokeraz...so sorry to hear that.

I'm sorry pokeraz. My parents pup Dodger passed yesterday too. I'd like to think they are romping with each other in the Great Dog Park in the Sky, at least metaphorically.

So sorry to hear, pokeraz. What a rough time to have to go through. And I am sure you are vastly underestimating what you meant to him.

Condolences to Garick's folks as well.

Sorry to hear az. Were there any hard feelings over you keeping the kid's dog?

Sorry to hear pokeraz (and Mom & Dad G).

Dogs are the best.
Losing them is the worst.

Not at all. It helped that he is one of my good friends. I ended up covering the cost plus the cost of the second dog he had to get. It even became a running joke between me and the kid.

This morning was not fun. Instead of getting up and feeding and playing with him while I drank coffee in the back yard, I buried him.

I knew it was going to suck but I did not expect it to hit so hard. He was such a good pal.

Our animals are everything. Sorry for your loss.

Very sorry for your loss pokeraz. BUT, I do LOVE that you started your post with "14 years ago......" Man you got some quality time with your buddy!

Cat and Tortoise

For no good reason, when I saw the second picture I imagined kitty saying, "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Howard!"