Ken Fortenberry wrote:

Larry L wrote:

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sorry for all this, must be important to me

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Please don't apologize.

ditto to this comment, larry. ...your posts are informative and
interesting, and, thus far, you've been able to maintain your interest
in communicating rather than arguing. i too appreciate your shared
insight, experience, and wisdom on this and other subjects.


And a word or two on a related subject. In one of your
responses you gracefully evaded a snarky comment from
one of roff's **** stirrers about $1500 puppies. Well,
it just so happens my new puppy costs $1500. ;-)


oh brother..."**** stirrer"? ...now that's rich!

No matter what you pay for a puppy up front, $200 to the
local shelter ($100 fee + $100 donation), $500 to the
Amish puppy mill or $1500 to a reputable breeder it will
amortize to insignificance over the life of the puppy.
When Kipper got sick at the end of his life he cost us
way more than $1500 at the U of I Vet Med Oncology Center
and his referring vet but we'd have gladly paid three times
that amount for another year of Kipper the Hound.


and at the end of the life of your $1500 dog you'll no doubt feel the
same...as do i about my "free" dog. but then, that wasn't the original
question you decided to label as "snarky", was it? larry evaded nothing
in his response...he simply answered a straight-forward question in a
straight-forward manner.