There is an important question above. OP states they spent savings that was going to be used to open a business. Where was this money? Was it in a retirement account and therefore subject to taxes?

Oh, it’s the right guy.

Torch the entire dwelling.
He is a she and she laid eggs. (Was in an Twilight Zone episode once).

I want the queen bed frame if no one else has already asked for it.

I gotta say, I got to thinking about this and I thought, “What a genius idea - sending out trucks that look like your competitor’s. It would create the image that your competitor’s product was always broken!”
Of course, OTOH, name recognition is probably a bigger goal, so you would be defeating that goal. Anyway, it caused me to think about it for an inordinately long time… and I wasn’t even stoned. Lol.

Why would Verizon send out Comcast trucks?

Christ, I cried on this one about orangutans. I better wait to watch that one.

People like that probably don’t have a license.

I’ve not adopted from these, but I give $ to both: TRU Rescue and BARCS.

Also, my son adopted from Small Miracles in Ellicott City and they had a terrific experience- and their dog is a sweetheart.

I am convinced they all show the recipient is the energy hog. We have a beach condo where no one is over the winter. The heat is set at like 40. I think we’ve had a handful of days that even got below 40 and it always shows we use more than anyone else.

That would be super helpful! Thank you!

Even your link lists 4 “core” vaccines, plus Lyme (which I think is important in this area), Bordatella (which we have to have), and Leptospirosis, which we might skip this year. I don see where we have been over-vaccinating our dogs. I will continue to research though.

I will look into it. We get ours Bordatella because we take them to the dog park when we are at a beach condo in the summer. They require it.

I agree it is not very effective, as I know some dogs who get Bordatella every time they are kenneled, despite the vaccine.

Also… just try a different vet in the group next time. It is a personality thing. Some vets have them and some don’t ;)

That said, if there is a cheaper place, I would try it. I just don’t see how some posters here are getting that list of vaccines for what they are remembering. I’d be willing to bet maybe they went and got a rabies booster or something and not the yearly exhaustive list.

I know routine well visits and vaccines are pretty quick, but for concerns, our vet has spent lots of time with us. Vet medicine is like people medicine these days - you have to stay on top of your providers so things don’t get missed. It’s a sad state of affairs, but nevertheless it is true.

$150 for what vaccines?

So even in human medicine, in a group practice you need to request someone you know or suspect is a good provider. I go to our vet because I love the owner, but I have to request her specifically or else I get someone else. The place is owned by husband and wife (different surnames though). Their kid is a vet now too and he has the same last name as Dad. If I want to request Dad, I have to be super specific or I get the son because they do have the same surname.

I know we pay about that for all the vaccines, maybe even more. I can tell you exactly in 2 weeks, as we have a visit coming up. I hate that they push so many vaccines these days, but they say it is because the corresponding diseases have been identified and vaccines have been created and it Is a good thing. Can’t really argue with that, I suppose.

So maybe a better question is about what do you pay for your dog to have an annual visit with rabies, canine parvovirus, distemper, bordatella, leptospirosis, Lyme, and influenza vaccines?

I think we must go to the same place OP goes to because it is about $400.

This. Coal Fire is darn close to what you get in Italy.

Over by the State Park/Landing Road area you can hear them at night on (I guess) 100. As I lay in bed listening to them, I wonder how there can be no cops around. Then I learned the cops don’t typically engage them because they would get into a high speed chase, thereby putting people at risk. I am a big proponent of privacy, but I am all for cameras if they help stop this dangerous crap.

I know the pain. I have clients in the Nova area and I dread going, no matter what time of day. Generally, as soon as you get to Silver Spring, you become backed up. And god forbid there is an accident!

Be thankful you are remote. When you are asked, just say it is/became a fully remote position.

Ours just went up several months ago. I found most of the repair companies won’t do anything with freon. We had a slow freon leak and ended up just getting a new one. One guy who looked at it (not from a company) said the line was laying in the tray where the water evaporates and it corroded, or something like that. Anyways, it was decided the cost would be too much and we just got a new one. Sadly, the ones they make these days are nowhere near as good as the one we had, but that’s a different issue.

When my kids were little and someone made an asshole move while we were driving, we used to make up reasons for the move. It started as a way to keep me from swearing while they were in the car, but it became a thing. We would think, “That guy’s wife is in labor and he only has ten minutes to get her to a hospital,” or “That lady has to pee so badly she is about to let it rip in the car,” or ”That girl is on the way to her wedding and she is late.” It is funny how that has left me now and I sound like a sailor when someone cuts me off.

Holy shit. This is beyond horrible. I am so very sad for that family.

This is an excellent way to put it into perspective! Sometimes all it takes is viewing it through a different paradigm. Thanks!

Thank you for this. I was able to send it to 2 people stuck on the roadways and then help them get from where they were stuck to where they were going.