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vtsteam:
I guess if a waiter served grasshopper in one of those dishes, Andrew, one could just yell out, "That's not cricket!"  :lol:

I suppose I will try cricket one of these days, just out of curiosity. I think one of the things these websites don't take into account re. reluctance to eat insects is, the fact that it's rare in modern society to eat any animal whole, guts, skeleton (or exoskeleton) and all in one mouthful..

Well not entirely. 'Twas a brave man who first ate an oyster.

Yeah, well then there's whitebait and sardines (mostly). So I guess it isn't entirely a taboo. And I suppose powdering and drying them makes it less obviously insect eyeballs and guts, and calling it flour makes it seem more familiar as food.

Now tell me this though, can you shear wool for clothing from them, or tan leather for shoes? Gelatin and glue from bones? Edible protein isn't everything. Do they eat briars and poison ivy to clear land like a goat? I'm thinking cricket milking is labor intensive for little tangible result, so what will happen to our cheeses, and cheese shops? It'll be Monty Python all over again! :bugeye:

In other news, Darlene is now 5 months older than that picture and 20 lbs instead of 6. She's a rescue(d) dog from a high-kill animal shelter in Alabama. She's half Dachshund and half Catahoula Leopard Dog (I hadn't heard of them either).

She's got a long body, a long neck, a long face and long legs. Even weirdly long toes. She's super fast, and can jump vertically straight up to your waist, with all 4 legs pointing down, just like she's been levitated. She seems to think she can fly, chasing sparrows, and jumping once off our 6 foot high porch to do so.

She's amazingly strong for a little dog. Possibly her cattle-herding background, but unmatched by her overall small size. If cows were 200 pounds, she'd knock them the way she wanted them to go. She's a very brave little dog, loves people, and unfortunately has absolutely no fear of anything. We love her dearly, but hope she won't kill herself in her future endeavors.

awemawson:
I can't imagine life without a dog - ours are definitely pets and not working dogs and entirely part of the family.

It amuses me that often when our cottage guests ring up to arrange key collection they will apologise for their dog(s) in advance . . 'it's no trouble' . . . 'isn't noisy' . . . etc. I always tell them that I have NO problems with the dogs that visit, and only rarely do we have problems with the humans attached to them  :lol:

vintageandclassicrepairs:
Hi All,
Great photo of the puppy, Please post a pic of her now?
A dogs company and faithful loyalty is a great way to keep the blues at bay
Our little Jack Russel is a little over 7 years old now but still a puppy at heart
She is the best intruder (visitor) alarm alive

John

Pete W.:
My lovely but shy assistant and I have reluctantly decided that we're now too old to have a dog.  Well, we'd like the company but are too frail to commit to the required REGULAR exercise.  You can't switch a dog on and off to match your health profile, it's either 24/7 or not at all.  So, nowadays we make do with greeting the other people's dogs we meet (with the owners' permission first, of course.)

We've had four German Shepherds since we married in 2000.  Lovely dogs but there is a downside - one of them, when fully grown, used to jump on to the bed at 02:00 hours!

The dog in my thumbnail was 'Unity', a retired Guide Dog.  We gave her a new home when she was retired from her guiding duties at nearly 10 years of age.  She had served her working life on the outskirts of Glasgow and had a two-day journey to get from there to here (Hampshire, Southern England) in the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association's puppy van.  She had an over-night stop at their breeding centre at Leamington Spa.  She was with us until she reached 13½.  We gave her the best and loved her to bits but I don't think she ever quite accepted us as her 'proper' family!

modeng200023:
Pete, did you have any connection to the german shepperd rescue organisation Vigil?

John

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