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Lou Laurinen

Lou Laurinen

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  • Streetwise
    Can you ask your polish friend :), if they know anyone who can read fluent Ukrainian and is good! at coding ,the internet archive are trying to save Ukrainian archives ,websites ,before they are destroyed, they need volunteers to look for them, its a race before they are destroyed here's the link https://www.sucho.org/orientation this
    Streetwise
    Streetwise
    is one volunteer group, they tell you everything! on the site
    Streetwise
    Do you feel unnerved when you look to the right on a profile page it says is not\is following!!!!! you!!
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    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    I kind of mostly ignore that stuff - to me it's more important to interact with people in a friendly manner, and then that speaks for itself - when you do it, and when others do it. I notice. :)
    Streetwise
    Streetwise
    @Callistemon I'm not the social media generation ,following is stalking to me
    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    Ah, OK. Well, I don't do social media either, but I think that's just how people on social media decide what they want to hear and what they don't. But to me it's too shallow and you can't have a good conversation, and it's too airbrushed. :)
    Lou Laurinen
    Enzo has discovered that he loves tennis balls. I played ball with him in the yard and he was interested until he saw a female Collie. Lol
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    I don’t know the person who owns the Collie. She is new.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Collie broke his heart. Too sweet.
    Hazel_1914
    Hazel_1914
    Maybe you & the collie owner can end up friends; that'd be pretty cool.
    Lou Laurinen
    There’s a group of random teenagers knocking on doors in my neighborhood. I was outside and they were making fun of me.
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    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    Sorry to hear about that, I really can't understand that kind of behaviour but it is so common. Is there anything at all friendly you can go to in your neighbourhood? Like a choir or a craft group or book club?

    Adding a hug!
    Loren
    Loren
    It must have, indeed, been scary. I'm glad to hear they'd gone, and hope all is well with regard to the dental work you had done. Thank you for the hugs. <3
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    @Callistemon My neighborhood doesn’t really have organized activities but most of my neighbors are my dog walking, training and grooming clients. Lol
    Lou Laurinen
    I found a Dogo Argentino dog breed encyclopedia, but it is in Spanish. I don’t speak Spanish very well but it’ll be an opportunity to learn!
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    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    They also offer Portuguese. Just checked. I can easily switch between the two languages also.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    @Aspychata I’m going to use Duolingo, thank you! My mom also told me that my town’s library offers a free subscription to a language program that has over 70 languages (including Shakespearean English… and “pirate.” Lol. She said the first lesson in Shakespearean is Shakespearean insults!! Lol!!!)
    Duolingo is probably better for what I’m trying to learn, though :) Thanks again!
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Excellent. So happy.
    Lou Laurinen
    Beautiful spring day. I’m about to go to work. Being a dog walker is more fun when it’s nice out! :)
    Hazel_1914
    Hazel_1914
    Of course!
    New England springtime is custom made for this sort of thing & I'm tired of pretending it is not.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Alright. You sound better. Great news.
    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    Hope you had a great time out there! :)
    tree
    Lou Laurinen
    There is so much fog here right now that I can barely see out my bedroom window. Pretty typical for spring here and I live near the ocean.
    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    I love fog! And in a month or so we'll be having lots of it in the mornings, as we get deeper into autumn here! :)
    Lou Laurinen
    Taking a short break. I will reply to private messages but would prefer to be contacted by email for the time being :)
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    Loren
    Loren
    Look forward to seeing you, upon your return. :-)
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    Thanks everyone <3 Like I said, I will be popping back in occasionally to check messages. I’ll probably be back in a week or two! :)
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    Just having a bit of a mental health crisis at the moment. :/
    Lou Laurinen
    I’m not going to bother with people anymore if they can’t accept that my dogs come first.
    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    The Donkey Society has this sign you can get: "Love me, love my donkey!" :)
    Lou Laurinen
    Want to say thank you to my dog show magazine for showing so much appreciation for owner/handlers. We are just as important as the pros. <3
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    An owner/handler is someone who presents their own dog in conformation shows and dog sports, as opposed to hiring a professional handler… I am a professional handler as well but I always show my own dogs.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    Check out Showsight Magazine if you are a dog person and want to read really informative and knowledgeable articles written by other dog people, and see portraits of beautiful dogs :) Some of my friends’ dogs have been featured in the magazine before.
    Callistemon
    Thank you again for making me so welcome here, I feel quite at home already in such a short time! :) Very much appreciate your kindness, humour and general attitude and looking forward to sharing more stuff on dogs, life, the universe and everything.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    Thank you, that made me smile! :)
    I really enjoy you being here too :)
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