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Date: 11 May 2008 02:08:33
I am thinking about attempting to make use of RSS feeds. I know. Crazy huh? It will streamline my internet faffing around somewhat... and did you know that you can subscribe to flickr feeds too? I just have to um... do it... somehow... I will make my brother give me a tutorial.
It's weird how I am totally confident with some aspects of technology (manuals?! Who reads manuals! Just play with it! Press all the buttons! See what they do!) but bamboozled by other aspects. I subscribed to my first podcasts last week. But I don't know what the deal with it is. I know that some things will be on my ipod... but that's about it.
So yes. The car is back. It was ready that day, and apparently my water pump was broken.
Pooka has had her annual service. It has been noted by many at the park that Pooka appears utterly fearless - clearly these people have never seen the pathetic shaggy, dog-shaped pile of fear at the vet! There was a large labrador in the waiting room, and all the staff thought she must be terrified of it as she wouldn't come in the door. Not so! She loves labradors! She is just terrified of being at the vet. Once she was coaxed in with copious liver treats, she ran to the scales and planted herself firmly there. The scales are her place of refuge at the vet. They are the only place where she feels safe. She weighs 18.7kg by the way.
The vet lady said that when the big labrador was coming out, Pooka could go into an examination room if we liked, because she still thought the lab was the problem. The examination room is even more scary than any giant, mutant, 12-legged, fire-breathing labrador you can imagine! It was our turn before that came to pass, and we were ushered in. Well, I was ushered in. Then I had to go and pick up my quivering dog from the scales and carry her in. She coped fine with the examination, didn't appear to notice the vaccination, received many compliments, and it was all fine. But I don't think she'll remember how fine it was when we go back in four weeks for a booster she needs.