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seagrover

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Nov 16, 2004
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JR - Catfish would be my new avitar - our dog - and my cat is Bubba (my old avitar).

And it is not good for them to eat starfish - it acts like slivers of glass in their stomachs (as told to me by a doctor) but for some reason the smell(odor) is so enticing to a dog - I can't imagine why!?!?!?
 
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Rudyjohn

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Feb 10, 2005
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seagrover said:
JR - Catfish would be my new avitar - our dog - and my cat is Bubba (my old avitar).

And it is not good for them to eat starfish - it acts like slivers of glass in their stomachs (as told to me by a doctor) but for some reason the smell(odor) is so enticing to a dog - I can't imaging why!?!?!?
Yes, I thought Catfish might actually be your dog in your avatar, but I didn't want to assume. He's a beautiful dog!

And I didn't know that about stafish but I DID know that it had to be dangerous in some way. I moved them up on a shelf. And I think it is the smell and the salty flavor.
 

ShallowsNole

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Jun 22, 2005
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Pt Washington
Dropping flare bombs on the reservation, or over the gulf, has always been pretty routine. There is a story my parents used to tell me; the timeframe would be about fifty years ago now...something went awry with the coordinates on the lead plane on a testing mission, and instead of being in the gulf, they were dropping the flares IN OUR YARD :eek: and my dad had 50-gallon drums of something flammable lying around out there :shock: .

Try calling Eglin and asking for the people running the test mission sometime. You won't get through. Fortunately, Mom & Dad were good friends with some pilots at Eglin, who were able to get through and got the mission redirected before anybody got hurt.
 

seagrover

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Nov 16, 2004
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Seagrove Beach, FL
Thanks from Catfish on his beauty - he was a stray that "found" my husband one day about 12 years ago near lake Guntersville in NE Alabama. He was about 3 months old and literally almost starved to death. He had mange and you could see his ribs. Poor fellow!

He is also totally deaf which took us almost a year to discover. He can do tricks by sight command - whiteyfunn & I trained him on popcorn.

He has come a long way from his humble beginnings - since he is now Mayor of Seagrove!!! Who would have thunk it?!?!?
 

ShallowsNole

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Jun 22, 2005
4,300
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Pt Washington
This is for the locals...

Does anyone remember, about ten years ago, an extremely loud BANG about 4:30 one morning? We were living south of Freeport at the time, and it was enough to put my husband in the yard in his underwear with a shotgun, looking for whatever caused the noise...

The same bang was heard over most of Walton County, and even over near Ponce De Leon. EVERYONE I worked with heard it. The Sheriff's Office was flooded with calls - as wherever you were, it sounded like it was in your back yard.

Eglin never admitted to anything, that I know of...does anyone remember if it was ever explained?
 

beachmouse

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Dec 5, 2004
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Bluewater Bay, FL
Eglin averages a pretty public "oopsie" about once every 2-3 years. Usually, it's not something that causes too much damage, along the line of a small drone landing in someone's back yard.

The house incident happened in a neighborhood that's pretty much the last street before the north-south runway approach- every house closer had been bought out by the AF for the buffer zone years ago. The pilot was having some bad problems with the plane, and was coming in for an emergency landing, but couldn't quite make it to the runway. (though he did safely eject in time so he didn't go down with the plane)
 

Miss Kitty

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Jun 10, 2005
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Speaking of planes....is anyone going to the meeting concerning the DAM* Poison Plane? I signed the petition and have received the emails, but will not be in town. I am glad this protest seems to be going somewhere.
 

SGB

Beach Fanatic
Feb 11, 2005
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South Walton
There was a very loud bang and shake about an hour ago. Had my dog shaking like a leaf. She hates the bombing.
 

kathydwells

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
Dec 20, 2004
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Lacey's Spring, Alabama
I live about 3 miles south of Redstone Arsenal that is located in Huntsville, AL. They too, do AlOT of bombing exercises. Monday while I was home, my doggies and I were watching TV. They started doing their bombing exercises, and I thought my windows were going to blow out of my house. It felt like an earthquake, the dog's went crazy!!!!! It scared me to death. I guess they do that in the day when I am not usually home. It was an eerie feeling.
 
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