Opening day is Nov 15th here. Probably will sound like WWII after dawn. I hope EVERY hunter gets at least one, more if they can. We are really overrun with Whitetails. We have the highest car/deer accident rate in the whole State!! However with the aging of America, the hunter numbers are going down, just when we wish there were more actively hunting. Many just go out for fun. Our school is closed under the pretext for In-Service days for the teachers. Kids would be excused absent in great numbers, so better to just schedule the kids off anyway! Quite a few farm kids will get their deer and we have a special Kid Hunt time for kids only to go out with adults, learning hunting skills. There is also bow and musket seasons when the regular guns are done. We get venison from friends, husband is not a hunter. They are good carcass cleaners, meat has great flavor, you can't tell it is venison at all. It is a dry meat, you have to be careful not to overcook it. Elk are only available if you win the hunting license lottery, get a spot. Only a few spots given out. Weather change for the cold should help keep the hunters awake! Warm day, warm clothes, most just sleep away the day!!

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Hi, I deeply appreciate your interest and support on my new baby. Very touching. I looked up Whippet (never heard of them until this adoption) and he has many, if not all, the characteristics. I will see if I can figure out how to use my camera again and post a picture. He is a golden color. I took him to the dog park yesterday and used the small dog area - he really was not interested in the other dogs until the very end and then showed mild interest in only one dog. He was more interested in the large dogs on the other side of the fence. I was hesitant to take him there cause there were elephant dogs in there!! He acted quite superior, actually, like he was the King visiting the peasants and there were some pricey dogs there!!! When we had been there about twenty minutes, he had had enough and was very good on the leash. Must like to release some energy and then is willing to walk right beside me with little pulling. He gives a lot of eye contact now and soon will know my deepest secrets. On occasion, he will seek me out in another room, visit briefly and then returns to his new bed or the couch. Hey!!! Lay on the towel, little boy. Loves to be covered up completely and pulls his blanket over his head.....reminds me of my kids when I tried to get them up. I appreciate all of you letting me babble about him - my heart was so broken when Sandy had to be put down over a year ago and it has taken a long time for me to decide we should try again. My only complaint is that he loves to relieve himself on my rosemary bush outside that I have managed to keep alive through one winter so far. I guess he likes the "room deodorant." Small price to pay. Susan

I like it! I wish I still had mine :( They are making a come-back, in a way, with the recent popularity of free-standing cabinets for kitchens. The most unusual one I saw was Korean - the shop owner was having a hard time figuring out what kind of cabinet she had, because although the construction and material were definitley Korean, it wasn't any style she knew about or could find in a reference book. We were discussing it, and as soon as I said "looks like a Hoosier to me", it became clear: missionary furniture. Either a cabinetmaker had copied one shipped in by a missionary, or the missionary had requested a custom-built one.