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Apr 22, 2005 05:16 as a reply to @ JMAS's post | #17

thanks all of you and for your stories and your thoughts and jokes

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I was thinking and want to say about something

last year when out with Foxy (dog) by the canal she went to the edge to have a drink . there were so many reeds about ( the side of the canal) that when she plopped down on them, she sank a little . as they were growing out into the water also and she thought it was 'land'

but the reeds caught her legs underneath and pulled her down and out more ... in the water .

I got such a fright . tried to reach out to her .
some may remember me telling about it after it happened last year.

when Foxy was being pulled down her eyes were almost popping out of her head with fear.
I will never forget the look .
she was out too far for me to reach and seemed to be going down slowly.

I lay on the bank after getting a huge stick and tried to get to her that way.
it was a nightmare , it really was. and all so quiet.

I was grabbing the reeds growing around to try and hold myself on the bank
as I reached out to her but they kept breaking.

I hit Foxy with the stick to try and push her to one side so as I could even grab her tail. her eyes really had such fear in them
I don't know exactly how it happened but I got her in close enough to reach out and grab something of her , to yank her towards me.

her thin little legs had tangled in the weedy reeds underneath the water.

I took one last reach out and jerked her in with such force that she hit the bank behind me, but she was safe and very well and lay there for a while
as I did
I just lay there on the ground. could not believe what happened
we both had had a narrow escape
then Foxy just shook herself and ran ahead as usual.

I have never been the same with a dog by the canal since.
watch her all the time if she goes near the edge

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I think that is maybe something of what may have happened the duck
but am not sure

showing this other picture
we don't always see everything when taking a shot
but she had moved into this mess of reeds.

I know she would be used to them
but I started thinking about the ordeal with Foxy later
maybe I was even when I was posting the other picture.
but later on it all really came back to me

thanks everyone.

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this picture was taken at 13.35 pm
the other picture (above) was taken at 13.34.pm
notice all the reeds

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who knows, maybe the little duck is swimming around happily still.

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the people who own the barge come from Manchester Damian
they paid one thousand five hundred pounds (sterling )
£1,500
just to get the barge brought over.

said the canals are so peaceful here
that in the uk they have so much traffic (on the canals)
and have to Q for a long time at the locks
here they can go for many miles without passing another.
they love it

I saw the canals outside Chester and other places and they are beautifully looked after.
very busy alright
but very beautiful
the couple will be moving down towards the Shannon at the end of the month
this is their barge (picture taken last year)

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Apr 22, 2005 05:24 | #18

Glad that foxy was OK Marie. It is amazing the number of people who die each year rescuing their dog from ponds, streams and the sea. You did the sensible thing and stayed out of the water.

I can understand what the people say about the canals over here. I've been to many to take shots and it can be very congested around the locks (especially at weekends).

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Apr 22, 2005 05:42 | #19

Marie, I just finished reading the stories and I am sorry about your duck. I have never see any thing like that. Now I have been told of stories about pike here in the States that have taken family pets. Small dogs. I have two Golden Retrievers and the love the water. At 60 pounds each I don’t worry about them much swimming around Lade Mead here in Las Vegas, Nevada.

I would love to visit your part of the world some day. My wife and I have been very busy with other things the past two years that have taken away from our budget. (Home, Cars and Dogs). The only place exciting I will see this year is Disney World in Florida.

Keep posting those great photos. When I get all my photograph photos down loaded and into this computer I will post a few myself.

Again sorry about the duck.

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Apr 22, 2005 08:59 as a reply to @ post 506051 | #20

belmondo wrote:
Apparently the eagle's mother never warned him of the consequences of letting his eyes be bigger than his stomach. Boy, you talk about unintended consequences........

see Cyber (CDS)
this is why I answer every post and the figures add up
because if I don't, I leave out stories like you just told to say thanks for telling it especially... you put the fear of God into me saying about the numbers

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I look back here now and I see all the lovely concerned replies
and I had to skip them individually because I was trying to put my replies all on my last post (like the ducks

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just to say ha ha ha and thanks to Damian ...
saying about the great white shark

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I will be careful shooting Marko Polo

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thanks

Sandy thanks, never heard of a pike grabbing a duck
but this is an Irish Pike Sandy

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it's called an pikeagator

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thanks Roanjohn, maybe it was the bread . food poisoning

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thanks Tom (belmondo)

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Nessy Monster stays in Scotland
loves it there. sees no reason to move

thanks Cyber. never saw turtles around the canal

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awful what you say about the eagle and the salmon. thanks for the story
I guess it goes on all the time
I saw a hawk swoop down and pick a rat up , as though out of nowhere, and carry it away . gliding through the air with the rat hanging out of it's beak
it all happened in a flash
( when I was in Australia)

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nature's ways

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thanks Chris
Nessie's other half may be over here on holiday and took a jump at the duck

thanks Robert
hopefully it dived under and swam onwards . didn't think that watching and waiting

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never know though

thanks Freddy, it sounds to me like what may have happened
( more especially when thinking about the Foxy story later)

thanks Mills, I have no idea what size the pike can be here
if one did get the duck it will be much bigger now

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thanks Maureen
the last supper

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thanks Jaime
hope so but one wonders.
thinking of Foxy's story especially

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Apr 22, 2005 08:59 as a reply to @ dewmuw's post | #21

dewmuw wrote:
Glad that foxy was OK Marie. It is amazing the number of people who die each year rescuing their dog from ponds, streams and the sea. You did the sensible thing and stayed out of the water.

I can understand what the people say about the canals over here. I've been to many to take shots and it can be very congested around the locks (especially at weekends).

I don't swim or I would have thrown off everything

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to have rescued her Damian

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when I was very young a neighbour (a red haired boy)

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ducked me under the water at the seaside and kept me under for a while
having a laugh with the boys.

I guess it didnt help my future plans for learning to not be afraid of deep water
when he was nine he asked me to marry him
I was eight
and knew better by then

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regards, Marie
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Apr 22, 2005 09:00 as a reply to @ 2goldens's post | #22

2goldens wrote:
Marie, I just finished reading the stories and I am sorry about your duck. I have never see any thing like that. Now I have been told of stories about pike here in the States that have taken family pets. Small dogs. I have two Golden Retrievers and the love the water. At 60 pounds each I don’t worry about them much swimming around Lade Mead here in Las Vegas, Nevada.

I would love to visit your part of the world some day. My wife and I have been very busy with other things the past two years that have taken away from our budget. (Home, Cars and Dogs). The only place exciting I will see this year is Disney World in Florida.

Keep posting those great photos. When I get all my photograph photos down loaded and into this computer I will post a few myself.

Again sorry about the duck.

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thanks for saying about the pike taking family pets
2goldens

that certainly is interesting

it's the fact there was no struggle at all makes me wonder
I noticed that about Foxy going down also
she never struggled . just her eyes seemed to be coming out of her head with fright
hope your dogs stay safe .
they are fairly big

you'll make it over here someday.

so many things we all have to see and do

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nearest to home (for you) like disney world is a great opportunity in the meantime

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many thanks... about the duck

regards, Marie
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Apr 22, 2005 09:03 as a reply to @ marie's post | #23

marie wrote:
I don't swim or I would have thrown off everything

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to have rescued her Damian

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when I was very young a neighbour (a red haired boy) ducked me under the water at the seaside and kept me under for a while
having a laugh with the boys.

I guess it didnt help my future plans for learning to not be afraid of deep water
when he was nine he asked me to marry him
I was eight
and knew better by then

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It is never too late Marie. I only learnt to swin 2 years ago when the kids bought me adult swimming lessons for father's day.

I will freely admit that I was terrified of the water and had a similar experience to you in childhood. In fact on my first swimming lesson I fell under (in the shallow end:o) and it all came flooding back.

But do check out adult swimming lessons. I took them, went from fear to swimming in about 2 months and love it now. Take the kids every weekend in fact.

Worst bit about learning was coming out of the chaning rooms in my trunks first time round! :shock:

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Apr 22, 2005 09:10 as a reply to @ marie's post | #24

Marie, you reminded me how much I love Lily and Ruby. Couldn't imagine losing them or even an experience like the one you had with Foxy.

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Apr 22, 2005 09:16 | #25

This is a true mystery. Maybe file a missing duck ad with the local police. It is bound to turn up somewhere! I go with the firghtened, dive, swim theory.

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Apr 22, 2005 09:21 as a reply to @ dewmuw's post | #26

dewmuw wrote:
It is never too late Marie. I only learnt to swin 2 years ago when the kids bought me adult swimming lessons for father's day.

I will freely admit that I was terrified of the water and had a similar experience to you in childhood. In fact on my first swimming lesson I fell under (in the shallow end:o

) and it all came flooding back.

But do check out adult swimming lessons. I took them, went from fear to swimming in about 2 months and love it now. Take the kids every weekend in fact.

Worst bit about learning was coming out of the chaning rooms in my trunks first time round! :shock:

great that you did that Damian and for the kids to do that for you .
I guess Una was the brains behind that move.

and great that you got over your first appearance in the swimming trunks :lol:
sorry about falling in in the shallow end

it's a good job it was not the deep end :shock:
you would never ever have gone back in ...
any end
:confused:
I got into swimming togs ok but never into deep water
just toe tipping around.

having a bath is another struggle (joke) :lol: :lol:

I was always the one minding the clothes on the beach :lol:
still am
suits me fine

breath seemed to go when the water got higher up on me
so I just figured I could live without it (swimming)
thanks for saying I could still learn.

I think you were great to do it
and the kids must be dead proud of you
wonderful for them too

think it's great to be able to swim
and very important, besides everything else going for it :cool:

thanks

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Apr 22, 2005 09:21 | #27

when he was nine he asked me to marry him
I was eight
and knew better by then

Somewhere, your duck is still swimming Marie, & he's ducking someone else in the water! ;-)a

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Apr 22, 2005 09:33 as a reply to @ marie's post | #28

marie wrote:
great that you did that Damian and for the kids to do that for you .
I guess Una was the brains behind that move.

and great that you got over your first appearance in the swimming trunks :lol:

sorry about falling in in the shallow end

it's a good job it was not the deep end :shock:

you would never ever have gone back in ...
any end
:confused:

I got into swimming togs ok but never into deep water
just toe tipping around.

having a bath is another struggle (joke) :lol:

I was always the one minding the clothes on the beach :lol:

still am
suits me fine

breath seemed to go when the water got higher up on me
so I just figured I could live without it (swimming)
thanks for saying I could still learn.

I think you were great to do it
and the kids must be dead proud of you
wonderful for them too

think it's great to be able to swim
and very important, besides everything else going for it :cool:

thanks

Una is always the brains behind everything!

During my first lesson we went to the deep end, holding on the side, and the instructor asked if we felt like letting go and floating. Mole grips and screwdrivers could not have unclenched my fingers from the bar!!

I know what you mean about breathing - for the first month of lesson I would gasp for breath when water splashed over my face.

Go for it Marie!! You'll learn to love it and then you can go bog snorkelling in all those canals!

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Apr 22, 2005 09:41 as a reply to @ Mills's post | #29

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Marie, you reminded me how much I love Lily and Ruby. Couldn't imagine losing them or even an experience like the one you had with Foxy.

it was the most awful terrible moment Mills
hard to describe the feeling, to really explain the awfulness of it

who would ever think their dog would drown while having a nice walk by the canal on a good day ?
it's took away the real enjoyment if she is loose, as I keep looking around to make sure she is not reaching down to the water .

it's like when a fire happens close to us
( I mean in the house)
we never really get over the shock
whenever we see flames it all comes back
hope Lily and Ruby last a long long time ..naturally

ps
my mother's name was Lily
:lol:

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Apr 22, 2005 09:42 as a reply to @ sixshot's post | #30

sixshot wrote:
This is a true mystery. Maybe file a missing duck ad with the local police. It is bound to turn up somewhere! I go with the firghtened, dive, swim theory.

quack quack

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would you like to come to dinner and have some grub ?
your avatar looks hungry

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