Re: [pyrnet] Gordon's quest

["Nancy K" <nakhere@hotmail.com>]

Gotta love those old Pyrs...my best friend (now departed) was one...cost way 
over $2000 in vet bills to keep patching him up. If necessary, I would have 
continued to do so.

I hope when I can't stand Wisconsin winters anymore, you can help me find a 
spot down there.

You are a very bright light and have made my day !!


>From: "Gordon Crump" <hermit@duo-county.com>
>Reply-To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
>To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
>Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Gordon's quest
>Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:12:19 -0500
>
>
>    Bless you!  It is a job badly needed and only those with
>your goodness would take it on.
>    Kentucky should be considered when you select your hermitdom.  Land
>is still comparably cheap here and there are corners to do about
>anything you want.  Once out of the city, the lifelong rural people
>are wonderful, and helpful.
>I spent six hours mowing today and pulling weeds in 90-plus
>temperature.  My neighbor saw me and before I could prepare anything
>for supper, brought me a nice pork roast and vegetables. He knew I
>would be tired.
>    I helped a lady build a rescue shelter a couple of years ago.
>She got a lot of cooperation from others getting it built.  There are
>no building inspections in my county, just electric and water.  It is
>possible to buy a place for a few thousand dollars.
>I paid $3,000 for my six acres, which is fertile farm land. You can't
>always get that good a deal, but you can find
>plenty of land.  For someone not yet moved and  with at least a
>modicum of income, ten percent down and a land contract will put you
>where you want to be. That way, you pay before you  need it, and  can
>spend vacation time fixing it up as you like.The money you would have
>paid outright, can go to making improvements that you want.  There are
>a lot of homesteaders here, people bummed out on city life, and
>they seem to do really well.  One was a young doctor from Chicago, who
>moved his children here, and raised dairy goats for a living.  He's
>still here, but the kids are gone, I understand.  An UCLA grad who
>walked away without his degree, to live in the woods.
>    It is possible to break the city strangle, even without a lot of
>money.  A young couple from New York could not stand another moment of
>it and arrived with an aged pickup truck, a child and 16 pieces of
>plywood.  We had them a shelter before dark.  Now they have one of the
>prettiest small homes in the county, raise dairy goats, home school
>their children and visit New York only to see family.
>   If I can be of help to you on the Pyr project or in locating
>property, please tell me.  (I do not get any money for helping
>refugees find property.  You would be welcome here.
>    Thanks again for thinking of the aged Pyrs.  How sad that some get
>rid of their dogs when they get old because they fear high vet bills.
>Is that any way to repay a friend?
>    All the best,
>
>  Hermit in the Woods.
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Barb Bowes" <bamb@monmouth.com>
>To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 6:42 PM
>Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Gordon's quest
>
>
> > Well Gordon, here in the Wilds of Suburbia, it is a Rat Race,
> > with some pretty big Rats! <vbg> Some comic relief is always
> > welcome. Someday I too will get my little place in the woods,
> > where all the old Rescue Pyrs that no one wants to adopt can live
> > out their golden years. I have a BIG soft spot for the old ones
> > that people abandon. (young ones too, but the old ones really
> > tear at my heart strings) Seems people who are willing to adopt a
> > dog that may only have a year or two left are few and far
> > between.
> >
> > Barb Bowes
> > Bo & Chelsea (Pyrs), Flopsy (Pyr Shep) & Machin (Doxie)
> > The more people I meet, the more I like my dog!
> > bamb@monmouth.com
> >
> >
> >
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