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I get overwhelmed with feelings of failure

And you are no failure!

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The next few days are likely to be busy for most so on the off chance I don't get the chance Merry Christmas!!!!

We have to meet in 2018!

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Cold remedies

Good show! Dress like an Eskimo indoors to keel your body temperature up. You will be slaying cold viruses by the millions!

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Merry Christmas, Anon!

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Are pit bulls safe to have as a domestic dog?

Good choice!

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I get overwhelmed with feelings of failure

I am quite certain, Miss BF, that your husband had an oar in that water, too!

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I hate working for the company I work for.

The management team there sounds like they once ran one of the workhouses in Charles Dickens' England!

What a bunch of losers!

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I don't think you should sweat Facebook. There's been times I haven't looked at my Facebook page in months. It's just not that important to me.

By the way, Facebook has been found guilty of targeting employment ads behalf of its advertisers to its younger members, while screening out older Facebook users. It was to help companies recruit younger workers. "So what?" you may say. Well, imagine if Facebook was targeting employment ads to only white males? Would you still feel the same way? Discrimination is discrimination, and Facebook has shown it does not support equal opportunity.

Amazon was one such advertiser. I have let Amazon know how I feel.

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Are pit bulls safe to have as a domestic dog?

Sherlock wrote:
Here's another story of a person killed by pit bulls: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/24/vicious-ch...

From the story:

"A woman was killed and her husband seriously injured after a vicious mauling by two pit bulls on Christmas Eve in a Kentucky coal town.

"Two Bell County deputies responded to the scene Sunday morning in Arjay and discovered the woman and her husband “had been savagely attacked” by two pit bulls, the sheriff's department said in a statement. Investigators said the husband managed to shoot the dogs afterwards, killing one of them.

"The Bell County Coroner's Office said the woman who was killed was Lorraine Brock Saylor, 66 . . . The sheriff's department said a caller had reported his brother and sister-in-law were attacked by two of their neighbor’s dogs, WLEX-TV reported . . . Lorraine Saylor was declared dead at the scene. Her husband was hospitalized, the station reported.

“The husband suffered wounds as well, but was able to shoot both dogs, killing one while the other ran off,” the department said."

One other thing I didn't mention before about pit bulls: a LOT of homeowners' and renters' policies specifically exclude any liability from the actions of dogs like pit bulls.

So, here's what's going to go down in that Kentucky town: (1) the owners of those dogs are going to be criminally charged; and (2) the husband is going to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the owners of the dogs. I guarantee you it will wipe them out financially for the rest of their lives. They will lose their home, their savings and 99% of future income. They will have massive legal bills. Most likely, they will be hit for punitive damages for harboring such dangerous animals. I expect the judgment against them to be well over $3 million. Their homeowner's policy will most likely not cover this kind of liability.

There is something in legal parlance known as STRICT LIABILITY. Let's say you were using explosives, and injuries resulted. You could show that you took every precaution in the book to avoid injuring anyone, but that won't help you. STRICT LIABILITY means that you are responsible for any damage or injuries resulting from inherently dangerous activities such as using explosives--or harboring a wild animal. Now, if someone harbors a vicious breed of dog, such as a pit bull, and it gets out and maims or kills someone, strict liability could come into play. Why? Because keeping a vicious breed of dog--like keeping a Bengal tiger--is something so inherently dangerous that terrible things could happen regardless of the precautions taken. Remember what always happens in Jurassic Park/Jurassic World? Then you are beginning to get the picture.

So . . . if you really want a pit bull, you'd better be independently wealthy, or have gold-plated liability insurance, or both. And then be prepared to still lose it all.

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Are pit bulls safe to have as a domestic dog?

Here's another story of a person killed by pit bulls: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/24/vicious-ch...

From the story:

"A woman was killed and her husband seriously injured after a vicious mauling by two pit bulls on Christmas Eve in a Kentucky coal town.

"Two Bell County deputies responded to the scene Sunday morning in Arjay and discovered the woman and her husband “had been savagely attacked” by two pit bulls, the sheriff's department said in a statement. Investigators said the husband managed to shoot the dogs afterwards, killing one of them.

"The Bell County Coroner's Office said the woman who was killed was Lorraine Brock Saylor, 66 . . . The sheriff's department said a caller had reported his brother and sister-in-law were attacked by two of their neighbor’s dogs, WLEX-TV reported . . . Lorraine Saylor was declared dead at the scene. Her husband was hospitalized, the station reported.

“The husband suffered wounds as well, but was able to shoot both dogs, killing one while the other ran off,” the department said."

One other thing I didn't mention before about pit bulls: a LOT of homeowners' and renters' policies specifically exclude any liability from the actions of dogs like pit bulls.

So, here's what's going to go down in that Kentucky town: (1) the owners of those dogs are going to be criminally charged; and (2) the husband is going to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the owners of the dogs. I guarantee you it will wipe them out financially for the rest of their lives. They will lose their home, their savings and 99% of future income. They will have massive legal bills. Most likely, they will be hit for punitive damages for harboring such dangerous animals. I expect the judgment against them to be well over $3 million. Their homeowner's policy will most likely not cover this kind of liability.

There is something in legal parlance known as STRICT LIABILITY. Let's say you were using explosives, and injuries resulted. You could show that you took every precaution in the book to avoid injuring anyone, but that won't help you. STRICT LIABILITY means that you are responsible for any damage or injuries resulting from inherently dangerous activities such as using explosives--or harboring a wild animal. Now, if someone harbors a vicious breed of dog, such as a pit bull, and it gets out and maims or kills someone, strict liability could come into play. Why? Because keeping a vicious breed of dog--like keeping a Bengal tiger--is something so inherently dangerous that terrible things could happen regardless of the precautions taken.

So . . . if you really want a pit bull, you'd better be independently wealthy, or have gold-plated liability insurance, or both. And then be prepared to still lose it all.

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