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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Pint-sized Lassie saves owner
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 21:56:20 -0700
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On 7/8/2025 7:31 PM, Melissa Hollingsworth wrote:
> Verily, in article <104jh4r$36p4f$2@dont-email.me>, did
> no_offline_contact@example.com deliver unto us this message:
>>   
>> Of course this dog didn't do anything quite as dramatic as running miles
>> for help, like the other dog in the story, but if it hadn't stayed put
>> to make it obvious where its human had fallen through, its human might
>> not have been found in time. Hats off to this small but wonderful canine!
> 
> Dogs are the best. A dog of mine once warned me when my toddler had
> gotten a knife. She was a great dog in general, and I still miss her
> often.
> 
I sometimes tease a co-worker who owns several cats by telling her the 
difference between a cat and a dog is if you die alone your dog will 
guard your body but your cat will eat it.

She laughs and agrees with me.

-- 
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.