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I 
second that.  Your story was posted just as I was going to write 
mine.  It was so good I will wait until we form the dogs and trading 
group.
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  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: c_r@xxxxxxxxx 
  [mailto:c_r@xxxxxxxxx]Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:37 
  AMTo: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re: [RT] silly 
  question What a nice story. You are a great story teller 
  and should write more. I will be watching for your stories. RachelAt 09:26 
  PM 2/26/01 -0800, you wrote:
  OK,Ok, I have a 
    somewhat unusual dog story too.  On October 5th, 2000 our desert 
    community had one of those extremely rare thunder and lightning storms pass 
    over the valley.  No rain fell as usual as our rainfall is in fractions 
    of an inch a year with nearly perpetual sunshine.  The next morning we 
    found a stray adult German Shepard mix hiding in a two foot space between a 
    metal storage shed and chainlink fence in the back of the 2 acre 
    property.  Now we live 2 miles outside of town and the nearest 
    neighbors are beyond stone throwing distance but within gunshot range.  
    The fenced property is borderd by alfalfa fields on two sides, a drain ditch 
    on the east side and an irrigation canal on the north side.  During the 
    night of the storm the stray dog must have run into the yard for shelter as 
    the thunder was trememdous and the lightning created daylight at 
    midnight.  When we found him the following morning he was frozen in 
    shock with an apparant case of amnesia, did not know what he was, where he 
    was, and showed no desire to move.  Neither did he growl, bark, or 
    threaten us in anyway.  He was totally expressionless and stood with 
    his head somewhat hanging down, looking at my sister and I with his dazed 
    amber eyes. She thought he looked wolf like.  His fur was a dull black 
    except for some grey jaws, white on his chest and brown on his legs.  
    We were afraid to approach this strange dog because he was huge and knew 
    nothing about his past.  First plan was to put him outside the fence in 
    which the storm had trapped him.  We closed the gates in hopes he would 
    move on back to where he came from.  Instead he wandered over to the 
    ten foot deep drain ditch that the agricultural fields drain into.  
    Over the next few days he made shelter in the weeds and grass down near the 
    water table.  During the day I watched him through binoculars from my 
    trading room window which looks through 4 desert fan palms towards the 
    Arizona mountains.  At sunrise he would climb out of the ditch to eat 
    grass, sunbath and then when it got too hot go back into his shelter where 
    it was a bit shadier and cooler.  Then in the evening he would climb 
    out again to watch the sunset and eat more grass.  He spent a bit of 
    time just standing and staring in different directions or in grooming 
    himself.  He appeared to be quite independant and without an agenda to 
    go anywhere.  Three times a day I walk my sister's dog along the canal 
    bank a few hundred feet from the mystery dog.  He watched us but made 
    no motion towards us.  Now my curiosity was picking up.  What is 
    with this animal.  I admired his "at peace" with the world.  I had 
    to approach him to find out more and took peace offerings.  If I 
    approached his shelter he would creep quietly along the bottom of the drain 
    ditch to avoid me.  Initially I tossed food down to him and later left 
    it in the arrow weeds at the entrance to his selfmade home.  A few days 
    later he began climbing up to meet me and would lick my arms.  After a 
    few more days he began coming closer to the house and circled the fence 
    stopping at each gate and nudging it, and checking each latch for 
    accessability.  We continued to restrict him from the yard because of 
    two cats and a dog that already live here.  He was beginning to 
    cautiously take food from our hands and run off to eat it.  He was also 
    spending his daylight hours circling the yard and if he saw me step outside 
    the door he began galloping around the perimeter of the yard looking for 
    access.  This is a big majestic animal, had no evidence of having had a 
    collar or being brushed.  He seemed to respect the territorial rights 
    of our dog until we let him in the yard, but has a big grudge against 
    cats.  Now I am beginning to think about who he belonged to and figured 
    the owner must be missing him.  I also began worrying about his 
    safety.  The Basque were bringing sheep in for overwintering and along 
    with the sheep they bring Pyrinese sheep dogs.  They too are large, and 
    powerful and can handle any local dog that strays into their 
    herd.  So now the mystery dog is living in the yard but is confined to 
    the length of a 20 foot rope near my van.  Not wanting to deplete the 
    other dog's food supply it was time for a trip to Albertson's.  So in 
    the van the mystery dog goes and he makes himself right at home by jumping 
    up on the back seat and looks out the window.  Upon returning from the 
    store he would not exit the van.  No way was he getting out.  Fine 
    with me for the time being and he did not like the windbreak I made for him 
    anyway.  After a month of living in the van and making every trip to 
    the store with me he had found a home.  No one answered the lost and 
    found ads.  On one trip home from shopping a package of hotdogs slipped 
    under the fence between the front seats and his space.  Now he expects 
    the same each trip but doesn't get it of course.  On to month 
    two/three.  He must have resigned himself to the fact that the van 
    isn't going to take him home wherever that was.  So when on a leash he 
    began pulling towards the house where the food is kept, naturally.  I 
    let him explore the house, always on a short leash.  When we approached 
    a closed door he would rattle the door knob with his long black nose.  
    First time in the computer room where there is a spare bed he walked back 
    and jumped up on it and declared that he wasn't going to live in a van any 
    longer. The first few weeks of sleeping indoors he appeared to be dreaming 
    as his legs would move and he would make vocal sounds.   When this 
    guy decides not to move, he doesn't move.  He has this Chi energy that 
    freezes his 90 pounds on the spot.  As you might surmise, he and I 
    became buddies.  He never lets me out of his sight, like an attached 
    shadow.  I never go anywhere whithout him.  If he needs to relieve 
    himself when I am at the keyboard he comes over and puts his nose under my 
    left arm and pushes upward a few times to get attention.  Or he will go 
    to the door and rattle the door knob.  Besides eating almost more than 
    I do, he had to make a trip to the vet for tape worms and shots.  That 
    was $75 of love money.  That's more than I personally have had to spend 
    in years for my own medical needs.  He doesn't seem to know what balls 
    or frizbees are for or even what playing means.  He is a great watch 
    dog with a vicous growl.  The bigger expense was yet to come.  
    Late one trading day prior to the close I had bought a $12 put option.  
    The next morning there was a dive in the mkt and the put moved to $17.  
    I was getting ready to exit thinking the high or low occurs within the first 
    30 to 60 minutes of the day.  Merlin was distracting me.  My 
    sister named him Merlin because of the way he magically appeared that 
    October 5th night.  The smoke alarm battery was low and beeping. UPS 
    drove up.  My 87 year old mom was concerned about something.  I 
    turned to attend to Merlin who was getting anxious to head to his dumping 
    ground and figured I have a few minutes to attend to his neads.  As you 
    might expect he now cost me an additional $600 in lost opportunity as the 
    mkt reversed while we were outside.  Of course that is unfair and he 
    wasn't responsible, nor were any of the other distractions that occured 
    within a few minutes of that failure to give the trade the attention it 
    requires.  That's how it goes sometimes, a vortex of events occur that 
    shape destiny. BobR  ----- Original 
    Message ----- 
    From: <A 
      href="mailto:clydelee@xxxxxxxxxx";>Clyde Lee To: <A 
      href="mailto:realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 6:35 PMSubject: Re: 
      [RT] silly questionNow, all you dog lovers -- you ain't seen 
      nothing yet.Eight years ago, after waiting 10 years after losing 
      our 14year old mutt,my wife (Pat) and I decided to obtain another 
      dog.A lady way outside of Houston advertised a "mistake".  
      She was a breeder of champion toy fox terriers.  She had a friend 
      who had a championMini-Pincher.  They went to lunch.  The 
      friend brought the mini-pin withher and left it in the run with the 
      terrier bitch.  Guess what -- the bitchcame into heat while they 
      were at lunch and there was a problem.The lady with the terriers 
      always brought the litters her dogs had intothe kitchen for the first 
      few weeks.  The house had at least 5 childrenfrom ages of 7 or so 
      to 16 or so and maybe 20 or 30 from all aroundthe neighborhood who 
      came by.  Needless to say all these smallanimals had plenty of 
      young human love in their life.  We got the runt of this 
      mixed litter -- BayBee was the name my wifegave her.Now, 8 
      years later and at a weight of 8 pounds, she goes with me tothe office 
      every day and spends half of the work day in my lap andthe other half 
      in my wife's lap.  Pat is my office manager and the onlyreason 
      anything around the office keeps straight.You cannot imagine 
      anything that can take your mind off a "bad"or "dull" market condition 
      like a beast such as this.I could hope that all you dog lovers 
      know as much enjoyment asI have had from this mutt.The message 
      is, TAKE YOUR DOG TO THE OFFICE.ClydeAt 17:49 2/26/01 
      -0600, you wrote:
      Gary,I know but they are 
        cute when they are little . . . the real question is,ever wonder how 
        they know to be good for days, right after they have reallybeen 
        bad?Kind of like the markets at times?don ewers----- 
        Original Message -----From: "Gary Fritz" 
        <fritz@xxxxxxxx>To: "Don Ewers" 
        <dbewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 2:07 
        PMSubject: Re: [RT] silly question> > Buy a new 
        puppy (Golden Retriever's proffered here).> > And, they really 
        like to chew on those computer cables :-)>> Tell me about 
        it.  My wife insisted on getting a puppy, and got a> little 
        yapper (Papillon).  And while we were away for a few days 
        he> got away from the house-sitter, and chewed up about $150 in 
        cables.> Plus after I repaired them all, the HP Jornada hand-held 
        that used> two of them suddenly and mysteriously 
        died.>> That damn dog is an expensive little 
        @#%@#$%.  Woulda been a lot> cheaper if he'd bitten harder 
        into the power cables....   :-)<FONT 
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