Year of the Dog

[dropdeadfred]

we have those here in arkansas.. actually a lot of fun

[mnfats]

dropdeadfred-In the Year of the Dog, shouldn't you be betting on greyhounds?

[dropdeadfred]

I had pitts and the over teased then teased pitts and seattle then took seattle straight up.. it's the horses I'm sucking at

[fung_derf]

LOL! That's just wrong!

[mnfats]

mick-This dog is going to have a bad year.

[fung_derf]

Yeah, we go most years.

[mick]

hi FA, what do you have for the year of the dog today?

[mick]

thank you. i think that will go nice in the ibox for us.

[mick]

on with the dog show. say did you ever go to a dog show?

i went to all of them in chi-town. they were held at the live stockyards theater. lot good looking dogs at these shows.

[mick]

i didn't bet pitts game.

i won on the seattle game and the over.

[fung_derf]

You are a sick, sick man.

[dropdeadfred]

I'll look around

[mick]

well we all have to do it once a day or possible three before chit.

i like that insider stuff.

[mick]

o.k. , i think that would be mighty nice. snoopy ... the year of the dog. i think shultz would like that.

now what kind of pose should we do?

i'll place this at all s.a.d.'s too plus rush.

ya got one with the flyers cap?

[fung_derf]

LOL! I just figured out what you were talking about!.....Thanks for the information. I now know more about you than I ever wished to.

[dropdeadfred]

I'm ready for a winner.. two days of betting and hadn't hit the board

[mick]

great balls of fire,,,yes. nice to see ya chat. are you ready for the ponies?

[dropdeadfred]

I was thinking of snoopy

[dropdeadfred]

I'm with ya mick.. I want to see some scoring also

[mick]

this is nice. i do it the same way but i cover it doubled.

sometimes just holding it over and then do the dumper thing.

now that would be cute. woman or man holding the butt over the turdlet with the seat up.

[fung_derf]

You should have bought him by the pound.

[mick]

o.k. , now he is cute. my daughter just bought a yorkie.

got it for a price of $600.

he is so small you can put him in your coat pocket.

named...ozzie

[fung_derf]

You really are kinky!.....Just for you......

[mick]

hey derf, turn that sucker around so i can see his beautiful face.

[fung_derf]

Odd request, but here you are. Enjoy!....

[mick]

hi derf, everyone at HBO didn't like seattle to win their div.,the champs, going to the super bowl.

well they even picked n.c. too. wrong..........

brad likes that pitt won. he gave them a big booster after the game interview.

[mick]

say is this year of the dog o.k.? would you have another to view to choose from for us?

[mick]

hi fred, i think you are right. i hope it doesn't do like all the top seeded teams did in the playoffs.

i would like to see a high scoring game.

so seattle - da steelers are the super bowl teams for us on feb.5th.

[dropdeadfred]

ayep

[fung_derf]

That long haired dude on Pitt's defense is quick! It'll be interesting to see how Holmgren deals with the Pittsburgh blitz.

[dropdeadfred]

steelers are going to be HARD to Beat

[mick]

i think they are all dogs. steelers are a road so far. i think seattle wins and denver for the championship.

[dropdeadfred]

yeah I think so mick

should we bet the "dog" in the superbowl?

[mick]

mnfats, your dog is cuter.

[mick]

In the West, the Dog is man's best friend, but in Chinese
Astrology this Sign is a little more unpredictable than that. Dogs are loyal, faithful and honest and always stick to their firm codes of ethics. However, this Sign has trouble trusting others. It's generally quite trustworthy itself -- except for the occasional "little white lies" the Dog tells in order to make things go more smoothly. The Dog makes a wonderful, discreet and loyal friend (despite any white lies) and is an excellent listener. This Sign tends to root for the underdog and its keen sense of right and wrong makes it duty-bound to the core. The Dog's mantra seems to be, Live right, look out for the little people and fight injustice whenever possible.

Dogs can also be rather dogmatic, too. They don't go in for light social banter; instead, they go straight for home, expostulating on the topics that are most important to them. At these times the Dog's narrow-minded or stubborn side can become apparent; this Sign has trouble staying light and calm when an important issue is at stake. This Sign can also be very temperamental; mood swings characterize its emotional life and often the Dog needs to run off to be alone in order to recuperate. Part of the problem is the result of this Sign's load of irrational fears that turn into niggling anxieties that turn into hurt feelings and occasional grouchiness. This sensitive Sign needs to warm up to others over time and gradually learn to trust them. Without that trust as a foundation, Dogs can be judgmental and coarse.

The Dog's discerning nature does make it an excellent business person, one who can turn that picky, guarded nature into a keen sense of the truth of another's motives. Where love is concerned, Dogs often have a tough time finding the right match. They can be so anxious and overwrought in the romance dance that they'll stress their partner to the max! In any forum, this Sign is happiest when able to be quite physically active; at home or at work, the Dog will always be constructing something new or cleaning something up in order to make things better. Dogs need to work on controlling their irrational worries and would also be well-served to relax their mile-high standards, which can sometimes wind up alienating the ones they love.

The most compatible match for a Dog is the Tiger or the Horse.

[mick]

hi fred, the year of the dog. i have it started jan. 29, 2006.

is that correct?

[mnfats]

Not sure if this is Chinese.

[dropdeadfred]

dude, wrong board

[ergo sum]

Ummm Now that the supreme court has upheld the assisted suicide law in Oregon do you think a number of Islamic extremists will petition for residence?

[dropdeadfred]

as in the dog food?

[ergo sum]

Nice grub.

Purina?

[dropdeadfred]

That would be mine, sir

[ergo sum]

Whose dumb idea was this board anyway??

[mick]

i had no idea this was here. i saw the article in the chinese post so i did it.

[dropdeadfred]

hey mick.. I agree the year of the Rooster seems unlucky to this Monkey

[mick]

hi fred, i found this at the precious stuff. Laughing all the way to the banquet in Year of the Dog


2006/1/14
By Lucy Hornby SHANGHAI, Reuters



Wu Jun thought he would save some money and hold his wedding in 2005, when prices would be cheaper as Chinese couples avoided the unlucky Year of the Rooster. But wiser heads prevailed.
"I'm not superstitious, but my relatives are," said Wu, a financial sector worker in Shanghai. His family in nearby Zhejiang province is busy calculating the most auspicious day to hold the wedding once the Year of the Dog begins on Jan. 29.

There will be more blushing brides in China this year, after a slump because 2005 was missing a day on the Chinese traditional calendar that led it to be dubbed the "widow year." Banquet halls are booked solid and jewelry demand should rise.

"A lot more people are getting married this year, at least twice as many. Already I hear you can't get reservations for restaurants through to April," said a seamstress surnamed Lei, at the Feng Feng Wedding Dress Shop in downtown Shanghai.

A Chinese wedding for a professional couple can easily cost 100,000 yuan (US$12,000). While rural couples get outfitted with televisions and furniture, city couples have lavish banquets, fancy photo albums in a variety of costumes and increasingly, honeymoons to exotic places.

"There's a taste for simpler dresses at the moment. There are more open thoughts now, as long as one of the dresses is in the red spectrum, pink or anything are all okay," Lei said, sewing the train on a burgundy dress while her boss put sequins on a white, Western-style gown.

Newly-weds buying rings, necklaces and earrings face gold prices at 25-year highs. China's gold jewelry consumption grew by 9 percent in the year to September, according to the World Gold Council, but low per person ownership fuels gold bugs' visions of surging demand if purchases rise.

In the countryside, couples might spend 3,000 to 5,000 yuan on gold jewelry, while a white-collar couple in Shanghai might spend 20,000 yuan, although their taste would run more to diamonds and platinum.

That's good news for Chinese jewelry manufacturers, who in recent years over-expanded to take advantage of high margins and have tried to run down stocks of platinum and diamond-set jewelry, even as the platinum hits 25-year highs, according to Johnson Matthey Plc.

The precious metals refiner estimated in a report late last year that Chinese purchases of platinum for jewelry would fall by 100,000 ounces to 910,000 ounces in 2005.

But while cheaper palladium and white gold -- an alloy of gold with other light metals like silver and palladium -- has gained market share in provincial cities, Shanghai couples are unfazed by higher prices.

"If they are lower income, they buy white gold, but higher income buy platinum," said Zhang Fuqin, a saleswoman at First Asia Jewelry in Shanghai.

"They feel platinum is more authentic."

[Rager]

Laughing all the way to the banquet in Year of Dog
By Lucy Hornby





SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Wu Jun thought he would save some money and hold his wedding in 2005, when prices would be cheaper as Chinese couples avoided the unlucky Year of the Rooster. But wiser heads prevailed.



"I'm not superstitious, but my relatives are," said Wu, a financial sector worker in Shanghai. His family in nearby Zhejiang province is busy calculating the most auspicious day to hold the wedding once the Year of the Dog begins on January 29.

There will be more blushing brides in China this year, after a slump because 2005 was missing a day on the Chinese traditional calendar that led it to be dubbed the "widow year". Banquet halls are booked solid and jewellery demand should rise.

"A lot more people are getting married this year, at least twice as many. Already I hear you can't get reservations for restaurants through to April," said a seamstress surnamed Lei, at the Feng Feng Wedding Dress Shop in downtown Shanghai.

A Chinese wedding for a professional couple can easily cost 100,000 yuan ($12,000). While rural couples get outfitted with televisions and furniture, city couples have lavish banquets, fancy photo albums in a variety of costumes and increasingly, honeymoons to exotic places.

"There's a taste for simpler dresses at the moment. There are more open thoughts now, as long as one of the dresses is in the red spectrum, pink or anything are all okay," Lei said, sewing the train on a burgundy dress while her boss put sequins on a white, Western-style gown.

Newly-weds buying rings, necklaces and earrings face gold prices at 25-year highs. China's gold jewellery consumption grew by 9 percent in the year to September, according to the World Gold Council, but low per-person ownership fuels gold bugs' visions of surging demand if purchases rise.

In the countryside, couples might spend 3,000 to 5,000 yuan on gold jewellery, while a white-collar couple in Shanghai might spend 20,000 yuan, although their taste would run more to diamonds and platinum.

That's good news for Chinese jewellery manufacturers, who in recent years over-expanded to take advantage of high margins and have tried to run down stocks of platinum and diamond-set jewellery, even as the platinum hits 25-year highs, according to Johnson Matthey Plc.

The precious metals refiner estimated in a report late last year that Chinese purchases of platinum for jewellery would fall by 100,000 ounces to 910,000 ounces in 2005.

But while cheaper palladium and white gold -- an alloy of gold with other light metals like silver and palladium -- has gained market share in provincial cities, Shanghai couples are unfazed by higher prices.

"If they are lower income, they buy white gold, but higher income buy platinum," said Zhang Fuqin, a saleswoman at First Asia Jewellery in Shanghai.

"They feel platinum is more authentic."

($1=8.0659 yuan)

[dropdeadfred]

lol, that reminds me to go check the farmers almanac.. gotta check the weather for february

[mnfats]

dropdeadfred-Just the part that it is known as the Farmers' calander.

[dropdeadfred]

did you actually read all that?