[TheForge] Frosty Tale for listers

[Charles Vincent]

No problem, a happy story, and it's a good thing dogs like you or we would have lost you a long time ago!

Charles 

Sent from my iPad

> On Aug 9, 2016, at 8:33 PM, jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:
> 
> Wrong email list, DARN! Am I out of practice or what? Oh well, it isn't
> metal related but it's a happy story.
> 
> Frosty
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of jerry
> Frost
> Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 4:55 PM
> To: 'Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA'
> Subject: [TheForge] Frosty Tale for listers
> 
> Gene requested I tell a tale so I posted this to the FB group and forgot to
> post it here too. Blame it on Gene he made me do it. <wink>
> 
> Happy tale follows, Frosty
> 
> I miss you guys too Gene but I don't handle the chaotic nature of FB very
> well, it's a TBI thing. I understand why nobody uses the email list anymore
> it's too dated. Sad but times change and I don't so well anymore. 
> 
> A tale? Well, yesterday I was taking a load of brush to the transfer
> station. Been brushing around the house to keep a fire break. Anyway, I'm
> rolling up Hollywood road with all it's blind curves and see a pair of tail
> lights around one. I slow down figuring it's another accident on that turn
> and see a car stopped in the lane and a woman walking towards me waving her
> arms. I figure she's yelling seeing as her mouth is wide open and working. I
> stop and hit my flashers while I still have good sight distance behind me
> and get out to see what's happening. 
> 
> I don't get past the front tire of the truck and I see something "bounding?"
> across the lane and I have to wonder why the lady stopped for a rabbit. Then
> the critter turns at the center line and heads towards me and I realize it's
> a scraggly little dog and the lady is scaring it. Waving your arms and
> yelling isn't the way to get a dog to come to you. I step away from the
> truck, made a couple smoochy sounds and tell the little guy what a good dog
> it is and it runs right up and jumps in the truck. 
> 
> I step away and yell at the lady asking if it's her dog. She says no and I
> tell her it has a collar and tags I'll get it home, she needs to get going
> that isn't a safe place to park and she pulls out. The truck towel was in
> the wash so I couldn't give the poor dog a little toweling but it curled up
> in the dog blanket so okay. I pulled up the road to a side road and called
> the number on the tags. I still don't know if "Gentry" is the dog's or
> owner's name but he responded to it so that's what I called him. Nobody
> answered so I left a message and headed to the dump. 
> 
> When Donna called it turned out she was out looking for her dog who just
> happens to love to swim, hence the wet, dirty and kind of swamp stinky
> little terrier(maybe?) dog. We agree on where to meet up and I unload the
> brush. Gentry has finally settled down and stopped shivering. Dogs like me.
> We meet up and Gentry's tail wags for the first time when his person gets
> out of the car. It really made my day and made a happy thought I can
> remember when I'm feeling down. 
> 
> Is that tale enough or would someone like to offer a straight line to start
> a pun thread or something?
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________
> TheForge mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:TheForge at mailman.qth.net
> 
> TheForge mail list group photo site is
> http://www.shutterfly.com
> Login: blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
> Password: anvil
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message
> delivered to akfrosty at mtaonline.net
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________
> TheForge mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:TheForge at mailman.qth.net
> 
> TheForge mail list group photo site is
> http://www.shutterfly.com
> Login: blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
> Password: anvil
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> Message delivered to xlch58 at swbell.net