Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
Yesterday I was brought to this horrible place. It's called "The Groomers".
They "encouraged" me to get into this tub. Then they ran water all over me. This took about 5 minutes. At one point, I decided that I wanted out of this tub. So I braced my paw against the back wall and pushed.
It took the other groomer to keep me in the tub.
We both pushed against each other. In the end, she won. BUT that was because of my good nature.
That and the fact that I could see the Big Guy sitting in the chair. He was telling me to be a "good boy" and to stay in the tub. Now, I know, go against the Big Guy... it doesn't always end up in my favour. So I may as well do what ever he wants. It's going to happen anyways.
Then they FINALLY stopped trying to drown me.
So I shakes. And shakes. And shakes. There is water EVERYWHERE. Even the groomers were impressed with how far I made the water fly. I even got some on the ceiling.
If that wasn't the worst part. Then they decided to dry me.
Out comes this blow dryer. Now, it's not blowing hot air. But it's blowing at jet engine force. It was actually blowing the loose fur right off my body. Now, my fur doesn't glitter. But if it did. I would have been making my own rainbow, with all the fur that was blowing off me.
So today's the day that it's supposed to be so miserable outside. Sigh... lots and lots of rain in the forecast.
So, comfort food and netflix for the humans.
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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog cools off his paws after a long walk
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Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
The Big Guy put me outside this morning and guess what it was doing...
SNOWING
Really big snowflakes too.
The Big Guy has to take me to the groomers this afternoon. He pretty much figures that he will have to stay with the groomer. Last time, I didn't want to cooperate with the groomer.
There is these pills that they gave me when I used to get my dressing changed. Well, they still got some of those pills. I'm thinking, they are going to be making me take some of those pills to calm me down.
I do have a rather large mouth and I can bite with quite a bit of force. So the Big Guy will give me one of these pills so that I'm not quite as upset when they are trying to get me to take a bath and when they are brushing me and stuff.
The Big Guy was talking about making a beef stew this weekend. The weather is supposed to be somewhat nasty all weekend. Knowing him, he is also going to be putting some onions in it so that I can't have any. You know... I would be willing to take the chance you know. Onions only make my paws itchy.
For those of you that don't know. Itchy paws could mean that your doggie is allergic to some thing that they ate.
As the Big Guy is looking outside, he can see that one of the blow ups has fallen over and can't get up on it's own. Blow ups are nice and all that, but they can also be a source of pain in the ass.
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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog running around our back deck
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Good morning Cape Breton.Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
So everything in the news yesterday had to do with "The Dope". There really wasn't much else that they wanted to talk about. Then again, it's was a pretty history thing, where they ended the prohibition on "The Dope".
But not everything is legal just yet. The folks in Ontario still can't buy "The Dope". I bet they are upset. Of course there is all sorts of people that are trying to get around the new weird laws that is governing the sale and what not.
The Big Guy isn't too worried about it. It wasn't like all of Canada descended into anarchy.
Talking of anarchy... the Big Guy noticed that things are pretty quiet in his neighborhood. No more little cars with the loud mufflers have been visiting in his area.
He has to wonder...
There was a very quiet lady that lived across the street. She passed away after turning 100 years old. She left the house to one of the local lawyers that lives just down the street. Apparently it was her nephew.
He has been working, inside the house, trying to do some renovations, painting and the like. The Big Guy talked with him and he said that he isn't going to sell the house, but he will rent it to a mature couple. With or without children. Either way, that's not for the Big Guy to be concerned with.
But of course, the lawyer guy wouldn't be able to rent out the house, if he lives next to a "wild and crazy guy". Having those little cars with their loud mufflers would be bad for sales. Who would want to rent a house if all's you see is "burn out" marks on the street where you live.
Since the Big Guy doesn't think that the boy across the street has suddenly matured and has stopped his "Fast & Furious" friends from coming around... there must have been something else that has happened.
The Big Guy thinks that the lawyer guy may have done something to instill peace and quiet to the area again.
Perhaps the Big Guy shouldn't be talking of this, as it may jinx it all.
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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog having his first swim
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Good morning Cape Breton.
Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.
Today is a bit of a historic day in Canada. It's the day that "The Dope" becomes legal.
Is it really called that? "The Dope". No.
The Big Guy thinks that he has a great sense of humor.
The Nova Scotia Liquor Commission (NSLC) is the only legal place where you can purchase cannibis. Or it's other name, marijuana. Since Newfoundland is a 1/2 hour a head of us, they will be the first place in Canada to sell it.
There is going to be one NSLC outlet that will be selling "The Dope" for all of Cape Breton. The Big Guy is calling it "The Dope" store. (He thinks he's being funny here)
Now, Tonya and the Big Guy just don't have the lungs to be able to smoke this stuff. But there is other ways to get "The Dope" as well.
When the Big Guy was growing up, his friends would smoke "The Dope". Not him though. He stayed on the straight and narrow. He wanted to join The Canadian Forces. Back then, they had a pretty intolerant view of "The Dope". One strike and you were out. After a bit, they relaxed and would send you on a "coffee course", where they would tell you how bad "The Dope" was. If you passed the course, you went back to work. So they had adopted a new, three strikes and your out.
Now that "The Dope" is legal. The Big Guy wonders what and how they are going to adopt for their new policies. It will probably be like alcohol. No drinking while on duty. No using "The Dope" before going to work too. But when your off, you could likely do what you want. But will they allow you to bring "The Dope" with you when you go to sea? Or for the Army folks, on deployment?
The Big Guy says that he isn't against "The Dope". Just the smoking of "The Dope". To him, smoking "The Dope" is like an extension of smoking cigarettes. Neither one can be good for you if your smoking it. Then again, you don't see any nicotine brownies out there.
So... will the Big Guy try "The Dope" after so many years of abstaining? He says he will try it. But not smoking it. He will find some recipes so that he can eat "The Dope". Just to see what all the hype is about. He has got moderate to severe arthritis in his knee and wonders if this would ease the pain in his knee.
Many many years ago, there was prohibition on "The Booze". That eventually came to an end.
Welcome to the future. It's finally happened. Prohibition on "The Dope" has ended in Canada today. For some, April 20th will have finally met it's end. (For those of you that don't know, April 20th was coined: International "The Dope" smoking day)
In other news... the Compact Florescent Light, or the curly light has finally burnt out in the outside fixture in the back yard. It lasted 12 years. The Big Guy replaced it with one of those new Light Emitting Diode lights (LED Lights). So for 7 watts of power, you get the light of a regular 60 watt bulb, which seems like a 100 watt old incandescent bulb. See... there is more to talk about today than "The Dope".
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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog turns into a Minion
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