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xoomax t1_jealvor wrote

Reply to Bladder stones taken out of a 21 lb dog by seynabri

Damn. I feel this. My little 4 year old / 13 lb guy had only three stones removed last year. They were about the size of the second row. He's on Hill's Prescription diet now and I'm making sure he gets plenty of liquid. I resisted the expense of the food at first, but with his litter mate brother passing recently and not wanting him or me to go through the stones surgery again, I'm sucking it up and sticking with the canned Hills c/d food.

Good luck to your little guy/gal.

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xoomax t1_ja1nz56 wrote

Reply to Albums with sad/disturbing/interesting backstories. by dragonoid296

Mastodon: Emporer of Sand. The band had a tough time with family when making this album. I think a lot of people don't like this album, but it's one of my favorites from them.

>Three out of the four members of Mastodon were directly affected by the disease [cancer] while making Emperor of Sand. Dailor's mom has been undergoing chemotherapy for a while, guitarist Bill Kelliher's mom died of a brain tumor while the band was making the record and bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders had to miss early writing sessions while his wife received treatment for breast cancer (she seems to be recovering well).

I have my own story to relate to this album. I had just put my dog of 15 years to sleep when I stumbled across the making of this album on YouTube. I wasn't much into Mastodon aside from Leviathan. But the video hit me and I liked the songs. Then learning the backstory of them making the album helped me cope with the loss of my furry best friend as I listened to this album over and over. There's even one song that almost makes me cry nearly 5 years later because it just hits a certain emotion and memory for some reason.

More info from Brann, the drummer, in this Revolver article from where I pulled the quote.

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xoomax t1_j9xkq1i wrote

Reply to comment by Byelof in A 2-year-old boy was lost in the Florida woods for 24 hours. Everyone feared the worst. Hundreds of volunteers came out to look for him. One volunteer came to a fork in a field: right or left? He trusted his gut, went left and soon heard a whimper. It was the little boy, crying but in good health. by ConquerWyoming

The article actually says,

>The 62-year-old came to an open field and was met with a choice — two wooded areas with a small clearing in between. Link, an ex-Marine and former supervisor for Hernando County parks, said he decided on intuition alone. He would go to the woods on his left.

Which makes more sense.

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xoomax t1_j2u7l9o wrote

Reply to comment by calatranacation in Calamity Jane, is a legend from Wild West. She was known as a sharpshooter, raconteur, and frontierswoman. She was known to be a hard-drinking crossdresser as she always preferred to dress like a man. She was one of the most popular characters of the West. This portrait was taken around the 1880s. by sandboxvet

Did you check out the short-lived LUCK (also by David Milch)? I was so disappointed when that got cancelled.

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