# I've been debating whether or not to share this with the board. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 14, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469 "2012-08-14T14:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469/41 "2012-08-15T20:09:40Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I’m done with the AC business except for the occasional joke (see “What do you want?”). > > Silkie died under the tree Christmas morning, 1987; to my knowledge, this is the first time that I’ve even hinted at what really happened. To anyone. The cats were ostensibly Mom’s and she’s been dead for two years and had Alzheimer’s for 6 before that so I can’t exactly tell her. I told the Dope and that’s that. Cool story bro. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469/42 "2012-08-15T20:21:40Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > Yah, well i notice you haven’t forgiven **Rachellelogram** yet. No sense holding a grudge. > > 😃 Maybe he’s a crab god. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469/43 "2012-08-15T21:31:26Z")
This thread is bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469/44 "2012-08-15T21:44:26Z")
Story of my life right there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469/45 "2012-08-16T16:31:38Z")
My little brother went through around seven rodents, all but one gerbil (which lost its tail somehow, I forget how) being hamsters. He tried teaching a hamster to fly, another one to swim, I remember one died with a hairdrier (that might have been the one he was trying to get to swim being dried off) can’t remember how the others died but this was a period of only a year or two. Eventually my parents put a stop to it. I think he’d have been around six or seven at the time. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469/46 "2012-08-16T16:54:22Z")
Lute - Since we can’t discuss this in the ATMB thread where you brought this up (again), care to answer\*\* Monkey With A Gun’s\*\* [post from there](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15390342&postcount=223)regarding whether or not you returned the donated monies or not? You seem to be contradicting yourself. > [@](#): > > Yeah, Lute, I’m calling you on this: post 216: > [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by Lute Skywatcher > Yep. And after the vet bills started piling up, we were able to pay the electric bill thanks to a few kind Dopers. > [@](#): > > but earlier, you said: post 33 > [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by Lute Skywatcher > In my case, I was looking toward Dopers if what we had saved + money from my sister came up short, without getting into the financial quagmire that would have come with borrowing against my retirement account. I met my sister’s conditions and she sent enough to combine with our savings to pay for the parts and spread out the labor over a few months. All monies sent by Dopers would have been returned anyway because they were not needed. > > Some of you won’t believe that but whatever. > [@](#): > > What the Hell, man? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469/47 "2012-08-16T18:22:53Z")
That was when we were doing our best with [a sick kitty that had been neglected by her former Human](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=623646). ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469/48 "2012-08-16T19:05:33Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > That was when we were doing our best with [a sick kitty that had been neglected by her former Human](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=623646). Ah, didn’t realize that you’d already gone to the Doper donation well in the past. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469/49 "2012-08-16T19:06:41Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > That was when we were doing our best with [a sick kitty that had been neglected by her former Human](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=623646). Wait, you asked for money from the board _twice_?! [ug](http://picardfacepalm.com/picard-facepalm-hotlink.jpg) I don’t normally do memes, but this one just fits so well here ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469/50 "2012-08-16T19:11:29Z")
Rest assured, that won’t happen again. One of the conditions set by my sister was to draw up a plan for being be self-reliant when these things happen. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469/51 "2012-08-16T19:21:34Z")
… waiting for the new Pit thread … ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469/52 "2012-08-16T19:29:35Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > … waiting for the new Pit thread … Someone could always [bump the first one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=651896&highlight=lute). Which I’ve just done. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469/53 "2012-08-17T14:14:18Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > … waiting for the new Pit thread … > [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Someone could always [bump the first one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=651896&highlight=lute). Which I’ve just done. And with that venue open, I’m going to close this thread. If someone wants to start a new thread about killing pets (though I’ll be damned if I understand why you’d want to), feel free to – this thread is hopelessly compromised now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-debating-whether-or-not-to-share-this-with-the-board/631469.md?page=2)