Bobby. wrote on Aug 28
th, 2023 at 11:40pm:
Drunk has no money left to buy a blanket for himself let alone that poor miserable dog. He’s a long term alcoholic. Dumbarse Drunk has a fortnightly pension which he squanders on alcohol. That’s it. And an old dump near Antarctica which was all he could afford after waiting 78 years for his mother to die so he can grab a little inheritance off her. Pathetic? 100%!
Two people in this house and one is not happy with the big beautiful wood burner.
Socks! When I lit the fire this morning she lay in her bed her back very much to me
She can convey displeasure quite easily. She was also displaying what I call “Dad’s lip” Dad having had a pronounced lower lip—that is Socks pouting
I know that before she ended up in the RSPCA shelter she was tortured by a toddler. From her touchiness about her tail I guess that brat would pull it as hard as it could as often as it could, probably watched by proud, doting parents—idiots!
Why she is so scared of fire I shudder to think. There don’t seem to be burn marks, bald patches in the fur but a bad scare at an early age could well have built an aversion to fire in her.
Socks will have to get used to the heater tho,
gets cold in Tassie and we are still in winter tho spring can’t be far away or the wattle wouldn’t be turning the land yellow.
There is a grill on top of the heater, gets hotter there than the other parts of the outside of the heater—can slow cook a stock or stew etc there.
I love the heater, will reconcile Socks to it eventually—no forcing of course.
Next winter nights reaching -6°C, -9°C are possible. I am prepared.