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14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Current 3-time Jeopard... · 0 replies · +2 points

"The judges have just informed us that "Sam Adams" is also a valid answer."

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Russia may send spacec... · 0 replies · +3 points

Skylab was 84 x 22 feet (and it's widest points). It was, however, mostly hollow and had SIGNIFICANTLY less mass than an asteroid. If I were to throw a roll of paper towels at you that's a foot long at you and then throw a rock that's 10' x 10' at you, which one cause more damage to your body?

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Man lifts car off 6-ye... · 0 replies · +3 points

A true hero to that child and to her parents! Fantastic quick thinking and action, Mr Nick Harris! Bravo!

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Sony signs 3-D video d... · 0 replies · +1 points

Check out this local 3D company:
www.Celebrations3D.com

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - TriMet: B... · 0 replies · +3 points

Pet Smart allows animals inside... obviously. I would expect to see pets in there. Home Depot, however, is one of the stores that has banned dogs except for service dogs, so you might want to rethink that. For your many years of training and obvious respect of appropriate and inappropriate times to have your dog with you, you get a thumbs-up from me.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - TriMet: B... · 0 replies · +5 points

At 5 months old, the dog has not been fully trained. Professional Service It typically takes 18 to 24 months to train an assistance dog. This was simply her pet that she wanted to take with her on the bus. Plain and simple.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - TriMet: B... · 3 replies · +5 points

Professional trained dogs are trained NOT to become frightened. Their owner's life often depoends on it!

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - TriMet: B... · 1 reply · +5 points

Hello burnnotice,
Without saying exactly what I do, I will tell you that I actually have a LOT of experience with people with serious mental illness. Even with that experience, however, I believe that taking a companion pet with you is neither necessary nor appropriate in most situations. If a mentally ill person reacts well to having a companion pet, that's fantastic, but the companion belongs at home. If the mentally ill person is not stable enough to go to Home Depot without their companion pet, maybe they shouldn't be using power tools. (It's an example only).

All I am really trying to say is that people abuse the fact the some people have LEGITIMATE needs and have PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED dogs for those needs. This dog was obviously not trained to do it's job and did not belong in public places. If Ms. Williford had a professionally trained dog that was well behaved, this would have been a non-issue and none of us would have ever read this story.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - TriMet: B... · 12 replies · +25 points

I'm SO sick and tired of people wanting to take their pets with them to places, so they call them "service animals". I'm TOTALLY supportive of "Seeing Eye Dogs" for the blind, but these "companion" dogs and such are a joke. (Not that dogs can't be companions). Leave your pets at home or in the car, people! Take them to the park, to the river, on a car ride, on a walk... but they do NOT belong in stores, restaurants, etc. It's obvious which ones are REALLY service dogs... and which are just rude people taking their pets with them.

-Signed, a dog owner and animal lover

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Obama to send 30,000 m... · 2 replies · +2 points

You know, if we would get out nose out of other people's business and use all our troops to work and patrol in OUR country, we could sure clean up our slums, our ghettos, and our crime filled areas in this country. Just a thought...