Does your city have a fine if you get caught?

Does your city have a fine if you get caught? I don't know about mine. I don't think there's one, but I could be wrong.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- The New York state Legislature has given final passage to a bill that would charge $250 for pet owners who don't pick up after their dogs in some parts of the state.

Dog owners currently have to pay $100 if they don't pick up the poop. The change would apply to the five boroughs of New York City, Albany and Yonkers.

The Assembly passed the bill Wednesday and the Senate had already passed it.

A spokesman for Gov. David Paterson said the governor will review the measure.

• Does your city have a fine if you get caught? - dog poop
  • That's exactly why I won't walk our dog - s/m
  • as well they should be fined - our townhouse complex has a fine

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Have my shutters open this morning and I see my next door neighbor starting to water her lawn. We are in a drought really bad here and the water is being rationed, so to speak. No one waters on Sunday (and Sunday as I write) and we have an odd, even day system when we do water through the week. Atlanta, which is close by, has gone to a 1 day a week watering system. Some places in my state have turned off water to people caught abusing this. I remember in the 80s we had such a drought our showers were limited to 5 minutes. I would hope it does not get that bad again.

that I wanted to run back to the house to get the camera or at the very least an eye witness, but was all by myself.  This fish I caught, it was a carp, which is a basically a goldfish on steroids.  This thing was as big as a 5-gallon water bottle--no word of a lie.  It actually broke my fishing rod.

So there I was, down below the highway with my huge catch, and I had no way to contain the thing and didn't want to kill it by taking it for a walk with me.  So, I did what any insane person would do.  I unhooked my bra, took off the bra, strung the straps through the mouth, out the gills, and attached this "tethered" but quite safe carp to a sapling that dipped into the river. 

Mind you, this all took place in the CITY (I so totally don't belong in city) and I had to scramble up an embankment and cross a 2-lane highway, while holding down my flapping boobies, to get back to the condo to get my eyewitness. 

My husband was home and he got to witness the whole spectacle.  No camera though...all I have are my memories, which I am told are degrading, as my fish gets bigger and bigger every time I tell the story. 

Long live us rednecks!      

she looked almost like she was on drugs... She was very stone faced and did not seem to show any emotion.  I do not know, just take the baby and leave seems to e a better idea than shooting him... Just my opinion

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071016/ap_on_re_us/sex_tape_suspect

The guy who raped the little 3 year old girl was caught - he got pulled over for something else, confessed who he was and said he was tired of running!!

I became a mother in 1970 and have been actively mothering non-stop ever since.  Now my baby daughter (who is actually 17 and a senior) has received acceptance from two of the four colleges she applied at, with the other still undecided, and it finally became real - - - She's actually going to leave!   She is not only my youngest but my only daughter and she and I have been inseparable all her life.  I can't begin to imagine not knowing every facet of her life, down to where in her messy room I can find a particular item of clothing!  My oldest son is 38 and long since married and I only see him every few months.  I guess I'd see him more if he had kids but unfortunately it's not in the cards for him and his wife. 

I think I'm kind of going into mourning, thinking of not having her here.  I'm so proud of her, and thrilled that she knows what she wants to do - study anthropology and travel the world and make a name for herself.  If anyone can do it, she can!  And I'll continue to live vicariously through her somewhat, but I know it won't be the same.  The idea of having to do the "well, how have you been - - - good, good, how are you - - - what have you been up to - -" stuff that I do with my son terrifies me.  Is is possible to maintain a really close relationship with a grown child even over time and distance?  I mean really close?  We're taking a trip to Canada for her graduation gift, just her and me, and I'm afraid I'm going to be crying the whole time!

Thanks for listening. 

Well, my daughter has been accepted at her #1 college choice, and we're going to the Accepted Students day this weekend. 

In her Creative Writing class in school, they were assigned the task of summing up their Senior year in six words and then to illustrate it. What she came up with blew her father and me away!  I hope those of you who have had children leave home will get an inkling of the emotional impact this had on us. Suffice it to say, there was not a dry eye in the house!  See below.

if you're concerned you can always create homemade alpo or fancy feast and put in in ziplocs and freeze it....It's better than the stuff in the can and my animals love vegetables and real meat mixed with their dry food.  Just an idea.  Cat  

just some OTC Estroven, which worked well for me. I'm 48, started peri around 44, have gone over a year without my period...done! Some hot flashes and mood swings, nothing I couldn't handle. My doc wanted to put me on BCP, gave me a script, but I didn't bother filling it. Had my levels checked, doc said congrats, you had a fairly uneventful menopause. I don't like to take drugs of any kind....too many women out there are taking a handful of pills just to try to get through the day; not my style. There is something to be said for eating right, exercise and a healthy, happy frame of mind. I don't want to take a pill to be happy, take a pill to sleep, take a pill to lose weight because I have no self-control with food. To each her own...natural worked for me.

I agree with what the above poster says, about separating them and making the introductions gradual.  You might find that you cat loves having a friend.  Of course, he will act like he hates her when you're around, that's a kitty act and they're really good at it.  But when he thinks you're not looking, he'll probably play with her and really enjoy the company.  Good luck.

Yahoo is very, VERY glitchy. Sometimes you will get 25 emails from several months ago. My blog on Yahoo 360 has disappeared about three times. Blog comments also come and go.

If you are using your Yahoo email for business, you might consider switching over to Hotmail. They have just upgraded to Windows Live Hotmail and it is very similar to Outlook Express.

JMHO.

This is not unusual.  You are young.  I'm 38; hubs 35.  We've been married for 17 years.  You'll have times when you miss the single days, but you'll also have times when you're glad you have your better half.  This is all normal.  You are not crazy.

What you can do though is ask him if it would be okay to be uninhibited and spontaeous at least once a month.  Maybe one month you pick something you'd like to do (like go out and have a beer) and the next month it's his turn.

I think the doom and gloom of this profession and the economy has people wondering "is this it?"  Well, yes, to a degree it is, but life is so short!  Party it up!  Have children a little later or now, whichever suits you.

I, however, do not see anything wrong with your feeling the way you do.  We all would love to run for the hills at some point, but we need a stay point as well.  It's all healthy human nature!