BajaNomad - Can anybody bring a cat north?

Can anybody bring a cat north?

Packoderm - 1-24-2009 at 08:22 PM

My brother Dan would like to adopt Spooky the cat who is at Shari's place in Asuncion. If somebody would bring Spooky across the border, Dan would be happy to pay any costs incurred such as vaccinations or whatnot. He says he will travel within California if somebody will bring Spooky that close. Anybody?

[Edited on 1/25/2009 by Packoderm]

Describe spooky

Dave - 1-24-2009 at 08:38 PM

I got lots of cats. I'll even paint one to match, put it in a box and mail it (not insured, sorry) anywhere.

Packoderm - 1-24-2009 at 08:49 PM

Thanks for the offer Dave, but my brother was impressed with Spooky.

DianaT - 1-24-2009 at 08:53 PM

Yes, in Bahia Asuncion there are many animals that need rescue, but there are also many, many animals in local shelters in California.

There are even more today who are victims of the foreclosure epidemic. So if your brother wants a cat, why not adopt a local needy cat who is facing certain death if not adopted.

JMHO
Diane

Packoderm - 1-24-2009 at 09:02 PM

He already has one cat that is not that sociable, and he says that Spooky's being very friendly would complement her. And I guess he just likes Spooky. With Lucy, I didn't really care about the situation in which she was living; I just liked her and knew I had to take her home. Dan knew right off the bat that he liked Spooky, but our attention was on Lucy at the time.

DianaT - 1-24-2009 at 09:10 PM

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Originally posted by Packoderm
He already has one cat that is not that sociable, and he says that Spooky's being very friendly would complement her. And I guess he just likes Spooky. With Lucy, I didn't really care about the situation in which she was living; I just liked her and knew I had to take her home. Dan knew right off the bat that he liked Spooky, but our attention was on Lucy at the time.

Well, if that is the only cat he will consider, I wish you luck.

I hope Lucy is doing well in her new home.

Diane

Packoderm - 1-24-2009 at 09:14 PM

Lucy is in my lap as I'm typing this. I can't imagine a better pooch. She is so gentle and really complements my somewhat of a roughneck other dog Rita. With our two cats, we now have a big, happy animal family.

Trust me...

Dave - 1-24-2009 at 09:30 PM

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Originally posted by Packoderm
Thanks for the offer Dave, but my brother was impressed with Spooky.

Spooky was not impressed with your brother. :smug:

Jeeez

Dave - 1-24-2009 at 09:33 PM

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Originally posted by jdtrotter
There are even more today who are victims of the foreclosure epidemic.

It's worse than I thought. They were loaning to anyone. No wonder we're deep in it.

Packoderm - 1-24-2009 at 10:53 PM

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Originally posted by Dave

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Originally posted by Packoderm
Thanks for the offer Dave, but my brother was impressed with Spooky.

Spooky was not impressed with your brother. :smug:

WTF?

Barry A. - 1-24-2009 at 11:05 PM

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Originally posted by Dave

Spooky was not impressed with your brother. :smug:

Spooky WAS impressed----------Spooky looked into his one eye and knew right off that he is "the man" (no matter what you believe).

Spooky and "the man" have to be together, it seems to me.

[Edited on 1-25-2009 by Barry A.]

Packoderm - 1-24-2009 at 11:08 PM

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Originally posted by Barry A.

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Originally posted by Dave

Spooky was not impressed with your brother. :smug:

Spooky WAS impressed----------Spooky looked into his eyes and knew right off that he is "the man" (no matter what you believe).

Spooky and "the man" have to be together, it seems to me.

Uh, I don't think so; my brother has only one eye.

surfer jim - 1-25-2009 at 10:33 AM

I hope this cat is not working for the cartels and bringing something back.....

longlegsinlapaz - 1-25-2009 at 10:44 AM

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Originally posted by shari
Well, Spooky has her bags packed and is ready to emigrate to the great U.S of A now that she has a brother for president! We're working on finding her a lift north...too bad Amir doesnt like cats!

Say WHAT??? :fire:

Shari, when I logged on, I found that I'd received not 1, but 3 U2U's asking if it was just them or if I, too, felt your post was inappropriate. I gotta tell you your post, while undoubtedly written to be funny, is in extremely poor taste to me (& at least 3 others who shall apparently remain nameless!) :no:

Edited to add missing word

[Edited on 1-25-2009 by longlegsinlapaz]

DianaT - 1-25-2009 at 10:57 AM

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Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz

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Say WHAT??? :fire:

Shari, when I logged on, I found that I'd received not 1, but 3 U2U's asking if was just them or if I, too, felt your post was inappropriate. I gotta tell you your post, while undoubtedly written to be funny, is in extremely poor taste to me (& at least 3 others who shall apparently remain nameless!) :no:

I assume it was not meant to be offensive, but it reads that way. IMHO, the post was not funny and the way it read, it was in poor taste.

Diane

Barry A. - 1-25-2009 at 10:59 AM

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Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz

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Say WHAT??? :fire:

Edited to add missing word

[Edited on 1-25-2009 by longlegsinlapaz]

Legs------I am sorry but you are going to have to explain that one to me--------what in the world is "offensive" about Shari's post?? :?:

Barry

DianaT - 1-25-2009 at 11:18 AM

Maybe it is not offensive to you, and maybe you are reading it in a different way, but saying that Spooky has a brother as as President made my jaw drop open---just couldn't believe I was reading that.

Again, maybe you don't find that in poor taste, but some do. IMHO, it was probably meant to be humorous, but sometimes that doesn't work for everyone.

Diane

[Edited on 1-25-2009 by jdtrotter]

David K - 1-25-2009 at 11:23 AM

Is Spooky HALF black, too????

So what??? In Mexico, race humor is very common! What about those Chinese fast food places that use a logo of a slant eyed, buck toothed person?

longlegsinlapaz - 1-25-2009 at 11:29 AM

Barry, the black cat's name is the same racial repugnant derogatory slang term used frequently in reference to blacks...referring to that black cat as a brother to the president of the USA, or to any black person would be in poor taste to me. And obviously to the others who U2u'd me to look at the post. I'm disappointed they chose not to speak up themselves, but that's their right.

It's possible that it's a term that's never been used in your presence, but to me, it's just as offensive as other derogatory terms/racial slur used against Asians, Italians, Japanese or any other nationality or group of people.

Edited brother in place of erroneously having said cousin in original response

[Edited on 1-25-2009 by longlegsinlapaz]

nevadacitynurse - 1-25-2009 at 11:31 AM

This ought to be good.....

Barry A. - 1-25-2009 at 11:33 AM

Thanks Diane----------but I still am not sure what the "offensive" part is-----------if Spooky is a black cat, then I guess I see what Shari meant (??), and fail to find anything offensive about that---------I am pretty sure that the Nation has moved on about the subject of our new President being "black", and it is now a non-issue---------we as a Nation voted, and now we have a new President-------period-------------black, yellow, red, white, brown, etc. is behind us now, hopefully never to be an "issue" again-------at least for me and my friends it won't be.

I doubt that there was ANYTHING derogatory that Shari intended, but of course I really can't know what is in her head-----------she seems like a very sweet person to me, from her many posts. I thought is was funny-----sounds like something Jay Leno would say, and Jay is one of the "good guys", to me.

Just my "take".

Thanks for your view on the subject, tho.

Barry

shari - 1-25-2009 at 11:37 AM

OMG...sorry sorry sorry...certainly wasnt meant to be offensive...guess I've been living in mexico too long...her name Spooky (not spook) wasnt given to her because she's black...it's because she's well....spooky as in scary halloween cat type spooky and she's so weird...NOT BLACK...well ummm...yes she happens to be black but I didn't even THINK of it in THOSE terms....wow, this is soooo weird...all those U2U's flying back and forth and jaws dropping over for a misunderstanding...REALLY folks...i was just thinking of her being black...and didnt even relate the work spooky to some derogatory name. So I have deleted the thread...NOW would you all please do the same in your quote boxes so I'm not linched!...oooops, guess I shouldnt use that word either then....so I am not burned at the nomad stake...(ooops, sorry all you witches out there...or is wicca people more politically correct these days).....honest to goddess...it was in jest...and fully supportive of your new president.

Barry A. - 1-25-2009 at 11:39 AM

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Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
Barry, the black cat's name is the same racial repugnant derogatory slang term used frequently in reference to blacks...referring to that black cat as a brother to the president of the USA, or to any black person would be in poor taste to me. And obviously to the others who U2u'd me to look at the post. I'm disappointed they chose not to speak up themselves, but that's their right.

It's possible that it's a term that's never been used in your presence, but to me, it's just as offensive as other derogatory terms/racial slur used against Asians, Italians, Japanese or any other nationality or group of people.

Edited brother in place of erroneously having said cousin in original response

[Edited on 1-25-2009 by longlegsinlapaz]

Whoaaaaaaaaa!!!!! You guys are MUCH to sensitive, it seems to me------------"spooky" ????? :lol:

It has never occurred to me to be insulted by the word "honky", "gringo", "white trash", etc. so I guess that is why I never made the connection with "spooky" :lol:

This is really getting pretty funny------------- :rolleyes:

Barry

shari - 1-25-2009 at 11:44 AM

Oh my golly....I also had no idea that the word brother was unacceptable to some of you too....my oh my...listen up...I was raised with african canadians, dated some, had ALOT of fun with lots of my african canadian pals...hug with Jamacans all through university and the word brother and sister have been used all the time in a positive sense....it was just a joke about our cat being comfortable in the USA....I apologize a billion trillion times and it was NOT meant to be offensive to african americans or whatever I am supposed to call people of color (brownish) there....geesh dianne, I thought you knew me better than that.

What I find really offensive

Bajajack - 1-25-2009 at 12:03 PM

is a bunch of old Potheads & Booze Hounds acting so indignant over nothing. :rolleyes:

Terry28 - 1-25-2009 at 12:09 PM

Shari,

No worries, some folks have nothing better to do than try and find fault with anything someone else says that "might" be taken the wrong way by some way out of line person......and what's wrong, Baja jack with old pot heads?? they can't remember what was said anyway!!!! I feel offended by people with long legs and they should quit bragging about they length of their appendages......

Obviously, you don't have a cat

Dave - 1-25-2009 at 12:50 PM

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Originally posted by Barry A.

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Originally posted by Dave

Spooky was not impressed with your brother. :smug:

Cats aren't impressed with anything or anyone, ever.

BTW, Pack, have you ever looked into someone's eyes? Don't care if they have two, six or twelve it's always one at a time.

DianaT - 1-25-2009 at 12:52 PM

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Originally posted by lillian
I for one have jumped the gun and made a mistake on this board but this is too much.Yes we have a new president but to link this is foolishness like I have never seen before.
I thought this would start to happen when the kool-aid drinkers got their guy into the whitehouse(oppssorryDiane)
but I am afraid this is what we should expect from now on from this crowd.Thank god (oppssorryDiane) that the mid term elections in 2010 will put the balance back into this crazy country of ours. Just two years of this PC crap to put up with.
Lillian

Easy, easy---someone sure has you in a knot--phew. Political correctness has nothing to do with it nor does politics. Get a grip.

Some people, and more than have posted here, found the way that post was worded to be in bad taste and others found it to be nothing----just a matter of opinion. No one accused anyone of being anything.

As I said in before, I was sure it was meant to be humorous. Would it be better to not confront the issue openly and just let many think it was meant to be offensive?

Interesting, as to how when someone has an opinion with which someone else disagrees, the name calling begins and it keeps getting back to politics----really quite absurd, IMHO.

Never to be taken seriously.

Diane

longlegsinlapaz - 1-25-2009 at 01:12 PM

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Originally posted by Bajajack

What I find really offensive

is a bunch of old Potheads & Booze Hounds acting so indignant over nothing. :rolleyes:

Bajajack, assumptions & a dime will get you what it's worth everytime.

You obviously don't know ME nor anyone that does know me. I get razzed all the time for showing up at social functions with my own "to-go" glass of Squirt! :lol:

But before I get labeled as a teetotaler, I do drink...lightly & infrequently. And despite having been a child of the 60's, I never did drugs.

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Originally posted by Terry28
Shari,

No worries, some folks have nothing better to do than try and find fault with anything someone else says that "might" be taken the wrong way by some way out of line person......and what's wrong, Baja jack with old pot heads?? they can't remember what was said anyway!!!! I feel offended by people with long legs and they should quit bragging about they length of their appendages......

Not bragging, simply an irrefutable statement of fact. Sorry Terry28, that your parents apparently created you to be height-challenged. Feel free to contact me if you ever need help changing a light bulb.

Different people obviously have different level of sensitivities & we each march to our own drummer! :bounce:

I DO have something better to do & I'm now heading back to the nightstand I'm refinishing.

Color me gone! :bounce:

Barry A. - 1-25-2009 at 01:17 PM

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Originally posted by Dave

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Originally posted by Barry A.

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Originally posted by Dave

Spooky was not impressed with your brother. :smug:

Cats aren't impressed with anything or anyone, ever.

BTW, Pack, have you ever looked into someone's eyes? Don't care if they have two, six or twelve it's always one at a time.

Dave------Obviously you have NEVER had a Siamese kitty-------very expressive of their love and devotion to you, in a LOUD manner. We had a bluepoint that we called "your grayness" (tho that offended older people, we know) :lol:

Barry

Packoderm - 1-25-2009 at 01:42 PM

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Originally posted by Dave

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Originally posted by Barry A.

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Originally posted by Dave

Spooky was not impressed with your brother. :smug:

Cats aren't impressed with anything or anyone, ever.

BTW, Pack, have you ever looked into someone's eyes? Don't care if they have two, six or twelve it's always one at a time.

Oh, I see where you were going with this. All is cool. My two cats, however, wait for me to pull in with my truck. Surprisingly, this happens even when their food dispenser isn't empty. My cats do seem to show love to me as they sit in their respective places on my recliner.

Oh yeah, please excuse me as I briefly interrupt the above conversations to ask again on my brother's behalf if anybody headed north via Asuncion could bring the kitty with you? It's a lot to ask, and I'd be very pleasantly surprised if it comes to fruition, but nothing ventured nothing gained they say. Thanks.

vgabndo - 1-25-2009 at 02:15 PM

Obama is exactly as white as he is black. Now if I had a cat named "snowball", would I not be able to talk about it? If that doesn't make sense, neither does the second half of this thread. In defense of my SISTER Shari; she has a heart as big as all outdoors, seemed to me to be as "colorblind" as anyone I've met lately, and she speaks her truth without fear. Even so, after this, I imagine she'll be a bit more careful about calling "a spade a spade". :?:

Back on topic...Spooky actually loved ME the most, and the feeling was mutual. :lol:

Bajaboy - 1-25-2009 at 02:23 PM

Amen Perry....
Zac

[Edited on 1-25-2009 by Bajaboy]

DianaT - 1-25-2009 at 02:34 PM

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Originally posted by Bajaboy

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Originally posted by vgabndo
Obama is exactly as white as he is black. Now if I had a cat named "snowball", would I not be able to talk about it? If that doesn't make sense, neither does the second half of this thread. In defense of my SISTER Shari; she has a heart as big as all outdoors, seemed to me to be as "colorblind" as anyone I've met lately, and she speaks her truth without fear. Even so, after this, I imagine she'll be a bit more careful about calling "a spade a spade". :?:

Back on topic...Spooky actually loved ME the most, and the feeling was mutual. :lol:

Amen Perry....some people just take themselves a bit too serious. There are plenty of things and people around here that offend me but I don't go around talking about it or talking about how many u2us I received regarding the matter. It's easier just to move forward...

Zac

Yes Zac, it would have been the easy way to go, to just let many people think that the comment was meant in an offensive way. That would have been the easy way.

But perhaps it was better to put it out in the open instead of keeping it in the shadows. If people don't know what is being said and how something reads to many because it is the easy way to go, they don't have a chance to reply.

For anyone interesting in bringing the cat back, there is a petstore in Vizcaino that sells crates---at least they did before. It is located at the south end of town on the west side of the street---near the tomato place.

Diane

Debra - 1-25-2009 at 03:03 PM

WHOA.......

All this over someone asking for a favor on Nomads.

Shari, for what it's worth, I had to re-read your post several times to figure out what had so many's panties in a wad, my mind also went to Halloween, and it reminded of a cat I had, his name was Slick because my son said he looked like an oil slick. I'm a huge cat lover (this might offend some, sorry) and I still got a big kick out of the book "101 uses for dead cats" seems the PC are on overdrive. :lol:

Geez, youz guyzzzz

Mulegena - 1-25-2009 at 04:18 PM

aren't we above all this litterbox nonsense?

I know someone who named her (black) puppydog Barack Hussein Obama. I also know somebody who calls his cat Sh*thead--- oops! can i say sh*thead on BajaNomad??? They both love their animals... and their new President.

Actually, I thought Shari's turn-of-phrase sort of clever, and definately NOT OFFENSIVE.

Back to the Thread: Can anybody help get this precious pussy (oh, Lawdy!! here we goez a'gin!) outta Baja???

[Edited on 1-26-2009 by BajaNomad]

Kell-Baja - 1-25-2009 at 05:07 PM

Ok, so whats happening with the cat? That is what this thread was about right? Anyway for what its worth, I think spooky is a great name for a black cat as it does remind people of a Halloween cat.

Timo1 - 1-25-2009 at 06:38 PM

WOW!!!

There is so much I could say about this but my sista Shari would shoot me
Pack...git er dun...Theres gotta be someone to bring that cat north.
BUT...Barb has her eye on spook(no presidential inference)
so like I said ...git er dun...When Barb wants it...she gets it

shari - 1-25-2009 at 07:25 PM

"None was being accused of anything?????" riiiiiight

hello all you kitty lovers...(or not) just back from a day at the beach and my word...what a caffufle(sp) over a cat's name and a sisterly "brother" comment.

hmmm sure seems like some of you were inferring i am a bigot! laughable indeed...my daddy always said, if someone is accusing you of something you didn't do...it's because they are actually guilty of it themselves....is he right?

[Edited on 1-26-2009 by shari]

[Edited on 1-26-2009 by shari]

Skeet/Loreto - 1-25-2009 at 07:26 PM

I had and brought to the states several cats during my stay in Baja Sur;

Spreckels is buried in my back yard here in Texas, Baggottee age 13 sleeps at my foot each nite{Taken in front of the Tienda in Loreto} and then there was "Spook" delivered to me on Halloween so many years ago by my friend Mundo. She was so named because it was the Day of the "Spooks'.

shari - 1-25-2009 at 07:31 PM

Skeet...please dont insult ghosts....they are very sensitive you know.

DianaT - 1-25-2009 at 07:38 PM

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Originally posted by shari
my daddy always said, if someone is accusing you of something you didn't do...it's because they are actually guilty of it themselves....is he right?

Probably at times yes, and at times no----never that absolute.

Skipjack Joe - 1-25-2009 at 07:38 PM

My grade school pal named his cat Boris Godunov (honest to god).

Had they known, I'm sure the Romanovs would have been upset.

bajamigo - 1-25-2009 at 07:46 PM

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Originally posted by Packoderm
My brother Dan would like to adopt Spooky the cat who is at Shari's place in Asuncion. If somebody would bring Spooky across the border, Dan would be happy to pay any costs incurred such as vaccinations or whatnot. He says he will travel within California if somebody will bring Spooky that close. Anybody?

[Edited on 1/25/2009 by Packoderm]

This thread is a Nomad classic. I've tried wading through the static, but has anyone come close to answering this question? Seemed fairly straightforward to me.

shari - 1-25-2009 at 08:08 PM

gosh vagabundo....see...you should have taken Spooky home with you...look at the mess you have gotten me into!

Now let me get this straight (no offense gay people!)...Pacoderms REAL brother wants our kitty ....but so does Barbareno??? and did I see Perry in that lineup too? perhaps we should start the bidding now.....darn...Spooky's ride just left town while we were in san roque...so the quest goes on.

A trade????

bajaguy - 1-25-2009 at 08:18 PM

Seems like we need to get a cat north..........

"My brother Dan would like to adopt Spooky the cat who is at Shari's place in Asuncion. If somebody would bring Spooky across the border, Dan would be happy to pay any costs incurred such as vaccinations or whatnot. He says he will travel within California if somebody will bring Spooky that close. Anybody?"

And some fire equipment south.........

Firefighting clothes 4 Punta Banda need transporting

I had every intention of traveling south on the 30th to take this gear down to PBFD at La Jolla but due to needing money I will be working instead and then with school starting my schedule is booked for quite awhile........good for me but bad for discretionary time.
If anyone is interested in being a "mule" let me know.
It would take about just over 1/2 a toyota size truck bed if boxed.

Sounds like a great Nomad project.........shouldn't be that difficult.

ELINVESTIG8R - 1-25-2009 at 08:29 PM

Let those of you who have never made a mistake in their life cast Shari into the fire of hell. Geeesh! :fire:

The Fiery Fur-nice (Furnace)

Mulegena - 1-25-2009 at 10:45 PM

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Originally posted by ELINVESTI8
Let those of you who have never made a mistake in their life cast Shari into the fire of hell. Geeesh! :fire:

Silly little pun intended.
Actually Shari's place in Asuncion is where I want to head to get out of Hell which, in the Summertime, is my place in Mulege. Dang its hot here, quiet, but h-e-double hockey sticks kinda warm!
So, all us Kool Katz gotta be jammin' to Asuncion!! :dudette:

BajaNuts - 1-25-2009 at 11:36 PM

can't help the kitty until July- but I do want to add to the list of unappropriate names-

we found a baby kitty at the dump, he's totally black (we've stepped on him many times while walking down the halls at night). Our son was a toddler at the time. The name choice was "SMOKEY" .....yaa...yaa how original! It took no time at all for the toddler version of "Smokey" to become "Smokers" pronounced "Smokerz".

Yea, that's really PC to be hanging at the soccer field talking about Smokers................

and we are a totally tobacco-free family!

[Edited on 1-26-2009 by BajaNuts]

[Edited on 1-26-2009 by BajaNuts]

Bajahowodd - 1-26-2009 at 12:27 AM

Thanks alot, administrator.

Edder - 1-27-2009 at 01:38 PM

Soon there won't be any more animals in Asuncion if people start taking them all!!