Sorry BB, but you put an image in my head, a small yappie souring skyward conjures up a comical scene. There’s wine and popcorn on my screen.

But, yes…he should have got done.

1. Yorkies are far more than “small yappies”. 2. Leave your slovenly housekeeping out of the discussion. 3. What sort of message does their failure to prosecute give to anyone else who fancies sending a small dog into orbit ?

It’s a very emotive issue…however i must agree… you just can’t take the law into your own hands and go around smacking elderly ladies (sorry Anne) no matter how heinous her crime

So now I’m “elderly”? I’ve gone right off you Steve.A postman recently kicked a small Yorkshire terrier so hard that it flew through the air,hit its head and died.The RSPCA refused to prosecute him because the dog had died instantly,and so “hadn’t suffered”.The miserable sod got away with murder,in my opinion,but then I’m biased because I used to have Yorkies.

Well, I also like this which might be more to your taste Steve = Darts from the 1970s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xJpgBHT-Wc

Big Audio Dynamite. I LOVE this. Apparently this makes me a Sad Old Git. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc8zkz9XSRU

Forums can be helpful,but my daughter found that a lot of the people who put posts up were mainly interested in moaning to fellow-sufferers about how bad they felt,and it all got a bit too depressing for her. There certainly doesn’t seem to be much available on the net for people wanting to discuss this specific condition .

A feel-good song from Johnny Clegg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnXWkgbqTPk

Is your doctor not the best person to ask?

Paul

Of course a doctor can explain the condition best,but as I found out with my daughter’s illness ( fibromyalgia ),nobody can give you better information than someone who’s actually got it. ( I’m not picking on you Paul,just feeling old and miserable because everyone I care about is suffering in one way or another,and there ain’t a damn thing I can do about it ).

My Mum and Dad are on their last legs,my daughter’s a part-time fruit-cake,I’ve got the dentist next week and I’m pretty sure I’m going to have a tooth out,Mr. Bee has to have some blood tests and is convinced he’s got something serious,any advance on this ? And just to rub it in,the radio’s playing ” Always look on the bright side of life ” .