MP, you should go out for Greek food with my wife. She likes the foods you do, and your wife and I could go to a Jewish Deli, if she likes those sorts of foods. We will take the little one with us.....................and you and my wife can enjoy a fine Greek meal..................with all the doxies running about.

I did not know you were a smoker Dr. G.!

Sinc, I don't smoke, but when I went to Europe in 1972, I was told to bring a few cartons of American cigs with me and use it for trading..........or for saying thanks to a person who gave me a ride. I had an American flag on my backpack (I spent 3 months hitch hiking in Europe), and some people picked me up and asked if I had any American cigarettes. When I said yes, and I shared some with them, we were all happy.

I didn't think you would have been a smoker Marc, but I wanted to be sure!

Smoking, and asthma (which I have had since I was 8) do NOT go well together.

Ah youth and backpacking in Europe. Those were the days "In" thing to do in the 1970's. We got a student charter flight on Wardair from Winnipeg to London. Booze and lots of it was provided with dinner and after. We were quite a rowdy bunch by the time the flight was over. Thanks for jogging my memory.

Ladies and gentleman, the Dr. G. residence has a decision to make and request your assistance. Simply put, should they keep this pup, or sell it? All opinions appreciated.

Ena, I left for Munich, Germany on the day of the kidnapping of the Olympic wrestlers from Israel. I flew into Muchich over the burning helicopter (which we did not know what it was at the time). I had no place to stay in Munich, and there was chaos all about, so I took the only train ride of my trip -- one way on the Orient Express to Salsburg, Austria. From there, I headed south to Italy and Greece.

Sinc, thank you for posting this pic. Folks, we need some help in deciding whether or not to sell this pup. He is show quality, but the people who want to buy him do not want to show him. There are other pups in the litter who would make good pets (i.e., non-show dogs). This pup has captured our hearts. My wife wants to keep him, my son wants to keep him, and I am torn. Will I be forever banished from The Shang if we sell this pup...............or locked away in the attic of Little Debbie's Den o' Doxies as a crazed owner of four doxies, with another six doxies if we don't sell any.

I need someone's help on this matter.

Van Goghs, "Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen" and "View of the Sea at Scheveningen," which are valued at a collective $30 million, are high on the FBI's list of artworks it wants to retrieve. Both were stolen from the Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 2002.

Two men were arrested in the theft, but the paintings have not been found.

Maybe we should tell someone that they are here in The Shang??? Peter S. brought them here along with some other purchases he made at a flea market. Where is Peter these days???????????