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What’s the most amount of time that you’ve ever owned one particular pet? ~

Posted - August 24, 2020
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  • We had a cat that my parents got when I was 5 and I was 24 when she died.  She was 7 months shy of being a 20 year old cat. 
      August 24, 2020 1:45 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Cats live longer (on average as a species) than dogs. It sure seems wrong to me!

    I don't hate cats. I don't want to live with one, but I don't hate them. 
      August 24, 2020 5:36 PM MDT
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  • Haha I understand. 
      August 24, 2020 8:48 PM MDT
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  • 34283
    12 yrs. Long haired doxie. She got an infection that caused her kidneys to fail. We had to put her to sleep this July. :(
      August 24, 2020 2:36 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    My condolences on your loss. A heart-breaking experience and I say the only truly bad thing about dogs is how short a time they're with us on earth. 
      August 24, 2020 5:33 PM MDT
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  • 34283
    Thank you. 
      August 27, 2020 5:50 AM MDT
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  • 10641
    17-1/2 years.  Cinnamon, an Australian Shepard/Golden Retriever cross.  Got her as a puppy, and had her until she died on the kitchen floor just before I went to work on enight (2:28).
      August 24, 2020 3:14 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    My condolences on your loss. What a blessing that you had each other for so many years!! 
      August 24, 2020 5:31 PM MDT
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  • 1953
    My cockatiel passed away last spring, she was 18 and a half years old. :(
      August 24, 2020 5:31 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    I don't like to think about this. And my pets own me, anyway. 

    :(
      August 24, 2020 7:06 PM MDT
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  • 16791
    Sixteen years and counting - but we probably won't have him much longer. For a German Shepherd, that's ancient.
      August 27, 2020 1:41 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    ...longest amount of time that you've ever owned one particular pet?

    Per The Elements of Style, omit needless words, saying the same thing here in five instead of 11!

    As for the question, I lived with my first wife and her two dogs, a Jack Russell terrier and a mixed terrier, for the two plus years we were married. This post was edited by Stu Spelling Bee at August 27, 2020 5:06 AM MDT
      August 27, 2020 3:58 AM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      Thank you; it’s been edited. 

    ~

      August 27, 2020 5:09 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    Great! But to be particular, you didn't take out the redundant "particular." Be boldly concise and go for it!
      August 27, 2020 5:11 AM MDT
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  • 53509

     

    I know, right?
    ~

      August 27, 2020 5:12 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    "Why is it still there?" the GSU officer interrogated further, leaning in to the suspect. "You're not free to go until all violations are remedied."
      August 27, 2020 5:19 AM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      It’s still there because I’m not going to edit it out. 

    ~

      August 27, 2020 5:23 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    OK, officer. You've been warned.
      August 27, 2020 5:25 AM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      Write the citation. 


    ~

      August 27, 2020 5:30 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    Didn't you just say it was edited? This may need to be escalated to IAB.
      August 27, 2020 5:23 AM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      I referred to editing the word “longest”.
    ~

      August 27, 2020 5:25 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    "Longest" is much preferable to "most amount of time." One word instead of four, and reading it doesn't irk like the scratching of a blackboard. Help a brother officer out here!
      August 27, 2020 5:29 AM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      You really need to make up your mind!
    ~

      August 27, 2020 5:35 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    "What's the longest you've owned one pet?"

    Haven't changed my mind (or my underwear) since my first post exposing the error of your grammatical ways.
      August 27, 2020 5:39 AM MDT
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