User talk:Matt Gabriel

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Happy editing! A bit late, and you probably already know all the above &mdash; but welcome anyway. Mel Etitis ( &Mu;&epsilon;&lambda; &Epsilon;&tau;&eta;&tau;&eta;&sigmaf; ) 12:30, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Can you please provide references for your story about Sai baba of Shirdi regarding culinary mustard. See talk:culinary mustard. Thanks. Andries 17:50, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

apartments and irish wolfhounds, re: your comment on the I. W. discussion page
Don't let that stop you: I lived in the SMALLEST studio in Berkeley with a 200 lbs IW: it was just 8 inches wider than my "full" size mattress, and maybe 4-5 feet longer, plus a TINY kitchen and a bathroom with a shower so small you ALWAYS bumped your elbows and couldn't bend over... no problem regarding the massive dog. They just want to be with you, and absolutely do need to be taken out daily on walks, preferably to a dog park. They need to be socialized with other dogs but they get a huge amount of positive attention from random people on walks that help them assume everone is their friend (they are NOT good guard dogs in general - they have a very keen instinct for bad intentions but are very slow to anger, thankfully!) They are one of the absolute last dogs you should ever consider as an outside dog. They need to be with their pack, which seems to usually mean the one person they are totally bonded to, plus perhaps other dogs and/or people in the house, and they respond greatly to good people who they see intermittently but who give them lots of love. The main thing here, though, is that when they are at home they tend to just flop (preferably on YOUR bed, or couch, or whatever is soft and originally intended as off limits to them!) As long as they get one or a few good bursts of energy out each day they are incredibly calm house dogs. They are MUCH easier to live with in a small space, or even a large house, than a tiny dog that yaps and bits and is under your feet all the time and not housebroken (sorry people, I admit to being extremely biased, this is my opinion based on a lot of experience, but your milage may vary, though I would need to see proof). Think large furry rug you don't want to step on but can step over. Of course they can reach ANY food left ANYWHERE, including the top of the fridge if they so desire, and you have to be sure not to leave pot handles sticking out from the stove or you will have a nasty burn disaster, just like kids, and various other things you will learn (like they will chew your whole house as a puppy, but so will most any dog). If you don't get them to burn off their energy and boredom they will let you know, often around 3am, and very insistently. That is when they show their size. That, and when you are eating a steak sandwich and they are NOT taking it and your hand off with it as they watch you, and you realize how easily they could, and how amazingly gentle they are. Just don't get one if you don't have a LOT of time for them because what they need is not space, it is your love and attention. --Fitzhugh 05:19, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Providence Meetup
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You're invited! New England Wikimedia General Meeting
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2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting
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This Friday: Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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