Flames Inspired Picture Thread

[La Lioness Priyanka]

[taterguy]

1. Just to make it worse I'm drinking Budweiser in this pic

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. lol!

[flvegan]

4. Progressive cred shot to hell.

I read that somewhere...

[taterguy]

6. It's a good thing I don't have a pic of me shooting a gun

Then my progressive cred would really be shot to hell.

[flvegan]

3. Okay, mine...

flvegan + pitbull, before and after (liberation of a pitbull...yikes!)







Oh, wait...here's another before and after

[Lowell]

5. Fivegan! Those are heartbreaking

and heartwarming shots. Good for you. We really need to look out for our four legged friends. You done good.

[flvegan]

18. Thank you.

Dog #1 is evidence, but dog #2 is in a VERY happy home. She's a daddy's girl and has her own sofa.

[MrCoffee]

9. i know this is an awful question, but i've got to know...

do all pit bulls have such huge nipples?

[flvegan]

11. Only the females that are bred constantly

and usually for either profit or to continue a dogfighting "legacy"

[Call Me Wesley]

10. What's the overall fall-back quote on the people who abuse the animals?

My BIL works with the animal rescue here (for birds of prey; that's why we have owls flying into our living room), but we were involved with some dog rescues. Police showed up, animal rescue showed up, the dogs were taken to shelters and were adopted later (crude process, you're under supervision to make sure no abuser gets free dogs), but after half a year the guy had some other dogs - then the same process again.

How is the average fall-back quote over there?

And, thanks for your work and the compassion.

[flvegan]

13. We're very fortunate.

My org works with and has an excellent relationship with the local animal controls. We also campaign pretty hard to see to it that when charges are brought, the penalty includes not having animals in the future. Normally, a neighbor will have come forward to us about it. Since they are completely anonymous, they regularly update us with any new information on the criminal, including if they have any new animals. It's tough to estimate how many get away with it later. It's probably, and pathetically, close to 50% if I had to guess.

[Call Me Wesley]

16. Same here.

There just don't have enough personnel to observe all the abusers. And since this is close to Italy where you can buy every puppy on the local market, it makes it really hard to control it. At least, you can't buy puppies or cats in the pet stores here, but I think I told you this before. The caged birds are sad enough.

Here's the latest one released:

[flvegan]

17. Beautiful animal.

I don't know birds. What kind?

Good for you folks, too. Many "pet" type animals are so often overlooked. Dogs and cats dominate. It seems easy to forget about our feathered friends. Maybe we all think that they could just "fly away" when we're done with them.

[Call Me Wesley]

20. It's a Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus),

one of the very little falcons (although the big ones aren't really big). It's nothing like seeing an eagle.

Here's my very own 'pet' peeve: We forget about many, many animals, heck, most of them. We're active in animal rescue but suck spiders into the vacuum 'cause they're creepy, and no one's going to march for them, anyways. How about all the exotic little animals locked away in cages, and since they're some who still buy it, they're still exported - the ones surviving will be sold.

I'm pretty much guilty of this too. I had snakes when I was a kid; tarantulas, scorpions and lizards. Others thought it was pretty cool, so they got some, too. After the 'creepy feeling' after showing them to their friends was over, these poor animals all ended up in my room. A king python with final arthritis, a tarantula starved to death so he wouldn't take any food anymore, two scorpions never fed, etc. And too many kids asking me if they could give me their bunnies for the snakes to eat, since they once wanted a pair of bunnies - who mate and made little bunnies ...

Yes, it's cute little puppies and cats. They look good on a poster, too. A tarantula or a scorpion will not. Talk about bigotry at its best.

[Redstone]

12. Happy doggies, at last! Good on you for rescuing them.

Redstone

[RetroLounge]

25. Great pics!

In that third one, is your co-worker Rapunzel? Look at that hair!

:hi:

RL

[tinfoil tiaras]

7. ...

:evilgrin:

[Guava Jelly]

8. puff puff pass

:rofl: looking wonderful as always lioness

[Crazy Dave]

14. Drinking a beer on the beach around 10:30-11:00 am

[rug]

15. .

[jonnyblitz]

19. what a hot picture, that first one!

you look like you are straight out of some linda blair/wendy o williams reform school girl movie. :P

the cigarette adds "butch" .

you should get a mullet.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. lol... i would cry if i had a mullet

:P

and lisa would dump me

[TheMightyFavog]

22. A Flames inspired Picture thred?

[RetroLounge]

23. Creating second hand smoke

Yes, they are both lit...



RL

[dropkickpa]

24. Smokin!!

here's one of a matched set

[swag]

26. Happy puffs

Me (far right) smoking on laundry day in 1983. I was also quite blasted on cocaine. Those were the days, lemme tell ya, in that roach-infested row-house.