New Fur Baby

meee wrote:
hey you and me share birthdays jo!! I'm december 6th too! good luck with
your new dog, she sounds lovely@!!


You two share your birthday with my country. That's Finland's
Independence Day. D

--
Marina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki.
marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

"Marina" wrote in message
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meee wrote:
hey you and me share birthdays jo!! I'm december 6th too! good luck with
your new dog, she sounds lovely@!!


You two share your birthday with my country. That's Finland's
Independence Day. D

Wow!! I didn't realize how lucky my birthday was!! St nicholas' day, and
finland's independance day!!
--
Marina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki.
marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

It will be interesting to see if she tries to heard the cats when she
gets
older. ;o)
--
That's right...my girlfriend's boarder collies used to obsessively try
to herd her Rex's, though they would have none of it which would
frustrate the dogs no end!LOL

Awwwww.......it's a cute widdle round poopie d*g....!

PatM

Forgive my ignorance but who did Finland proclaim it's indepencence
from?

My dad's first wife Helen O'Latalah (she died of a brain aneurysm) was
Finnish. She was quite lovely. Is that a common Finnish name?

-PatM

Marina wrote:
You two share your birthday with my country. That's Finland's
Independence Day. D


Shoot!!! I forgot to include a reference in my post to Marina and no
one's going to know what I was talking about Sorry!!

-PatM

"PatM" wrote
Forgive my ignorance but who did Finland proclaim it's indepencence
from?

The old Imperial Russian Empire, IIRC, when it disintegrated. In
practical terms that was in 1917 but I think formal recognition of
independence was issued by Russia (or maybe just taken by Finland, aka
Suomi) in 1919.

My dad's first wife Helen O'Latalah (she died of a brain aneurysm) was
Finnish. She was quite lovely. Is that a common Finnish name?

Dunno about that one. I'm sure Marina will reply more authoritatively on
both points.

Purrs
Gordon (showing off the remains of his history lessons) & the FF

PatM wrote:
Forgive my ignorance but who did Finland proclaim it's indepencence
from?

From Russia, in 1917.

My dad's first wife Helen O'Latalah (she died of a brain aneurysm) was
Finnish. She was quite lovely. Is that a common Finnish name?

It doesn't sound Finnish at all to me. Are you sure about the spelling?
Could be Laitala (no O' - that's Irish). That's a fairly common name. Or
maybe it was Alatalo. Not very common, but well-known since there's a
singer called Mikko Alatalo. The Finnish form of Helen is Helena.


--
Marina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki.
marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

"Jo Firey" wrote in message
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But our house is empty without a dog.
Jo

AWWWWWWW, how cute, sweet, darling, cuddley. She's a little love! Hope we
hear lot's of cat and p*ppy stories.
Charleen

It doesn't sound Finnish at all to me. Are you sure about the spelling?

Could be Laitala (no O' - that's Irish). That's a fairly common name.

The O could be her middle initial...old writing in a photo album,
difficult to read. The Laitala is quite possible. She was definately
Finnish. Thanks for the info!

-PatM