[Gpdd] [PETER GURNEY] A Wonderful Gift
DebJonSara at aol.com
DebJonSara at aol.com
Mon Sep 11 04:29:36 EDT 2006
I just wanted to let you all know that, thanks to Peter Gurney, the Dolly
Mixtures and I now have two new, Parisien friends. They are the first French
people we have met who are, as someone on here once so aptly described Dustin
Hoffman, "one of us", and we only met because of the guestbook on Peter
Gurney's website. I had posted my own best wishes when he was ill, and mentioned
that it was not just in Britain and the States that he was much appreciated, but
also by those in France with no access to decent piggie vet care. This
trainee vet nurse, Nelly, who shares her bedroom with her partner, Seb, and about
40 rescued guinea pigs, is an "antispeciesists", which means they, like me,
consider all animals to be of equal worth to homo sapiens, not inferior.
Nelly had corresponded with Peter Gurney in the past (her English is
excellent, although I insist we correspond in French!), and saw my posting in his
guestbook, and emailed me because she saw that, like her, I lived in France. We
have corresponded by email ever since, and on Saturday, she and Seb came to
visit! They brought, just for the Dolly Mixtures, 2 big trays of apples, a
tray of huge tomatoes and another of huge peaches, plus some very expensive
catfood for our two poorly cats, Daisy and Safran, and some Bactrim for
Cannelletto, who had just developed an URI - the piggies thought it was Christmas
come early!! They told us of an excellent piggie vet in Paris, whom we could use
in an extreme emergency, to save going to the UK, and I gave them the first
part of the Rodentology Course I had bought years ago from the CCT, which was
way above my head!
We are so, so glad to have found each other, as genuine piggie slaves are
incredibly rare here in France. Apparently there is a French piggie forum, but
it is more concerned with breeding for profit than how slaves can best serve
their masters, so Nelly subscribes to English-speaking ones - including the
gpdd, so if you are reading this, Nelly - Salut!! But she did say she doesn't
like the email format, she prefers forums, unlike me, who much prefers the
Daily Email! I'm afraid I talked so much that they didn't have time to stay for
the dessert I had prepared - we couldn't force them to stay, not knowing
there were 40-odd very spoiled piggies awaiting their evening meal on their
return! You all know how it is - when two or more devoted piggie slaves get
together ..... time evaporates!! So next time (which will, I'm sure, be one of
many!), they will find a replacement slave and stay the night here - I still have
ALL my piggie photos to show them....!
I wanted everyone to know that, even though his physical presence is no
longer with us, Peter is still working in mysterious ways for the benefit of
piggies and their slaves everywhere!
Wheeks to everyone
Debbie (and the 16 very appreciative Dolly Mixtures)
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