Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Greenies

Whoa! Look at this box full of Greenies we've got! We did an exchange package with our furrend Derby, and he sent them to us cuz he knows we can't get them in the Yookay.

I need to have a good look in here.

Oh yeah! Lots of lovely flavours here. I can't wait to tuck into them. Eric is going to tuck in too, but he refused to have his photo taken and ran out the door as soon as he saw the flashy box.
Thanks Derby. We are going to enjoy them.

Some of our furrends were asking yesterday how well dad got on with his clay pigeon shooting, and if he did as well as he had hoped.
He wasn't expecting to do well because all the top shooters were there, and he doesn't shoot regularly. Someone lent him their gun because he wasn't allowed to use his, it had to be a Beretta. It is much heavier than his gun and he had never used it before. He said he wanted to be over 50%, and he scored 76 hits out of 120 which means he got 63%. He said it wasn't a very good score because he usually gets quite a bit higher. Mum says he should take everything into consideration and remember he got well over 50%. His brother only scored 9 more than him, and he shoots twice a week and is in a higher classification. Mum thinks he did well.
Zippy, Sadie and Speedy's mum told them it is called Skeet shooting in the US. We have skeet shooting here too. Clay pigeon shooting covers Skeet, Sporting, Sport Trap, Fitasc and Down the Line. The competition was Sporting which is similar to Skeet. In British Skeet, the traps are laid out in a semi circle and there are usually seven of them. In Sporting there are usually a minimum of ten traps and in the competition there were fifteen. The traps are spread out over a much larger area and the clays are set to come out as close to the way a variety of live birds would fly. There is also a trap which sends out clays to act as a rabbit. We hope this has explained a little bit about clay shooting, and if we have got anything wrong, blame our mum. We are only telling you what she told us.

32 comments:

  1. *drooling* wow, look at all of those. I only have one bag in the cabinet. Mooooooooooooooooooom I want more greenies right nooooooooooooooooooooooow!!!

    I'm glad your daddy did well in the skeet shooting even if he doesnt think so. I'm sure lotsa beans wish they could do as well.

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  2. That is a huge box of Greenies. We don't get them often as Mom has to go to the pet store to get them, not Target.

    Since we don't know anything about clay pigeon shooting, we think your daddy did great, and it sounds very interesting. We don't think we would like to see it tho as it sounds loud.

    Tavi, Cody, Camie, Miss Jade and Gracie

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  3. It looks like you are loaded up on treats for a while! Thanks for the info. We are glad your dad got over 50%!

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  4. OMC! Look at all those delectable treats! YUM!!!!!!!

    Sounds like your dad did great to us!

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  5. I didn't know you couldn't get Greenies in the UK. I love my Greenies!

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  6. Wow, you hit the Greenies jackpot!

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  7. It sounds like your dad did real well. Jan tried to hit a target many years ago and ... well, let's just say she missed and has no idea where/what she actually shot. So, all things into consideration -- he did great! Maybe next time he will be able to use a gun he is more familiar with (hint for Christmas, mom?).

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  8. How exciting that you got that lovely package from Derby!

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  9. Wow, that's a lot of Greenies! We've never had those before, wonder if we can get The Mommy to get us some to try. We don't normally like treats all that much (yeah, we're weird) so she doesn't usually bother trying new kinds. Worth checking it out... :)

    Purrs and hugs,
    The Kitty Krew

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  10. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. That is the BEST box EVER!!!!

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  11. We think your dad did great! If my mom tried it, she'd be lucky to hit one.

    That looks like more greenies than we've ever seen in one place!!

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  12. OMC! Looks at all those Greenies! Momma sells greenies in our store and gots many international customers gettings em cause dey can't gets em where dey lives. I is glads you gots many flavors to tries and concats to your daddy for makings his 63%!

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  13. WOW! Those greenies look SO good ...

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  14. Wow look at all them greenies!! Tuck in boys.

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  15. WOWSIE....that is a big box of greenies! We don't know what those are. Can you tell us???

    Your daddy did very good!!!

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  16. OMC! Are there any greenies left in the US for us???

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  17. YUM!!!! *drool* Greenies are the best! Derby is such a good friend sending Greenies to us poor deprived kitties in the UK.

    My Uncle Sim is coming tomorrow from Montana, my mum called him to check that he had some Greenies for me packed in his suitcase!

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  18. Wow, that is at least a weeks worth huh?
    Enjoy that, boys!

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  19. Flynn, you must be in "Greenie" heaven, there! That's a whole lot of Greenie's!!! Wow! You're going to turn green after eating all of those.

    Most important is that your dad had a good time shooting those skeet. Winning isn't really necessary.

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  20. Oh my paws and whiskers, look at all those greenies! You two are some lucky mancats!

    Congrats to your dad! I agree with your mom, he did great!

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  21. Holy mackeral! That box looks like it came from heaven! What a good friend Derby is to send you such a wonderful gift!

    Congratulations to your Dad for a job well done in our opinion!

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  22. Dudes! That is a ginormous box of treaties! Whitey loves Temtayshuns but haz never had Greenies. Gandalf and Grayson have, but Mom says they prefur Temtayshuns so she haz not bought Greenies for Whitey.

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  23. Whoa! That's a boatload of greenies! You lucky cats.

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  24. What a great haul! I don't think I have seen that many Greenies in one place before!

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  25. We didn't have to even read the caption. The instant that picture popped up we said "Derby". He's so kind!

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  26. A BIG box of greenies fer just yoo two??? Holy Carp, we is soooooo 'cited fer yoo!! ConCATS on the great gift.

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  27. Woohoo, glad the package is there and you are enjoying the treats. Your package back arrived the other day with treats for me and mum.

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  28. Oh man, those should last you guys for quite a while!

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