| Twist Again |
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| a Yellow Labrador Retriever |
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| My name is Twist Again
des Joies de Krytell. I am a yellow Labrador Retriever and have
been 3rd operator at 9Q1A Amateur Radio
station at Kinshasa D. R. CONGO. |
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| I was born on 5th january 2002
at [email protected] La Baule
(FRANCE). This place is not a "stakanovist breeding workshop" like some others:
they do take time to grow and love Labrador Retrievers only. My LOF number is 143930 and I
am tatooed |
Here is the tribe ! |
My father
is I'm Gibson des Gorges du Stangala |
My
beloved mother is Only des Joies de Krytell |
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| On 27th
march 2002 (almost 3 months old and already 10 kilos) Christelle introduced me to 2 new
humans who spent a long time discussing with her and suspiciously looking at me, before
finally taking me out in their "automobile" to their own kennel in South
Britanny. A new life was on! |
| I quickly settled there,
marking my new territory at lenght both inside and outside, looking at the squirrels atop
the pine trees (too high and too fast for me). I was feeling like a golden puppy, playing
with tennis balls and puppets, chewing bones, but also shoes, tools, shirts and
vaccum-cleaner likewise. My best playground was the local supermarket, where almost every
human was staring at me saying I was "a lovely young one", though this has
always been a clear evidence to me! OK I need to upgrade in modesty :-) |
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I soon found
out that, when not cheering and catering me, my new family (by the way they like to call
themselves "Hams") was often playing compulsively with unusual electronics
producing "ducky duck" voices or some strange and undescriptible
"daah-di-di-daah's". I still wonder why such humans prefer Morse code to
Labrador language. |
| In april I have seen my "Hams" assembling for days a funny pole they
were proudly calling a "tower": one thing for sure is that our neighbourg
(probably a greedy simple minded human being) was sharing a very different esthetic
opinion at the end of this construction. That day I finally had to step in this useless
discussion: it it was nothing wrong with my "Hams" tower ! |
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I had my
first airplane experience in may 2002 when my "Hams" made me travel from FRANCE
to CENTRAL AFRICA: Wooow, what's a trip, with my already 15 kilos comfortable in a large
PVC cage. Since then, I try to keep up with a new environment: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CONGO. |
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Lizards and parrots are new to me here: I dont succeed in catching any of them,
being some too fast some too high, but I keep trying! Hey hey, on 13th May I did prove I
was a true retriever when a mouse was unlucky enough to cross my way: I must confess it
was an easy catch with my now 19 kilos. |
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By mid May 2002, my "Hams" repainted the swimming pool,
after they had arranged for a proper "dog-minded" stairs, so I could easily go
in and out without risk of being stuck inside. They were saying about several books
indicating that Labs are good swimmers, and I was not very long to prove them right! I did
not even wait for the pool to fill up completely, and started swimming and boating being 4
and a half months old. |
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| Again I can see here in
CONGO the same unusual electronics inside the house, and the same aluminium stuff in the
backyard, but now hear my "Hams" claiming about some "Nine
Queue" licence" to be renewed. Dunno what they mean really, but
this seems to be a serious issue as it is meantime no "ducky duck" voice and no
"di-di-daah" anymore. Finally I start to miss those radio cosmic sounds! |
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I have
met my local doctor for the first time, just for a routine check. I am now 24 kilos, and
my teeth are all final, not really a puppy anymore. Also I have been told about some
sisters and brothers in Kinshasa that I will meet soon, wow! |
| June 2002: jumping into the
pool is now a routine morning exercise, and I dont allow anything to float if not
authorised by me. Today I have done some serious gardening, but for no reward from my
"Hams": they spent the day moving their usual aluminium and electronics:
something is cooking here with their "Nine Queue". |
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| I have
heard that my "Hams" intend to take me back in september for vacation in Europe,
GREAT!!! I will see my tower, supermarket, neighbour, friends and brother in law again. |
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I have a
new friend here, his name is Samuel. It took me a full day to make him understand I was
not as wild as he thought. |
| Samuel is a 6 year
old good boy, but does not weight my now 30 kilos. |
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Thank you! If you
have gone that far reading my roadbook, then you really love Labs. In June I have
registered with 2 Web rings, but dont leave me now, just keep reading the rest of the
story. |
I have heard today what
Humans call Jet Fighters: quite a wild sound from the sky at Kinshasa. |
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| September
2002: I am in vacation in South Britanny FRANCE. What a break! Beaching, swimming, casino,
good food, etc... My supermarket is still there, and even though I now have to stay in the
car, I have fun observing those humans. The house is ok, and as the fence is not too high,
I now manage to jump over it and go gardening in the neighbourg plots: this seems to make
my "Hams" VERY unhappy! Yet I have to behave somehow, as I hear them talking of
some training centre :( |
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| November
2002: my Hams are transfered from Kinshasa to MATADI, so we will all move to South West
CONGO by end december. It sounds like a good idea, and I will finally have there some
better occasion to scout the local bush and tell you about the local life. |
2003 |
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My 1st anniversary was on 5th january. We have now reached MATADI
- in the south west of D. R. of CONGO - after 350 kms and 8 hours driving in the new 4x4,
yet about same time as Kinshasa-Paris by plane! What a tough road it was! I am presently
living in a guesthouse but soon will transfer to my new kennel. |
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I have settled by february at my new
residence on the hilltops of MATADI. Just let me get settled and I will post new pics on
this page. |
I have received from [email protected] a pic of my last born
cousin. Cute, isn't she? |
Again I need to help the boys in assembling those
antennas ! |
Sounds like a security
management meeting. |
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June 2003: It is decided, we leave Congo and return back to
France. |
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| 2004 |
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Just like
a movie star under the flashlights ! |
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