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When Primary and Backup are called for!

  Many years ago, when Margo and I frequented the highways of North America in our RV, we talked about buying a dog. For those who may have passed RVs in parking lots, you may have run across the decal telling everyone that the RV was unlocked and the keys were under the German Shephard. We had a colleague from our Tandem Computer days that bred German Shepherds and we thought that there would be nothing better than to own a pair of them. Back when I lived in Sydney I had a Shephard – Labrador mix and the family truly loved him, so the idea of owning a pair of Shepherds didn’t seem all that out of the ordinary. With tickets to California in our hands and plans to accommodate well advanced, it was only the voice of our family members warning us: with the dogs we do not get to play with our granddaughter and that led to a late cancellation of such a purchase. It then should come as no surprise that at that time we had made the decision to call them Primary and Backup! I recalled this thw