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Tdol

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The one is quite possible. The other is rather permanent and an unlikely request.

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Unless you're an elderly dog. ;-)
 

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Poor dog. :(

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Interesting how just a slight change in a phrasal can greatly change meaning. I had to put him up for the night is one thing; I had to put up with him for the night is quite another.
 
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