Whatever you do, don’t search for ladles…
Ladles are useless as colanders as they have no holes. Though they are perfectly acceptable for going in holes.
Not sure if this is a rant but if you have a folding blade knife and the handle has a hole through it, presumably that’s for a lanyard – right? So shouldn’t the hole be someplace that doesn’t obstruct the blade and prevent it from swinging out, especially when it’s spring assisted opening (nothing illegal btw). Fortunately I have better knives and would normally use a pocket clip anyway, but still, sometimes you just have to shake your head.
Moving on, I nearly witnessed a very stupid accident today. It’s hard to explain the situation but involves a turn off for a large chain store that comes just a few hundred feet after the junction of 2 major highways. Things would never be designed this way today but this has existed since both roads were 4 lane and probably 2 lane local routes. Even so, it could easily be changed but for whatever reason it hasn’t been.
What happens is that there are still extra lanes there from the on ramp of the intersecting highway and people are wont to try to cross over 2 or 3 lanes at the last possible minute and usually in front of oncoming traffic – which is what happened today. Anyone familiar with the area knows there are other entrances further down but this is the one closest to the car service center and for some reason people panic feel if they don’t make this turn they will lose their immortal souls.
People who end every correspondence with “Thanks”, even when they have requested nothing from me and I have provided nothing to them, annoy me.
Actually, I just got one where somebody was giving me what I wanted, and then they thanked me!
"Sicks, here is the information you requested.
Thanks,
Katie"
WTF? Why are you thanking me? I mean, I’m awfully glad you’re nice and all but it doesn’t make sense!
Grrr. Still gotta run down some stuff with the car, after spending over $1000 in the last two days. The situation is improving (we even passed the smog check today, so the registration is renewed), but there are still problems.
Is there a SANE reason unpadded bras are not available these days? I do NOT want something that looks filled when it’s on the hanger! All I’m asking is white, 34B, underwire, without 1/4+ padding or some sort of structure in it to stiffen the cups.
Good news: the cat was willing to accept Whiskas kibble. She’d been a real stinker over the stuff from Winco’s bulk section, but the stuff we just got her today has been declared acceptable.
I work in a corporate park. There are lots of wooded areas between the buildings. We are nowhere near a residential neighborhood. At least two or three times a year people drop off puppies and kittens, apparently thinking that if they can’t fend for themselves, someone nearby will rescue them. And these are just the ones we actually find. I am the cat wrangler and another coworker is the dog wrangler. Yesterday, I spent an hour trying to coax out a frightened 3-4 month old tortoiseshell kitten who was under a car in the parking lot. I could get her to come out for some food but as soon as my hand got near her, she ran back under the car. Finally a coworker who works with feral cats went home to get her trap and we managed to catch her. Another coworker took her home.
Then this morning, someone called to tell me that there were two kittens in the undercarriage of our van in the dock area. (She had seen them jump up there when she went outside.) The van driver needed to leave so I was frantic to get them out. These were maybe six week old kittens who as more folks gathered, crawled up into the smallest spaces they could find. I had the driver pop the hood and try to let me know approximately where the kittens were as I slid under the van. In my work clothes, on wet asphalt. While this was going on, I heard someone say “oh, here’s another one in the bushes.” You see the kitten, grab it! Damn. I eventually managed to get the kittens, both of them hissing and clawing and biting. I’m standing there wet and dirty and bleeding and someone asked if I was going to get the other kitten. I was so stressed, I wanted to scream at them. Of course, at that point, there was no sign of the third kitten. The bushes are massive. It could be anywhere in there. At least someone agreed to adopt the first two. But my heart is breaking thinking of the little one left out there. I’ve been out twice this afternoon but don’t see it anywhere. (Oh, and I had to go home to change clothes but can’t wash my stinky hair until tonight.)
So “fuck you” to the people who leave pets for me to rescue and a ”what the hell is wrong with you?” to the people who think I’m the only one who can do it.
Addendum: As I was writing this, someone called me and said a kitten was in the parking lot behind the building down the block. I ran out and caught that one, too. It was right on the edge of the woods. If it had made it in there, we never would have found it. I’m so relieved. And my coworker is taking all three of them.
You can’t find a link because it didn’t happen that way. It was a Pit thread that started out about lindsaybluth and other people started riffing on the rich girl theme by saying they owned multiple colanders.
Missed the edit window, but here you go. A few posts down from the top of page four, the colander joke is born.
I kind of hate to link to it because I’ve had perfectly pleasant interactions with lindsaybluth in the intervening years and in fact, she rarely posts. I think she was going to dental school or something?
What the fuck is it with some people? Spay and neuter your pets, damn it or don’t get one. We’ve had similar problems with stray kitties around here. My husband came home practically crying last month because he found a tiny stray with infected eyes in a neighbor’s yard. The kitty ran up to him pleading for help.
People who do this kind of shit should not be allowed to own any animals ever.
This(found on the Google Image search) is not a collapsible colander. I have one of these. It is a vegetable steamer. It doubles as a UFO when you’re bored.
I thought I’d found it here, but while skimming the thead, I didn’t see any mention of colanders. You are right, I was making a joke out of an old thread that I remembered.
Goes back to search again.
Just wanted to voice my support for ferret herder and her husband during this difficult time.
And congratulations, Chimera, on your adorable kitten.
Awesome, thank you so much LavenderBlue! That link is exactly what I need. 
And flatlined, I’ll most likely take you up on the TTNR info before these classes are over, I still have seven weeks of writing to go. Sigh. I understand why the classes are needed, I deal with the public enough to see how many people are functionally illiterate, but I’d much rather be doing biology or tech stuff.
Once again I have to rant about people not stopping at red lights. Today this dumbass semi driver decides he doesn’t need to stop and tries to turn left. He had the entire intersection blocked through the whole cycle of my green light, and the two drivers in front of me nearly hit each other trying to get out of the semi’s way since the semi couldn’t negotiate the corner properly. He damn near jackknifed himself. I swear it’s a miracle if I get to work without either witnessing an accident or nearly doing so.
Oh and rant part II- we still don’t know Chimera’s kitten’s name…
Anytime, Dr G. I’ll talk your ear off on that subject at the drop of a hat. Not like you haven’t already noticed 
School buses are the worse, or they were in AZ. I swear, the driver’s didn’t even bother to stop at the intersection before pulling out in front of drivers doing at least 70 mph. The thing that ticked me off the worse was that these were not empty buses, they were full of kids.
As to Chimera’s new young feline overlord…she’s a kitten, she is going to change her name every day.
And sorry for any keyboard mistakes I make for the next while. I managed to break my right thumb. At least I was smart enough to do this after the time of heavy plaster casts. I can take my brace off long enough to shower.
I’ve heard left-handed people complain about living in a right-handed world. I have 100% more sympathy for them now. I’m sure that lefties get used to it, but as a new lefty, just starting my car and putting into gear left me saying bad words. Scissors don’t fit right, and manual can openers are the work of the devil.
As one Mr. T.S. Eliot once said…
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
I told her that she needed to tell me her name. She asked why. I told her my name. She seemed momentarily confused as to why I even had one. Overall she seemed disinterested in the entire subject.
Last night a drunk driver hit another car and a utility pole, and drove off. The person switched to side streets, and ended up on the river road through downtown. He went off the road right near St. Anthony Falls Lock & Dam. Car was found 40-50 feet from shore via underwater camera several hours later, with the driver still in it.
I walk over that bridge nearby several times a week, including this morning before work. I work about 2 blocks from there.
Had to ask my Other Shoe: I was talking about permethrin spray. REI link
Dammit, I suck at posting links via tablet.
sigh, get up to use the “real” computer
Here’s an Amazonlink.
deltasigma!!
Honest to god, I smiled at that one all day, thanks!!
Try these. I’ve given up buying bras anywhere but online. My size, my style, my color. And more than one available!