I got the StinkPad connected to the home network. The network it found is one with an older password. Anyway, the irk computer is functional.
Still having issues with Easytrieve. IT has taken control, and is irking on it. I still have it on my desktop down at the orifice, so I can use it from my Mac.
We’ve been notified that the orifice will close at 14:00 on Wednesday.
As the hotel clerk almost said: “That is not my cat.”
You want @LH75. He’s the cute guy w the cute cat.
Sorry about that. Gets challenging keeping the ever-changing cast around here sorted out. 
He woke up. Kinda.
;o) Welcome back!
You did great! Love the title!
I don’t know how to post an Imgur pic. I have flickr. All I have to do is download a pic to my account and then post a link here. In a separate sentence and with a carriage return afterwards.
Great pic!
They do as well!
Great pic of Boo and Supreme Leader, thanks FCM.
If I can’t find the “Jump to Recipe” button without touching the scroll wheel, I never see it because I just move along.
Butter. I’m sure you need more butter and milk.
Hey Ralphie! Good to see your beautiful eyes again.
And what lovely eyes she has as well.
Do you buy them? If so, they can probably be frozen.
And you are one of them, so THANK YOU!
Sadie is beautiful and looks so comfy. I’m so happy for all three of you!
She really does need to call them like tomorrow. The IRS didn’t just freeze our bank accounts, they TOOK almost 20G and kept it for over a year.
I love how the different light sometimes makes him look milk chocolate.
As did I. It’s like xmas every day around here!
Now that I know that the UPS and FedEx drivers aren’t going to take their boxes of Christmas treats back to the warehouse to share with everyone, I’m just going to give the regulars a dozen cookies and twenty bucks. I do need to find out if our postal carrier is a USPS employee or contract.That will determine his xmas tip.
J-cat was a very handsome boy!
How cute!
Close, you are the cute guy without a cat.
So today I participated in another tradition. The local high school makes, plates (puts in containers) and hands out turkey meals to all and sundry. This has been going on for many years and the seniors all want to give out more meals than last year’ class did.
WV loses population every year, the kids move away for better opportunities and us old folks keep dying.
Harry took me to school and told me that it was my duty as a member of the community to not only take two containers for us, but to be sure to write a letter to the school AND to use my new-fangled google thing to type a nice review at the school webpage AND write a letter to the editor praising all of the good people who made this happened. I’m supposed to use all of those fancy words I drop like pennies. He also told me that I should make a batch of tea cakes that he would personally deliver to the school later.
Much laughter happened after the last one, but I can take a hint!
So, Harry got two containers, we got two containers, Harry got three containers for the new neighbors and I got five for our housekeeper. I wanted to give someone, anyone some money but nobody wanted to take my cash.
Our housekeeper is a single dad, raising three young girls on his own. I wasn’t sure if there was someone else sitting at his table, but I also figured that food wouldn’t go wasted in his home which is why I asked for five boxes, not four.
He was very happy that I did it, he had had such a crappy day that he had to reschedule us for tomorrow and being able to just pick up dinner that he didn’t have to think about made him very happy.
Like Hubs, the guy who was going to come and hang our ceiling fans tomorrow also didn’t realize that this was Thanksgiving week and had to reschedule. I kinda knew that was going to happen and its all good.
And a good early evening to all. Managed to get my swimming in but it wasn’t easy, forgot to put the trunks in my gym bag, so I thought, 'no problem, I brought the gym stuff so I’ll just do my gym workout…except I had left my gym shorts at home (Dumbth!!). So went back and got the swimwear and managed 3,200 yards which is a personal best, and my weight is only 202.8lbs, so all that working out is still paying off. Will go forth and procure sustenance in a little bit and them maybe back to the gym for pedaling while watching the tackleball game on the TV screens.
Hippie, neat picture, you are truly a studly man… Only thing I stick on my ears these days is my hearing aids.
Our feline overlords will be most pleased with this week’s offerings…
FCM, it does sound like MIL’s systems are shutting down, like you I hope it doesn’t happen when the kids are there.
knotty (well, if you intend to stick around, we gotta call ya something), I visit Elkhart most days thanks to the Virtual Railfan camera at the AMTRAK station.
flyboy, can someone check out Mrs. L.A.'s phone, like you I’d be worried about contamination.
Pilot, nice of you to stop by. I see you on the Aviation threads and hope all is well.
JtC, you do know that your my hero(ine). Lots of folks wouldn’t have thought about their housekeeper, especially one that is pretty new to you folks.
OK, nearly 6pm so the rush hour traffic should be manageable, so time to eat! See you later tonight.
cookie, feel for your daughter, I concur that talking to them directly may be her best option, unlike the way they are often portrayed, most IRS folks want to get things settled for people in a fair way.
I don’t know anyone.
I managed to catch Ziva, sorta. She wouldn’t get in the light, but what ya gonna do?
Yeah, we need to get our carpet stretched…
She has no idea everyone is staring at her right now.
Yeah, for certain. She barely ate 3 tablespoons of food for supper, seeming to doze between bites. Immediately after, she crashed on the couch. I had to stare at her a few times to see if she was breathing.
OK, it’s time for my evening meds and some basement biking.
Blame @Seanette; had she not @'ed me inadvertently I might not have noticed all y’all.
Indeed everything is quite well at my end of the convo. But for some unmentionable national topics it’d be perfect.
Over 50+ years my oft-repeated experience is that whenever 99% of everything is ideal, the next change crashes my whole world into disaster. Here’s hoping I can avoid that curse this time after so many times I have not.
Tomorrow I travel to NYC. On Thu I will march in the Macy’s parade holding one of many lines controlling the green dinosaur balloon. If any of you were watching the parade on TV anyhow …
This once-in-a-lifetime experience is courtesy of another Doper who shall remain nameless. It promises to be 40F/5C & rainy for the entire 6 hour outdoor shelter-free ordeal. So perhaps “once-in-a-lifetime” in more ways than one. As in “never friggin’ again”. My blood is real thin these days. But I’m really excited to do this.
Cheers all! And best wishes for Thanksgiving, xmas, and life in general…
ETA: Good luck to FCM & MIL. Not eating is the last step on the staircase to oblivion.
Howdy Y’all! Much RDOS inactivity today. We managed to feed ourselves at the hog trough GC. Nappage and day drinkin’ took up the rest of the day. OYKW is in the bed starin’ at the teevee. I may join him shortly. Sorry if I missed any kitteh skritches.
BBboo kitteh looks unsure of this pic. I trust a peace offerin’ was made.
MOOOOOOM run amok is what kids do best. You simply must know how great great great grandma worked so hard to obtain the ingredients for her special fart blossom/turnip/onion and yak cheese loaf! Skritches to Ziva from weird Unca swampy!
Taters hope all goes well with the stove guy.
Hippie skritches to Ralphie from weird Unca swampy!
Coppertone appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed.
WetOne skritches to Ursula from weird Unca swampy!
Cookie skritches to Sadie from weird Unca swampy!
shoe skritches to Monkey from weird Unca swampy!
JtC skritches to GG and Jolene from weird Unca swampy! Good on those high school seniors for what they do! I am sure you will sing their praises to all appropriate outlets.
Pilot :: tacklehug ::! Glad you checked in. What a cool adventure even if the weather will be sucky!
How can you cross inappropriate appendages?
Never mind.
Going to watch KillTony and hope the Ravens win.
You, on the other hand, are the cute guy without the cat.
BP check was great, according to the nice tech.
Hunting and slaying groceries, not so much. Took four stores to find the Zero Sugar A&W root beer we wanted, and that fourth store (Winco) was a zoo. If it was this bad today, I do not want to be anywhere near there on Wednesday! Did manage to obtain everything on the shopping list, plus the seemingly inevitable extras here and there.
The car decided we did not need the HVAC fan running, which was actually a problem because I didn’t have front windshield defrost. Must make sure DH addresses this tomorrow.
Holy frick. Already at 52 posts! And I’m not a fast typist. Trying to keep up here is like trying to stop an avalanche with pingpong paddles. I can’t possibly keep up. How do the rest of you do it? SO much I want to say, but replying to 52 posts and counting is impossible.
I have read all and have LOVED the kitty cat photos!
I like yas a bunch!
I bet Harry knows. Of course, his price is probably a tin of cookies.
In my neighborhood I can tell by: if they arrive in an official USPS vehicle, with the steering wheel on the right hand (‘passenger’) side and the slider exit door open, they’re USPS. A big leather or heavy canvas bag with the logo hanging their shoulder can be the other clue if you are on a walking route. Uniform pants or shorts (that dusty blue) is another giveaway. Contract folks can show up in anything-broken down rattletrap Pinto hatchback, their great aunt’s Rambler station wagon, a Rent-A-Wreck rental. Usually they are wearing pants of some kind, often their foot coverings match. Socks not so much.
Of course you don’t have to be limited to the $20 limit with the USPS guy. You give him whatever one week and then next week hubs signs a card with another $20 and who’s to say one or both of you didn’t forget?
Wouldn’t ‘naughty’ be more fun?
Thank you for the very misplaced praise. Everything I do is very self serving.
I spent an hour making Harry and the high skol kids happy, Hubs was ready to pre-game turkey day and our housekeeper cleans Hubs’ terlit.
Everyone was happy today and I didn’t have to cook dinner!
Is there a U Break It close to hand? They did a great job for us and I believe our @missred has some personal experience with them.
She looks like a model…but like a temperamental actress, she isn’t going to pose until she’s in the mood.
Waiting in line was the best part. The seniors put on their bestest turkey day outfits (one inflatable turkey suit, along with some pilgrim suits, a few chef suits and a ballet dancer on point) and marched around with props. We all waved and clapped and laughed and they all yelled and gobbled and waved back. It was so much fun!
Letters have been composed (can’t use the same one for each outlet, that would be rude) and I’ll read them again in the morning.
That is a big fat NO with winter coming on. I do hope it is an easy and cheap fix.
That’s the important part!!!
And here’s the mystery part about it, he drives a pick-up with lights and magnets which makes me think contract worker, but the postmaster talks about him like he was her beloved employee. Back in AZ, the postmaster was very clear that the contract workers were not her responsibility and were not USPS employees.
But you are right. Harry will know. Harry pretends we are in Green Acres and he’s the ignorant hillbilly while I’m the big city girl and we play those roles until we have real things to say.
He is the one who not only built the SFS nesting boxes, he’s the one who put the game cams inside and showed everyone in the neighborhood how to access them on their smart phones.
