# (Old) Pole Dancer and Dasher and Comet and Cupid! - A MMP For The Rest Of Us **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 23, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043 "2024-12-23T05:03:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/381 "2024-12-29T15:04:13Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Fuck me sideways, that used to be Two-Buck Chuck. > { _Old Person Voice_ } Things cost more! Grt offa my lawn! { _shakes fist feebly_ } Whenever I hear people talk about it, it still is. Sometimes I call it that myself. But it’s at least $4 now. Maybe even $4.50. The disclaimer is this: When I lived in California, it was $1.99 – two bucks. When I moved to Washington, it was $2.99 – three bucks. (And the nearest store at the time was 80 miles away.) So while I assume that the price has gone up in my native land, I think that it may have always cost more in other states. At least that was/is true in Washington. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/382 "2024-12-29T15:23:54Z")
Good morning all. Up about 7:15am, pilled myself and did a little shopping at Kroger while picking up my Sunday NY Times. Last Sunday dinner for 2024 will be at Golden Corral, so that should stuff me for the balance of the day. Rain seems to have left the vicinity and it’s supposed to get to 60F today, but not much odds on seeing the sun, the cloud cover is thick. Pretty much divide the day between sloth and gym, I think. **Coppertone** , hydration is always a good idea. Hope it helps. **JtC** , enjoy your Pizza Day (and maybe a Pint or two…). And your book idea is a good one (albeit they might have been gone because the personnel working there removed them). And poor Jolene, losing her charms so early… > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > **jane** , you’re not fooling any of us one bit. Quite right you are. Don’t think I have ever been chased by any type of fowl in my life. Did a Michael Jackson Moonwalk from an angry miniature dachshund once… **doggio** , Spot is a patient hunter…knows that popcorn has to come out sometime… **shoe** , seems like people can live in most any temperature, but heat lamps in Texas is a stretch… And one of my jobs as youth soccer coach was opening Gatorade and other drink bottles for my younger players. **swampy** , happy Vergering and soup slurping. **boo fae** , never did 666 calories, here in Ali-bama probably get in trouble for it from the religious folk… **FCM** , sit and rest, it’s been a busy couple of months and you need some R&R. **Taters** , happy vegging. And need to finish the Sunday internetting and them prepare for Sunday dinner. Take care all. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/383 "2024-12-29T15:27:18Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > No ham has been eaten, but there is a ham in da freezer and there will be ham hocks in the greens and peas on NYD. I am about hammed out. Just had some leftover ham with eggs this morning and that was my limit, I believe. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > > [@liirogue](#): > > > > I am up, and cranky. The alarm on my phone went off at 7am and I have no idea why, because I would certainly not be so stupid as to set an alarm on the weekend when one is not needed. > > I used to leave my alarm set on the weekends just so I could enjoy the feeling of being able to shut it off and go back to sleep. One day last week when I happened to be sleeping upstairs my alarm went off at random at 3:45 and woke both of us up! I had been taking the oral version of the weight loss meds. Yesterday I took my first injection and today most of my skin hurts to the touch. Not sure what that’s about. ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/384 "2024-12-29T15:36:29Z")
Thanks **Baker** , that should get me going in the right direction!! > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Duck eggs, compared to chicken, have a much bigger yolk-to-white ratio, and the yolk is always richer/fattier Oh man now you’ve got me craving duck eggs… it’s been several years since I had some, but man they make the best/creamiest scrambled eggs 🤤 > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > I don’t usually set an alarm at the weekend but I’m almost always awake around the same time. I find that I’m usually awake within about 30 minutes of my weekday alarm time, but it’s just so rude to be jolted awake! I used to have a Samsung phone and they had so many options for alarm sounds - I had a rather nice little melody that played. I have an iPhone now and there are no such options ☹ Quite disappointing. > [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > I had been taking the oral version of the weight loss meds. Yesterday I took my first injection and today most of my skin hurts to the touch. Not sure what that’s about. Ummm that sounds concerning and maybe you should get that checked out (or at least call your pharmacist). Today should be a chill day. Oliver, my grey and white cat, is already insisting that we play fetch. So my internet browsing this morning will be the brief periods of time in between launching whatever chosen toy around the house. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/385 "2024-12-29T15:44:36Z")
> [@liirogue](#): > > used to have a Samsung phone and they had so many options for alarm sounds - I had a rather nice little melody that played. I have an iPhone now and there are no such options Which iPhone do you have? Mine has 50 different alarm tones built-in, plus you can download any song and use it as your alarm tone. I’m currently fond of Ring of Fire. I can pick a different tone or song for each alarm when I set the alarm. Same for timer tones. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/386 "2024-12-29T17:24:47Z")
My father got me a duckling for my first Easter. We lived in a row home in phila with a wee back area. He was from Nebraska and did quite a bit with the very small bits of non bricked or cement areas of the back. So the duck did have green spots and vegetation and a little shelter. Pepi’s eggs were my first solid food. Pepi would travel in my pram with me. She did not appreciate people peeking in at me, and would quack at them. There is a blurry picture of pepi and me in the pram. All you see is a white blur coming at the camera. My mother and aunt also had budgies. We did not eat their eggs. In the line of things I thought were common knowledge but might not be. I’ve been listening to a Harry Potter based podcast, and they got to the part of milking nagini who is a large snake. They took it as a lactating snake…ummmm, what?! People don’t know about milking snakes? Huh… that isn’t common knowledge? As we are coming up on the year of the snake, people should have and idea of how to milk a snake. They shouldn’t do it, it is rather dangerous, but have a the knowledge of what it is. (Getting the venom out of the snake fangs. Usually to study the venom or create an antivenom. ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/387 "2024-12-29T17:38:04Z")
Thanks for mentioning this - it’s been several years since I last looked and options have drastically increased! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/388 "2024-12-29T17:46:12Z")
_Started Typing: 11:12 AM ET Clicked Reply: 12:46 PM ET_ For the third night in a row I woke up coughing now and then, but they were _much_ shorter episodes – not the 30-minute fits I experienced on Friday and all day yesterday. I would cough for 1-2 minutes, but didn’t need to eventually sit up and blow my nose/eat a cough drop/drink something/completely rearrange the pillows to prop myself up even more. I still feel “bleh,” and wouldn’t say the congestion is any better, but so far today the extended coughing jags haven’t returned…progress! 😃 🤞 Amazingly, it’s currently 62°F and mostly sunny. It was in the upper 40s yesterday, with rain all day and night: it’s supposed to rain again this evening, with temps returning to “winter” by Thursday, but I’m loving this glimpse of early spring. After lunch I plan to mostly just chill, and try to take advantage of this final day of quiet before I go back to work tomorrow. I started building the Lego US Capitol Building yesterday, and will finish it today. Now that I have some display space freed up _and_ see the size of the completed White House and soon-to-be-completed Capitol, I’ve started thinking about possibly moving around several of my completed sets…coming up with new/better ways to arrange things always makes me irrationally happy. 😁 > [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > For some reason now Annie has decided to sleep in the Potter Pod with me - not in her crate, but across from me on a pile of sheets! Nice cabinet! 🙂 > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > That is so annoying, especially after 6 months when you should be able to rely on him to do the thing that’s a vital part of the role. I hope he comes up with a good plan, and doesn’t just reply with “my plan is to update the spreadsheet”. Thanks. I was definitely pretty annoyed. He’s mostly been doing fine, but he seems to have some kind of mental block about keeping this file updated. I hope he figures something out, too: it’s a key part of his job, and if this is still an issue at the end of January I’ll have to escalate. ☹ > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > Pepi would travel in my pram with me. She did not appreciate people peeking in at me, and would quack at them. There is a blurry picture of pepi and me in the pram. All you see is a white blur coming at the camera. One of my favorite contemporary authors, Louise Penny, has a series that features a small village in Quebec: in book 7 (there are currently 19), one of the villagers – an elderly, gruff, alcoholic poet named Ruth – rescues a duckling. Rosa the duck has since become a character in her own right. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/389 "2024-12-29T18:49:56Z")
> [@liirogue](#): > > Thanks for mentioning this - it’s been several years since I last looked and options have drastically increased You bet~two of my favorite timer alert tones are the ‘bark’, a pretty realistic Woof! Woof! sound that I never have to wonder about because I’m a cat only household, also the ‘duck’ tone, which is not only distinctive but is piercing enough that I can’t miss it even from several rooms away. To get to both of those I have to scroll down to the bottom of the first list of tones offered and click on “Classic”, which takes me into an expanded menu. ‘Harp’ and ‘marimba’ are there too, both pleasant musical alerts. I purchased my ringtone, from a selection of Star Wars sound effects and character voices. It was inexpensive years ago and once bought transfers to new phones. BB-8 chirps when I have a text, Yoda tells me when I have a new voicemail and I never have to wonder if that is my phone ringing or someone else who has the same phone. Plus, it’s a wee bit of fun in a world where there is far too little of it. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/390 "2024-12-29T18:58:33Z")
We’re just back from Texas Roadhouse because I wanted to go. I’m stuffded enough that at most, I’ll have a yogurt later, or some fruit. Those yeast rolls are _sooooooo_ good and _soooooooo_ dangerous!! I kinda overindulged. I got rid of the 2 small TVs, so yay for that. While we were out, a guy came and got them (I left them on the porch.) Daughter asked if we had any blankets for her friend’s mini-farm critters. I do have a bunch of worn out king size sheets to offer - we’ll see if she’s interested. Anyway, max chillage ahead! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/391 "2024-12-29T19:13:00Z")
My sister gave me [Bongers](https://www.amazon.com/Bongers-Massage-Tool-Pair-Blissful/dp/B0007DHMVK?th=1) for Christmas. I don’t like her buying me presents, because she lives on Disability and has no money to spare. But she got me these. I have no idea what she was thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/392 "2024-12-29T19:43:22Z")
> [@liirogue](#): > > Ummm that sounds concerning and maybe you should get that checked out (or at least call your pharmacist). I have a message in about this. I’ve done some research in the meantime and it appears that my small fiber neuropathy produces allodynia which is what’s happening. My mom has decided that I’ve been miserable enough and that she will pay for me to go back on the oral version. Which, I might just take her up on that. It’s been a complete waste of a day so far. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/393 "2024-12-29T20:27:38Z")
As I drove up to my church for deheathenization guess who were holding greeting signs on the other side of the street? You guessed it, the Westboro Baptist Church. And I honestly think I jinxed us because last night I was thinking I hadn’t seen them in two or three months. We aren’t a huge congregation but we are on a busy street, especially for Sunday. They don’t picket churches our size if they are on a back street that doesn’t get a lot of traffic. Today is a lazy day. I’ll keep checking the DeathPool thread because I hope that players aren’t waiting until a half hour before midnight on Wednesday to post their lists. Other than that I’m going to read, crochet, and nibble at Christmas ham. I’m saving the ham and beans soup until tomorrow to give it an extra day to sit. It’s one of those soups like chili that improves with waiting. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/394 "2024-12-29T20:43:25Z")
About to poke at & ingest some nuked pesto rigatoni, put on clean socks’n’undies, hopefully stop at the dispo real quick on my way in, then go work another closing shift. Good thing I brought too much food yesterday, I’ll definitely need to nibble my way through tonight. Other than soup, and now some pasta, pretty much all I did between leaving last night & going back today is sleep. It’s raining again, so despite opening the door for him, twice today, Monkey has not had any quality outside time & is suffering from cabin fever. Please advise your local politicians to send thoughts’n’prayers. Ye gods, but I’m tired. Hence, ironically, forcing myself to leave early … enough for a dispo stop, instead of slothing until the last possible minute; I’m down to my last joint, and I know **Tomorrow Shoe** is _not_ gonna wanna get up, let alone put on pants. Ya wanna be lazy, ya gotta plan ahead! **Later Tonight Shoe** needs to remember to haul the biiiiiig bin to the curb, though, cuz I did a bunch of decluttering and the damn thing is fuller than it almost ever gets. Okay, off I go!! ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/395 "2024-12-29T21:53:14Z")
I decided today that I was staying home. I texted my trainer to see if she was cool with getting Ariel out of the pasture for her ride. Seeing as I am still on the DL, my trainer is giving Ariel her exercise. I did drive to the fancy meat market And bought enough meat for the next two months. I got home and my stomach started to hurt. I laid down for about an hour then got up and took a shower. My tummy feels better. I don’t know if I have any appetite for the expensive meat I bought, but it will freeze OK… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/396 "2024-12-29T23:06:36Z")
Howdy Y’all! We deheathenated and then went over to the Parish hall. There was snausage gravy and bizkits and ham and bizkits. Thus we had N.O.L… There were fresh fruit cups as well, so it was all healthy. Nappage and day drinkin’ also occurred. The rain let up right at church time and it even got N.O.S. this afternoon. Oh, the biiiiiig trash can has been hauled all the way down to the road for pickup tomorrow. Up next is Netflix, chill and popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/397 "2024-12-29T23:28:15Z")
My lovely wife took the trash out–score! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/398 "2024-12-29T23:31:53Z")
My lovely wife’s awesome husband took out the trash and recycling. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/399 "2024-12-29T23:33:00Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Those yeast rolls are _sooooooo_ good and _soooooooo_ dangerous!! I kinda overindulged. I know what you mean; I try to restrict myself to only 3. **Cupcakes** , why do they picket other churches? Y’all not religious enough for their tastes? > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Ya wanna be lazy, ya gotta plan ahead! Truth. **wet one** , take care of yourself. **flyboy** , perhaps an odd gift, but they do look interesting. Let us know if they are worth getting. **rocky** , I knew what milking snakes means (not that I would ever do it) and your story of you and Pepi the Duck brought a smile to my face. **Oopsie** , glad you are progressing in feeling better. Went to the Golden Corral for dinner and over-indulged (soup w/crackers, salad, pit roast, rice w/gravy, dinner roll, pecan pie, brownie and 4 chocolate chip cookies, with 3 glasses of Coke to wash it down) so spent extra time at the gym as penance. Now at home and my feet are up and sloth mode is engaged, so a quiet night is expected. Did gas up my car, did almost 500 miles on a single tank, about 80% of that was freeway driving as I usually get around 400 miles per tank doing the usual driving here. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043/400 "2024-12-30T00:25:50Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > **jane** , you’re not fooling any of us one bit. Can I pretend? I always wanted to grow up to be a crabby old lady. I’ve got the old part right… > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Duck eggs, compared to chicken, I did some thinking and I don’t think I’ve had fresh duck eggs. I’ve had pickled ones when I was in Asia but not fresh. I honestly don’t know how the ostrich eggs were tbh. Mom liked to blow the egg out so she could use the intact shells for Easter dioramas. That meant scrambled eggs with real American cheese and ham or sometimes spam if she was feeling specially nice. She didn’t much like spam. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > What did you DO?!? Before we moved to the Lakes the first time, some folks brought in peacocks and let them wander around. By the time we moved in, the peacocks were well established and kept the coyotes down. They also liked to walk on cars, pooping and scratching them with their claws or screeching at dawn or tearing up gardens, so became a pest. Every five or six years, folks would round up the peacocks and take them to the ranch down by the creek. Not an euphemism, the rancher loved them because they kept the coyotes away. Of course, peacocks are birds and birds can fly. Some of them would fly back home and make new nests and the cycle would continue. One year I got roped into helping. Someone had a small side yard with a 6 ft fence and had been feeding the peacocks there. During the night, he had put netting over the top on the pen. The plan was for him to put food out and all of us to gently herd the birds into the pen. All was going well until the first bird looked up. That’s when the bird apocalypse happened. I had one hit me in the chest, knock me down and try to peck me to death so I was holding it off for dear life with it was trying to disembowel me with its claws and beat me to death with its wings. It was a total disaster. I wasn’t the only one who limped off the battlefield, battered and bloody. No birds were caught that year or for several years to come, because none of the current or past volunteers were willing to risk it and it took that long for more innocents to move in and get annoyed by the big birds. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I sometimes fantasize about **S.M.** randomly being like, “You know what? Have you ever hinted at something like that? Cause you never know… > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > A FUCKING _HEAT_ LAMP THAT WAS INSTALLED IN EACH BATHROOM. > > IN TEXAS. I had one installed in AZ as well. I needed something to defeat the death-by-AC that happens year round. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I’m jealous of whoever earlier said they have fog … walking in a dense, heavy fog is second best, We live a couple of blocks away from a river with water in it year round. It has bridges over it because it is too deep for cars to drive through even in the summer, 'tis a wonderous thing to me. People fish and sail boats on the [**Guyandotte River**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyandotte_River), it is large enough to make it foggy almost every morning. Some days I can see across the gulch and some days I can’t see ten feet to our fence. The morning forest is always wrapped in whisps of mystery, it is so beautiful here. > [@Taters](#): > > Also, I can’t recall how the egg tasted; just how sad I was that Oma would eat what would’ve become my pet. She would have been beautiful and would have taken you for rides on her back. Poor little you, how could Oma break your heart like that?!?! Oh dang about your son forgetting frozen meat, too bad he will have to come back for them. Such a shame! Please do share their opinions, despite it being beef country out this way, I’m not finding any really good looking steaks and hubs sometimes deserves a treat. Once in a while. Not often enough to let him get used to it or anything. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > And your book idea is a good one (albeit they might have been gone because the personnel working there removed them). It could be in some places, but sometimes I’d find a couple left. When I worked in the food stamp office, I know that they all walked out with clients. It wasn’t my idea BTW. Mom told me that I should do it and I always listen to Mom so I never asked her if it was her idea or not. The pizza was as good as we remembered, well worth the drive. **Pies & Pints** is a larger chain than I thought and there are a couple in your neck of the woods. The drink menu is a double sided list of beers, wines and ciders as well as a few non-ETOH options. Hub had a nice citrusy IPA and I had a cider that was nice but not as good as his beer. While we were looking over the other options on the drink menu, I saw Mothman Black IPA and instantly wanted a can so I can take pics to share with my cryptid-fan friends. I didn’t want to drive an hour after having two drinks, so that is in the fridge until mid afternoon so I can take pics with the best light possible. The can is very dark. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > And poor Jolene, losing her charms so early… She’s still got it. Once Luke got down off the ladder, they stopped looking up and saw her strutting around between their legs. Luke gave her pets and compliments and hubs just carried her around for the rest of the time Luke was here. > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > My mother and aunt also had budgies. We did not eat their eggs. I knew someone with a female Cockatiel. When the bird started laying eggs she collected six or seven and scrambled them. She said it was more trouble than it was worth. Pepi sounds delightful, such a fun memory. > [@Misnomer](#): > > > [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > > > For some reason now Annie has decided to sleep in the Potter Pod with me - not in her crate, but across from me on a pile of sheets! > > Nice cabinet! 🙂 That was my thought as well! After looking at the cute dog that is. > [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > I have a message in about this. I’ve done some research in the meantime and it appears that my small fiber neuropathy produces allodynia which is what’s happening. I was worried that whatever causes the BMS, was reacting to the new meds. Did they have any suggestions besides spending more money on the proper meds? > [@Baker](#): > > As I drove up to my church for deheathenization guess who were holding greeting signs on the other side of the street? Ah geeze, I had just forgotten about those hate filled inbred scammers. Did you flash them? The one time I saw them all of us girls flashed them and made hand gestures from the backs of motorcycles and I vowed that no matter how old I got, I’d do it again if I ever saw them again. We are still paying members of the Patriot Guard. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Ya wanna be lazy, ya gotta plan ahead! And people think that us potheads aren’t motivated! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pole-dancer-and-dasher-and-comet-and-cupid-a-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/1012043.md?page=21)