(Old) Spot the Lunatic - A Cat MMP

[dogbutler]

So it was looking like a shortish day, until someone realized they hadn’t unloaded the one DELV trailer. So that turned a 9:45ish punchout into 12:45 punchout. With the OT, I’ve already pulled in as much this week as i did last week. Which is good, because somebody needs a bag of dry, flavorless bits and a bottle of gin.

@scareyfaerie

I bet he couldn’t see anything wrong with it because he was just excited about having a Jeep and some snow to drive in.

Well, have you ever driven a Jeep over a 4 foot snow embankment? It’s the bee’s knees!

@scareyfaerie

but the merest hint of snow brings this country to a standstill.

So one time in band campJunior High, it started snowing, and they immediately dismissed school. By the time we got to the buses 15 minutes later, it had stopped, and by the time I got off the bus there was no trace of snow anywhere.

@FairyChatMom

Got another this morning, supposedly from our internet provider,

Scammer: “I’ve hijacked your computer, and filmed you masturbating to Pr0n. I’ll send it to your email list if you don’t pay me!”
Me: “I’ll give you $5 if you include a link to my OnlyFans page when you send it out.”

@FairyChatMom

Our oil tank has been filled. 151.8 gallons and something over $500. Yoiks!!

Have you tried drilling? I hear that makes prices go down.

@Northern_Piper

Sun is up but I
Cannot see to the street’s end.
The snow falls softly.

No snow in the South
Christmas song not the same when
Dashing through the leaves

I suppose I should take a nap.

[FairyChatMom]

And I got another identical (right down to the question mark after the period) email just a few minutes ago. Well, except there was some bolding. Some people…

Looks like one of my sisters will bring my mom about halfway on Saturday so we can meet for lunch. I’m hoping they’ll be OK with the Irish Pub I suggested, but I can also do Bonefish Grill or La Tolteca or the Italian place. Waiting to hear what they say.

OK, back to crocheting. I finished one and started another, learning a new technique for the starting row. And this latest one will be primarily light gray with two different shades of blue as stripes placed at intervals I have yet to decide upon. But it should be nice, and definitely warm.

Onward!!

[BippityBoppityBoo]

@FairyChatMom

this latest one will be primarily light gray with two different shades of blue as stripes placed at intervals I have yet to decide upon. But it should be nice, and definitely warm.

Sounds lovely and I know it will be warm. , dammit! you are nice and I know it!

[rocking_chair]

snowy day for bears
waiting for the bay to freeze
refrigerator

[JaneDoe42]

@Baker

At the end of last week’s MMP we were talking about cookies and I said something about starting a thread in Cafe Society about it. Here it is.

Thank you! I’ll head on over in a bit.

@Bob_Blaylock

Now, there is someone who gets it.

I am married to one, LOL! We did have a whole lot of fun with our Jeeps over many years, I hope you do as well. Just always remember to have terlit paper!

@scareyfaerie

Kids need to not be afraid of water, but also to know that it’s dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing.

I am in total agreement. Drowning children was the AZ state pastime

@scareyfaerie

You ungrateful Colonials will laugh at this, but the merest hint of snow brings this country to a standstill.

That’s not what the romance novels or King Arthur stories all say. People are out riding horses and ravishing maidens in three feet of snow on a daily basis!

Folks used to lose their minds in the snow in AZ, it will be interesting to see how they are out thisaway.

@FairyChatMom

Areas to the west of us are threatened with a few flakes later this week, but we’re just getting rain (YAY!!!)

We have been promised snow this Friday, I’m super looking forward to it. I’ll have to ask if the rec center will be open if it snows cause it doesn’t seem like anyone swims when it rains. It was raining when I left the house this morning and swam alone again.

@rocking_chair

still in my no news programmes mode.

I’m with you. Denial won’t help the situation but it helps me not want to cry all the time.

@Chefguy

She definitely needs extractions, probably most of her teeth at this point.

Poor girl! She is going to feel so much better after that’s done. We’ve had toothless cats before, despite regular offerings of gooshy fud, I’d see them gumming down kibble on a daily basis.

She is a very lucky kitty to have found someone willing to pay that much money for an old cat.

@purplehorseshoe

My gawd I slept so much the last coupla days!

Sometimes you just have to let your body tell you what to do. I hope you are feeling better for it.

@FairyChatMom

Looks like one of my sisters will bring my mom about halfway on Saturday so we can meet for lunch.

I’m so glad you will be able to see her, I hope you have a lovely lunch.

I re-potted Citria (baby lemon tree) today and put pretty rocks on top on the dirt. Jolene inspected the pot and the rocks, she already knew what the tree was. GG inspected the pot, rocks and brand new tree, including putting a leaf in his mouth, LOL!

Hubs put my shadow box up for me and I’ve put my dust-catchers up. That emptied out several boxes which will hopefully stop Donna from dropping a pile of mud in the living room or something (she won’t be able to get any more dry dirt for a while). The last box is full of things that need to go up on the walls after one of us gets to Lowe’s for more hangers.

[Johnny_L.A]

Today was my November visit to the office. There was a staph beating, followed by an October & November Celebrations Potluck. The main event was a large, spiral-sliced, bone-in ham. A cow-orker made scalloped potatoes. Another one made her office-famous taco salad. Whilst I was out fetching a coffee cake and a box of chocolate-hazelnut sandwich cookies, she served me up a bowl without the Doritos in it. ‘T’ admonished me about the cookies, saying, ‘You were told not to bring those in anymore.’ I told her I forgot. A couple of minutes later ‘J’ scolded me too. I told her ‘T’ told me to bring them in. ‘Did she really?’ I replied, ‘Would I lie?’ ‘T’ said, 'Yes. Don’t lie.` Harumph, I say Harumph! Anyway, I can always deny it.

[rocking_chair]

while i am in no news programmes mode (keeping nausea and circulatory system calm), that is watching not reading. reading is easier to control. just skim headlines.

today cnn.com had an interesting article on a saber-tooth kitten “mummy”. a very well preserved cub was found in siberia.

poor thing looks a bit like a plush toy that has been left out in the weather. it is a very sweet looking cub. they believe it was about 3 weeks old when it died, poor dear.

looking forward to more info as they further examine the wee one. now i want a saber tooth cub…

[Chefguy]

@JaneDoe42

Poor girl! She is going to feel so much better after that’s done. We’ve had toothless cats before, despite regular offerings of gooshy fud, I’d see them gumming down kibble on a daily basis.

She is a very lucky kitty to have found someone willing to pay that much money for an old cat.

We got a free trial pet insurance, but I’m betting they won’t cover pre-existing conditions.

[Sticks_and_Scones]

@Chefguy

We got a free trial pet insurance, but I’m betting they won’t cover pre-existing conditions.

We were very fortunate when we got Annie. The humane society covered the cost of extracting her teeth. She’s only got something like 3 left at this point.

Today was a very long day. I drove about 40ish minutes to my new job. Then I had to drive to the recruiting company’s office after that to take care of some paperwork - that was another 55 minutes. Then finally I got to head home in the drizzly drizzle. Lucky for me I got to stop at Hobby Lobby and get a few things that I need.

[swampbear]

Howdy Y’all! Laundry got laundered and put where it stays until it gets dirty again. Sup got made and we et early. It’s been rainy all afternoon so glad to be inside and dry. Now ‘tis time for Netflix, chill and popcorn with the possibility of ice cream.

Piper re the snow, better thee than me. Maybe I should put up the “No Snow “ signs.

Cookie hope your friends make a speedy recovery. Hope all goes well with Sadie and the vet. Also hope the plumbin’ woes are fixed soonest. I see the vet visit went well. Yikes on the price of the extractions!

WetOne sorry about the cancellation fees and so forth. FWIW I think you did the best thing for you.

MOOOOOOM good for you gettin’ together with your mom this weekend.

FlyBoy you can always claim demonic possession when you show up with cookies.

[Bob_Blaylock]

@JaneDoe42

Folks used to lose their minds in the snow in AZ, it will be interesting to see how they are out thisaway.

  Here, I go drive in the snow, and my wife loses her mind.

[Seanette]

You had apparently lost your mind when you chose to do this completely solo, with no prior snow driving experience, in the middle of godforsaken nowhere.

Speaking of losing minds in bad driving conditions, Sacramento “drivers” are bad enough in good weather, but absolutely cannot cope with rain (and we’ve got a nice atmospheric river coming in soon). They seem to think rain translates to “drive faster” and that use of headlights to be visible to other cars is to be avoided.

[The_Stainless_Steel_Rat]

And a good early evening all. Did some gym work as this is Mac-n-Cheese night so assuaged the caloric guilt early. Dishes have been washed and need to be put back in their normal spaces. Still rainy outside, at least no tunder-boomers or high winds and it’s still 64F outside, so not too bad. Evening should be relaxing, I am still several days behind my NY Times reading so might just take this evening to get caught up.

wet one, glad you came to a decision, it’s hard to just cancel anything without paying something these days. Find a cheap flight somewhere you want to visit.

@dogbutler

Which is good, because somebody needs a bag of dry, flavorless bits and a bottle of gin.

You do spoil that cat so…

FCM, glad you’re going to be able to see your Mom this weekend.

JtC, the pool at my gym has 4 lanes and often I’m the only one there or just me and another swimmer. Just depends on the day and time, I think. Afternoons are usually slow.

flyboy, does anyone ever, like, work , on office day or is it just an excuse for conspicuous consumption?

Sticky Buns, that’s a fair amount of mileage for a twice-a-week job; hopefully that’s all the driving you need to do.

And that’s all for now. Need to put the dishes away since I now have a couple dirty ones to start the next loading. Take care all.

[missred]

@purplehorseshoe

My childhood dog was a mini poodle - Tina was The Bestest Dog Evah - and it always amuses me that people discount standard poodles as frou-frou, when they were bred to be hunting dogs, and are smarter than most people.

You got that right! Sugar and her sister, Sully are well trained. Heck, poodles have even run the Iditarod!

@Paintcharge

All else is going to shit. Donwanna bug you guys with it all. Most of it is my fault in not planning properly. Once upon a time I was smart.

{{{VanGo}}} Hang in there.

@The_Stainless_Steel_Rat

And actually running is not something I do…doesn’t matter how much I exercise or lose weight, just never been much for running.

If you see me running, you’d better run too, because there’s something utterly terrifying chasing me.

@scareyfaerie

@JaneDoe42

Is daft another word for Jerk?

Not really, daft is more like silly or foolish. It also covers stupid, impractical and just plain strange.

I read it as British for pendejo.

Irked, came home and did all of the usual after irk stuff. Just winding down before taking Nelson out and going to bed.

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

[JaneDoe42]

@missred

@The_Stainless_Steel_Rat

And actually running is not something I do…doesn’t matter how much I exercise or lose weight, just never been much for running.

If you see me running, you’d better run too, because there’s something utterly terrifying chasing me.

So much this!!!

@The_Stainless_Steel_Rat

JtC, the pool at my gym has 4 lanes and often I’m the only one there or just me and another swimmer.

I gots a gym etiquette question. We also have four lanes and yesterday three of them were full. The teacher and child were in the one by the wall and the two lanes by the open part had two women who were having a great chat. They didn’t move the entire time I was swimming.

Had there been someone in the only open lane, would it have been unseemly for me to ask the talkers to share a lane so I could use one?

@Bob_Blaylock

Here, I go drive in the snow, and my wife loses her mind.

I am just stepping away right now. Nothing good will come of me agreeing that both of you have very valid points.

I just want to mention that Happy Wife means Happy Life.

@Sticks_and_Scones

Lucky for me I got to stop at Hobby Lobby and get a few things that I need.

Priorities are important!

@Chefguy

We got a free trial pet insurance, but I’m betting they won’t cover pre-existing conditions.

At least the first exam was free. Can you have all of her claws trimmed while she’s sedated? It might be helpful if you have to drug her after the surgery. She’s a new to you kitty and you are a new to her hooman, trust hasn’t been built and you don’t know how she will react to you putting things in her mouth.

@rocking_chair

today cnn.com had an interesting article on a saber-tooth kitten “mummy”. a very well preserved cub was found in siberia.

I saw that yesterday. I also want a saber tooth tiger cub.

@Johnny_L.A

I told her ‘T’ told me to bring them in. ‘Did she really?’ I replied, ‘Would I lie?’ ‘T’ said, 'Yes. Don’t lie.`

It sucks when people know you that well doesn’t it, LOL!

[Paintcharge]

@missred

If you see me running, you’d better run too, because there’s something utterly terrifying chasing me.

Me too. Two snapped Achilles and two busted up knees makes for poor running form. The thing chasing is prolly gonna get me. Y’all go on ahead, I’ll fend it off.

[peedin]

If I had to run for my life, I’d die.

Good ride on Ariel today. She’s back to her sassy self.

[SCAdian]

@scareyfaerie

So now we have a weather warning for snow today, and likely icy conditions tomorrow. You ungrateful Colonials will laugh at this, but the merest hint of snow brings this country to a standstill. People have no idea how to drive in it, so they either don’t bother (and everything becomes a massive faff), or they go at 5mph everywhere which just blocks traffic and causes no end of bother.

Sounds like Tidewater Virginia. On the other hand, here in the northern part of the country I am amazed every winter by how many people seem to have forgotten over the summer how to drive in snow.

@dogbutler

So one time in band campJunior High, it started snowing, and they immediately dismissed school. By the time we got to the buses 15 minutes later, it had stopped, and by the time I got off the bus there was no trace of snow anywhere.

Here in Connecticut I’ve seen them cancel school for the day before it even starts snowing. They’re almost as bad as Virginia sometimes!

@peedin

If I had to run for my life, I’d die.

21 years since I retired from the Navy. I may have run two or three times during that period.

[nelliebly]

I"m not feeling haiku, so in its place, here’s an old grad school trick: You can sing the first verse of Frost’s “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” to the standard tango tune (“La Cumparsita”).

“Whose woods these are, I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see my stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.”

You can actually do this with all the verses, but people will throw things at you, and you won’t be invited to parties.

We’re due for a big storm tonight: a lot of rain and winds at Wyoming Normal Level, only Wyoming trees don’t collapse because they have deep roots and are used to life being the tree equivalent of Area 54. Management told us to get everything off our balconies except furniture and then snarkily reminded us that anything that’s not furniture, like plants or Uncle Jake, is AGAINST THE LEASE.

I forgot to mention yesterday that the nurse at my doctor’s office–the ONLY nurse, as it’s not a clinic–said she never gets injections, including vaccines because “they’re not putting crap in my body.” Le sigh. PCP’s are VERY hard to find around here due to the huge shortage. My current doc has been OK, though he’s a DO, not an MD. I’ll keep going there because I rarely go more than once a year anyway, but I’ll probably mask up.

However, anyone who’s anti-vaxx should lose her nursing license.

cookie, that’s a lot of money, but then, Sadie Kitty is worth it. I hope she won’t be in pain until January.

BooFae, people there go mad when there’s a skiff of snow? I’m so disillusioned.

VanGo, please rant away whenever the urge strikes. The rest of us do.

FCM, hopefully Boo can check my accuracy on this, but my late, great MIL used to when someone who’s been dying has a surge of energy, it means the end is very near.

[SCAdian]

@purplehorseshoe

@SCAdian

with a tail reminiscent of ostrich plumes

And yet, no photographic proof. Hmmph.

Best photo I have available at the moment. Sus (left), Chihiro (right) and their big brother* Nandi (top), taken just over a year ago.

*Same mother, previous litter.