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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Howdy Y’all! I did not accomplish mowage. The motivation just was not there. However, the laundry got done and put away and sup got fixed and et, so there’s that. Maybe I’ll be motivated tomorrow. Or not. It would be good if’n I did cause we are supposed to get rain on Thursday.

Taters glad you finally got to go to the plant nursery. I have never seen a planter disintegrate. Maybe I should add that to my bucket list. Yay for baby birdies!

Molly I cut a finger last week on the sharp edge of a box of aluminum foil while reachin’ for the wax paper. I am a walkin’ disaster in the kitchen.

MetalMouse thanks for the reminder. I need to do that on my hearin’ aids as well.

WetOne yay for functionin’ terlet!

red have fun. Also, better thee than me gettin’ the tags. I have the renewal notice for mine. They are due by my bday which is July 29th. I can do it online and they send the little sticker thingy to me in the mail. Og forbid I should ever have to make the twenty mile round trip to the tax and tag office! Cool about gettin’ the tags installed for free and that the owner of the inspection station asked about Nelson.

JtC you live in kinda sorta the south. Lots of things can kill you. Lots of things will want to kill you but can’t cause they’re too small. They still want to though. I am pretty sure gnats want to kill us but can’t.

Nellie I cannot imagine that kind of livin’ arrangements. Not even in my mispent youth days. Oh well, not my circus, not my monkeys.

lucky ick! Hope you didn’t have to wait too long for the tire repair.

dad YIKES! Glad it was nothin’ serious. What a way to spend a bday! Belated happies btw. You needed that chill day.

nuts yay also for baby birds!

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I hate it when that happens.

The 90 odd 3rd graders did their darndest to break all of our new things, but they held up pretty well. Only a couple of chunks of bark mulch in the water feature. But it was waaay cool to get to watch the kids play with the new stuff. And moms were very happy too. I had a grin on my face most of the day, until I saw what some coworkers did to my shop.

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And a good early evening to all. Did finally make it to the gym and got the requisite sweating in, along with shaving in the shower, so I don’t look quite as raffish as before. Have dined on Mac-n-Cheese and will shortly warm up an apple pie to finish dinner off. Still 85F outside but will get down to 70F for sleeping time.

And to see what the rest of you have been up to…scroll mode activate!

wet one, plumbing is never cheap, but hopefully your problems have been fixed.

nellie, may have to check out that Canadian law… And the described living arrangement sounds like it was made up for TV.

And what’s the problem with that?

FCM, the yard seems to be coming along fine.

lucky, sounds like your vacation was scre…no, I’m not going to go there. Hope it’s the last time.

Daddy-K, you’re welcome to stop in anytime. Happy B’day young’un (73 here), even if the celebration included a hospital stay. Take care and stop by again soon.

The new words I learn from all you folks is amazing and mind-extending. Thanks!

red, glad you found a vet for Nelson thanks to word of mouth, hope she’s as nice as the shop owner apparently is.

JtC, 14 possums! Of course I had to look up what you call a group of possums and it appears you have a Passel of possums… Sounds like a nice museum, my only coal museum was at Chicago’s Science and Industry Museum, which has a coal mine built below it (for all, if you’ve never been to Science and Industry museum in Chicago, put it on the ‘to do’ list, you won’t regret it).

swampy, got my license tags last week in the mail and applied them to the plate so I’m good until May 2027.

VanGo, hope the shop is recoverable and glad the kids left the exhibits (and building) standing.

And need to get the garbage out to the curb and my necessary chores for the day will be complete. Take care.

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:joy:

I’m used to things that want to kill me, venomous sniks, spiders and cannibal mice abound in AZ, its the water that constantly amazes me. I’m seeing things that none of my friends back there have ever seen in their lives.

I saw a fox in the wild.

It was bright red with a black muzzle and socks/stockings.

I know what high-tailing means now, mule deer don’t have that long white tail they stick straight up in the air. I got a pic of one running and sent it to my friends and they all agreed that now everything made sense.

None of my friends have ever poked a snapping turtle with a stick either. Those things wake up and choose violence every day! And fast!!! Who knew turtles could be so fast, all we know are the protected desert tortoises that like getting their shells scratched while being fed lettuce.

Hubs is spending a lot of time laughing at me but he’s also really enjoying showing me around his old stomping grounds.

Yeah. The man left a warm bed in a fairly well organized household to live in a closet and take care of another man’s children while the mother of his (?) child is sleeping behind a closed door. That doesn’t sound like something I’d want to have done ever.

:slight_smile:

Besides all of the casual human rights violations involved in the mine, it really is worth a visit. There was a lot of walking but it was also very gimp accessible so I was able to ride my scooter between the outdoor exhibits.

One of the docents pegged me as a west coast girl because I talk funny (I do NOT have an accent!!!) and said that he was raised in Ely NV. We ended up making fun of the locals over their idea of what a winter storm really is. There probably isn’t anyone around who knows how it feels to drop 60 degrees in five hours, winter is real but slow here.

We did go through an old mine in rattly old carts lead by someone who first started working in the mines in 1972. He made 37 dollars a day. At one point in the tour, while we were about 120 feet underground, he shut the lights off and we all learned that sudden pure dark makes babies scream. :scream:

He turned the lights back on but that was too late and then there were three wailing and screaming children for the rest of the tour. I did feel sorry for the mom, she was doing her best but she couldn’t remove the kids from the situation, we all had to tough it out.

It’s OK, though. Hubs turned his hearing aids off and I remembered the last tour so could point out things of interest as we went by.

I think so. They move around so much that I don’t try to tell the difference between them (most of them are little ones) I just count them like cows.

Its almost 2130 and 77degrees out there. It looks as though our open window nights are over for the year. We have also only had half the rain we usually get by this time of the year, its not going to be a good year for forest or wild critters :frowning:

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This guy was hanging around my back yard a couple of years ago.
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Happy next birthday, @kaylasdad99!

Especially the U-boat!

Count the legs and divide by four?

2142 and 63 degrees here, the predicted low tonight being 66. We put the fan in the bedroom window this afternoon, sucking in air from the north side of the house, and it’s now much more pleasant in here than it was when we got home this afternoon.


Had to go up to the base today (pharmacy to pick up a script, vet to make appointments for the cats’ annual visits, and commissary for a few odds and ends), so I checked gas prices along the way. The base gas station used to always be at least .01 (usually .05) cheaper than the cheapest place out in town, but today it was $4.599 at Shell, $4.559 on base, $4.539 at Henny Penny, $4.495 at Gulf, $4.479 at Bestway, and $4.459 at ExpressFuel and Citgo. We stopped at Citgo on the way home, as it was on the correct side of the road.

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Next year, I can either do it by mail or go to H.E.B. or Kroger for the sticker. It’s those of us who were changing states or had just purchased a vehicle sitting in the clerk’s office. Bonus of a couple of wedding parties coming in to get hitched.

An old BF and I toured Mammoth Cave once and when they turned out the li, we heard someone exclaim *It doesn’t get this dark in Silver Lake *. The BF then answered *It doesn’t in North Manchester either *. The other guy lived in the town where I grew up and we lived in the college town just down the road.

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The best laid plans of Mäuse und Transfrauen. I looked so much like a raccoon. Nobody said anything, but boy-howdy was it apparent.

Waterproof - yes
Sweatproof - oh HELL no.

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Up from naptime. Having a Manhattan and beef tacos for dinner. Watching Peaky Blinders.

How’d that work?

:bottle_with_popping_cork: :birthday_cake: :partying_face:HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALAYSDAD!!!:partying_face: :birthday_cake: :bottle_with_popping_cork:

After all that, I don’t blame you.

Baby Danger noodles like to hang out in front of my door.

Good to know. Sorry you had to learn the hard way.

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Watched the Cavaliers blow a sure win and probably lose the series before it gets going, and then remembered it’s Tuesday and the garbage truck doesn’t show up until Thursday, so hauled the bin off the curb and back into the garage so the neighbors don’t wonder what’s wrong with the old man. Definitely think it’s bedtime now…

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MUCH cuter than any outsized alien rat I’ve encountered (not a big possum fan).

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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave.

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We’re actually sharing seecrit messages in code. Don’t tell anyone.

Foxes are one of the few mammals we actually get here. There’s a park opposite the house, one hangs round there occasionally. A few weeks ago I went to close the curtains and he was just the other side of the road, watching me. There were so many of them where I used to live in Bristol- even had a den of babies in the back garden once.

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Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 13c/56f with a predicted high of 17c/63f and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “I was told this is fucking ultramarathon weather by some fool who is a fucking moron.”

I wish some people born in this country would try learning it as a first language!

A small price to pay for the fun of watching the babies develop! And belated happies for yesterday! I hope you had a fun birthday.

Welcome to Canada? I’m glad recovery is going well and you’re able to get out and about too. Charlie will be excited to have a walk with you!

Even though they both involve dealing with arsey students…

Believe me, we are keeping everything crossed! She is very close, on more exam then she’ll be done. I need to find a couple of people who can help calculate her final degree result because her record’s so messy and potentially involves several different sets of graduation regulations. I expect the entire dept will be watching her graduation ceremony just to make sure she goes!

Belated happies, I’m sorry your big day was overshadowed by a health scare and then a poorly car. It’s certainly a brithday to remember! Glad to hear you are back home safely, the car’s sorted and you are on the road to recovery.

lucky sorry to hear about the tyre repair, I hope it didn’t take too long. I’ve been in that situation too, picked up a nail in a front tyre just driving down my street.

It sounds like a third-rate reality TV show, and will probably end up that way. I’d be curious, just to see how quickly and how badly it all falls to bits.

Yesterday ended well, all the stray exam papers were delivered and passed on to the marker, and I got home with a minimum of fuss despite their being a network-wide communications problem on the trains. Delays and cancellations abounded, but I managed to dodge them, and am very grateful to be working from home for the next couple of days.

Today, I was glad I logged in early to check the shared inboxes as I found a minor skip fire in one of them. Troublesome Minion has messed something up, and I am absolutely certain that if she’d seen the email before I did, she would not have mentioned it and I’d be none the wiser. Now she knows I know what happened, and that it was her fault. I’ve fixed it, and reported it to the people who need to know, so she can’t deny responsibility. I may have to tell her that it’s going on her permanent record!

Today should be much quieter, we have an online exam paper due to close at midday and no more in-person exams until tomorrow afternoon. That means I can get on with the other stuff on my list and hopefully get rid of a couple more jobs. I’m going to do the grocery shopping at lunchtime, and I’m waiting for 'im indoors to decide whether today is Indian food truck lunch day, or if that’s tomorrow instead.

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 70 Amurrkin out and mostly cloudy with a predicted high of 90, partly cloudy this mornin’ and mostly sunny this afternoon. OYKW will go procure provisions this mornin’ and I will accomplish mowage. We could have rain tomorrow afternoon so today is the day to do so. Sup will be grilled chikin, sallit and cheesey garlic bread. Easy, tasty and one of our favorite summertime meals.

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then I will shave, and brush my teeth so I can look presentable enough to ride down the road to get gas for the mowers. Then, mowage awaits! Rah.

Happy Hump Day Y’all!

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Well, yeah, there is that. Every time I hear someone say “I seen…” I wanna punch their stoopit face!

I made a very disturbing discovery yesterday - I was out of my seizure meds because I’d forgotten to put them on auto-refill. Once a month, I fill my morning and evening pill holders, so I don’t have to juggle multiple bottles on a daily basis. That way, every morning and evening, I pop open a compartment and pour out the doses.

Last night I noticed there were only 3 pills in my hand, the largest, most obvious was missing. I can’t recall if I’d had one the night before or not. And among my morning vitamins is one that looks very much like the seizure pill, so I didn’t notice. According to what I’ve read, the levels in one’s system drop pretty quickly after 12 hours (hence taking it twice a day.) And among symptoms are headache, which I was blaming on the heat. Maybe, maybe not.

Anyway, I put in a refill order last night and CVS tells me it’ll be ready this morning. So I’m waiting for the text telling me to come get it, and I’ll have a beverage with me so I can take my dose immediately. Dammit. And I set the auto-refill in my account. Dammit.

I ordered a refill of heating oil yesterday - did I mention that? We’ve been hearing industry experts predicting shortages if this idiotic war isn’t ended soon, not to mention where the prices may go. Since we’re just below a quarter of a tank, we figured better safe, even if it involves paying a delivery fee if it doesn’t take 150 gallons - I don’t know how big our tank is. So there’s that.

Meanwhile, today starts at 70 Ferrets on the way to 95 or so. Sure, why not - buy heating oil! :rofl:

Happy Wednesday!

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Morning all. Made it to 6:30am today before Bladder Alert went off (on the good side, I’ve cut back on my Pepsi consumption and am not getting those 2-3am calls of nature) and have medicated and prepared myself for the day. It’s 75F but only due to reach 84F today and a 65% chance of mid-day rain, albeit the sun is out right now. Nothing much on the agenda, some house-irk and then tonight I’ll put the garbage and recycle bins out to the curb. Probably some gym time too, we’ll see.

FCM, I’m still going along with just 2 pills once a day, but sooner or later I’ll start collecting prescriptions and having to organize them. Glad your getting the stuff you need that quickly. And this is probably the best time to order the heating oil, waiting for the first cold snap will surely be more expensive.

Boo fae, nice double on the imminent (one hopes) departure of Student headache and catching TM out. When you typed " I may have to tell her that it’s going on her permanent record!" I almost could here the HEHEHEHEHE…and yes, that is petty but what the heck, for the headaches she’s caused a little schadenfreude is allowed/

Happy mowage, swampy

And been long enough since medication, so will crunch an apple to start the calorie flow. Have a good day all.

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I’ve got only 3 prescription meds. The others are vitamins, plus a low dose aspirin, that have been recommended but are not vital or anything. If not for the vitamins, I’d have noticed the problem right off. Stoopit vitamins.

Once I’m properly dosed again, I’ll need to prune back the jungle between the front and back yards near the oil tank. The forsythia there are, shall we say, enthusiastic… Meanwhile, I await CVS.

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Today is World Bee Day, so take a moment to smile and wave at a bee, from a suitable distance.

This year’s Indiana car license plates are white letters on black, after a string of more imaginative designs touting covered bridges and the controversial “Wander Indiana” message. Mrs. Nott does not like the new plates, saying they’re too plain.

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If you are interested in pursuing this further, these two semi-recent threads are on-point: