What you did today

[Bartimaeus]

I'm pretty sure my cat would literally die if I went on a road trip with him. He's an old geezer and throws up with the slightest amount of anxiety (...darned rescue animals), and he hates being in cars. Your cat seems pretty relaxed by comparison, .

Edited May 5, 2017 by Bartimaeus

[Amentep]

All of the pets I had got sick in cars.  Made trips to the vet fun.

[LadyCrimson]

I'm pretty sure my cat would literally die if I went on a road trip with him. He's an old geezer and throws up with the slightest amount of anxiety (...darned rescue animals), and he hates being in cars. Your cat seems pretty relaxed by comparison, .

My cat is actually a dog in disguise. If I go outside he sits by the door waiting for me to come back, that type of thing. :D

He's a rescue as well, about 11 y.o. now with a medicine-required hyperactive thyroid condition, but always been mellow and very trusting. Took about 3 trips before he got "used" to it, tho. Still gets upset if he can't see me during.

 

Needy cat.

 

 

 

....and today, after meeting with some contractors, we're just sitting outside enjoying the sun and the huge backyard while waiting for the time we'll be visiting hubby's cousin/aunt in the evening.

[algroth]

Yeah, taking my cat to the vet is quite the odyssey... I'm still unsure if what he fears is the car trip or the vet, but either way he'll squirm and eventually resign to sinking his claws really deeply into whoever is holding him through the duration of the trip and visit.

[Bartimaeus]

That's how my cat is like too, actually! It's nice in some ways - being more involved than you would normally get out a regular cat is nice - but also very annoying at times, too. He whines and cries a lot for no real reason besides that he can. Whines at doors, whines at windows, whines for water (he only drinks out of a running faucet these days...), whines to jump up on counters (...and he's getting too old to jump by himself sometimes). I think he's about 13 or 14 years old now...which I guess probably means he won't be around that much longer, sadly, especially seeing as how persistent throwing-up is usually a bad sign for longevity.

 

That's life, though...

[Malcador]

SD card reader did the trick...sort of. 16 MB/s is better than 2, after all. Next hurdle is the player not liking one or more of the songs as it hangs after processing the file. Shouldn't be too surprised that one of the files I got over the past 18 years or so is corrupt or finicky. Plan of attack is go folder by folder to locate the problem files

[Azdeus]

Alot of birds singing right now, quite lovely to listen to. Quite annoying to try and sleep to.

 

Admittedly it's just some low chirping noises but it still gets me annoyed.

[Gfted1]

Tired of buying bait, I purchased a cast net (which works like a champ for catching minnows) and then a few weeks ago I started a "worm farm". My wife was planting some flowers and every time she would turn over some dirt; earthworms galore! So I grabbed a bucket, threw some dirt in, and walk behind her scooping them up. Also when it rains enough they bubble to the surface which makes easy pickings. Tossed in some old watermelon about a week ago to get some good biodegradation going. Other than that I have no idea if this worked at all or how quickly earthworms reproduce but today is the grand reveal of my experiment. In my mind, I'm going to dig my hand down to the bottom of the bucket and pull up a teeming mass worms.

[Guard Dog]

Corn, corn, corn. Good lord do I have a lot of it. It grew even better than I could have imagined.

[Rosbjerg]

Alot of birds singing right now, quite lovely to listen to. Quite annoying to try and sleep to.

 

Admittedly it's just some low chirping noises but it still gets me annoyed.

Yeah, they're going crazy here too

Spring turning into to summer lovely time..

[Azdeus]

The green is what really gets me, everything slowly turning green again. Love it.

 

First wasp of the year flew through my window this "morning" and had me up, awake and alert in about 0.02 seconds flat.

[Bartimaeus]

I'm not much of a spring or summer guy, but it is nice to be able to go outside in a leisurely manner again. The effect will probably wear off in a couple of months after it gets hot again, though - I can't stand the heat.

[Hurlshort]

My recently planted hops are starting to peek out of the ground.

[Malcador]

Spring means the battle against the ant insurgency begins again.

Edited May 7, 2017 by Malcador

[Krookie]

Nice days here in Brooklyn lately. 

 

http://imgur.com/a/JIYfu 

[Labadal]

Been out running for 3 days straight. I can't remember when I last did that. In shorts and t-shirt to boot. That's when you know early summer is here. My eyes are bloody red and my nose is running, though. Damn pollen allergy is killing me. Still, not going to complain.

[kirottu]

Last night I slept and dreamed I was sleeping. Let me tell you guys, it was as great as Nick Knatterton always said it'd be.

[Guard Dog]

There was a huge argument at the VFW last  night. I'm pleased to say I pretty much started the whole thing.

[Malcador]

There was a huge argument at the VFW last night. I'm pleased to say I pretty much started the whole thing.

What was it about?

[Gorgon]

Called my boss a moron in a mail, and as happens whenever it's not supposed to, it was cc'd to a bunch of people. I got away with it.

 

Well, 'klaphat'. It's Danish for moron. Yes, it's a hat, that claps.

 

[Tale]

Are we posting pictures of cats!?!

When people ask me what I do, I tell them I'm a professional cat pillow.

 

Don't ask me why it's upside down. The board is doing that.

[Guard Dog]

 

There was a huge argument at the VFW last night. I'm pleased to say I pretty much started the whole thing.

What was it about?

 

The only thing everyone argues about anymore... politics. It's a funny thing. Most of the members are well into their later years. We have a handful of Iraq & Afghanistan vets, two Gulf War vets and a handful who have seen action in other places. But the majority are Vietnam & Korean war vets. These fellows have lived for a long time. They have seen the world at it's best and worst and seen Presidents and congresses come and go. You'd think they would recognize certain patterns to history and rather than embrace the political tribalism that is gripping our country (disagree = enemy) they would be able to take a larger view of what's going on. But it turns out you'd be wrong to think that. Oh well.

 

Alcohol and political discussion make a poor soup.

[Malcador]

Ah ok. Well usually the rule is no politics or religion. As it is just zealots baying at each other.

 

Corporate mandatory training today. The sexual harassment one is hilarious, questions are some huge stereotypical examples of it. At least the accessibility one was not so blatant

[BruceVC]

 

 

There was a huge argument at the VFW last night. I'm pleased to say I pretty much started the whole thing.

What was it about?

 

The only thing everyone argues about anymore... politics. It's a funny thing. Most of the members are well into their later years. We have a handful of Iraq & Afghanistan vets, two Gulf War vets and a handful who have seen action in other places. But the majority are Vietnam & Korean war vets. These fellows have lived for a long time. They have seen the world at it's best and worst and seen Presidents and congresses come and go. You'd think they would recognize certain patterns to history and rather than embrace the political tribalism that is gripping our country (disagree = enemy) they would be able to take a larger view of what's going on. But it turns out you'd be wrong to think that. Oh well.

 

Alcohol and political discussion make a poor soup.

 

I hear you but IMO just give them a pass, I admit we have no veterans in SA because of our past it somehow became inappropriate

 

You lucky in many ways, they like a living history page albeit a little annoying which you must be very use to as you have been long time member on these forums 

 

I assume they Republican? 

[Azdeus]

Spring means the battle against the ant insurgency begins again.

 

And mosquitoes, wasps, flies, ticks and other assorted pests I've forgotten about since last summer.

 

Corporate mandatory training today. The sexual harassment one is hilarious, questions are some huge stereotypical examples of it. At least the accessibility one was not so blatant

 

Had one of those a month and a half ago, as is typical my brain went into innuendo mode. Luckily it seems most people had the same thoughts and went along with it.

 

We had like three girls in our team, we had to divide into four groups to "discuss how sexism affects our workplace". That went well. And with well I mean everybody started whining about how dudes had to do the vast majority of the heavy lifting at our workplace,and the girls agreed.