Cool and clear? The national map has us on the edge of weather for the next couple of days. That usually means no weather for us. Monday didn’t rain, but after a promising start the overcast came back and it threatened to rain all day.
Didn’t feel great, so stayed in. Took a nap. Cleaners came and went. Did some sorting and cleaning. Found some things that will need closer looks and maybe some repair. Stacked some more stuff for the BOL. Picked up the kids from school. Only 20 minutes late. Practically on time.
Today I hope to sort a few more bins and drop some off at the auctioneer. If not, more cleaning and sorting is on tap.
Speaking of, I dumped some more food that was just too old. Only a few ‘box’ meals, but they were cheese based, and the cheese powder has gone off. 4 years past ‘best by’ is a lot for a fatty milk based product. Mad Max, I’d have saved the pasta, it was in plastic and probably fine. I’ll replace the boxes this shopping trip. There is still some ebola era stuff on the shelves, and not all of it is in good shape. Just another task on the list.
I noticed that I’ve been taking new box meals to the BOL, and not restocking here. I need to catch up. We do eat a lot of them, relatively speaking, and stocks are lower than I like for an item we eat regularly.
Also really need to do something with the garden here. It’s actually getting late…
Always something to do. Find the time to join me in stacking the things. All the things.
nick
Hmmm coffee….
It’s not 77F and 84%RH, but it is chilly and damp. Weird Spring.
Ah well, I guess I’ll get the day started.
n
Yeah, weird spring.
Don’t blink or you’ll miss it.
I guess I’m not the only one who noticed…
https://areaocho.com/coincidences-keep-piling-up/
n
Mentally ill people. 99% also trans or religious zealots. Sometimes both.
I came across this, and Niall is a good historian, what is the hive here opinion?
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-04-09/artificial-intelligence-the-aliens-have-landed-and-we-created-them?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=mobile_web_share
WRT taking blood pressure readings. Several years ago my Primary Care Physician had a blood pressure device sent to me, its name is BodyTrace. I use it M, W & F. After taking the reading it sends the value by cellular to either my doctor’s office or its facility which then sends it to the doctor. The doctor calls me monthly and tells me that they are all OK.
No shame grifting whore:
Chasten Buttigieg announcing his new MEMOIR for ‘young adults’ does NOT go well, like at all
As one comment says “A nobody married to a diversity hire has something to say. Let’s listen!” I’m sure certain brick ‘n mortar stores will place it front and center. There is probably a Dumbocrat PAC buying it in advance to make it #1 and giving it out free. OK, groomers.
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/04/10/san-francisco-grocery-store-to-close-citing-deteriorating-street-conditions-n542973
Nationally just five diverters dominate the illegal trade in stolen merch from the drug stores chains. Selling on eBay and Amazon, neither of which has any clue as they take their 20% off the top of millions of dollars in sales, and pour a couple million into state sales tax coffers. Nothing to see, here, move along.
FBI: Look, more Christian domestic terrorists!!!!
Barnes & Noble.
Amazon carried the last book in their brick-n-mortar store here for the entire time the place existed.
Been busy lately:
As Dr. Pournelle used to say: “It’s a good life if you don’t weaken.”
Dang Rick, that’s a lot of busy.
n
Rick? Nah, Chat GPT has taken over… Rick is napping.
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Currently 90 F / 18 RH here in the SW desert … weather liars predict a high of 96 F.
Was at the local, umm, sporting goods store yesterday picking up some, uhh, lead fishing weights and a guy came in asking for 38 Spc Wadcutters. Young buck behind the counter. wearing tactical khakis and carrying a duded up Gloc, was baffled. “Wad-cut-what? These FMJ are your best value right now.” Customer mumbled something under his breath and said “Thanks” on his way out.
The chimney has been replaced. Only the section above the roof had damaged bricks. The new bricks don’t match exactly, but close. The repair guy is about 70 years old and provides a lifetime warranty against leaks. I wonder how that works when he becomes worm food. His grandson did most of the work so maybe the warranty stays with him. It cost me $7,400, which was less than I expected.
Next project is the roof, including all the soffits. There is some rotted wood on the sides of which I am aware. I expect some additional replacements will be required. I am targeting about $35K to do the entire roof. I may be shocked.
Sig Sauer P320 susceptible to unwanted firing by accident?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/04/11/sig-sauer-p320-fires-on-own/
(behind paywall, but you can try opening in new anonymous window)
>> The repair guy is about 70 years old and provides a lifetime warranty against leaks. I wonder how that works when he becomes worm food.
No Ray, your lifetime, so he’s only gotta outlast you 😉
>> Sig Sauer P320 susceptible to unwanted firing by accident?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/04/11/sig-sauer-p320-fires-on-own/
(behind paywall, but you can try opening in new anonymous window)
Non-paywall site: https://www.newser.com/story/333850/critics-see-dangerous-design-flaw-in-a-top-selling-handgun.html
+1 for wheel gubs!
Why would you do business there? Why HAVE they been doing business there?
n
The chimney has been replaced. Only the section above the roof had damaged bricks. The new bricks don’t match exactly, but close. The repair guy is about 70 years old and provides a lifetime warranty against leaks. I wonder how that works when he becomes worm food. His grandson did most of the work so maybe the warranty stays with him. It cost me $7,400, which was less than I expected.
Depending on the color of the bricks, they will darken over time with Sun exposure. When I added the 455 ft2 addition to my house in 2015, the new medium red bricks were lighter than the 2003 installed bricks. Within a year, the new bricks were the same color as the old bricks.
Why would you do business there? Why HAVE they been doing business there?
Walmart’s business strategy is to have a brick and mortar store within a few miles of every person living in an urban or suburban area in the USA. It appears that Walmart is walking away from that strategy. BTW, McDonalds has the same strategy.
“Twitter becomes X Corp as Elon Musk advances ‘everything app’ hopes”
https://financialpost.com/technology/twitter-becomes-x-corp-elon-musk-advances-everything-app
“Twitter Inc. has ceased to be an independent company after merging with a newly formed shell firm called X Corp., driving speculation about what Elon Musk intends for the social media platform.”
“Twitter “no longer exists” after being merged with X Corp., according to an April 4 document submitted in a California court for a lawsuit filed against the company and its former chief executive officer, Jack Dorsey, last year by conservative activist Laura Loomer.”
Weird.
Most of that loss is from the thugs stealing from the stores. All of them of course are pillars of the community who would give the (stolen) shirt off their back to help someone else. Seems rational as all the cases involving crimes in the ghettos are reported that way.
Most of that loss is from the thugs stealing from the stores. All of them of course are pillars of the community who would give the (stolen) shirt off their back to help someone else. Seems rational as all the cases involving crimes in the ghettos are reported that way.
I have a solution for the problem but most people won’t like it. The solution is practiced in many of the muslim countries. The first time caught stealing, cut off the right hand. The second time caught stealing, cut off the head.
“Humanity is on the cusp of a giant (6x) leap forward”
https://www.sovereignman.com/trends/humanity-is-on-the-cusp-of-a-giant-6x-leap-forward-146739/
“On March 11, 2011, an earthquake in the Pacific Ocean caused a tsunami to strike Japan. You probably remember seeing this in the news, because, directly in the path of the tsunami sat the Fukushima nuclear power plant. As the waves crashed into the reactors, the plant’s cooling systems lost power and the nuclear reactors overheated. Pressure built until explosions spewed radioactive materials into the environment. Now, Japan realized that the Fukishma nuclear accident was a major anomaly… and that the historical data clearly show that nuclear power is safe. So they moved on and continued investing in nuclear.”
“Yet half a world away, Germany decided to shut down its own nuclear power plants because of what happened in Fukishima… even though Germany is obviously not prone to tsunamis and rarely experiences severe earthquakes. It was a knee jerk reaction— not at all based on “science”. And instead of investing in nuclear, Germany spent tens of billions of euros on far less efficient renewable power. One key problem, of course, is that Germany didn’t plan on having a fully renewable energy grid unil more than 25 years later in 2038. So in the meantime while they would be building wind and solar energy plants across Germany, they planned on filling their energy void by importing natural gas… from Russia.”
+1 for wheel gubs!
I only carry wheel gubs now, mostly due to my wrist issues.
Elon Musk is frequently given credit for creating PayPal, but that is another one of those “The Legend of Jeff” type pieces of misinformation which will not die on the Internet.
Musk was directly involved with the creation of X.Com, a primitive email-based payment system/online bank, which eventually merged into Confinity, another online bank whose pre-existing payment system was PayPal, masterminded by Max Levichin. Musk emerged briefly as CEO of the combined company before being deposed by the board.
Convinity eventually renamed to PayPal.
At some point in the last decade, Musk bought back the X.Com domain. Maybe he feels a special connection to the name.
Interestingly, pre-merger, Musk was also deposed as CEO of X.Com.
Until a mystery entity blew up the pipeline, an act of war against Germany even if it hasn’t been acknowledged as such.
@Nick
A question the Walmart stockholders should be asking good and hard, along with stockholders of every other corporation that is losing money in blue shiiteholes.
And everyone who is buying from those corporations in other locations should be asking themselves how much they are being overcharged to subsidize losing operations in blue shiiteholes. I’ve yet to hear any executive make a statement like “I believe so much in our commitment to blue shiiteholes that I’m willing to cut my salary to $1 a year to contribute to the subsidy of those stores.”
Good news today: Bud Light sales down 30% last weekend. Since a lot of people haven’t been following the news, we have more joy to expect for next week
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/04/11/the-numbers-are-in-on-bud-lights-decision-to-go-woke-n2621809
@Lynn
If you call smoke and mirrors a “plan”.
Given the total absence of any major investment in storing “renewable” power for the minimum two weeks that would be needed to get by a calm and cloudy winter, it’s pretty obvious that smoke and mirrors was the plan.
Every time I see “green” hydrogen I wonder if it’s time to pull out my super-secret device for storing rainbow energy and high-purity unicorn farts. All it takes is an equal weight of gem-quality diamonds to adsorb them on the surface…
‘Dungeons & Dragons’ To Remove Half-Species From Player’s Handbook, Claims The Entire Idea Is “Inherently Racist”
https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/04/04/dungeons-dragons-to-remove-half-species-from-players-handbook-claims-entire-the-entire-idea-is-inherently-racist/
Is Harry going to give Meghan the update? Who’s going to tell The Camel?
If you call smoke and mirrors a “plan”.
Given the total absence of any major investment in storing “renewable” power for the minimum two weeks that would be needed to get by a calm and cloudy winter, it’s pretty obvious that smoke and mirrors was the plan.
Every time I see “green” hydrogen I wonder if it’s time to pull out my super-secret device for storing rainbow energy and high-purity unicorn farts. All it takes is an equal weight of gem-quality diamonds to adsorb them on the surface…
I don’t think that there are any adults in Germany anymore. As far as I can tell, Germany and the UK are totally oblivious as to energy usage by the populace in its various forms. The leaders of the countries are acting like dictators and the populaces are their serfs.
This is why I am so worried about Biden and his cohorts in the White House. This latest thing to ban ICE engines in cars and trucks starting in 2027 is totally farcical. These people are worse than oblivious, they are dangerous. They also view themselves as dictators and we are their unpaid servants.
Yeah, that…. is that all internal combustion engines or “just” new engines? If it’s “all” that is destroy the economy stupid. Because look around at all the quickie marts that sell gas. If they didn’t sell gas, why would anyone ever go to CircleK?
I like Taco Bell and WhatABurger. I’m not walking five miles from my house to either. There go more jobs down the toilet.
I doubt wetbacks doing yard work are going to switch to all electric lawn mowers. Now the HOA can bitch about your lawn not being mowed to “standards”. (I want to say “mown” and not “mowed”. Shrug.)
I expect the idiots will ban the sale of gasoline. And diesel. Then we watch folks starve when the grocery stores are empty.
It’s just nuts.
“How a fake climate emergency created a real energy emergency” by Alex Epstein
https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/how-a-fake-climate-emergency-created
“The false idea that fossil fuels’ climate impacts are an “emergency” that requires us to rapidly eliminate fossil fuels has caused an energy emergency.”
“The world is experiencing the worst energy crisis since the 1970s, and it may end up being far worse. Skyrocketing energy prices are driving price inflation in every area of life. Even in wealthy Europe we are seeing mass-hardship, deindustrialization, and fear of winter.”
“While America is suffering from the energy crisis and Europe is suffering far more, the worst-affected are poor nations—who are getting outbid for today’s scarce energy supplies. For example, we’ve seen power outages in Bangladesh, which has been outbid for natural gas by Europe.”
Yeah, that…. is that all internal combustion engines or “just” new engines? If it’s “all” that is destroy the economy stupid. Because look around at all the quickie marts that sell gas. If they didn’t sell gas, why would anyone ever go to CircleK?
New ICE engines. The EPA is going to allot emissions as a total of vehicle production by manufacturer.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/10/23677157/ev-rules-epa-emission-standards-biden-ice-gas-car-end
“But it won’t be as easy as banning the sale of gas-powered cars or mandating that companies only sell vehicles with electric powertrains. Rather, the new EPA rules would set an emissions limit on the total number of new cars each automaker sells in a year. That limit would essentially ensure that two-thirds of vehicles they sold in the US by 2032 would be EVs, according to a report by The New York Times. The full details are expected to be released on Wednesday.”
“The effort to make this a reality will be absolutely massive. Automakers have already set out on the path to more EV sales, but plug-in vehicles still only account for a fraction of the overall car market in the US. Getting them from where they are today, at around 7 percent of new car sales, to where the Biden administration wants them, roughly 68 percent of all car sales, will be unlike anything ever attempted in the 150-year history of the auto industry. “
“Elon Musk says SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft is ready to launch soon”
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/10/23677525/spacex-starship-super-heavy-starbase-launch-ready
“Pending regulatory approval, Starship and its Super Heavy booster could attempt an orbital launch as early as next week.”
Wow.
This morning was cool. Interesting. It was 50f. I woke at 4am because of hydraulic pressure and heading back to bed I noticed it seemed extra bright in the living room. Clear skies and a slightly more than half moon. Neato.
Got up a bit after 6am, dogs run on solar time. Did my bathroom thing, made my coffee, topped off the dog’s water dish, put Buddy’s harness on him, and out we go. The usual routine.
This morning was foggy. The fog was at the top of the trees. Just sitting there. Pretty cool looking. We walked to the gate and back and on the way back to the house it was almost like wearing steamed up glasses. When we got back to the house, I couldn’t see the EDC and could barely see the van in the boat shed.
And hour later it was 55f and sunny and crystal clear.
I’ve been wondering about that. His launch pads are in the middle of BF-RGV and away from anyone if stuff goes “boom” and not “up”. I suppose if the FAA or whatever gets too pissy, moving the entire place to about 40 miles south of Matamoros solves that problem.
I expect the idiots will ban the sale of gasoline. And diesel. Then we watch folks starve when the grocery stores are empty.
Nah, huge taxes. $0.50/gallon to start then doubling every year. Just like the refrigerant taxes.
The launch pads are at Boca Chica, the last point along the Gulf Coast of Texas before the border, an hour drive from South Padre Island, but only a few miles distant on a straight line from the southern most point on the island.
I’ve been there several times, and my cell phone always thinks it is in Mexico once we get close to the launch pad and assembly complex.
According to one PR distraction announcement from Tony, once regular launches begin, the Boring Company is going to dig a tunnel from SPI to Boca Chica, but I’ll believe that one when it opens to traffic.
$700 for four pounds of freon last year.
I got lucky this year – no leaks, but the new upstairs AC system quote went from $7500 in September to nearly $10,000 last Monday when the tech checked the systems. Same hardware — single stage heating/cooling, gas furnace.
Don’t be too sure, they can only use what they can get.
Amazon refused to ship a field mower (4-cycle) to me here in California this spring. But would ship to my brother in Nevada.
When gas and diesel are unobtainable or unaffordable, take it from government vehicles. You can be sure that they’ll always be supplied.
Same goes for ammunition when it is taxed or regulated out of the serfs’ hands. The police and any number of other government employees will be carrying weapons and ammunition, so take it from them.
>> This latest thing to ban ICE engines in cars and trucks starting in 2027 is totally farcical.
I guess Buc-ees doesn’t see the need for EV charging spots.
Sounds like the beginning of a five-year-plan.
The New Braunfels Buc-ee’s has a couple of dozen EV charging spots but they are at the edge of the property. It isn’t about gasoline sales as much as Buc-ee’s “no loitering” philosophy.
I’ve notice Love’s embracing EVs, but that comes at a price. The Royce West Love’s was a madhouse on a Friday night at 9 PM when we stopped there heading south last month. Every EV slot was occupied with others waiting.
Pilot/Flying-J was nearby at the next exit, but Buffett is still working on assimilation of the chain into his vision of a Gecko-driven all EV future. For now, anyone going between San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley in an EV will need to stop at that Love’s or endure severe range anxiety in either direction.
I recently got a small dog ( ten pound male chihuahua). He is a nine year old rescue dog and we’re adapting to each other fairly well.
I noticed that he always lays in the sun when he can. I keep my house kind of cool and the floor is around 70 degrees or so. He usually lays in a tight ball but when he is sunning himself he stretch’s out. When is he in my lap he also stretch’s out. If the sun is not where it is shinning into the house he often gets up on the upholstered furniture which isn’t a big deal; I just vacuum them every day or two instead of monthly.
I’m thinking that he might like to sleep under a heat lamp. He prefers to be near me so I’ve gotten him a doggy bed for the bedroom and my office so he is not directly on the floor.
Am I over thinking this or is this a good idea. My wife always took care of the pets and so my experience as an owner is almost none.
Sounds like the beginning of a five-year-plan.
Sounds like a violation of the USA Constitution. SCOTUS ruled on the EPA’s inability to limit so-called greenhouse gas emissions in 2022. “Supreme Court restricts the EPA’s authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions”
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/30/1103595898/supreme-court-epa-climate-change
And
https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/west-virginia-v-environmental-protection-agency/
To me, the EPA is stating that the ruling by SCOTUS does not apply to them. Probably some lawyer who thinks that they are clever has come up with a scatter brained plan to circumvent the ruling.
>> For now, anyone going between San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley in an EV will need to stop at that Love’s or endure severe range anxiety in either direction.
The “Jesus Truck” solves all EV concerns … NOT.
>> Am I over thinking this or is this a good idea. My wife always took care of the pets and so my experience as an owner is almost none.
One dog with one owner by nature shouldn’t be too difficult unless at 9 he grew up with any bad habits. Give him some time and don’t be overly soft with him and he should come to see you as the ‘alpha dog,’ as you provide the food, water, outside potty access (dogs don’t like to sh!t where they eat), and belly rubs. He should adapt to whatever “bed” you think makes him happy.
It’s great you got a rescue dog, especially an older one as they tend to linger in the shelters. And others may object, but stick to male dogs if you can – they don’t call the females b!tches for nothing.
Give him love and his last ‘forever home’ and keep him out of pain and you both should be greatly rewarded. Any questions, please feel free to ask.
ADDED: and don’t overfeed him. Fats dogs are not healthy dogs.
@Bob Sprowl
Getting him off the floor is a good idea. Did he take to the doggy bed? Sometimes the new ones smell new and need to air out before they’re acceptable. Putting it outside in the sun helps. I usually have a couple of the cheap microfiber throws ($5 or less on sale) that I can toss on the bed or couch. Dog (or cat) learns it belongs to them and will ask for it to be spread out. Easy to throw in the laundry.
@Lynn
EPA needs to be cut back about 90%, and limited by a new law that explicitly states their areas of jurisdiction and that they cannot go beyond without congressional approval.
Maybe make thermo requirement for being employed there, too.
bodycam footage from Louisvile, last link:
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/04/11/louisville-police-release-body-cam-video-hes-down-get-the-officer-n543211
No, all life is not sacred.
My bad. George West. Royce West is a local State Senator.
150 miles of nothing between George West and McAllen, and anyone driving 60 MPH to stretch a battery will get run over.
San Antonio is another 80 miles so skipping the stop at Love’s is not an option.
The point that gets glossed over by the media and the border problem is that no one is leaving the Rio Grande Valley to go anywhere without help.
Good news today: Bud Light sales down 30% last weekend. Since a lot of people haven’t been following the news, we have more joy to expect for next week
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/04/11/the-numbers-are-in-on-bud-lights-decision-to-go-woke-n2621809
Um, is that a girl or a guy dressed up as a girl ? For some reason it looks like a guy to me.
@Bob Sprowl
Chihuahuas generally don’t have long hair, so it’s possible he’s cold. You might want to consider an electric heating pad; my cats love them.
I’m thinking that he might like to sleep under a heat lamp
– maybe better to try a heating pad. They make them specifically for dogs and dog beds.
My half chihuahua half dachshund is 12 pounds He likes to be off the tile. Wife has turned the tstat to 73F and wants it there. I’m chilly at that temp, little guy must be freezing. He tucks his nose in and sleeps like a cat donut on his bed most of the day.
We have several beds in different sizes and shapes around the house so he can be in his spot and still be close to us. He will often cuddle with someone anyway if he can.
He likes his “calming” bed when at the lake.
n
Bob S: As others have said, warming him up is called for. Your call, or experimentation, on whether he prefers a heated bed or a heat lamp. They run about the same price (I’ve bought one of each recently), so that’s not a concern.
Nick: We keep our thermostat at 65F during the day in Winter, 60 at night. And the basement, where I spend my workday, is colder. And I don’t wear pants, socks, or shoes. When the ice comes, you’re gonna be in a world of hurt.
TMI, Sasquatch.
Heating pad – great idea. Also I’ll be putting some throws on the furniture.
I got Draco a new bed like the calming bed for the bedroom. He has hand-me down one in my office and I made a sheltered place for him to nap in my shop. When in my recliner reading, he lays next to me.
He doesn’t bark – only three times in five weeks at strangers.
I don’t know how to tell when he needs to go outside so I just clean it up and then use the rug shampooer. (He just disappears for a few minutes and when I notice he’s gone or he reappears I start looking for the “mess”. No pattern and often no accidents for a couple of days. He is as likely to be found on the furniture as to have made a mess. He ignores the training pad and seldom makes a mess anywhere twice. Only takes a few minutes to use the rug shampooer.
Thanks.
My name is Duck. Donald Duck.
Well, at least you wear a shirt. Civilized? Jury is still in session.
Quackers.
On top of my already-too-full schedule, I’ve been busy lately with caring for a bunch of chicks. This came about because a couple months ago my wife got a good deal on an egg incubator so of course she had to buy it. And once you have the incubator of course you have to get fertilized eggs from your friend who keeps livestock. And once they hatch of course you need a warming light and a thermostat to control it and feeders and feed and blah blah blah even when they’re living in a cardboard box with a blanket on top. And before long a coop. And grit and stuff for a dust bath. And…
But eggs! Free eggs!
I haven’t bothered to provide a cost breakdown for those free eggs. A cost breakdown of the free vegetables from Grandma’s garden went in one ear and out the other. (Though the garden gives Grandma something to do and gets her some exercise and fresh air, so it’s worth the cost of fertilizer and water and seeds on that basis.)
The problem, though, isn’t the money. It’s the drain on my time. I’m the only person here responsible enough to make sure that the food and water containers aren’t empty, that the heat light stays plugged in for the week-old chicks, that the five-week-old chicks aren’t left too exposed to the cold wind once the sun goes down, that the coop is closed after someone checks on the older chicks, and so on. I could refuse to do it but it’s almost certain that they would be ailing within a day and dead within two.
Two years, two months, a few days…
Bah. /pissing-and-moaning
I don’t know how to tell when he needs to go outside so I just clean it up and then use the rug shampooer. (He just disappears for a few minutes and when I notice he’s gone or he reappears I start looking for the “mess”. No pattern and often no accidents for a couple of days. He is as likely to be found on the furniture as to have made a mess. He ignores the training pad and seldom makes a mess anywhere twice. Only takes a few minutes to use the rug shampooer.
We have had Lily, a miniature Schnauzer / Pinscher mix, since she was three months old. She is four years old and 35 lbs now. We used to put out four training pads for her in the house but dropped back to three. One in the study and two in our master bathroom. Even with the 30 inch by 36 inch size, she still misses occasionally. However, she does prefer the blue grass (blue bath mats) in our bathroom so we have to fold those over.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Vibrant-Life-Training-Pads-XXL-30-in-x-36-in-100-Count/264726630
“Target security guard punches customer in the face after she demanded ‘reparations’”
https://nypost.com/2023/04/11/target-security-guard-punches-customer-demanding-reparations/
“A Target security guard punched a customer during a confrontation that was sparked when she asked for “reparations” while at a checkout line with more than $1,000 in groceries, according to a police report.”
Also at:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11960697/Target-security-guard-slugs-female-shopper-demanded-1-000-bill-paid-reparations.html
This is what a mentally ill person looks like.
Female. Girl Boss. Harvard. Wharton. Boarding school.
Never concede. Never surrender, especially to a male.
That personality type doesn’t go with Y chromosomes, but she might be on low dose T therapy for sex drive.
Fringe loony medicine, but not trans is my guess after watching the video.
If you’ve ever watched “Silicon Valley”, Jan the Man. It isn’t an uncommon personality type in tech.
@SteveF
Yeah, but your fried eggs will be 10x better.
Don’t know what your setup is, but I would tell you that putting a sheet vinyl floor in the coop makes cleaning much easier,
@Lynn
This is what mental illness as a product looks like, the result of years of indoctrination by a group whose goal is to destroy our society. If it ever happens, they will find that that as serfs in a Chinese-controlled country they will have a very different life. Ask the Uighurs.
Counties overlapping Democrat-run cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York top the list of locales that have been losing population, while the biggest inflows of people have been to Arizona, Texas, and Florida, according to census data.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/11/census-data-shows-mass-exodus-democrat-run-cities-red-states/
If you have one of these people move in next to you, ask them if they intend to vote for the same shiite that caused the failure of the place they left. If that’s their intention, shun them. Don’t talk to them, don’t let your kids near them. Encourage your dog to crap on their porch. Put up a sign that says “Gun free next door” with a large arrow. Talk to your neighbors about taking turns “accidentally” blocking their driveway, having loud parties, and doing everything you can to make their lives hell and make them want to go home.
Stop the spread of the infection.
I think the author is picking on magenta hair a bit. “Body piercing” would have been a better choice.
Finishes strong, though:
I knew of someone that died and was eaten by her ferrets.
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>> I don’t know how to tell when he needs to go outside so I just clean it up and then use the rug shampooer.
@Bob, does his shelter paperwork indicate how he got to the shelter? If it was an owner surrender it should indicate if he was house-trained. Is a doggy-door an option, if you have appropriate fencing? You can also try moving his food bowl right near where he most frequently poops in the house. Most house-trained dogs really don’t like to poop where they get fed. If you want to correct him, a firm “NO” is recommended, but only if you catch him in the act. As soon as he’s done, take him by the collar and get his snout right up to the mess and tell him no He should figure it out eventually and you should be able to pick up on his “let me out signal.” Scratching at the door is not uncommon. You can also try hanging his leash over the doorknob of the door you usually take him out through as a clue. Hang in there…eventually you might just get tired of the rug shampooer.
>> Stop the spread of the infection.
And tell the snow-birds not to come anymore as well. About another four weeks and traffic should improve here.
>> The problem, though, isn’t the money. It’s the drain on my time. I’m the only person here responsible enough to make sure that the food and water containers aren’t empty, that the heat light stays plugged in for the week-old chicks, that the five-week-old chicks aren’t left too exposed to the cold wind once the sun goes down, that the coop is closed after someone checks on the older chicks, and so on. I could refuse to do it but it’s almost certain that they would be ailing within a day and dead within two.
Just fly in @Jenny for an on-site evaluation / recommendation,
I used a heating pad for our ancient kitty, before she passed on. She wanted to sleep outside as much as possible, so I put the pad in the shed, under a cozy cave-like bed, and propped the door open.
However.
Here, heating pads are required to automatically shut off after a certain time, 90 minutes I think. So I had to put it on a timer that turned it off-and-on every hour. That avoided the auto-shutoff.
@SteveF: Sometimes you just have to let things happen. Tell you wife you don’t have time to look after the chicks. You’ll do the equipment, but not the daily care. Let things happen.
She may surprise you. Or not. Or maybe your daughter will step up. Whichever way it goes, a lesson will be learned…
Draco was abandoned. On a Saturday last October some apartment renters called the property management company and told them they had moved out and the keys were on the kitchen counter. On Monday the management company found two dogs in a crate in the kitchen.
The neighbors didn’t know the dogs names or anything else about them. I got him the first week of January. He had been named Methuselah by the rescue folks, but did not respond to that name so I renamed him. He seems smart and alert, just not house broken. He weighed 9 pounds and felt skinny, he’s 9.8 pounds now and feels muscular. I weigh myself every day and him at least once a week so he won’t being getting fat.
Draco walks easily on a leash. We walk a mile almost every afternoon. He usually stays near me although this week the days have been nice so I left the doors to the shop open and he has explored most of the neighborhood in short trips always returning to check on me. He naps in the sun near the shop.
He barks at some strangers but did not bark when he first saw my son. He’s never barked except at strangers. Gets along fine with children, small dogs and cats. Big dogs bother him. Thunder really bothers him; he hides and shakes even when I try to comfort him.
I have given him a couple if baths without any problems. He’s not a big eater, turning down some doggie treats that he has previously eaten greedily.