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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,290

    Being an old fart I still read books made from paper and ink and they have pictures in them that I sometimes try to rotate to see the backside. frown

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,378
    edited July 2019
    Tjohn said:

    Still alive. Just so you know. smiley

    Glad to hear it!  I wonder when you don't post for a while.

    Dana

    Post edited by DanaTA on
  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670

    community association has been shooting fireworks for three hours now.  How many fireworks do they have??  I just want to study this evening.

  • Subtropic PixelSubtropic Pixel Posts: 2,389
    McGyver said:

    Complaint:

    You may or may not have heard me complain about people using my ... full, drive through the driveway like it’s a public road, U-turns... it’s basically two parallel driveways on either side of the house connected by a “C” shape driveway... there is nothing confusing about it, it’s obvious a driveway on private property... but still, occasionally people will use the driveway as a roundabout to change direction... annoying, since a few times they have driven off the pavement and run over the sprinklers near the edge...

    You need to install a big sign that says "Private Driveway", and put a gate in front of it.  Physically block their passage; it's the only sure way to stop the behavior.

    As for the phone conversations, you probably should post a "No Parking/No Standing Zone" sign with red reflectors (on aluminum sticks; available at Home Depot or Lowes) running parallel with the road.  Makes it look like you're serious if you have the reflectors.  Or a sign that says "Security video and audio recording in progress", with accompanying cameras installed within sight. 

    Alternatively, you could post a sign saying "Irrigated with Reclaimed Water:  Do Not Drink!", then set the sprinklers to come on whenever somebody parks there.  Make sure some sprinklers are configured to shoot far enough to hit whatever is parked there.  Got a barking dog?  Send him out there whenever somebody is parked there.  Let him yap his head off until they leave.  Helps discourage camping out if their windows are rolled down when the sprinklers come on or the dog comes out howling like an angry hell-demon.  They'll either roll up the windows (a good thing) or leave (a better thing). 

    But really, you will be most effective if you can get a local cop to write some tickets for loitering or parking in an unauthorized zone.

  • DaikatanaDaikatana Posts: 830
    McGyver said:

    Complaint:

    You may or may not have heard me complain about people using my driveway to make U-turns... not, one of those “I’m only poking the front of the car two feet into your driveway because I can’t make the turn” type K-turns... But full, drive through the driveway like it’s a public road, U-turns... it’s basically two parallel driveways on either side of the house connected by a “C” shape driveway... there is nothing confusing about it, it’s obvious a driveway on private property... but still, occasionally people will use the driveway as a roundabout to change direction... annoying, since a few times they have driven off the pavement and run over the sprinklers near the edge... they aren’t actually that near the edge, but these aren’t great drivers either... one guy actually pulled into the driveway while I was doing yard work last year or so, and honked at me to get out of the way... I thought for a second it was someone I knew, so I stepped out of the way... only to peer in and realize “who is this clown?” and watch him drive off in the same direction from which he came... a brass set on that one, because if I realized what he was doing, I’d have given him my shovel as a parting gift.

    But the other annoying thing people do is stop in front of the oak tree on the south side of the house so they can talk on the phone... I don’t really care that much if they do that, it’s just that often they block the driveway and don’t understand why I’m honking for them to move when I’m trying to leave... 

    It’s really simple, but they still stare at me confused... 

    What most people who park there also don’t seem to realize for some unfathomable reason, is that if you are having a conversation in your car using the speaker option, your conversation is being broadcast through your speakers... so the whole damn world outside of your car can hear about your very personal doctor visit or whatever other intimate stupid conversation you are having... yeesh.

    So today I’m cutting up the remains of a huge branch that fell in that very spot by the big oak... I’ve disassembled the main branch (8”-9” diameter) and I’m in the process of cutting up the branchlets into manageable bundles (using pruning lopers) and this guy pulls up in that spot (it was clear of branches and debris at that point) and despite the fact that I’m very obviously working about fifteen to twenty feet away, decides have a full volume, windows open, speaker phone argument with his wife or girlfriend... also to note... he wasn’t doing too well in the arguing department... she wasn’t great at it either as apparently her favorite line was “well, I’m real, that’s real... is that real enough”....

    That’s not a bad line for a crazy character in a RomCom, but if that makes up more than 30% of your conversation, it’s a bit overused...

    Ugh... it was a painful conversation to be exposed to... seriously, for 45 minutes they went on and on... I started using my cordless Sawzall to cut a few branches I didn’t really need to cut agin, just to block them out... I even started up my crappy dead chainsaw twice in hopes he’d get the hint and move on... he was getting eviscerated, so I kinda figured shouting “Aye, could you take that somewhere else”, might not be... I dunno... nice?...  

    Not that I really cared, because who the hell does that?

    I sorta felt bad for him... I felt bad for whoever was shouting at him, I felt bad for the nearby squirrels whom I’m pretty sure will never be the same again ... and I felt bad for me...

    So after 45 minutes or so I couldn’t take them anymore and decided to go to the garage to recharge some of the batteries and leave him alone in his shame... and of course the moment I left so did he...

    People are so #$&@%! annoying...

    But the moral of the story is unless you want to share your intimate personal conversation with the world while in traffic, driving through a parking lot or waiting at a light... please remember that on most cars the speaker phone mode can be heard very well outside your car.

    Also... stay out of my damn driveway unless you are bringing me beer... stout or a dark porter preferably.  Also bacon is an acceptable substitute.

    Pay a visit to your local Farm supply store and pick up a couple of those metal watering troughs (cheaper than the large concrete planters) and place them strategically in the  c-shaped section .  Fill the bottom third with gravel for drainage (and weight) .  Fill the rest with potting soil and plant something pretty.  

     

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,488

    Charley and Summer were complaining that I have not fed the fish this morning.  I just put some food into their tank.  They was not complaining in words but in the style they was begging.  Neither goldfish can speak English but they know how to indicate they want fish food.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Daikatana said:
    McGyver said:

    Complaint:

    You may or may not have heard me complain about people using my driveway to make U-turns... not, one of those “I’m only poking the front of the car two feet into your driveway because I can’t make the turn” type K-turns... But full, drive through the driveway like it’s a public road, U-turns... it’s basically two parallel driveways on either side of the house connected by a “C” shape driveway... there is nothing confusing about it, it’s obvious a driveway on private property... but still, occasionally people will use the driveway as a roundabout to change direction... annoying, since a few times they have driven off the pavement and run over the sprinklers near the edge... they aren’t actually that near the edge, but these aren’t great drivers either... one guy actually pulled into the driveway while I was doing yard work last year or so, and honked at me to get out of the way... I thought for a second it was someone I knew, so I stepped out of the way... only to peer in and realize “who is this clown?” and watch him drive off in the same direction from which he came... a brass set on that one, because if I realized what he was doing, I’d have given him my shovel as a parting gift.

    But the other annoying thing people do is stop in front of the oak tree on the south side of the house so they can talk on the phone... I don’t really care that much if they do that, it’s just that often they block the driveway and don’t understand why I’m honking for them to move when I’m trying to leave... 

    It’s really simple, but they still stare at me confused... 

    What most people who park there also don’t seem to realize for some unfathomable reason, is that if you are having a conversation in your car using the speaker option, your conversation is being broadcast through your speakers... so the whole damn world outside of your car can hear about your very personal doctor visit or whatever other intimate stupid conversation you are having... yeesh.

    So today I’m cutting up the remains of a huge branch that fell in that very spot by the big oak... I’ve disassembled the main branch (8”-9” diameter) and I’m in the process of cutting up the branchlets into manageable bundles (using pruning lopers) and this guy pulls up in that spot (it was clear of branches and debris at that point) and despite the fact that I’m very obviously working about fifteen to twenty feet away, decides have a full volume, windows open, speaker phone argument with his wife or girlfriend... also to note... he wasn’t doing too well in the arguing department... she wasn’t great at it either as apparently her favorite line was “well, I’m real, that’s real... is that real enough”....

    That’s not a bad line for a crazy character in a RomCom, but if that makes up more than 30% of your conversation, it’s a bit overused...

    Ugh... it was a painful conversation to be exposed to... seriously, for 45 minutes they went on and on... I started using my cordless Sawzall to cut a few branches I didn’t really need to cut agin, just to block them out... I even started up my crappy dead chainsaw twice in hopes he’d get the hint and move on... he was getting eviscerated, so I kinda figured shouting “Aye, could you take that somewhere else”, might not be... I dunno... nice?...  

    Not that I really cared, because who the hell does that?

    I sorta felt bad for him... I felt bad for whoever was shouting at him, I felt bad for the nearby squirrels whom I’m pretty sure will never be the same again ... and I felt bad for me...

    So after 45 minutes or so I couldn’t take them anymore and decided to go to the garage to recharge some of the batteries and leave him alone in his shame... and of course the moment I left so did he...

    People are so #$&@%! annoying...

    But the moral of the story is unless you want to share your intimate personal conversation with the world while in traffic, driving through a parking lot or waiting at a light... please remember that on most cars the speaker phone mode can be heard very well outside your car.

    Also... stay out of my damn driveway unless you are bringing me beer... stout or a dark porter preferably.  Also bacon is an acceptable substitute.

    Pay a visit to your local Farm supply store and pick up a couple of those metal watering troughs (cheaper than the large concrete planters) and place them strategically in the  c-shaped section .  Fill the bottom third with gravel for drainage (and weight) .  Fill the rest with potting soil and plant something pretty.  

     

    can't go wrong with planting zinnias.  

    home depot garden didn't have zinnias or roses.  wasted trip

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    ugh

    couldnt install my old pse on win10 cuz it wanted IE4 to install

    looking at ui for pse2019  mann they made it ugly.

    the new acrobat ui is uglee too

    dont know how adobe stays in business.  ugh ugh ugh

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    complaaiiinnnt

    64 bit Access 2010 can't open a db created from 32-bit access.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    it really totally sux i can't run carrara on work pc.  it helps me to quiet and reset my brain when i stressed at work.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,098
    edited July 2019
    Tjohn said:

    Still alive. Just so you know. smiley

    I hope everything is ok.

    I know you’ve had a few health issues and I just realized I haven’t see you post for quite a few pages... the last post I came across was the one where you mentioned eating greasy gopher... or groundhog... or woodchuck... it was ten seconds ago and I already forgot... 

    I’m thinking it was groundhog, not gopher... gophers are more of a stewing varmint... groundhogs look greasy... especially the ones in the leather jackets with the slicked back fur, hanging out by the malt shop... with their tiny little hot rods, racing for pinkies out by the abandoned airstrip... damn them and their loud rock and roll music, and rebellious attitudes.

    Woodchucks (yes, technically the “same animal”) are much less greasy... they have properly groomed fur, respectable jobs, drive safely and listen to civilized music.

    Wait... were you not around because you ate a bad groundhog?

    I hope you are okay...  I understand... it was probably you or him... I’ve been there plenty of times... you get trapped in an old mine or a bank vault with some vicious or tasty animal and you just do what you have to do... it’s you or them... you can’t be blamed if the vault wasn’t really locked... from an angle it looked locked and that lady with chihuahua should never have left little Spartacus unattended in such a hostile situation... it was safe deposit vault and the AC was barely on... that’s crazy!

    Uh... yeah... I’m sure we’ve all eaten a pet or two accidental... sometimes it’s hard to read the situation.

    That’s why I’ve been banned from so many petting zoos... that and the teaching lamas to gamble... but mostly the delicious peacocks... If nature didn’t want me to eat them, then why did it go through all that trouble decorating them and drawing attention to their deliciousness?

    Look at how delicious chickens and pandas are and they are mostly pretty drab colored... Well, I know pandas can get pretty flamboyant around Mardi Gras, but with peacocks it’s Mardi Gras 24/7... it’s like the best advertising campaign for deliciousness in the natural world.

    But I digress... I’m glad you are okay, or in the event some lifeform has taken over your body and is trying impersonate you, hopefully it is taking good care of your body... actually, hopefully it’s a symbiotic organism and one that actually enhances your health... I’d hate to think it’s just one of those temporary things where you are full of eggs or larvae.

    That can be embarrassing and messy at a party or social gathering around hatching time.

    Which is another reason to fully cook your groundhog to an internal temperature of 165° Fahrenheit for at least 30 hours... or minutes... or was that 300°  Celsius for 165 hours... or minutes... hours seems a bit long.

    I usually eat mine raw... I don’t have to worry so much about parasites as for some reason my body chemistry seems to kill most of them... or is it the body odor that repels them?... One of those. I need a shower.

    Either way, take care and it’s good to know you are alive.

    Which in retrospect is sort of a suspicious statement to make... right up there with... “Everyone is fine, no need to go in that room... that’s just ketchup leaking out from under the door... and on the walls... and on the axe... everything is fine...”

    ”Still alive. Just so you know”, does kinda sound like something a Siberian Marmot would say... something they would say if they had assumed the identity of some famous CIA agent who had tracked down countless communist marmots spies and eliminated them... something that commie marmot would say if they were trying to make it seem like everything was fine so as not to have their plan to reactivate hundreds of Soviet marmots living in American woodchuck colonies in an attempt to take over America in a weirdly adorable version of Red Dawn...

    Well... khorosho igral tovarishch surok ... khorosho igral ...

    I may or may not be on to you...

    Khoroshiy den' dlya tebya... comrade “T-John”

     

    Post edited by McGyver on
  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,488

    Does Bing analyze my searches?  I am trying to research info for my book I am writing.  I want to know if someone else can borrow a credit card without any trouble if the card owner allows it.

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,355
    McGyver said:
    Tjohn said:

    Still alive. Just so you know. smiley

    I hope everything is ok.

    I know you’ve had a few health issues and I just realized I haven’t see you post for quite a few pages... the last post I came across was the one where you mentioned eating greasy gopher... or groundhog... or woodchuck... it was ten seconds ago and I already forgot... 

    I’m thinking it was groundhog, not gopher... gophers are more of a stewing varmint... groundhogs look greasy... especially the ones in the leather jackets with the slicked back fur, hanging out by the malt shop... with their tiny little hot rods, racing for pinkies out by the abandoned airstrip... damn them and their loud rock and roll music, and rebellious attitudes.

    Woodchucks (yes, technically the “same animal”) are much less greasy... they have properly groomed fur, respectable jobs, drive safely and listen to civilized music.

    Wait... were you not around because you ate a bad groundhog?

    I hope you are okay...  I understand... it was probably you or him... I’ve been there plenty of times... you get trapped in an old mine or a bank vault with some vicious or tasty animal and you just do what you have to do... it’s you or them... you can’t be blamed if the vault wasn’t really locked... from an angle it looked locked and that lady with chihuahua should never have left little Spartacus unattended in such a hostile situation... it was safe deposit vault and the AC was barely on... that’s crazy!

    Uh... yeah... I’m sure we’ve all eaten a pet or two accidental... sometimes it’s hard to read the situation.

    That’s why I’ve been banned from so many petting zoos... that and the teaching lamas to gamble... but mostly the delicious peacocks... If nature didn’t want me to eat them, then why did it go through all that trouble decorating them and drawing attention to their deliciousness?

    Look at how delicious chickens and pandas are and they are mostly pretty drab colored... Well, I know pandas can get pretty flamboyant around Mardi Gras, but with peacocks it’s Mardi Gras 24/7... it’s like the best advertising campaign for deliciousness in the natural world.

    But I digress... I’m glad you are okay, or in the event some lifeform has taken over your body and is trying impersonate you, hopefully it is taking good care of your body... actually, hopefully it’s a symbiotic organism and one that actually enhances your health... I’d hate to think it’s just one of those temporary things where you are full of eggs or larvae.

    That can be embarrassing and messy at a party or social gathering around hatching time.

    Which is another reason to fully cook your groundhog to an internal temperature of 165° Fahrenheit for at least 30 hours... or minutes... or was that 300°  Celsius for 165 hours... or minutes... hours seems a bit long.

    I usually eat mine raw... I don’t have to worry so much about parasites as for some reason my body chemistry seems to kill most of them... or is it the body odor that repels them?... One of those. I need a shower.

    Either way, take care and it’s good to know you are alive.

    Which in retrospect is sort of a suspicious statement to make... right up there with... “Everyone is fine, no need to go in that room... that’s just ketchup leaking out from under the door... and on the walls... and on the axe... everything is fine...”

    ”Still alive. Just so you know”, does kinda sound like something a Siberian Marmot would say... something they would say if they had assumed the identity of some famous CIA agent who had tracked down countless communist marmots spies and eliminated them... something that commie marmot would say if they were trying to make it seem like everything was fine so as not to have their plan to reactivate hundreds of Soviet marmots living in American woodchuck colonies in an attempt to take over America in a weirdly adorable version of Red Dawn...

    Well... khorosho igral tovarishch surok ... khorosho igral ...

    I may or may not be on to you...

    Khoroshiy den' dlya tebya... comrade “T-John”

     

    Actually I just crushed my left ankle by rolling it, which rearranged some bones and broke some others. So now there's a metal bar and some pins in there to hold things in place. I 've been mostly lurking because it's hard to hold my lapttop under the circumstances. Not having any real pain so...

    Thanks for the concern. smiley

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,290
    Tjohn said:
    McGyver said:
    Tjohn said:

    Still alive. Just so you know. smiley

    I hope everything is ok.

    I know you’ve had a few health issues and I just realized I haven’t see you post for quite a few pages... the last post I came across was the one where you mentioned eating greasy gopher... or groundhog... or woodchuck... it was ten seconds ago and I already forgot... 

    I’m thinking it was groundhog, not gopher... gophers are more of a stewing varmint... groundhogs look greasy... especially the ones in the leather jackets with the slicked back fur, hanging out by the malt shop... with their tiny little hot rods, racing for pinkies out by the abandoned airstrip... damn them and their loud rock and roll music, and rebellious attitudes.

    Woodchucks (yes, technically the “same animal”) are much less greasy... they have properly groomed fur, respectable jobs, drive safely and listen to civilized music.

    Wait... were you not around because you ate a bad groundhog?

    I hope you are okay...  I understand... it was probably you or him... I’ve been there plenty of times... you get trapped in an old mine or a bank vault with some vicious or tasty animal and you just do what you have to do... it’s you or them... you can’t be blamed if the vault wasn’t really locked... from an angle it looked locked and that lady with chihuahua should never have left little Spartacus unattended in such a hostile situation... it was safe deposit vault and the AC was barely on... that’s crazy!

    Uh... yeah... I’m sure we’ve all eaten a pet or two accidental... sometimes it’s hard to read the situation.

    That’s why I’ve been banned from so many petting zoos... that and the teaching lamas to gamble... but mostly the delicious peacocks... If nature didn’t want me to eat them, then why did it go through all that trouble decorating them and drawing attention to their deliciousness?

    Look at how delicious chickens and pandas are and they are mostly pretty drab colored... Well, I know pandas can get pretty flamboyant around Mardi Gras, but with peacocks it’s Mardi Gras 24/7... it’s like the best advertising campaign for deliciousness in the natural world.

    But I digress... I’m glad you are okay, or in the event some lifeform has taken over your body and is trying impersonate you, hopefully it is taking good care of your body... actually, hopefully it’s a symbiotic organism and one that actually enhances your health... I’d hate to think it’s just one of those temporary things where you are full of eggs or larvae.

    That can be embarrassing and messy at a party or social gathering around hatching time.

    Which is another reason to fully cook your groundhog to an internal temperature of 165° Fahrenheit for at least 30 hours... or minutes... or was that 300°  Celsius for 165 hours... or minutes... hours seems a bit long.

    I usually eat mine raw... I don’t have to worry so much about parasites as for some reason my body chemistry seems to kill most of them... or is it the body odor that repels them?... One of those. I need a shower.

    Either way, take care and it’s good to know you are alive.

    Which in retrospect is sort of a suspicious statement to make... right up there with... “Everyone is fine, no need to go in that room... that’s just ketchup leaking out from under the door... and on the walls... and on the axe... everything is fine...”

    ”Still alive. Just so you know”, does kinda sound like something a Siberian Marmot would say... something they would say if they had assumed the identity of some famous CIA agent who had tracked down countless communist marmots spies and eliminated them... something that commie marmot would say if they were trying to make it seem like everything was fine so as not to have their plan to reactivate hundreds of Soviet marmots living in American woodchuck colonies in an attempt to take over America in a weirdly adorable version of Red Dawn...

    Well... khorosho igral tovarishch surok ... khorosho igral ...

    I may or may not be on to you...

    Khoroshiy den' dlya tebya... comrade “T-John”

     

    Actually I just crushed my left ankle by rolling it, which rearranged some bones and broke some others. So now there's a metal bar and some pins in there to hold things in place. I 've been mostly lurking because it's hard to hold my lapttop under the circumstances. Not having any real pain so...

    Thanks for the concern. smiley

    Ouch!  Crushed your ankle, can't hold laptop.  Do you often hold your laptop with your foot? devil

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,488

    Right now I am using a table instead of my feet to hold my laptop.  I find it hard to use a tablet when I hold it with my feet.  It is easier for me to put it on my lap.  wink

  • chaynawolfsmoonchaynawolfsmoon Posts: 675

    I decided this morning that I was going to make my own... "adult assets"... in Blender. Then after I opened Blender I realized I'd completely forgotten how to use it.

    Bonus: I'm not sure I actually know how to make previously alluded to "adult asset".

    But I had the perfect idea for one of my characters I got during the sale! (I'm sure it isn't even original but that's ok.)

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,290
    edited July 2019
    chaynawolfsmoon said:

    I decided this morning that I was going to make my own... "adult assets"... in Blender. Then after I opened Blender I realized I'd completely forgotten how to use it.

    ...

    Sorry, I can't help myself...

    Forgot how to use what? Blender or the "adult asset". surprise

    Or;  adult assets and a blender should not be anywhere near each other.  The possible damage is frightening. (*shiver*)surprise

     

    Post edited by LeatherGryphon on
  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,488

    For some reason if I do a web search of "president Anthony Stark" I get pictures of an actor named Robert along with a dude named Donald.  Not that Robert and Donald are in the same picture.  The pictures are more of Robert instead of Donald.  Not too many pictures of Donald, but a few.

  • carrie58carrie58 Posts: 4,144
    edited July 2019
    LeatherGryphon said:
    chaynawolfsmoon said:

    I decided this morning that I was going to make my own... "adult assets"... in Blender. Then after I opened Blender I realized I'd completely forgotten how to use it.

    ...

    Sorry, I can't help myself...

    Forgot how to use what? Blender or the "adult asset". surprise

    Or;  adult assets and a blender should not be anywhere near each other.  The possible damage is frightening. (*shiver*)surprise

    heheh Oh I don't know about that if Lorraina Bobbet had used a blender  ........things could have been shorter .....

    Post edited by carrie58 on
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    didyaknow theres a white chocolate twix?

    snax twix variety smiley

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,290
    edited July 2019

    Complaint:  Arghhhh... summer has finally arrived.  Hot, humid, air-conditioner running all day long and still sweating.  Need bigger air-conditioner and a de-humidifier.  Also, the summer thunderstorms have arrived.  At least in Florida the arrival of the storm meant that it would be cooler afterwards.  Apparently, the storms up here don't play by the same rules.  Meh.sad

    Post edited by LeatherGryphon on
  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,488

    I am so mad.  My staff saw a mail for me and assumed it was a check.  I opened it up and saw it was a loan offer.  I threw it out right away before knowing that the staff thought it was a check.  I told the staff that I threw it out because it was a fake check.  She did not believe me.  Now I feel like she is holding a grudge agaisnt me for hiding a check that did not exist.  The only check that I did not tell anyone about was not one that was sent in the mail but one I got in person at the survey place I go to do surveys for cash.  This time they gave me a check.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,098
    edited July 2019
    Tjohn said:
    McGyver said:
    Tjohn said:

    Still alive. Just so you know. smiley

    I hope everything is ok.

    I know you’ve had a few health issues and I just realized I haven’t see you post for quite a few pages... the last post I came across was the one where you mentioned eating greasy gopher... or groundhog... or woodchuck... it was ten seconds ago and I already forgot... 

    I’m thinking it was groundhog, not gopher... gophers are more of a stewing varmint... groundhogs look greasy... especially the ones in the leather jackets with the slicked back fur, hanging out by the malt shop... with their tiny little hot rods, racing for pinkies out by the abandoned airstrip... damn them and their loud rock and roll music, and rebellious attitudes.

    Woodchucks (yes, technically the “same animal”) are much less greasy... they have properly groomed fur, respectable jobs, drive safely and listen to civilized music.

    Wait... were you not around because you ate a bad groundhog?

    I hope you are okay...  I understand... it was probably you or him... I’ve been there plenty of times... you get trapped in an old mine or a bank vault with some vicious or tasty animal and you just do what you have to do... it’s you or them... you can’t be blamed if the vault wasn’t really locked... from an angle it looked locked and that lady with chihuahua should never have left little Spartacus unattended in such a hostile situation... it was safe deposit vault and the AC was barely on... that’s crazy!

    Uh... yeah... I’m sure we’ve all eaten a pet or two accidental... sometimes it’s hard to read the situation.

    That’s why I’ve been banned from so many petting zoos... that and the teaching lamas to gamble... but mostly the delicious peacocks... If nature didn’t want me to eat them, then why did it go through all that trouble decorating them and drawing attention to their deliciousness?

    Look at how delicious chickens and pandas are and they are mostly pretty drab colored... Well, I know pandas can get pretty flamboyant around Mardi Gras, but with peacocks it’s Mardi Gras 24/7... it’s like the best advertising campaign for deliciousness in the natural world.

    But I digress... I’m glad you are okay, or in the event some lifeform has taken over your body and is trying impersonate you, hopefully it is taking good care of your body... actually, hopefully it’s a symbiotic organism and one that actually enhances your health... I’d hate to think it’s just one of those temporary things where you are full of eggs or larvae.

    That can be embarrassing and messy at a party or social gathering around hatching time.

    Which is another reason to fully cook your groundhog to an internal temperature of 165° Fahrenheit for at least 30 hours... or minutes... or was that 300°  Celsius for 165 hours... or minutes... hours seems a bit long.

    I usually eat mine raw... I don’t have to worry so much about parasites as for some reason my body chemistry seems to kill most of them... or is it the body odor that repels them?... One of those. I need a shower.

    Either way, take care and it’s good to know you are alive.

    Which in retrospect is sort of a suspicious statement to make... right up there with... “Everyone is fine, no need to go in that room... that’s just ketchup leaking out from under the door... and on the walls... and on the axe... everything is fine...”

    ”Still alive. Just so you know”, does kinda sound like something a Siberian Marmot would say... something they would say if they had assumed the identity of some famous CIA agent who had tracked down countless communist marmots spies and eliminated them... something that commie marmot would say if they were trying to make it seem like everything was fine so as not to have their plan to reactivate hundreds of Soviet marmots living in American woodchuck colonies in an attempt to take over America in a weirdly adorable version of Red Dawn...

    Well... khorosho igral tovarishch surok ... khorosho igral ...

    I may or may not be on to you...

    Khoroshiy den' dlya tebya... comrade “T-John”

     

    Actually I just crushed my left ankle by rolling it, which rearranged some bones and broke some others. So now there's a metal bar and some pins in there to hold things in place. I 've been mostly lurking because it's hard to hold my lapttop under the circumstances. Not having any real pain so...

    Thanks for the concern. smiley

    Ow... well, I hope it mends quickly.

     

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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,098
    Mystarra said:

    didyaknow theres a white chocolate twix?

    snax twix variety smiley

    Yes, and Kit-Kats too... White chocolate is da bomb.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,098
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    I am so mad.  My staff saw a mail for me and assumed it was a check.  I opened it up and saw it was a loan offer.  I threw it out right away before knowing that the staff thought it was a check.  I told the staff that I threw it out because it was a fake check.  She did not believe me.  Now I feel like she is holding a grudge agaisnt me for hiding a check that did not exist.  The only check that I did not tell anyone about was not one that was sent in the mail but one I got in person at the survey place I go to do surveys for cash.  This time they gave me a check.

    I think your staff need their own staff to help them manage their cognitive and emotional shortcomings... did they not ever see one of those fake checks... I get one of those every few days... we’ll buy back your car, fake IRS checks, fake FedEx envelopes with “check enclosed”, fake auto rebate checks, fake mortgage rebate checks...

    I don’t know who the hell is so stupid that they get a fake check (which usually basically says somewhere on it “not a real check”) and after they realize it’s an advertisement, they say to themselves “Gee, you tricked me into open your envelope and reading your ad... you must be real honest and trust worthy... I wanna do business with you”...  then again I suppose they wouldn’t do it if huge piles of morons weren’t falling for it. 

    Maybe the staff member is one of those piles of morons and doesn’t get it... ?

    Sorry, I generally don’t comment on your trials and tribulations with those nincompoops (the word I’m using in my head is a lot less PG13), but mostly when I read the stuff that is going on I’m like “WTF is wrong with these people”... 

    Sorry, take care.

  • GoggerGogger Posts: 2,522

    I ran
    I ran and ran
    and my clothes ran with me.
    So why am I still standing here naked?

    (My complaint is "Why am I still standing here" after all that running?)
     

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,488
    McGyver said:
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    I am so mad.  My staff saw a mail for me and assumed it was a check.  I opened it up and saw it was a loan offer.  I threw it out right away before knowing that the staff thought it was a check.  I told the staff that I threw it out because it was a fake check.  She did not believe me.  Now I feel like she is holding a grudge agaisnt me for hiding a check that did not exist.  The only check that I did not tell anyone about was not one that was sent in the mail but one I got in person at the survey place I go to do surveys for cash.  This time they gave me a check.

    I think your staff need their own staff to help them manage their cognitive and emotional shortcomings... did they not ever see one of those fake checks... I get one of those every few days... we’ll buy back your car, fake IRS checks, fake FedEx envelopes with “check enclosed”, fake auto rebate checks, fake mortgage rebate checks...

    I don’t know who the hell is so stupid that they get a fake check (which usually basically says somewhere on it “not a real check”) and after they realize it’s an advertisement, they say to themselves “Gee, you tricked me into open your envelope and reading your ad... you must be real honest and trust worthy... I wanna do business with you”...  then again I suppose they wouldn’t do it if huge piles of morons weren’t falling for it. 

    Maybe the staff member is one of those piles of morons and doesn’t get it... ?

    Sorry, I generally don’t comment on your trials and tribulations with those nincompoops (the word I’m using in my head is a lot less PG13), but mostly when I read the stuff that is going on I’m like “WTF is wrong with these people”... 

    Sorry, take care.

    Thank you.  Right now I have a photoshop and DS complaint.  I am trying to make a transmap for Axel hair.  I keep saving the file and hit render but no change.  Nothing changes but I am trying to figure out what is going on.

    My web browser crashed while writing this on the computer.  I finished on the iPad but that got lost because I was not logged in properly.

    Great now it is dinner time so I got to put the Axel hair issues on pause for yet another time.

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,488

    Now my computer wants to do an update so time to restart computer.  Sigh!

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,488

    A bug buzzed in my ear a message.  Not sure what?  Maybe take a shower or thanks for the AC because it is hot out.

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,488
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    A bug buzzed in my ear a message.  Not sure what?  Maybe take a shower or thanks for the AC because it is hot out.

    I took a shower and now I lost the bug that was buzzing in my ear.  I do not know what happened to the bug.  Actually I am not sure what kind of bug it was except it was small and it buzzed when it flied.

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