barbult's Discursion Thread
barbult
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This discussion was created from comments split from: barbult's take on the lives of Jack and Richard.
I asked Richard Haseltine (forum admin) to separate comments that were not closely related to my stories of Jack and Richard, into a new thread. This is that thread. This is where we discuss topics that deviate away from main story and renders in barbult's take on the lives of Jack and Richard.
Richard named the new thread for me. Note the clever name "discursion" that he chose. He assured my that it was not a typo.
Edit: I changed the thread name to shorten it, because the length of the thread names made them look a lot alike, particularly when you couldn't readily see the full thread name. Thanks to Ron for the suggestion. I still like Richard's choice of "discursion", so I kept that. That is a word I didn't even know before, but it is so appropriate.
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Love it & the idea.
I imagine Richard's phobia surround's the punt. Cats Fleabags are not normally very appreciative of large bodies of water.
I suspect my tabby (Jack, as it happens) would have climbed right up me and would have tried to sit/stand on my head to get as far away from the evil water as possible. So in my case it'd have been Jack climbing up Richard, but that's a by-the-by.
Also reminds me of this image from Icanhascheeseburger:
Regards,
Richard
The only time I ever went punting was with a friend who turns out to have a phobia about birds. She flinched every time we passed a goose. Then a pigeon landed on the bow and I had to chase it away with a spare paddle before she panicked and overturned the whole boat. Fun times …
That's pretty funny about your reverse Richard and Jack. Maybe you should start a render thread of your adventures with your Jack. In one of my previous stories about celebrating Richard Haseltine's 100,000th forum posting, Richard had to pose as Jack's support animal to be able to fly to Utah for a celebratory parade. So your Support Cat picture was right on targt here, too.
I never realized punting was such a traumatic and dangerous undertaking. I live in the US and had never heard of punting before TangoAlpha released his products here.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/15/reason-more-ginger-cats-male-gene/
I haven't been on DAZ for ages, vision problems which are being corrected with cataract surgert, but I had to log in to say....OMG! Barbult, these are such fun, I've enjoyed each and every one.
That's wonderful to hear! It encourages me to continue.
Good luck with your surgery. Friends that have had cataract surgery have been very happy with the results.
I went for monofocals, both lenses set at -2. They allow me to see near and intermediate distance, I will need glasses for distance. I had one eye done 5 months ago and the other is to be done in two weeks. There was a delay due to my developing a foggy lense requiring laser surgery to correct. I'm enjoying the vision with the new lens but because I'm highly myopic in the other eye I have a bit of double vision right now. I'm functioning really well other than the computer and the TV being slightly difficult to see. Even with my glasses I could never see this well, DAZ Studio is now readable.
It seems like many people need that laser correction a few months after getting the new lens. It sounds like you are making excellent progress.
Yes, and reassuring since I wll need that in the foreseeable (so to speak) futue.
After all this time on the forum I am pretty sure I could snap at any moment
now you got me thinking I am the cat's pajamas
thanks, a quickie just for Basher as he lacks fur, only visiting the thread
I always knew washing with water was a bad idea.
Well cats prefer their own spit. But I wonder if the way astronauts wash their hair in space would work on a cat?
Oh, yes, you just reminded me of the punting incident at the beginning of this forum thread. It is good (for Jack) that you weren't there when he washed your horse.
That's an interesting video.
Yes, very much so - fortunately he had the forethought to bribe me away.
Richard is not a stray. He and Lola have a nice home together. I am concerned that he may have run off again, though. He has not been logged into Daz all day. That is very unusual. I hope he is OK and not in real world trouble. Come back to us, Richard!
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I'm sure Richard would appreciate a new sidekick to educate with his excellent grasp of human social standards.
Sorry for my absence, I had a string of visual migraines (which are not usual, at least individually, but stop me looking at the screen for a while) followed by the full effect for the first time in ages so I was out for almost the entire day.
Gosh, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you are feeling much better today. I'm glad you are back. Take care.
Thanks, it more-or-less cleared overnight.
@Richard, As a frequent flyer of the migraine plane, I send you all the comfort I can. My doctor has put me on Emgality injections and it has eased off considerably. Light sensitivity since 1974.
@barbult, do the reins drop down in the mid-neck region on the original? They look like they were caught under the head when Jack glued them on.
Mary
Thank you, they are fo me pretty rare (the visual effects, however, are pretty frequent - but only a nuisance)
Maybe the lack of typing on Friday prompted it to go in search of fersh flieds and pastries new. It seems to have returned now, however, so with luck it will leave you alone.