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I believe this with all my heart - especially those of the feline persuasion
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I believe this with all my heart - especially those of the feline persuasion
I agree all animals can tell if a person is going to hurt them or not that is why when I meet a new dog for the first time I let them smell my hand first as in saying you can hurt if you think I'm going to hurt you after that they want all the love I can give them.
Man.. here in Charlottesville Virginia and its real laid back. Real different for where we just were. Flushing NY.. that place was a dump and choas.. people just may walking everywhere and tons of patient but crazy drivers..
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Comparatively alien compared to where you normally hang out!
The aliens hang out at Lynchburg 
Yep. Hopefully other parts of NY will be more sane.. heading back there tomorrow.. probably check out Manhattan and such..
I have found that every dog I have ever met wants instant loving and lots of it. I see dogs as very needy in that area. Cats, on the other hand, seem to want to analyze the human and only after they have determined you to be acceptable to their version of compatibility will they decide it is OK for you to touch them, then from that point onward, it is still THEIR choice (not yours) as to whether or not there will be pets and snuggles, etc. Oh, you might pick them up at your whim, but if they are not in the mood for lap sits or snuggles, they simply jump off and get about their business. Dogs, on the other hand, will almost always stop whatever they were doing in order to get more attention from you. They are needy. Most cats are not.
That's ok I'll take the needy over the snobs. That is what I call a cat it's just a snob. I think dogs are smarter than cat because they can sniff for bombs, drugs, and servivers in rubble. Cats all they do is lay around and clean themselves nothing else. Oh and tear up our furniture with their claws and look at you and say it's mine I can do what I want.
That's ok I'll take the needy over the snobs. That is what I call a cat it's just a snob. I think dogs are smarter than cat because they can sniff for bombs, drugs, and servivers in rubble. Cats all they do is lay around and clean themselves nothing else. Oh and tear up our furniture with their claws and look at you and say it's mine I can do what I want.
When we had an indoor cat, we had 2 litter boxes. The cat preferred to shit on the carpet. At least dogs can be trained where to go potty.
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You have to earn a cat's respect and trust - they also perform useful functions like reduce vermin that reproduce quickly and invade our homes, spreading disease and depleting food reserves. Some believe that humans would not have been able to farm - which increased our numbers - without the aid of felines. There is also evidence cats domesticated themselves - which means they were very smart and found that by ingratiating themselves with humans, they in turn received less primitive shelter and safety, plus additional food with no effort - thus allowing for their own numbers to increase.
Dogs are sellouts - they are insecure, so they are slavish around humans when they are not busy trying to usurp us as alphas in the pack. They also require a high level of training, attention and discipline to actually rise to a level of being useful or even an animal that is desirable to be a member of your household.
A cat requires no training whatsoever as they retain their wild nature because they domesticated themselves.
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Your cat likely had a serious undiagnosed problem - they require no training whatsoever to natural eliminate in litter and bury it. It's instinctual and kittens begin trying to do it at about one month of age.
Yep in the winter a dry dirt shed floor becomes a big litterbox.
That sounds like a quote from a humor book I once saw (had a title like "So you want to own a cat" or something like that). Anyway, I have never in my entire life had a cat who acted snobbishly, and there have been lots of them in my life ever since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. I have had a few who liked to sharpen their claws on the couch, but none of our current cats do that. We do have both cats and dogs here, both inside types and outside types, but I'll concentrate my commentary only on those who live in the house (there are no couches outside to shred).
The inside dogs do nothing to earn their keep. The cats will kill mice and bugs (all manner of annoying pests) and, if they choose not to eat their kill, one of the dogs probably will (even though we prefer they do not - gawd knows what diseases they might catch and none of the vets around here are cheap). As Dale pointed out a few days back, cats bury their waste products; dogs do not - but they will eat the other dogs' shit (yuck - also something we do not want them to eat). Cats do not eat shit. I have no need of any animals who can sniff out bombs or drugs, so that doesn't concern me in any manner, but all our dogs and cats will seek help when they find me lying on the ground. I have at least three cats who follow me around the property (they seem to rotate that duty) as if they were personal guard dogs and I have had, in the past, a cat who climbed a ladder and yelled at me to come down because he KNEW I was too fatigued to be up there any longer. He kept very good track of me no matter what work I was doing. One of the cats we have now will do the same (as far as watching out for me) but, as yet, she has never needed to climb a ladder and bring me down. I have never had a dog do that for me. And even throwing a frisbee, the dog will look at it like "Why should I chase that? It's plastic and I can't eat it. If you want me to fetch something, throw a cookie." It would appear that our dogs only do work/tricks for extra food.The bottom line here, for both cats and dogs, is that you get what you expect. You don't like cats? Fine, you will always find a reason to not like cats and the more you broadcast that energy, the more they will help your belief become your reality. The same works for dogs. I am a cat person. Lannie is a dog person. They each react to us differently because we each think of them differently. They know who you are and what you expect and that's what they're going to give you. I do not mean a casual belief here, but what you truly feel about them deep inside. You will get exactly what you truly believe.
You can kinda bend this old adage to fit this: "If you think you can or if you think you can't, you're absolutely right."
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OK. I see we go one more night with no one wanting to talk. Are you all growing wary of the lack of excitement here? Or just busy watching Labor Day reruns of Indiana Jones movies?
G'evening my Old Phart Friends, just a quick stop in to say hi to all my friends, still fighting with the computer warrenty assholes, can't wait to get it back so i can return to normal and chat with everyone.
. No that's the reason, just to hard on these old eyes to use this goofy phone and i would need a third hand to hold the magnify glass. No i have been doing pretty good health wise and i sure do miss talking with everyone.
Hi Rich, nope not yet still waiting on them
. No that's the reason, just to hard on these old eyes to use this goofy phone and i would need a third hand to hold the magnify glass. No i have been doing pretty good health wise and i sure do miss talking with everyone.
HIYA Jimi!
This is good to know. We really do miss talking with you though, so yell a little louder at those computer assholes.
New FDA Medwatch Alert
FDA announces voluntary recall of Montelukast tablets by Camber Pharmaceuticals due to incorrect drug in bottles
August 31, 2018
FDA announces voluntary recall of Montelukast tablets by Camber Pharmaceuticals due to incorrect drug in bottles
August 31, 2018
Not hard to believe....but still incredible.
How are things going, Rich?
Weather been in your favor?
It's been decent here, can't complain about heat the last few days.
Besides re-fencing a lot of stuff for cows, I have been wrapped up with figuring out just what the hell is wrong with these computers. Took Lannie's old one to the Geek Squad, hoping it was just the power supply, which would be a fairly easy replacement. A tad bit of testing and we discovered the mother board was fried. DAMN! eMachines was a sub to Dell computers and it is no longer being made, so there is no chance of simply buying a replacement mother board, and because it is almost entire SMT (surface mount technology), the idea of having a repair tech troubleshoot and repair would cost more in time spent than buying a new computer, so that's what I did, then asked the Geeks to work their little miracles of downloading all the data from the dead one onto the new one (they got most of it). I spent most of my day today in Rapid City with the Geeks, then got new speakers, new keyboard, etc., and have just assembled all of that into a working system. I still have to load some software, but that can wait.
I think we hit 90 today and it was pretty windy too. Thunderstorms to the NW of us, but unknown as yet if they will come here. Guess I should go look at doppler in a few minutes.
Went to the gastrointentinolist last week...she said she would have the MRI joint call me to schedule. They finally called me a couple days later....first available appointment is Sept. 18th.....
Since nobody was open all weekend, or today, I'm stopping at the doctor office on my way home tomorrow to get the info the doctor sent to the radiologist....so I can have it done at a different place. Was in so much pain the other night I had to take opiates....the kratom wouldn't even mellow it out. Stomach hasn't hurt much the last couple days, but I want to get an MRI sooner than three weeks.....unbelievable.
Since nobody was open all weekend, or today, I'm stopping at the doctor office on my way home tomorrow to get the info the doctor sent to the radiologist....so I can have it done at a different place. Was in so much pain the other night I had to take opiates....the kratom wouldn't even mellow it out. Stomach hasn't hurt much the last couple days, but I want to get an MRI sooner than three weeks.....unbelievable.
Actually, I would be very happy to live without computers, but that would mean I couldn't talk to any of you folks because I somehow doubt you'd use a pen, paper, and lick a stamp on a regular basis.
We have three phones here at Love Acres and they all have cords. The one in the shop actually has a rotary dial.
Hard for me to "Like" that post, Dale. Do get better. Has GF showed up yet and is she taking care of you?
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Went to the gastrointentinolist last week...she said she would have the MRI joint call me to schedule. They finally called me a couple days later....first available appointment is Sept. 18th.....
Since nobody was open all weekend, or today, I'm stopping at the doctor office on my way home tomorrow to get the info the doctor sent to the radiologist....so I can have it done at a different place. Was in so much pain the other night I had to take opiates....the kratom wouldn't even mellow it out. Stomach hasn't hurt much the last couple days, but I want to get an MRI sooner than three weeks.....unbelievable.
Damn dude
Yup, she arrived Friday night....all is well, but she doesn't know anything about stomach or whatever is problems...
Although, she asked me to put cabbage leaves on my stomach...but the quail ate all my cabbage.....
Guess it's an ole folk remedy they use in South America for various things wrong, not even knowing what's wrong....
Actually, I do understand her. Many people (new agers) in this country use various types of rocks and place them on the body's chakra centers in an attempt to regenerate your natural energies so your body will heal itself. So I am guessing her belief system ascribes certain energies to certain types of plants to achieve the same result. Bottom line? If you truly believe, you can make it so.Guess it's an ole folk remedy they use in South America for various things wrong, not even knowing what's wrong....
Rich, I made a couple other concoctions the other day using butterscotch...besides Lannie's recipes, I made a vanilla pipe tobacco butterscotch and CAP V1....that is really good. First time I used a tobacco flavor in years.
Can't believe I never bought butterscotch until Lannie mentioned it....the stuff goes good with so many other concentrates.
Can't believe I never bought butterscotch until Lannie mentioned it....the stuff goes good with so many other concentrates.
I don't believe she uses butterscotch in any of her own juices. Besides Butterbeer and Scotchcake, I add it to my Desert Ship (Crom put me on to that tobacco flavor) and it actually makes that 'baccy taste more like the Camels it is supposed to mimic.
She sent me the recipes, I thought you both vaped them.
I always have a bottle of scotchcake handy, love that flavor....!
Nope, she doesn't vape either of those. I don't know why when she makes so many off-the-wall recipes (custards, cakes, donuts), but I don't think she has ever even tried my butterscotch juices.
@JuicyLucy ...you hear of anyone using this mod?
https://www.vapordna.com/Dovpo-X-Vaping-Biker-Basium-180W-Squonk-Box-Mod-p/baskis.htm
I like the end squonk, but not sure of the quality.
https://www.vapordna.com/Dovpo-X-Vaping-Biker-Basium-180W-Squonk-Box-Mod-p/baskis.htm
I like the end squonk, but not sure of the quality.
What does Lannie like....fruits?
I remember my great grandmother making a butterscotch pudding many decades ago....it actually tasted like real butterscotch, unlike the crap that's available now.
I asked my mother if she remembered how to make it...to no avail.
I asked my mother if she remembered how to make it...to no avail.
We both lean toward fruits only in the summer. Lannie leans toward cakes of various types, cappuccino/coffee flavors, various custards. I can't begin to name all the weird flavors because there are at least a hundred bottles in her juice cupboard. What she likes seems to depend on how she feels on any given day. I suck my butterbeer and am content all day. At night, while playing on the computer, I have a taste of this and that (e.g., key lime cheesecake, blackberry dazzle, etc.) but always return to my butterbeer. It was Clark Kent who hooked me on that, then I subtracted a few of Nicoticket's flavors from their recipe and had Lannie make it for me and, after minor modifications (less of this, more of that), I have been hooked ever since.
I understand.
I never tried Nicoticket butterbeer....I bet it was much stronger than your rendition, which I truly enjoy.
They had some subtle stuff in there that you could taste only after it steeped a long time or if you used higher wattages than I do. I just wanted the main flavors and, luckily, it worked (at least for me anyway).
I gotta hit the sack now too. More later....
Damn good thing we don't have socialized medicine like some countrys.
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Yeah, I have some friends in England, Canada, and Australia -- non-wealthy types who cannot afford private doctors and must use "the system" -- who tell me that, unless they go to an ER, the average wait for a typical appointment is about six months (some three months, some almost a year). Even as a regular Veterans Affairs user (pretty damn close to socialized medicine), I find those wait times very disturbing.
The wait times in those countrys depends quite a bit on what your affliction/medical need is.
I had a 5 week wait here in KY to see a Podiatrist.
And I have private insurance.
Then a 3 week wait for an MRI which was going to cost me several thousand dollars above my insurance.
Told them to forget it.
I had a 5 week wait here in KY to see a Podiatrist.
And I have private insurance.
Then a 3 week wait for an MRI which was going to cost me several thousand dollars above my insurance.
Told them to forget it.
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How's it going Juice?.....
You hanging out in AK this winter, or heading to HI?
How's your innards? What you are saying is pretty concerning, especially considering your history
I know a lot of folks call it the Brickium lol
Haven't tried it and don't plan to
Does not even come in white... Sheesh.
So here we are, once again, with no one showing up for late evening BS and it is not even the weekend so y'all can claim you were out dancing.
Oh well...
Oh well...