WSS Sundae :)

Often, when I'm grocery shopping, I stop to look at some product, something not completely a 'given' like toilet paper or dishwashing liquid is.

So, as I'm looking over the tiny handheld brushes used to comb the hair of any rats I may be keeping as pets, all of a sudden four other people are in great need of tiny handheld brushes to comb the hair of any rats they are keeping as pets.

It's a metaphor, really.

The way Dwellars shit on religion every chance they get, and yet, when I say something about a certain religion you fuckers line up to tell me how fucked up I am, and how 'phobic' I am.

It fucking makes me sick. You folks absolutely disgust me sometimes.

I didn't say that the way I wanted to. I mean, I meant what I said, I just didn't express myself well.

Apologies if I twisted anyone's nipples too hard, there. Came off harsher than intended.

It's hot today, in the high eighties. I know lots of you don't think that's very hot, but it's uncomfortable in the house. I have a couple fans, they're doing their best. What's irritating to me today is in an effort to cool myself from the inside out, I went to the freezer to get some ice. I found a tray of ice cubes, sitting on an empty tray.

??

You took two ice trays out, emptied one, put the full one on top of the empty one and put the stack back in the freezer? Why?

V, i'm with you there. It shits me when people are so lazy. Happens around here a lot. :/

Remember 'eggies'? Spose to cook/hard boil your eggs in the microwave. Well, I use them for ice thingies, they ain't cubes, ya see. Fill 'em w/water, freeze 'em, and you get great big ice 'cubes'. Run a little water over them and they'll pop right out. Bigger ice lasts longer.

Tha's a good point, Gravdigr.

I use a similar strategy by taking my water bottle (Nalgene, 1 liter) and filling it partly, say, 2/3. Then I put that in the freezer, lying on it's side so I can have room to get the water in and room to swirl it about when I fill after it's frozen. Now that I think of it, I should have two of these in rotation.

One of the technical writers I regularly have to work with obviously learned English as a second language. It's bad enough that the dude is getting paid to write poorly, and I am left cleaning up his grammar on the fly as I try to record his scripts... but today, the dumbass sent me a "bug" that I didn't record one screwed-up bit exactly as written, with our boss and several coworkers CC'ed. I had to concoct a very diplomatically-worded email explaining why I assumed it was a "typing error" on the grounds that it didn't match previous scripts I have done for this client, rather than the grounds that that's not how English is spoken, you idiot.

"People learn English all the time, it aren't that hard!"

Don't have a fing for Mum's birfday :(
I bought fings, but none have arrived yet.

I do have until 3 September. I'm just being impatient.
And I have the card, wrapping paper, ribbons etc.
Just hate paying for things and having to wait.

ETA - today's post has just arrived.
Nothing for Mum.
A replacement came for Diz's bed (it's about five years old now and he's barfed and weed in it and it's been washed & dried plenty of times.)
I bought a mini-snuggle sack from eBay. No sizes given, but as it was in the Cat Supplies section I assumed it was only "mini" in that it was for a kitten/ small cat as opposed to a Maine Coon or a dog.

No.

It is in the Cat Supplies section because it is a handy way for cats to store the mice they bring in.
It's hamster size. Even the packaging (not shown on eBay) shows a hamster living it up inside.
So that has to go back. Grrr. Cross.

For some reason I seem to have Grumpy Wednesdays.
Might be because it's the fourth day in a row of setting up the counter. And the third day I get up at 05.00.

I've bin bit.

I'm not having an allergic reaction, small itchy lump.
But when I say itchy I mean SWEET FSM IT ITCHES ALL THE TIME.
Ant bite maybe, as it's actually two or three in a small cluster.

Summer. Hey.

Ant bites are just about the worst.

Not irritating (although those bloody ant bites...!) just an update.
Got everything I ordered for Mum except a DVD.

I start wrapping tomorrow.
I'd make a lame joke like "Watch out Slim Shandy" but I'd show myself up.

Lyrics websites. One site gets the lyrics wrong (where it originates, I do not know) and the 14 billion other lyrics sites copy the same error. And don't dare try to cut and paste a smidgeon of lyric...IT IS VERBOTEN.

Bah, I miss the older, purer interwebz. Interwebz grew to mostly suck eggs. It's all ads and mistakes that perpetuate themselves.

OH, wesnet, why did you desert me?
You were slow, but I didn't know.

(Lyrics I wrote for someone to misquote and fuck up later.) ;)

Theoretical question: if your indoor-cat-who-is-always-inexplicably-outdoors were to be killed by a neighbor's dog who had broken free of its leash, would you fault the neighbor or accept it as a risk you took in letting your cat outside?

(No pets died in the making of this post. )

If the neighbors made a good faith effort to restrain the dog, and the dog broke free, then that's an accident, and I don't think they are to blame. (The law may think differently.) Allowing a cat to roam free outside is taking many risks. Safety can not be guaranteed or expected.

I'd be inclined, if I could afford it, to offer to contribute to any vet costs if the cat hadn't been killed outright. But I think legally there would be no fault. As long as the dog hasn't been allowed to roam, and doesn't attack people or other dogs.

I think it's a fairly accepted thing that dogs will chase and even attack cats without necessarily being considered 'dangerous dogs' as such.

It would also probably depend on where the dog was when it attacked. If it went into next door's garden and killed next door's cat; then the dog's owners would be liable for any costs incurred or distress caused (I think), even if the owners had gone to reasonable lengths to keep the dog contained.

I'm inclined to think it's an accident, but some friends on FB have said the dog should be put down and that they would sue the dog's owners.

Nobody euthanizes and sues a cat for killing a bird, right? Interesting to me the difference.

A friend also keeps saying that dog could attack a baby next! Which I feel is totally apples to oranges.

That's just ridiculous. How are they going to prove some sort of financial loss over the death of the cat? If the cat was very valuable, maybe as a breeding cat, they might have a case, but then they would be negligent to allow such an expensive cat to roam free. A coyote or fox could take the cat, or a car could hit it, or it could get trapped somewhere, or catch a disease. The cat owners are more to blame than the dog owner. And it was probably just a regular cat anyway. Loved, sure, but not of any financial value.

Dog owners are generally held responsible for the actions for their animals, so they do bear responsibility. But if the cat died, what are they supposed to do? Buy a new one?

Most dogs have a natural instinct to chase and hunt if an animal runs. A baby won't run.

Legally, I believe the dog-owner would be liable.

Like children?

They're supposed to do the same thing as if the dog dented someone's car, or chewed up their fancy plastic fence. Fix it, or replace it, and provide compensation for loss. Loss of, whatever, value, affection, appearance, performance, companionship, peace of mind...

I updated my Tapatalk app and hate the new layout. Grumble.

Thanks for the warning.

That's another update I won't be getting.

I've got the iPhone 4S and didn't do the iOS upgrade, and I've heard nothing but grumbling about it. Glad I didn't make that jump.

I updated to iOS 7 and it's different, but not causing me any problems. I rather like the interface. I also have a iPhone 4S. Ordered a 5S at the end of September; we'll see how many weeks it takes to ship. In the meantime, my 4S has signaled its impending end via a clouded screen and no sounds whatsoever unless I have the phone open and active. So I miss all my calls, texts, and emails. :mad:

Also, my 'net has been down for 3 days. I've resorted to Starbucks, which this afternoon is filled with young girls sitting together at tables, staring at their phones, and not drinking coffee or buying anything else.

Finally scored a table though, and an outlet as well! Yowza!

@Ortho

Have you tried rebooting. I had a couple of minor issues with ios7 but that fixed em.

Yes, I've rebooted the modem and router multiple times, gone into the router page and checked things, and finally called Comcast. They couldn't reboot it from their end so I get to wait for the cable guy tomorrow.

I could've saved myself all the rebooting if I'd just turned on the TV. It's conveniently displaying a giant message that says 'A problem with your connection has been detected. Please call Comcast'. :smack:

In a moment of mental abstraction, for which I never can forgive myself, I updated to IOS7.

I shan't bore you with the hideous details and fallout of that debacle, but the upshot is: if I ever meet an Apple employee I will punch them in the neck and summarily beat the shit out of them, just for being an apple employee. I don't care if they are head of marketing or the janitor, they are getting an ass kicking.

I'm not proud of this next part, but I will probably piss on them while they lie on the ground, moaning.

I hope your animosity doesn't extend to iOS7 users who don't mind it ...
backs away slowly ...

As long as they don't work for apple they can do whatever they like.:D

This is fairly irritating:

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No calling, no texting, no cell phone internet.:mad2:

I'm showing four bars, and a "No Service" alert. How the fuck can I have four bars and no service?

"Emergency Calls Only"

Doesn't really matter, nobody calls me much anyway.

It is a pisser though.

That's nothing compared to this, though.

Your dad ordered a new roof for your house? :confused:

I think I'd have chosen a different color ... something that wouldn't show the mulberries. I'd be worried about your dad too, although with a little luck there won't be any need for him to get up on the new roof ... ? Sorry, grav.

IDK if you're aware, Ortho, but Momdigr & Popdigr live with me.

Nobody I've discussed this with sees why I would be upset with a free roof I didn't ask for (or even know about). So far everybody would just say 'Hey, a new roof.', and be done with it. I guess I'll eventually get there, I damn sure ain't tearing it off.

Now if I can get the old man to take some money, I'll be happier, but I don't think I'll ever be happy about this.

As for the color...:facepalm: light sand.

Maybe it'll be cooler in summer, idk.

I didn't know ... sorry I posted in the other thread asking the same question.

He meant well ...... :(

Metal roofs have many advantages. They are a premium roof. I understand you think it's ugly, and that's an important consideration, but it's not like he replaced the asphalt shingle roof with an inferior product. I'd love to have a metal roof. They are cooler in the summer, shed snow better in the winter, and last longer. If there's every a fire in your neighborhood, a metal roof is much more fire resistant.

And I actually think it looks good.

Be sure to get a few sets of noise-cancelling headphones for that yearly hail storm.

Grav, I've had the same experience with my Dad when he was living with us,
... and now my daughters are having those kinds of issues with me !
I believe it comes from an inevitable feeling of losing control as us old farts get older and older.
So $ becomes, some sense a way of maintaining our self-images.

We don't want to impose ourselves into the lives of our adult children,
but we have had a lifetime of being "the parent" and it's hard to give up that role.
AND, we don't want the squabbles that often come from "offering" or "suggesting" that we help out.
To us, an offer rejected or resisted by our kids is both a good thing
(showing their independence and maturity) and a bad thing
(showing they don't need us as much any more)

I'll bet your Dad had the very best of intentions of trying to "help" you,
and I doubt that, in his mind, it had anything to do with "home ownership".

A simple "Thank you, Dad" would probably do a lot more (for him), than any offer of $.

The ios7 for iphone is horrible. It has some nice additional functionality but it looks fucking horrible. Flimsy and flat, like pictures in a child's colouring book.

And the movement. Yech. All those fancy flourishes, do not need.

I told you, but would you listen?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Smarty pants.

There's the root, kinda. See, they owned this house, then sold it. Then, after one in-between owner and a few years, I bought it. It still feels like their home, I'm sure. And, it is...But it's now my house.

Absolutely, no doubt, whatsoever.

It will be hell trying to get him to take money. But, I won't be able to live with myself if I let the old man pay for a new roof. Might just buy him something.

None of my friends understand why I'm upset about this.

Friends: "Ya got a free roof, fool, STFU."

OK, tropical depression Karen remnants, you can move off into the Atlantic now. We don't need you sticking around for this 3 day weekend. Three days of heavy rain is enough already.

Maybe it is only mildly irritating, but it is pretty horrid right now.
Dinner recipe called for real onions, not red onions. I always buy red onions because they are milder, less likely to give me onion breath and they hust my eyes less.

Sweet FSM I was unprepared for the ferocity of white onions after all this time.
Wept copiously and still sore now.
Hurt worse than buggery, but with none of the delayed pleasure.
Well, maybe after 3 hours when my casserole is done, but I'm sharing it with the'rents so that similie is more inappropriate than ever.

I am all prepped, casserole in oven, hands washed and back up here. But still want to grind my fists into my eyes saying, "Ow! Ow! Stop it!"

If'n I ever get to go to a "What Scares You The Most" party (I may hold one for me & the Dizcat) I will go as a strong onion. Diz will go as Dinner Being Late, though I'm not sure how we can portray that. A very existential cat is Diz.

I've heard that if you cut them underwater then they don't bother your eyes. I wonder who first came up with that idea, and if they ever tried it. How in the world are you supposed to cut onions under water?

Oh well. Just heard Mum say, "I didn't think that much of it, not seeing she'd been cooking it since lunchtime."
1) not true, it was in the oven for 3 hours is all. I was doing sweet FA.
2) ow
3) bet Nigel Slater's Mum never said that

ETA.
Maybe I misheard.
More likely Mum was saying one thing to me and something else to Dad.
But she called upstairs to say the meat was absolutely gogeous. Which makes me think it is the latter. She may not have enjoyed the sauce or other ingredients (she did say there was far too much onion) but she loved the pigs' cheeks.

Good enough for me. Happy again.
Esp bearing in mind they were about £1.20.

Neighbors are adding a room onto their house, which they rent, how's that for a good landlord?

Sawing, hammering, and, of all things, grinding on something...ON SUNDAY. The mower should start in a hour, or so.

Inconsiderate morons...

A skunk just sprayed somewhere outside tonight and the entire house stinks.

My wife asked me to buy some Avett Brothers tickets since she doesn't have computer access at work. There is going to be a small pre-sale of 600 seats starting at 1:00pm today just for the fans on the mailing list. She sent me the email with the instructions.

So 15 minutes ago, I pull up the email to check out that I can get to the site. and it appears the tickets went on sale at noon. They were already gone.

She told me several times it was at 1:00, so I didn't read the email closely. Oh well. We'll be fighting the masses for the remaining 9000 seats in a week or two instead of the fanatics for the 600 seats today.

Sundae, contacts prevent onion eyes. So when you win the lottery and get some groovy Halloween lenses, wear them to chop. I used to cry with one eye chopping onions when I only wore one lens.

Contact lenses concentrate the irritating chemicals underneath, against the cornea. They make any irritant or toxic exposure many times worse. When someone comes in with an exposure to fumes/aerosols/gases/airborne irritants, the first thing to do is to take the contacts out.

but they work for onions.

and chlorine fumes. But don't swim in them unless you wear goggles.

oh and some people find they ease hayfever symptoms too, although others find they exacerbate them.

I'm glad your contacts work when you're cutting onions, but as a general principle, contacts concentrate any airborne chemical underneath. Typically this results in increased irritation. Chlorine fumes would definitely be concentrated, which explains your recommendation not to swim while wearing contacts unless you wear goggles.

Every airborne chemical will be concentrated between a contact lens and the cornea. Onions, chlorine, it doesn't matter.

Yeah, I'm unique. lucky me :D When I win the lottery, I'm going to buy me a set of conformity.

Yeah, given that everyone else is by definition not unique, you might want to hold off on recommending that they all chop onions with contact lenses in.

It's not likely to end happily, is all I'm sayin'.

This wouldn't happen if you use sweet onions. They're more expensive but no more tears.