The Shed 25

a reply to: DictionaryOfExcuses

I used to go when my Dad would go to some stamp and coin shows there many years ago. Me and my Mom would go shopping and then we'd all go out to eat somewhere nice. Oh and once with my Sister. We went to someplace that made crepes of every kind, some meal ones, some dessert ones. They had an awesome bakery and we took home some goodies from there.

I wouldn't want to live there though, too crowded and busy.

Lost power about an hour ago. I went and sat on the porch which is lovely filled with plants, comfy chairs with little pillows and a little table. Grey sky, but temperature was awesome, cool and comfy. Tall lush green trees all over the place, flowers, beautiful breezes. Ah, WONDERFUL! Saw two nests on the porch, but I think the birds have since fled elsewhere. I don't know.

a reply to: Night Star
The birds were just following the distancing rules until you went back inside.

Our state rules are getting more bassackwards now. A county judge says that forced mask wearing is unconstitutional so we can do as we please. However the governor says we can't go out of our houses without the stupid masks, unless we are eating out. We can't be arrested for no masks but the police can kick us out of business if we don't.

I'd love to find a mask to wear to scare the hell out of people. Something from a horror movie dripping fake blood and who knows what else.

Time for some lovely ramen noodles now.

a reply to: LookingForABetterLife

Ahahaha!

Over here, we just have to wear them in a place of business. I would be housebound if I had to wear the damned thing in cars and being outside my house with no one around plus in stores. GAH!

a reply to: Night Star

I grew up in a small town and, reckoning myself to be dyed-in-the-wool Cityfolk, eagerly absquatulated for life in the big bad city. (Never mind the fact that 'big town' more aptly describes Boston.) Lordy, did it ever chew me up and spit me out! I felt like Oliver, from the movie Oliver & Company.

a reply to: DictionaryOfExcuses

LOL!

Where are you now if you don't mind my asking?

a reply to: LookingForABetterLife

A county judge says that forced mask wearing is unconstitutional so we can do as we please.

And this is why this mess will never end. People are being so stupid over something meant to keep them safe. Let's take the brakes, seat belts, and airbags out of cars too.

a reply to: Night Star

Ironically I'm living in Oregon. In my hometown.

originally posted by: Night Star
a reply to: Finspiracy

You need coffee to clear your head. Foxy does not think about imagined failures. Be like Foxy. LOL

Coffee refused. But you are absolutely right, i need to "Clear my head" and for that reason, gonna drink very big amounts of cold water and gonna eat. Maybe i will have some coffee when new day is with us here.




--- Three Days Grace - Strange Days (Official) ----

Lauri Tähkä (is just a Finnish name of a man) - Mä en pelkää. ( i am not afraid... in front of this life. Although it disappears like sand from my fingers, and travels with the wind. It does not matter... I am not afraid! Sometimes the ground swallows me. Sorrow gives me a blanket made of silk. Your heart is longing for me... Please do a favor for me then... Go somewhere... Go somewhere high!"

a reply to: Skid Mark

Sadly, from day one, some people have complied with the guidelines set forth and some haven't. As much as I despise the masks, I wear them and self distance out in public.

I never thought I would face such strange and uncertain times with everything going on in the world today. Spread love and compassion and share our light as much as we can is all I can say at this time.

a reply to: DictionaryOfExcuses

Good evening DOE!

Happy Independence Day!

a reply to: Finspiracy

Thanks for the great music Fin!

Hope you are having a fine day!

originally posted by: WalkInSilence
a reply to: Nyiah

Leo's figured out how to get the freezer door open

Perhaps you should enroll him in a class for "Savant Kitties"

Lol, he's smart, but not a savant animal. They're very observant and will try to replicate what you do sometimes. Like opening cupboard doors to get in there (it's an ongoing war between the cats & the dumb hairless monkeys) or the freezer (I really can't blame him, though)

The bird just doesn't care,

When did you get birds? What did I miss? Who? What

Not a new addition, hubs hatched him from an egg over 20 years ago, though we did give him to my late grandmother for feathered company after her Conure died, she had him (our bird) for 6 or 7 years. When she died, it was natural to just readjust back to having him around, he remembered us very easily anyway.
They (cockatiels) can live until around 30 if they have a well-balanced diet and get regular exercise/flying time in. Hubs is starting to get skeptical he'd live that long, but I keep telling him he' already live THIS long, he'll probably make it to 35 just to be contrary & stubborn, lol

All you need now is a canine and a marsupial. Go for a Wombat they are so cute.

Hubs still wants one (a dog) just not at the moment. Younger kid desperately wants a snake for a pet, it's been her dream pet alongside a Bearded Dragon for years (I have strange children)
That might happen, but hubs waffles on it a lot. I might be able to talk him into that for Christmas if we don't do the frog tank instead.

Bert's happy, so long as you leave him & his frozen water bottle alone,

What? Please explain I am so curious. He wants a frozen water bottle?
Your endeavors never seize to amaze me.

We freeze a couple of two liter bottles in the deep freezer in the summer, then we wrap them in a light towel (like one of those thin kitchen towels) and Bert can lean up against it to cool off if he's too warm. It's actually pretty common, a lot of people add a frozen bottle of water to their rabbit's hutch to keep them cool (or even guinea pigs' cage) I know the kids' friend that has a ferret does the same, they put a frozen water bottle in his cage for him to cool off up against in the summer.

The heat here is ....I feel like I am in a steam bath outside. My A/C is "antiquated"

Holy mother, so do I. It's AWFUL out there. And there's nothing but 90's in the forecast for the next week, solid. Not a single day of the forecast is for any cooler than 91*, and they even put a 95* in there, ugh. We keep thinking about heading out to the beaches, but we figure so's everyone else, so...A/C'd bedroom, or cool basement, take your pick.



One thing not going well that I'm going to bitch and moan about is the aquarium's filter pump --- the damn impeller is shot.

It's a fully submersible pump, kind of essentially the same thing as a decorative water fountain pump, so it's supposed to be fully submerged to work.
I had to completely disassemble it, clean it out again (it's routine, a maintenance thing) and put it back together umpteen times before I figured out it needed a minor item removed for the impeller to spin like it should -- i removed a tiny rubber end cap off the impeller shaft where it meets one part of the housing. Now it's spinning instead of stopping & locking up the magnetic impeller system -- it won't run if it can't spin, so it was constantly not. doing. ANYTHING and driving me nuts until I connected those dots.

The short of it is I thought the motor for the big tank was shot, until I checked the impeller better. I need a new impeller. Right now, the hack works, and I have the filter from the 10 gallon tank running in the big tank anyway, on the off-chance the submersible one dies entirely. If it does, screw it, I'm getting a canister system & going that route. At least their replacement parts are easy to find, the impeller for this damn pump is not available anywhere, and nothing else will fit. ARGH. I'll have to call the company that made the entire tank system (Fluval, one of the better companies out there) and see if I can't get them to send one.

Well, I guess that wasn't the short of it at all, was it? I rambled on, lol

a reply to: Skid Mark
Without first hand proof that he virus exists or can harm me or others I call this all bs.

Can someone send me some infected bodily fluids to ingest so I can experience this nonsense myself? I have nothing to lose by doing so.

a reply to: LookingForABetterLife
That "nonsense" has killed 528K people worldwide. My sister's boyfriend was almost one of them.

originally posted by: Skid Mark
a reply to: LookingForABetterLife
That "nonsense" has killed 528K people worldwide. My sister's boyfriend was almost one of them.

While this isn't the thread for it, I gotta say, less than 600 thousand out of almost 8 billion humans really is not many to write home about. Perspective matters, it's a loss of a literal drop in the population ocean overall.

originally posted by: Skid Mark
a reply to: LookingForABetterLife
That "nonsense" has killed 528K people worldwide. My sister's boyfriend was almost one of them.

I'm waiting to see the 528K dead bodies and proof that Covid19 was the primary cause of death of each one.

a reply to: Night Star

Thank you Night Star and same to you! Are you doing anything special today? I am taking a practice break to hang out with the girls. More practice later.

originally posted by: DictionaryOfExcuses
a reply to: Night Star

Thank you Night Star and same to you! Are you doing anything special today? I am taking a practice break to hang out with the girls. More practice later.

Nope, didn't do anything special, just watched the President and the cool aircraft like the blue angels and listened to music.
How are the girls doing?