Looks like we could use an open thread. I just pulled the camera post – I left it up by request – I got a couple of emails that gave me the info I needed. Thanks for the input.
Remember ducks in scarves (thanks to Momsense!). Well I mentioned that clothing on ducks is not the best idea, because…claws.
You can see what I mean here. That’s from Mabel when I went to do a health check on her. I didn’t have a good grip and she went to balance on me. Her health check – and Penelope’s and Maddie’s – were all fine. Me, not so much. Bactine to the rescue.
Respite open thread
Elizabelle
You’ll leave the camera post up, right? Other jackals might benefit (or not) from the conversation.
Alison Rose
I see your ducks in scarves (adorable!) and raise you penguins in sweaters.
It’s from a few years ago but still makes me smile. I mean, come on:
Glorious.
mrmoshpotato
Do it.
pat
@Elizabelle:
Yes, I would like to see what people are saying about that Nikon!
Elizabelle
Ducks with claws. And attitude. Subheadline: how ducks ended up on the menu.
But not TaMara’s ducks!
Elizabelle
JCole’s twitter feed. Kid in the car. LOL.
mrmoshpotato
@Elizabelle: ?Duck
TalesClawsWoo oooOh shit!?Elizabelle
@Alison Rose: Charming. And what a great old guy.
mrmoshpotato
@Elizabelle: Way to overlook Cole’s admitted pantsless.
And yes, the photoshop is good.
Elizabelle
@mrmoshpotato: That was hardly news. Tis what we assume.
mrmoshpotato
@Elizabelle: Haha!
Amir Khalid
Kittens and otters, anyone?
Elizabelle
@Amir Khalid: That is respite, for sure.
SiubhanDuinne
@Amir Khalid:
Ottens and kitters!
WereBear
Okay, MBAs. I would like to lock you in a room with a flat pack of typical cat trees, put it together from only the instructions and the tools they provide, and then carry it out of the room without it breaking.
Haw! Not possible.
So at least we got our money back. And we get to dispose of this big awkward useless thing.
The cats are disappointed.
Benw
Omg that looks exactly like my Hudson!
LuciaMia
Yee-owch! Where on their feet are the claws?
Roger Moore
@WereBear:
I think the putting the cat tree together part would be OK. Moving it without it breaking sounds like a stretch.
bjacques
Dammit! I’m getting served Papa John’s Pizza ads here all day. They have a beachhead here in NL. I suspect my phone heard me talking about the pizza we’re fixing tonight.
Amir Khalid
I just bought a rack for seven guitars. I have five — AND HAVE NO serious PLANS TO GET ANOTHER — but I needed something more space-efficient than five A-frame single-guitar stands. Really.
Yutsano
@Amir Khalid: Right. Sure. Uh-huh.
I need to get cracking on learning Bhasa Melayu. We’re gonna need to stage an intervention here.
Bruuuuce
@Amir Khalid:
Famous last words :-)
realbtl
@Amir Khalid: Plenty of room for a square necked Dobro.
mrmoshpotato
@Amir Khalid:
No, you don’t have plans to get another – you have plans to get 2 more!
trollhattan
@Amir Khalid: <a
Says every cyclist ever. Or more commonly, “My last bike is the next one.” They don’t typically say, “Just listen to that sustain.”
Nora
@Amir Khalid: Key word here is “serious.”
Josie
@Amir Khalid:
“AND HAVE NO serious PLANS TO GET ANOTHER ”
Yeah, I’ve heard that one before. The question is: will you admit it when you have to get another rack?
cliosfanboy
Trump wants his face on Mt Rushmore. Seriously. Check Digby. (Sorry, on phone, cant to links)
NotMax
@Amir Khalid
If by any chance you’re going to eat up some time practicing this number, seven would be about right.
Gives each of the other six time to cool down in turn while you’re plucking the seventh.
;)
cliosfanboy
@WereBear: why didn’t you build it where you were going to place it????
Major Major Major Major
Oh jeez! Ow.
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
@LuciaMia: On the ends of the toes. They are like toenails, except claws.
PST
I am driving home from a wedding. I’m glad I went, but the decision was not easy. It was outside in a large backyard with fewer than 50 guests. Everyone was good about keeping masked up except when actually eating or drinking. Or getting stoned. It had been 30 or 40 years for me, and now I remember why. Didn’t enjoy it, so back to scotch I guess. I will always cherish the photo of my 96-year-old mother-in-law smoking a spliff. She really, really wanted to be there for this ceremony, and although the risk factors are obvious, her mind is sharp and her age is so great that it makes her less risk averse, not more.
Nora
My 92 year old father in law would agree with your mother. He says his age makes him lower risk, rather than higher. He’s a biologist, so he sees things a little differently from most people.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@cliosfanboy: His mug on there would make a semi-silly monument completely ridiculous.
dmsilev
@cliosfanboy: Here’s the link (FTNYT):
How Kristi Noem, Mt. Rushmore and Trump Fueled Speculation About Pence’s Job
WereBear
@cliosfanboy: It fits between two tables, but cannot be assembled there.
We weren’t expecting an ice sculpture!
LuciaMia
Well, at least we’ll have that to piss on, while waiting for his grave.
WereBear
@LuciaMia: And what a black humor remake of North by Northwest would be like.
trollhattan
@WereBear:
Cary Grant voice: “Why is one of these heads orange?”
A Ghost to Most
Hockey has managed to keep a sense of humor. They’re putting electric fans in the empty seats.
Anotherlurker
@mrmoshpotato: For an acoustic guitar, I suggest looking for a Washburn WSJ-124. It has a shallow “V” shaped neck that fits my left hand like a glove. Very comfortable.
A very sweet instrument.
NotMax
@dmsilev
Without unrespite-ing the thread too much, there isn’t one for the simple reason that the geology doesn’t allow for it. There is no more area approaching sufficient size in immediate proximity to what’s there now in which the rock is not either unstable or too brittle, the same conditions which forced abandoning carving the first attempt at depicting Washington.
NotMax
@NotMax
And it doesn’t take an Einstein to figure he’d insist his head be done twice the size of any of the others.
Origuy
@NotMax: I almost wish they’d try, and then the existing carvings would crack as well.
NotMax
@Origuy
He’d also demand the government pay a hefty fee in perpetuity for use of his likeness.
//
Aleta
@WereBear: The best cat tree I’ve had is a wooden ladder w/ shelf for bucket or paint can at the top. Stable, stands on its own, movable, foldable. Can attach scratching material. The cats love it.
CliosFanBoy
@WereBear: OK, thought it was something like that. just wondered
WereBear
@Aleta: If we could screw it to the floor. Which might be do-able.
We have three muscular aerialists. Tristan has hit double digits, but his favorite thing used to be racing to the top of the cat tree with the little tunnel at the top, gripping that while it swayed back and forth, and letting his eyes roll in his head like marbles in a cup.
Yes, he’s demanding.
Cat Tree Games
WereBear
@CliosFanBoy: My opinion of today’s manufacturing is low. Even so, it is often brought lower.
JPL
OT.. Paging Adam..Belarus appears ready to explode after the stolen election. I wonder if Putin will interfere.
Aleta
Speaking of claws, my friend was out picking berries today and looked up to see a bear cub in between her and the mother bear. Her dog was an equal distance off to the bear’s side. The mother raised up. My friend (instructed all her life about bears, but her 1st encounter) raised her arms high. The bear charged her, the dog ran and hid in the brush, my friend turned and ran as hard and scared as she’d ever felt. I know the bear’s charge was to make her get the fck away. There will be no berries for sale in front of her house this year. She usually fills her freezer and sells them through the winter too. But she won’t be going back in that field for a while. (When she was a kid, Blueberries For Sal was her favorite book.)
JPL
@Aleta: You think! My first comment was holy crap, but I erased that.
Aleta
@JPL: I guess the berry bushes belong to the bears when they exercise their rights.
MomSense
@Alison Rose:
Of course I went straight to that article and was getting so excited about penguin sweaters when I read at the bottom that they do not want any penguin sweaters at this time.?