I honestly cannot tell if there is a post in the works or not, so if this gets stomped on, no big deal. But it looks like we could use a new thread. Now with ducks. Playing in the sprinklers. If that doesn’t reduce your stress, nothing will.
The ducks enjoying some rare winter watering time. With the driest fall on record, now going into winter, the city has asked us to water bushes and trees while the days are above 70 degrees. Boon for the ducks…not so much my water bill.
Open thread
rikyrah
Awe…Nick and Nora are too cute for words :)
The Pale Scot
So,
MAGA rioter claims he was high and drunk on Jan. 6 in bid to avoid jail time
I don’t think it works like that. “Your Honor, I would have never driven drunk and ran over that baby carriage if I hadn’t been drunk”
Benw
Taking the doggo for a mid morning walk and it’s almost too warm for a sweatshirt. Not good!
WaterGirl
@Benw:
You spelled “which is awesome” wrong.
WaterGirl
Thanks for the ducks in the water!
I have been feeling super stressed these past few days, but water is very calming for me.
Breaking!!!! WaterGIrl likes water!
Kristine
Could hit close to 60F here in NE Illinois today. But chance of rain tomorrow, followed by a cooldown.
Still, dry fall following a dry summer. Maybe some rain on Sunday. Last I read, they’re predicting above normal temps and precip here this winter. Guess we’ll see.
Love the duckies!
Damned_at_Random
My wonderful progressive Congressman, Pete DeFazio, is retiring. It’s going to be a fucking free for all here
Gvg
Pleasant 70 degree day here which is normal for Florida this time of year. A bit dryer than usual.
Just One More Canuck
@The Pale Scot: I used to work with a guy whose plan to get out of a ticket was to say that he didn’t see the stop sign. We called it the “Your Honour, Ahh’s Stoopid” defense.
eclare
The ducks are adorable, thank you
Eta> 63 here in Memphis, which is not unheard of in early December. Hell, I remember Christmas get togethers in shorts in the 1970’s.
trollhattan
@The Pale Scot:
Nice try. Cue Tom Waits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPPtrqvHGEg
Kelly
@Damned_at_Random: DeFazio has been great and the new district should stay Dem. Swapping deep red Linn County for blueish Lincoln County will ease the transition.
NotMax
Stress? Whuzzat?
;)
trollhattan
70F yesterday, foggy this a.m. and no rain forecast into next week. Lovely, in the actual and ironic senses.
mrmoshpotato
Water quackers!
(I’ll see myself out.)
oldster
” Boon for the ducks…not so much my water bill.”
Could you just put it on the ducks’ bills?
mrmoshpotato
@WaterGirl: Insane in the membrane.
mrmoshpotato
@oldster: Genius!
Mike R
Thank you the ducks made me smile, too bad people in general aren’t as much fun as ducks, dogs and cats. We are not worthy.
cain
@Damned_at_Random:
I know! Ugh, he just won his seat last year. I wonder what got him to retire? I hope we will have a suitable replacement. Plus we are sending more congress critters from our state right?
Damned_at_Random
@cain: My guess is he considers the Infrastructure bill would be a great legacy and he’s tired of the BS from the Repugs. I hope he travels the country and breaks ground at all the new projects he facilitated that the local COngresscritter DIDN’T vote for. (I hope the retirement wasn’t health related)
Edmund Dantes
https://nypost.com/2021/12/01/george-soros-has-blood-on-his-hands-for-the-rise-in-killings-nationwide/
“George Soro’s has blood on his hands for the rise in killings nationwide”
Just wow. Don’t want to be accused of doom posting. But this shit is getting more and more worrisome.
zhena gogolia
I loved Trixie Belden too.
trollhattan
@Edmund Dantes: George Soros is more powerful than all the other billionaires in the solar system, combined. It’s that dire. The fact he’s uish-jay is a mere coincidence to concerned patriots©.
CaseyL
Thanks, TaMara. Any day with ducks is good.
Just One More Canuck
@Edmund Dantes: “Robby Starbuck”?