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Open Thread: What’s One More…Update

by TaMara|  May 7, 20198:07 pm| 51 Comments

This post is in: Something Good Open Thread

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Screw bad news today. Our home has been turned upside down by this noisy thing:

I’ve named it Pearl/Earl.  We won’t know if its a boy or girl until it has its full feathers. It’s a Pekin duck, about 7 weeks old. I am leaning toward female because of the quack, but that’s not as reliable as the tail feather.

It followed a very sweet woman to her car from a local park where it was clearly abandoned (let me add testily here: don’t get ducks, chicks or bunnies for Easter, people, if you aren’t going to keep them for life!!)

She really has fallen in love and wanted to keep it, but just isn’t a place to do so. We are equipped here and I told her she could visit anytime she wanted. If it turns out she can’t live without, I’ll help her get set up for life with ducks.

We are settling in – but difficult since this handraised duckling wants nothing more than to sit in my lap and heaven-forbid I leave the room!

More photos here. 

I have yet to get pup and duck photos, but they are doing okay together.

And then there was this last night:

According to our local police, this little one decided to visit a very busy market:

…last night (Monday, 5/6/19) Longmont had a deer make her way inside the King Soopers on South Hover Street and take a stroll through the produce section and deli. Some shelves were knocked over and the deer incurred some minor injuries. Longmont officers responded and the deer remained in a section of King Soopers until Colorado Parks and Wildlife arrived. Eventually, the deer was removed and released back into the wild.

Wondering if the deer should have considered ClickList for an outside pick up?

Just another day around here…

Non-politics open thread.

 

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  1. 1.

    gianduja

    May 7, 2019 at 8:12 pm

    honestly your ad hoc animal rescue operation is a source of joy and comfort and if you need a few bucks kicked in from the community please make that clear

  2. 2.

    SiubhanDuinne

    May 7, 2019 at 8:13 pm

    Enough with airy persiflage!
    There is a deer in my garage!

  3. 3.

    TaMara (HFG)

    May 7, 2019 at 8:17 pm

    @gianduja: That’s sweet, thank you. I do know my limits. An extra duck is not really going to impact us terribly. But you will note, the foster Great Dane was found a new home in short order. :-)

  4. 4.

    Baud

    May 7, 2019 at 8:19 pm

    @TaMara (HFG):

    An extra duck is not really going to impact us terribly.

    Famous last words.

  5. 5.

    TenguPhule

    May 7, 2019 at 8:20 pm

    Once again, proof we are all trapped in hell together.

    The company started with Mayochup, the combination of mayonnaise and ketchup (why not ketchonnaise?) that the company released last fall. And it must have been a success, because they’ve just come out with three more Franken-condiments: Mayomust (mayo + mustard), Mayocue (mayo + barbecue sauce) and the best-named one yet: Kranch (ketchup + ranch dressing).

    Mayomust not.

  6. 6.

    TenguPhule

    May 7, 2019 at 8:21 pm

    @Baud:

    Famous last words.

    Along with “Two bunnies, how much trouble could they be?”

  7. 7.

    Aleta

    May 7, 2019 at 8:26 pm

    @TenguPhule: And “Don’t worry, they’re still too young.”

  8. 8.

    rikyrah

    May 7, 2019 at 8:27 pm

    Pearl/Earl is adorable ??

  9. 9.

    zhena gogolia

    May 7, 2019 at 8:30 pm

    @TaMara (HFG):

    Did you ever have a Muscovy duck?

  10. 10.

    spudgun

    May 7, 2019 at 8:34 pm

    Aww, look, little gal/guy still has some remnants of yellow baby “fur”…what a floofy charmer!

    You’re good people, TaMara – this is lovely news and a wonderful respite.

  11. 11.

    TaMara (HFG)

    May 7, 2019 at 8:35 pm

    @zhena gogolia: No, but I did have Cayuga’s – the are a gorgeous emerald green.

  12. 12.

    TaMara (HFG)

    May 7, 2019 at 8:36 pm

    @spudgun: Definitely in the awkward teenager stage. LOL

  13. 13.

    germy

    May 7, 2019 at 8:36 pm

    “I find a duck’s opinion of me is very much influenced by whether or not I have bread. Ducks love bread, but they can’t buy any. That’s the biggest joke on the duck ever. If I worked at a store and a duck came in I would like just give him some bread– “sure man no problem– tell your friends”— but I would not give him Pepperidge Farm bread….You know that stuff right? you open it and it still ain’t open. That is why I do not buy it. Cause I do not need another step, between me and toast.”

    – Mitch Hedberg

  14. 14.

    spudgun

    May 7, 2019 at 8:44 pm

    @TaMara (HFG): I know, right? Little stubby wings… <3

  15. 15.

    Steeplejack

    May 7, 2019 at 8:45 pm

    @TenguPhule:

    Mayohellno.

  16. 16.

    NotMax

    May 7, 2019 at 8:45 pm

    @germy

    Don’t pooh-pooh Pepperidge Farm.

    Pepperidge Farm remembers.

    ;)

  17. 17.

    Zelma

    May 7, 2019 at 8:48 pm

    My first pets were to chicks that a friend gave to me for Easter way back in the early 50s. We named them Pete and RePete, since one always followed the other. My amazingly tolerant mother (she lived with parakeets flying around her house for years) allowed me to keep them in the kitchen. Of course, cute little chicks became chickens and it became impossible to keep them in a row house in the city. But my parents arranged for them to go to a farm where I actually got to visit them once. RePete got hit by a car but I was told that Pete became the cock of the hop. In retrospect, I imagine he ended up in the stew pot.

    I didn’t know that anyone still sold chicks and bunnies at Easter any more. I thought that was made illegal. But it was pretty common when I was a kid.

  18. 18.

    NotMax

    May 7, 2019 at 8:49 pm

    @Steeplejack

    Mayohellno

    Fred and Ginger dance number cut from one their early films. Word was the director and editor felt the extra-long dance sequence spread it on too thick.

    :)

  19. 19.

    The Lodger

    May 7, 2019 at 8:54 pm

    Love the name. We adopted an abandoned neighborhood cat and named her Earl Grey before thoroughly investigating her gender. She’s still Earl.

  20. 20.

    Eljai

    May 7, 2019 at 8:55 pm

    I am kind of jealous that you have a duck that will sit in your lap. My cat won’t even do that.

  21. 21.

    MazeDancer

    May 7, 2019 at 8:55 pm

    So adorable. So envious. Having ducks would be like having chickens, setting up buffet for owls, hawks, foxes, even bears. Don’t have dogs, which would help.

    You definitely deserve some medals, Tamara. Looking forward to updates.

  22. 22.

    Dan B

    May 7, 2019 at 8:58 pm

    @Steeplejack: FuckTon’o’Mayo

    Bad image. Didn’t some town die from that?

    Cribbed from eemom, although she is welcome to disavow that connection.

  23. 23.

    eldorado

    May 7, 2019 at 8:59 pm

    oh, dear

  24. 24.

    Mary G

    May 7, 2019 at 8:59 pm

    Love your rescue stories. The thought of your pack all trying to get into the bathroom to supervise is hilarious, and ypou are an angel.

  25. 25.

    Steeplejack

    May 7, 2019 at 9:04 pm

    @NotMax:

    That was the cover story. The pseudo-Italian lyrics were deemed offensive even for that era, and Astaire kept accidentally dropping Rogers off the edge of the gondola into the soundstage “canal.”

  26. 26.

    NotMax

    May 7, 2019 at 9:07 pm

    @Steeplejack
    Which she did not at all … relish.

  27. 27.

    Aleta

    May 7, 2019 at 9:08 pm

    Looked at the rest of the photos. I love that duck.

  28. 28.

    Steeplejack

    May 7, 2019 at 9:11 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    ETA: This is detailed in the out-of-print (probably suppressed) exposé Hollywood Babaloo by Kenneth Testy.

  29. 29.

    NotMax

    May 7, 2019 at 9:12 pm

    @Steeplejack

    BTW, you ever get around to setting up the TV?

  30. 30.

    spudgun

    May 7, 2019 at 9:15 pm

    @The Lodger: LOL! My brother and SIL, in a fit of whimsy, named their female ginger cat “Guillermo.” Actually, she has a full title of “Guillermo de-something-thingme”…engh, it was too long for me to try to remember.

    So, yup – Guillermo.

  31. 31.

    Raven

    May 7, 2019 at 9:15 pm

    It was quite a battle getting this big dude in, check out my fan club!

  32. 32.

    NotMax

    May 7, 2019 at 9:15 pm

    @Steeplejack

    Vaguely recall hearing that the Hayes office was scandalized, calling Rogers’ attire for that scene an “extreme example of French dressing.”

  33. 33.

    Tazj

    May 7, 2019 at 9:19 pm

    Earl/ Pearl is so cute, and what pretty yellow feathers. A welcome reprieve from the news.

  34. 34.

    Aleta

    May 7, 2019 at 9:20 pm

    Blue jay, half baby feathers
    https://twitter.com/41Strange/status/1122915585665318912

  35. 35.

    zhena gogolia

    May 7, 2019 at 9:39 pm

    @Steeplejack: @NotMax:

    Groan.

  36. 36.

    rikyrah

    May 7, 2019 at 9:50 pm

    @Raven:
    Man…that is a big one???

  37. 37.

    mrmoshpotato

    May 7, 2019 at 9:56 pm

    @TenguPhule: @Baud: “Mommy, can I have a bunny – and a pig, and a lizard and a crocodile!?” – Little girl from The Secret Life of Pets

  38. 38.

    Steeplejack

    May 7, 2019 at 9:59 pm

    @NotMax:

    To my embarrassment, I have not. I have been embroiled in a protracted Kondo/​Swedish death clean­ing/​spring-clean­ing fiasco that has proceeded at a glacial pace and resembles a disarranged Rubik’s cube.

    Motivation has been blunted because Cox Contour streaming with the 8" Samsung tablet’s excellent screen has been so convenient.

    But I’m making progress. Yeah, that’s it. Progress.

  39. 39.

    mrmoshpotato

    May 7, 2019 at 10:00 pm

    What’s one more update? Well I guess if you want a bombardment of “Aaaaawww!! ?”.

  40. 40.

    Steeplejack

    May 7, 2019 at 10:03 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    You do not want to know what that little minx Shirley Temple would do for a lollipop.

  41. 41.

    mrmoshpotato

    May 7, 2019 at 10:10 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    Groan

    LOL!

  42. 42.

    mrmoshpotato

    May 7, 2019 at 10:15 pm

    @Raven: I see the little one let you show off her catch. ?

    Congrats.

  43. 43.

    zhena gogolia

    May 7, 2019 at 10:18 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    Graham Greene already covered that.

  44. 44.

    Steeplejack

    May 7, 2019 at 10:25 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    Ha! Dietrich in trousers?

  45. 45.

    zhena gogolia

    May 7, 2019 at 10:31 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    He got in some trouble for that.

  46. 46.

    Steeplejack

    May 7, 2019 at 10:32 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    Yes, he did.

  47. 47.

    tobie

    May 7, 2019 at 10:55 pm

    TaMara, I hope you watch “The Durrells in Corfu,” based on Gerald Durrell’s “My Family and Other Animals.” It’s just up your alley, and it’s balm for the soul in these troubled times.

  48. 48.

    sukabi

    May 7, 2019 at 11:45 pm

    Either you’ve got a very small bathtub or that is a huge duckling.

  49. 49.

    TomatoQueen

    May 7, 2019 at 11:54 pm

    Hello Pearl/Earl, you smiley downy thing landing on your feet. Well done.

  50. 50.

    Juju

    May 8, 2019 at 2:06 am

    That is a cute little duckling. I can see why the woman who found her fell in love. I could never have a duck. I have a couple of golden girls and they are supposed to be retrievers. I’ve never seen any actual evidence of this trait, but I’d hate to find out they did have the trait with a beautiful little duck like Earl/Pearl.

    It’s really too bad you can’t do a miss you quack recording. I’d love to hear the little duck.

  51. 51.

    Quaker in a Basement

    May 8, 2019 at 12:01 pm

    As a friend (who lives in Longmont!) likes to say
    :

    Find a Mallard, pick it up.
    All day long, you’ll have a duck.

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