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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

“Why isn’t this Snickers bar only a nickel?”

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

It’s not hopeless, and we’re not helpless.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Spilling the end game before they can coat it in frankl luntz-approved dogwhistles.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Somebody needs to explain to DeSantis that nobody needs to do anything to make him look bad.

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Pre-Dawn Open Thread: Are *You* Ready for the Weekend?…

by Anne Laurie|  March 23, 20243:44 am| 99 Comments

This post is in: Cat Blogging, Open Threads

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look at this cat! his name is Bruce and he is real https://t.co/9uGUlHOgCC pic.twitter.com/qOslqMnA1c

— mang mang, my baby shot me down (@mangmangmang) March 21, 2024

Incorrect assemblage at the factory, always read the instructions

— Momodog (@Dougalpop1) March 22, 2024

According to I Can Haz Cheeseburger:

Bruce was brought into the vet for reasons unbeknownst to us, probably because his owners were wondering what is up with this crazy chimera cat? It turns out that Bruce is fine and healthy, and the vets describe him as a Minuet, which is a combination of a Persian cat and a Munchkin cat…

Munchkin cats have shortened limbs, like dachshunds. So the little dude inherited a (fortunately modified) ‘peke face’ from the Persian side of his gene line, he’s an XXY male with achondroplasia, and considering his pale eyes, probably a whole bunch of other extremely recessive genes as well. And yet, still (to human eyes) adorably cute… which he probably doesn’t love, either.

Probably a chimera cat. Two different embryos fused together in utero. Rare, but not unprecedented. pic.twitter.com/hj9cEH6nos

— RealJeffGfetus (@RealJeffGfetus) March 21, 2024

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    1. 1.

      Dangerman

      March 23, 2024 at 3:51 am

      Insert Tabby A into proper Slot B

      Reply
    2. 2.

      Jay

      March 23, 2024 at 3:58 am

      Damned IKEA Cat Assembly instructions, and the Allen key was missing from the hardware pack.

      Reply
    3. 3.

      eclare

      March 23, 2024 at 4:05 am

      Oh what a cutie pie!

      Reply
    4. 4.

      Odie Hugh Manatee

      March 23, 2024 at 4:09 am

      That’s a cool lookin’ kitty! Quite a mix of things going on there and it’s adorable! Our Morty is kind of like that; Scottish Fold, Thai (old school Siamese) cat, snowshoe, polydactyl (14 in front & 10 in the rear) and big blue eyes all in one furry package of cute.

      I love the eyes on that kitty, same with the Tux in front and orange out back…lol!

      Reply
    5. 5.

      eclare

      March 23, 2024 at 4:11 am

      @Odie Hugh Manatee:

      That is a lot of tootsies!

      Reply
    6. 6.

      Betty Cracker

      March 23, 2024 at 4:23 am

      It’s a mild night (temps in the 60s), so we left all the windows open. Now I’m awake because the Limpkins are screaming their heads off. They are as loud as any peacock.

      Reply
    7. 7.

      mrmoshpotato

      March 23, 2024 at 4:24 am

      What over-the-top KISS fans adopted a brown cat???

      Reply
    8. 8.

      mrmoshpotato

      March 23, 2024 at 4:29 am

      @Betty Cracker: Had to look up limpkin calls.  You have my sympathy.

      Reply
    9. 9.

      Betty Cracker

      March 23, 2024 at 4:30 am

      @mrmoshpotato: There are at least half a dozen of the horny little bastards out there.

      Reply
    10. 10.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 4:35 am

      Wide awake at 4am, hubby had surgery yesterday, has a hole in a major artery as a result.  Surgery unsuccessful, needs more surgery.  Supposed to take it easy for a few days, not lift or pull anything so he doesn’t have a blowout.  So what’s he doing?  Not taking it easy, straining trying to open a stuck jar lid, lifting things, etc. This man gonna be the death of me.  I need to tackle, rope and hogtie.  Wish I had a tranq dart gun.

      Reply
    11. 11.

      eclare

      March 23, 2024 at 4:38 am

      @Betty Cracker:

      Those guys are loud!

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      Ten Bears

      March 23, 2024 at 5:05 am

      That’s not exactly what “chimera” is … cute kitten

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      Tony Jay

      March 23, 2024 at 5:14 am

      Two different embryos fused together in utero, eh? Rare but not unprecedented, eh?

      Throw in a bit of ‘Life begins at conception’ madness and I think we’ve got a Kristian Konservative friendly explanation for schizophrenia which can easily be soft-talked into a duty to forgive all bad behaviour.

      “Wasn’t me. It was the bad embryo’s soul acting through me.”

      Reply
    14. 14.

      Jay

      March 23, 2024 at 5:24 am

      We have a unique case in Huston, BC.

      Guy surrendered 258 cats to the SPCA. Largest ever.

      Starting with Covid, people started dumping cats on his rural property, so he took them in. He tried to get some adopted, but “nobody here, want’s a cat.”

      He was unemployed, spending over $4K a month on food and kitty litter, finally called the SPCA when he could no longer afford to buy food for himself.

      Other than spay or neuter, the SPCA says that all the cats are in great shape, good health,

      and every one has, and responds to the names he gave them.

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      jame

      March 23, 2024 at 5:24 am

      I think deliberately producing a cat with shortened legs is a genetic crime, and a good reason to shun breeders.

      Reply
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      EntroPi

      March 23, 2024 at 5:39 am

      @TBone: I will likely be heading up to NH tomorrow to look after my mother.
      We had a great party for my father’s 80th birthday at the MT Washington Hotel, until they informed us that the “gluten free” traditional Swedish Birthday Cake was not so much “gluten-free” as it was “made with flour”.

      2 days later my mother some of us were lucky enough to get this sensitivity from (Hi Suzanne!  For some of us it’s real!  Love your comments otherwise though.) passes out at a book club, ends up in the ER and apparently has a cracked hip from falling over.

      I hate “Princess Cake”. So I’m ok. I also have a lot of siblings, so I’m hoping someone else will step up and take on this week. Our eldest sister handled the hospital week, and our father insists he’ll be ok on his own with her… but we all know him.
      On the plus side, we may make some progress on that 60,000 piece puzzle!

      On the down side, spouse with foot issues does not give Addison’s dog the walks she loves.

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    17. 17.

      Anne Laurie

      March 23, 2024 at 5:45 am

      @Tony Jay: Two different embryos fused together in utero, eh? Rare but not unprecedented, eh?

      It’s been speculated to be as common as 1 in 1,000 human births — not counting the ones being ‘lab created’ from medical procedures like bone marrow transplants.

      I’ve read (not gonna look it up right now) that it might be more common in families known to produce twins.  There’s complicated speculative math showing this would help explain why the proclivity for multiple births often ‘skips a generation’, because the non-twin-producing mothers have chimeras (which would usually be unknowable pre-genetic testing).

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    18. 18.

      EntroPi

      March 23, 2024 at 6:03 am

      My previous next-door neighbour wrote a book about twins based on her experiences with her sister. (Her husband used to edit the Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, which probably helped find publishers.)

       

      For the record, I also live a block away from where our current Secretary of Commerce used to live, and was quite discomfited when her son invited me into a frisbee game with her that involved throwing the disc as hard as you could at the recipient.

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    19. 19.

      rikyrah

      March 23, 2024 at 6:29 am

      @TBone:

      🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

      Reply
    20. 20.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 6:30 am

      @EntroPi: oh dear, who the eff doesn’t know flour has gluten at this point?  I’m sorry you’re going through this!  My mom had a broken hip (twice! 2 separate occasions) while in care facilities. I know this a really crappy and crazy and stressful time, my heart goes out to you. Thank you for a bit of a new perspective when I remember that it could be worse, at least hubby pays attention when I yell.  He’s back in bed to avoid it. I hope others step up to help out and that everything goes as best it can for you!

      Reply
    21. 21.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 6:34 am

      @rikyrah: thank you, it’s working!  Rather than continue to upset me and risk his life, he has decided to submit 😂 and take it easy.  I think he just wakes up and doesn’t remember that he’s supposed to not do his daily A.M. routine until I remind him by yelling.  He’s a man of routine, just like the kitties.

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      satby

      March 23, 2024 at 6:37 am

      @jame: I agree, and hate breeders for the thousands of animals they create to suit stupid aesthetics that suffer from genetic problems and end up dumped on the horribly overburdened animal rescues and controls. I hate the people who keep the inhumane business going by paying thousands of dollars for “designer” breeds too. Sorry, not sorry, that money causes immense suffering.

      Reply
    23. 23.

      Matt McIrvin

      March 23, 2024 at 6:38 am

      @jame: This is why “adopt, don’t shop” has always been my policy. But inevitably some of the products of these activities end up in shelters too.

      Reply
    24. 24.

      Baud

      March 23, 2024 at 6:44 am

      @Matt McIrvin:

      👍

      Reply
    25. 25.

      Tony Jay

      March 23, 2024 at 6:45 am

      @Anne Laurie:

      Chances of certain middle-aged billionaires with histories of funding crank research looking into this as a method of implanting Twin Engines into the uteri of white girls to speed up the repopulation of the Anglosphere now approaching 100%.

      Reply
    26. 26.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 6:48 am

      Next trick up my sleeve:  sneak some decaf coffee into the regular coffee jar while he’s not looking.  About 3/4 decaf ought to help.

      Reply
    27. 27.

      Betty Cracker

      March 23, 2024 at 6:50 am

      NBC News hired Ronna McDaniel, the election-denying failed RNC chair who was recently ousted in a Trump nepotism coup, to provide election commentary. What the fucking fuck?

      Reply
    28. 28.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 6:51 am

      @Betty Cracker: someone said Rudy Tooty is next. 😆

      Reply
    29. 29.

      The Thin Black Duke

      March 23, 2024 at 7:03 am

      @Betty Cracker: McDaniel is compliant eye candy who can read from a teleprompter without a spasm of moral uncertainty. What’s not to love?

      Reply
    30. 30.

      raven

      March 23, 2024 at 7:10 am

      Hoop.

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    31. 31.

      Ohio Mom

      March 23, 2024 at 7:10 am

      @TBone: I get that there are good reasons to send patients home to recover but with a hole in an artery?

      I am anxious just reading about this. Maybe call the doctor and have him/her yell at hubby? Maybe they can prescribe something to mellow hubby out?

      I think people are too shy about calling doctors. That’s what they signed up for, calls from patients.

      Reply
    32. 32.

      Baud

      March 23, 2024 at 7:10 am

      @raven:

      A little early, no?

      Reply
    33. 33.

      satby

      March 23, 2024 at 7:12 am

      @The Thin Black Duke: “compliant eye candy”  is hardly how I would describe her. If that was the threshold there are far better choices out there.

      Reply
    34. 34.

      satby

      March 23, 2024 at 7:17 am

      Six more Saturdays and I’m DONE at the farmers market. Including today, so everyone have a good day!

      Reply
    35. 35.

      Baud

      March 23, 2024 at 7:17 am

      @satby:

      👍

      Reply
    36. 36.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 7:18 am

      @Ohio Mom: Agreed!  But it’s outpatient surgery, so we’re on our own…last time he had this same surgery, the discharge nurse said to me “you’re on duty now, make sure he takes it easy” and the knot in my stomach began.  Last time it never really sunk in for him that he needed to not push it, and I had to follow him around for 3 days.  This time it only took a few hours of yelling.

      His heart surgeon doctor is not in today.  And a phone call with an on call nurse isn’t gonna get this job done, but my big mouth will!

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    37. 37.

      Betty Cracker

      March 23, 2024 at 7:18 am

      @The Thin Black Duke: Well, she’s a bald-faced liar on a particularly relevant issue, so they’ve undercut the credibility of their own coverage by adding McDaniel. One thing the mainstream political press has been pretty good at is calling out Trump’s preposterous lies about the 2020 election. Now they’ve hired an election denier to cover elections. Totally inexcusable.

      Reply
    38. 38.

      Baud

      March 23, 2024 at 7:20 am

      BREAKING: NBC News hires Aldrich Ames to provide expert analysis on Trump’s ties to Russia.

      Reply
    39. 39.

      sab

      March 23, 2024 at 7:25 am

      @satby: Maybe the viewers can run her off like we did megan kelly. Don’t watch her or the shows immediately after her. And complain a lot.

      Reply
    40. 40.

      LiminalOwl

      March 23, 2024 at 7:29 am

      @TBone: Much sympathy.  My husband had a seizure and keeps trying to be allowed to drive—not as worrisome as your situation, I know, but perhaps a similar mindset? Best wishes to both of you.

      Reply
    41. 41.

      Princess

      March 23, 2024 at 7:33 am

      @Betty Cracker: It’s an…intriguing choice. Dems will hate her. Goopers will hate her now she’s been tossed by Trump. Who is this pleasing? The network owners who are still trying to sell us the idea of the moderate republican I guess.

      Reply
    42. 42.

      LiminalOwl

      March 23, 2024 at 7:39 am

      @EntroPi: Ugh! Sympathy to you and your mother too.  Did you see the recent news item about the bakery that tried to pass off doughnuts bought from Dunkin’ as their own, and “gluten-free”?

      I assume there is legal recourse when someone like your mother has a medical reaction, but I tend to assume also that the process is cumbersome and expensive.

      Reply
    43. 43.

      LiminalOwl

      March 23, 2024 at 7:42 am

      @Tony Jay: And probably funding the development of technology to bypass uteruses as well.

      Reply
    44. 44.

      EntroPi

      March 23, 2024 at 7:43 am

       

       

      @TBone: I am reasonably sure your situation is worse. And I feel for you. My parents have every option available to them, but 7 kids are apparently better.
      And since I am the only one who made my “situation” ok without them, I’m the go-to guy.

      For those who care, both my hated nickname, and correction are provided by Tom Stevens in Valley of the Boom.

      which is also why I have been turned to for care after multiple previous health care issues.
      and why our dog is super lucky. 

      Reply
    45. 45.

      Jeffro

      March 23, 2024 at 7:43 am

      #GoDukes !!
      💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💜💛💛🏀

      Reply
    46. 46.

      EntroPi

      March 23, 2024 at 7:48 am

      @TBone: that makes me feel better about how many of us are on call. I’m sorry.

      Reply
    47. 47.

      EntroPi

      March 23, 2024 at 7:54 am

      @LiminalOwl: I mentioned above 6 siblings.
      One of those with worse gluten issues than me (who apparently likes cake) happens to be a lawyer.
      She may be a patent lawyer, but they don’t know that, and if there is one sibling I would not want to be on the bad side of…

      Reply
    48. 48.

      bjacques

      March 23, 2024 at 7:59 am

      I bet cats #1 and #3 would fight all the time.

      Reply
    49. 49.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 8:02 am

      @LiminalOwl: thank you!  Your situation is just as serious IMO!  Best wishes for the keeping of the keys.

      Reply
    50. 50.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 8:06 am

      @EntroPi: I hope she at least puts the fear into them so they stop injuring people!  Teh Stoopid, it burns!

      The malpractice and negligence experience my family had made me want to sue, very badly.  But reliving the trauma was not an option, and since I may need care in the future, black listing is a worry.

      Reply
    51. 51.

      EntroPi

      March 23, 2024 at 8:11 am

       

       

      @TBone: Being able to vent here helps. As with figuring out dog issues.
      I apologise for hijacking your problems. And obviously hope that everything works out as best can be expected.

      Reply
    52. 52.

      Ceci n est pas mon nym

      March 23, 2024 at 8:21 am

      Good morning, BJ. Very very wet here today (2.4” expected) so not going anywhere. The dog hates rain so even dog walks will be the bare minimum.

      It occurs to be that I never know when a day like today is part of a larger storm system any more. I don’t see TV weather reports. I don’t see somebody pointing at a map of the US and talking about highs and lows and fronts.

      All my weather forecasts come from apps or weather.gov so all I see is a very localized forecast. And often I’m just looking for the next few hours.

      Reply
    53. 53.

      LiminalOwl

      March 23, 2024 at 8:22 am

      @TBone: Thanks very much! And he always listens to reason… eventually. I just get tired of having the same discussion over and over.

      Reply
    54. 54.

      Betty

      March 23, 2024 at 8:23 am

      @Betty Cracker: The blowback on social media has been fierce for what that’s worth.

      Reply
    55. 55.

      LiminalOwl

      March 23, 2024 at 8:27 am

       

      @The Thin Black Duke: Can we say junk food rather than candy? And can I call her Ronna McDonna?

      Reply
    56. 56.

      evodevo

      March 23, 2024 at 8:59 am

      @Ceci n est pas mon nym:  What part of the country are you located in? I get very good forecasts from the weather dude in Lexington at channel 27…the radar views on his blog can show you the weather in KY/southern OH or all over the country.

      https://kyweathercenter.com/

      Reply
    57. 57.

      Another Scott

      March 23, 2024 at 9:08 am

      There have been stories recently about some tropical bird that was half male, half female. It happens in cardinals, also too.:

      bilateral gynandromorphs

      NCBI.NLM.NIH.gov:

      Genetic mosaicism Genetic mosaicism is the condition of a multicellular individual carrying different genomes that originated from the genome of a single founder cell (Fusco and Minelli 2019). In organisms with a chromosomal sex-determination system (e.g. most insects), gynandromorphism can result from genetic mosaicism at the level of sex chromosomes, while in organism with haplodiploid sex-determination system (e.g. hymenopterans), it can result from genetic mosaicism that involves the ploidy level (i.e. the number of homologous sets of chromosomes). Heterogeneity in the chromosomal complement can originate during cleavage mitoses in embryogenesis. For instance, the loss of an X chromosome in a cell of a Drosophila embryo with XX karyotype will produce a mix of X0 (male) and XX (female) cells. Note that it is the mechanism of sex determination that establishes whether a given chromosomal mutation will lead to a different sex specification. For instance, among the XY systems in dipterans, in Drosophila, the initial switch is associated with the ratio between the number of X chromosomes and the number of homologous sets of autosomes (X:A ratio system; Erickson and Quintero 2007), while in the mosquito Aedes aegypti, sex determination depends on the presence of the Y chromosome (dominant-Y system; Hall et al. 2015; Blackmon et al. 2017).
      Another possibility of producing a genetic mosaic is through fertilization of a binucleate egg (Narita et al. 2010). Binucleate eggs can occur when the second polar body is not discarded during female gametogenesis. In Drosophila and in Bombyx, double fertilization (simultaneous fertilization by two sperm cells) of a binucleate egg can produce an individual with female and male parts (with XX and XY karyotype in Drosophila and with ZW and ZZ karyotype in Bombyx, respectively). Similarly, in Apis (haplodiploid sex-determination system), the fertilization by one sperm cell of a binucleate egg can result in an individual with male (haploid) and female (diploid) body parts. When the polar body is a cell on its own, rather than a supplementary nucleus in the egg cell, the result of a double-fertilization event should be more properly termed a genetic chimera, rather than mosaic (a chimera is a multicellular individual made of cell populations originating from more than one founder cell; (Fusco and Minelli 2019). Chimeras with discordant sex karyotype have been reported in several organisms, including humans (Madan 2020).

      A genetic mosaic can also result from parasite infection. A delay in the diploidization caused by the endocellular parasitic bacterium Wolbachia, occurring after the first cleavage, can produce a mix of diploid (female) and haploid (male) cells in the parasitic wasp Trichogramma (Stouthamer and Kazmer 1994).

      (Emphasis added.)

      There’s probably a SF story out there somewhere about a new plague from some extra-terrestrial parasite that causes human diploid/haploid mixtures and all the fun that ensues.

      Biology is really, really complicated.

      Something something male and female and everything in between he created them.

      Cheers,
      Scott.

      Reply
    58. 58.

      Tony Jay

      March 23, 2024 at 9:08 am

      @LiminalOwl:

        Introducing the newest must-have accessory in the No-Joke Volk fight back against the insidious Woke and their plans for a compliant Beigetopia!

      Open your eyes and listen out for their cries of woe, it’s here and they should fear, the mud-people doom that does away with the womb!

      Gentlemen and folks from farther west, I give you, the Thiel-Musk Exo-Breeder! Incorporating the very latest bio-technological advances in cyber-coolness! Clone your own Caucasoid stock and fire the bitches who laugh at your c##k! Take the Y out of “Why not?” and put the X back into “mono-sex”!

      Available at a very special price for early adopters. Warranty void if your genes aren’t superior enough. May induce feelings of unsupported superiority and unexplainable failure to perform in the real world.

      Reply
    59. 59.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 9:17 am

      @LiminalOwl: I feel you, I just had to have another “conversation” here too.  Mostly me “talking.” 😆 IT’S ONLY FOR A FEW DAYS, JEEZ, CAN’T YOU JUST STAY DOWN AND LET ME HELP YOU?!? Why is this so hard, it’s TEMPORARY!  I get that it’s terrifying to have to rely on someone BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE NEKKID AND ALSO DRUNK. Let me do this, you have no choice if you want any peace or dignity!

      Reply
    60. 60.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 9:18 am

      @EntroPi: it is vastly helpful to vent here, my sanity thanks you all for listening!!!

      Reply
    61. 61.

      WaterGirl

      March 23, 2024 at 9:21 am

      @TBone: my brother-in-law had a similar thing a couple of weeks ago, and they told him not to fuck around with it because he could bleed out in 30 minutes before the ambulance could even get him to the hospital.

      Reply
    62. 62.

      Kristine

      March 23, 2024 at 9:26 am

      @jame: Hearty agreement.

      Reply
    63. 63.

      Kristine

      March 23, 2024 at 9:32 am

      @TBone: best of luck. Some people just don’t listen.

      Reply
    64. 64.

      WaterGirl

      March 23, 2024 at 9:35 am

      @TBone: tell him it’s only permanent if he bleeds out and dies.

      Reply
    65. 65.

      BellyCat

      March 23, 2024 at 10:01 am

      @TBone: Ugh… Just feed him lots of Turkey and mashed potatoes, then turn on the TV. Seems to knock people out at Thanksgiving!

      Reply
    66. 66.

      Soprano2

      March 23, 2024 at 10:05 am

      @Ohio Mom: I have messaging with my doctors through my account on their portal (and for hubby, too). I love it, lots easier for most things than phone calls. I usually get an answer faster, too.

      Reply
    67. 67.

      BellyCat

      March 23, 2024 at 10:06 am

      @EntroPi: Oh noooo!

      As a celiac, one of my “favorite” responses from the uninformed in the restaurant industry is: “It should be fine. This dish only has a little flour in it“.

      Reply
    68. 68.

      Ceci n est pas mon nym

      March 23, 2024 at 10:10 am

      @evodevo: Southeast PA outside of Philly. I’m sure there are still TV weather maps and I know there are still reporters being sent out in hurricanes to report that it’s wet and windy.

      It’s just not a path by which I get weather anymore. I never see that.

      Reply
    69. 69.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 10:14 am

      @WaterGirl: exactly our problem.  He is just so frickin’ stubborn, now we’re arguing about wound care. He said they told him to remove bandage in 24 hours but he wants to wait till tomorrow. It seems that he rushed the discharge yesterday (“you were outside waiting to pick me up”) and left without getting wound care instructions and I don’t remember them from last time.  Antibiotic ointment or just a clean band aid?  I’ll have to call and ask (all I remember is I’m supposed to check every day for signs of infection).  He’s insisting they’re closed today, but I know someone at the hospital can answer that question. Ugh!

      Reply
    70. 70.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 10:17 am

      @Ceci n est pas mon nym: DelCo? I’m somewhat obsessed because I miss civilization so much.

      Reply
    71. 71.

      Eunicecycle

      March 23, 2024 at 10:19 am

      @WaterGirl: after my husband’s heart cath they told me he could bleed out in 90 SECONDS. So if I saw any blood on his dressing I should call 911 immediately! Maybe they were just trying to scare me. They did!

      Reply
    72. 72.

      Peke Daddy

      March 23, 2024 at 10:19 am

      Now I want a kitty remake of the Frank Gorshin-Lou Antonio Star Trek: TOS classic. Call it “Let This Be Your Last Battlefield Over The Ball Of Wool.”

      Reply
    73. 73.

      Miss Bianca

      March 23, 2024 at 10:25 am

      @Matt McIrvin: “Adopt not shop” as a slogan really sticks in my craw, however. I keep asking my friends who push this line, “so, no one should breed dogs for a specific purpose any more? No one should be breeding for the betterment of the breed? All dogs should be the result of careless, accidental, or backyard breeding? Is that really what you’re saying?”

      Strangely, they never seem to want to answer that question.

      Now me, I’ve adopted dogs from shelters or picked them up and nurtured them as strays, but I have also bought puppies from breeders. And there’s definitely a difference.

      Watson, my waif/stray dumpee, is a love but an absolute bundle of neuroses. Susi, my Finnish Lapphund pup, was carefully bred, carefully socialized, and she’s fearless and happy – loves people, loves dogs, loves car rides, loves all new adventures. Any neuroses she might harbor are solely of my own creation. ; )

      All I’m saying is, there’s a difference between people who breed dogs or cats or other animals just to make money, or to cash in on a craze, and people who approach breeding as a craft and a vocation – who study their genetic lines, who work with their animals in performance or show classes, who socialize and nurture their animals’ offspring, and who CARE about their critters.

      So I will never be the person who tells someone else, “you shouldn’t want that purebred dog – you should want that dog of unknown pedigree and temperament in the shelter instead!” I *will* be the person who says, “if you really want a French Bulldog or some other Designer Breed du Jour, you need to do your research and pick a careful, responsible breeder.”

      Reply
    74. 74.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 10:45 am

      Call to professional complete and wound care advice received.  Now it’s all coming back to me…wound looks normal and is now cleaned & packaged back up.

      Reply
    75. 75.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 10:46 am

      @Eunicecycle: they told me 3 minutes.  Or we’ll ALL BE KILLED 😉

      Reply
    76. 76.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 10:51 am

      @Soprano2: yup, we have that too BUT there is no one “in the office” to communicate with today, online or otherwise.  I had to call the hospital for the on-call medical person.

      Reply
    77. 77.

      pluky

      March 23, 2024 at 10:51 am

      @Miss Bianca: I’m currently on Portuguese Water Dogs #3 and #4. As is typical for these dogs placed as companions the sale contract stipulated that the dogs be neutered, and returned to breeder if there is any problem. Being on the association mailing list, I got a copy of the blast notice sent after Obama got Bo. The gist was that if the association had ANY suspicions that someone was irresponsibly breeding to meet an ‘I want the President’s dog’ demand bubble they would be excommunicated. Like many purebreds, PWDs have some nasty recessives in play.

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    78. 78.

      TBone

      March 23, 2024 at 10:54 am

      @BellyCat: I was gonna stuff him full of carbs for sleepiness but tryptophan is an even better idea.  I truly wish I had a tranquilizer dart gun.  Plus, he needs more, better (invasive) surgery soon and this time I’m telling them YOU HAVE TO KEEP HIM INPATIENT.  I’M OUT.

      Reply
    79. 79.

      BigJimSlade

      March 23, 2024 at 10:58 am

      @EntroPi: Is the Secretary of Commerce’s son named Oddjob?

      Reply
    80. 80.

      BigJimSlade

      March 23, 2024 at 11:04 am

      @satby: I recall seeing a show about dog breeders and this woman had gotten, over several generations, some very specific (and nice) traits into some dogs (coloration, ear shape). She said things like “this is my art, this is my creation.” I was like, baaaaaarrrrrrfffff. An hour later my eyes finally unbugged. But at least she wasn’t doing anything cruel.

      Reply
    81. 81.

      StringOnAStick

      March 23, 2024 at 11:06 am

      @Ceci n est pas mon nym: If you’d like to see larger scale maps and frontal boundary lines, go to the National Weather Service website.  You can click around to see the whole country, just your area, different kinds of maps, etc.   I love looking around there, plus we as citizens should be using that site to show that it’s important to us; Dubya planned on privatizing it so everyone would have to pay to get any weather info, including severe weather warnings .

      Reply
    82. 82.

      BigJimSlade

      March 23, 2024 at 11:13 am

      @TBone: Good luck!

      Perhaps this is a weekend for him to hit up the youtubes for “guided” or “relaxation” or “body awareness” meditation – just yell at him that he can’t leave the room until he’s done an hour of these things ;-)

      Reply
    83. 83.

      StringOnAStick

      March 23, 2024 at 11:25 am

      @pluky: Our wonderful neighbours love West Highland Terriers, but have gotten their current two through the breed’s rescue organization.  The first had been purchased by a single woman for $3,600 who took a couple of months to realize that since she works long hours and travels a lot, perhaps getting a puppy was rather stupid; the neighbours couldn’t take the constant barking when the owner was out, which was at least 10 hours/day. She’s now owned by a work from home couple who are excellent, experienced dog parents and she’s quiet and joyful.  She keeps the squirrels away from our bird feeder and as soon as I say hi to her, she stops barking through the fence.  They just got a 6 month old male, prior owners paid $2,000 for him but decided he should have come house trained and they didn’t have time to deal with it.  He might be from an Amish puppy mill in PA, but they knew that and decided to try to make his life better.  He’s very chill for a terrier and you can get him to look you in the eyes and connect with you.  I want to come back in my next life as one of our neighbour’s rescue dogs, they have such wonderful lives and are well trained, happy dogs.

      Reply
    84. 84.

      EntroPi

      March 23, 2024 at 11:29 am

       

       

      @BigJimSlade: he is definitely working on it.

      Reply
    85. 85.

      stinger

      March 23, 2024 at 11:38 am

      @Miss Bianca: Thank you for this, especially the last paragraph. Over the years I’ve had several purebred dogs. For the past ten years I’ve had (simultaneously) three rescues, one a puppy mill Yorkie used to exhaustion for breeding, and two males of extremely mixed genetic origins literally rescued off the streets. I LOVE them all, but they’ve all had behavioral and training issues. Once they are gone, I’m going back to my preferred breed and the responsible breeders whom I’ve known for decades, who before breeding test for vision issues, hip dysplasia, and other known possible problems. And then they socialize the puppies and make sure they have appropriate vet care, then place the puppies carefully. As an owner, it makes a world of difference.

      Reply
    86. 86.

      Kayla Rudbek

      March 23, 2024 at 11:43 am

      @Anne Laurie: and also a cause of heterochromatic eyes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia_iridum

      Reply
    87. 87.

      Kayla Rudbek

      March 23, 2024 at 11:44 am

      @Tony Jay: if I have two unique sets of DNA then I am officially two people and I should get to vote twice….

      Reply
    88. 88.

      Another Scott

      March 23, 2024 at 11:52 am

      @Kayla Rudbek: My mom has one eye that was about 2/3 a different color.

      “Eye color?

      Yes.”

      Biology isn’t simple!

      Cheers,
      Scott.

      Reply
    89. 89.

      UncleEbeneezer

      March 23, 2024 at 12:01 pm

      Is anyone else watching Palm Royale on AppleTV?  It’s a series starring Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Allison Janney, Carol Burnett and Ricky Martin, set in 1969 in West Palm Beach, FL.  It’s basically about a working-class woman Maxine (Wiig) who is trying to fake her way into society and membership at the exclusive club.  The costumes, locations and cinematography are all great and really paint a bright, colorful version of Mid-Century America.  The motel that Maxine lives at, is actually the Saga Motor Hotel in Pasadena, which happens to be the place we used for a fairly inexpensive night of A/C and pool access during the worst of one of our recent Summer heatwaves.  The show also uses Pasadena City Hall as a frequent stand-in for the luxury resort/country club that the show is named after.  All in all, it’s a fun and silly watch but not nearly as funny as you’d expect given the talented cast.

      Reply
    90. 90.

      satby

      March 23, 2024 at 12:59 pm

      @StringOnAStick: If someone must get a purebred, getting one from a breed rescue would be preferable, because a lot of people drop hundreds or thousands on dogs they then give up before the pup is even one.

      @stinger:  Once they are gone, I’m going back to my preferred breed and the responsible breeders whom I’ve known for decades, who before breeding test for vision issues, hip dysplasia, and other known possible problems

      And just what do you think is happening to the ones not making the grade??? For instance, French Bulldogs: French bulldogs were at significantly greater risk than other dogs for narrowed nostrils (42.14 times greater risk), obstructive airways syndrome (30.89 times greater risk), ear discharge (14.40 times greater risk), and skin dermatitis (11.18 times greater risk). Plus, breeding for those “cute” oversized heads requires the puppies to be delivered by Caesarian section.

      Everyone only knows good, responsible breeders, according to them. But they all dump their rejects somewhere. But, yeah, people are entitled to cause that suffering, I guess.

      Edit: been a rescuer for 45 years, and I admittedly am biased. If you had seen even a fraction of what many of us have seen…

      Reply
    91. 91.

      StringOnAStick

      March 23, 2024 at 1:43 pm

      @satby: Every Westie our neighbours have had for the last 25 years are through the breed specific rescue organization.  I give them a lot of credit for that.

      Reply
    92. 92.

      wjca

      March 23, 2024 at 2:05 pm

      @Another Scott: bilateral gynandromorphs 

      Wow.  And we thought the RWNJs went ape over mere transgender people.  Wait until they find out about this!

      Reply
    93. 93.

      Tony Jay

      March 23, 2024 at 2:12 pm

      @Kayla Rudbek:

      Damned straight.

      Though, you’d also have to pay two sets of taxes.

      Reply
    94. 94.

      pieceofpeace

      March 23, 2024 at 2:24 pm

      @Jay: Very good ‘tale.’  Man should get reimbursed, if nothing else, for the humanity of his actions.

      My cat often acted as if he had no name, “nothing to hear here…”

      Reply
    95. 95.

      wjca

      March 23, 2024 at 2:25 pm

      @Tony Jay: Though, you’d also have to pay two sets of taxes.

      Note, however, that you’d each have only half the income.  So your tax rate would be lower.

      Reply
    96. 96.

      EntroPi

      March 23, 2024 at 2:46 pm

       

       

      @TBone:  My sister who is all about dogs and genetics. Only has cats.

      Reply
    97. 97.

      EntroPi

      March 23, 2024 at 2:49 pm

      @BigJimSlade: one of my father’s Christmas presents was all the blurays.
      He is difficult to shop for.

      Reply
    98. 98.

      Tony Jay

      March 23, 2024 at 3:10 pm

      @wjca:

      Two accountants though.

      Damn, you’d have to be a billionaire just to deal with the financial mayhem.

      Reply
    99. 99.

      Tehanu

      March 23, 2024 at 4:15 pm

      Those kitties are amazing-looking. I’d never heard of such a thing.

      @TBone: ​
        Sorry you’re going thru this. It’s beyond aggravating trying to care for a person who thinks they’re immortal.

      Reply

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