Speaking of parenting (OK, not really) I just told my cat to "Stop being naughty." (She was trying to chew my earphone cables again.)
OK, time to hide them....
I'm just, uh, just feeling kinda... truthsome right now. And, uh... life's just too damn short for ifs and maybes.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Oct 29, 2008 2:14:25 pm PDT #7316 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Kathy A - Oct 29, 2008 2:18:03 pm PDT #7317 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
tommyrot, reasoning with cats is a zero-sum exercise; you know that! I've taken to begging Amarna to get off the tv stand before she starts to scratch the screen (sticky tape only works for so long before she can't resist it anymore and Must.Scratch.), but she just gives me a look of "What?" before trying to get back to batting at the screen. The laser pointer only works occasionally as a distraction.
Jesse - Oct 29, 2008 2:19:30 pm PDT #7318 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My coworker just asked me how to keep her cat from flipping out at some mirror or something in the night. My only idea involved closed doors.
tommyrot - Oct 29, 2008 2:21:03 pm PDT #7319 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot, reasoning with cats is a zero-sum exercise; you know that!
Yeah, but it's fun anyway. Lately I've been asking her questions, like, "Have you seen my toenail clippers?" or "When do you think they'll turn the heat on?" She hasn't answered me yet....
Actually, I've been trying to teach her the word "Food?" by saying it before I feed her, but no luck there either.
quester - Oct 29, 2008 2:23:30 pm PDT #7320 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
My experiences of traveling with my family were 9 people crammed in a VW bus. My parents had sing-alongs to keep us occupied.
eta that I do understand tenses.
Jesse - Oct 29, 2008 2:25:27 pm PDT #7321 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
ION, I love that Colbert had the actual Socialist candidate for President on last night.
tommyrot - Oct 29, 2008 2:27:23 pm PDT #7322 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My experiences of traveling with my family were 9 people crammed in a VW bus.
Heh. We used to have parents and four kids in a big-ass station wagon, a bigger-ass sedan, or in a camper. The camper was the best, as we could lay on our stomachs in the bed above the cab and watch out the front window. And we could hide candy and Mad Magazine in the cabinets or under the cushions. (Yep, we weren't allowed comic books, not even Mad. My dad must have bought all that anti-comic hysteria in the '50s.)
msbelle - Oct 29, 2008 2:34:15 pm PDT #7323 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
actual socialist candidate
did he outline his differences with Obama?
Jesse - Oct 29, 2008 2:35:45 pm PDT #7324 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
He did!
beth b - Oct 29, 2008 2:37:03 pm PDT #7325 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
My father was a pilot for PanAm -- so I was flying from a very young age. All my grandparents were down south -- emporia , VA was the half way point -- some times we did it in two days some times an 18 hour shot. I don't remember when we were really young -- but I do remember when my sister was a baby. New toys -- like colorforms just for the trip. New books. Family song fests. licensee plate games. and the expectation that - you will be bored -- deal with it. only one of us get car sick. we all are pretty self-entertaining people. all of us love to be read to . None of us had that urge to move move move like some kids ( my nephew). all of us like to travel. And I think my parents were very accommodating travelers. Part of traveling involves going with the flow. I'm not sure all trips were fun, but I know I looked forward to them as I got older. We were a family traveling -- not parents and children.
Not choosing to have had children( so speaking only of what I observe) -- I am guessing that sacrifice is a rather dramatic word. Change is part of having kids, so with out know how, I guess that I would expect change.
and cats-- well they aren't very helpful, they don't listen , and would like more food NOW