That's honing, Amy.
YAY good-news people!
Dawn: I thought you were adequate. Giles: And the accolades keep pouring in. I'd best take my leave before my head swells any larger. Good night.
'First Date'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
Jesse - May 17, 2011 4:35:41 pm PDT #8594 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
sarameg - May 17, 2011 4:41:31 pm PDT #8595 of 30001
Oh day.
I didn't get home for good until 9.
Though a really crazy series of miscommunication, turns out MK's been on the wrong (not bad wrong, just not as effective wrong, not what they wanted him on wrong) insulin. It's a combo of misunderstandings/telephone-game/misplaced sheet at checkout at the clinic and me not pushing back because I thought I understood. ANYWAY, upshot is MK is on a newer!better! insulin and they didn't charge me for the insulin or the bloodwork, since they were part of the error. And one of my favorite techs (lisah: Kendall) offered to drop by my house to deliver the insulin (made more sense for me to wait for him at the vets' since he was coming from the westside, vet is central and I'm east, but it was appreciated.) Honestly, I see how it happened, and I was a part of it.
And now I'm laundering towels. MK peed on the first one at the vet, then pooped on the one the tech gave me a BLOCK from the vet's. Classic.
I've been up since 5fucking30. And the last half of the workday was a total clusterfuck.
le nubian - May 17, 2011 4:42:00 pm PDT #8596 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
honing? divining?
dcp - May 17, 2011 4:57:40 pm PDT #8597 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
one of those round metal stick ... things.
Honing steel, or sharpening steel, or just a steel.
Amy - May 17, 2011 4:59:40 pm PDT #8598 of 30001
Because books.
Honing! Gotcha. Although it would be funny to make him try and divine water with it.
Liese S. - May 17, 2011 5:07:59 pm PDT #8599 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I told you guys the water company came out with a divining rod when we asked them to mark where the water lines were during our house build, right? The SO was all, "What is he doing!?!" and our builder looked out and was all, "Oh, witching for water."
Zenkitty - May 17, 2011 5:36:56 pm PDT #8600 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My mother swears we found all the wells on our old property by having a cousin "witch" for them. I reserve judgment.
I've skipped madly to the end to ask cat-capturing advice: Sammie the Cat, after two days gone, has returned to my patio, and is pleased to see me. I found a bunch of pale fur in the driveway the morning he didn't come back and I was halfway sure he'd been eaten by something. It's been raining heavily the whole time, though, and I know he has some hidey-place he goes to when it rains, so that's probably where he's been. (I am certain he does not have a human.) After that little panic, I'm determined not to let him get away again. BUT! It's nighttime, and the vet doesn't open until 9am. Should I leave him in a kennel-box all night long? Presuming I can even get him in it. Should I bring him in or leave him outside? I don't want him inside until he's been checked by the vet and I know he's not bringing my inside kitties any diseases. I've never had to capture a cat before, and as friendly as he is towards me, I know he's not going to just walk into that box. What should I do? He's usually here in the mornings for food, but what if he leaves again and doesn't come back? fret
sarameg - May 17, 2011 5:45:54 pm PDT #8601 of 30001
If you can grab him, at least lock him in a bathroom or something. My parents keep the ferals they capture in a bathroom until they can get to a vet (and they've had some sad cases that were terminal and contaigious.) I don't think it is necessary to keep him totally outside the house. If you are really worried, in the bathroom in a crate, with a towel barrier at the threshold and wash your hands after contact. Most of the buggyboos require at least a swapping of spit.
Typo Boy - May 17, 2011 5:48:31 pm PDT #8602 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
My mother swears we found all the wells on our old property by having a cousin "witch" for them.
Could be true without water divining being valid. I've been told that if you dig deep enough any place you hit water, and mostly within the range of standard well digging equipment. So wherever a water diviner choose, chances are it will work. Not a geologist so ...
-t - May 17, 2011 5:48:51 pm PDT #8603 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Zen, I have successfully caught feral cats by putting food inside a carrier cage, tying a string to the door, and watching until they were inside to pull the string and shut the door. If he's calm about you being around you might be able to just walk over and shut the door on him while he eats. If you have a utility room or extra bathroom, somewhere you can put him (in the carrier) and shut out your cats, that's probably what I would do overnight. He may well yowl and struggle the whole time he's in the carrier. Or he might relax, and just wait to see what happens next.