I will just say we have the feliway diffuser and Oz still pees. But it does seem to calm him otherwise.

Yeah, it's not effective for all cats. I wonder if using the spray for spot-shotting an area has a different effect than a diffuse application?

They want to avoid the cost of traveller's cheques, and getting a Jamaican bank to cash a Swiss cheques...just, irritating. No one has paypal, for aforementioned irritating.

This sounds like a hell no situation. Alo, who even uses travelers checks anymore? If she doesn't have a debit or credit card, you can get those prepay ones all over the place

You might be able to get a Visa gift card that works like a credit card. That is what we do for designers at the theatre instead of petty cash.

I am trying to decide if I grew up in some sort of lower class liberal bubble or if things have really changed so much. It seems to me, as a child of the70's, that it was clear that"the man" was to be fought, that unions were good, that Archie Bunker was to be pitied, that wars were bad (mash), that equality was good. I know I was raised in that weird place where libertarianism met socialism, but I even feel that the pop culture shows espoused this idea, and even my social studies classes posited reform as good, from the Protestant reformation to the Ladies Garment Workers Union.

I also used to have Santa Claus Dad. Now, he is more like the Grinch.

I am well and truly pissed off at people on twitter who, on fucking LABOR DAY, are celebrating entrepreneurs.

Who the fuck works for entrepreneurs? Isn't it labor? Or are entrepreneurs making all this $$ by themselves. When did it become dishonorable to go to work and be employed by someone every day? I don't dislike entrepreneurs, but I do dislike attacking people who work.

They are doing this shit to piss me off specifically, right? Because this feels personal.

If God loves someone, then that someone will be rich and successful and not have to depend on (ptui) wages to survive. Therefore, if someone isn't rich and successful, they are obviously not one of God's beloved and so are not worthy of respect. The obvious flaw to Christian believing is ignored.

Sophia, I think when neo-cons refer to "the liberal media bias" they're actually thinking back to the 70s when there WAS one.

I'm giving myself the task of putting together a soundtrack of big band music for the meet & greet before Mom's service, plus pulling what pictures I have of her together as well. The relatives went ahead with a service at 10 AM Wednesday, which is pretty much inconvenient for just about everyone. ::rolls eyes:: So I'll drive down tomorrow and stay at my Aunt's.

My brother suggested that I drive down to PA and stay in Mom's empty apartment. It's not like I'm afraid of her angry ghost, but I think being alone there would be just way way too sad to bear.

I keep thinking how, when I was being taken advantage of before I was salaried, and being asked to work overtime with no pay, my uncle was so angry with me because unions had fought for me and I was just caving to save my job and make my work experience tolerable. I do regret it, although my quieter campaigning about how it was wrong did get me a higher paid salaried position. But I will also never forget what my boss said to me after HR talked to her about it ( people who left complained) "Overtime must be approved. I will not approve overtime. However, if you don't get your work done, that's your choice. If you are still on the phone with a customer and go over, it is your choice whether or not to hang up. If I ask you for something when it is time to leave, that is your choice whether or not to do it.". And it was certainly implied that it was my choice to be fired.

If she doesn't have a debit or credit card, you can get those prepay ones all over the place

In Switzerland? That'll work in Jamaica? I'm going to take their words for it that they're up against a wall. The sender is looking up Western Union prices, byt that's likely to be costly too.

I'm gonna give the Bank of America web site another once over.

Consuela, I was looking at Yelp, but why stop there? Good call. Thanks.