Today would be an excellent day to cut back the blackberries, but I just do not have the energy. Sorry, backyard. Getting in some good lap cat time, though, which I do not ordinarily get enough of.
Plus bonus points for use of the word 'mosey'.
Oz ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
-t - Mar 09, 2014 11:14:55 am PDT #21855 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
le nubian - Mar 09, 2014 11:43:38 am PDT #21856 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Beau was telling me that when he was at freshmen orientation in college in Washington, he happened to notice a raccoon drag away a suitcase into the woods.
1) is this a common occurrence that raccoons can drag items much heavier than their weight?
2) when the raccoon apocalypse comes, what do we do to protect ourselves?
Burrell - Mar 09, 2014 11:44:39 am PDT #21857 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Today is beautiful so we are planning on going out for a bike ride this afternoon.
meara - Mar 09, 2014 11:46:39 am PDT #21858 of 30000
Raccoons also sort-of-almost have opposable thumbs. They can figure out how to get into things (like unlatch windows to sneak into the kitchen, at summer camp, and then open up boxes to get to stuff)
Burrell - Mar 09, 2014 11:46:42 am PDT #21859 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yipes! That is terrifying, le n! Just think if the raccoons and the rats ever decided to join forces. We'd be lost.
Cass - Mar 09, 2014 11:47:38 am PDT #21860 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
2) when the raccoon apocalypse comes, what do we do to protect ourselves?
They have handsssssssssssssssssssssssss. We bow down to our masked adorable overlords.
Jessica - Mar 09, 2014 12:03:48 pm PDT #21861 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
2) when the raccoon apocalypse comes, what do we do to protect ourselves?
Let them have first dibs on the people food and hope they don't want anything more?
I'm totally down a rabbit hole here with these ASP numbers. $270k/day means every day 6000 people don't bother to move their cars. One estimate I read said there are about 4 million parking spaces in NYC, and only a tiny fraction are metered (meaning the rest are free with ASP restrictions). There are also about 3.5 million registered drivers' licenses in NYC. I have no idea how many cars get parked in garages, or how many people are driving around with our of state plates and licenses, but even if there are only 2 million cars looking for street parking every day, 6000 tickets isn't all that much!
Steph L. - Mar 09, 2014 12:06:40 pm PDT #21862 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
he happened to notice a raccoon drag away a suitcase into the woods.
Well, how else is the raccoon going to take all his stuff on vacation?
Burrell - Mar 09, 2014 12:08:26 pm PDT #21863 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Steph is nicer than I am. I think that raccoon is trying to bury the body.
-t - Mar 09, 2014 12:12:40 pm PDT #21864 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Somehow, that has now become a suitcase full of cannoli in my head.