Thank you for the Gud update, Volans. Wow. Those poor kids.

dcp, what a nightmare. I'm glad it worked out, but it's terrible you had to go through that.

Vortex, it is a good year to stay home and stay safe (and not aggravated).

Thanks for checking, Volans.

wow, Volans, those poor kids! Bad enough homeless, then during COVID, and it's snowing?? Yikes.

ND, that sounds painful (both the disc and the injection?)

Glad Gud is ok!

I'm supposed to bring my laptop to the apple store for a covered repair--complaints that the keys get "sticky" on this version of the MacBook. And indeed, my E key is not the same as all the other keys. Am a little nervous about how long they might need to keep it for though--I have it backed up and everything, but would like to have it back soonish?

I'm supposed to bring my laptop to the apple store for a covered repair--complaints that the keys get "sticky" on this version of the MacBook.

I did that a few months ago, and it was fixed very quickly! Like, I had it back in 5 days or less. I did backup all my data on it just to be sure, though.

Ooh, fingers crossed, Suela! I saw a post today that it's 9 days until Christmas and was like "that can't possibly be right" but it IS. WTF.

Fuck, i think i just saw a mouse. Thought I heard a rustling sound near the door, decided it was my imagination, then out of hte corner of my eye, I thought I saw a black streak go under the futon. fuck.

Peanut butter on snap traps, Vortex. It's the most humane way of disposing of them, it's almost always fast and painless, and the traps come a dozen to a pack and are cheap enough to just throw out with the trapee. My dad used poison, they'd die in the walls and stink for days. Glue traps are right out, and I won't have exterminators for less than actual rats. Also, if you can find and block where they're getting in, that would be good, and worth the exterminator appointment.

Plus with poison they sometimes go outside to die and get caught and eaten by the local wildlife first. So the hawk or fox or cat ends up getting poisoned, too. So I second the something that’s not poison recommendation.

I'm a bad citizen of earth when it comes to mice. If there's one mouse, there are two. Baby mice reach sexual maturity in a couple of months. Mice gestate in a matter of weeks. An adult female can have up to 10 litters a year. A little mouse problem quickly becomes a big mouse problem. If you can swing it, I would call an exterminator.

Evidently my parents' mean old lady cat *was* doing something because when she passed away last month the mice showed up. We have a family friend who's an exterminator and he took care of the problem for them, thank goodness.