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Post by Mare on Aug 4, 2021 0:35:57 GMT
I'm sorry Mare. That is terrible. I've lived with both pests, but not at the same time. There are few things worse than trying to sleep, and having that constant buzzing hovering over you, while they plan their landing. Thanks, miles. It could be that I am just sensitive to noise and music that isn't my kind. The FedEx and UPS and food delivery drivers play their music so danged loud right under my window. Part of the issue is that the street outside the complex has become louder and more heavily traveled in the past year or so. My first inclination is to go out and flip off every person who goes roaring up/down the street that is three lanes on each side. I have a feeling they intentionally make their cars' exhaust louder with fart cans or some other such device. Meanwhile, I'm all trying to be quiet and not blasting music or my TV with thoughs as to the kids that live and ride bikes in the alley between two buildings' garages. I pay a whole lot for air conditioning, even though this place is tiny. I saw a dark shape moving on my bedroom floor in the TV light Saturday night between 9:30pm and 10pm. I turned the bathroom light on and thought it was a beetle. I grabbed an almost empty cube shaped Kleenex box and inverted over the bug. (I am getting more deft and quick at reacting to this stuff as I age.) The bug climbed up into the box and I flipped it so it was top side up and took it outside on the balcony. At that point I turned the box upside down again, and slammed it down on the balcony. I picked up the box, looked at the bug and then stomped that mother bleeper a couple times. I have never seen a live roach where I live in the six years I have lived here. A couple random dead ones, but nothing other than the croakers. I hate bugs, especially in my home. There are probably at least a million dust mites in here, but somehow I can forget about that. I don't hate bees or wasps. Nor do I hate grasshoppers and crickets until they jump at me or eat my plants. Since my OCD triggers are germs and bugs, that was really too much excitement and anxiety invoking. Oh, well. That'll teach me to leave the front door open after dark. The security screen door has a couple inch gap between it and the threshold, so no more fresh air.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Aug 4, 2021 1:29:33 GMT
I'm sorry Mare. That is terrible. I've lived with both pests, but not at the same time. There are few things worse than trying to sleep, and having that constant buzzing hovering over you, while they plan their landing. Thanks, miles. It could be that I am just sensitive to noise and music that isn't my kind. The FedEx and UPS and food delivery drivers play their music so danged loud right under my window. Part of the issue is that the street outside the complex has become louder and heavier in the past year or so. My first inclination is to go out and flip off every person who goes roaring up/down the street that is three lanes on each side. I have a feeling they intentionally make their cars' exhaust louder with fart cans or some other such device. Meanwhile, I'm all trying to be quiet and not blasting music or my TV with thoughs as to the kids that live and ride bikes in the alley between two buildings' garages. I pay a whole lot for air conditioning, even though this place is tiny. I saw a dark shape moving on my bedroom floor in the TV light Saturday night between 9:30pm and 10pm. I turned the bathroom light on and thought it was a beetle. I grabbed an almost empty cube shaped Kleenex box and inverted over the bug. (I am getting more deft and quick at reacting to this stuff as I age.) The bug climbed up into the box and I flipped it so it was top side up and took it outside on the balcony. At that point I turned the box upside down again, and slammed it down on the balcony. I picked up the box, looked at the bug and then stomped that mother bleeper a couple times. I have never seen a live roach where I live in the six years I have lived here. A couple random dead ones, but nothing other than the croakers. I hate bugs, especially in my home. There are probably at least a million dust mites in here, but somehow I can forget about that. I don't hate bees or wasps. Nor do I hate grasshoppers and crickets until they jump at me or eat my plants. Since my OCD triggers are germs and bugs, that was really too much excitement and anxiety invoking. Oh, well. That'll teach me to leave the front door open after dark. The security screen door has a couple inch gap between it and the threshold, so no more fresh air. I sympathize with the OCD induced significant discomfort wrt germs and most bugs. I appreciate spiders for being anti-pest and pollinator bugs. And pretty ones if they dont eat my plants. I've seen beautiful metallic blue and green beetles so they get a pass. I'm not sure I'd resist the finger flipping action. Like when I would drive by the Trump + "Biden is not my president" signs at this one house, I always did my patriotic duty to give it a double finger salute.
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Post by Mare on Aug 4, 2021 14:49:20 GMT
I sympathize with the OCD induced significant discomfort wrt germs and most bugs. I appreciate spiders for being anti-pest and pollinator bugs. And pretty ones if they dont eat my plants. I've seen beautiful metallic blue and green beetles so they get a pass. I'm not sure I'd resist the finger flipping action. Like when I would drive by the Trump + "Biden is not my president" signs at this one house, I always did my patriotic duty to give it a double finger salute. Thanks, Bluey! It really does suck to have that thing built into one's brain. Lol! Me, too on the bannered Trump fan houses in the 'hood. The California Howdy Sign shaken with great fury with the right hand and the steering wheel gripped with equal intensity by the left. Ugh. All right, YOU take the responsibility for your president, you knuckle nut! Put a great big target on your house! Maybe someone with less integrity and ethics than I will leave you a flaming brown paper bag of poop message on your driveway.
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Post by miles on Aug 4, 2021 15:26:37 GMT
There is a special place in hell for people who blast their car stereos when people are trying to sleep. With apologies to Ned, it's called Florida.
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Post by Mare on Aug 4, 2021 15:38:51 GMT
There is a special place in hell for people who blast their car stereos when people are trying to sleep. With apologies to Ned, it's called Florida In that case, Southern California has become a subset of Florida. I feel old. I am a cranky old lady. Crap.
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Post by miles on Aug 4, 2021 15:52:17 GMT
Embrace the crank! Well you know what I mean.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Aug 4, 2021 16:30:17 GMT
Ugh. All right, YOU take the responsibility for your president, you knuckle nut! Put a great big target on your house! Maybe someone with less integrity and ethics than I will leave you a flaming brown paper bag of poop message on your driveway.
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Post by miles on Aug 13, 2021 23:42:07 GMT
There is a lot of alarm about the Taliban taking over Afghanistan. It was always going to happen. We had 20 years to convince them our model of government was supreme, and how they should ditch the fundamentalist trip. Now much of the US is composed of fanatical fundamentalists who want a white Christian theocracy to replace democracy. So we have the same disease here.
Some of the alarm is about how fast it is happening, and how all the promises the Taliban made about negotiating were bunk. But isn't it like when you find out some friend/relative is doing meth or smack. You always knew they were going to go down, it just happens faster than you thought.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Aug 14, 2021 1:16:15 GMT
Sounds like a flaming bag alright. The situation that is.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Aug 14, 2021 1:26:00 GMT
Superman the animated series is finally getting a Blu-ray release . All right!
Also got another post count star. Nice.
Moving on up to a deluxe apartment title in the sky.
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Post by Terra Incognita on Aug 14, 2021 23:39:57 GMT
Started oil painting, this week. Spent several hundred quid on all the equipment, paint, etc. and watched a bunch of William Alexander videos on YouTube. (Yes, I was a great fan of his back in the 70s. No substitute will do.)
Taking it up for the same reason I learned to play the guitar well into middle age: for fun. As a creative outlet. To become juuuust competent enough to please myself and my kids.
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Post by miles on Aug 15, 2021 0:02:44 GMT
That Almighty Wind! Yeah, I liked his videos. There are a number of simple effects that can be learned with his method. Wet into wet is alive, if you don't turn it to mud. The story goes Alexander was really pissed off when Bob Ross hogged all the limelight.
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Post by Terra Incognita on Aug 15, 2021 0:09:18 GMT
My civil service pension and universal national pensions will be enough to live on, but if I want to have fun -- go to shows, travel abroad, buy cars, give nice presents to loved ones, eat out and fancy, etc. -- I've got to sock money away in dividend-returning retirement investments that allow tax-free withdrawals or returns at a lower tax rate. You must be very high graded in your CS job. And I wish you well. Thank you. I have to make up for one less parental income as much as I can.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Aug 15, 2021 2:39:15 GMT
Happy little trees and clouds.
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Post by donavan on Aug 15, 2021 4:59:00 GMT
Little fluffy clouds, the most beautiful skies, they were beautiful, you don't see that now.
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