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...we get a lot of the former here between July and September. Grass and trees as well, along with sometimes homes and last year, a whole town. The sad part is the message always tends to go in one ear and out the other.
Here the insect plague tends to be yellojackets in late summer early fall. Nasty buggers as they are aggressive.
Things seems to be getting a little better (although, I'm not counting any chickens yet). Thank you.
Thank you, and Thank you for a really entertaining post.
I've read it several times.
I can't really stay away from shrubs. Our garden is one massive maze of them. Thankfully, they're not big enough to conceal an axe-wielding gorrilla (or one pretending to be a doctor). Having said that, more gorrilla's should be doctors. They can't be any worse than the ones at the surgery that I go to.
Thank you
(I love your avatar)
I've only just started to feel better in the last few days, so I'm catching up on replying to things.
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If anyone was wondering about the cat that I posted about:
It turned out that our cat had a bite on his back (right) leg. Because it was a long weekend, the infection that he developed had time to take hold. On the Tuesday, he was given a shot of antibiotics, and an anti-inflammatory. Although he had to have more of the latter a few days later. That was a Tuesday. Thursday night, he was fighting again. I noticed that he was missing more fur.
So he went to the vet again last Friday. The was no injury. This time, his *anal glands were blocked! (I know, how do you get from a possible bite/scratch, to blocked anal glands?!).
He had to have more anti-inflammatory medication.
We have NEVER had a cat with blocked bum glands before. Apparently it's very rare.
When we got home. He rolled around on the floor. Made biscuits. Purred his little head off (in between licking his butt). He's not been like that for months.
Although, now that the cat is better, he's now looking for trouble with other cats.
I'm addicted to E*sy. I know it's been around for years, but I've only just "jumped on it". I've also developed a nasty case of FOMO (but, only with that site).
I'm surprised there's no Daz content on there for sale (no offence, Daz3D).
I was looking forward to my tea! Damned stomach!
(*Apologies if you were eating)
pass expires in June. hoping my dr sent in the app to keep me going.
i gonna give it my best try. try not to bump into things or fall down.
...now, if I remember correctly, do you work in Manhattan?
these days, i work out of the bohemia office. Across the street from MacArthur airport.
actually i dont even know where raytheon hq is. when i started it was aeronautical radio, based in annapolis MD.
then rockwell collins, based in cedar rapids.
then it was collins aerospace, then it was united technologies. now raytheon. at one point was hoping to land a spot in te Wales office. my old manager landed a spot in London.
working on the model for my ship interior. want to put curves in the corridors, any kind of curve is way more polies.
debating the wall thickness. again more polies.
zomg
fell out of my chair laughing
a word play on mylilpony bronies.
Prime Brawnies for Genesis 8 Male Centaur
i cant make heads nor tails of the new gallery. i see my gallery with my old renders.
how do i add to it?
where is the carrara gallery>
Wait, you all RECEIVED the biblical warnings and IGNORED them?
LOL!
As to the yellowjackets, I think they are the advanced force for the murderhornets. Keep watching the skies!
or a mini apple pie with fresh real whip cream on top.
its like a hug from god.
when did Navies stop the lashed to the mast lashings? when ships no longer had masts?
Complaint: Arghhh... I hate ordering unusual cables.
My long sought for USB mini-B 15 foot extension cable arrived. Yay! So, I go to plug it onto the end of the special custom designed cable for the KVM switch but it doesn't fit. There's nothing wrong with the extension cable, the male end plugs into the KVM switch and the female end accepts other male plugs from other cables. But it doesn't accept the male end of the specialized cable coming from the computer. Magnified inspection reveals no obvious incompatability. Same shape plug, same number of wires (5). It just won't fit.
I tried jiggling internal alignment of the mating parts but no luck. So I used a bigger hammer.
Which was a mistake. (Who'd a thunk it?).
Now the pins in the male plug of the specialized cable are wonkified, bent, folded and otherwise f'cked.
Gotta buy a new one. Perhaps I should get two, in case I get the impulse to re-use big hammers again.
Non-complaint: Luckily Amazon still has 10 of those special cables available and they're not too expensive. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088FB4WPZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Complaint: As typical when I try to order special length or specific end connectors on a cable I make mistakes. This time I've ended up with way more unnecessary cables than typical. However, the ones that I can't use right now go into a box and hopefully when I need "one of those" I'll remember that I have "one of those" and not order another.
Edited to continue the complaint: Arghhh.... Upon realizing that the catalog page for that product clearly states that the cable I ordered is for the "DisplayPort" version of CKLau's KVM switch I was worried that I'm ordering the wrong cable because I have the 4-port HDMI version of the switch. But no, it's the same cable** but upon closer inspection of my mangled cable with more light and bigger magnifiers I can see that the USB mini-B end is not the 5-wire connector. There are 10 wires in there and that's why it won't fit into my standard USB2 mini-B extension cable.
So, what kind of connector is that? The typical USB3 micro-B connector (with the 2nd data channel) has the extra pins in a different arrangement. I thought it was hard finding a 15 foot USB2 mini-B extension cable. Now finding one with 10 pins is, I expect, effectively impossible.
So, now that I have made a rats nest of the wires in the plug, I have to order the replacement cable for the KVM switch and I have to find a different way to stretch my cable length.
I can flop to the other end. Apparently the special KVM cable has to be plugged into the KVM switch with the non-standard mini-B connector, but the other end has two standard 3mm audio connectors (speaker & microphone) and a standard USB-A male connector (mouse & keyboard). The issue now is, do I already have two15' 3mm audio extension cables and a 15' USB3-A extension cable? Or do I now have to order those too. (*sigh*) 1st-world problems.
Two of my unfavorite things to do: Install or resolve printer problems, and order cables.
Monday Morning Quarterbacking: And of course now that I put my brain in gear, it's obvious that the mini-B connector had to have more than 5 wires. It's carrying two audio channels (2-wires each), and a standard 4-pin USB-A connection for a total of 8 wires that feed to the KVM box. 8 is larger than 5. Duh!
**Note: They only sell two types of cables separately and it's obviously not the other type. And the 4-port KVM switch that I just bought is a newer model so perhaps they switched cable types and used the style they had already used on their DisplayPort models, and the catalog information hasn't caught up with their new products. Yeah, that's it. That's the ticket! I'll go with that for now.
I found some old TIFF files of Daz renders. Now I am trying to organize the files.
...ah good, not quite as far. You also don't have to deal with Manhattan traffic (vehicular and foot) which I found challenging even when I was younger and had better eyesight, reaction, and reflexes.
...bugger, rain was suppsoed to clear off by noon but now not until 16:00, so much for today's market trip.
In case anyone's interested: Apparently the 5-pin USB mini-B connector is not applicable to USB3 standards, only USB or USB2. HOWEVER, 10-pin USB mini-B connectors are manufactured and used for special non-standard purposes (like CKLau KVM switches).
Here's a nice chart of standard USB connectors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB ; Who knew there was a "Mini-AB" connector too! 
Oy, USB is almost as non-standard and complicated as "RS-232" serial connectors were.
Problem partially solved: Yay! I literally dumped two boxes of cables onto my livingroom floor and waded through them and was able to find many of the USB2 and 3mm audio extension cables I needed to finally attach both of my long reach computers to my KVM switch except for the boogered mini-B connection. When the setup is finally complete I will have four computers all connected to the 4-port KVM switch including audio, microphone, as well as mouse, keyboard and HDMI video. I was able to get one of the long reach computers up. Yay!
The other is waiting for the replacement KVM special cable to arrive. (Saturday).
Non-complaint: I didn't have to order any more cables (other than the boogered KVM cable) and I was able to finally find a purpose for 6 cables I've been hoarding in a box for a decade.
Our next door neighbour died today.
We didn't really know her (she didn't go out very often). But it just makes you think. Well, it's made me think. She was drying her washing this morning... She died this afternoon.
Oh well. It looks like we're in for another/third week of arguing. I should be used to it by now. But it always ends up bringing me down in some way.
I think my headphones are on the way out. They're probably sick of Duran Duran, My Chemical Romance, Lady Gaga, game music, and Spice Girls. ^^'
This is exactly why I don't wash or dry my clothes ever... The fabric softener companies make it seem safe and fun by putting teddy bears and bunny rabbits on the bottles and the dryer companies pretend their machines aren't horrific death traps by painting them soothing colors like stark white... when the reality is they are just portals of doom waiting to suck you in... The damned things eat socks... isn't that a bit concerning?
If someone sold you a large animal that sat in your laundry room and ate socks, would you stick your head in it to dry your underwear?
Probably not because you shouldn't really stick your underwear into the mouths of large animals... also you shouldn't buy random large animals from strangers who claim they are a hottest trend in new appliances... even if they do have a USB port.
But don't think about what happened... it's better to focus on life and living and not depressing stuff like deadly appliances or the huge piles of unwashed laundry which is a result of knowing the dryer is going to eat you... and don't get me started on toilets!
But back to the not being depressed thing...
Back in the 80s I accidentally came into possession of a very powerful artifact and as a result was brought over into the year 1886 completely on the furthest edge of the stupid stinking galaxy and with the help and friendship of a couple of new companions, we inadvertently helped save the whole stupid galaxy from destruction by a malevolent entity... well, in the end we did have some help, but the point is after doing that I was returned to NYC just two days after I left (over two years had passed for me), I was kinda bummed out because that sort of stuff is really exciting with lots of adventures and weird smells... and while Earth is lots of fun and has all sorts of interesting smells of its own, it actually is kinda of boring and all this nonsense people are always doing is super depressing because they don't realize that if they stop all the BS and get their act together we could finally focus on moving out into the greater universe like we are meant to instead of fighting about stupid things like what color shirt someone is wearing or what fish to wear on Thursdays.
When I got back I missed my friends (I still had human friends on earth, but humans are really stupid) and I spent a lot of time thinking about how I could help save this planet... see nobody wants to bother with earth because we are really annoying and have nothing interesting to contribute, so nobody is going to save us from ourselves... I'm pretty sure I was told that directly several times, and it kinda stuck... but I was also told by a very knowledgeable individual that we need to get out there because we have an important role to play... I informed her she was probably wrong and mistaking humans for those sentient turtle-squid things with the weird hats, but she said she knew who humans were and assured me she was correct...since she was sorta omnipotent, so I took her word for that... she also told me to stop calling her "she" because gender is irrelevant to an immortal entity and it's also an infinitely diverse and fluid manifestation of identity for most physical species in the universe, but I thought she sounded a lot like my old art teacher so I still keeping referring to her as "she"...
Sorry if I'm making this too long... I think there is a point... probably...
Anyway, she said that everything that happened back then was not the end of the problem... in fact that's the reason we need to get out there because we have important role to play, one that if we drop the ball on might not work out so well for us or the rest of the galaxy... I asked again if she was sure she wasn't thinking about those sentient turtle-squid things with the weird hats and she was emphatic that I should let that go.
When I got back to my timeline, I was really bummed out, not just because my friends I just left behind a few days ago were probably dead for a hundred years, but because I couldn't really share this knowledge with anyone for lots of reasons... none of which I think I really bothered to think about real hard, but mainly because an omnipotent being told me humans needed to get their s**t together or something crappy was eventually going to happen for everyone...
So for decades I pondered how I could help fix this if I couldn't really use the information I was privy to to change things... also eventually I got thrown out of the UN building so many times for "creating a public nuisance" they had a picture of me by the door... and fake mustaches didn't help, so that way was out...
Eventually, I realized something that I learned long ago... most people, humans or even those sentient turtle-squid things with the weird hats, get stressed out when they are uncertain... uncertainty breeds fear and fear makes people do stupid things... like making wars and buying retro parachute pants...
I'm very prone to having a complete lack of seriousness... having grown up the way I did, I developed this stupid way of dealing with the world in that since everything is so surreal, I'm not taking this crap seriously... it's kinda like a superpower... but not like invisibility or huge muscles, more like the way skunks stink and that helps them go places and nobody wants to stop them... not exactly the same, but close enough... that saved me and helped me cope... and by proxy stopped the galaxy from being coalesced into a really weird and heavy ball of universe stuff... one day after many years it occurred to me that if people could chill the f**k out, and not be afraid of so many stupid things they might appreciate life and the world a bit more... and maybe eventually each other too... and by that point, we'd definitely come up with a way of going out into the universe at large, not being banned from galaxy related stuff (which by the way we were banned from, long before I was around) and things would work out fine... more or less... it's kind of complicated because the rest of the galaxy is actually just as stupid as we are, but in different ways... the important part is it's easier to find a nice place to live and if you aren't really particular about funny smells, lots of great friends to be made... it's no utopia, but the odds of finding happiness increase exponentially... so do the odds of getting eaten by something or crashing into a black hole, but lets not focus on that part... the destiny thing is much cooler.
So you are probably like "did you discover pot or something?"... no, that's actually a good idea, but not what I figured out about how to chill people out...
It's googly eyes.
Admittedly that's probably not what you expected and now you are probably regretting sticking with this to see where I was going...
I'm very certain googly eyes can save the world... you can Photoshop them onto photos of celebrities, you can buy little plastic ones and stick them on fruit or pretty much anything or you can draw them on people in magazines... It's stupid, but so is life... and it's hard to take stupid things seriously, so if you rob crummy situations of their power over you by defiling them with googly eyes, you have a superpower that's pretty cool... and you don't have to smell like a skunk... I guess that's still a bad simile, but it's probably not a simile either because I'm pretty bad at proper use of English.
So if you are feeling crummy just reach into your bag of googly eyes, or take out a marker and add googly eyes to something... eventually if we all can embrace this practice and find enjoyment in it, we defeat the absurdity of life and triumph over fear.
And I suppose little pot is okay too if you really need to, but remember moderation is important too.
Here's little tool to help one combat stress digitally... https://sharecg.com/v/79988/gallery/15/2D-Resources/Self-Amusement-and-Photo-Defacing-Kit-001
Well... anyway I hope this was helpful and at least a little distracting.
Cheers.
N_R Arts Sorry about your neighbor and the fighting. Hope things get better soon.
Update: The dermatologist thinks it's allergies. He thinks maybe it started with the hand sanitizer and that I have been contributing to the problem with antibiotic ointment and to lay off anything that goes onto my skin, especially if it has a fragrance. (I hope he didn't mean soap...) He also gave me some cream and told me to come back if things didn't get better. He would have done an allergy test, but the steroids I'm taking would make it pointless.
On the bright side, the steroids are helping my skin as well as my asthma, and I'm having to change bandages less. Of course, I have a few boxes of antibiotic ointment that I won't be needing now, enough to last 6+ years at the normal rate, and I'm pretty sure they will expire in 2. C'est la vie. Maybe I can give it away.
Also, all this talk about the rain reminds me: It has been raining like crazy here! All night and long into the days. Mostly a drizzle, but sometimes harder. I'm glad that fires are less likely, but nearby towns have been known to flood, and that would also suck. If it's not one thing, it's another.
Goodbye Ned Beatty...
...sad.
Bugger.
wondrin if reverse psychology works on the grim reapers?
thinkin bour french toast for breakfast. feel too tired to cook. or laazy. sometimes hard to tell te difference tween lazy and tired.
trying to make an adrogynous g8f. has a breasts gone dial, but not finding a dial for the hip,waist ratio
They made an ironman 4 movie?
but but whah ??
i'll never forgive mcu for the heartache.
they resurrecting Logan, too?
5 ver coupie. oh. cant use it on anything i want. i dont want the bundle.
wish i could use the coupie on the hobbit house.