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| Started by | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| First post | 2021-09-20 16:39 +0000 |
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Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-20 16:39 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-21 10:05 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-22 15:17 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-22 18:17 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-27 19:07 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-28 00:06 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-10-04 15:36 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-07 15:59 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 18:36 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 16:49 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 12:52 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-17 12:43 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:56 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 18:21 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy steve pope <spope384@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 20:18 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-09-27 00:01 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-27 19:09 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-09-28 05:34 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-10-04 15:41 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-10-05 16:52 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-07 16:03 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-10-09 15:13 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-12 08:39 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-10-14 15:51 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-14 22:17 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:46 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-02 18:36 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 13:18 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-18 06:20 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:07 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:04 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-17 12:46 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:15 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 18:06 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-23 20:16 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:32 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:23 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-29 22:48 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:52 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:44 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-02 18:42 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:06 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:05 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:07 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:40 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:04 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:07 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-02 18:50 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-03 15:22 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 16:58 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:37 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-17 13:00 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-18 06:34 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:52 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 18:17 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 20:08 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:47 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:38 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-12-08 15:04 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:14 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-16 10:58 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-18 07:06 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:30 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-23 10:58 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 17:59 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:56 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:36 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:22 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:52 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-29 12:29 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:35 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:21 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-12-08 14:54 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-13 15:38 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:08 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 17:54 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy Chickpea <chickpea@gmx.co.uk> - 2021-11-27 20:08 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:57 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Chickpea <chickpea@gmx.co.uk> - 2022-01-28 10:17 +0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:25 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 17:50 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:47 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:41 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-27 19:08 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-27 13:35 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 12:53 +0000
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-10-07 16:03 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <sc043i-dq7.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32484 |
Freyja wrote: ... > The burnout is bad and getting worse. Out here, salaries are in six > digits, yet retention is still an issue. i think it would be very disheartening when so many people are not taking very good care of themselves or following the recommendations given. i've certainly become a lot less charitable myself during this pandemic and the past election cycle sure didn't help either. i feel like as a nation we've squandered trillions of dollars for education and still ended up with a nation of people who don't even understand basic math or reason let alone many other things - but then don't get me started... "Get off my lawn!" <-- joke, we don't really have much of a lawn any more. :) songbird
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| From | Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2021-10-09 15:13 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <z_idna-MxLuLif_8nZ2dnUU7-Y3NnZ2d@supernews.com> |
| In reply to | #32486 |
On 10/7/2021 13:03, songbird wrote: > Freyja wrote: > ... >> The burnout is bad and getting worse. Out here, salaries are in six >> digits, yet retention is still an issue. > > i think it would be very disheartening when so many people > are not taking very good care of themselves or following the > recommendations given. i've certainly become a lot less > charitable myself during this pandemic and the past election > cycle sure didn't help either. i feel like as a nation we've > squandered trillions of dollars for education and still ended > up with a nation of people who don't even understand basic > math or reason let alone many other things - but then don't > get me started... "Get off my lawn!" <-- joke, we don't > really have much of a lawn any more. :) > > Our lawn is artificial grass. It was good enough to fool a rabbit who tried to eat it and ended up confused. Achilles liked watching him. -- Freyja the NurseWench http://freyjaw.dreamwidth.org Twitter: @FreyjaRN @DuchessHonor "If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools." -Red Green
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-10-12 08:39 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <r9cg3i-c22.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32487 |
Freyja wrote: ... > Our lawn is artificial grass. It was good enough to fool a rabbit who > tried to eat it and ended up confused. Achilles liked watching him. are there a lot of rabbits around there? if enough of them volunteer to trim it then eventually it might get destroyed (and it won't grow back). we have a kind of similar issue with plants that are supposedly deer proof, but if we get enough young deer who sample them they'll still be damaged and croak. i want more fence up to prevent deer from getting at the gardens but Mom doesn't want it. oh well, such is life. :) songbird
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| From | Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2021-10-14 15:51 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <kcqdnb0O38jiKfX8nZ2dnUU7-QPNnZ2d@supernews.com> |
| In reply to | #32488 |
On 10/12/2021 05:39, songbird wrote: > Freyja wrote: > ... >> Our lawn is artificial grass. It was good enough to fool a rabbit who >> tried to eat it and ended up confused. Achilles liked watching him. > > are there a lot of rabbits around there? if enough of them > volunteer to trim it then eventually it might get destroyed (and > it won't grow back). > > we have a kind of similar issue with plants that are supposedly > deer proof, but if we get enough young deer who sample them > they'll still be damaged and croak. > > i want more fence up to prevent deer from getting at the > gardens but Mom doesn't want it. oh well, such is life. :) > > We have some rabbits, but they don't hang out on the lawn to eat. They just grab a hibiscus petal and stroll off. Achilles watches intently. I think they figured it out. Lizards don't bother. They seem to just want to bask or skitter around. All the cats love watching them. Achilles prefers to watching the coyotes from inside, of course. He hunts and kills flies that get in, bless him. I'm not sure what you can do about the deer. When I was in Cary, NC, I nearly had a deer hit me in the rear of my car. They were everywhere. -- Freyja the NurseWench http://freyjaw.dreamwidth.org Twitter: @FreyjaRN @DuchessHonor If life gives you lemons, throw 'em into a quart of vodka. -Red Green
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-10-14 22:17 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <hv4n3i-udi.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32489 |
Freyja wrote: ... > We have some rabbits, but they don't hang out on the lawn to eat. They > just grab a hibiscus petal and stroll off. Achilles watches intently. > I think they figured it out. Lizards don't bother. They seem to just > want to bask or skitter around. All the cats love watching them. > Achilles prefers to watching the coyotes from inside, of course. He > hunts and kills flies that get in, bless him. skyraisins! :) > I'm not sure what you can do about the deer. When I was in Cary, NC, I > nearly had a deer hit me in the rear of my car. They were everywhere. deer are all over here too. i always wish for wolves as the coyotes don't control deer and hunting doesn't do it either. i've hit deer with my car (since sold), Mom's car has hit at least three deer (one technically ran into the side of the car when i was driving it). about every three years it seems. fences are the only reliable method that is economical for the long haul. any other deterrents that you have to keep refreshing end up getting more expensive than just buying the vegetables and fruits... a living fence is possible except it takes about four years to get established and somehow you have to protect the plants until the fence is big enough to protect itself - so, well, you might as well put up a fence IMO. guard animals we don't want, and i'm not interested in hunting them myself either. we have a mix of fenced and unfenced gardens and while i can get results from the unfenced areas there are some plants that i will only get a harvest from if they are inside the fences. songbird
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-01 19:46 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnso0h19.a88.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32489 |
On 2021-10-14, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > We have some rabbits, but they don't hang out on the lawn to eat. They > just grab a hibiscus petal and stroll off. Achilles watches intently. > I think they figured it out. Lizards don't bother. They seem to just > want to bask or skitter around. All the cats love watching them. > Achilles prefers to watching the coyotes from inside, of course. He > hunts and kills flies that get in, bless him. Achilles is a kitty, I take it. > I'm not sure what you can do about the deer. When I was in Cary, NC, I > nearly had a deer hit me in the rear of my car. They were everywhere. I had an owl crash into my car the other day. There wasn't a damned thing I could do about it. I hate it when things like that happen. umar
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| From | Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-02 18:36 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <7_-dnYhFxKA9ehz8nZ2dnUU7-RnNnZ2d@supernews.com> |
| In reply to | #32498 |
On 11/1/2021 12:46, umar wrote: > On 2021-10-14, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > >> We have some rabbits, but they don't hang out on the lawn to eat. They >> just grab a hibiscus petal and stroll off. Achilles watches intently. >> I think they figured it out. Lizards don't bother. They seem to just >> want to bask or skitter around. All the cats love watching them. >> Achilles prefers to watching the coyotes from inside, of course. He >> hunts and kills flies that get in, bless him. > > Achilles is a kitty, I take it. He certainly is a cat. He's our all-black pocket panther (Wakanda forever!). Achilles is our youngest. >> I'm not sure what you can do about the deer. When I was in Cary, NC, I >> nearly had a deer hit me in the rear of my car. They were everywhere. > > I had an owl crash into my car the other day. There wasn't a damned > thing I could do about it. I hate it when things like that happen. > An owl? Yikes. -- Freyja the NurseWench http://freyjaw.dreamwidth.org Twitter: @FreyjaRN @DuchessHonor I have lived with many Zen masters, all of them cats. -Eckhart Tolle
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-16 13:18 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsp7bse.trq.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32499 |
On 2021-11-03, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > He certainly is a cat. He's our all-black pocket panther (Wakanda > forever!). Achilles is our youngest. Kitties are delightful. It's hard to hang out with one and not get a smile on one's face. > An owl? Yikes. Now, this morning, I got off the T -- that's what they call public transit in these parts -- and I was walking through Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, just off busy Morrissey Boulevard, when I heard a squawk over my left shoulder. Strutting around in an adjacent parking lot was a wild turkey. They've become remarkably common in recent years; I've even seen them in downtown Boston. I wonder if any other major metropolitan areas have been infiltraded by turkeys. umar
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| From | Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-18 06:20 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <roCdnc1x6byv_Av8nZ2dnUU7-T_NnZ2d@supernews.com> |
| In reply to | #32513 |
On 11/16/2021 05:18, umar wrote: > On 2021-11-03, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > >> He certainly is a cat. He's our all-black pocket panther (Wakanda >> forever!). Achilles is our youngest. > > Kitties are delightful. It's hard to hang out with one and not get a > smile on one's face. Yup! Achilles just came to see me in the bathroom and purred at me for skritching his neck and cheek. Somehow the nausea eased. Purrs are said to be healing. >> An owl? Yikes. > > Now, this morning, I got off the T -- that's what they call public > transit in these parts -- and I was walking through Boston's Dorchester > neighborhood, just off busy Morrissey Boulevard, when I heard a squawk > over my left shoulder. Strutting around in an adjacent parking lot was a > wild turkey. They've become remarkably common in recent years; I've even > seen them in downtown Boston. > > I wonder if any other major metropolitan areas have been infiltraded by > turkeys. > It wouldn't surprise me. I remember the T from when I was interviewing for a job. Easy to figure out. -- Freyja the NurseWench http://freyjaw.dreamwidth.org Twitter: @FreyjaRN @DuchessHonor "Kittens believe that all nature is occupied with their diversion." -F.A. Paradis de Moncrif
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-05 17:07 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <u1jg5i-0h8.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32498 |
umar wrote: ... > I had an owl crash into my car the other day. There wasn't a damned > thing I could do about it. I hate it when things like that happen. aw! :( did it scare the crap outta ya? we have some owls that come around here at times to hunt the mice. we're prime mice habitat with all these rocks and gardens. songbird
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-16 14:04 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsp7ek6.trq.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32503 |
On 2021-11-05, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > umar wrote: > ... >> I had an owl crash into my car the other day. There wasn't a damned >> thing I could do about it. I hate it when things like that happen. > > aw! :( did it scare the crap outta ya? It was like watching a squirrel run across the road in front of your car. You know what's going to happen, you see it happening, and there's nothing you can do. > we have some owls that come around here at times to hunt the mice. > we're prime mice habitat with all these rocks and gardens. I opened up a tuning unit at the base of an AM radio tower the other day to find it full of mice -- there were at least half a dozen in there. They had made nests under the coils. umar
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-17 12:46 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <5orf6i-gp7.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32514 |
umar wrote: > On 2021-11-05, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: >> umar wrote: >> ... >>> I had an owl crash into my car the other day. There wasn't a damned >>> thing I could do about it. I hate it when things like that happen. >> >> aw! :( did it scare the crap outta ya? > > It was like watching a squirrel run across the road in front of your > car. You know what's going to happen, you see it happening, and there's > nothing you can do. :( >> we have some owls that come around here at times to hunt the mice. >> we're prime mice habitat with all these rocks and gardens. > > I opened up a tuning unit at the base of an AM radio tower the other day > to find it full of mice -- there were at least half a dozen in there. > They had made nests under the coils. we used to have to contact ATT a few times a year when the mice would invade the cabinets and build nests and then the snakes would get in there going after the mice. so many of the technicians would mention that they hated snakes. i like snakes, mice i can do without but they are a big menu item for a lot of other creatures so they are important in this web of life. songbird
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-23 17:15 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnspq8dr.n45.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32519 |
On 2021-11-17, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > we used to have to contact ATT a few times a year when > the mice would invade the cabinets and build nests and > then the snakes would get in there going after the mice. > so many of the technicians would mention that they hated > snakes. i like snakes, mice i can do without but they > are a big menu item for a lot of other creatures so they > are important in this web of life. A milk snake once fell out of the ceiling at a radio station owned by one of my clients, right in the middle of the morning show. It landed at the feet of the owner's daughter, and pandemonium ensued. The snake had to be ushered out the back door by the morning jock, who was an almost perfect clone of WKRPin Cincinnati's Dr. Johnny Fever. In this part of the counry, we have the eastern milk snake, Lampropeltis triangulum. It's a less colorful relative of the southern ones that mimic the candy-cane pattern of the coral snake. Milk snakes fall into the category of ill-tempered but harmless snakes; I don't know why so many people hate or fear them. The mice are actually more dangerous; not only do they spread disease, but they can actually burn down buildings by gnawing through electrical insulation. umar
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-23 18:06 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <ko807i-2r2.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32525 |
umar wrote: > On 2021-11-17, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > >> we used to have to contact ATT a few times a year when >> the mice would invade the cabinets and build nests and >> then the snakes would get in there going after the mice. >> so many of the technicians would mention that they hated >> snakes. i like snakes, mice i can do without but they >> are a big menu item for a lot of other creatures so they >> are important in this web of life. > > A milk snake once fell out of the ceiling at a radio station owned by > one of my clients, right in the middle of the morning show. It landed at > the feet of the owner's daughter, and pandemonium ensued. The snake had > to be ushered out the back door by the morning jock, who was an almost > perfect clone of WKRPin Cincinnati's Dr. Johnny Fever. hahaha! since i remember that show (and had such a crush on Bailey) i can see it all. :) that must have been a sight to see. :) > In this part of the counry, we have the eastern milk snake, Lampropeltis > triangulum. It's a less colorful relative of the southern ones that > mimic the candy-cane pattern of the coral snake. Milk snakes fall into > the category of ill-tempered but harmless snakes; I don't know why so > many people hate or fear them. we have a rather fiesty brown snake that is harmless but can startle you if you don't notice it in time. we do have the poisonous swamp rattler snakes here but they are usually around the wetlands and we are not too close to those so it takes some travel for them to get here. i think i've seen one in all the years i've been here. i like snakes. i don't have any or keep them as pets, but i do like them. with all the rock piles around there is plenty of habitat for them. > The mice are actually more dangerous; not only do they spread disease, > but they can actually burn down buildings by gnawing through electrical > insulation. yes, i've had to trap hundreds of mice out of the walls here over the years. it wasn't until just a few years ago that i finally got this place properly sealed up, but i do have to keep an eye out for any new attempts to get back in. once the snow flies at least i can see the mouse tracks in the snow to find out if anyone is trying to nest in places they shouldn't be. one nest we had to remove from the AC a few summer's ago after they'd finally destroyed some wiring and the capacitor that was used in that part of the control box. luckily it did not cause a fire or harm the motor of the AC unit. songbird
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| From | Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-23 20:16 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <X7GdnZMBjMoKIQD8nZ2dnUU7-K3NnZ2d@supernews.com> |
| In reply to | #32532 |
On 11/23/2021 15:06, songbird wrote: > umar wrote: >> On 2021-11-17, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: >> >>> we used to have to contact ATT a few times a year when >>> the mice would invade the cabinets and build nests and >>> then the snakes would get in there going after the mice. >>> so many of the technicians would mention that they hated >>> snakes. i like snakes, mice i can do without but they >>> are a big menu item for a lot of other creatures so they >>> are important in this web of life. >> >> A milk snake once fell out of the ceiling at a radio station owned by >> one of my clients, right in the middle of the morning show. It landed at >> the feet of the owner's daughter, and pandemonium ensued. The snake had >> to be ushered out the back door by the morning jock, who was an almost >> perfect clone of WKRPin Cincinnati's Dr. Johnny Fever. > > hahaha! since i remember that show (and had such a crush > on Bailey) i can see it all. :) that must have been a sight > to see. :) Booger! Fun series. >> In this part of the counry, we have the eastern milk snake, Lampropeltis >> triangulum. It's a less colorful relative of the southern ones that >> mimic the candy-cane pattern of the coral snake. Milk snakes fall into >> the category of ill-tempered but harmless snakes; I don't know why so >> many people hate or fear them. > > we have a rather fiesty brown snake that is harmless but > can startle you if you don't notice it in time. we do have > the poisonous swamp rattler snakes here but they are usually > around the wetlands and we are not too close to those so it > takes some travel for them to get here. i think i've seen > one in all the years i've been here. > > i like snakes. i don't have any or keep them as pets, but > i do like them. with all the rock piles around there is > plenty of habitat for them. Snakes are helpful. I've petted constrictors before, and they loved it. They can be nice pets. >> The mice are actually more dangerous; not only do they spread disease, >> but they can actually burn down buildings by gnawing through electrical >> insulation. > > yes, i've had to trap hundreds of mice out of the walls here > over the years. it wasn't until just a few years ago that i > finally got this place properly sealed up, but i do have to keep > an eye out for any new attempts to get back in. once the snow > flies at least i can see the mouse tracks in the snow to find > out if anyone is trying to nest in places they shouldn't be. > one nest we had to remove from the AC a few summer's ago after > they'd finally destroyed some wiring and the capacitor that was > used in that part of the control box. luckily it did not cause > a fire or harm the motor of the AC unit. Rodents can wreak havoc. -- Freyja the NurseWench http://freyjaw.dreamwidth.org Twitter: @FreyjaRN @DuchessHonor “A man walks into a library and says, ‘I hope you don’t have a book on reverse psychology.’” -Henny Youngman
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-29 19:32 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsqaam2.eol.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32537 |
On 2021-11-24, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > Booger! Fun series. A classic. Radio really was like that back before Wall Street gobbled up most of the stations. > Snakes are helpful. I've petted constrictors before, and they loved it. > They can be nice pets. A few years ago I had a housemate who came with a ball python named Kurt. Kurt was great, but one had to keep an eye on him because he was prone to escaping. My housemate eventually moved in with a guy who owned a house built in the 1690s, and Kurt got out of his cage and disappeared into the woodwork. I don't think they ever found him again. > Rodents can wreak havoc. Yup. umar
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-29 19:23 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsqaa5v.eol.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32532 |
On 2021-11-23, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
(re: WKRP in Cincinnati)
> hahaha! since i remember that show (and had such a crush
> on Bailey) i can see it all. :) that must have been a sight
> to see. :)
Many of us in the radio business remember WKRP fondly because we have
all encountered characters like those in the show. The turkey drop
incident ("Turkeys Away") was modeled on one that really happened,
albeit not in Cincinnati.
Oddly, there is actually a WKRQ in Cincinnati, just one letter of the
alphabet removed from WKRP. There is also a WKRC. Neither has anything
to do with the show.
> we have a rather fiesty brown snake that is harmless but
> can startle you if you don't notice it in time.
Hmm, I wonder what species that is. What is called a "brown snake" here
in the east is Storeria dekayi, a little snake not more than ten or
fifteen inches long. I don't think I've ever encountered one, although I
have seen its relative, S. occipitomaculata, the red bellied snake.
> we do have the poisonous swamp rattler snakes here but they are
> usually around the wetlands and we are not too close to those so it
> takes some travel for them to get here. i think i've seen one in all
> the years i've been here.
The only rattlesnake here is the timber rattler, Crotalus horridus. It's
endangered in Massachusetts and is only found in a couple of places;
oddly, one of them is the Blue Hills Reservation, just outside Boston.
There are also copperheads in the reservation; occasionally one finds
its way into the neighboring Granite Links golf course. They too are
classified as endangered in MA.
Howie Carr, a local right-wing talk show host, ranted on the radio a few
years ago against a proposal to preserve an island in the Quabban
Reservoir in central Massachusetts as a rattlesnake habitat. He want on
and on about endangering neighborhood children and the like, clearly
unaware that there were rattlesnakes living much closer to civilization
and no one had ever had a problem with them.
The Quabban is greater Boston's principal water supply. When it was
created in the 1930s, four towns were deliberately flooded. They were
Enfield, Prescott, Dana, and Greenwich ("green-witch"). The towns were
formally dissolved and their residents moved elsewhere.
> i like snakes. i don't have any or keep them as pets, but
> i do like them. with all the rock piles around there is
> plenty of habitat for them.
I have long been fascinated by snakes. How a limbless terrestrial
predator could ever evolve, let alone flourish, boggles the mind. The
Boidae -- boas and pythons -- have remnants of a pelvis and little spurs
that are vestiges of hind legs.
umar
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-29 22:48 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <aijg7i-389.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32548 |
umar wrote: >songbird wrote: ... >> we have a rather fiesty brown snake that is harmless but >> can startle you if you don't notice it in time. > > Hmm, I wonder what species that is. What is called a "brown snake" here > in the east is Storeria dekayi, a little snake not more than ten or > fifteen inches long. I don't think I've ever encountered one, although I > have seen its relative, S. occipitomaculata, the red bellied snake. yes, that's the one: https://www.anthive.com/img/critters/100_3696_Feisty_Snake.jpg ... >> i like snakes. i don't have any or keep them as pets, but >> i do like them. with all the rock piles around there is >> plenty of habitat for them. > > I have long been fascinated by snakes. How a limbless terrestrial > predator could ever evolve, let alone flourish, boggles the mind. The > Boidae -- boas and pythons -- have remnants of a pelvis and little spurs > that are vestiges of hind legs. that a polywog can become a frog or toad is always facinating to consider. and then there is us who start as two cells that come together, just a little blob and then... songbird (feeling protoplasmic lately
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-12-06 14:52 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsqs8ub.6qh.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32556 |
On 2021-11-30, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > that a polywog can become a frog or toad is always facinating to > consider. and then there is us who start as two cells that come > together, just a little blob and then... I used to wade around in ponds and swamps when I was a kid. Green frogs and bullfrogs overwinter as tadpoles and then turn into frogs the following summer. I would often encounter tadpoles with hind legs, tadpoles with all four legs, froglets with tails, and completely transformed froglets with no tails. Even more remarkable were dragonfly larvae. They live underwater in ponds and are active predators, even sometimes catching tadpoles or small fish. Then one day the climb up out of the water on reeds or sticks, and dry out. Then their skins split open, and out comes... a dragonfly! You don't want to handle dragonfly larvae; they bite. umar
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-01 19:44 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnso0gsb.a88.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32487 |
On 2021-10-09, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > Our lawn is artificial grass. It was good enough to fool a rabbit who > tried to eat it and ended up confused. Achilles liked watching him. That reminds me of a YouTube video someone posted of "the world's stupidest woodpecker". The bird is sitting on a diagonal strut on someone's steel ham radio tower, and starts pecking at it. Plink- plink-plink-plink-plink! My father said that was perfectly normal woodpecker behavior; the bird was just making noise for its own sake. I would almost say making a joyful noise unto the Lord, but we are all agnostics in my family. umar
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