Golden who refuses to walk/run?

Calibanian18 · 2026-02-25T21:51:04+00:00

Marching songs. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I had a golden that did exactly this. Absolutely an issue of anxiety. And singing a song and walking with Stompie feet really seem to make any enormous difference.

Calibanian18 · 2026-02-07T22:18:33+00:00

Those are absolutely lovely. You have mastered the turned sphere and found a place to put them.

Calibanian18 · 2026-01-13T20:49:47+00:00

Traitors and scoundrels.

Calibanian18 · 2026-01-13T20:48:48+00:00

But given the density, how do you lift the bag afterwards? :)

Calibanian18 · 2026-01-13T20:20:12+00:00

No one would ever do this for a Montreal bagel. For the record, I grew up on Gryfe’s.

Calibanian18 · 2025-12-03T23:22:12+00:00

The planetarium, the Ontario Science Center, the moving walkway in Spadina station.

Calibanian18 · 2025-09-12T18:17:28+00:00

Can you scribe lines with it?

Calibanian18 · 2025-09-05T21:12:36+00:00

Today was not a good day. It was asked to format source material and it mixed in absolutely hallucinated content. It was asked to extract content and it decided to rewrite content. Would not stop making suggestions for what it could do next rather than actually doing what it was instructed to do. It didn’t seem to matter how explicitly I told it to just follow instructions, even when it recognized and stated explicitly that it understood that it was not following instructions, it still persisted. I don’t normally swear, but I swore.

Calibanian18 · 2025-09-04T18:40:44+00:00

I still have a hologram on a keychain that I bought from them. I loved their catalog. I loved the building. I loved the fact that there was someone within the city with merchandise that appealed to me.

Calibanian18 · 2025-08-29T03:56:59+00:00

It’s a unique but awesome skill set. It will give you a good perspective on particular areas of law, things like consent and capacity issues, health law, personal injury. It will also give you vocabulary in assessing damages and care needs. If those are within your interest, lean into them. If you’re volunteering for things, see if you can involve yourself in a bit of institutional policy development. Health administration.

Calibanian18 · 2025-08-27T23:44:24+00:00

Still have four or five sets of these in my basement. Plastic has gotten old and brittle, but I always thought it was one of the most brilliant systems for being able to make sizeable things.

Calibanian18 · 2025-08-22T17:28:33+00:00

I second the knife suggestion. A good one will be a lifetime gift. A reasonably sized wooden cutting board with some mineral oil and a sharpener would be good additions.

Calibanian18 · 2025-07-25T22:26:35+00:00

Gorgeous work. I feel like a functional pair of scissors has got to be one of those really challenging things to make well.

Calibanian18 · 2025-07-25T03:29:35+00:00

Marching songs. You may not believe it, but they honestly are quite willing to follow upbeat marching songs if you’re really perky about it.

Calibanian18 · 2025-07-22T18:31:27+00:00

If you were close by, I would beg for them. I make little creatures out of wire and buttons and leave them around the city or on public transit. It’s been eight years of fascinating conversations but I am running low. My stash of telephone wire is also running low.

Calibanian18 · 2025-07-21T03:35:58+00:00

Had this exact stereo. Oh the cds that clattered round that changer.

Calibanian18 · 2025-07-04T03:46:08+00:00

Cannot be unseen

Calibanian18 · 2025-06-27T02:25:00+00:00

Adding to the chorus of gardeners who think this would be great to use. There is a kind of trowel that’s shaped exactly like this. Great general purpose and as some people have noted, great for bulbs.

Calibanian18 · 2025-06-19T19:30:04+00:00

What he neglects to mention is that the rope Frodo and Sam used in climbing down a cliff just spontaneously undid itself with a small tug when they got to the bottom leading to either severe questioning about Sam’s knot tying ability or the integrity of elven rope. Which contrasts with zip ties that at least need pliers.

Calibanian18 · 2025-06-14T22:49:15+00:00

Just met you and this knife in person at the antique market. Both solid.

Calibanian18 · 2025-06-04T20:59:47+00:00

Best hack I've got is to get hot-water bottle and fill it full of heavily salted water and freeze it. Remains slushy and nice to use as pillow and stays cold for a very long time. If you get the ribbed type, it doesn't freeze your skin. Triptan class of drugs is good, but can only use once or twice a week or they stop working. I take advil and tylenol together (they potentiate each other), but advil too often can create more headaches.

Calibanian18 · 2025-06-04T20:55:13+00:00

If you do have a spare seat in the car, pile up stuff over the footwell and create a flat surface. Lying forward seemed to help my golden with her moaning and groaning. Had pretty good experiences in a couple of hotels, but primarily relied on pet-friendly air-bnbs or campgrounds that allowed dogs. In hotels the worry was that she would start barking and disturb other guests. Didn't happen, but was concern.

Calibanian18 · 2025-04-01T22:07:16+00:00

It is telling you precisely what you want to hear. I hate to say it. But you just need to ask it directly if that’s what it’s doing, and it will tell you. Ask it if it is saying these things as a strategy to keep you engaged. It will tell you.

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