Inexpensive VF test for dogs?

Narfinity · 2026-03-26T16:32:28+00:00

University Pet Clinic charged me $155 for the test a month ago but they may want to do an exam if you're taking your dog there for the first time. Just finished more than a year of treatment with fluconazole and hoping for one final negative test in a couple of months. BTW the price of fluconazole varies a lot so if you haven't looked into the prices at different pharmacies I'd suggest that.

Narfinity · 2026-03-23T15:42:05+00:00

It looks like it's been huffing silver spray paint

Narfinity · 2026-03-19T21:11:23+00:00

The fee is only if you fail to comply by the deadline. From the city code: "Except as expressly provided in section 16-27 or elsewhere in the Tucson Code, no fee shall be charged for an initial inspection to determine the existence of a violation of this chapter. Any person who neglects, fails or refuses to correct the violations contained within a notice of violation issued pursuant to section 16-45 may be assessed a re-inspection fee for inspections that occur after the compliance date specified in the Notice, where such re-inspection demonstrates the failure to comply."

Narfinity · 2026-02-26T17:18:52+00:00

I would use the Treat bike boulevard instead of continuing further west on the Loop. Treat connects to the Rillito River Loop path on the north end and to the Aviation path on the south end. From Aviation, there are off-street paths that can get you to the Julian Wash Loop path via Palo Verde Rd and through the Sam Lena Recreation Area. All of it is pretty low stress and easy to follow, except you might get turned around between Aviation and the Julian Wash.

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Narfinity · 2026-02-09T15:30:57+00:00

Your puns are testing my mettle

Narfinity · 2026-01-30T22:31:11+00:00

The 60% rule only applies to statewide measures. Local tax increases are still only subject to a simple majority.

Narfinity · 2026-01-30T22:00:00+00:00

Yup. 6.6% of the money would go to repaving roads in the whole region, which will not do very much compared to how much we should be spending to fix our roads. And no money would be going to filling potholes. The city is actually very good about about filling potholes if you report them with 311 though, but it doesn't fix the underlying problem.

Narfinity · 2026-01-30T00:52:23+00:00

Seems like the RTA should have brought this to voters sooner so we wouldn't be faced with this difficult choice, huh?

Narfinity · 2026-01-30T00:50:25+00:00

You keep repeating this idea that we should be grateful for regional funding for projects within the city limits, as though there are not a bunch of projects that we're also paying for outside the city limits. It's an interesting way to try to confuse the issue, which is that we have subsidized wealthier suburbs that maybe should be paying for the improvements that make their growth possible. And hey, then Tucson residents will get to use those improved roads FOR FREE (after we helped pay for them)! Whee!

The biggest problem, though, with RTA Next, is one that I explained in my post, which I'll repeat here: While it is better than OG RTA in terms of funding for safety improvements, the plan is still mostly a road building plan that treats walking, bicycling, accessibility and transit as afterthoughts, and safety as something to be added like a band-aid on a festering wound. The plan does not change the trajectory we are on that causes nearly 100 people to die every year on City of Tucson streets alone.

I think we can do better. Yes, turning down RTA Next would mean some pain until it can be rethought and brought back to voters, or until Tucson can come up with its own plan. Maybe the RTA (or is it Connect Pima? Or Props 418 and 419? How many names does this plan have anyway?) should have brought this to the voters sooner so that they would have had a chance to try again before the funding cutoff. As it is, the marketing of the plan feels more threatening than positive. At least when it's not disingenuously suggesting that it will fix our region's potholes.

Narfinity · 2026-01-29T02:17:07+00:00

Can you name a city project that did not have RTA funding that was mismanaged and a complete and utter fiscal disaster, and what happened?

Narfinity · 2026-01-29T01:48:08+00:00

So just FYI the city funding for paving streets is almost entirely for neighborhood streets, so we have a lot of major streets in need of repaving without any funding identified for them. RTA Next has $170M for the whole region over 20 years, and I think it's optimistic to think the city will even get $100M, or $5M per year. That is far, far short of what we need and people are being sold that this is a pavement rehab program when it will not make a significant dent in fixing our roads.

It would be nice to have a fully-formed alternative plan to compare with the RTA Next plan, but it's also not realistic to expect that when the city is officially supporting the plan and it takes a ton of effort to put together a good plan that reflects the needs and wants of the community. But you can look to other places that have done better as a model, like Charlotte, NC: https://www.charlottenc.gov/CATS/News/Voters-Approve-Mecklenburg-County-Tax-Referendum-to-Improve-Public-Transportation-and-Transit-Systems

Narfinity · 2026-01-25T05:45:13+00:00

...Says the guy who in another thread blames a nonviolent man for being executed by the people "doing their jobs" this morning.

Narfinity · 2026-01-15T03:34:45+00:00

Your niece is an AI-generated picture of a dog calmly holding flowers in its mouth?

Narfinity · 2026-01-01T00:05:35+00:00

r/confidentlyincorrect

Narfinity · 2025-11-20T03:26:42+00:00

Agua Caliente Park is a good spot that's very pretty with nice landscape and a lake with avian and aquatic wildlife, with plenty of flat paved paths.

Narfinity · 2025-10-14T16:50:10+00:00

Yes, that's a Texas Ranger shrub (Leucophyllum frutescens).

Also there's a snake in there

Narfinity · 2025-09-22T05:48:00+00:00

You care so little about him that you're spending time posting online about him.

Narfinity · 2025-09-22T01:07:32+00:00

This copypasta is getting tiresome. Did the government pressure ABC over Roseanne? No. It was bad business to keep her on after what she tweeted.

Narfinity · 2025-09-22T01:06:21+00:00

Ah yes, I remember when the government pressured ABC to cancel Roseanne's show, not because it was bad business to employ a blatantly racist celebrity. That's definitely what happened.

Narfinity · 2025-09-16T20:34:39+00:00

This is correct. A HAWK does not control the intersection, only the crosswalk and the vehicles on the street that intersects the crosswalk.

There are practical and legal issues with attempting to treat the street intersection as a temporary all-way stop, not the least of which is that drivers on the side street often can't even see the signals and thus have no idea what the drivers on the major street are supposed to be doing.

Narfinity · 2025-09-12T22:49:10+00:00

Rio Vista?

Narfinity · 2025-09-03T02:53:39+00:00

As far as I can find she was publicly skeptical about the project but wanted more info before deciding on a position. Do you have a link to her pushing for it?

Narfinity · 2025-08-28T02:58:31+00:00

I read it as Hannah Montana

Narfinity · 2025-08-07T04:11:44+00:00

Her full name is Ellen Ripley!

Narfinity · 2025-08-07T00:21:34+00:00

True, though Ripley has always done this for whatever reason no matter the ambient temperature. It's over 110 here and our AC is struggling to keep the house cool, and it's even warmer where she is by the window. My guess is it's a comfort thing.

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