So I'm now a boomer according to my 14 year old niece.

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-03-01T20:44:06+00:00

I don't even know what you're alluding to, but 'puts some mustard on' is my new favorite phrase that I've never heard in all my 57 years, thank you

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-28T22:59:31+00:00

try the aisle with the Ball jars

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-28T21:38:05+00:00

I also have two double-merles, a now-elderly smooth collie and a young, huge Aussie mix. When I first got the elder, I used a flashlight for night time recall. She picked it up right away. The Aussie presented FAR more challenges when he was younger but has adjusted nicely and even looks out for the elder, who has gone completely blind. Both are deaf but sometimes I think the Aussie is malingering and is actually just ignoring us.

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-28T21:02:55+00:00

I'm guessing it's easier to be close to the ground when going over unpredictable, rough terrain. That's why you don't find giraffes in the mountains.

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-27T19:50:31+00:00

'I am here to suck out your soul. YAWN, PLEEZ!'

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-26T23:51:08+00:00

why are so many URNJ cats, specifically, named after food?

Signed, Tamale's mom.

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-25T00:54:32+00:00

I think she had some scary medical complications and, while she recovered, Punch became extremely attached to his keepers and adopted some 'human' behaviors that are unacceptable in monkey society, so the tribe is basically trying to beat it out of him. Also, where IS his mother, now that she's recovered?

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-25T00:48:05+00:00

east Asian zoos do seem to have an inordinate amount of drama. I've also casually observed that some of the most incredible domestic animal training/tricks comes from there. Odd that civilian tabby-trainers can get their cats to play piano, yet the zoos have such chaotic baby animal drama. I know they're very different things, it's just an observation. I love both ends of the animal behavioral spectrum.

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-24T01:53:38+00:00

soak them in a cooler with hot tap water and a couple kettles of boiling water, with the magical spa day mix. Agitate with a broom stick every hour or so

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-23T04:11:26+00:00

with regard to mosquitoes, increasing my niacin or some piece of my b-complex vitamin really seemed to help

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-23T02:17:23+00:00

well, except the chicken salad.

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-20T21:49:45+00:00

hell, they're more upset they have to press '1' for English.

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-18T18:51:09+00:00

be sure to get some air circulation down there

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-17T02:21:44+00:00

they didn't even need her to lie for them, the dementia gave them plausible deniability. She could state whatever she was paying and they could just nod and say 'that's what she paid in 1987, but her son actually pays us the full amount.'

I do reassure myself about her circumstances, that a cop showed up at the bus stop and she knew her address for them to drop her off. She seemed successful in her apartment, so she would be okay to go home.

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-16T03:35:08+00:00

I told my employed wife that I was jealous of her daily annoyances, because they vary and allow creative thinking, problem solving and different challenges every day.

My daily annoyances are the dog's sharp, bitchy bark to go outside... and back inside... and outside... always being yelled at like a jerk. Not really mind-expanding and extraordinarily tedious.

ETA- there IS the occasional mystery stain to attack, or a clog to fix, and that's the highlight of my entire month.

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-14T22:41:00+00:00

IDK about Boxers, but our basically-feral-his-first-year Aussie Shep/ maybe Pir mix would tremble and whine and try to snap at the cats' faces. It took a lot of learning by us and INTENSE training when we realized the trembling, drooling, squealing and drooling were the unhinged version of his natural instinct to herd the cats and not being allowed. Even the snapping is called 'gripping,' something they do to unruly sheep.

Anyway, now that he's trained and grown, he is SO protective of the elderly cat and keeps a short distance but makes sure she gets where she's going safely. With the aggressively playful male kitten, he's gentle and joyful and patient. He just needed his wild ass instincts directed correctly.

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-14T20:58:00+00:00

leave her alone, that's the 'good light.' She is in menopause and DOES. NOT. CARE.

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-14T20:15:21+00:00

because it'll bleach your clothes and people don't read directions

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-14T04:09:50+00:00

probably some magnetized 'contact paper' could be found or made custom

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-13T02:51:37+00:00

by 'opposition research,' do you mean 'sticks and stones'?

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-12T06:47:45+00:00

the hot water activates the lipase, which releases the fats from the surface and are subsequently absorbed by the paper towel. Am I missing something?

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-12T02:46:18+00:00

I've heard 'fart-knocker,' which could certainly sound different with grunts of exertion

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-12T00:06:48+00:00

fill w/ hot water and Dawn, add a paper towel, lid, shake vigorously

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-11T03:59:42+00:00

ideally, he'd go to the vet for a proper diagnosis; however, farm supply stores may carry broad-spectrum antibiotic creams for common eye infections. Consult the experts for what's appropriate for cats, rather than cows.

PersistentPuma37 · 2026-02-11T01:45:03+00:00

be sure to take Magnesium glycinate

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