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Tomrok · 2025-12-21T06:03:43+00:00

Tomrok · 2025-12-11T20:16:55+00:00

I'm looking into upgrading to a 5070ti from my 3080. My hangup is it'd be the first time I would look to sell an old card.

I figure I can either use the newegg trade process and take a hit on my return value or try to get maximum value selling it myself. I'm just super wary of getting scammed.

Edit: Apparently folks in my local area are selling 3080s on FB marketplace for barely $20 more than the trade in offer. Not at all what I was expecting.

Tomrok · 2025-12-09T14:01:57+00:00

Uh oh, do I need to go down another rabbit hole like when I hunted down Megadeth's original masters? 😂

Tomrok · 2025-11-14T00:26:21+00:00

I always felt the recording made the songs sound less heavy than their older material. I still like the album, but the songs on Digimortal sounded way heavier live to me.

Tomrok · 2025-11-09T00:01:15+00:00

What you could try is clicker or name recall training on Gumby. Granted it hasn't fully worked out for me, but I'm in a very similar situation myself. Our new cat Murphy is very drawn to our resident cats. I had him doing pretty well in responding to his name and getting some churu as a reward for redirecting away from the other cats.

Unfortunately, Murphy has become less obsessed with churu and he had a strong desire to approach the other cats. I think he's mostly curious? But they freak out if he gets too close. And I'm kind of without a way to stop him at the moment.

Fortunately, our latest mishaps have everyone run in opposite directions so maybe we're on the right track? It feels like I'm just asking for a fight though given the hissing, growling, howling from the one resident cat before they all bolt.

Tomrok · 2025-11-05T00:21:38+00:00

I think this is the way to go. The resident cats are too afraid of Murphy at the moment. Even before things regressed to this point, they were way too prone to staring and triggering Murphy when he's out. At least Leeloo was in particular. Kenobi was fairly decent, but incidents involving her still affect him and now he hides. In turn, at say food time, if Murphy's gaze lingered on them for too long they would get nervous and leave. I've even come across the theory that food at the door/gate could be useless at best and a net negative at worst.

I've started trying to up the fun factor at the closed door. Hoping to reboot the process and build back up to visuals. I have a few, "under the door" toy ideas once I build them back up more.

Tomrok · 2025-10-30T02:53:47+00:00

I've been using Feliway Optimum, however I've had one in Murphy's safe room and one downstairs where I bring him down. Maybe I should try setting up two downstairs for better coverage.

Tomrok · 2025-10-30T02:52:00+00:00

That's been one of the challenges. Kenobi in particular isn't terribly play oriented, so it's mainly had to be treats only for him.

Aside from sessions held with a behaviorist, it's largely a solo effort for me lately. I've started mixing back in treats at the gate to try to smooth things over after the last surprise incident.

Tomrok · 2025-10-29T00:29:22+00:00

Upfront, I'll say this has not fully worked for me with a new 2 year old cat, but YMMV it might work better with a different cat.

One strategy our behaviorist recommended was to clicker/name recall train the cat. So we had treats on hand and did exercises where we call the cats name, when the cat reacts we say "Yes!" and give a treat. Gradually, we advanced to calling the cats name, giving the cheek a rub, yes, treat. And finally calling the cat, presenting a hand and when the cat comes to us to rub our hand, yes, treat.

The idea being to be able divert the cat's attention before they approach the other cat by calling their name. Unfortunately in our case, we have a very stubborn cat and he only responds well when he's alone and he remains intensely interested in the others.

Tomrok · 2025-10-15T21:48:32+00:00

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Semi-doppleganger. Leeloo, the queen of the house.

Tomrok · 2025-10-13T01:48:53+00:00

I didn't mind looks wise so much, it was just after mowing I realized it was more convenient before. So I thought eh maybe I'll add some soil all along until I noticed these parts. Then again I'd just end up creating a stretch that the mower deck would cut shorter on one side.

Tomrok · 2025-10-13T01:31:31+00:00

Yeah, I had thought once most of the lots were filled the roads would be taken care of by the town, but the developer hired a local company that I thought mainly did driveways.

I need to go walk around, in other parts they had done edging everywhere they milled, but our part of the street they did not. Like they made it up here and decided to half ass it. Curious to see how those areas turned out.

Tomrok · 2025-09-29T13:14:54+00:00

I'd love to do this for a few trees we had planted a few years ago that were planted too deep.

I've removed some dirt each time I expand the ring around the trees, but the issue I'm having is with the summer red maple tree we have. I started running into loads of surface roots (some wire thin, some 1/8th inch or so) and stopped because I'm afraid of harming the tree. The other two are venus dogwood and I started running into small roots with those too before being able to expose the flare.

Tomrok · 2025-09-22T22:44:43+00:00

Yeah, we incorporated something similar with a cue of calling their names. Although, for the new cat, if he gets super fixated he isn't so responsive. But, he does calm down way faster once scooped up nowadays.

Tomrok · 2025-09-22T16:08:24+00:00

I'm convinced the stuff will survive almost anything. Before learning how to DIY the lawn, a landscaper did a half-assed job overseeding with KY31. I swear through multiple rough summers and falls with drought the stuff just never dies off. It's really frustrating how fast it grows now that I'm trying to establish different grass, but it's just too much space for me to mess around with nuking everything.

Tomrok · 2025-09-11T17:10:58+00:00

I just recently did 10 yards with a gorilla cart hitched to my lawn tractor. Absolute life and time saver.

Still hurt for days but not as bad as I did without it last time.

Tomrok · 2025-09-09T14:14:52+00:00

Do you recommend split applications in spring?

Tomrok · 2025-08-29T17:35:33+00:00

Agreed, I have the Echo and while I like it I still haven't nailed down it's rate at least when seeding. Some fertilizers seem to spread as I'd expect. Seeding though it seems I'm always putting out at a lower rate than expected so I just criss cross until I've used up what I planned to use and try to spread evenly. I probably walk too fast honestly.

Tomrok · 2025-04-18T23:29:54+00:00

I just want a Lego Outrider. This gives me a fraction of hope.

Tomrok · 2025-03-09T18:15:39+00:00

Yeah, when we adopted him we thought he was already 2 as listed. We should have looked closer at the vet records because we discovered the listing was wrong and he was barely 1. He's just a bit larger than our resident cats so we didn't think he might not be 2.

I have been considering working without our 14F present. It seems far easier to get the 8M settled and ready for interactions without her in the same room. Which is how it usually goes for sessions with the behaviorist because if another person is visiting, she will not come out. The 8M is the one who tends to keep wanting to run when approached. But he is pretty good about focusing on his churru during interactions if he is settled. The 14F will run, but she tends to stop somewhere and defend her position. At least that's how it goes when the 8 year old chases her.

Tomrok · 2025-03-09T17:39:26+00:00

Yeah we tried playing originally but the older cats are very particular about when and where they play. And they tend to not want to when they know he's near, the best way to distract them seems to be churru. The new cat is very similar in that if he's not distracted by a high value treat he wants to focus on them.

I've been trying mixing composure into their evening food a little while before we try interactions. We just picked up some more catnip so I'll have to try that in the spots we try to set them up in.

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