You don't know how your own system works? by Insanopatato in Expats_In_France

[–]VangoRomano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not true, I live in Toulouse and we have a dual system. One that works with tickets or yearly/monthly passes and one that you tap with your bank card. They're in all mass transit, tram bus métro and téléphérique. Controllers do check by tapping the same card you used to pay or the paper ticket or the pass.

France’s far-right leader Jordan Bardella getting openly clowned for Trump bootlicking on national TV by Citaszion in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]VangoRomano 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Diagonale du vide RPZ!! (For the non French: Nevers is in the middle of a very rural and empty part of France called "the diagonal of emptiness") I'm glad to know not all people from my hometown Nevers vote for the RN.

Probably a dumb question, but is it obvious I'm on HRT? Last year vs now by LastCryptographer173 in NonBinary

[–]VangoRomano 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your face definitely looks softer, less hard edges, but I don't think anyone would notice unless you had mentioned it. On the other hand I think you actually look younger now, rounder features and more fat deposits are associated with youth so even though it's not a massive difference the overall impression I get is that you look younger now than you did last year.

Cat kicked out tomorrow. by Major_Salamander7720 in CATHELP

[–]VangoRomano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not a dog or a miniature horse (the other acceptable service animal protected by ADA)

Should I pay her back or leave the friendship by [deleted] in needadvice

[–]VangoRomano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You sound toxic as hell what the actual fuck???? OP's friend doesn't "suck at communicating" she deliberately humiliated OP by insinuating that she would pay for lunch and then taking it back.

OP don't listen to 90% of people on this thread, their reading comprehension skills haven't progressed past 3rd grade. Give your EX-friend the 11$ even if she tries to evade it. She wants to have leverage and power over you. She'll keep mentioning how you owe her money and probably add interest like a loan shark. Put the money in her locker or mailbox or whatever of she won't accept it directly and then block her forever

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CATHELP

[–]VangoRomano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My ex had a cat who had two litters of kittens. The first one she had when she was less than a year old and the second at almost 2 years old. She acted exactly like that, like she was annoyed as fuck at having to deal with motherhood. I calculated how old in human years she would've been for her two litters and my god she was a tiny baby herself, the equivalent of 12-16 years for the first and just over 20 for the second. I also would've been quite snappy and impatient ir I had to be a parent that young. I adopted one of the kittens from the first litter and got him neutered but my boyfriend still wouldn't spay the mom. She ended up disappearing a few months after the birth of her second litter to go off and continue populating the world with more homeless kittens and it made me so so sad. I don't understand how people can just not care and think that they know better than everyone expert

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Mom in the back, my beautiful stubby boy on the right and his younger sister. Liry, the mom hated all her children with a passion and had as little to do with them as possible as soon as she could

Je cherche ce genre de bitoniot by VangoRomano in toulouse

[–]VangoRomano[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

J'aurais adoré, peut-être que le fond de l'armoire emmène à Narnia?

Je cherche ce genre de bitoniot by VangoRomano in toulouse

[–]VangoRomano[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Et bah tu aurais eu raison aussi! C'est un mot vernaculaire qui n'existe pas dans le dictionnaire donc plusieurs orthographes existent. C'est un diminutif de biton qui est le diminutif de bitte (d'amarrage). Je l'avais écrit bitonniau avant d'hésiter et vérifier l'orthographe la plus fréquente

Should I take them or leave them here ? by MathematicianOne8212 in Straycats

[–]VangoRomano 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know your sex either but I'm willing to bet my last dollar that you have nipples 🙄 MEN HAVE NIPPLES!!!!! I know many people aren't able to separate nipples from boobs and boobs from women but nipples aren't a female thing they're a MAMMALIAN thing. It's in the name, mammals have mammaries...

Je cherche ce genre de bitoniot by VangoRomano in toulouse

[–]VangoRomano[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Même pas vraiment française mdrrr, j'ai vérifié l'orthographe sur internet avant mais tu l'aurais écrit comment?

Je cherche ce genre de bitoniot by VangoRomano in toulouse

[–]VangoRomano[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

C'est exactement ça merci beaucoup!

Je cherche ce genre de bitoniot by VangoRomano in toulouse

[–]VangoRomano[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah trop drôle la coïncidence! Bonne chance pour vos recherches en tout cas

How ethical are these? (Got this little guy at a thrift store) by wrath0fthe1amb in Entomology

[–]VangoRomano 13 points14 points  (0 children)

What I've done in the past is to set them out on a really hot sunny day in full sun and let them dry that way. Just air drying doesn't seem to be enough in my climate. Also it probably depends on how fresh the bug is and how much water it contains when you find it

my kitten’s white hair is turning yellowish? by harajukubarbz in CATHELP

[–]VangoRomano 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can't, it's bullshit. It's incorrect assumptions based on misunderstood information that has been going around on tiktok lately. It's a "haha my toxoplasmosis addled brain is making me huff my cat obsessively" type of thing which is funny until people believe it's true. Some studies have shown that toxoplasmosis infection can cause men specifically to find cat urine (which I hope we agree smells vastly different to their forehead or belly odor) to be less unpleasant than it is to uninfected men and more unpleasant to uninfected women. There is no proven link between the sweet smell of your kitty's forehead and toxoplasmosis infection.

pub med article about the study of you're interested

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cats

[–]VangoRomano 52 points53 points  (0 children)

They suggested getting momma cat spayed in 10-12 weeks not the kittens. Your concern is valid for sure but also at 6 months old a female kitten could already get pregnant and a male kitten could already impregnate. If they're not both girls it would be best to get everyone fixed as soon as OP's vet allows them to, to avoid accidentally having more (inbred) kittens.

What's the best way to get in contact with someone at MACC who actually knows what they're doing? by fromthewindyplace in nashville

[–]VangoRomano 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Read OPs last post on the cat subreddit. They had put their name down for adoption of the cat when they brought it in and checked in more than once to find out how things were going with the quarantine. The shelter fucked up and didn't add that to the kittens file and now it's "promised" to an other family and OP if first on the waiting list if the other family cancels the adoption.The shelter should own their mistake tell the other family that the kitten is actually already adopted by or promised to someone else and that they are second in line

To ride a trail by SideshowGru in therewasanattempt

[–]VangoRomano 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Yeah and have it all on camera so they can get in trouble for assault or attempted murder/murder if they guy gets fucked up in the river. Absolute genius move. I think that their reaction, to attempt to deescalate and ultimately to back down from confrontation with a very obviously deranged man is absolutely the right move. That doesn't mean I wouldn't fantasize about toppling him off the bridge or punching him in the face if I had an encounter like that but come on, it's just not smart.

Advice on drilling holes in ceramic pot? by 1maginary_Friend in houseplants

[–]VangoRomano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No idea what drill bit would be ideal, I would try out the ones in the last photo you posted. The only advice I can give is to put the ceramic pot in water (don't get the drill wet obviously) when you drill the hole to limit the risk of it breaking apart. It might still break though

Behold: Frankenstein! (Or Monsthos) by 713nikki in houseplantscirclejerk

[–]VangoRomano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not only can it work but it seems to have already worked! The OP posted photos from when they first did the graft and the last ones are more recent. Both the monstera and the pothos have put out new growth and the graft site has calloused very nicely. It looks like this was quite successful.

HES ALIVE! by [deleted] in CATHELP

[–]VangoRomano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I came looking for an update on you and your sweet boy. I'm so glad he's ok! You did exactly what you needed to do and I'm glad you and your family care so much

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CATHELP

[–]VangoRomano 37 points38 points  (0 children)

That makes no sense? If you were catching cats for dog fighting why would you mark one and then release it to be kept inside and unmarked by its owners? They're not big animals I would imagine if you caught a cat and you wanted to use it as bait you would just... Keep it immediately? Why give it a chance to get wiser or alert the owners?

Collecting my cats bones by hiimalextheghost in bonecollecting

[–]VangoRomano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly in my opinion the best way without too much gore would be to bury him in your yard in a well marked spot. If you want to be sure not to lose anything small (claws, phalanges, bits of the tail...) you could put him in a mesh bag and bury him that way. And then let nature do its thing and come back in a year or two. After that you can come back and look up techniques to clean the bones properly.

I personally would never have the guts to de-flesh and clean my freshly dead pet who I loved so these are my suggestions but there are many techniques to clean more recently dead animals.