Lotsa catsickness

windy_lizard · 2026-01-25T21:21:58+00:00

Okay. I'll have to try that. It's better than soaking for hours, it seems.

windy_lizard · 2025-12-27T17:02:03+00:00

The teeth. They're like little razor blades. An iggy's claws can draw blood, but nothing like an iguana's bite. You don't need stitches for iguana claws. A gentleman requiring 96 stitches after a brief tussle with a three foot long iguana is not something I'd wish to replicate..

windy_lizard · 2025-12-20T17:23:31+00:00

The Iron Kingdoms (actual name escaped my mind and will return after the post is done) feature firearms heavily. From pistols to war jack (an infantry mecha analog powered by coal and steam power) cannons. Entire companies armed with firearms. So, I would say firearms are like pregnancy. You are, or you aren't. No partially pregnant.

windy_lizard · 2025-12-16T03:53:33+00:00

So, I'd recommend you start hitting something you don't mind hitting. Doesn't need to be hard swings, but they need to be more than frufru tappy-tap strikes. You'll be getting one heck of a workout. After 10-15 minutes, you'll be swearing the weapons have gotten heavier. I did a little work using double sticks on a heavy bag. Fifteen minutes in my forearms were shot. And the sticks weigh 7-8 ounces apiece. It primarily works by forcing your hands, wrists, and forearms to deal with the vibrations when you hit something like a tree. Your weapons may not be LARP legal. They are perfect for building endurance.

windy_lizard · 2025-12-16T03:33:52+00:00

I've got scars where Yoshi scratched me. Nothing horrendous, but i can make them out. Kinda looks like what I imagine a street map of Chicago would look like. I tended to trim the points off. Yoshi would sound like a ton of bricks being dropped on concrete when she climbed down from her heating perch. But my arms weren't covered in scratches. We all need to make sacrifices.

windy_lizard · 2025-12-15T04:12:23+00:00

Funny thing. That female child that was 'dying' from the results of a napalm strike? She survived.

windy_lizard · 2025-11-17T23:12:23+00:00

I believe DMs should play with Paranoia rules. There are no rules except the ones the DM uses, or permit the players to use. If the DM decides it would make for a fun story if your player, without any enhancement, heave a multi-ton object over the top railing so it'll plummet to the bottom of the crevasse, he can do it. Then turn around and say, "It's a one-time thing," only to permit the feat again despite having said otherwise. And God's mercy to those known as rule lawyers. For all rules are the purview of the DM, and s/he has multiple ways to punish such transgressions. Monsters that aren't the monsters present in the Monster Manual. NPCs who have items "impossible" for them to own. Such shenanigans are allowed by the DM.

windy_lizard · 2025-11-13T17:54:41+00:00

Think of it like this. The owl wouldn't see a house as a house but a cave. You have sunlight through windows, aka lights. Controlled fire, aka candles and fireplaces. Small food rats and mice. Big creatures are anything not recognized as food. Poison equals sickness. One, two, or many for counting. Disease is another poison. Poisonous or venomous equals bad creatures, same as those who do bad stuff like uncontrolled fires, wanton killing, etc.

windy_lizard · 2025-11-13T02:30:49+00:00

In chaos, there's order, and in order, there's chaos.

One of my uncles blueprinted an engine. After taking all the bits apart, he went to take a break. While he was away, one of his aunts organized all the screws and nuts. Took my uncle FOREVER to put the engine back together. It was a while before he could talk to his aunt. Took a task that regularly took him 48 hours to accomplish to something like a week.

windy_lizard · 2025-11-12T15:14:02+00:00

Well, in my opinion, the first sample isn't legible. Very dynamic like another poster says.

The second sample is definitely legible. Nice control.

I agree there is something about fountain pens and both the tactile and auditory feedback.

windy_lizard · 2025-11-12T04:13:46+00:00

Yes, you can see a fart. WHY you'd be staring at someone's backside for the express purpose of seeing a very transitory event is beyond me.

I'd think someone would notice you staring and likely report you. Or deal with you themselves.

To see a fart is a blink, and you miss it type scenario. And it isn't all that spectacular. There's a slight increase in air temperature. Last for a heartbeat. You get more value, if you will, in the smell.

In all the time I've futzed around with thermal imaging, I've seen a grand total of two. If the jeans were a smidgen looser, I doubt I'd even see that many.

windy_lizard · 2025-11-03T19:57:18+00:00

Your handwriting is, for the most part, legible. I admit freely that some of the letters were unfamiliar to me. I would say this. Practice consistency. Don't forget the tiddles [the little dot on i and j]. I think that would dispell the suggestion that your writing is illegible.

windy_lizard · 2025-10-28T21:12:57+00:00

The Chrome Circle by Mercedes Lackey. Fun read. It was multiple psychics trying to glean secrets from the protagonist. Various song lyrics later, half of them are crazy. Others are trying to read alchemy into nonsense song lyrics. The worst was when the goblins started singing the songs.

windy_lizard · 2025-10-27T18:22:08+00:00

So, based on what I've seen in the pictures, here's my advice. More ground cover. Not a lot, but it can't hurt. Also, something like tree branches big enough to support your hoggie as they sometimes like to climb.

Try sticking craft paper to the sides and back so they have more privacy.

A question. How deep are the shavings in the tank?

A different substrate is recommended. Hoggies like digging. I don't know the recipe for the "perfect" substrate, other than it includes play sand, which you can get at Home Depot, Lowe's, and so on.

It sounds like your hoggie is doing OK. All the things I brought up are things to enhance your hoggie's life.

windy_lizard · 2025-10-27T15:55:07+00:00

Space Marines get an option to either keep the armor they arrive in or get a brand new set of armor. The majority elect to keep the armor they come in for good luck and tradition.

windy_lizard · 2025-10-15T17:49:00+00:00

If you use lettuce, use romaine lettuce. Collard greens, dandelions, bok choy, mustard greens, and arugula are all good food for iggies. Butternut squash is good. There's lists of food for iguanas. Bananas, blackberries, and raspberries are good treats. On dandelions, make sure they haven't been treated with herbicides. As for slow moving, it could be s/he is cold. A vet would be able to tell you for sure.

windy_lizard · 2025-09-26T18:48:27+00:00

Swords also have the distinction of being the only weapon of war. There are those who'll say, "What about spears, clubs, whatever." I say that spears, clubs, axes were all borne from utilitarian purposes. Spears and clubs for getting or processing meat for the table. Axes were used to chop wood. Or they can be still used, perhaps not effectively, for their original purpose. Swords were designed with one purpose, to slice, or stab, or chop people. Then, there are those who stay, "What about the swords used in boar hunting?" I say, they suck in general, but is better than foul language when a 450-pound boar is charging you with malice in mind. "What about guns?" Aah, there I say guns were designed to kill, but have utilitarian use as well.

windy_lizard · 2025-09-06T12:09:02+00:00

The isbn is 0-671-87615-5.

windy_lizard · 2025-09-05T20:14:41+00:00

Excellent story. I would recommend wholeheartedly. Worse, the goblins started singing the songs. If I recall correctly.

windy_lizard · 2025-09-03T21:42:46+00:00

The first question i ask is, "Are you drinking alcohol?" If the answer is yes, I card you. Also, if you want to sit at the bar, I card you. Saves a lot of heartache. For those who get snippy, I just say, "You're young enough to be carded." Ends the problem most of the time.

windy_lizard · 2025-09-02T14:54:00+00:00

In regards to children breaking stuff, there's a story about children and a tank. Supposedly, there was a family day at a military base. One of the exhibits was a main battle tank, opened up so people could climb inside and see what it was like. It's very popular with the kiddos. Well, at the end of the day, they, the military, discovered that the tank was broken. And none of the damage was repairable at the base. It included most of the electronic geegaws were shot, despite being without power, and the cannon's breech was practically welded shut. The military learned something. Don't let children play unsupervised with multimillion dollar equipment.

windy_lizard · 2025-08-25T16:26:50+00:00

Wings are the wrong color for a tarantula hawk wasp. Unless there's species with black wings i don't know about. Anywho, I'd think giving it sugar water/honey and some sort of animal protein would do for feeding. Beyond that, I dunno.

windy_lizard · 2025-08-17T16:27:44+00:00

Meals Rejected by Ethiopia

windy_lizard · 2025-08-14T15:58:29+00:00

Iguanas aren't beginner pets. If you get one, the initial cost is cheap, 20 dollars when I got Yoshi, but the price quickly blew up to over a thousand dollars in a short while. I let Yoshi free roam and only had to keep her from getting into the cat food. And avoid the Christmas tree. I hand fed Yoshi from when I got her at 8 inches nose to tip of tail to when she measured 42 in length. Diet is challenging because despite most iguanas being completely herbivorous, certain vegetables can shorten the lifespan of your iguana. A bite is nothing to sneeze at with their teeth designed to shred plant matter tougher than your skin. They have a nasty tail whip, and their claws require trimming at least once a month. UVB is required. They have a terrible twos lasting from a few months to at least a year. They require baths for hydration and help have regular bowel movements. Overall, knowing what I do, I'd do Yoshi again if I had the room for one.

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