2020: One Day At A Time, We Will Achieve!!
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I received my request form for a mail in ballot yesterday. Under normal conditions, I would just plan to do early voting in person, but with COVID still out of control in my area, I don’t know if that’s a good plan or not. Who knows if conditions will be better or worse by then? On the other hand, with the way tRump is manipulating the postal service, I have no faith that my mail in ballot will arrive in time and be counted. Added to that concern is the fact that I live in a republican stronghold and I have concerns about mail in ballots mysteriously disappearing or not being counted even if they do arrive in time. I think I will request the ballot just in case conditions worsen, but early vote in person if I possibly can.0
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My town hall has a drop off box in the wall. I’ve used it in the past to drop off tax payments. Mail in ballots can be dropped in that box so it wouldn’t have to be mailed back. Does your city have anything like that? I’m leaning towards early voting. I live in a small town so I think voters would be spread out over the course of the day. We did it before and there were only a few people in line. We’ll try it for the primary. We can get the mail in ballot of and drop it off at town hall for November if early voting doesn’t work as well as I hope.0
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We have requested mail-in ballots but the cheeto's antics are concerning. Do we have no one capable/willing to restrain him?
I've had all kinds of wild ideas. E.g. national guard could guard drop off boxes. But of course republican/swing states wouldn't do that and that's where it needs done.
I've had several volunteers tell me they haven't gotten their newsletters and we sent those out with stamps on them this time. We didn't even use bulk mail.0 -
OOH, OOH, I KNOW HOW TO DO THIS!!! (DH makes fun of my lack of technical know-how.)
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I logged my breakfast so that is the start for the day. I never pay attention to the notation at the end of the day that says something like "Based upon today, if you continue then at the end of 30 days, you will lose x pounds." Liars!
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Jean - love it!!!0
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Great memes. I can especially relate to sounds of apathy. I’m working on increasing my steps. I only did half my usual total the day we drove to the dentist 7 hours of driving will do that. My knee stiffened up a bit just from that one day of less activity. It’s not as bad as when I first decided I needed to walk more. But it’s a good motivator to get up and move every hour.0
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Pam - too funny!
Helene - 7 hours of driving? Wow!0 -
A very early photo of the street I grew up on (our house can't be seen because of the church):
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Michelle Obama’s speech was a thing of beauty. There’s a woman of grace, dignity and gravitas. She really laid out why Trump is the wrong person in this job. I loved Bernie’s comparison to Nero fiddled while Rome burned and Trump golfs. On another note, I wonder what his golf scores are. You never read anything about that. Do you think he cheats?0
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Michelle Obama’s speech was a thing of beauty. There’s a woman of grace, dignity and gravitas. She really laid out why Trump is the wrong person in this job. I loved Bernie’s comparison to Nero fiddled while Rome burned and Trump golfs. On another note, I wonder what his golf scores are. You never read anything about that. Do you think he cheats?
Is the Pope Catholic?????0 -
He cheats at everything else in his life. Why wouldn’t he cheat at golf, too?0
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Pam--Love the meme!! Yes, the sounds of apathy abound!!
Maryanne--Love the pic! It is so interesting to compare then and now, and look at the changes.
Helene--I drove 5 straight hours yesterday with just one break long enough to go to the bathroom. When I got out of the car at the destination, I was so stiff I had problems walking.0 -
So, I have a question for you who are knowledgeable about cat behavior. I have a friend who seems to allow her cats to do anything they want with few consequences. She seems convinced that they won’t respond to any disciplinary efforts on her part. Example: one of her cats (she has 4) will shred her paper towel roll anytime she leaves it out. She keeps it in the refrigerator because he seems able to find and destroy it if she leaves it anywhere else. She works from home and today one of her cats was knocking everything off her desk. She yelled at it and now the cat is sulking in the corner, so she is apologizing to the cat for yelling. She truly believes that cats can’t learn not to do things like shredding paper towels or knocking things off the desk, and that it is not possible to discipline them. She said she normally just picks him up and puts him outside her office and closes the door, but then he stands at the door and cries. What are your thoughts?0
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That's a tough question to answer.
When it came to something like a towel roll, I admit I'd be with your friend - I'd just keep it out of reach.
Cats can learn, sort of. Tuffy, for example, knows he's not supposed to be on my desk. I accomplished that with cans of compressed air (traditionally people used water bottles; that's a lot messier). That doesn't mean he doesn't get on my desk. It means he takes off like a flash whenever he sees me seeing him there.
If I want to know who's on the cat porch, I just shake a bag of treats near the opening and in they come. They also have learned the sounds of - can opener, vacuum cleaner, knock on front door - and each responds in his/her own way to such sounds.
They've learned our routines. Indy comes out of nowhere after we eat dinner because she knows she then gets cuddle time. Tuffy comes from nowhere when it's evening TV/couch time. They know the bedtime routine. They know the morning routine. Etc.
On the other hand, I've been trying what seems like forever to get Sammy to stop attacking Jack.
Keep in mind I've always had a multiple cat household. And I've never spent much energy on trying to teach them much of anything or much time researching how to do so. We mostly live and let live and enjoy each other.
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Cats can definitely learn if a person puts the effort in. We never had a cat that shredded toilet paper or paper towels. It probably wasn’t their thing. We had 2 cats that liked to claw upholstery. We would yell no if we saw them do it. They look at us and stop. Of course the behavior would repeat another day. I like to watch dog training shows. One thing Brandon uses for dogs that changes behavior is shaking a jar full of coins when the dog tried to get something off the counter. He used hidden cameras to catch the dog behavior in progress. He had dogs that chewed shoes so he attached the shoe to the dog collar and the shoe went with the dog. It wasn’t so fun to carry the shoe so the dog lost interest in chewing shoes. Maybe she could cut down a roll of paper towels to mini size and tie it to the cat collar. She has nothing to lose. The noisy coins would work because it startles the cat. Compressed air sounds good. She should watch a few episodes of My Cat From Hell on Animal Planet. Her cat is probably looking for attention. Some feather on a stick play would probably go a long way. Besides giving attention, play bleeds off excess energy and tires the cat out. Getting into mischief is less interesting when tired.0
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Feeding the colonies this morning gave me another example of how cats learn. If you drove up you wouldn't see a thing. When I drive up, they're right there. They know my vehicle.
I think a lot of their learning has to do with whether learning benefits them. LOL!0 -
This is from the Chicago Tribune in May but it's hilarious:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-trump-coronavirus-covid-hydroxychloroquine-deaths-testing-huppke-20200520-bhfyzbxzcnburhqjvbpsqvuzsa-story.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=exchange&tblci=GiDe6WUAXTjYU3rfIQlKVrTwC51_yvBB5CWn7Gf3THvjQCCP3z8#tblciGiDe6WUAXTjYU3rfIQlKVrTwC51_yvBB5CWn7Gf3THvjQCCP3z80 -
Yeah, how many times can a person contradict what they’ve said and ever be right. I dropped our ballot applications off in the town hall box today. They even had a sign on the box saying deposit ballots here. The actual ballots will have to be mailed to us. I’ll let you know how long they take to arrive. Once we have them and fill them out, I’ll put them in the town hall box. That way, I know they got there.
I agree that there has to be a benefit to a cat for it to respond as you like treats, affection and food are good reasons. Back in the days before opi top cat food, the cats would come running when they heard the electric can opener. It wasn’t always for them but they took no chances they might miss a meal.0 -
My guys still come to the can opened. I've always split a single can of tuna between the household as part of breakfast. Let's me count noses and see if anyone's "off".0
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I just got an email from someone who wants to come in and volunteer with the cats and dogs.
I can understand that not knowing what TNR means could mean you don't automatically understand we don't have a shelter but what part of Cat Rescue of Maryland are you not understanding?
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What does TNR mean? I’m in the group that never heard of that. Are you going to take this person on? In FL, many shelters had people adopt or foster cats and dog during Covid. I’ll bet a lot of fosters end up being adopted. It’s hard not to become attached so I doubt many are given back.0
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TNR = trap, neuter, release. We work with the caretakers of feral cat colonies, providing funding, equipment, answers and moral support.
The only volunteers we have are those that help with fund raising and at the moment they are on hiatus.0 -
Actually, I wouldn’t assume that Cat Rescue was not a shelter either. I know of several animal rescue organizations that actually do operate a shelter.
I had a routine doctor’s appointment this morning that went very well. My BP was good, he is pleased with my cholesterol, and everything else we talked about seemed to be ok. I have been waking up several times a night with my hands hurting, which he thinks is due to fluid buildup in my fingers that occurs when I’m not moving them like I do while awake. It’s not harmful, only a bit painful when I start moving them again. Unfortunately, there is no effective treatment for this. I will see him again in 6 months and hopefully not having to wear a mask and drown myself in hand sanitizer as soon as I leave his office.0 -
Actually, I wouldn’t assume that Cat Rescue was not a shelter either. I know of several animal rescue organizations that actually do operate a shelter.
I had a routine doctor’s appointment this morning that went very well. My BP was good, he is pleased with my cholesterol, and everything else we talked about seemed to be ok. I have been waking up several times a night with my hands hurting, which he thinks is due to fluid buildup in my fingers that occurs when I’m not moving them like I do while awake. It’s not harmful, only a bit painful when I start moving them again. Unfortunately, there is no effective treatment for this. I will see him again in 6 months and hopefully not having to wear a mask and drown myself in hand sanitizer as soon as I leave his office.
But I bet you wouldn't assume we sheltered dogs. LOL!
Sorry about your hands! That sounds like an awful thing to wake up to but glad your appointment went well overall.0 -
"Spanish Flu, 1918. Family Portrait."
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