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  1. Nah have never done that for a snake, but would for a venomous one in my yard. The o-possum was just a creature I couldn't figure out how to escort out of my shower, and it worked out well with him getting a free trip to the piney woods of Bastrop. Plus my cat was real scared man, almost as scared as those cops.
  2. Yeah it's nauseating. There are people on that board that talk the way my dad and grandfather did 40 freaking years ago. And while my dad still thinks like that, he knows better than to spew it out for the whole world to see.
  3. Forgive the derail but just remembered more about that possum deal. Many years ago, and me being single, living alone. Asleep in bed and woke to hear all kinds of weird, creepy noises.Wouldn't stop. Said to cat, "CAT....cut it out. WTF. CAT" Roll over to see cat right next to me, looking at me. And still --weird noises. So I do that thing that everyone says only stupid as shit people would do in horror movies, but never in real life: Investigate. Eventually locate possum in the bathroom, INSIDE the stand-alone, enclosed shower. Call 311. They're on it. Wait. Two very bored cops heard the dispatch and decide to stop by my house to make sure Everything Is Under Control (TM). I let them in. I say, possum's in there (door's closed). Do you want to look? Nah, we're good. Come on, I say, he's right there. NOPE NAH...uh uh. These dudes were certifiably scared. To look at a possum. I noted nervous, furtive behavior regarding that possum that would lead me to have reasonable suspicion to detain them, had the tables been turned. They assured themselves Everything Was Under Control, then they left. The animal control worker showed up and was a tough as nails woman, who got the possum in a trap and headed out with him to Bastrop where his kinfolk might be waiting. Moral: Animal Control > Cops [css]
  4. Guess I'm talking to almost nobody then. Seen several pics of mutilated sneks in this thread. The coral above, for one. Maybe that neighbor who sent it to midtown was worried since it was in his backyard, though corals are notoriously shy and non-aggressive. But just call 311/animal control. I've had animal control come at 3 am and relocate a sweet possum from my shower to the great outdoors. They will come out.
  5. why kill even venomous snakes if they're not threatening you/yours? They're part of the ecosystem. Gross
  6. Come and Take muh Salisbury Steak
  7. I would add that on the other side, it's not entirely clear that even kids who seem to recover smoothly from Covid don't have long-term, not immediately-apparent effects. They've found "ground glass" lung tissue damage even in asymptomatic cases, then there's the heart inflammation and related issues that sometimes occur. My 14-yr old niece got some shitty genetics and was born with a hole in her heart and also has high blood pressure even though she's super-active and not overweight. She got Covid and I guess I'm the only one in the family who seemed at all concerned about long-term issues ...and they have her running track.... just saying, the balancing seems clear to me that even kids are better off with these proven vaccine mechanisms than risking Covid.
  8. Accurate Twitter reply: Tucker always looks like a toddler watching his parents fuck
  9. for some reason this announcer thing and his apology reminds me of that commercial about not becoming your old parents -- where they're in the home improvement store and the dudes can't stop themselves from commenting on the person with blue hair .... "we all see it...don't need to say it... BLUE!!!" ..except instead of "blue" they can't stop themselves from "black" but worse actually
  10. Coincidence? Looking at this fat bloviating grease machine makes me think he smells like green eggs and ham
  11. Well, people aren't showing up for the Rolling Stones tickets. The HEB my wife was at was saying that they have to solicit people in the store at the end of the day to get one so they don't have to throw out the vaccines for the no-shows. I'm actually going to test this theory out today at my HEB. When I got my first shot at HEB, which was damned lucky to find in Austin, there were only a few people in the time slot and the girl ahead of me had to change her mind because *derp* "I has a work trip scheduled and I didn't know when the follow up shot would be" so she was begging the pharmacist to reschedule her 2nd shot or make it be in Houston where she would be. He's like nah doesn't work that way, so she declined her shot, which went into an employee's arm.
  12. I don't know the law in that jurisdiction but usually the cause of death can be more than one thing and still lead to a murder conviction....the issue in such case would be, would he have died but for the action of the officer. Don't know about y'all, but I think Floyd just woulda up and died on his own that day without the dude kneeling on his neck for minutes so that he couldn't breathe as he was begging for his life and saying repeatedly that he couldn't breathe.....
  13. what's the protocol for HEB? The confirmation email just say hey show up at this date and time. Do I traipse in the store like normal and go the pharmacy? Are the slots truly one person per time slot? It says to avoid overcrowding and extended wait time, don't arrive more than 30 minutes ahead of appointment time.
  14. yeah this is going to be a huge fucking problem for me. I can't imagine this is real.....the fallout would be huge. But everything shitty that I couldn't imagine has been going forward, so not betting against it.
  15. It's pretty amazing that a year into this, we still have to have this conversation about masks being a community mitigation measure, rather than a personal freedom issue based on personal protection. It's almost as if some people are intentionally not listening to the facts.
  16. I actually just managed to get an HEB appt at my own neighborhood store (affectionately known as the "gimp" HEB) Very stoked.
  17. Does JohnnySack have a mental or emotional disorder? I just received more than 12 neg reps from him in short order, going back from posts of mine from more than half a year ago. Some of those posts were commiserating about the loss of a loved one or pet. Seems stable
  18. I hear you and though I haven't had the experience you've had, I also feel like I'm just barely hanging on. I'm so sorry for your loss. And I agree wholeheartedly with your analogy. Similarly, I've felt for a while now that Texans are in an abusive, domestic violence type relationship with the elected leadership. Some love the drama, don't really understand the damage, and keep going back for more, some are under a Stockholm Syndrome type delusion, and many more are just desperate to escape but can't.
  19. If there's any one lesson to take from the Trump Administration, it's that obstruction works. Especially now that the R's are so entrenched in team play and so advantaged by the systems they exploit. And they weren't particularly savvy or organized about it. It's just that our institutions are not equipped to stand up to that level of blatant stonewalling.
  20. So more transmissible variants are starting down the road to becoming dominant strains and experts have advised to double-mask in more high-risk situations. Abbott: Hurr durrr must be time to UNMASK
  21. He essentially just canceled our spring break trip, because we are not going to any fun public places when there will be maskless fucking goons everywhere taking their "freedom" legs out for a spin. He also just consigned my extremely high-risk dad who only now got the first shot to more time being homebound. Heckuva job, Greggie
  22. Why does she look like a little person, even has a disproportionately large head
  23. So tankless exterior water heater seems like a fucking bad idea. Anyone else out for hot water for who knows how many weeks? Tech came by and said it's just the inlet t- pipe that's cracked, but getting that part will take longer than getting a whole new unit. At several thousand $, a new unit doesn't even meet the deductible, so guess it'll be cold showers and no dishwasher for what will seem like forever. FML
  24. I'm really sorry, Brisket. I've been through this with four cats. It's much better to let them go in a humane, controlled way than to wait too long and have them go in a traumatic way. Do you have a vet that can do it at your home? We had the best vet who would come out on short notice and we felt much better about the whole thing that way. As in still truly sad, but also relieved. You've given Shiny Cat a lot of care and a good long life, and a loving end is the best, last gift you all can give him.
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