KK Chat -- 1 July 2012

[DesertRose]

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[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:41:33 PM] <DesertRose> Hi KK.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:41:33 PM] <the_Bee> Hello KK!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:41:38 PM] <DesertRose> I guess you do have power.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:41:41 PM] <jemler> they guy was afanatic about the 1980's. so you had to learn about that to ply the game. Atari, Whiz ids, 26 Candles, the works.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:41:43 PM] <jemler> hi KK
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:42:07 PM] <DesertRose> KK, did y'all come through that storm okay?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:42:12 PM] <jemler> 16 candles, sorry
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:44:23 PM] <the_Bee> Does "Whiz id" mean your Id is going on a toot?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:44:37 PM] <KK> Just got our poer back about an hour ago. It's been grim since Friday night at 7:02.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:44:46 PM] <jemler> no, that was Whiz Kids. a show that lasted about 3 months.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:45:07 PM] <DesertRose> Okay. I was thinking y'all might have lost power; that was some nasty weather.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:45:43 PM] <jemler> we had tornado warnings here.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:45:47 PM] <DesertRose> Yikes.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:45:52 PM] <KK> They say the wind peaked at about 65 mph. It was like a hurricane. Lots of tree branches down, though we had no serious damage.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:46:14 PM] <the_Bee> Our wild weather was a week ago Saturday.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:46:21 PM] <DesertRose> Well, at least there was no serious damage. Were the fur-kids scared?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:46:41 PM] <DesertRose> Ours was a week ago, with that freaking tropical storm.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:46:42 PM] <Kelric> heh. for a portion of my brother's drive to my parent's place he was in a slalom course. Constuction area had barrels blown alll over the place.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:47:58 PM] <KK> Not really. when it was dying down, we went out on the sleeping porch in the back and watched the trees thrashing around, and the sheet lightning. COuldn't let the dogs out after that, other than accompcanied, because when the power is out, so is the electric fence. They are very glad to have the power back on, so they can go out at will.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:48:01 PM] <the_Bee> Did he get there okay?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:48:50 PM] <DesertRose> Well, that's good. Poor puppies, not getting to go outside though.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:49:38 PM] <the_Bee> Did the kitties take it in stride?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:49:54 PM] <KK> Fortunately, the temperature dropped about 20 degrees with the storm, so the first night was only unpleaseant without air; last night was brutal. We were going to go to a hotel tonight, if the power hadn't come back.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:50:15 PM] <DesertRose> I bet.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:50:21 PM] <the_Bee> Glad you came here instread.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:50:30 PM] <DesertRose> Glad you got your power back.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:50:59 PM] <KK> I don't know when I've been so hot for so long. It was awful.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:51:25 PM] <DesertRose> I bet.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:52:07 PM] <the_Bee> It's hotter for the folks in the wildfire areas.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:52:44 PM] <KK> We've about decided we should buy a generator. That should prevent this from ever happening again. Sure oculd have used one this time.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:52:51 PM] <DesertRose> Could you sleep at all, KK? I can't sleep to save my life if I'm too hot.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:53:39 PM] <DesertRose> My parents have one, but we all live in Florida, so it's kind of de rigueur if you can afford one.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:53:48 PM] <KK> Slept fitfully, and kept waking up. And it didn't help that Gus wanted to snuggle up in the crook of my right arm, as he often does. But it was really hot.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:53:56 PM] <DesertRose> Silly cat.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:54:50 PM] <DesertRose> Gus seems to be very much your cat, KK. It seems like he's wherever you are.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:54:59 PM] <KK> Yes.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:55:46 PM] <KK> I'm the Mom-cat for him. It's always been that way.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:55:49 PM] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:56:30 PM] <DesertRose> My car died last week when I took a neighbor over to her friend's house, and the friend's kittens swarmed all over me. I had kittens everywhere, it seemed, while I was waiting for my stepdad and the tow truck.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:56:54 PM] <DesertRose> They were very cute, and if I could afford a pet right now, I'd have taken one.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:57:04 PM] <KK> Sweet. Kittens are wonderful.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:57:55 PM] <DesertRose> They are fun. Probably once I'm working again and can afford vet bills, I'll go to the shelter and adopt a youngish cat.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:58:16 PM] <DesertRose> Probably not a little bitty kitten like these were, but maybe 6 months old or so.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [07:58:37 PM] <the_Bee> Melantha was just over a year old when I adopted her.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:00:10 PM] <DesertRose> That's a good age. Young enough to be playful but not so young as to not be litter-box-trained.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:00:11 PM] <KK> Adopting a mature kitty can be very rewarding--and they're often overlooked in shelters, because people want kittens or very young cats.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:00:19 PM] <DesertRose> True.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:00:48 PM] <DesertRose> Well, we'll see who picks me out when I can go to the shelter and adopt one.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:01:08 PM] <the_Bee> I don't think there were any kittens there when I got Melantha.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:01:11 PM] <KK> That's the spirit!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:01:54 PM] <DesertRose> The cat my parents have now is a foundling. She was in the middle of the road, and my daughter and her best friend picked the kitten up and took her home and cleaned her up. She was so dirty she looked black. She's actually kind of a blue-gray.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:02:05 PM] <the_Bee> Threre were two cats I looked at, and the other--a little calico said a definite NO!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:03:46 PM] <KK> It's been a long time since I got kitties from a shelter. More often, they find us, and turn up when they need to.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:04:31 PM] <the_Bee> with shelter cats the shots and neutering have usually been taken care of.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:04:33 PM] <DesertRose> There's a vet clinic here called St. Francis Animal Hospital, and they a) have great rates and b) are a nonprofit trying to get to where they can subsidize vet bills for poor people's pets.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:04:45 PM] <DesertRose> I love that place. They are awesome.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:05:43 PM] <KK> I was just reading today that there's a new shot for male dogs that chemically neuters them--and they put a tattoo on the inner thigh to show that it's been done.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:05:55 PM] <DesertRose> Oh neat.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:06:12 PM] <KK> Don't know if they can use something similar for cats or not. Females stll have to get the surgery.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:06:21 PM] <DesertRose> That's probably a good deal less traumatic than surgical desexing.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:06:30 PM] <jemler> so when he lifts his leg, the female dog says 'Ooh, that's not good!'
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:06:35 PM] <DesertRose> They'll probably develop it for cats, eventually.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:07:12 PM] <KK> THey don't have to anaesthetize; just a sedative. Far less likelihood for complications.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:07:26 PM] <DesertRose> I wonder what brilliant vet came up with that.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:07:48 PM] <the_Bee> I can remember when people often spayed females, but didn't bother with males. Tomcats roamed the neighborhood.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:07:58 PM] <jemler> yeah, and what is her name?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:08:53 PM] <DesertRose> Yuk. There's no living with unaltered tomcats. They spray. Ew.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:09:18 PM] <the_Bee> I've smelled what you mean, DR.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:09:23 PM] Join Shiral has joined this channel (Mibbit@504018.A7BCBA.6044E5.E2E484).
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:09:32 PM] <the_Bee> Hi Shiral!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:09:32 PM] <jemler> hi shiral
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:09:36 PM] * Shiral runs in in haste
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:09:39 PM] <DesertRose> Hi Shiral.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:09:41 PM] <KK> Yeah, bad. One needs to tackle the anti-social behavior as well as the fertility, so I don't know how well such a thing will catch on.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:09:44 PM] <Shiral> Ah, I haven't completely missed the fun
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:09:58 PM] <Shiral> Chat that, is. Not anti-social behavior
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:10:05 PM] <Shiral> Hi KK
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:10:20 PM] <DesertRose> We were discussing un-neutered tomcats; that's what the anti-social behavior remark was about.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:10:27 PM] <the_Bee> Tomcat stench is worse inddor. A neighbor's cat sprayed my apartment before she got him fixed.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:10:54 PM] <Shiral> Ah, yes. Tomcat pee is defniitely a social deterrent
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:11:00 PM] <KK> Yeah, neuterd spray is bad enough; un-neutered is horrible.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:11:15 PM] <DesertRose> Yeah, major EWWWW.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:12:18 PM] <the_Bee> My neighbor's neutered male uses my caat's litterboox. I must have good oder-control litter, because it's not so bad.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:12:38 PM] <DesertRose> Well, once they're neutered, the smell is nowhere near as bad.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:14:37 PM] <Shiral> Have Brion and Alaric arrived in Bremagne yet? (And now for something completely different.)
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:14:52 PM] <DesertRose> LOL, Shiral.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:15:14 PM] <jemler> The Bureau of Funny Walks (or was it Silly Walks?)
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:15:20 PM] <Shiral> Silly walks
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:16:07 PM] <KK> No, I've had to backtrack a bit and rearrange the action re Llion's marriage and Brion taking Alaric to see Letald's installation as Hort of Orsal--and still get them back to Rhemuth in plenty of time for Twelfth Night.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:16:08 PM] <the_Bee> The Department of Silly Walks
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:16:52 PM] <Shiral> "All this galloping backwards is hard on your R'Kassan horses, Sire...."
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:17:06 PM] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:17:25 PM] <KK> And I've realized that Brion probably wouldn't want to marry Jehana in Bremagne at Twelfth Night, because then the weather is against them to get back to Rhemuth. So I'm going to have to tweak some of Rob's timing, where he make guesstimates.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:17:29 PM] <Shiral> "I know, Alaric. I don't know if we're coming or going, any more...
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:17:58 PM] <DesertRose> Oh well. That's what Codex 3 is for, to fix those sorts of goofs.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:18:20 PM] <the_Bee> Is there a traditional time for summer weddings?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:18:41 PM] <jemler> in the summer?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:18:49 PM] <KK> I think maybe he'll marry Jehana at Twelfth Night in Bremagne by proxy, with the proper wedding in Rhemuth in the spring.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:18:53 PM] * Shiral swats Jemler with a trout
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:19:04 PM] <the_Bee> I mean a special Saints's day or some such.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:19:05 PM] <jemler> forgot to duck!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:19:19 PM] <Shiral> It came at you from an unexpected quarter
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:19:55 PM] <jemler> Evie's not here. i thought i was safe.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:20:04 PM] <KK> Spring, not summer.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:20:12 PM] <DesertRose> You're never safe, jemler.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:20:30 PM] <KK> Probably May, because it has to be after Lent and Easter.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:20:33 PM] <the_Bee> Ivwe read that autumn wedding used to be tracitional, after the harvest was in and farm work slowed for the winter.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:21:01 PM] <DesertRose> That would probably apply more to commoners than to the royalty, though.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:21:07 PM] <KK> Yes.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:21:08 PM] <the_Bee> Yes.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:21:10 PM] <Shiral> HAH! You'd like to THINK you're safe, Jemler...
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:21:30 PM] <KK> Where is Evie tonight?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:21:35 PM] <Shiral> All those winter months, waiting for the wedding....
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:21:47 PM] <the_Bee> Is Pentecost a favorable wedding time?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:21:54 PM] <DesertRose> She is in transit from Tennessee.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:21:59 PM] <the_Bee> Evie's visiting her new preemie cousin
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:22:23 PM] <KK> Not bad. But we can't push the wedding too far into that year, or it starts interfering with other things.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:23:04 PM] <the_Bee> Of course they can make any day special by choosing it for their wedding day.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:23:19 PM] <Shiral> I'm sure Jehana had LOTS of fripperies to have made over the winter
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:23:21 PM] <DesertRose> Yeah, she got pregnant with Kelson pretty quickly, IIRC.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:23:59 PM] <the_Bee> Kelson was born in DSecamber...
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:24:02 PM] <KK> I think it would be in the nature of a blessing of the marriage, since they are already married by proxy, added to Jehana's crowning as queen.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:24:09 PM] <DesertRose> Right.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:24:33 PM] <Shiral> But she'd STILL have to have a suitable wardrobe for her new life as Queen...
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:25:04 PM] <DesertRose> Well, of course, but she was a princess of Bremagne by birth; I'm sure she has court-suitable clothes. Maybe not Gwynedd-winter suitable ones, though.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:25:13 PM] <the_Bee> But it's not proper to impregnate your bride by proxy, even if Rhys Michael's Regents would have done it.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:25:27 PM] <KK> This is true.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:25:34 PM] <Shiral> Actually, I thought it took Brion and Jehana a year or two of marriage before Kelson arrived
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:25:36 PM] <DesertRose> Rhys Michael's regents were...words I can't say in here.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:25:54 PM] <jemler> it'd be a pretty impressive feat, if he did.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:25:56 PM] <KK> But we know that it takes Jehana a while to get pregnant. If the consummation is later, that helps to explain.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:26:06 PM] * jemler ducks
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:26:26 PM] <DesertRose> Isn't Kelson's birthday in November?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:26:33 PM] <Shiral> It does help if the bride and groom are in the same country
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:26:41 PM] <KK> Yes, DR.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:26:41 PM] <DesertRose> Indeed.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:26:42 PM] <the_Bee> Yes, and Jehana ran off to a convent after Alaric helped Brion to use magic to defeat the Marluk.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:26:44 PM] <jemler> at least
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:26:45 PM] <Shiral> yes, but November 1106
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:26:51 PM] <DesertRose> Okay. So I'm a year off, then.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:27:01 PM] <Shiral> This is Spring of.... 1104? or 05?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:27:59 PM] <KK> 1104.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:28:00 PM] * Shiral sends the flying sardines at Jemler
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:28:55 PM] <KK> That's also the year of Jorian's ordination and execution, so there'll be a lot of talk about that.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:29:03 PM] <jemler> the Church of Gwynedd broke away from the Church of Bremayne. Did they change like Rome and Byzantium, or are they the same Church?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:29:27 PM] <the_Bee> KK, do you use the Codex to keep your dates straight, or do you use your stories to correct the Codex?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:29:39 PM] <Shiral> That's true. Poor Jorian. ANd poor Alaric
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:29:51 PM] <KK> They're pretty much the same. Not as much difference as with the Torenthi church, which is very Byzantine.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:30:07 PM] <KK> Both, Bee.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:30:11 PM] <jemler> so Jehanna wouldn't have to convert.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:30:51 PM] * DesertRose launches a trebuchet of anchovies at jemler, just on general principle.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:31:10 PM] <KK> No. But she was educated in a convent that's very different from the very benign sisters of Arc-en-Ciel.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:31:22 PM] <jemler> well Brion couldn't convert, the church in gwynbedd would never allow it.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:31:38 PM] <Shiral> Something certainly made her jumpy from a religious point of view...
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:32:04 PM] <KK> That would be, in part, the view of the Mother Superior re Deryni.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:32:16 PM] <DesertRose> The Torenthi church seems fairly close to Eastern Orthodoxy.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:32:16 PM] <Shiral> I'd always thought that Gwynedd and Bremagne would be like the churches of England and France pre Henry VIII
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:32:26 PM] <KK> Yes.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:32:36 PM] <Shiral> Pretty much the same in outward form of the Mass and liturgy
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:32:52 PM] <KK> Exactly, Shiral.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:33:06 PM] <Shiral> So no real conversion necessary on anyone's part
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:33:12 PM] <KK> No.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:33:35 PM] <Shiral> Just a slight difference in attitudes and emphasis
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:34:06 PM] <KK> Yes, and perhaps some minor differences according to local usage.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:34:21 PM] <Shiral> I would think that Jehana would be glad to leave that convent and get back to the fun of court life!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:34:38 PM] <the_Bee> If she'd let herself.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:35:02 PM] <KK> If she was truly convent-bred, she might consider that more the norm than fun court life.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:35:20 PM] <DesertRose> Well, if you don't know that part, KK, who does?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:35:26 PM] <Shiral> Clearly her father has an eye to making a good marriage, for her
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:35:43 PM] <Shiral> And a convent is "no man's land."
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:35:51 PM] <jemler> isn't it against the rules to go breeding in a convent?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:35:54 PM] * jemler ducks
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:36:07 PM] <DesertRose> jemler: don't make me hurt you!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:36:27 PM] <jemler> lol
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:36:36 PM] * Shiral launches an octopus at Jemler
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:36:54 PM] <KK> I'm still working out the details--and got nothing worked out for the past days other than ways to try to stay cool.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:37:01 PM] <DesertRose> LOL, okay.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:37:12 PM] * Shiral sends KK cooling breezes
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:37:19 PM] <KK> n octopus?!)
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:37:35 PM] <Shiral> Jemler's being naughty. It's just a little one
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:37:36 PM] <DesertRose> Shiral, KK and hers didn't have power until earlier today from that big storm.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:37:42 PM] <the_Bee> Take several cool showers a day, and let yourself air-dry.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:37:52 PM] <Shiral> Ah....That also makes it hard to write
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:37:59 PM] <DesertRose> Just a bit.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:38:24 PM] <KK> Very hard to write without electricity. I was powerless!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:38:38 PM] <Shiral> Frustrating, yes
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:38:52 PM] <the_Bee> I trust your power will saty on for a while.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:39:20 PM] <Shiral> Although you've clearly been thinking about things.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:40:24 PM] <KK> We heard that the wind downing trees and branches accounted for 90% of the power outages. No particular lightning strikes taking out transformers and the like. So the fixes were fairly easy; there were just a lot of them.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:40:34 PM] <DesertRose> Makes sense.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:40:44 PM] <Shiral> Sorry, all. Must dash and help close up downstairs.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:40:48 PM] <Shiral> Ta, for now.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:40:51 PM] <DesertRose> Okay, see you, Shiral.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:41:01 PM] <the_Bee> nighters, Shiral. Glad you made it.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:41:05 PM] <jemler> nite shiral
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:41:08 PM] * Shiral steps onto her portal, waves farewell and disappears in a cloud of blue steam
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:41:16 PM] <Shiral> Me too, Bee! Bye, all
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:41:22 PM] Quit Shiral has left this server (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client).
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:41:51 PM] <KK> It was a bizarre storm. Wind was blowing horizontally, thrashing the trees like in a mix-master, and there was weird sheet-lightning. At one point, the sky got a weird greeny color, and I was wondering if a tornado was heading for us.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:42:03 PM] <DesertRose> YIKES!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:42:09 PM] <DesertRose> I hate tornados.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:42:21 PM] <the_Bee> KK: an octupus works like a giant cat-o'-nine-talis.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:42:37 PM] <KK> Fortunately, this wasn't one. But most of the state was affected.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:42:52 PM] <KK> Bee, I like that octo-nine-tails!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:42:54 PM] <DesertRose> Yeah, y'all, and WV and OH and I think part of Kentucky.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:43:08 PM] <KK> It came from Ohio, we heard.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:43:30 PM] <DesertRose> I have a friend in Ohio who didn't lose power so she told her friends to come over to her house for warm showers and a/c.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:43:31 PM] <the_Bee> where Jemler is
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:43:41 PM] <DesertRose> There you go, Bee. It's all jemler's fault.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:43:48 PM] <jemler> i didn't do it!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:44:12 PM] <jemler> i wqas in dialysis yesterday. i have witnesses!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:44:50 PM] <KK> OK, Jenler has a good alibi.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:45:05 PM] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:45:09 PM] <jemler> thank you!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:47:04 PM] <KK> Well, I think the hot water heater probably has had time to heat the water, so I think I'm going to wign off and go take a wonderful, long-anticipated cool shower.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:47:20 PM] <KK> sign off
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:47:23 PM] <DesertRose> Okay, enjoy your shower and your week.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:47:32 PM] <the_Bee> good idea! Thanks for coming and have a good week.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:47:38 PM] <DesertRose> Here's hoping for no more storms. This power outage stuff is for the birds.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:47:43 PM] <jemler> Gallagher: Why do they call it a hot water heater when you don't need to heat hot water?
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:47:57 PM] * DesertRose beats jemler with an eel.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:47:59 PM] <the_Bee> The birds don't want it.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:48:05 PM] <DesertRose> Nobody does.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:48:15 PM] <KK> Yeah, there will still be some recovery, and July 4th festivities will eat up some time; it's my mmom's 87th birthday.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:48:16 PM] <jemler> that's what Gallagher asked!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:48:29 PM] <DesertRose> Oh, happy birthday to your mom then!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:48:31 PM] <jemler> happy birthday, mom!\
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:48:49 PM] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodmight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:48:50 PM] <the_Bee> Happy Birthday to Little Bitty Mom.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:48:54 PM] <DesertRose> Night, KK!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:49:06 PM] <KK> I'll convey your greetings. Thanks!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:49:37 PM] <jemler> ite kk
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:50:03 PM] <KK> I took Oswald over to visit her for about an hour this afternoon, which also gav him a bit of AC--and then Scott and I took both of them for ice cream. It seemed like the right thing to do. Oswald got his own scoop of vanilla.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:50:13 PM] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:50:18 PM] <DesertRose> I bet Oswald liked that.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:51:15 PM] <KK> He loved it--and woofed to announce his arrival when we went through the double set of automatic doors. I think it reminded him of the vet's, and he loves to go there, and always woofs to announce his arrival. He was a hit with the residents who were in the lobby.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:51:25 PM] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:52:25 PM] <KK> And on that note, I really must fly. Just realized that I probably won't be here next week, because I'll be at a Michaeline gathering. So, two weeks from now!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:52:37 PM] <the_Bee> See you then!
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:52:44 PM] <DesertRose> Okay, take care! Have a good fortnight.
[Sunday, July 01, 2012] [08:52:46 PM] <KK> Nighters!
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