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KK Chat -- 1 December 2019

Started by DesertRose, December 02, 2019, 09:14:44 PM

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[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:15:39 PM EST] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:15:44 PM EST] <jerusha> Hi KK
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:15:45 PM EST] <Evie> Hi KK
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:15:46 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi KK!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:15:46 PM EST] <revanne> It's sometimes 60 here in the summer
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:15:47 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi KK!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:15:48 PM EST] <Laurna> Hello KK
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:15:53 PM EST] <revanne> Hi KK
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:16:01 PM EST] <revanne> How are you keeping
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:16:16 PM EST] <KK> Hello, all. Everyone still stuffed with turkey or the local equivalent?
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:16:23 PM EST] <DesertRose> I actually like the cooler weather when we get it. I get to wear parts of my wardrobe that don't get to come out often. I just wish it'd stay cool or be warm, not yoyo between them.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:16:24 PM EST] <Evie> Yup
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:16:25 PM EST] <Laurna> I hope you enjoyed turkey and stuffing day.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:16:47 PM EST] <The_Bee> I'm stuffed with pies.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:16:49 PM EST] Join HoundMistress (HoundMistr@owirc-qior2n.res.rr.com) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:16:53 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yum, pie.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:16:54 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi HoundMistress
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:16:57 PM EST] <jerusha> Hi Houndmistress
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:17:02 PM EST] <KK> Yes, had Thanksgiving dinner with my good friend Martie and her family. Yummy!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:17:03 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi Houndmistress
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:17:12 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Hi, everyone. Hope all are well?
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:17:15 PM EST] <jerusha> Glad it was good, KK
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:17:28 PM EST] <revanne> That's good KK
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:17:47 PM EST] <Laurna> Sister in law thougth she had brought a chocolet pie but turned out to be cocconut cream pie. Not quiet turkey desert but it did well enough
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:17:53 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Good to have Thanksgiving with friends.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:18:05 PM EST] <revanne> Wish we had some sort of Thanksgiving here. November needs cheering up
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:18:21 PM EST] <anlarye> hi KK
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:18:29 PM EST] <HoundMistress> I heard a lot of people in London have Thanksgiving.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:18:31 PM EST] * anlarye was away working on some server stuff
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:18:38 PM EST] <KK> She's really an amazing person. Last night we delivered 60 little anta hats that she'd knitted, to the NICU over at UVA hospital. Lots of wee babies will look adorable.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:18:44 PM EST] <DesertRose> Send me a plane ticket next November and I'll come cook for you, revanne!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:18:47 PM EST] <KK> Santa hats
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:18:50 PM EST] <DesertRose> (I'm teasing.)
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:18:55 PM EST] <Evie> I think it actually started out as a harvest feast somewhere on your side of the Pond, revanne. Our early colonists brought the idea over with them.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:18:59 PM EST] <Laurna> You could celibate all of those pilgrims leaving your country\
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:19:11 PM EST] <revanne> If I could I would DR
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:19:18 PM EST] <KK> celebrate, too. ;-)
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:19:19 PM EST] <DesertRose> The general concept of a thanksgiving feast is not exclusive to the Americas, no.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:19:24 PM EST] <Evie> Awww, teeny Santa Hats!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:19:28 PM EST] <Laurna> OOps
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:19:35 PM EST] <Laurna> nevermind
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:19:54 PM EST] <Laurna> Like the Santa hats KK
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:19:59 PM EST] <Evie> So miuch for being descebded from pilgrims if they're all celibate! ;-)
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:20:03 PM EST] <KK> LOL, we knew what yoiu meant.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:20:06 PM EST] <Evie> Descended, even!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:20:11 PM EST] <jerusha> GS3 was in NICU for awhile; he would have looked adorable in a Santa hat
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:20:15 PM EST] <DesertRose> Did y'all see all the newborns dressed up like Mr. Rogers for his widow?
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:20:18 PM EST] <The_Bee> I thought Thanksgiving was inspired by some Jewish harvest festival--Tabernacles maybe?
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:20:19 PM EST] <DesertRose> Too cute!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:20:23 PM EST] <Laurna> Spell check at its worst
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:20:35 PM EST] <KK> I just went along for the ride, and to keep Martie company. But it was an awesome mission!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:20:51 PM EST] <Laurna> nice
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:21:03 PM EST] <revanne> Sounds good
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:21:22 PM EST] <Evie> I need to decorate the dollhouse for Christmas again
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:21:25 PM EST] <DesertRose> The general idea of a feast at the end of the harvest is honestly probably as old as agriculture.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:21:30 PM EST] <KK> It was kind of nasty out, and we hadd to go over the mountain, with fog, so it was best she not go alone.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:21:34 PM EST] <Laurna> Post pics, Evie
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:22:03 PM EST] <jerusha> I am not fond of driving in mountains
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:22:03 PM EST] <revanne> Driving in fog is horrid
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:22:09 PM EST] <Evie> If I get around to it. First I really need to clean up the craftroom. It has become the Great Stuff Repository
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:22:30 PM EST] * jerusha nods in understanding. Mine is the same
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:22:31 PM EST] <HoundMistress> I hate to drive in fog. There's always idiots speeding in it.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:22:32 PM EST] <DesertRose> And the first Thanksgiving feast between Europeans and indigenous Americans actually happened about 100 miles south of here, in St. Augustine. :D
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:22:41 PM EST] <The_Bee> Try to cycle with my glasses fogged up is no fun either.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:22:44 PM EST] <DesertRose> In 1585.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:22:50 PM EST] <Laurna> I am waiting for the tile for my last bed room. all the stuff that was in that room is all over my house
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:22:52 PM EST] <revanne> Stuff is definitely not celibate the way it reproduces
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:22:59 PM EST] <Evie> Cool! I've been to St. Augs
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:23:00 PM EST] <DesertRose> LOL, revanne
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:23:00 PM EST] <Laurna> LOL
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:23:05 PM EST] <jerusha> LOL
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:23:07 PM EST] <Evie> LOL
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:23:28 PM EST] <Evie> Mine is not just celibate, it doesn't believe in contraception either!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:23:30 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yeah, I'm almost certain I'm at SABLE regarding my sewing stuff.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:23:43 PM EST] <Evie> Not just NOT celibate, that is.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:23:51 PM EST] <revanne> Mine neither
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:24:02 PM EST] <KK> My cottsage became a Great Stuff Repository during my mother's tenancy, and we're only now getting it cleared out. Down to the furniture and the dolls, all of which I hope to re-home by the end of the week.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:24:18 PM EST] <revanne> That's good
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:24:28 PM EST] <DesertRose> Remember to rest and hydrate, KK! We don't want you to run yourself ragged!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:24:33 PM EST] <Evie> Best of luck with that
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:24:35 PM EST] <Laurna> I hope all the dolls go to good homes
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:24:48 PM EST] <The_Bee> Are the dolls any particular kind, or all sorts, KK?
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:24:52 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Feels good to complete something like that.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:25:19 PM EST] <Laurna> I have a lot of young ladies dolls 18" to 35"
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:25:33 PM EST] <jerusha> I must toddle off to phone my dad and start dinner. Have a great week, everyone!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:25:36 PM EST] <Laurna> Oh and because of Evie a few barbie dolls too
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:25:43 PM EST] <DesertRose> G'night, jerusha!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:25:46 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Bye Jerusha
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:25:49 PM EST] <DesertRose> Have a good week!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:25:53 PM EST] <Laurna> Have a great week Jerusha
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:25:55 PM EST] <The_Bee> Same to you, Jerusha. Stay warm.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:25:58 PM EST] <Evie> Goodnight Jerusha!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:26:00 PM EST] <revanne> Night Jerusha
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:26:03 PM EST] <KK> Shirley Temple dolls, a life size newborn baby doll, several Mme Alexanders, Ginnys, assorted artisan dolls. The list goes on.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:26:18 PM EST] <Laurna> Wow lots of stuf
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:26:23 PM EST] <KK> Nighters, Jerusha.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:26:41 PM EST] <Evie> I haven't done much doll related stuff in ages until this week. I finally did a little bit yesterday.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:26:43 PM EST] <DesertRose> BRB, glass has gone empty, and I'm about to need to take a med.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:27:03 PM EST] <Laurna> I hope all the heads have bodies. Evie
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:27:10 PM EST] <KK> I'm sipping pon a mug of Earl Grey.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:27:21 PM EST] <revanne> I'm going to say goodnight too. Very tired and church is just a bit busy at the moment.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:27:26 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Earl Grey is so good!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:27:28 PM EST] <Evie> I have more bodies than heads at this point
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:27:38 PM EST] <Laurna> Good Night Revanne.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:27:39 PM EST] <HoundMistress> 'Night Revanne
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:27:44 PM EST] <Evie> Goodnight, Revanne!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:27:46 PM EST] <Laurna> Glad you came on
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:28:01 PM EST] <The_Bee> Thanks for coming, Revanne. Sleep well and have a good week.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:28:02 PM EST] <KK> What happened to the extra heads. Other than Duncan's earlier one; we know what happened to that one, at least in gene3ral.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:28:11 PM EST] <revanne> Wish I could stay but brain switching off
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:28:18 PM EST] <KK> Nighters, Revanne.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:28:19 PM EST] <Laurna> I was not thinking this was early chat. but be all arived early anyway all to the good
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:28:33 PM EST] Quit revanne (revanne@owirc-fr6.2e9.205.213.IP) has left this server (Connection closed).
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:28:45 PM EST] <KK> Hard to believe it's December already.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:28:46 PM EST] <Evie> Some of the heads had the sticky glue seepage and got discarded, or I just bought a doll from the thrift store for the articulated body, but the head was in bad shape
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:29:00 PM EST] <HoundMistress> First time I've actually made it early.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:29:48 PM EST] <Laurna> Oh wait, my bad, itis december already. Here I thought is was still november.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:30:00 PM EST] <Laurna> Time is passing me by
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:30:20 PM EST] <Evie> I turn old later this week. Well, older. :-D
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:30:37 PM EST] <The_Bee> Yes, and I need to think about Christmas shopping.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:30:42 PM EST] <Laurna> Happy Turning Old Day Evie. You are still younger than me.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:30:42 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Me, too. Where did Nov go? I have to get my inspedtion and registration renewed
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:30:59 PM EST] <Evie> Am I? I thought I was a few years older.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:31:10 PM EST] <KK> It snuck up on us. But I'll be glad to see the back of 2019.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:31:15 PM EST] <Laurna> nope, I don't think so
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:31:24 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Happy Turning Older, Evie
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:31:28 PM EST] <Evie> I'll be 57 on Thursday
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:31:30 PM EST] <Laurna> Agreed KK
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:31:43 PM EST] <Laurna> haha I turned 58.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:31:50 PM EST] <Laurna> I feel OLD
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:31:56 PM EST] <Evie> OK, you've barely got me beat
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:32:07 PM EST] <HoundMistress> BRB, Quanah wants something
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:32:18 PM EST] <The_Bee> I'll be 77 in March.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:32:20 PM EST] <Laurna> two more years than then 60 YIKES
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:33:12 PM EST] <Laurna> Bee that sounds like a lovely age, for any one else,
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:34:17 PM EST] <HoundMistress> 68 in Mar
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:34:26 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Ooop! 69!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:34:32 PM EST] <The_Bee> I feel like I'm still trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:34:48 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Me, too, Bee
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:35:06 PM EST] <Laurna> At least over 60 or 65 is retirement. That part is something I look forward to.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:35:18 PM EST] <Laurna> LOVE it Bee
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:35:45 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Only if you are adequately funded. Wouldn't be working full time if I didn' have to.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:36:11 PM EST] <Laurna> I hear you on that.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:36:25 PM EST] <The_Bee> I Don't love it. I feel like I've wasted the past 70 years.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:36:33 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Me, too
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:37:15 PM EST] <Laurna> Don't think that way, just think about the next 70 years. :D
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:37:32 PM EST] <The_Bee> OUCH!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:38:32 PM EST] <Laurna> LOL Well you we were Highlanders... Oops wrong science fiction
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:38:34 PM EST] <Gilreth> Having logged in early got distracted......
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:38:40 PM EST] Quit Evie (IceChat9@owirc-e1ofov.al.charter.com) has left this server (Ping timeout: 120 seconds).
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:38:44 PM EST] <The_Bee> Do I really want to be 147+?
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:38:51 PM EST] <Laurna> Hello Gilreth
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:39:03 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi Gilreth
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:39:10 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Hi
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:39:56 PM EST] <KK> Hello, Gilreth.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:40:02 PM EST] <The_Bee> Are you new, Gilreth? I don't recognize your name.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:40:17 PM EST] <Gilreth> New to chat - been lurking around forums for some time....
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:40:33 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Welcome!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:40:35 PM EST] <Gilreth> But UK based so even with early chat can rarely make it
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:40:58 PM EST] Join Evie (IceChat9@owirc-e1ofov.al.charter.com) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:41:02 PM EST] <Laurna> Welcome UK
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:41:07 PM EST] <The_Bee> WB Evie
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:41:16 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Re-hi, Evie
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:41:17 PM EST] <Gilreth> Between my 8yo and often havign alecture to give at 9am on a Monday.....I don't often stay up beyond10pm UK time
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:41:24 PM EST] <Evie> I'm surprised I managed to stay connected even that long
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:41:48 PM EST] <The_Bee> lecture--which college?
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:42:03 PM EST] <KK> Ah, there are at leaset 2 or 3 others in the same boat. Which is why we started doing first Sunday at 5. At least there's a chance UK folk can make it without being wiped out the next day.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:42:53 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Is it 6 hours difference from EST??
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:43:13 PM EST] <Laurna> I think so
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:43:13 PM EST] <The_Bee> 5 hours, I think.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:43:23 PM EST] <Laurna> 8 hours from PST
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:43:25 PM EST] <Evie> 6 hours from Central, which I"m on
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:43:28 PM EST] <HoundMistress> 5 is still a lot
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:43:44 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Yes, me, too Evie, CST
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:43:49 PM EST] <Gilreth> Electronic engineering at L4eeds Beckett Unviersity in UK
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:43:52 PM EST] <KK> 5, except when the DST change date doesn't coincide.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:44:16 PM EST] <Gilreth> aPOLOGIES MY TYPING IS BEING IT'S USUAL HORRENDOUS SELF
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:44:31 PM EST] <Gilreth> And I am hitting caps lock....
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:44:36 PM EST] <Laurna> No worse than mine, Gilreth LOL
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:44:41 PM EST] <Evie> -D
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:44:48 PM EST] <Evie> :-D even
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:44:56 PM EST] <Laurna> Celebrate became Celibate earlier.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:45:00 PM EST] <Evie> Luke is here to purr at everyone
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:45:07 PM EST] <The_Bee> There was talk a while back about New England--or at least Mass--going full-time DST.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:45:12 PM EST] <Evie> Luke is celibate. :-D
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:45:16 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Hi, Luke
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:45:17 PM EST] <anlarye> we dont judge on your typing skills in a live chat
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:45:18 PM EST] * Laurna scratches luke's ears
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:45:45 PM EST] <Gilreth> Did have one of mine sat on arm earlier
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:45:59 PM EST] <Gilreth> However she got chased out for bringing live toy into house
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:46:15 PM EST] <Evie> oops
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:46:25 PM EST] <Gilreth> Husbnad rescued mouse and put it back outside
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:46:31 PM EST] <Laurna> live toy as in Evie's lizard. maybe that is where it came from
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:46:32 PM EST] <The_Bee> Melantha caught a live toy once.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:46:44 PM EST] <Evie> Speaking of live toys, I haven't seen the lizard around lately. I'm wondering if it escaped or if Gigi caught it, since I don't see her either.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:47:02 PM EST] <Laurna> She may be hunting
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:47:23 PM EST] <KK> I used to rescue mice when we lived in Ireland.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:47:37 PM EST] <The_Bee> Gigi's an assassin as well as a sneak thief? ;)
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:47:40 PM EST] <HoundMistress> I rescued them till one bit me.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:47:46 PM EST] <Laurna> ooch
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:47:56 PM EST] <Evie> She's a lizard assassin. She leaves mice to Luke.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:48:10 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Yep, sharp little incisors
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:48:15 PM EST] <KK> I learned how to handle them without getting bitten, when I worked in a mouse lab the summer between jr and sr year in college.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:48:36 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Well, it was really scared. Fuzzy had it.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:48:58 PM EST] <The_Bee> Was that when you were still planning to be a doctor, KK?
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:49:32 PM EST] <KK> I was pre-med, yes. And it was a cancer research lab, working on killing breast cancer. A good summer.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:50:11 PM EST] <Gilreth> Mouse tonight leapt out of husband's hands.....
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:50:37 PM EST] <The_Bee> My sister had breast cancer a few years ago. Fortunately they caught it early.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:50:50 PM EST] <HoundMistress> The one that bit me ended up back with Fuzzy.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:51:11 PM EST] <KK> Mice are great leapers, especially in the presence of predators.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:52:00 PM EST] <KK> Keep up your mammograms, Bee--and all you ladies. My grandmother died of breast cancer. May sister and I are safe, so far.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:52:38 PM EST] <The_Bee> My doctor told me mammograms were no longer necessary at my age.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:52:41 PM EST] <Gilreth> Not quite at mammogram age yet - 45 next birthday..... so 5 years to go
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:53:43 PM EST] <The_Bee> unless you have a family history of cancer, Gilreth
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:54:00 PM EST] <Evie> You don't get routine mammograms there? I've been getting them since my 20s.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:54:07 PM EST] <Gilreth> Nope - dementia yes....but not cancer
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:54:54 PM EST] <Gilreth> My maternal grandmother is still around but not really ehr anymore - and lost my paternal one 6.5 years ago to dementia
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:55:06 PM EST] <KK> Yes, Bee, you're probably safe.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:57:24 PM EST] <The_Bee> Well, something will kill me, but hopefully not before I read all the novels you're going to write.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:57:35 PM EST] <Laurna> Good folk. i am off to Dance practice. after last nights ball I need all the practice i can get.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:57:43 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Something will get all of us, eventually.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:57:53 PM EST] <Laurna> Agreed bee
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:57:57 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Goodnight, Laurna! Have a good week!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:58:00 PM EST] Quit Evie (IceChat9@owirc-e1ofov.al.charter.com) has left this server (Ping timeout: 120 seconds).
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:58:12 PM EST] <Laurna> Good week everyone.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:58:19 PM EST] <The_Bee> Good night, Laurna. Have fun dancing even if it's hard work.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:58:28 PM EST] <KK> Nighters, Laurna.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:58:48 PM EST] <HoundMistress> HEB says my groceries are on the way, so will BRB in just a few.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:58:51 PM EST] <KK> Did Evie depart on her own, or was she booted?
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:58:53 PM EST] <Laurna> Thank you
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:58:56 PM EST] Join Evie (IceChat9@owirc-e1ofov.al.charter.com) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:59:01 PM EST] <The_Bee> not sure
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:59:03 PM EST] <KK> Booted.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:59:04 PM EST] <HoundMistress> RH Evie
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:59:12 PM EST] <Evie> hi again
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:59:48 PM EST] * The_Bee super-glues Evie's feet to the chatroom floor.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [5:59:56 PM EST] <Evie> LOL
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:00:25 PM EST] <Evie> I am starting to feel a bit tired, so I might wander off once I find some acetone to dissolve Bee's superglue. ;-)
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:00:51 PM EST] <KK> Have a good week, when you do go.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:01:05 PM EST] <Evie> Thanks! You too!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:01:07 PM EST] <The_Bee> It's just honey with a bit of beeswax.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:03:27 PM EST] <HoundMistress> back
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:03:56 PM EST] <Evie> I'm going to run on. It's nice to see everyone. Usually Sundays are the one day of the week I get to check in with my folks, but unfortunately their preferred dinner hour just happens to fall at the same time as chat here.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:04:06 PM EST] <Evie> The usual chat time, that is
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:04:07 PM EST] <KK> Th is reminds me of an article I read online this morning, about how, in France, they use sticky sticks to trap songbirds, some of which get caged to be callers, to lure in other birds, and some of whom get eaten. Reminds me of that scene in Gigi, where her aunt ot teaching her to eat ortolot. Not sure of the spelling on that, but it's a little bird, smaller than a game hen, and they eat it bones and all.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:04:14 PM EST] <HoundMistress> G'night Evie, have a good week!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:04:44 PM EST] <KK> Nighters, Evie.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:05:00 PM EST] <The_Bee> bye, Evie. Sleep well
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:05:31 PM EST] <Evie> OMG, I watched Gigi on Netflix for the first time recently. It was an eyebrow raising experience, thinking about that being rated G back in the day, given the subject matter! :-D
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:06:09 PM EST] <Evie> See y'all later!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:06:14 PM EST] <Evie> Evie steps onto the Transfer Portal and disappears in a shower of blue-violet sparkles.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:06:34 PM EST] Quit Evie (IceChat9@owirc-e1ofov.al.charter.com) has left this server (Quit: Relax, its only ONES and ZEROS!).
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:07:43 PM EST] <The_Bee> I like my ediblebirds large with plenty of meat.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:09:22 PM EST] <Gilreth> Hmmm I better go get some sleep - not in work till 1pm tomorrow but still need to be able to lecture
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:10:05 PM EST] <HoundMistress> "night, Gilreth
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:10:12 PM EST] Quit Gilreth (56acef83@owirc-khp3ee.mibbit.com) has left this server (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client).
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:10:23 PM EST] <KK> Well, I suppose alll birds are edible, if you want to go to the trouble. But small birds--I draw the line at game hens--are certainly off my menu. Can you imagine eating a parakeet? Besides, songbirds aren't meant for eating; they're meant for singing.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:10:43 PM EST] <The_Bee> Yes!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:10:46 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Agree
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:11:17 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Reminds me, turkey from Cracker Barrel was delicious and moist!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:11:50 PM EST] <KK> We got Cracker Barrel turkey dinner in take away, several years ago, and I agree, it was lovely.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:12:11 PM EST] <HoundMistress> That's what we had, take-away.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:12:52 PM EST] <KK> We couldn't get into our usual hotel dinner that year, so I improvised with Cracker Barrel, and it was wonderful! Enough leftovers for another meal or two.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:13:52 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Gala was tired of hosting her whole family so she, Joe & I got together & had it. We all had leftovers. Lou had a sore throat & didn't go.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:14:27 PM EST] <KK> Poor Lou. Did you brihg him some leftovers?
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:14:48 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Oh, yes, I did. He was adequately dinnered
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:16:20 PM EST] <KK> Excellent!
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:21:38 PM EST] <KK> Speaking of being dinnered, I'm getting hungry, so I'd best sign off and do something about that. Everyone, have a great week, getting ready for Christmas, and don't wear yourselves out shopping.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:21:58 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Have a good week, KK
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:22:37 PM EST] <The_Bee> Thanks, KK. I'l try not to shop too hard. Glad you came, and have a good week.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:22:38 PM EST] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodbye, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:22:49 PM EST] <KK> Nighters, all.
[Sunday, December 1, 2019] [6:22:53 PM EST] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: CGI:IRC).
"If having a soul means being able to feel love, loyalty, and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans."

James Herriot (James Alfred "Alfie" Wight), when a human client asked him if animals have souls.  (I don't remember in which book the story originally appeared.)