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KK Chat -- 23 February 2020

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[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [6:58:16 PM EST] Join KK has joined this channel.
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[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [6:58:25 PM EST] <KK> Hello, guys.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [6:58:34 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi KK!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [6:58:39 PM EST] <DesertRose> How was your week?
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [6:59:37 PM EST] <KK> Not too bad, though my friend who's helping me with culling came down with the flu on Thursday. Seems to be getting better, though, with lots of fluids and cat-cuddling.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [6:59:54 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yuk. This flu season has been brutal.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:00:18 PM EST] <KK> I've avoided it so far, though holding my reath that Martie didn't give it to me.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:00:27 PM EST] <KK> breath
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:00:31 PM EST] <DesertRose> But cat-cuddling makes everything better (except cat allergies).
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:00:42 PM EST] <KK> True on both counts.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:00:43 PM EST] <DesertRose> Seriously.
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[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:00:52 PM EST] <KK> Hi, Bee.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:00:56 PM EST] * DesertRose crosses her fingers and toes for no flu for KK.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:00:57 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Bee.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:01:07 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi KK and everyone
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:01:48 PM EST] <KK> How's your weather, Bee?
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:02:02 PM EST] <bynw> hi all
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:02:10 PM EST] <KK> Hi, Bynw.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:03:30 PM EST] <The_Bee> very mild this weekend. I took Melantha to the vet today She got a blood smple taken and her nails clipped.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:03:53 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Hi KK and all
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:04:01 PM EST] <bynw> hi DFK
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:04:33 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi DFK. I hope Melantha is okay, Bee.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:04:45 PM EST] <Laurna> Hello Ladies and gents
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:04:52 PM EST] <Laurna> How is everyone today
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:04:58 PM EST] <bynw> hi Laurna
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:05:14 PM EST] <The_Bee> me too . She's gained weight, which is good. I'll have to wait for the test results.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:05:17 PM EST] <KK> Gus is on my lap, soaking up the heat from the little heater under my desk knee-hole.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:05:25 PM EST] <DesertRose> Carys learned a new trick to sidetrack the paw-nail trim; she hooked her teeth around the part of the nail-clipper handle that goes around my thumb and yanked it off my thumb. She didn't bite ME, just the handle, LOL.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:05:26 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Laurna
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:05:35 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi, Gus
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:05:43 PM EST] <Laurna> Bee it is good that Melantha has put on a little weight.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:05:46 PM EST] * The_Bee scritches Gus.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:05:49 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Gus! *offers scritches*
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:05:52 PM EST] <KK> Clever, these cats.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:05:55 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Our weather can't make up its mind. Had what was supposed to be a big snow but a marine layer kept it from sticking. Lot of disappointed kids
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:06:08 PM EST] <DesertRose> I would be in a world of trouble if Carys developed opposable thumbs. ;)
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:06:09 PM EST] <Laurna> purrs to all the resident kitties
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:06:20 PM EST] <bynw> my baby bengal is asleep on the bed
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:06:26 PM EST] <KK> We've had a mild weekend, but heavier weather coming at the end of the week.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:06:51 PM EST] <The_Bee> I'm feelling a bit guilty for not giving Melantha her medicine regularly.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:06:52 PM EST] <Laurna> we had a whole hour of rain yesterday. Yeppie!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:06:55 PM EST] <bynw> it was almost 60 today here but snow is expected on tuesday and in the 20s for wednesday
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:07:24 PM EST] <DesertRose> Spring tends to test the waters and pull her toes back a few times before springing. :P
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:07:25 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Roller coaster weather. Crazy
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:07:29 PM EST] <Laurna> I am being sarcastic. we could use more rain than that for this winter.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:07:29 PM EST] <The_Bee> sounds lie you're on a roller coaster, bynw.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:07:40 PM EST] <bynw> typical for this time of year though
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:07:50 PM EST] <The_Bee> like, not llie
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:08:01 PM EST] <KK> And it <is> still February, after all. We've had serious snows well into March.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:08:38 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> True. One of our biggest snows happened on March 4
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:08:42 PM EST] <bynw> we've got a whole week left of Feb
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:08:46 PM EST] <Laurna> You folks can have all the snow, I would just like more rain. warm rain is fine with me
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:08:49 PM EST] <The_Bee> February has been almost snow-free here. More snow for skiers in northern New england.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:09:32 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Bynw. you have a whole week plus an extra day. Thanks leap year
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:09:52 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yeah, I don't do snow either, but I really wish "winter" (such as it exists in Florida) would pick a temperature and stay there for a few weeks rather than this 50 on Saturday, 80 on Monday nonsense.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:09:54 PM EST] <The_Bee> Happy Leap Day!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:09:54 PM EST] <KK> We all have that extra day. ;-)
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:09:57 PM EST] <Laurna> That is right we get to leap this year
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:10:27 PM EST] <The_Bee> When does Daylight Savings begin?
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:11:04 PM EST] <Laurna> Calandr says March 8
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:11:07 PM EST] <KK> March 8.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:11:21 PM EST] <bynw> that sucks right before my birthday
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:11:43 PM EST] <Laurna> One more day of being a year younger. That is a good thing
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:12:13 PM EST] <bynw> Laurna, see PM
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:12:18 PM EST] <Laurna> Ok
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:12:21 PM EST] <The_Bee> oh yes--sunday after the first Saturday. I overslept this morning, and for a moment I wondered if DST had come while I wasn't looking.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:12:23 PM EST] <DesertRose> I saw that Auntie Acid cartoon about "Spring forward, fall back, and why the hell are we still doing this?"
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:12:27 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Daylight savings time doesn't save any daylight, just moves it around and I raed that research says it's actually bad for our health
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:13:04 PM EST] <KK> I suspect we'd all do better just letting the year run, with no daylight savings.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:13:04 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> read
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:13:20 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> I'm with you KK
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:13:27 PM EST] <The_Bee> i heard someone on tv mention people wanting to get rid of daylight savings. not sure what they said.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:13:44 PM EST] <bynw> only AZ doesn't do it now
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:13:51 PM EST] <bynw> IN used to not do it but they changed
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:14:00 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> But how do we get Congress to do anything useful?
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:14:05 PM EST] <bynw> i say pick one of them and just stay there
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:14:21 PM EST] <bynw> it can be done on a state level
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:14:26 PM EST] <The_Bee> There was some talk of mass. movnot sure what that would do to tv schedules.ingto the Atlantic Time Zone.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:14:35 PM EST] <bynw> heck it could be done at a city level
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:15:20 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Rats, just crossed the ciyt line and it's an hour later or earlier or something
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:15:31 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> city
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:15:52 PM EST] <The_Bee> If I understand correctly, no stae has to do DST, but all who do do it must begin and end on thesame day.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:15:56 PM EST] <Laurna> For a minute I thought that you cared about what time it is for Rats?
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:15:58 PM EST] <Laurna> LOL
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:16:05 PM EST] <KK> City level would be confusing. It's confusing enough that we have 3 time-zones across the country.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:16:11 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> I have enough troubkle keeping up withthe time without changing it
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:16:15 PM EST] <DesertRose> Sorry, it was Maxine, not Auntie Acid: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3fWVD-51xjc/WqP5V7Kfe-I/AAAAAAAAlWw/4KMcNlJT-OMabH02_mkjV-csvmsRuEPgACLcBGAs/s1600/fc702fc9174e7befcd1718ec9fa6c2a8--clocks-fun-quotes.jpg
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:16:23 PM EST] <DesertRose> Sorry: https://i.postimg.cc/bwp4SQW6/Maxine-Spring-Forward-Fall-Back-Why.jpg
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:16:36 PM EST] <The_Bee> four time zones, actually. not including Hawaii.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:17:00 PM EST] <bynw> we have 4 across the contenental us (eastern, central, mountain, pacific)
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:17:31 PM EST] <KK> Uh, right. Brain fade.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:17:32 PM EST] <bynw> mountain gets forgotten about
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:17:37 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> So true, Maxine
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:17:39 PM EST] <KK> Yep.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:17:40 PM EST] <DesertRose> HEY!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:17:54 PM EST] * DesertRose was born in Mountain time zone. ;)
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:18:32 PM EST] <The_Bee> During World War II we had double Daylight Savings in the winter. I was born on War Time.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:18:49 PM EST] <DesertRose> In Arizona, which doesn't do DST, so they're on the same schedule as Pacific during DST.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:19:18 PM EST] <Laurna> I was supposed to do a virtual conference the other day. it said is started at 10am. So I signed on at 10am PST. only to find it over. read the small print it was 10am central time. even thought the confrence was in San Fransisco. Why didn't they just say 8am PST. $250 non refundable dollars lost.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:19:21 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Hi Everyone!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:19:39 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Jerusha!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:19:45 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:19:45 PM EST] <Laurna> Hello Jerusha
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:20:05 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Hi Jerusha. Does Canada do DST?
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:20:09 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Oh dear, Laurna. That's a bit of money to lose.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:20:18 PM EST] <KK> Bummer, Laurna!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:20:19 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Yes, unfortunately
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:20:48 PM EST] <Laurna> I was hoping for the addtional units toward my liscence. I ended up doing somethig else to get the units.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:20:51 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Perhaps you could write and complain that the timing was not clear.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:20:55 PM EST] <KK> You cann't appeal it? Seems to me that their website or whaatever was unclear.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:21:25 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> I think they owe you at least a partial refund
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:21:26 PM EST] <DesertRose> The Florida legislature passed a law for us to stay on DST year-round, except we can't do that without US Congress saying so. I just wish we'd pick one or the other, I don't care which; I just hate the time change.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:21:35 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Is this a new license, or a continuation of something you have
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:21:39 PM EST] <Laurna> that is the way the ball bounces some times
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:21:54 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yikes, Laurna. I'd think it's worth asking about at least a partial refund.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:22:03 PM EST] <DesertRose> Worst they can do is tell you you're SOL.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:22:14 PM EST] <DesertRose> In which case you're no worse off than now.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:22:16 PM EST] <Laurna> Every three years we need 30 units so I try to get 10 a year
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:22:26 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> You should at least ask
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:22:27 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Makes sense
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:22:42 PM EST] <bynw> yeah they should have indicated which time zone
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:22:51 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> But I think I am glad to be retired
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:23:04 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Me too
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:23:25 PM EST] <Laurna> Jerusha, I so want to join you in that profession. Retirement sounds so tempting
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:23:52 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> It has ups and downs, but finally getting enough sleep is a good thing!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:24:10 PM EST] <The_Bee> One year when I was a child, I got so upset over the timechange that mom offered not todo it. I just wanted to know what time it really was. =(
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:24:11 PM EST] <Laurna> I would like that
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:24:40 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> It's especially nice when you wake up and it's cold and rainy and you can just snuggle back down in be
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:25:01 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> bed
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:25:13 PM EST] <DesertRose> My oldest brother can't sit still, so since he retired, he's taken up going to estate sales and yard sales, not necessarily to buy anything unless it's something useful, but just for something to do.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:25:16 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Or it's snowing and I DON'T have to go anywhere
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:26:25 PM EST] <DesertRose> Mom got SERIOUS about her lifelong cooking/baking hobby, and my stepdad has taken to woodworking.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:26:40 PM EST] <The_Bee> My problem with sleep deprivation is a cat who wants breakfast at 4:30 a.am.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:26:51 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Estate sales can be fun. I went to one once where the person had made half the downstairs into a library with shelves and all. Book, Books,Books! spent the whole afternoon there
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:27:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Hand her a mouse and go back to bed, Bee
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:27:15 PM EST] <DesertRose> Oh, that sounds heavenly.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:27:24 PM EST] <bynw> you have to have a plan when you retire so you dont go bored
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:27:25 PM EST] <DesertRose> (The library, not the mouse ;) )
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:27:55 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> It depends on your point of view, DR
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:28:09 PM EST] <The_Bee> LOL Jerusha. She actually caught a mouse once in my apartment.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:28:10 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Actually you think you will have a lot of free time but it doesn't work out that way
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:28:30 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Retirement, I mean
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:28:50 PM EST] <DesertRose> I think my little food chopper came from an estate sale that happened in my parents' neighborhood so Mom went, found it, and offered it to me since I didn't have a food processor. Now I have her old food processor since she upgraded, but the food chopper is great for small tasks.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:29:14 PM EST] <DesertRose> And there are recipes for which the big food processor is just overkill (and more of a pain to wash by quite a bit).
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:29:24 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Yep
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:29:31 PM EST] <KK> Very true.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:30:12 PM EST] <DesertRose> LOL, DFK, re: free time and retirement, my mom says she wonders how she had time to work!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:30:13 PM EST] <KK> I only have a small one, and haven't used it for several years. It will go in the kitchen culling. I just don't cook all that much anymore.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:30:27 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> They should make a food processor for two, They all seem to be made for very large families
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:30:34 PM EST] <KK> My back objects.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:30:46 PM EST] <KK> to staunding to cook.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:30:57 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Oh dear, KK
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:31:00 PM EST] <The_Bee> I have enough time; I just don't like to leave my apartment.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:31:09 PM EST] <bynw> we have a small little food chopper
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:31:13 PM EST] <DesertRose> The food chopper will do a lot of the things a food processor will, and it's much, much smaller (and, as previously noted, easier to wash).
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:31:44 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> I do have one of those which I use a fair amount
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:32:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> I like my little chopper
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:33:24 PM EST] <The_Bee> hand-powered chopper or electric chopper?
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:33:40 PM EST] <DesertRose> Mine's electric.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:33:41 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Electric, though I have a hand copper as well
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:34:09 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Mine is electric too
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:34:10 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Which usually causes me to bruise
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:34:38 PM EST] <bynw> hand chopper = knife
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:34:42 PM EST] <Laurna> I don't have any of those kind of kitchen gadgets.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:34:52 PM EST] <The_Bee> Does your hand copper try to arrest you?
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:34:59 PM EST] <DesertRose> Along these lines: https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Beach-72850-Processor-Electric/dp/B06Y2GZWCJ/ref=sr_1_4?
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:35:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Not ususlly, but I suppose I could be charged with abuse, Bee
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:35:50 PM EST] <The_Bee> All I have is a blender.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:36:00 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Die, you chocolate chunks, die before I stuff you in the cookies!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:36:02 PM EST] <DesertRose> Blenders are good for some tasks.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:36:03 PM EST] <bynw> mine is similar to that one DR different brand and looks a bit different. small but does rather well
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:36:32 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yeah, mine isn't that brand either, and it's older and the plastic bits/base are white, not black, but it's along those same lines.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:36:38 PM EST] <Laurna> Bynw do you do the cooking?
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:36:39 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Same here
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:36:56 PM EST] <bynw> we both do the cooking
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:37:33 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Only one person can work in my kitchen at a time
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:37:34 PM EST] <Laurna> My sister's new husband is a wonderful, Cook. Puts anything I can make in the kitchen to shame.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:38:03 PM EST] <DesertRose> My back protests to cooking sometimes too, but most of what I cook, I've cooked enough times to know when I can set things aside and go sit down for a few.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:38:49 PM EST] <The_Bee> Slow cookers are great . Fill, turn on , go read a book.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:38:52 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Baking cookies allows me to sit down with a magazine between batches
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:39:00 PM EST] <DesertRose> Ditto, Jerusha, re: only one person in my kitchen at a time. Mine is a teensy little thing, and sometimes one person and one cat is too many living beings in that room.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:39:09 PM EST] <bynw> cookies!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:39:14 PM EST] <DesertRose> Oh, I adore my slow cooker!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:39:16 PM EST] <KK> Sitting helps. And there's a lot of prep that can be done sitting.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:39:19 PM EST] * bynw likes snickerdoodles
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:39:26 PM EST] <DesertRose> Snickerdoodles are yummy.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:39:27 PM EST] <Laurna> Jerusha if I walked away from the oven I would forget them and burn them
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:39:39 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Oh dear!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:40:00 PM EST] <DesertRose> That's why I set a timer, and I get VERY annoyed by timers going off so I HAVE to go make the [expletive deleted] thing shut up. :)
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:40:19 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Yes, that works
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:40:59 PM EST] <Laurna> I do that for the first batch, but by the last batch of cookies I forget it and walk away. then 30 minutes later there is smoke coming out of the oven. LOL
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:41:25 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Oh dear
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:41:46 PM EST] <DesertRose> I used to use the timer on my phone, but then my mom gave me her old kitchen timer (once again, she upgraded--see a pattern here? ;) ), so now I have a proper kitchen timer that I can leave in the kitchen.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:41:49 PM EST] <bynw> that is cookie abuse
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:42:00 PM EST] <Laurna> lol It happens every time. So now I only do enough for one batch of cookies.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:42:16 PM EST] <The_Bee> My cooking has sometimes set off the smoke detector.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:42:16 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> But then I would eat them all right away!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:42:32 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> I use the kitchen timer on my microwave
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:42:48 PM EST] <bynw> Bee, that's not an indication of poor cooking. some smoke detectors are just in the wrong location
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:43:20 PM EST] <DesertRose> My microwave is a primitive thing with dials and no timer function. I've done that in the past when I had a microwave with a timer function, though.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:43:30 PM EST] <The_Bee> It's not near my stove, but when I fry stuff, smoke travels.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:43:55 PM EST] <bynw> Bee, that can happen
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:44:44 PM EST] <Laurna> KittyCat is on my keyboard making all kinds of silly letters type away.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:44:44 PM EST] <The_Bee> When it happens, I have to wave a broom until the detector shuts up.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:45:19 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> Maybe she is really using code
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:45:26 PM EST] <Laurna> lol
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:45:43 PM EST] <Laurna> a second ago it was aaaassssssssssssssss
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:46:31 PM EST] <The_Bee> I wish I knew what Melantha was saying. lately she's been talking very loudly.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:46:39 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> So you have dogs, horses and a cat, Laurna?
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:46:52 PM EST] <Laurna> She is just sitting right in the middle of the screen purring away. like I am looking at her and not behind her.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:46:58 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> he bossBet the cat is t
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:47:02 PM EST] <Laurna> Yes to all the above
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:47:13 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> the boss.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:47:14 PM EST] <The_Bee> She thinks you're an @$$>
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:47:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> I feel derprived!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:47:58 PM EST] <Laurna> You have grandpuppies. did they come over today?
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:48:19 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> No, but I saw them on Saturday. Lot
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:48:30 PM EST] <Laurna> That is good
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:48:36 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> 's of petting happened
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:49:16 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> They have more toys than GS3
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:49:42 PM EST] <Laurna> lol as it should be.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:49:56 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> There are more of them so they need more
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:50:25 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> GS3 is only three months old; he'll catch up
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:50:53 PM EST] <Laurna> that is right I little one in the family. SOOO CUTE
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:51:19 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Very cute; now is smiling
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:51:23 PM EST] <The_Bee> There was trouble in a local dog park recently. A dog died, and people think there may have been poison on the grass.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:51:41 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Oh dear!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:52:05 PM EST] <DesertRose> :(
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:52:07 PM EST] <Laurna> Not good
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:52:18 PM EST] <KK> So sad.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:52:21 PM EST] <Eris> <derynifank> That's awful
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:52:29 PM EST] <The_Bee> I don't know what came of it. I used to see dogs playing there, but not now.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:52:31 PM EST] <DesertRose> That makes me so angry. There is no reason to do that except pure cruelty.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:53:01 PM EST] <The_Bee> not sure they ever found out what it was.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:53:12 PM EST] <DesertRose> Unless it was accidental, like the landscaping people screwed up and put the wrong stuff on the grass.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:53:33 PM EST] <DesertRose> In which case, it's saddening but not rage-inducing.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:53:52 PM EST] <KK> You wouldn't think they'd put anything on the grass in a dog park.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:54:14 PM EST] <DesertRose> I certainly wouldn't think it'd need fertilizer! ;)
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:55:36 PM EST] <The_Bee> It could have been a toxic weed.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:55:38 PM EST] <DesertRose> But I could see a mistake like, the landscaping people were supposed to cut the grass but they also laid down some kind of pesticide because they do it for other clients and either weren't explicitly told not to apply it or forgot/did it by mistake.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:55:55 PM EST] <DesertRose> True, Bee, and heaven knows there are plenty of those around.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:56:02 PM EST] <KK> Very sad mistake.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:56:13 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Yesd
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:56:24 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> yes, that is
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:56:37 PM EST] <The_Bee> There were also some cases of dogs being killed by toxic algae from swimming in ponds.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:56:56 PM EST] <KK> I remember that. And in lakes, I believe.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:57:18 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yeah, there are a number of ponds and creeks around here that have signs about no swimming/fishing/letting your pets into the water because of toxic algae and/or chemicals used to prevent it.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:57:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha> Blue green algae?
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [7:57:47 PM EST] <The_Bee> That's it, Jerusha
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [8:00:08 PM EST] <KK> Well, folks, all that earlier talk of making food has got me the hungries, so I think I'll check out for this time.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [8:00:43 PM EST] <KK> 5PM next week.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [8:01:00 PM EST] <The_Bee> Enjoy your meal, KK. Huggles to Gus, and see you next week. Early chat?
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [8:01:25 PM EST] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [8:01:27 PM EST] <The_Bee> Thanks for coming, KK. Happy Leap Day.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [8:01:28 PM EST] <Laurna> Good night KK
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [8:01:41 PM EST] <KK> And good to all of you!
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [8:01:55 PM EST] <KK> Nighters.
[Sunday, February 23, 2020] [8:01:59 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.)