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KK Chat -- 16 August 2020

Started by DesertRose, August 16, 2020, 07:15:25 PM

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[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:01:37 PM EDT] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:01:41 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi KK!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:01:44 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi KK
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:01:46 PM EDT] <Laurna> I take it that is has gone through the care facility. I do hope they are taking good care of you.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:01:51 PM EDT] <Laurna> Hello KK
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:01:54 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Hi, Katherine
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:01:56 PM EDT] <bynw> hi KK
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:02:14 PM EDT] <KK> Hi, Desert Rose. And Laurna and TheDeryni and derynifank!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:02:39 PM EDT] <KK> And bynw! I see that you survived the derecho in your area.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:02:50 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I lost 3 of my roommates.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:02:55 PM EDT] <derynifank> ynw, was so sorry to see all the damage in Iowa from that freak storm. Glad you are ok.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:03:25 PM EDT] <Laurna> Dear Lord NO TD. I am so sorry. Be one of the healthy ones, PLEASE!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:03:27 PM EDT] <bynw> yes survived. home was fine. never lost anything. work on the other had was without internet for 2 days. others are still without power in the cedar rapids part of the state (eastern side)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:03:39 PM EDT] <derynifank> That's terrible TD. So sorry to hear that.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:03:50 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I'm almost out of it
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:04:22 PM EDT] <Laurna> That is better news.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:04:40 PM EDT] <KK> Yike! I know what you're going through. We had a derecho here a few years ago, and it was dreadful. Power out for about 3 days here at the house, and it was HOT.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:05:26 PM EDT] <bynw> by brother's house was without power for about 3 days too. but luckly he has a generator
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:05:30 PM EDT] <derynifank> Saw pics of Cedar Rapids on TV and couldn't believe the damage. Don't understand what is holdong up the Fed Disaster declaration except the Fed. Govt doesn't seem to be working
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:06:12 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yikes all around.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:06:25 PM EDT] <DesertRose> How are you doing, KK?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:06:26 PM EDT] <derynifank> Double Yikes
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:06:40 PM EDT] <bynw> bloated bureaucracies move slowly, and there are many of them in the federal government
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:06:46 PM EDT] <Laurna> So between friends getting ill and being flooded by storms I take it, it is a hard week.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:07:02 PM EDT] <bynw> no last week was great even with the storm
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:07:13 PM EDT] <bynw> and i'm looking forwared to monday morning and going into work again
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:07:17 PM EDT] <Laurna> Bynw, you like your new job?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:07:26 PM EDT] <KK> I'm fine. Took about 6 boxes of recycle paper and cardboard to the landfill on Tuesday. That was a load off my mind as well as a load out of my house!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:07:31 PM EDT] <derynifank> How is the new job. You are liking it I take it?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:07:32 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I bet!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:07:42 PM EDT] * bynw is loving his new job
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:07:47 PM EDT] Join The_Bee (The_Bee@owirc-ep3.arb.61.73.IP) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:07:55 PM EDT] <bynw> hi bee
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:07:56 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It is birthday season around here. Mom's was Tuesday, my oldest brother's is today, my aunt's is tomorrow.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:07:58 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi Bee.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:07:59 PM EDT] <Laurna> Hello bee
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:08:02 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Hi, Bee
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:08:02 PM EDT] <KK> This week, must make at least one pilgrimage to the Post Office to mail a LOT of packages.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:08:36 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi Bee
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:08:42 PM EDT] <Laurna> Packages are good. Everyone likes to get packages.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:08:46 PM EDT] <The_Bee> HI Laurna and all. Happy birthday to the birthday folks
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:08:55 PM EDT] <DesertRose> We haven't actually properly celebrated Mom's birthday because of getting the Pod-Child settled into her new place (process slowed by Pod-Child having to be, you know, at work and not able to help put things where she wants them).
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:09:16 PM EDT] <KK> And tomorrow is the one year anniversary of my mother's passing--and I'm STILL going through her stuff, and trying to rehome stuff.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:09:28 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yikes! I'm sorry, KK. :(
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:09:45 PM EDT] <Laurna> That does not seem like it was a year ago. sad
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:09:49 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Nothing like trying to find all your stuff when someone else has decided where to put it
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:10:05 PM EDT] <derynifank> Sorry KK. Know you will be missing her.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:10:06 PM EDT] <KK> I'm long past the grief; mostly good memories remain. She had a good run at 94.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:10:24 PM EDT] <bynw> 2019 was a rough year and now 2020 is just messed up of a year
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:10:27 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Carys says hi and purrs at the chat.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:10:38 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Yep
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:10:43 PM EDT] <The_Bee> ;( for LBM
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:10:46 PM EDT] <Laurna> Glad for the good memories. That is where I am at, Mostly, about my father.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:11:03 PM EDT] <KK> 2020 sucks a different kind of little green rocks from 2019.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:11:14 PM EDT] * bynw picks up the kitty and gives lots of love
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:11:17 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I love that phrase, KK, and too true!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:11:23 PM EDT] <derynifank> Saw a cartoon with Baby 2021 kicking 2020 out. Made me laugh while agreeing with it
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:11:29 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Right?!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:11:35 PM EDT] <Laurna> agreed
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:11:47 PM EDT] <The_Bee> "little green rocks"?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:11:51 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I've been waiting to catch a break since October.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:11:56 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I keep seeing jokes about people being determined to stay up all night on 31 December to make sure this year is GONE.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:12:15 PM EDT] <derynifank> So true
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:12:28 PM EDT] <Laurna> You need one TD. maybe chatting with us is a good break
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:12:36 PM EDT] <KK> Not sure of that derivation, Bee. Maybe a reference to green rocks at the bottom of the fishtank?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:12:39 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> True
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:13:04 PM EDT] <derynifank> Sending healing and good vibes your way TD
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:13:06 PM EDT] <bynw> eeeeewwww those would be nasty things to suck on
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:13:07 PM EDT] <DesertRose> In good news, I finally finished the border on the cloth for my new (ish) Tarot deck. https://imgur.com/a/cxBhuVf (Now I need to give it a wash in Woolite in the sink to get my pencil marks off the fabric.)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:13:11 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Where's my Deer?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:13:13 PM EDT] <KK> I'll be staying up. Of course, 2021 could be even more....challenging.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:13:29 PM EDT] <The_Bee> What if they're emeralds?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:13:35 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I don't know, TheDeryni. She's been at her parents' house a lot of Sunday evenings lately.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:13:47 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Okay.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:14:07 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Then they're my stepdad's birthstone. (Emeralds)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:14:15 PM EDT] <bynw> TheDeryni, she rarely comes unless the 'rents have other plans on sundays
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:14:20 PM EDT] <Laurna> I chatted breifly with Evie early this week. She is good. needed her to fix an admin problem on the Trello website. I think she fixed it for it started working after that.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:14:27 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Not that he wears jewelry except his wristwatch.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:14:29 PM EDT] <KK> I like emeralds. Little green rocks, not so much.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:14:32 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Okay, thanks
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:14:37 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Emeralds are pretty.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:14:54 PM EDT] <Laurna> Pretty green rocks, Emeralds. I like those too
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:15:27 PM EDT] <derynifank> IIRC emeralds were a favorite for Jehana.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:15:29 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Meraude=emerald
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:15:33 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Well, tell her I said hi and that I miss her.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:15:50 PM EDT] <Laurna> I will do that TD
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:15:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi Everyone!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:16:00 PM EDT] <bynw> silly cat knocked over the ironing board and scared herself
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:16:04 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Jehana having auburn hair, emeralds probably looked quite good on her. Not that emeralds are generally ugly, mind.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:16:06 PM EDT] <bynw> hi Jerusha
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:16:06 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi Jerusha!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:16:06 PM EDT] <Laurna> Hello Jerusha
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:16:10 PM EDT] <KK> Hi, Jerusha.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:16:12 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Emeralds matched Jehana's eyes.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:16:19 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:16:20 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:16:36 PM EDT] <Laurna> Ironing board. bynw are you ironing your tie and shirt for work?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:16:37 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Emeralds are a good thing
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:17:23 PM EDT] <bynw> i dont wear a tie but i do iron my shirts and stuff
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:17:28 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi erusha
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:17:34 PM EDT] <Laurna> Personally I like amethysts and rubies.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:17:37 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi DFK
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:17:53 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I am partial to carnagorns and topaz
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:17:58 PM EDT] <Laurna> You must really like your new job.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:18:13 PM EDT] <Laurna> And Opals too
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:18:13 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Amethyst is my birthstone
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:18:21 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Though I will snatch a diamond if given the opportunity
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:18:30 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Lol
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:18:30 PM EDT] <Laurna> Diamonds are boring
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:18:31 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I'm fascinated by tourmalines, but I've never seen one.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:18:38 PM EDT] <KK> I remember the days of ironing shirts, when I was in High school. Better fabrics, these days. I haven't ironed a shirt in years. :-)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:18:39 PM EDT] <Laurna> I like the pretty colors
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:18:57 PM EDT] <derynifank> My birthstone is a peridot but a lot of people don't even know what it is
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:19:03 PM EDT] <Laurna> I used to iron my scrubs.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:19:08 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I love amethysts. Garnet is my birthstone, and I love them too.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:19:15 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I don't even own an iron or an ironing board.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:19:18 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I do, derynifank. (But it's my mom's birthstone too.)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:19:18 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I should iron some things, but DH does not care, and we are not going anywhere much
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:19:20 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I haven't ironed since I left IBM
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:19:24 PM EDT] <KK> Tourmalines are very cool, especially the ones that look like watermelon.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:19:36 PM EDT] <Laurna> I have a pretty set of garnett jewelry from my grandmother.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:19:43 PM EDT] <derynifank> I thought the advantage of scrubs was that youdidn't have to iron them
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:19:58 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I iron when I'm sewing, and I have two button-down shirts that I iron (but they're both long-sleeved so not this time of year), but other than that, feh to ironing.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:20:08 PM EDT] <The_Bee> It's the trichroic colors a like.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:20:16 PM EDT] <Laurna> No they come out of the dryer very wrinkled.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:20:33 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Last time I ironed, I blew the circuit in the bathroom
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:20:39 PM EDT] <Laurna> lol
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:20:40 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yikes!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:21:03 PM EDT] <KK> Scott used to send his shirts to the laundry to be washed and ironed. Had them folded and bagged, too, so that he was always ready to throw some in a suitcase and take off for somewhere. I told him before we married that I don't iron shirts; anyone's shirts.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:21:03 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> According to DH, it should not have happened. Yeah, right
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:21:15 PM EDT] * DesertRose sets a pot of spaghetti sauce and a magic pasta bowl (whatever pasta you'd like will show up) on the tea table.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:21:24 PM EDT] <Laurna> Good for you KK.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:21:27 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Well, at least he listened, KK.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:21:30 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Yep
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:21:31 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I hope no-one was in the bathtub, Jerusha.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:21:46 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Fortunately no, Bee
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:22:06 PM EDT] <derynifank> I wore scrubs for yearrs when I worked in ICU and they didn't come out wrinkled. Maybe you should check the material
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:22:14 PM EDT] <KK> I do iron when sewing, though not much lately. Machine needs to go in for cleaning and tension sorting.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:22:20 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I solved the shirt ironing problem when I scorched the edges of one of DH's uniform shirts. Problem solved
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:22:24 PM EDT] <Laurna> I like all cotton scrubs
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:22:47 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Mine needs a trip to the shop too, just for a maintenance/cleaning, but it's not going to happen any time too soon.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:22:54 PM EDT] <Laurna> And I don't exactly get them out of the drier the moment it quits. more like days later.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:23:15 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Ah, yes, the only thing worse for "wrinkles if you so much as look at it" than cotton is linen (or certain weaves of silk).
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:23:16 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL Jerusha
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:23:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Linen is great until you sit down, or fasten a seat belt
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:23:48 PM EDT] * The_Bee adds parmesan for the pasta.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:23:51 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It is comfy, though.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:23:52 PM EDT] <derynifank> Ah, I can see that would contribute to wrinklimg. But Happy Retirement. Don't have to iron scrubs anymore
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:23:56 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Oh heck, Bee.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:24:09 PM EDT] <The_Bee> ?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:24:12 PM EDT] <Laurna> YAY
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:24:14 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I forgot about the Parmesan. (Not IRL, but for the chat tea table.)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:24:32 PM EDT] <Laurna> Best go get the parmesan, DR
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:24:32 PM EDT] <DesertRose> So thank you for remembering. ;)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:24:45 PM EDT] * The_Bee adds brownies for dessert.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:24:50 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yum!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:24:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Chocolate!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:24:57 PM EDT] <derynifank> Happy Retirement to Laurna. Are you enjoying it?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:25:16 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I love that cup your coworkers gave you, Laurna.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:25:35 PM EDT] <KK> Pic of the cup?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:25:39 PM EDT] <derynifank> What cup was that?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:25:47 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> retirement cup
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:25:54 PM EDT] <Laurna> I have a fresh batch of raspberries, blue berries and boysenberries. I need to back some tarts.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:26:02 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Kind of like running for the roses and winning
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:26:04 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Ooh, yum!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:26:21 PM EDT] <Laurna> Thank you, I am settling in to doing nothing. and realizing I need to start doing something.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:26:37 PM EDT] <DesertRose> My aunt (the one whose birthday is tomorrow) used to make boysenberry jam. Yum!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:26:37 PM EDT] <KK> Or crumble. Lots easier than tarts, and just as tasty, I think.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:27:01 PM EDT] <Laurna> Thanks DR. that cup was from my boss. She took the picture too.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:27:05 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And my oldest brother used to make jokes about "why isn't there girlsenberry?"
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:27:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> A friend brought me a bag of wild blueberries. I now have enough in the freezer for 20 batches of blueberry muffins!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:27:14 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> My mother made the same, DR
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:27:20 PM EDT] <DesertRose> That's a lot of blueberries, Jerusha.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:27:32 PM EDT] <derynifank> Yum Berry tarts! I had an English aunt who used to make us blackberry cobbler when I was a kid. All we had to do was pick the blackcerries. We made sure she was drowning in blackberries
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:27:48 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Picking blackberries is no small task, though; the brambles are owie.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:28:15 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I confess, I am not a big berry fan
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:28:19 PM EDT] <DesertRose> My grandmother and I used to pick them together, and she taught me a way of moving one's hand around the thorns so as to reduce the number of scratches.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:28:31 PM EDT] <derynifank> Don't remember too many thorns
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:28:33 PM EDT] <KK> A useful skill.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:28:51 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Has anyone added berries to brownies?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:28:53 PM EDT] <DesertRose> The last time we went, we brought them home and I made a pie with them.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:29:00 PM EDT] <Laurna> https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/B2wGAtDa/image.png
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:29:01 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Raspberry and chocolate pair up nicely.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:29:13 PM EDT] <Laurna> That is me last day of work
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:29:22 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Yippee!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:29:28 PM EDT] <KK> No pic came through.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:29:30 PM EDT] <derynifank> Can't beat chocolate and raspberry as a combo
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:29:45 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And that's the cup of which I spoke. Try clicking the link, KK.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:29:56 PM EDT] <KK> No link shows.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:30:05 PM EDT] <Laurna> https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/116647072_2700362303512689_4175013697107318596_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_sid=85a577&_nc_ohc=rFM3HE5bYaAAX-jtNdL&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.xx&oh=a81368ddc5a4fe42f653a28c0591161f&oe=5F5E112E
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:30:17 PM EDT] <KK> Just a blank line.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:30:30 PM EDT] <Laurna> hmmm
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:30:31 PM EDT] <DesertRose> So dark chocolate raspberry brownies, or a raspberry sauce to top the brownies (and maybe also some ice cream).
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:30:33 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I found a recipe on-line for peanut-butter-and-chocolate bars. I added dried cranberries.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:30:39 PM EDT] <Laurna> Let me try something else.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:30:48 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> brb
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:30:49 PM EDT] <derynifank> Yum DR
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:30:51 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I saw it, Laurna
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:31:10 PM EDT] <KK> Ah, now it popped up in the first place. Nice cup!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:31:30 PM EDT] <derynifank> Great cup Laurna
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:31:48 PM EDT] <The_Bee> and very nice smile on Laurna's face
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:32:15 PM EDT] <derynifank> So how is retirement going now that it has been all of a week
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:32:30 PM EDT] <Laurna> Thank you, I guess I was happy. Four of us were leaving the department that day. we had a small party outside.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:33:13 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Sometimes it is time to move on
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:33:41 PM EDT] <Laurna> One of us went to her home in roserita beach. One of us went to his home in lake havisue and one of us was getting ready to have her kids over for a few weeks.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:34:00 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> back
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:34:01 PM EDT] <KK> Bee, I was thinking of cranberries with chocolate. Yum!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:34:02 PM EDT] <derynifank> So true. How did the green hutch for the kitchen turn out?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:34:17 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Green hutch?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:34:45 PM EDT] <derynifank> She bought a white one but decided to paint it green
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:34:47 PM EDT] <Laurna> the first green was too minty green. so I repainted it yesterday to a more olive green. and I really like it now.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:34:59 PM EDT] <derynifank> picture?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:35:07 PM EDT] <Laurna> No pictures yet
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:35:24 PM EDT] <Laurna> Still working on the door pulls
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:35:25 PM EDT] <derynifank> Did the puppies try to help you paint?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:35:34 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Oh, I hope not!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:35:37 PM EDT] <Laurna> Oh no. I kept them in the other room
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:35:52 PM EDT] <Laurna> otherwise my whole house would have been green
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:36:02 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Though a Cavalier tail could make a good paint brush
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:36:14 PM EDT] <derynifank> Not to mention the puppies
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:36:14 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Lol
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:36:20 PM EDT] <Laurna> that is what I was thinking too
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:36:25 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Have the pups inspected to trophy cup yet?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:36:59 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Whee! Look at all that green on the wall, the floor, Laurna....
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:37:04 PM EDT] <Laurna> Nope, but they do the zoomies around the house periodicly, even in this heat
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:38:26 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I've been seeing about the heat wave in the news.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:38:26 PM EDT] <KK> Puppies like to do that. Kittens, also.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:38:49 PM EDT] <derynifank> Are they zooming inside or outside? Not so bad in the AC
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:39:47 PM EDT] <Laurna> Yep. my cat just sits on the table top and watches them like they are nuts. once in while she will dangle her tail down, and they will jump at it. she just moves her tail out of the way when they jump and puts it back down when the hit the floor.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:40:03 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Laurna
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:40:07 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I remember a kitty zooming through my papers while was cleaning out my school notebook.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:40:15 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Laurna's cat: I'm too dignified for this nonsense. ;)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:40:22 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:40:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Clever cat
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:40:47 PM EDT] <derynifank> I have a crazy cat who does that. Just suddenly takes off like he was shot out of a cannon
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:40:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> But I guess that is a given
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:41:04 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It's the house sprites. They tease cats. :D
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:41:11 PM EDT] <Laurna> She likes to be a tease
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:41:35 PM EDT] <KK> Gus no longer zooms--unless Booker is chasing him, of course. And Booker got his just desserts the last time he tried that. He's almost back to normal now.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:41:48 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Oh dear!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:42:02 PM EDT] <Laurna> Good to hear KK
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:42:02 PM EDT] <derynifank> Guess he won't try that again
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:42:19 PM EDT] <derynifank> Glad he is better
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:42:20 PM EDT] <The_Bee> What flavor dessert?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:42:22 PM EDT] <KK> Nah, they don't learn. He'll try it again, I'm sure.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:42:36 PM EDT] <bynw> gus is very talkative kitty
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:42:39 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And Gus will give him another object lesson, probably.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:42:58 PM EDT] <KK> In Booker's case, a week of anti-inflammatorys and pain pills.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:43:04 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Is Gus short for Augustus?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:43:05 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Oh my
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:43:10 PM EDT] <Laurna> oh poor baby
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:43:15 PM EDT] <KK> Yes, Gus is definitely a talker.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:43:19 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Ow, poor Booker.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:43:22 PM EDT] <KK> Yes, DR.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:43:39 PM EDT] <KK> NOT short for Asparagus.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:43:46 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Did he come to you with that name or did you name him?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:43:51 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Lol
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:44:04 PM EDT] <KK> I named him. He was about 8-10 weeks old.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:44:08 PM EDT] <DesertRose> (I'm curious because it's a name that abounds in my family, up until my father's generation.)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:44:10 PM EDT] <Laurna> Asparagus?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:44:16 PM EDT] <derynifank> Well Augustus was an emperor so I'm sure he rules
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:44:18 PM EDT] <KK> From Cats.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:44:50 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Tee hee @Laurna
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:44:52 PM EDT] <KK> And of course we now live on Augusta St., though none of us could have anticipated that.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:45:05 PM EDT] <DesertRose> (And I'm not super sure there aren't cousins younger than that with Augustus somewhere in their names.)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:45:15 PM EDT] <derynifank> So he also owns the street
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:45:27 PM EDT] * TheDeryni is still laughing at Laura's joke
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:45:29 PM EDT] <DesertRose> He's a cat. He owns anything he wants to own. ;)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:45:33 PM EDT] <KK> Just the house a portions of the yard, these days.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:45:35 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Our family cat latched on to a dog's rear with all four paws when he tried to inspect her kittens.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:45:55 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yeah, don't mess with a mama cat.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:46:21 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL I did not say it first. Just repeating. So I am laughing too.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:46:51 PM EDT] <Eris> <TheDeryni> *Laurna's
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:47:08 PM EDT] <Laurna> Yes?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:47:36 PM EDT] <Laurna> I like question marks. Don't you too?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:47:37 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I typed Laura by autocorrect
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:48:00 PM EDT] <Laurna> That is fine TD my name in the real world is Laura
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:48:24 PM EDT] <derynifank> No "n"?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:48:28 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Autocorrect lives in one of the nine layers of Hades
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:48:29 PM EDT] <Laurna> but I think Laurna is more fun, ever sinse I was young
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:48:42 PM EDT] <KK> I like Laurna better too.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:48:58 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I noticed it said "Laura on your cup.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:48:58 PM EDT] <derynifank> I think it lives in all nine levels
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:49:19 PM EDT] <bynw> Laurna has character ... unique ... very cool ... you should keep it :)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:49:25 PM EDT] <KK> Her co-workers didn't know about her other life. :-)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:49:27 PM EDT] <derynifank> Autocorrect that is
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:49:28 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't sneak in after it was too late
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:49:39 PM EDT] <Laurna> I have been Laurna and Laurnarose ever since I started writing back in 5th grade.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:49:57 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It's Titivillius' new job, autocorrect.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:50:06 PM EDT] <Laurna> No they never did. neither does most of my family
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:50:09 PM EDT] <KK> Yes!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:50:13 PM EDT] <DesertRose> (Patron demon of the scriptorium, to blame for scribal errors.)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:51:04 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Does a printer' s devil haunt printers?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:51:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> So it is Titvillius who lives under my desk?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:51:20 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Probably also Titivillius, Bee.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:51:23 PM EDT] <derynifank> It thinks it knows better what I want to say than I do. Very aggravating
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:51:56 PM EDT] <DesertRose> LOL, derynifank, that sounds a great deal like what my mom had to say about the autocorrect and autoformat functions in Word.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:52:10 PM EDT] * bynw has autocorrect turned off on most things
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:52:13 PM EDT] <KK> It's hard to get family to accept name tweaks. I know what I went through with the transition from Kathy to Katherine, in high school. Didn't really "take" until I moved on to college, and no one knew me by any other name than Katherine. Mother always said that Kathy was the little girl I'd been, and Katherine was the adult woman I'd become. That pleased
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:52:28 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And because she was a federal employee before she retired, the way that she had to format documents was NOT the way Word wanted to format them.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:52:37 PM EDT] <KK> pleased both of us.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:52:37 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I like that, KK.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:53:00 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I can't see you as a Kathy, but when you were little, it probably fit better.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:53:11 PM EDT] <Laurna> I just had to look up Titvillius. that demon is new to me.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:53:29 PM EDT] <bynw> i go by chris most of the time. every so often christopher. when using my mundane name
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:53:35 PM EDT] <DesertRose> There are some funny drawings of him in the margins of some medieval manuscripts.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:54:27 PM EDT] <derynifank> I looked him up too. Now I can blame him for crazy fingers
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:54:45 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I'm Nora to pretty much everyone, unless they call me by my SCA name. Noni to some children who have trouble with the R in Nora.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:55:07 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Titvillius must operate a finger-rent shop
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:55:11 PM EDT] <DesertRose> :D
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:55:12 PM EDT] <Laurna> No longer rented fingers now they are barrowed fingers from Titvillius.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:55:14 PM EDT] * bynw has to really think hard that DesertRose is Nora
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:55:21 PM EDT] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:55:40 PM EDT] <KK> And remind me of your SCA name, DR?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:55:45 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Katherine. ;)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:56:05 PM EDT] <KK> Oh. OK. I went by Bevin in the old SCA days.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:56:05 PM EDT] <Laurna> We all like the name Katherine. No doubt about it.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:56:08 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Katherine Elinora le Vynour is my full SCA name.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:56:27 PM EDT] <bynw> i rarely ever called Tika by her actual name. it was always Tika or just Teek
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:56:48 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Half for you (since it was the dedication on Camber of Culdi that got me to my first SCA meeting) and half for Katherine Swynford, whom I find fascinating.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:56:48 PM EDT] <Laurna> Are you allowed to use your own name in SCA?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:56:49 PM EDT] <The_Bee> My niece was/is a basket-maker named Magdalena.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:56:53 PM EDT] <derynifank> Love that. I think we should have character with that name in a story
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:56:56 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yes, Laurna.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:57:08 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Until I was 5 I thought my name was "JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH!!!"
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:57:14 PM EDT] <DesertRose> LOL, TheDeryni.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:57:25 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL TD
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:57:31 PM EDT] <The_Bee> You must have been a holy terror.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:57:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> LOL, TD
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:58:01 PM EDT] <KK> I'm also a fan of Katehrine Swynford, DR.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:58:09 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Katherine Swynford is why my SCA persona is a 14th C Englishwoman. That, and making my persona a vintner makes it reasonable that I would know Chaucer's family.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:58:19 PM EDT] <Laurna> My mom shouted all four of us kids name in one big slurr when ever she wanted one of us for some trouble.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:58:40 PM EDT] <DesertRose> KK, have you read Alison Weir's biography of her? It has a different title in the UK, but the US title is Mistress of the Monarchy.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:59:16 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Oh heck, I called the Pod-Child by the cats' names sometimes (and vice versa). When you're aggravated, the names get jumbled in your head. ;)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:59:36 PM EDT] <Laurna> lol
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [7:59:39 PM EDT] <KK> Is that the same as one entitled Katherine, with John of Gaunt as a prominent figure?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:00:07 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I don't know. There was a novel by Anya Seton, published in the 1950's, titled Katherine, but it was fiction.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:00:14 PM EDT] <KK> Can't remember the author of the one I've read.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:00:15 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And John of Gaunt was a prominent figure in Katherine's life.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:00:30 PM EDT] <KK> Ah, mine is the Seton one.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:00:46 PM EDT] <DesertRose> So it follows that he'd make an appearance in any book about her.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:00:58 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> My mother was Catherine.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:00:59 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> He'd pretty much have to
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:01:12 PM EDT] <DesertRose> The Seton one is what prompted Weir to research Lady K and write a biography of her.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:02:00 PM EDT] <KK> That follows.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:02:05 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It's a pretty name, and I have yet to encounter a version of it I don't like. Even Caitrin. :D
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:02:24 PM EDT] <KK> I got interested in John of Gaunt for the same reason.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:02:27 PM EDT] <DesertRose> My current car is named Ekaterina, mostly called Katya.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:02:52 PM EDT] <DesertRose> He was fascinating too. I really want the Sydney Armitage Smith biography, but it's a bit hard to find and expensive when you can find it.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:03:39 PM EDT] <KK> I used to name my cars. But as they've gotten more modern, they don't seem to require names.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:04:16 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Alison Weir is still living and writing, but right at the moment, she's working on a series of novels about the wives of Henry VIII. The Katherine Howard one is either next to release or newly released.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:04:25 PM EDT] <derynifank> They just don;t have the same kind of personalities.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:04:47 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I had a few choices when I started reading fantasy after I read Lord of the Rings (1st fantasy books I read). So, because your name KK was Katherine, I picked yours because of Catherine my mom.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:04:59 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I had a bookcase named "Dandy" when I was a child.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:05:17 PM EDT] <derynifank> Although my DD has a BMW named zoomer. I leave it up to you to figure our why
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:05:39 PM EDT] <KK> I'm named with the middle names of both my grandmothers, Katherine Irene.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:06:12 PM EDT] <derynifank> You named a bookcase?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:06:47 PM EDT] <KK> They were Helen Catherine and Alma Irene. My parents changed the Catherine spelling to go with Kurtz.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:06:47 PM EDT] <The_Bee> My parents deliberately gave me a name that wasn't from any relative.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:07:10 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Sorry, I picked Deryni Rising. (I should have said that.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:07:16 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> )
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:08:38 PM EDT] <DesertRose> KK, the way you got your name is the way my maternal grandmother got her name.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:08:52 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Her grandmothers were Sarah Virginia and Sarah Holland, so she was Virginia Holland.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:09:51 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I got family named, too, but Nora was my father's great-aunt who died before I was born. She was, by all reports, a really cool person though, so now that I'm over having such an uncommon name, I'm glad to be named for her.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:10:00 PM EDT] <Laurna> Deryni Rising is cool, TD, do you use The Deryni for anywhere else but here?
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:10:05 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It was tough being a little kid with an uncommon name, though.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:10:06 PM EDT] <KK> Sarah Sarah would have been a little strange. ;-)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:10:16 PM EDT] <DesertRose> LOL, yes.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:10:24 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I do
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:10:37 PM EDT] <Laurna> Cool
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:10:38 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Actually, I use TD.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:10:48 PM EDT] <Laurna> perfect
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:11:33 PM EDT] <Laurna> for.... The DEER! teasing you
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:12:38 PM EDT] <The_Bee> the DEERyni
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:12:47 PM EDT] <Laurna> like it Bee
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:13:02 PM EDT] * DesertRose loads anchovies onto the trebuchet.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:13:05 PM EDT] <DesertRose> ;)
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:13:10 PM EDT] <Laurna> lol
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:13:31 PM EDT] <KK> LOL. On that note, I think I'll say goodnight. Busy day tomorrow, boxing up books and the like. See you all next week!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:13:46 PM EDT] <bynw> night KK. thanks for coming!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:13:47 PM EDT] <Laurna> I love books.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:13:53 PM EDT] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:13:54 PM EDT] <Laurna> Good night KK
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:13:54 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Okay, KK, thanks for coming to see us, have a good week, and stay safe and healthy!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:13:56 PM EDT] <DesertRose> See you next week!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:13:59 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Have a good week KK, and thanks for visiting with us
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:14:02 PM EDT] <derynifank> Have a good week KK. Thanks for coming
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:14:13 PM EDT] <KK> Nighters, all! And stay safe!
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:14:20 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Have a good week, KK. Thanks for coming
[Sunday, August 16, 2020] [8:14:22 PM EDT] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: https://mibbit.com Online IRC Client).
"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.)