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KK Chat -- 11 October 2020

Started by DesertRose, October 11, 2020, 07:30:33 PM

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[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:03:46 PM EDT] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:03:51 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hi KK
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:03:56 PM EDT] <bynw> hi KK
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:04:02 PM EDT] <KK> Hello all!
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:04:06 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> DesertRose, I can't remeber if the Panhandle is the sticky-out part or the heading towards Mississippi and Alabama part...
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:04:12 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Hello @KK
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:04:20 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi KK.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:04:31 PM EDT] <DesertRose> The heading-towards-MS-and-AL part.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:04:52 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi KK
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:04:55 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Ah, so my in-laws are gtting chewed up
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:05:07 PM EDT] <KK> Which panhandle?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:05:11 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Florida
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:05:29 PM EDT] <KK> Ah, that's easy.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:05:47 PM EDT] <KK> What is happening in the Florida panhandle?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:05:58 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Well, to be fair, Florida looks like a weird boomerang (for one of the more polite possibilities).
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:06:03 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hurricane season.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:06:31 PM EDT] <KK> Yeah, they've gotten sort of walloped this season.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:06:42 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hurricane Delta, and then Hurricane Laura earlier in the season, and I want to think they got another one that wasn't so bad wind-wise but dropped a bunch of rain they didn't really need.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:06:44 PM EDT] <The_Bee> The US map liiks to me like a huge beast with Texas as its hindquarters and florida as it forelegs.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:07:23 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> That's a mighty big butt on that beast. 🙂
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:07:29 PM EDT] <DesertRose> That's reasonable, Bee, for the whole contiguous 48, but I just meant Florida by itself. :)
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:07:39 PM EDT] <DesertRose> We like big butts and we cannot lie. :P
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:07:45 PM EDT] <KK> LOL
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:07:48 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> heh
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:07:55 PM EDT] <The_Bee> and New England is its very tiny head.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:08:38 PM EDT] Join derynifank (62a6eda8@owirc-0o17lq.mibbit.com) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:08:41 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Back when I was working as a medical transcriptionist, I had a day wherein I was typing merrily along, transcribing for my usual doctor (a podiatrist attached to an orthopedic practice), when I open up a new file and hear a voice that isn't the podiatrist.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:08:45 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hi DFK
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:08:47 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi DFK
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:08:47 PM EDT] <bynw> hi dfk
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:08:55 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> hello DFK
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:09:06 PM EDT] <KK> Hi dfk.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:09:09 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi everyone
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:09:17 PM EDT] <DesertRose> This voice proceeds to rap/sing the first few lines of "Baby Got Back," then ends with "Dr. [podiatrist's surname] got a big ol' butt."
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:09:18 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Who was it ,DR?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:09:22 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi KK
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:09:24 PM EDT] <KK> And, Desert Rose?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:09:35 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> @DesertRose LOL!
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:09:48 PM EDT] <The_Bee> ROFL!
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:09:54 PM EDT] <KK> That would have been a true surprise, DR.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:10:06 PM EDT] <derynifank> Did you find out who it was?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:10:14 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I don't know to this day. Presumably someone else who worked in the office. It wasn't any of the other doctors, because I transcribed for them all on occasion (though mainly for the podiatrist), but it must have been someone who worked there and managed to catch the doctor's equipment unattended.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:10:40 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> And they left a little easter egg there, just for you
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:10:43 PM EDT] <KK> And did Dr. P have a big ol' butt?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:10:48 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It was funny, not just for itself but because I had to tell my contact at the transcription company about it.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:10:56 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Imagine trying to phrase that professionally. :)
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> enters chat room with a champagne cork pop
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:13 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hello all
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:18 PM EDT] <KK> I assume you didn't have to transcribe that....
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:19 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> The aged, enlarged, posterior
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:20 PM EDT] <The_Bee> HI sHIRAL
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:22 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> hello @Shiral
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:23 PM EDT] <DesertRose> No idea, I don't know what he looked like other than his face (the practice's website had photos of all the doctors/practitioners).
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:24 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi shiral
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:26 PM EDT] <bynw> hi shiral
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:36 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi Shiral
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:41 PM EDT] <KK> Hi, Shiral.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:45 PM EDT] <Laurna> Good afternoon chatters
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:53 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi Laurna
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:55 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> hi @Laurna
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:11:58 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi Laurna
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:12:01 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> snaps fingers and produces mulled cider and shortbread cookies
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:12:06 PM EDT] <DesertRose> No, I didn't. And my contact, after my semi-cryptic attempt at a professional description, told me to put it in review status, then came back to me a few minutes later with a comment like, "I needed that laugh today."
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:12:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi Laurna
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:12:12 PM EDT] <KK> Yum!
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:12:27 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I took Melantha to the vet this afternoon.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:12:38 PM EDT] <Laurna> I shall add Hot brownies with walnuts and white chocolate chips just taken out of the oven.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:12:40 PM EDT] * DesertRose sets out pecan bars that her mom made, plus some various chocolates for fun.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:12:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> How is she?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:12:51 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi Bee, how is she
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:13:01 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Just because our virtual calorie count was far too low.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:13:06 PM EDT] <KK> ???Bee
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:13:08 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:13:21 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Dang, that's a nice spread. adds caramel-infused rice krispie treats to the table
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:13:23 PM EDT] <DesertRose> How is Melantha, Bee?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:13:33 PM EDT] <Laurna> Bee How is Melantha
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:13:33 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Doing ok, need to gain weight. she doesn't like her prescribed kidnay-care catfood.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:14:16 PM EDT] <Laurna> can you add a little canned fish to her diet
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:14:25 PM EDT] <The_Bee> She sounded like she was trying to throw up a few minutes ago.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:14:34 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Aw, poor kitty. Carys has a pound or so she can spare for Melantha, although you couldn't prove it by Carys and her appetite.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:14:40 PM EDT] <KK> I think most cats do not like any of the prescribed catfoods.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:14:46 PM EDT] <Laurna> poor kitty
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:14:57 PM EDT] <derynifank> I never had one who did
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:14:59 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I don't think dogs do either
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:15:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> I was able to get my Mousie to put on a pound by feeding her plelnty of Hill's presription diet a/d.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:15:12 PM EDT] <KK> Can you augment with baby food?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:15:12 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> The higher the cost of a special diet, the less inclined they are to eat it
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:15:15 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I've found something she likes; I'm using it to get her to swallow her medicine.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:15:26 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I remember reading somewhere that there's a way you can make your own pet food, including, with some special ingredients, special-diet food.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:15:47 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> That's good, Bee
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:15:56 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I don't know, KK. The vet wants her on a low-protein diet.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:16:16 PM EDT] <KK> Yeah, that figures, with kidney issues.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:16:28 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Wow, how do you put a carnivore on a low-protein diet...
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:16:56 PM EDT] <KK> And what do they want her to eat to gain some weight?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:17:00 PM EDT] <derynifank> with great diffficulty
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:17:28 PM EDT] <The_Bee> The vet did suggest baby food when Melantha was recovering from surgery in 2015.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:17:37 PM EDT] Join TheDeryni (uid347357@Flirt.Storyteller.Wiseass) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:17:37 PM EDT] Mode derynibot gives channel operator privileges to TheDeryni.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:17:50 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi TD
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:17:54 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi TD
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:17:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> @The Bee Do you bring her in to get sub-q fluids?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:17:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi TD
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:18:02 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> hello TD
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:18:06 PM EDT] <The_Bee> It's called Kidney-Care. It comes in dry and moist.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:18:14 PM EDT] <The_Bee> HI td
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:18:15 PM EDT] * TheDeryni waves to all
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:18:23 PM EDT] <Laurna> I have a 30year old throughbred horse. He is a chestnut. But this year he started loosing so much weight and I was feeding him three- four times what I feed the other horse. Finally a asked the feed store what to do. They gave me a meal called gentle balance. In the last two months. Rexxar has put all his weight back on. Sometimes prepared foods have the right ingredients. for the right circumstances.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:18:29 PM EDT] <Laurna> Hello TD
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:18:35 PM EDT] <bynw> hi TD
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:18:36 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Anyone giving SubQ to a cat should give serious thoughts to growing a third arm
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:18:53 PM EDT] <KK> Amen, Shiral!
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:19:01 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> For when the first two are clawed off?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:19:08 PM EDT] <The_Bee> SubQ?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:19:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> @Shiral That's why I take him in to the vet and let the vet-techs do it. 🙂
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:19:33 PM EDT] <DesertRose> subcutaneous
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:19:38 PM EDT] <derynifank> Cats could give Houdini lessons in escape
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:19:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> liquid just under the skin
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:19:46 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> One to hold the cat, one to position the needle, the third to take off the little catch on the tube.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:19:48 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I have subq, but she's overdue.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:20:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Nina, the last cat I had to give SUBQ to was a very unenthusiastic patient.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:21:15 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I was having to give her SubQ three times a week, and just couldn't afford to take her in every time.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:21:17 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I usually manage by kneeling with Melanthatrapped between my knees.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:21:45 PM EDT] <bynw> i would lose body parts if i attempted something like that with a cat
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:22:05 PM EDT] <Laurna> And you manage to get up from kneeling afterword. I am impressed Bee.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:22:08 PM EDT] <DesertRose> When Cyrano decided to use roach baits as hockey pucks, I had to give him subq epinephrine until his system cleared the pesticide. He was such a sweetie that he let me. Most cats will leave you looking like you tried to fight a weed-whacker.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:22:09 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> My vet does it for free if you buy the fluids from them. I take them up on that offer.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:22:54 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I feel guily b/c I haven't done it in a while.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:22:56 PM EDT] <KK> That's a very good deal. You have to buy the fluids from somewhere, after all.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:22:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I had to move His Majesty, AKA Dmitri while making the bed this morning. He took tremendous exception and got me a few times.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:23:44 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> swatted you good, did h e?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:23:47 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Does Dmitri think he's the Czar?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:23:48 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Carys thinks that bed-linen-change time is play time.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:23:54 PM EDT] <Laurna> we know who is king in Shiral's casa
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:23:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> He's fast with the jab, yes
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:24:09 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Bee, I'm pretty sure he does
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:24:50 PM EDT] <bynw> of course he is the czar and master. the hooman is a servant mortal
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:25:21 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Just call me the heated, padded food dispenser.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:25:28 PM EDT] <derynifank> BRB have to check something on the stove
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:25:43 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Dogs have owners, cats have staff. It is known.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:26:03 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> And for good reason
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:26:06 PM EDT] <KK> Yes.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:26:19 PM EDT] <bynw> to the dog we are a god. to the cats they are the gods and we are there to worship them
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:26:28 PM EDT] <Laurna> My cat can not figure out where her staff will not obey her properly.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:26:29 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Her Serene Feline Majesty, Carys Elen, First of Her Name, Queen of Chill and Sweetness, concurs.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:28:13 PM EDT] <KK> Speaking of cats, I watched the Cats movie last night on HBO. Not nearly as good as the live performance I saw years ago in LA.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:29:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Almost all the reviews of that movie said it was bizarre, so I haven't seen it. Did you enjoy the movie?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:29:15 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I saw th play PBS years ago.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:29:17 PM EDT] <derynifank> The movie could not come close to the Braodway show
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:29:20 PM EDT] <Laurna> Stage and film don't allways cross well
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:29:55 PM EDT] <KK> It was Cameron's first exposure to live theatre, and he loved it. During the interval, one of the cats came down into the audience, stole a lady's shoe, and dropped it in Cameron's lap.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:30:10 PM EDT] <derynifank> Dog is insulted that they don't have a show called Dogs
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:30:11 PM EDT] <bynw> LOL
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:30:14 PM EDT] <bynw> that's funny KK
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:30:16 PM EDT] <DesertRose> To be fair, the stage play was based on a bunch of nonsense poems by T.S. Eliot and I strongly suspect the decision to turn that collection into a musical was the product of one or several chemically-enhanced imaginations(s).
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:30:18 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> How old was Cameron?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:30:22 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:30:26 PM EDT] <The_Bee> That mus t havebeen a thrill
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:30:36 PM EDT] <KK> He was about 9.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:30:47 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> A good age for that
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:31:28 PM EDT] <derynifank> I took DD1 to see Cats on Broadway for her 16th birthday. Loved it
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:31:42 PM EDT] <KK> Indeed. The love of live theatre has stuck.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:31:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Excellent
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:32:39 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Does anyone recall the woman who indignantly complained the they were people dressed up as cats, and not real cats?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:32:52 PM EDT] <KK> I've had the Old Deuteronomy song in my brain all day. Judi Dench played the part. She was excellent, as always.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:33:19 PM EDT] <derynifank> Did she really expect live cats? That would have been a trip
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:33:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I would say she was either not in touch with reality, or way TOO much in touch, if she thought cats could be taught to sing.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:34:00 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Some told about it in the old Deryni forum.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:34:14 PM EDT] <KK> It truly would have been bizarre.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:34:15 PM EDT] <The_Bee> someone
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:34:24 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Carys is telling me that it's Pet The Kitty O'Clock.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:34:43 PM EDT] * The_Bee scritches Carys.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:34:45 PM EDT] <derynifank> I have a friend who took her son to his first show at about that age. He still loves live shows and every summer they go to NY and spend a week seeing shows.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:34:47 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> It's always Pet the Kitty O' Clock SOMEWHERE.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:34:52 PM EDT] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:35:03 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> LOL
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:35:06 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> pets Mousie
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:35:20 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Although my two are having a post meal nap
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:35:40 PM EDT] <bynw> mine is sleeping ... which she does mostly all day
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:35:50 PM EDT] <KK> Gus is curled up on the settee in my office.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:36:04 PM EDT] <derynifank> My grandson has a kitten who is about 6 months old and fetches. He has nerf darts and is he tosses the cat not only goes and gets it, he brings it back
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:36:21 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Cool!
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:36:40 PM EDT] <bynw> i used to have a cat that played fetch with paper balls for hours
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:36:42 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I had a cat who would fetch. He liked tennis balls, which was amusing because he was not an especially large cat.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:36:52 PM EDT] <derynifank> Never knew a cat who would fetch anything before
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:36:52 PM EDT] <KK> One of our Irish cats was addicted to chasing and fetching wadded up paper balls. Took him months to get tired of the game.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:37:41 PM EDT] <derynifank> But I am sure the cat thinks he trained us not the other way around
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:38:25 PM EDT] <KK> Some cats never get the idea that you're supposed to chase the ball and bring it back. I think they probably figure out pretty quickly that you really must not want the ball, or why do you keep throwing it away.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:38:28 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I don't have any photos of him digitized (I *have* some but I need to scan them), but he was a little white cat with gray tabby patches. I always thought he had a bit of Abyssinian in him. His name was Christian.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:38:48 PM EDT] <bynw> cats do train us. with their meows. which are distinctive to the person and what they desire from that person
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:39:23 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I need someone to translate Melantha'smeoows to me.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:39:43 PM EDT] <derynifank> Who speaks fluent cat?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:39:43 PM EDT] <KK> Yes. And some cats, like Gus, are super talkers.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:40:26 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Fetching is not a problem DF. It's the retrieving that needs help.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:40:33 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Melantha used to be fairly quiet, but in the last few months she'd become a loudmouth.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:40:46 PM EDT] <bynw> yes Gus is very talkative. much like my Kagi is very talkative (she wasn't before her sister's death as her sister was very talkative instead)
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[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:43:14 PM EDT] Quit TheDeryni (uid347357@Flirt.Storyteller.Wiseass) has left this server (Quit: brb).
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:43:16 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Is anyone else gettinga message about thulcandra, or jus tme?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:43:26 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> I'm not
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:43:29 PM EDT] <KK> I'm getting it.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:43:35 PM EDT] <derynifank> I got it Don't know what it is
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:43:44 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Not me
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:43:55 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Are ou on KIWI?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:43:56 PM EDT] Join TheDeryni (uid347357@Flirt.Storyteller.Wiseass) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:43:56 PM EDT] Mode derynibot gives channel operator privileges to TheDeryni.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:43:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Oh, I'm on Discord, maybe that's not why I see it
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:44:26 PM EDT] <KK> I'm on mibbit, and I see it.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:44:45 PM EDT] <KK> I'd guess it has something to do with gaming.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:44:49 PM EDT] <derynifank> Me too
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:45:09 PM EDT] <bynw> no its a server message on an upcoming reboot in about 4 hours
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:45:27 PM EDT] <KK> Whatever.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:45:33 PM EDT] <The_Bee> It mentions bynw by name.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:45:41 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Busted!
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:45:43 PM EDT] <bynw> yes because i sent it
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:45:49 PM EDT] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:45:56 PM EDT] <bynw> thulcandra is the name of the main chat server
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:46:19 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> bynw, do you administer thulcandra?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:46:24 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Are there still several? I know at one time, there were three.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:46:46 PM EDT] <bynw> thulcandra, voluus, and khisanth
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:47:14 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Didn't we have another? My brain is fussing about a name that is none of those.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:47:14 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> cool names
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:47:25 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I thought Thulcandra was a giant cat. =* X-P
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:47:38 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Might have been the one that ToreadorVampire maintained/administered, back in the day.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:48:05 PM EDT] <bynw> charr runs the services (NickServ, ChanServ, DiceServ, derynibot ... )
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:48:26 PM EDT] <bynw> so avalon was ToreadorVampire's server in the network but it hasnt been around in years
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:48:56 PM EDT] <KK> It's all Greek to me. Or Thulcandran.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:49:07 PM EDT] <bynw> yes Bethane i do
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:49:19 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Well, no, that doesn't ring a bell either. But we used to see on netsplits a name that wasn't Thulcandra or Khisanth (I mean, they appeared too, but there was another, I think).
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:49:25 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Greek Toreador Vampire--this season's hot Halloween costume
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:49:36 PM EDT] <bynw> khisanth is still up and running
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:49:53 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> And sexy Greek Toreador Vampire for the ladies...
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:50:11 PM EDT] <bynw> thulcandra is the "silent planet" aka earth in CS Lewis's space trilogy
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:50:25 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> LOL Isn't it a pity this is not going to be the year of epic Halloween parties? At least, not in person
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:50:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Halloween is pretty much a bust here
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:51:04 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yeah, here too.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:51:11 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Actually, DR, I think Voluus was another name or a replacement for another server. (or not)
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:51:25 PM EDT] <The_Bee> In all the years I've lived in Boston, I'veneverhad a single trick-or-treater.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:51:41 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I don't really pay it much attention any more, since I don't get trick-or-treaters and the Kiddo is an adult living her own life, so I don't have any young'uns around to fuss over/for.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:51:43 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Yup. I'll put up my plastic sugar skull light string, but.... not much point in anything else
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:51:45 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> My memory doesn't work well anymore
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:51:53 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> @The Bee do you live out in the boondocks? Or is your area just not residential?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:52:12 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Voluus may have replaced the one I'm trying to call to mind.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:52:49 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> That's what I'm thinking also, DR
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:52:49 PM EDT] <The_Bee> No, Charlestown is part of Boston. It's where the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:53:13 PM EDT] <derynifank> My youngest grandson is thirteen now so I have no more trick or treaters. I will miss it.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:53:32 PM EDT] <KK> But you're in an apartment, so I'd guess that no trick-or-treaters come in there.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:54:03 PM EDT] <bynw> i've never seen any trick or treaters at my apt complex in the nearly 3+ years i've been at this one
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:54:21 PM EDT] <The_Bee> When i WAS LIVING WITH MY PARENTS, KIDS CAME TO THE DOOR, BUT NOT ONE SAID "TRICK OR TREAT." tHEY JUST STOOD THERE SILENTLY.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:54:25 PM EDT] <bynw> even the kids that live in the complex go elsewhere
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:54:48 PM EDT] <The_Bee> caps lock again
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:54:53 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> @The Bee, you're pretty close to where some of my ancestors are from. They were in Danvers for a good while.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:54:55 PM EDT] <derynifank> So many parents take kids to organized parties now
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:55:17 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> I love getting trick-or-treaters, especially the really cute little o nes
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:55:57 PM EDT] <derynifank> I used to love the ones where parents had made the costumes. Some were really cute
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:56:00 PM EDT] <Laurna> I bought a rain gutter to use for a candy slide, IF we do the trick or treaters. Such a shame. Last year we were making some great plans for a haunted house on saterday night.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:56:04 PM EDT] <bynw> and the hours of trick or treating have been drastically reduced too. over by 8pm in most places. but when i was a kid. we didnt get done until nearly 10pm
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:56:04 PM EDT] <The_Bee> People are suggesting stay-at-home parties or family scavenger hunts this year.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:56:06 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I have a good neighborhood for Trick or Treating, so I feel bad for the kids. So many fun things can't be done safely this year
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:56:46 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> You had the pirate ship last year, didn't you Laurna?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:57:02 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> My mom would spend October making four different costumes for us. Halloween was BIG in my family, especially Trick Or Treating
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:57:10 PM EDT] <derynifank> I had a cousin whose birthday was Halloween so we went Trick or treating then back to her house for a sleepover
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:57:20 PM EDT] <Laurna> Yep. still have it. And I so wanted home depots hurse this year.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:57:39 PM EDT] <The_Bee> The last time I went trick-or-treating I dressed as a ghost. I caught empetigo from the sheets.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:57:40 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Eeek!
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:57:43 PM EDT] <KK> This year, Halloween coincides with a full moon and change of clocks.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:58:02 PM EDT] <derynifank> Oh dear
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:58:08 PM EDT] <Laurna> I was going to put skellital Captain Jack sparrow inside the hurse with all the treasure and cold coins
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:58:12 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> GS3 missed being born on Halloween by one day.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:58:15 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> This year we have a blue moon, since we had a full moon on the first of october, too
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:58:34 PM EDT] <Laurna> Yep
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:58:34 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Nice!
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:58:43 PM EDT] <derynifank> Supposedly their is a bill in Congress to stop changing the time but who lnows if they will ever pass it
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:58:59 PM EDT] <The_Bee> One year I escorted my kid sister and her friend when they did "trick or treat for UNICEF."
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:59:06 PM EDT] <Laurna> We get more than 200 kids
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [7:59:12 PM EDT] <Laurna> We will miss that
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:00:06 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> There is lots of Halloween candy in the stores that is not being purchased
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:00:09 PM EDT] <The_Bee> They refused candy even when it was offered. "We're sacrificing."
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:00:20 PM EDT] <Laurna> We are waiting to see if we do anything this year or not.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:00:40 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Oh boy, lots of day-after-halloween sales to get even plumper on! 🙂
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:01:00 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Like I need an excuse....
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:01:01 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Last year, I got so many kids, I didn't have any leftover candy.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:01:09 PM EDT] <Laurna> If we do we will only let one group in the yard at a time and use the 8ft candy slide for the kids and social distancing
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:01:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Little twerps. =o)
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:01:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> @Shiral lol
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:01:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Shoulda bought the third bag.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:02:13 PM EDT] <Laurna> we ususally buy 60lbs of candy
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:02:25 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Holy crow!
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:02:30 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> We never started trick or treating until after dark, and it seems to be almost over by then, now?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:02:30 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I saw a nice ad for that. Homeowner sent candy in a basket down a cloths line and a beer for the adult
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:02:32 PM EDT] <derynifank> The candy slide sounds like a really cool idea
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:02:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> That's a LOT of candy
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:03:18 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Just pass me the chocolate pieces of eight
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:03:23 PM EDT] <Laurna> I still want to set up something.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:03:31 PM EDT] <Laurna> Love it
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:05:20 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> @KK, I suppose they would frown on trick-or-treating in Gwynedd, I expect...
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:05:51 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Paganism
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:05:52 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Kids would be too wired to sit still for Mass on All Saint's Day
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:05:59 PM EDT] <Laurna> https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/fv8qKgge/image.png
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:06:14 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Would they have Samhain in Gwynedd?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:06:23 PM EDT] <Laurna> https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/74209248_2466526146896307_6879386866194317312_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=V9_89QplOGMAX_oMShe&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.xx&oh=1909584574e13aa213e1660f8ba1b9a7&oe=5FAACE55
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:06:26 PM EDT] <KK> I think Halloween would be taken in its original meaning, All Hallows Eve. But that <is> a thin part of the year....
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:07:13 PM EDT] <KK> If one wanted to try to communicate with the dead, that would be a good time to try it.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:07:16 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Did we see pagans more than that once, in Morgan's court?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:07:24 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I'm reading a Sister Fidelma mystery that takes place during Samhain season.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:07:30 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> I'm just suddenly imagining cute little Deryni babies dressing up and asking for candy...
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:07:43 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I remember when my nephew was little my brother asked what he'd like to be for Halloween and Nathan promptly said "a blue tiger."
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:07:48 PM EDT] <Laurna> Good fun Bethane
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:08:05 PM EDT] <KK> It wouldn't have been candy as we know it.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:08:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> And using handfire to light the way
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:08:31 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> My ex-wife and most of the brasilians I know (and there's a lot) think Halloween is evil.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:08:31 PM EDT] <KK> Handfire, yes.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:08:42 PM EDT] <derynifank> BRB Have to check the stove again. Making Brunswick Stew
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:08:47 PM EDT] <Laurna> I am not sure, with shapeshifting there might be some real scary characters out and about,.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:08:51 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> One of the cutest costumes I've ever seen was a baby dressed in a bee costume
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:08:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> well, none of that marzipan, that's for sure...
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:09:07 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Nope, none of that!
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:09:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Small sweet pastries? Or late-harvest fruits?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:09:15 PM EDT] <DesertRose> When I was little, I used to get homemade baked goods from some houses and once a caramel apple.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:09:22 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Would the door between the living world and th dead world be ajar in the Eleven Kingdoms?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:09:45 PM EDT] <DesertRose> There was one of the waves of "someone tampered with the treats" hysteria and that put an end to homemade goodies. :(
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:09:50 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> When I was little, we were actively warned against taking homemade baked goods and caramel apples 😦
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:09:54 PM EDT] <KK> Quite possibly, Bee.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:10:05 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Maybe acan instead of ajar
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:10:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> has mental image of Morgan getting in touch with Brion and bringing him up to date on everything happening in the kingom...
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:10:23 PM EDT] <Laurna> Good idea
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:10:30 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> . . . just let Brion have a word with Jehana
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:10:36 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> It would solve everything!
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:10:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> lol, yes
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:10:42 PM EDT] <KK> Obviously, St. Camber knows where the thin places are....
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:10:46 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> (it would make everything SO MUCH WORSE)
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:10:50 PM EDT] <Laurna> Very true
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:10:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> It's unfortunate that we have to guard against people who would harm children that way.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:10:55 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Jehana would not be a fan of Halloween
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:11:01 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Well, to be fair, at that time, I was trick-or-treating at houses occupied by people we knew. My grandmother knew everyone in her neighborhood, and the caramel apple came from one of her friends, so we weren't worried about that.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:11:07 PM EDT] <The_Bee> It you're born on Halloween you're supposedly able to talk with the dead. But maybe you have to be born at midnight.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:11:16 PM EDT] * TheDeryni waits for DR to smack him
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:11:25 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> I mean, anybody can talk with the dead.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:11:25 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> smacks DR
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:11:27 PM EDT] <DesertRose> The thing that ticks me off about it is most of the proven cases of candy tampering have been . . . very not-random.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:11:34 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Acan, huh, TheDeryni?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:11:42 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL TD I just got it.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:11:43 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Heh
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:11:48 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Being heard by, or hearing the answers , might be a different question
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:11:53 PM EDT] * DesertRose loads a ballista with a bunch of goldfish crackers and fires them at TheDeryni.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:11:54 PM EDT] <KK> Yes, but do the dead answer?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:11:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> It was acanny thought
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:12:02 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> sorry
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:12:03 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Punning has definitely fallen off since we lost Jemler
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:12:09 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> There we go
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:12:18 PM EDT] <KK> I miss Jemler.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:12:24 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Me too
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:12:27 PM EDT] <Laurna> The Ballista needs oiling
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:12:34 PM EDT] <bynw> jemler was a hoot
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:12:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> And Jasta, too
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:12:55 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I was thinking of Jemler when I said it
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:13:05 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> He would approve, TD
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:13:05 PM EDT] <Laurna> Good for your TD, Thank you
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:14:12 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> I miss him very much also, Katherine.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:14:23 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Laurna, for a minute I read that as "The Barista needs oiling."
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:14:28 PM EDT] <bynw> without jemler we need someone new to pelt with fish
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:14:34 PM EDT] <KK> Ack, just knowked my mouse onto the floor, and it came apart in 3 pieces--fortunately, all put back together, once I fished out the pieces, and it stll works.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:14:43 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Massage gift certificate for your favourite, Shiral?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:14:49 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Rut roh
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:15:29 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Well...since I've been making my own coffee at home through this year, I don't have a favorite barista
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:15:47 PM EDT] <Laurna> Glad it still works KK
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:15:52 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Glad the Mouse didn't commit suicide
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:16:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Shiral: Self-love is valid. Do you need oiling?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:16:24 PM EDT] <KK> Oh, it tried. But fortunately, not successful.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:16:26 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> No, I don't think so. Chocolating, maybe
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:16:58 PM EDT] <The_Bee> For a moment, KK, i thought you meant at actual mouse.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:17:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> We never know when our Mouse is in pain....
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:17:42 PM EDT] <Laurna> I think Gus would take care of any real mouse
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:17:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> So did I, Bee
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:17:45 PM EDT] <KK> Well, they almost die when their batteries go, but we know how to revive them from that.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:17:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Frankenmouse
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:18:14 PM EDT] <KK> Gus has been the demise of many a mouse, especially in Ireland. Not so much here.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:18:36 PM EDT] <bynw> well Gus is retired from mousing i suppose
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:18:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Heh, I have a cat named Frankenstein and a cat namead Mouse
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:18:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Maybe Irish mice tasted better
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:18:44 PM EDT] <Laurna> Ireland seems to be well known for its rodentia
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:19:13 PM EDT] <Laurna> Bathane that is funny
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:19:53 PM EDT] <Laurna> Sunny is on my lap trying to get to my glass of milk.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:20:15 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Carys is pestering for more food.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:20:35 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Mine are just chillin'. Mousie's having a bath.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:20:40 PM EDT] <Laurna> Paddy is now joining him.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:20:56 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Melantha is ignoring her food.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:21:01 PM EDT] <KK> Very few mice in this house--other than the one that showed up in my toaster one night. After we put the toaster outside, we went to Walmart and bought a new one. Mouse was gone when we got back.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:21:24 PM EDT] <Laurna> yikes
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:21:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> My toaster has mouse claw marks on it
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:21:45 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Heh, that made me snort...
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:22:58 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Melantha caught a mouse once. She was playing with it.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:23:11 PM EDT] <KK> I think ours was after the crumbs in the crumb tray. But God only knows how he got up onto the counter.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:23:26 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Toasted mouse....ew
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:23:37 PM EDT] <Laurna> KK, did you meet Bethane last week? She is new to our group.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:24:12 PM EDT] * TheDeryni looks for ornographic flying Osteichthyes, but doesn't see any. Phew.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:25:10 PM EDT] <KK> Yes.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:25:18 PM EDT] <The_Bee> @TD: ????
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:25:19 PM EDT] <Laurna> TD I had to look that one up. Flying bony fish
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:25:21 PM EDT] * TheDeryni doesn't want to get pelted today
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:25:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I had to look it up too
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:25:50 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> gives TD a mild pelting with goldfish crackers
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:25:56 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:25:59 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Lol
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:26:34 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Just so you don't get too overconfident, TD
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:26:37 PM EDT] <KK> On that note, and because my tummy is complaining, I think I'm going to sign off now. :-) See you all next week: some of my favorite people for my birthday.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:26:44 PM EDT] <Laurna> TD are they every going to spring you from the nursing home?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:01 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Have a good week, KK
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:04 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Goodbye kk, take care
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:04 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Moi? Overconfident?
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> See you on your natal day, KK. Have a good week
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:11 PM EDT] <Laurna> Good night KK
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:20 PM EDT] <TheDeryni> Bye, Katherine
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:21 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> At least you are not being coi
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:22 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hope house stuff continues to progress
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:27 PM EDT] <derynifank> Have a good week KK. Happy birthday
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:28 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Or even Koi
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:29 PM EDT] <Laurna> TD you sound happy
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:37 PM EDT] <Eris> <Bethane> Oooohhh...
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:40 PM EDT] <DesertRose> G'night, KK! Happy birthday a week early!
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:42 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL Jerusha
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:46 PM EDT] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <Angsthase> Goodnight
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:27:52 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> autocorrect failed me
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:28:00 PM EDT] * DesertRose loads the trebuchet with various rays and sharks and launches it at TheDeryni.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:28:04 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Nighters, KK. Happy Birthday
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:28:09 PM EDT] <bynw> night KK
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:28:23 PM EDT] <KK> Ah, the trebuchet is back! Hurrah!
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:28:33 PM EDT] <Laurna> Yeah
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:28:37 PM EDT] <KK> Nighters.
[Sunday, October 11, 2020] [8:28:42 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.)