Good morning, and welcome to the Sea Patrol edition of Hunky Hump Day. XBrad recommended it, so here I am, hooked on another series. This is no OTH teen drama, this is kick-ass Aussies with stuff blowing up and intrigue on the high seas. For the men there’s Lisa McCune. For the ladies, I bring you the rest of the crew.
Dutchy (Conrad Coleby)
my current fave, Swain (Matthew Holmes)
“ET” (David Lyons)
Chefo (Josh Lawson)
More of ’em need to go shirtless, IMHO.
No Vegemite here, just beefcake.
Thank you for your attention, and y’all have a good day.
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Sausagefest
Yep, and proud of it. Good morning, Hotspur.
Ok, I may be ignorant about this, but does the FAA need 74,000 employees? WTF are they doing?
Hahahaha
I was just looking for a novel way to say “first”.
Good morning, Ms. Hydrant.
At least they know how many employees they have.
The Dept of Agriculture can’t answer that question.
Mr. RFH and the kids had a safe trip home yesterday from the family reunion. I had to laugh when one of Mr. RFH’s first observations was, “you’ve been busy”. Usually he doesn’t notice things like that. I alternated cleaning house and watching TV most of the weekend.
Definitely sea worthy. Thanks Roamy.
Good followup after watching Xbrad’s Navy Seal video.
I think NASA has something like 22 or 23,000 employees, and that’s too many.
Okay, distortion in the media. 4,000 FAA employees have been furloughed, and they *estimate* 70,000 jobs lost due to construction idling. Rat bastards. I knew that number smelled funny.
Off to work. Y’all have a good day.
**leaves batch of cinnamon rolls on the kitchen counter for Cathy and whoever she wants to share with.
another day of getting my ass kicked, and someone writing down my name…
Hmmmm…… I seem to have somehow missed this program – when does it air, and what channel? Imma DEFINITELY gonna hafta fire up the DVR to catch all of this yummy goodness!
M’thanks, Roamy. Nummy!
Y’all help yourselves to the buns.
*licks fingers and lips*
My dad claims to have invented the phrase “rat bastard”.
So I’m playing around on google+. I think it needs more people before it becomes really useful. I also would like to find a way to have multiple gmail accounts associated with the same google+ identity, because I’m still using an account in my maiden name (since I’ve had it for years and years) but am slowly transitioning over to a new account in my married name. But it doesn’t look like Google will let me do that.
Wow. Need to check this show out!
XBrad recommended it….
…and XBrad knows his seamen.
My dad claims to have invented the phrase “rat bastard”.
If your dad didn’t exist, it would have been necessary to invent him so that he could invent that phrase. It’s always been one of my faves.
The FAA had almost 50,000 employees in 1999, but you can’t really get at the actual number of workers, there’s no way to know how many contractors are also doing FAA work.
(same with NASA by the way. And the Army. And USDA. etc. )
Apropos of nothing at all, I still can’t believe we made a baby on our honeymoon.
(I’m really looking forward to that moment, about ten-fifteen years from now, when our son counts back nine months from his birthday and the look of horrified realization spreads across his face. Hahahahaha. I just hope I’m there to see it.)
I’m really looking forward to that moment, about ten-fifteen years from now, when our son counts back nine months from his birthday and the look of horrified realization spreads across his face. Hahahahaha. I just hope I’m there to see it.
One of my boyfriends ‘counted back’ when he was a kid, realized he was born 5-6 months after his folks married, and got his folks to fess up that he was a love child.
…and that’s cool about your dad’s ‘rad bastard’ term, Peel.
This poat smells of chest waxing and testosterone cream.
From Leon’s farmpoat:
And this is my pond/drainage ditch/bluegill aquaculture habitat. It’s about 9′ deep in the middle. There are currently no bodies in it weighed down with rocks.
How does he know?
Mrs. Peel – I was born 8.5 months after my parents wedding.
I know the look.
Good Morning cool kids.
>> How does he know?
He needs a drought to be sure.
Cinnamon rolls and men.
It’s going to be a great day!
It’s probably a law in Michigan that a home inspection must include dragging the lake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn7l0FJMQD0
Peel, are you sure you can’t just create an alias (not a subaccount) under your old email address that uses your maiden name? I know you can do that in Yahoo. I’d be shocked if google does not have that same feature.
In fact, the email address I post publicly at IB is really just an anonymous alias under my normal email address, which uses my real name.
An alias is also useful for stuff like shopping online. If you start getting a lot of spam, you can just delete it and make a new one.
It’s probably a law in Michigan that a home inspection must include dragging the lake.
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Goddamn right there is!
–Local Lake Draggers #134
That’s because in Michigan they’re still looking for Jimmy Hoffa.
our latest worker up here at the shop is such a douchebag but he’s lasted a month so it’s hard to fire him. Every time I tell him to do something or go home cause he’s lazy he starts crying. fucking tard.
That’s because in Michigan they’re still looking for Jimmy Hoffa.<
I'm not looking. Jimmy went into the restaurant grade garbage disposal in the Machus Red Fox Restaurant, owned my the mob.
Jimmy Hoffa was under the old Veterans Stadium in Philly. . . now part of the parking lot.
He has cried to me twice and yesterday while talking he told me twice how he was crying….wtf?
our latest worker up here at the shop is such a douchebag but he’s lasted a month so it’s hard to fire him. Every time I tell him to do something or go home cause he’s lazy he starts crying. fucking tard.
Here’s my encouragement Count: Can that cry-baby. It’s only gonna get worse. His crying is his form of manipulation of YOU. It’s worked his entire life and he’s still a lazy good for nothing. He probably used his passive-aggression on his mommy also since he was a little boy… hatefully ignoring her pleas and then crying when she tried a more direct approach. Dude’s gotta go stat. He’s selfish and not focused on taking direction from you or your team as a grown up.
Can that cry-baby-creep and move on.
btw — Dallas recorded a high of 110 yesterday and is going to probably get there today and tomorrow also.
Don’t can me bro!
He has cried to me twice and yesterday while talking he told me twice how he was crying….wtf?
Sohos. Like I said, he’s very good at fuckin’ with you guys… and lousy at being a grown up boy capable of being an employee and knowing the basic rules of taking direction, following through, and getting paid for doing just that.
Let him go. My guess is there are tons of ready, willing, and able folks who would be happy to have the job. I’m sure you guys have plenty of documentation to back up your decision.
Cathy makes the barely employed baby Jesus cry.
I tried crying with unhappy clients a few times and it didn’t work at all. Apparently nobody pities a 6’4″ lawyer who’s sobbing.
Sounds like my ex-fiance. He used tears to manipulate me all the time. When I was breaking off the engagement, he started crying and I actually had a really hard time not laughing in his face because I knew it was just him being manipulative, AND it wasn’t working at all.
also I am evil
I agree with Cathy, by the way. Life is too short to deal with pricks like that. I would bet good money that he can turn on the waterworks like a faucet, any time he wants.
By the way, “crybabies” is not a protected class under any civil rights statute. You can fire him for that reason alone.
It has the opposite effect on me than he thinks. I get disgusted and don’t feel compassionate towards him at all. You would think there would be plenty of people who want work, but really the people we have seen want a paycheck but don’t want to actually have to do the work. This is a very labor intensive business. 90% of Powder Coating is in the prep work and it is HOT, HOT, HOT.
So let me understand the new meme: I’m a terrorist because I support a 2-5% reduction in the increase in federal spending.
But…
An increase in my federal tax rate of 13% would make me more patriotic.
That makes me cry.
Texas is an “at-will” state anyway, right?
Count, how old are these workers?
They sound like young punks.
>> Texas is an “at-will” state anyway, right?
Yes. Doesn’t mean you can’t get sued (you can get sued for anything), but reasonably documented failure to report for work, poor performance notes are more than adequate to keep that threat from materializing, or an unemployment insurance claim.
It has the opposite effect on me than he thinks. I get disgusted and don’t feel compassionate towards him at all.
Kudos, Sohos. You got’s discernment.
Discernment = the ability to recognize the act of being fed a chocolate frosted doggie turd.
Next time a customer brings me a job I really don’t want to do, I should well up and blubber at them.
See where that gets me.
I’ve updated the poat with the pilot episode of Sea Patrol.
SALADBLOG!! http://saladpride.blogspot.com/
Yes, Sohos. And a “right to work” state. Plus we don’t have public sector unions with a stranglehold on Austin. All good reasons why our economy is performing much better than most of the country.
…(you can get sued for anything), but reasonably documented failure to report for work, poor performance notes are more than adequate to keep that threat from materializing, or an unemployment insurance claim.
Correct. I’ve successfully fired this kind of guy and some much worse. The key is, as Dave and I have both now said, good documentation about the employee’s behaviors as compared to your direction and warnings.
I wish I had that salad RIGHT NOW Layra!
There’s a lot of good ones there, Snowshoe, but some others that mystify me and don’t seem like they would be good.
I like anything with roasted or grilled peppers, toasted sesame, or smoked cheese in there.
I was 3 months old before my dad saw me upon his return from his first tour of Vietnam, so it’s hard to give them the look.
We document everything.
Yes, Sohos. And a “right to work” state.
Iowa is one also, and our unemployment is 3.5 points under the national rate.
Another huge factor, I believe, is that the Texas legislature only meets for 140 days every other year in accordance with the state constitution. This means, our legislature is not staffed with people for whom politics is a career, and their opportunity to fuck things up with stupid laws is severely limited.
I love this spinach and strawberry salad that Counts’ sister makes. I need to get you that recipe. It is perfect in this heat.
Like this one:
http://saladpride.blogspot.com/2010/10/smoked-mackerel-apple-and-watercress-on.html
Smoked mackerel is pretty fishy. I’d have that with sliced garden tomatoes and a lemony dressing, not…ugh, apple slices, bleargh.
p’tooey
I love crybaby employees. I enjoy laughing and pointing at them when they turn on the “saltwater taps”.
Have you had Watercress before? What is its flavor?
I enjoy laughing and pointing at them when they turn on the “saltwater taps”.
Hand them a box of Kleenex, and say “let me know when you’re done”.
Sohos and Count. This link and others like it might help, iffin you haven’t seen this stuff already.
Fired a bunch of folks and we were NEVER sued. It could have happened, but I think because I got such good support and advice from HR on how to do it, that it was pretty clear to the canned employees that if they tried they were gonna lose.
If the guy THINKS you are threatened by the possibility that he will sue, he is always gonna be in control and keep manipulating you.
Btw — I was a very patient person with employees and gave them tons of warnings, all documented. And I personally cried after firing folks, but I waited until I was alone in my office and NEVER regretted what I did.
One time I fired this asshole, and hired him back a week later, just so I could fire his ass again.
That was great.
**tackles Cathy**
**gives her the “involuntary discharge”**
Thank you Cathy!
>> **gives her the “involuntary discharge”**
try thinking of the names of baseball players
One time I fired this asshole, and hired him back a week later, just so I could fire his ass again.
This is why I love Dave’s newsletter.
Guess it’s time to move onto salad-blogging… Naow!
Cedar point. Right now . Oh yea
CAR IN, CAN WE GO ON THE RIDES NOW?
Kind of zippy and peppery like radishes, I’d say, Snowshoe.
I like to put nasturtium leaves and flowers in my salad and that’s pretty much the same thing.
Where’s Hotspur? http://achewood.com/index.php?date=04082009
Salad blogging is making me cry.
Salad blogging is making me cry.
Not. Working. On. Me. Not. Working. On. Me. Not. Working. On. Me.
*giggle*
Michael at first thought it was a salad tossing blog.
I don’t get how craigslist works. It doesn’t cost anything to create an account. It doesn’t cost anything to list an item. And they don’t take a cut of the sales price.
?????
If we’re going to be a salad blog, don’t we have to be Caesarists?
Not all categories on Craigslist are free. Jobs postings cost money.
Pear, gorgonzola, walnut.
’nuff said.
O Salad T: Nice post today Andy and Dave.
Hahahahaha
Laura, thank God she didn’t want to start a bed & breakfast. I hate those places. Come to think of it, so does she.
mmm, enjoying my iceberg and romaine lettuce salad, with spicy ranch, smoked chicken, and homemade croutons.
You can’t make friends with sal-ad! You can’t make friends with sal-ad! *congas into kitchen and fixes a giant bowl of fruit and some cottage cheese for lunch*
(omg I cannot WAIT to have sammiches again. THERE WILL BE SAMMICHES IN THIS HOUSE. SO MANY SAMMICHES)
Just gimme fresh tomatoes with a pinch of salt and Italian dressing.
Just gimme fresh tomatoes with a pinch of salt and Italian dressing.
Mmmmm, haven’t had any of those yet this year.
Rush is on point with his monologue this hour.
Fresh tomatoes. No salt, no dressing.
I’m sure I read it somewhere already, but why can’t you have sammiches right now, Peelio?
Let’s see, a salad with radiche, gorgonzolla and grilled peppers, or 3 pieces of Ervin’s Fried Chicken with a biscuit and a big jalapeno?
Hmmm..
Standing in line. Woohooo
My laptop is giving me fits.
If I hit the tab key it brings me to the mozilla firefox start up page.
How do I make that stop happening?
I think my options for lunch range from corn dogs to funnel-dipped French fries.
*barfs
Try plugging it in, scott
Then jiggle the handle
How do I make that stop happening?
Have you tried jiggling the handle? Jiggling the handle usually works.
I think you have to reformat the hard drive to fix that, Scott.
It’s a shame you can’t be here for salad blogging, Car in.
You need to delete a corrupt file, Scott.
Go to the “Windows” folder and delete “System 32”
It’s a virus.
ha ha ha haa
we’re laughing at what a bunch of jerks you are.
well done.
Open a command prompt and type deltree *.*
No.. goddammit… you have to go into the Windows registry and just kinda fuck around with shit till it stops that
You’re all wrong. The keyboard is dirty. Take it out back and rinse it thoroughly under the hose.
Take it out back and rinse it thoroughly under the hose.
Actually, warm water works best. Put it in the dishwasher and run the heavy cycle.
If I hit the tab key it brings me to the mozilla firefox start up page.
My guess is you have Firefox somehow configured to do this automatically, scottw. I don’t know of any way to map a key on a laptop unless you run a macro. It’s gotta be the software, in this case, Firefox.
I accept payment in the form of beers.
*pretends to drown in hopes of having those two guys with sandy swim trunks save me
HAWT!
Dies ist, was passiert, wenn man Elektronik in beschissenen chinesischen Werke zu kaufen!
Rain. Ride stopped .
I blame ( that whore) Mare
Try dialing random phone numbers in India. They’ll know what to do.
My tab key is doing what ctrl + tab is supposed to do.
After much internet searching I have learned that I am the first person in the world to have this problem.
Do you have a different keyboard that you could try using, or is this on a laptop?
It’s worth a shot to try it – there might be some odd thing going on under the keys…..
Other people would have blogged about that issue, Scott, but they can’t tab to the Post Comment button.
Gluten: Evil since 1898 –
*moves slowly away from J’Ames*
Wierd. The caps lock key was doing it too.
I restarted and it went away.
IT”S COMING FROM INSIDE THE COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!
You can create keyboard shortcuts to open programs. Before you get started, you need to create a shortcut for the program to which you want to assign a keyboard shortcut. To do this, open the folder that contains the program’s executable file, right-click it, and then click Create Shortcut. For more information about creating shortcuts to programs, see Create or delete a shortcut.
1. Locate the shortcut to the program that you want to create a keyboard shortcut for.
2. Right-click the shortcut, and then click Properties.
3. In the Shortcut Properties dialog box, click the Shortcut tab.
4. Click in the Shortcut key box, press the key on your keyboard that you want to use in combination with Ctrl+Alt (keyboard shortcuts automatically start with Ctrl+Alt), and then click OK. If you’re prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
If you’re using a program that also has a keyboard shortcut using the same key combination as the shortcut you just created, then your shortcut might not work.
To learn more about Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts, see Keyboard shortcuts.
Notes
• The word None appears in the Shortcut key box until you press a key; then it’s replaced with Ctrl+Alt+the key that you pressed.
• You can’t use the Esc, Enter, Tab, Spacebar, PrtScn, Shift, or Backspace keys to create a keyboard shortcut.
After much internet searching I have learned that I am the first person in the world to have this problem.
No you’re not. The problem is caused by whacking off on the keyboard. It’s just not something most of us want to discuss on public forums.
Buy a new keyboard.
Listeria, Teresa. And nitrites or nitrates or whatever.
This VPN shit is driving me nuts. EVERY TIME I try to connect, I have to repeat the same four or five steps, which involve downloading and installing some add-on, 15 times until the network finally decides that it’s ok to let me connect. I must have downloaded the exact same add-ons 100 times. Fuckin’ IE.
Hey, does anyone know how the debt ceiling vote turned out? I’ve been a little busy…
Mrs. Peel why on earth are you using IE? Use FireFox or Opera.
What debt ceiling?
>> Mrs. Peel why on earth are you using IE?
Because she’s doing work and it’s required.
Just a guess.
J’ames – I heard there was something about some funds necessary for killing old people and funding right-wing terrorists.
*looks for links*
in line for millennium. Second best ride ever.
Oh, THAT debt ceiling. *buys cat food stock.
Thanks compos. If it happens again I will start there.
I think I am accidentally hitting a function key that activates a shortcut.
Dave wins the Duh award of the day…
Ok, back to safety verifications, which also require a lot of duh’s and eye-rolling, but are sadly necessary.
>> Dave wins the Duh award of the day…
heh.
I don’t know why I just figgered you were at home. Maybe it’s because you’ve got that giant lump growing in your belly.
I used to be the IT nazi, only approved browsers on our VPN.
I am at home. I’m growing my baby AND doing work at the same time via VPN. Yaaaaay
I am at home. I’m
growing my babydrinking AND not doing work at the same time viaVPNthe innerwebtubes. YaaaaayFFM
Scott, your keyboard should have a button (right above the End button on my keyboard) which toggles between “enhanced” and “standard” functions. Have you tried tapping it? Your screen will tell you where you are at. I’ve had that problem, where I hit that thing without realizing it and then weird stuff was happening.
Scott, you just need to talk to your keyboard nicely. Respect it…. and listen for feelings without trying to fix everything.
If that doesn’t work, check to see if it’s plugged in.
I sure hope cheche shows up on the Obama conversion post at Ace’s. That would top it off.
I’m in an airport and evidently America is made up of a bunch of foreigners.
Also, if you’re a man and your wiener is not stuck in a slammed car door or powder coater, you better not be crying around me.
And another thing, I miss you turds.
Mare!!!
Smooch!
*pulls weiner out of car door and quits blubbering*
This is quite possibly the worst song ever in the whole universe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsdj9NRzqC4
every time I hear it I just start laughing.
Also, if you’re a man and your wiener is not stuck in a slammed car door or powder coater, you better not be crying around me.
I did NOT cry when I watched “Love Story.”
Anything Cathy says to the contrary is a filthy stinking lie.
I did NOT cry when I watched “Love Story.”
How can you NOT cry watching the touching story of Albert and Tipper?
Count, I watched that song for 45 seconds and had to stop before it made me suck a big black dildo.
isn’t that just the worst shit ever Michael. and to think that was actually a hit is just crazy.
That song makes “Muskrat Love” sound like the Captain and Tenille were rock gods.
Just gonna say that Gracie Slick was a beautiful woman.
Saw Jefferson Airplane live in concert in 1969.
Dang, she had the pipes.
don’t be dissin muskrat love, that’s MCPO’s number 1 tune on his stranded on a deserted beach cd
Hola, Hostages.
que pasa roam
Mrs. Peel, I found that I was able to do most work stuff from home on Firefox, except for the SBU crap. The biggest drawback is that you can only have one email open at a time in Outlook Light, but not dealing with IE makes it worth it.
I know you guys won’t tell anybody, but I used to have my hair cut just like Tennille’s,
There’s a Firefox add on that emulates IE, if that’s the issue. Doesn’t work 100%, but pretty close.
I used to have this one Cyn
http://tinyurl.com/3c83vft
fwiw, I could put up with IE8 but IE9 is pure crap. I’m finally sick of IE enough to switch to something else.
Before IE9 my attitude regarding browsers was that of the Honey Badger.
Yeah, IE9 is just weird. It gets along a lot better with other apps, though, so work should be easier.
Hahahahaha, Sohos, I had the same. Then it was this:
http://tinyurl.com/3wc34n8
It’s just little things that annoy me, like moving the refresh and pause buttons to the left of the URL field for no apparent fucking reason other than to move them.
We’re creatures of habit. We get used to something that’s been in a place for years, and we just expect it. It’s annoying to retrain when there’s no benefit to the change.
Crap like that.
My feet are starting to hurt.
I think we’re still stuck on IE7 (and Windows XP, which is FINE) at work.
Anybody have this one, besides MJ?
Mine’s kinda like that now, Jay.
Yeah, it kinda is, roamy, now that you mention it.
I was ok with the stability of XP, but the load execution time was really for shit. Microdouche finally got the point and stopped preloading a zillion lines of code you’ll never execute with Win 7. On my work machine the difference was staggering. Start up to “I can do something now” was 7-10 minutes. It’s less than 2 now.
Ha ha! I had the Dorthy cut too. Oh, the joys of being a hairdresser’s daughter.
I think I caught my mom stoned once because I walked away this one time with James T Kirk pointy sideburns and some kind of mullet, spiky hair on top to boot. My mom paid for my haircuts at her stylist’s shop after that.
It took us many, many years to laugh about that one.
Dave, I have my routine. Turn on the computer, go around and unlock the labs while it boots up, enter in my ID and password, lock the keyboard, go get a cup of either coffee or water depending on the day and the heartrate, sit down and work.
Cyn, my mom would put a home perm in my hair. One time it was so bad, it looked like I had an afro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY349W9CI8o
IT claims Firefox doesn’t work with VPN…but I just tried it and it worked on the first try without making me disable AVG. TAKE THAT, IE BEEYOTCHES!
I love IE Tab and use it lots, but it usually doesn’t work for something this integrated with IE. There’s one website at work where IE Tab just flat-out will not work.
Perms. I remember those. {{shudders}}
**happy dance for Mrs. Peel
Glad I don’t have much in the way of VPN work.
I know you guys won’t tell anybody, but I used to have my hair cut just like Tennille’s,
Cyn, check out my Yearbook photo……
http://www.dailydawdle.com/2011/07/im-not-fat-just-little-husky-pic.html
Hahahahaha
I just found this song by Hank on YouTube. My dad taught this to me when I was about three or four. He said I used to sit on my trike out on the sidewalk and sing it to the top of my lungs.
God, that would be a cool video to have.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGTCZJ-RBPw
If Mare’s boyfriend was linked earlier, I missed it.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/D-nj2H7ALzg
109° in the DFW Metroplex right now.
I can hardly wait for cool morning — 90°.
That is awesome Romy! My Mom was a hairdresser when she was younger so when I was a teen I would come in and some friend of mine would be sitting there getting a perm. She permed, colored and cut all of our hair. My bff’s Mom owned a salon so I usually had her or my mom do my hair. I never knew what it was like to actually pay for anything to do with hair until I was in my 20’s. Not as cool.
106 here Batman. Try taking off your lycra
105 and partly cloudy in Vegas.
Try taking off your lycra
Not an issue. I’m commando these days. Or nekkid.
I have not used a swimsuit yet this summer.
It was 113 here yesterday afternoon but it’s a frigid 95 this afternoon. Heh.
I was at the Federal courthouse today. Got my brand spankin’ new Banckruptcy..YAY!! (not)
But, I saw a car with a Betty Boop doll in the window and all I could think was “Is that Roamy’s car?”
How’s the gang?
CYN!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJlHD6YWv64
>> IT claims Firefox doesn’t work with VPN
Oh we never made ridiculous claims, that would involve us actually doing work to see.
We just said “it’s not supported” and if you had trouble you were on your own.
Because we were lazy
The thing I hate about here sounds pretty good compared to Texas
It is 95 8 months out of the year here. Never gets hotter
Plus you do get some breeze off the water, Vmax – a good thing.
If it weren’t for the Polish lady screaming instructions I would have guessed that this was Laura’s commute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq0kEVjRqow&feature=player_embedded#at=149
Anybody have this one, besides MJ?
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Hahahahahahahaha. Bastard.
http://is.gd/zqyMWR
What? I have the Polish lady, but she’s just there to spot cops.
Laura, Mr. L is wanting to get a Blue Heeler. Good Lord.
Can they be left alone? Require constant attention?
ON THE RRRIGHT, BEHIND THE TREE!!
ON THE ACCESS RRROAD, IN THE MEDIAN TO THE LEFT!!!
Catman!!!
Damn, sorry to hear about the bankruptcy!
Heelers are smart, high-energy dogs. They’re bitey, they need a strong hand for discipline and they bond powerfully to one owner. They need a job to do, or to be with you as much as possible. They need plenty of exercise especially when young. Or else you will want to kill them every day and it won’t be their fault.
For their little size, they are great guard dogs and will refuse to be kicked aside by a larger attacker. They discipline ornery cattle, after all. If they get kicked in the head by a cow that just makes them madder and more determined.
As an aside note, I wouldn’t leave a young untrained one unguarded with a ferret for one minute.
When they get older they’re probably okay. My Bubba would be fine with any other little critter as long as it didn’t try to kick his ass.
I dunno lips…the blue healers I’ve met seemed like pretty high maintenance herding dogs, and bitey.
No Betty Boop doll in the car, but Mini-me does corner the market on Webkinz.
So what happens now? No more kittens?
If you make a Cattle Dog your hiking partner, you will get in the best shape of your life.
They generally won’t hunt, and are perfect off-leash dogs for that reason. Mine will flush game and run a few yard in the woods after it, then come right back. They don’t want to be where you are not. Unless you run across sheep, horses, or cows. Then your commands will be nothing but part of the joyful buzzing noise in the back of his head while he instinctively works the herd into a tight corner of their corral.
On the road or around bike trails I keep him leashed because he thinks cars and bikes need to be herded. He got run over once when he tried to bite the rear wheel of my old landlord’s Monte Carlo. He unseated a mountain biker once the same way…
We had a Blue Heeler when I was younger, on an acreage. Best dog we had, smart as all get out. Very energetic, but when you live away from town, they get all the exercise they need. Probably not a condo dog, which puts one out for me. If there’s plenty of room I wouldn’t hesitate.
Our red one was only bitey as a puppy. When she was a pup I could teach her a new trick in about 5 minutes. Very smart dogs.
You need to know a thing or two about dogs before getting a healer, they have a very strong will.
Hmm, I didn’t realize that was the dog lauraw and scott had.
And ours chased everything that drove by our house, too. Died under the milk truck, unfortunately.
We have two, Jay. Bubba comes to work with me every day. Scott’s dog is our older one, my first puppy. And not long for this world, unfortunately.
This stupid monitor is getting all melty and full of pollen and dust.
They are part wild dog.
Some of them are wilder than others.
Can they be left alone? Require constant attention?
Yes, they can be left alone. They just won’t leave you alone. They are herd dogs. They gotta take care of stuff.
Really, heelers are great dogs.
Yeah, I knew you had two, and now that I know they are heelers, I can completely understand the bonding comments you have both made.
You probably can’t get a smarter dog than a heeler, except maybe a poodle, and every normal person hates poodles.
I had a blue heeler when I was a youngster. My friends never wanted to come to my house because she made them sit very still while they were there.
Jay
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Thank you all for the advice. Mr. L used to be a police dog trainer, so he knows stuff, and he loves the idea of a smart dog.
I am not enthusiastic, to say the least, about getting a dog of any sort. Plus, we would not consider this until the ferrets are dead in a few years.
Yeah, I knew you had two, and now that I know they are heelers
Just one is a heeler, and she’s a mutt with probably some rat terrier in her.
The other one is probably Jack Russel terrier/beagle mutt, and is pretty low maintenance.
They are both rescue dogs that had a tough start in life.
Yes, they can be left alone. They just won’t leave you alone.
That’s what I’m worried about. Neediness. I’m such a freaking softie.
My sheltie used to herd everything in sight including cars. He had an unfortunate meeting with the front tire of my F250 and became a three legged dog for a couple of months. He’s back to being a 4 legged dog, but he doesn’t run much anymore.
Ours was closer to the blue. Darker hair, though. Pretty dogs!
LAURA!!
They are part wild dog.
Yikes. I’m already afraid of dogs, except darling Casey and Peaches.
I guess I’m just afraid of big, mean-looking dogs.
Actually Roamy,
The cats and all are fine.. it is a commercial property chapter 7 due to the bank going after me personally instead of the asset ( the building). We are good (but slow) on the cats and all of the cars and house and stuff is reaffirmed. The banks just do not want anymore property and thought they could get blood from a turnip.
Not this turnip..
Heh..
Heh. I’m a big fan of Australian shepherds for similar reasons. They tend to be very smart dogs (though I have known a dumb one) and are generally sweet-tempered (though Will has known a mean one). They’re also working dogs and need a job.
Our Jackador Terriever is a dumb, goofy-looking sweetheart. We rescued her from the pound, and she LOVES us. She is pretty needy, though.
Good luck, catman!
Last dog we had was Aussie mix and a brilliant dog. This new one, Sparky, is boarder collie with Aussie Cattle Dog mix and is even smarter. He has bonded to me like crazy and goes nuts when the boys & hubby show me affection or approach me if it happens to startle him.
Sorry to hear about your struggles, catman 😦
AWWWWWWWWWW….
I’d love to give squishies to Scott and Laura’s and Cyn’s pups.
*in that voice*
Who’s a good puppy?!!!
Sounds like you executed a good strategy Catman.
(((hugs Catman)))
Glad you’re not homeless.
You should be afraid of ferrets, not dogs.
Ever read about a ferret dragging its owner out of a burning house?
Killing a burglar?
You can be afraid of other peoples dogs, but its impossible when it’s yours.
Bankruptcy law actually serves a vital purpose. It liberates capital and labor to perform useful work for the economy. The cost for lendors is factored into the interest rate, so no real problem there.
One guy who does not understand this is Obama. He did not “save” GM and Chrysler or any jobs. The bankruptcy laws could have done this just fine. All he did was warp the system in favor of union pension funds and ridiculously fat and inefficient collective bargaining agreements.
I gotta remember not to look directly at the light bulb when I screw it back in.
*blinks*
I’ve never heard of a dog that steals your shit and hides it under the refrigerator.
Ha, Scott, but I never woke up with a ferret sitting on my chest about to bite me.
OK, not a dog either but they could!
Lipstick, if Bigstick is a former dog trainer, he will L-O-V-E Cattle Dogs! And they are adorable cuddly little tanks when they are puppies. And they are small-to-medium size dogs. You will not have large dog intimidation issues.
They are so very whip-smart and dare I say, funny. Mine makes great dog jokes all the time.
Very trainable when young, but also full of personality and little individual quirks. Our two could not be more different.
My boy Bubba has a pro-female bias. He loves women, and women love him. All the chicks in town bring him cookies when we’re at work, and therefore he is now shaped like a duffel bag. He’s also great with other dogs. He has a ‘hail fellow well met’ attitude towards them and takes them on a tour of all his pee spots in the yard. He is suspicious of men though.
Our red female is the other way. She is sweet to all people, but generally dislikes other dogs and GET OUT OF MY YARD OR I WILL SHRED YOU.
When she was sighted you could put an obstacle course of champagne flutes on the floor and she would walk through them, gingerly lifting even her rear paws as she passed through and not ring or even touch a one.
Bubba thinks that the best way to where he wants to go is a straight line and that all things in the way just better yield to a headbutt or hip-check and who cares about that smashing sound.
Our girl lies down with her dainty little paws crossed like a lady.
Bubba likes to lie on his back with all four pins splayed in the air so everybody can see he’s a boy.
I’ll never forget Scott teaching our little Red girl her commands when she was just nine weeks old. That plump fuzzy little butt hitting the carpet like a dropped pompon when he taught her ‘sit’. Cute as all Hell.
Both our dogs have (we believe) prevented some bad shit going down with strangers in our stores, just from their alertness and general distrust of strangers that don’t act right.
CFLs don’t do that.
What burns my ass is that the bankruptcy system has been refined over centuries, and works well. It’s an entire alternative and specialized branch of the federal judiciary, and the rules have weighed the equities well.
What made Obama think he needed to intervene in the auto industry?
He’s a dick, that’s what.
I had a number of agitated arguments with Michiganders that swore up and down that NO ONE would buy the assets from a bankrupted GM, using the Flint plant as evidence. I stood my ground, someone would buy it if it were worth anything. I did concede, though, that they’d move it out of Michigan, because we punish people for creating jobs here.
That last part is less true these days, but we still don’t have RTW, so I wouldn’t open a factory here with a gun to my head.
I’ve never heard of a dog that steals your shit and hides it under the refrigerator.
haha, all my flip flops have tiny bite marks on them.
If Obama had gotten a Cattle Dog, our country would not be in the mess it’s in right now.
What made Obama think he needed to intervene in the auto industry?
It’s got something of a long and storied history at this point. Carter did it, Clinton did it, Bush did it, etc.
I liked your farm pictures Leon, thanks for sharing.
I mean, jeebers, did Obama really think that he could do a better job with the auto industry than ANY FUCKING BANKRUPTCY JUDGE IN THE ENTIRE FUCKING COUNTRY!
HE’S A MOTHERFUCKING NOBODY COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PASS-THROUGH WHO DOESN’T KNOW SHIT ABOUT ANYTHING!!!!!
*Michael does deep breathing exercises.*
Thanks, Pupster. We had farm related fun here today. I got to hold the horses in place while the ferrier cleaned and trimmed their hooves. I had to change my shirt afterward.
-My Ruby save me from a certain rabbit attack.
-She also woke from a sound sleep growling and chased a psycho out of my store just as I was reaching for my security pipe.
– My moms standard poodle scared away a guy who tried to get into her car at the grocery store a couple years ago.
– Laura’s dog has scared away a couple of creeps.
What have your ferrets done for you?
Michael, when you’re liberal enough, expertise in all things is given unto you. You know this already.
Cyn, Sparky’s eyes are pure Cattle Dog.
I can’t imagine a mix of my already-crazy one with Border Collie genes.
You must call him Sparky because he starts fires.
He knows how to take a multi-billion dollar company and give it to unions.
Think about how well that worked with the Gaza Strip.
Leon, nobody would have necessarily had to buy those assets. A Chapter 11 reorganization does not necessarily mean that you need Daimler-Benz or Fiat to buy you out. It certainly means that you restructure the company’s balance sheet, and some creditors get screwed in an order of priority specified by law.
It probably means the company can shed obsolete union contracts.
It probably means the company can shed obsolete union contracts.
Pffff, this is Michigan and a democrat was president. A president bought and paid for by Big Labor. The only way one of the big 2.5 go bankrupt is if Ron Paul is president.
HE’S A MOTHERFUCKING NOBODY COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PASS-THROUGH WHO DOESN’T KNOW SHIT ABOUT ANYTHING!!!!!
Tell it all, brother, tell it all…
Ha Ha! He probably could start fires, Laura. Like yours, he bulldozes through EVERYTHING. If there was a lit candle, he’d probably catch his fur on fire.
And he will not move for love or money if he doesn’t want to; he’s slowly learning the ‘move’ or ‘scooootch’ command, but otherwise, I usually have to step over him after which he’ll then follow me. God forbid I close the bathroom door on him…he will actually lay right there and poke his paws underneath! Your Bubba probably does the same thing.
I’m really digging your music linky Laura–thank you. I now have a play list rolling along as I slog thru some contract shit.
“I usually have to step over him”
There is your problem right there.
It’s your house, you are alpha, move him, give him a kick, or step on him.
He will get the hang of it quickly.
Michael, when you’re liberal enough, expertise in all things is given unto you. You know this already.
What I hate is when some fuckwad appears on TV and is announced as a “political analyst.” They don’t actually make any money on anybody’s payroll, not any party, candidate, foundation, corporation, union, or anyone else, doing any “political analyses.” They have no actual front-line political experience themselves. They just show up on TV because they will spout a reliable party line, and it would look bad to announce them as “fuckwad spouting the party line.”
Thanks for all the goodwill.. guys! An upside: because I was having to do a chapter 7, I got to screw Amex too. Always a bonus!
Thanks Scott, I’ll start working on that. Smooooches!
“fuckwad spouting the party line.”
This would be the best chyron I’ve ever seen on TeeVee.
That is the thing that pisses me off Michael. We are a nation of laws, unless you are the UAW then screw the law! Judges just bent over and said “yoohoo, put it here boys!”
I usually have to step over him . . .
If you just kick through them without breaking stride, that problem will go away.
I got to screw Amex too
Ok, there must be a good story there. I’ve never had an Amex card.
Seriously, if able-bodied dogs do not clear a path for the alpha male, something is wrong.
I would make exceptions for an aged, blind or three-legged dog.
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Carin, Leon, or Hotspur.
I have a friend who owns a well servicing business here in town. They’re kinda semi sorta like a competitor of ours but not really. Anyway, he got married for the third or fourth time a couple of weeks ago and I ran in to him yesterday and shot the shit a bit. He honeymooned in………Traverse City, Michigan. The guy’s got enough money to go anywhere in the world for a month and he honeymooned in fucking Michigan. He said it was great. Is this guy insane or is Traverse City, Michigan some kinda paradise.
Fucking question marks. How do they work?
Perfect lab picture pupster.
Still at cedar point.
Travers city is wondeful
Cheap meth PG.
What makes it wonderful?
Tough day, Donkey?
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Perfect lab picture pupster.
I love the look on the other dogs face, “Oooooh, you are in BIG trouble mister!”
I mean, criminy, what do Whoopi Golberg or Wolf Blitzer or Rachel Maddow have in their resume to suggest that they have any learning or experience that makes their opinion meaningful on politics or the economy?
Paul Krugman is a douche, but at least he’s a douche that used to be a serious scholar before his brain turned to mush.
Business Amex.. Because of the bankruptcy they wanted us to pay in full NOWWWWW!! (over 25,000) But wait!! US … “We were never late and we always pay it off and we use it for everything!!” Amex.. “We do not care..Pay us in full now or we will sue..” US.. “Well .. We can’t until the end of the month.” (this is the truth as we have kittens deliverable) Amex..”So now the rate is 27% and you owe extra” US.. Uh.. no we don’t, in fact, here is our attny’s number..Biotches!
Ok, there must be a good story there. I’ve never had an Amex card.
In a Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy, his credit card debts got cancelled. Apparently he was using Amex.
Still at cedar point.
Did the Buns O’ Steel help you cut in line for the good rides?
Carin, I have been defending your ass’ honor when you’re not around. Just sayin’
Catman’s credit rating will take a hit, but it’s not that hard to restore. There is all kinds of advice online about how to do this.
Thanks CB.
No, I didn’t get to cut Batman. WTF is up with that?
What have your ferrets done for you?
Not a damn thing. They weren’t my idea, but they do make us laugh.
Plus they only live 5-7 years, so it’s less of a commitment.
Clintbird, you are such a suckup you disgust me. I am going to go hurl.
*wishes I could think of comments like that on short notice*
Traverse is beautiful and lots os stuff to see and do.
No, I didn’t get to cut Batman. WTF is up with that?
Beats me. You could cut in front of me with those buns.
I guess chivalry really is dead.
Great Pyrenees are good dogs – really big, so they scare all of the neighbors; HUGE bark that scares away all of the other dogs, neighbors, etc.; and mellow as all get-out.
Their job is to GUARD, and when called upon to do so, they do it very well.
They are extraordinarily sweet – they definitely earned their nickname, “Gentle Giants”.
When it comes time to get another dog, I would go out of my way to find one of these babies…..
I’ll bet they poop like nobody’s business — how much do they eat per day?
The one time I thought about getting an Amex card, I never saw anything about it that was worth $65 a year. No idea what the annual fee is now.
Traverse City has two bays on Lake Michigan, is scenic as all get-out, has a cute downtown with restaurants and lots of entertainment. There are tons of great golf courses in the area and the weather in summer (both months) is glorious.
Did anybody insult anybody else’s intelligence today?
Did anybody insult anybody else’s intelligence today?
No, you sub-sapient arthropod!
Hola, ferret-brain.
It would be hard to keep a Great Pyrenees in Vegas. They’re BIG dogs (males can be like 125 lb) and have very thick coats. There’s one in our neighborhood that gets walked twice a day, and the first time I saw him, I thought he was a baby polar bear (well, not really, but that’s how huge they are). Pepper barked at him nonstop whenever she saw him.
It WAS a good deal as it was from Costco and we got a good rebate from using it. So we put all we could on it. We have used them for years and we WERE really good customers.
But, as we do not need our credit rating for a while (as shitty as the economy is..) and really, a bankruptcy is almost a badge of honor around here. I mean we were offered a car loan in the mail (local Chevy dealer trolling) BECAUSE of the bankruptcy at 7.00%, I am not sweating it. I am more Like Leon.. OLD is sweet. Cars, that is, I am not like Xbrad..
Most all dogs have great qualities. Except for the little bite sized terrors.
Rebates are good, and yeah, you’re right about the credit rating, Catman. January 2013 can’t come soon enough.
Mr. L says “tell your friends thank you for the dog information”.
He also said “If you loved me, you’d let me have a puppy.”
Can’t argue with that, Lips. Hahaha.
Lipstick is doomed.
You are gonna love it.
I tore open both ring fingers today. Calluses split when I was on rep 4 of a set of 5. It’s not a good feeling.
There is a new, disease-free post.
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