Can confirm 2 comments
roanoke
· 1 year ago
It’s okay though, because there are still fewer idiots. :)
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My father’s 6th attempt to outsmart his geriatric cat into taking her bp meds 2 comments
roanoke
· 1 year ago
I really love that this solution involves power tools and not kitchen implements.
About right 3 comments
roanoke
· 1 year ago
We have an above ground pool. This time of year, there is usually a couple inches of water and a bunch of leaves from the fall. We have some nearby neighbors that raise bees.
This week I was scooping out the dead leaves (while the water level was low) and the pool was just full of bees. So many bees!! They were sweet. They didn’t bother me while I scooped leaves. They just wanted a drink from the shallow water. I like it when the bees come visit.
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This week I was scooping out the dead leaves (while the water level was low) and the pool was just full of bees. So many bees!! They were sweet. They didn’t bother me while I scooped leaves. They just wanted a drink from the shallow water. I like it when the bees come visit.
Whew, almost had to deal with the consequences of my own actions there 18 comments
roanoke
· 1 year ago
Martha’s Vineyard is not a sanctuary city, and they didn’t claim to be. They don’t have the infrastructure to be a sanctuary city.
They did, however, pass sanctuary laws—which are not the same as being a sanctuary city.
I know it seems like splitting hairs, but legal language is very specific and often confusing when put into a colloquial context.
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They did, however, pass sanctuary laws—which are not the same as being a sanctuary city.
I know it seems like splitting hairs, but legal language is very specific and often confusing when put into a colloquial context.
Whew, almost had to deal with the consequences of my own actions there 18 comments
roanoke
· 1 year ago
It’s fair to note that they weren’t “kicked off” the island. They were brought to the nearest location that could accommodate the people, comfortably, while getting them to the places they needed to be. Many of these people had to be in other parts of the country to get their papers sorted.
Hang in there 2 comments
roanoke
· 1 year ago
It’s okay everyone; that skillet is pretty well seasoned—it won’t be too bad.
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Powerful kitty 4 comments
roanoke
· 1 year ago
I’ll take that cat.
In the summer of 2020, I had the opportunity to foster 5 not yet weened kittens. It was the first time in my adulthood I was home all day to feed and change litter every 2-4 hours. It was a much bigger bite than I realized. But I loved every one of my babies. Anyway, the runt of the litter was an absolute murderess. She weighed 4 oz. the first time she brought a mouse home.
We kept her. And she’s still a murderess. If you thwart her, she will find something else to murder.
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In the summer of 2020, I had the opportunity to foster 5 not yet weened kittens. It was the first time in my adulthood I was home all day to feed and change litter every 2-4 hours. It was a much bigger bite than I realized. But I loved every one of my babies. Anyway, the runt of the litter was an absolute murderess. She weighed 4 oz. the first time she brought a mouse home.
We kept her. And she’s still a murderess. If you thwart her, she will find something else to murder.
Holistic practices 3 comments
roanoke
· 1 year ago
Not ideal, but cut a straight line up from the bottom into the opening for the bottom plug. Slip it over the cord and put the screw in. Since you never unplug it, you’ll never see the cut.
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An Endangered Species 5 comments
Froggos '23 #111 - An Offer You Can't Refuse 3 comments
Choose your fighter 1 comments
roanoke
· 1 year ago
“Congratulations,” (I don’t have to tell you what kind of meat that was!! No one can tell!!)
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Drink Wars 4 comments
roanoke
· 1 year ago
As a connoisseur of all three, you in fact, cannot mix all three, but you can enjoy each separately, profoundly and with impeccable taste. ;)
If I had to see this then so do you 3 comments
roanoke
· 1 year ago
My spouse works outside, wears crocs, and has two rows of tanned circles on each foot.
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Freedomn't 9 comments
roanoke
· 1 year ago
I understand the point (in the context of the study referenced here) but as a teacher, I could never condone telling people to not ask questions. I spend so much time reassuring people (who have been trained to be judicious with their questions) that questions are good. Maybe relegate them to the nose-bleed section, but stop making people afraid to learn.
Moreover, in this context (assuming attendance is voluntary) many people who would greatly benefit may well be inclined to skip the event.
So, while I see the perspective of showing a group of people who enjoy privilege what it feels like to be on the other side, and that it may be important to filter questions that may be hurtful or denigrating (whether well-meaning or not), stifling the ability learn seems counterproductive.
But, maybe it’s not about teaching the privileged group. I also wonder, how are they deciding if you’re too white to ask a question?
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Moreover, in this context (assuming attendance is voluntary) many people who would greatly benefit may well be inclined to skip the event.
So, while I see the perspective of showing a group of people who enjoy privilege what it feels like to be on the other side, and that it may be important to filter questions that may be hurtful or denigrating (whether well-meaning or not), stifling the ability learn seems counterproductive.
But, maybe it’s not about teaching the privileged group. I also wonder, how are they deciding if you’re too white to ask a question?
Took a bit to find 9 comments
roanoke
· 1 year ago
(And I also apologize for saying something that came across as putting words in someone’s mouth)
Took a bit to find 9 comments
roanoke
· 1 year ago
You suggested my question was putting words in someone’s mouth. Note that I didn’t make a comment about how people need representation/people that look like [me]/race/blah blah… I asked, is the subtext of your statement [this].
So it seemed, that you saw my question as a challenge to the veracity of the original statement. You reiterated the statement, as if I had challenged it. By the same token that I have put words in another’s mouth, you have as well.
Now, it’s really all semantics. Because I don’t disagree with the statement, and we have both asserted that we have not intended to put words where they weren’t.
And, maybe it is just as simple as not realizing unintended subtext that some conversations gather. This is one of those conversations, and I can see how being well intentioned it would be easy to dismiss all the noise.
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So it seemed, that you saw my question as a challenge to the veracity of the original statement. You reiterated the statement, as if I had challenged it. By the same token that I have put words in another’s mouth, you have as well.
Now, it’s really all semantics. Because I don’t disagree with the statement, and we have both asserted that we have not intended to put words where they weren’t.
And, maybe it is just as simple as not realizing unintended subtext that some conversations gather. This is one of those conversations, and I can see how being well intentioned it would be easy to dismiss all the noise.
