CHIT CHAT in VOLTVILLE
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Yes, you will like them - a lot! The best things that SI has so far. They just keep coming up with great ideas.
Couldn't agree more!
LOVE the new avatar.
I'm a minor collector in comparison.
I have 7 of the 78mms, a few boxes of blank and XL cartos, some pre-filled, and the fist 2 pcc styles, and a few bottles of liquid. I don't think these will make me give up the 78's. Just too easy to carry one in my pocket and not be out too much if I break or lose it. I still have 4 of the many mods I bought, but I really do use these most of all. The big toys shipped already, so I might even get them on Saturday.
I have 7 of the 78mms, a few boxes of blank and XL cartos, some pre-filled, and the fist 2 pcc styles, and a few bottles of liquid. I don't think these will make me give up the 78's. Just too easy to carry one in my pocket and not be out too much if I break or lose it. I still have 4 of the many mods I bought, but I really do use these most of all. The big toys shipped already, so I might even get them on Saturday.
Couldn't agree more!
LOVE the new avatar.
I, too, like your puppy dog, Retriever.
Speaking of puppy dogs: Lexi and I just came in from lounging in the sun on the back deck which is elevated and overlooks the creek. She LOVES the deck! Since we're in the woods there are a lot of sounds that she has probably has never heard before. I've started identifying them for her. All birds are identified as "birdy", any small critter is a "bunny", deer are "deer", and wasps are "dangerous". 
It's funny because whenever she hears an odd sound, she looks at me for identification. At first I thought I was imagining it, but it really seems to be the case. The reason that I identify wasps as "dangerous" is because I don't want her to go after them and be stung when they get in the house. I net them and release.
It's funny because whenever she hears an odd sound, she looks at me for identification. At first I thought I was imagining it, but it really seems to be the case. The reason that I identify wasps as "dangerous" is because I don't want her to go after them and be stung when they get in the house. I net them and release.
I have not seen anyone mention it yet, so I want to throw this out there. Has anyone noticed that the vape with the X2's and the clearomizer is cooler than the 78's and the carto?
The Volties made me do it.
Yah, led by that guy "Lord Voltemort"
....sorry, just had ta do it.
Speaking of puppy dogs: Lexi and I just came in from lounging in the sun on the back deck which is elevated and overlooks the creek. She LOVES the deck! Since we're in the woods there are a lot of sounds that she has probably has never heard before. I've started identifying them for her. All birds are identified as "birdy", any small critter is a "bunny", deer are "deer", and wasps are "dangerous".
I name things for Penny, too. For some reason, being a spooky horse, she seems less afraid of things when I say something about some sound in the barn, "Oh, that's just the cat." I think she has a modest vocabulary learned, too, though sometimes she confuses words that sound alike. For instance, she knows "eat," which means she's allowed to graze, and "treat," meaning a horse treat is coming her way, but one day I told her I was going to clean out her feet, and she kept looking for a treat.
This led me to think how horses know when something rhymes, even to the point of confusing them. Interesting to think about how animals perceive things, language being among the things they perceive. I'm always trying to get more inside Penny's head. I think it helps me understand her on so many levels. Besides, it's interesting.
Love these stories about Lexi and Penny!Cats are just the opposite: They expect you to learn their language, dagnabit, and you'd better get it right!
Cats are just the opposite: They expect you to learn their language, dagnabit, and you'd better get it right!
Right! I was thinking about how my cat, Tom, is less interested in learning language than a dog or a horse. Tom is very vocal, and he comes and meows at me to ask for something. Why is it that cats are "gimme, do me," and dogs and horses are more obliging, saying, "What can I do for you? or "What can we do together?" I think it's because in nature, both dogs and horses live in groups. They are more interested in interacting with others and are used to the give and take those relationships have. Cats, on the other hand, get used to living with us, but they are focused on their own needs, not on any kind of compromise. And we humans accommodate them. Sometimes I feel like the doorman for my cat, who comes in, wants some milk (his version of Penny's treats), and then wants to go out again. Or sometimes he comes in and wants to be petted or sit on my lap. But he doesn't want to sit on my lap if I want to cuddle with him; only if he feels the need to cuddle with me.
An interesting relationship has developed between Tom and the neighbor's cat, Jacob. Jacob comes around to visit with Tom. He's sort of skittish about me petting him, though he's become more relaxed about me, but he comes to the door mainly to see if Tom can come out to play, much like a little neighbor kid might with your child. Tom sometimes is home, sometimes out already. I inform Jacob of Tom's whereabouts, and see if Tom wants to go out to play. Meanwhile, I watch Tom and Jacob out in the yard, and Jacob follows Tom, who, like an older brother, saddled with the care of a younger one, tries to ignore him while Jacob tags along. Tom is generally not friendly to other cats, and Jacob is the first cat to come into his territory that he has not tried to mangle and kill. I think he finds Jacob so friendly and persistent, that he has given up being hostile and resigned himself to having a friend.
I love watching animals interact. I watch Penny and the herd of horses she's with, seeing who bosses who, etc. I often say to friends that it's better than a soap opera.
Speaking of puppy dogs: Lexi and I just came in from lounging in the sun on the back deck which is elevated and overlooks the creek. She LOVES the deck! Since we're in the woods there are a lot of sounds that she has probably has never heard before. I've started identifying them for her. All birds are identified as "birdy", any small critter is a "bunny", deer are "deer", and wasps are "dangerous".
Rave, I agree with you 100% except for the wasp thing. When I see one it is either I get stung, or he dies. I don't care if it is my grandmother in a different form (come to think of it, it probably is).
Wish you hadn't said that Dawg. Now everytime I get stung I'm going to wonder if it's my Aunt Rosie. Thought I wuzz through with her and her dang switches.
I agree about wasps. I used to capture them and let them go and wish them well until one summer there were a lot of them, and I got stung a few times. Then I decided if they invade my territory, they die before I wind up stung. If they would leave me alone when I'm going about my business, I'd leave them alone, but they aren't like that. With wasps and yellow jackets, it's sting now and ask questions later. Honeybees are not as hostile, and those I capture and let go, especially since I heard that they are endangered. Luckily, as far as I know and have experienced, we don't have those killer bees around yet. I might change my mind if they became more aggressive. Meanwhile, letting the gentle bees live may fend that time off.
Now, flies and mosquitoes are enemies, too. I know how they can bother not only us but horses, so I kill them. And when I ride in the woods in summer, I wish I could find something that would at least deter deerflies. Nothing stops them, and when they bite, they draw blood. They are slow, so I can swat them rather easily, but when they are in force in the woods, it's better to just choose to ride in sunny places. For every one I swat, 10 more take its place. Another insect I'm not too fond of is botflies, which lay eggs on a horse's hair and then the horse licks that spot and ingests the hatching egg, which hatches when it has warm moisture, like a horse's saliva. Then they breed in the horse's stomach, come out in the manure, and start all over again. There are dewormers that get rid of their eggs in a horse, but even before that, I spend tedious hours scraping them off my horse's body during their season.
In general, insects are not my friends.
I'll let you know if we get overrun by ants this year. We have a peony bush outside that attracts the big black ants. Yes, I know the ants and peonies have a symbiotic relationship, and I don't mind them on the peonies, but when they get into my house, the ant traps come out. And sometimes the house get inundated with ladybugs. As cute as they are, if they crowd me out, I kill them. Spiders, I sort of tolerate, since they feast on other bugs more obnoxious, but sometimes they get out of hand, too, and then I kill them.
Call me intolerant and not particularly kind to bugs, but I have my limits.
Yeah - I know and understand completely. It would be difficult to wipe 'em all out here in the forest though. They are actually beneficial insects in that they feed on other insects, so I try to be tolerant. It ain't easy. Every year it has been almost unlivable outside on the deck until this spring Dave poked Bounce-type dryer sheets into spaces every few feet along the eaves. We now have visiting wasps, but none nesting here because of it. Worked like a charm!
Good Mornin' Retriever & SandySu & Wuzz!
My biggest complaint are the bugs that get into any sort of flour product. Sealed containers don't even seem to keep them out. I have tried ceramic with rubber seals and clamps, baggies, tupperware, everything. The only thing that seems to work is keeping all of my flour, cornstarch, corn meal, bread, anything like that in the fridge. During the warmest months when the ants are about, I also have to keep any sugar and and sweets in there too. It's incredibly annoying!! If you add to that the boxes of filled syringes for my daily injections that have to be refrigerated - There's barely room for food. I need another fridge ...
My biggest complaint are the bugs that get into any sort of flour product. Sealed containers don't even seem to keep them out. I have tried ceramic with rubber seals and clamps, baggies, tupperware, everything. The only thing that seems to work is keeping all of my flour, cornstarch, corn meal, bread, anything like that in the fridge. During the warmest months when the ants are about, I also have to keep any sugar and and sweets in there too. It's incredibly annoying!! If you add to that the boxes of filled syringes for my daily injections that have to be refrigerated - There's barely room for food. I need another fridge ...
SandySu mentioning peonies and large black ants reminded me of the house we bought when I was first married. There were beautiful peonies in the yard and I picked a large bouquet and put them on the mantel in the living room. A little later, when I walked back into the room, black ants were everywhere! A very unpleasant way to learn that fact about peonies.
They're such beautiful flowers though. I planted a peony a few years ago. Last year it had a few blooms and right now is covered with buds. When it blooms I'll enjoy it but every flower will remain intact on the plant, I don't even trust submerging them in water before bringing them in the house.
They're such beautiful flowers though. I planted a peony a few years ago. Last year it had a few blooms and right now is covered with buds. When it blooms I'll enjoy it but every flower will remain intact on the plant, I don't even trust submerging them in water before bringing them in the house.
Hi everyone. Just checking in and trying to get caught up on posts.
Hope everyone is doing well. I'm still off the analogs and feeling good about it.
Hope everyone is doing well. I'm still off the analogs and feeling good about it.
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