What is happening

[granath]

I'm still here.

[Allen]

oh, I agree. That's why I decided to post something every time I stop by, just to shake the cobwebs loose..... from the rafters and from the people.

[Hans]

Originally Posted by P'ter

If I remember aright, it's coming up to the time when Cheryl & Kendal pay the subscription, so we need to show that there's a continuing usage with a reasonable number of users.

there is no subscription. Cheryl bought the VB program and it's running from one of their own servers. The board might not be updated to the latest version but it'll be here as long as Cheryl doesn't close it down.

[Hans]

But Peter's observation is true nonetheless... it's quiet.

Video killed the radio star
Facebook killed the forum board culture.

I see it happening everywhere, not only in fandom but with all fora on all kinds of subjects and fields. And what's more, facebook has a lot less values and politeness than the boards have. Even in closed groups I see this. On social media many persons start behaving differently than they would otherwise, on- or offline. Which is a shame.

[mara]

I am still here
haven't been posting much lately. My husband is starting his second chemotherapy rounds tomorrow. Just to prolong his live a bit more, so I have been busy.

[Allen]

Just wandering through *again* today. Always glad to see a new post or two..... or three, or more.

[vyon]

I'm here most days too, but don't always have anything to say.

[Allen]

Morning all.

[granath]

Hiya. Good to see some posts once again, even if it's just on this general chat thread.

I agree with Hans, it's a shame forums are slowing down so much.

[Hans]

Originally Posted by mara

I am still here
haven't been posting much lately. My husband is starting his second chemotherapy rounds tomorrow. Just to prolong his live a bit more, so I have been busy.

Argh... I hope chemo will be something positive for him and will do some good, Mara, so you can have some more time together. Sterkte!

[mawra]

I've had problems getting on here for a few days. Can get on Facebook, but not here.

[vyon]

I like your halloween dragon, Mawra.
And I'm trying to juggle a keyboard and a very persistent black Siamese cat.

[Allen]

Juggling 2 things is easier than juggling 3 or more. Try adding in a cup of coffee and a small dog to up the degree of difficulty.

[mawra]

Dean, our 7 month old lab size, puppy was getting burrs of the lab, Brandy, and eating them. He shook his head lit it hurt when he bit down, but didn't stop eating them.

[vyon]

I'd forgotten my nightcap chocolate drink, Allen, it was stowed well away from the keyboard. I meant "juggling" quite literally - Tiamat was walking backwards and forwards across my keyboard and making me wish I hadn't given away my laptop riser when I moved to Wellington. I bought it in the first place to stop Tia's mother standing on the "off" button all the time. Tonight's effort produced four pages of pilcrows in the middle of a recipe that I was trying to copy off the internet. And the Windows 10/elderly Toshiba laptop combination does crazy things when something stands on the "off" button.

[Allen]

I meant juggling quite literally too. Imagine a keyboard, Siamese cat, small dog, and a cuppa all airborne at the same time! Even if the drink was in a covered cup, that would still be quite the feat of juggling! LOL

[Dragon Fan]

Originally Posted by vyon

I'd forgotten my nightcap chocolate drink, Allen, it was stowed well away from the keyboard. I meant "juggling" quite literally - Tiamat was walking backwards and forwards across my keyboard and making me wish I hadn't given away my laptop riser when I moved to Wellington. I bought it in the first place to stop Tia's mother standing on the "off" button all the time. Tonight's effort produced four pages of pilcrows in the middle of a recipe that I was trying to copy off the internet. And the Windows 10/elderly Toshiba laptop combination does crazy things when something stands on the "off" button.

Seems like you could use some " Stay Away " to keep your Cat away from your keyboard.

[Allen]

Ever heard "Kitten on the Keys"?

[vyon]

I have - my sisters used to play it endlessly when they were learning the piano. Best defense against a real kitten on real keys was a covered, slightly springy laptop riser and a big corner computer desk with a separate keyboard on a slide-out shelf. The cats didn't like walking on the springy thing and I was touch-typing partly under the desk. That protected both the off key and the keyboard. But I was warned that the desk was too big for my new flat and it was a cheap flat-pack from my student days and wouldn't have survived the 327 mile trip south anyway. Giving the riser away proved to be a mistake - I did have room for it.
I'm well aware of the antics Siamese cats can get up to - my Grandmother brought one home in 1952 and my family bred them until 1991. Ebony Tia and her surviving seal-point sister are out of that last litter. In her youth she liked to sit on top of a door and watch everyone go past. She's still a leg-winder, which makes negotiating black cat on black carpet in a dark staircase interesting - she always has a lot to say about that!
I've had up to four adult cats at a time - all Siamese - but never added a dog to the mix. Besides, they chase dogs. I still have a vivid picture in my mind of my minute Siamese queen chasing a white bull terrier pig dog up the street. It had wandered between her and her kittens and definitely wasn't expecting a face full of claws.

[Allen]

Russian Blues can be a lot like Siamese.

[P'ter]

Is that 16-bar with a syncopated 2nd beat?

[Dragon Fan]

We had a Siamese cat Named "Chipper"when I was About 10 years old, that cat would attack any thing that came into our yard. I have seen it chase A Raccoon, A Deer, Dogs, birds, and other cats. but it never bothered any of the kids. It had a bad habit of bringing home, half, of the small animals it would catch. Would really tick off our mother when it would bring them in to the house.

[vyon]

Half a young rabbit or pheasant, or the head and tail of a golf-course rat, or, worse, a live one. Especially when you are trying to impress an important overseas guest ...

Said guest was later heard on the phone to his wife in Toulouse, France, describing "The Great Kiwi Rat-hunt."

Well, I guess we gave him a holiday that he wasn't going to forget in a hurry ...

[Dragon Fan]

Ah! Memories, that is one of the great parts of keeping pets.

[T2KincaidDano]

I agree with you completely, Hans, about social media like Facebook not being as polite as forums are and how forums are going by the wayside. It is sad. I think, too, that rudeness and such has to do with how younger people these days were raised - differently than people in our generation. I am so thankful that I was raised during my formative years by my grandmother, who was of the same generation as Anne McCaffrey, although my grandmother was born a few years earlier, in 1917.

[P'ter]

I'm likely to be missing for a day or two as I stupidly left my lappy on a bus.

I'll only be on line when I'm at uni.

[mawra]

Hope you find your computer, P'ter.

We have 2 cats that will chase the puppies. All of them will swat them if they decide the pups are too close to them, or the cats happen to be in the mood to swat something. 5 min. later they will rub up against the pups.tpups. the pups find cats confusing.

[Hans]

Originally Posted by P'ter

I'm likely to be missing for a day or two as I stupidly left my lappy on a bus.

I'll only be on line when I'm at uni.

Oh no! I hope you will get it back.
Brings back bad memories of Copenhagen, were they got your wallet and my handheld computer. That was actually the only time in my life abroad or at home that something was stolen from my bag! Imagine that, being to all kinds of places you are always warned about and never had a mishap. But going to trustworthy Denmark and Copenhagen and get rolled

[mawra]

Sam has decided to see how many times he can get swatted by cats in a day. He has been aggravating them for 2 days.
Both pups seem to like the icky white stuff that is covering the ground.

[Brenda]

Applying for National Park jobs again - it's been two years since my last one, I've had some work in state parks but hoping to get back in. I just got my first availability check and basic interview yesterday - from someone working their way down a LONG list - but my brain refused to acknowledge the odds and is trying to work out ALL the stuff I'll do when I'm there... I'm going to keep applying, though. Wish me luck!

[mawra]

Good luck

[vyon]

Good luck with that one, Brenda. I hope you get a good place.

[Hans]

Good luck Brenda. I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya!

[granath]

Good luck Brenda!

[Dragon Fan]

Wishing you to have great success !

[mawra]

I hope the shutdown doesn't hurt your job search too much.

[mawra]

We now need to keep all doors downstairs. Kibby's puppy, Sam has figured how to open the doors. He will open any door just because he wants the door open. He has even decided that the front door should be open, even when the pet door is unblocked.

[vyon]

Just to show how smart he is.

[mawra]

I think we'll end up getting a normal door knob for the front door. Right now we have easy open doors nobs.

[vyon]

Wonder why I stayed home today?

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