Small Talk: The Polygamous Cul-de-Sac

[Sandy W]

1 minute ago, Gramto6 said:

No, but I am getting ones for camel hump fat and camel milk. WTF?

Someone here may understand the inner workings of the internet, I don't pretend to, I amaze myself that I can turn my laptop on and find this site.  However, I think it may have something to do with "cookies", if you by chance, googled something to do with Morocco or a caftan, that slides into a file that indicates you may have an interest in camels or Middle Eastern things ???

[Gramto6]

6 minutes ago, Sandy W said:

Someone here may understand the inner workings of the internet, I don't pretend to, I amaze myself that I can turn my laptop on and find this site.  However, I think it may have something to do with "cookies", if you by chance, googled something to do with Morocco or a caftan, that slides into a file that indicates you may have an interest in camels or Middle Eastern things ???

I did buy a jar of duck fat on Amazon a while back because I love to cook with it. How does that translate to camel hump fat and camel milk???

[Joan of Argh]

okay so another question for Sofa..

I was watching the shopping channel a couple days ago and noticed they have the Silk'n hair removal gadget on sale for $299 CAD  (regular price is $514 CAD)

https://www.tsc.ca/Silkn-Infinity-Hair-Removal-Anniversary-Bundle/pages/productdetails?nav=R:631927

anyways this new Silk'n is supposed to be the bomb because it combines laser with galvanic

I had galvanic done many years ago before laser was even available... the lady i went to had a salon in her basement and the machine was huge..... so galvanic must have changed a lot in the last 30 years for them to fit it into a tiny little silk'n gadget.... or maybe it's just nonsense and isn't really the same galvanic I had years ago.

Anyways... I'd love to know your opinion and if you have any better suggestion for hair removal.

I want something to do my legs with because the older I get the more I dread shaving my legs.

thanks in advance for any help and if anyone else wants to chime in please do so ❤️

Edited January 23, 2020 by Joan of Argh
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[Kyanight]

On 3/27/2019 at 2:59 PM, deirdra said:

Or what happens when the Browns do something even worse than they've done before, leaving one speechless, so there is no comment to type?

Wow.  I wonder what I meant?  lol    That was a LONG time ago!

[Meowwww]

1 hour ago, Joan of Argh said:

okay so another question for Sofa..

I was watching the shopping channel a couple days ago and noticed they have the Silk'n hair removal gadget on sale for $299 CAD  (regular price is $514 CAD)

https://www.tsc.ca/Silkn-Infinity-Hair-Removal-Anniversary-Bundle/pages/productdetails?nav=R:631927

anyways this new Silk'n is supposed to be the bomb because it combines laser with galvanic

I had galvanic done many years ago before laser was even available... the lady i went to had a salon in her basement and the machine was huge..... so galvanic must have changed a lot in the last 30 years for them to fit it into a tiny little silk'n gadget.... or maybe it's just nonsense and isn't really the same galvanic I had years ago.

Anyways... I'd love to know your opinion and if you have any better suggestion for hair removal.

I want something to do my legs with because the older I get the more I dread shaving my legs.

thanks in advance for any help and if anyone else wants to chime in please do so ❤️

The good news?  I am 49 and my leg hair barely grows anymore.  And when it does...well, it’s kind of sparse.  One upside to menopause? 

[Sandy W]

8 hours ago, Meowwww said:

The good news?  I am 49 and my leg hair barely grows anymore.  And when it does...well, it’s kind of sparse.  One upside to menopause? 

The bad news?  I am 82 and my eyebrows have found their way to my upper lip.

[xwordfanatik]

I never go anywhere without tweezers.  Mid-60's and I get the occasional chin hair, yuk!

I hardly ever have to shave my legs, so that's the upside.  

[AZChristian]

And if you move to a senior adult community, no one else can even SEE the hair ON YOUR LEGS!!!

Include me with the list of those whose leg hair has really become sparse since I hit 70+.  There ARE benefits to growing old.

[DakotaJustice]

What's hilarious to me is that when the giant houses come up in conversation here on the threads, I start getting ads and clickbaits on...tiny houses. 

🤔😊

PS they're pretty cute like something a 21st century Ingalls family would live in.

[Galloway Cave]

Almost 60 here and my leg hair is still going strong. But my arm pit hair has stopped growing, so there's that. My nephew is an esthetician , so I will be hitting him up.

[deirdra]

On 1/23/2020 at 8:44 AM, DakotaJustice said:

What's hilarious to me is that when the giant houses come up in conversation here on the threads, I start getting ads and clickbaits on...tiny houses. 

I've gotten tiny house ads too.  Cute, but this COL is not climbing up and down from a loft bed in the middle of the night - it was a pain when I had one in college 45 yrs ago.  I'll get an apartment condo.

[Sofa Sloth]

On 1/23/2020 at 1:48 PM, Joan of Argh said:

okay so another question for Sofa..

I was watching the shopping channel a couple days ago and noticed they have the Silk'n hair removal gadget on sale for $299 CAD  (regular price is $514 CAD)

https://www.tsc.ca/Silkn-Infinity-Hair-Removal-Anniversary-Bundle/pages/productdetails?nav=R:631927

anyways this new Silk'n is supposed to be the bomb because it combines laser with galvanic

I had galvanic done many years ago before laser was even available... the lady i went to had a salon in her basement and the machine was huge..... so galvanic must have changed a lot in the last 30 years for them to fit it into a tiny little silk'n gadget.... or maybe it's just nonsense and isn't really the same galvanic I had years ago.

Anyways... I'd love to know your opinion and if you have any better suggestion for hair removal.

I want something to do my legs with because the older I get the more I dread shaving my legs.

thanks in advance for any help and if anyone else wants to chime in please do so ❤️

Gosh sorry @Joan of Argh I didn’t read this thread until now.
 

So I’m thinking what you had years ago may have been electrolysis, which uses high frequency and galvanic current passed via a needle which is inserted into each individual hair follicle? I trained and worked in clinic with electrolysis about 2000 and it was becoming obsolete technology then, as was time consuming, required many treatments and was only suitable for small areas due to this. Laser was just taking off then and has come along way, it’s now the preferred method for permanent hair removal. I would go and speak to someone about laser as it that home device looks a bit gimmicky, could even be dangerous, and is unlikely to give you the same results as in clinic. 

[Joan of Argh]

13 minutes ago, Sofa Sloth said:

Gosh sorry @Joan of Argh I didn’t read this thread until now.
 

So I’m thinking what you had years ago may have been electrolysis, which uses high frequency and galvanic current passed via a needle which is inserted into each individual hair follicle? I trained and worked in clinic with electrolysis about 2000 and it was becoming obsolete technology then, as was time consuming, required many treatments and was only suitable for small areas due to this. Laser was just taking off then and has come along way, it’s now the preferred method for permanent hair removal. I would go and speak to someone about laser as it that home device looks a bit gimmicky, could even be dangerous, and is unlikely to give you the same results as in clinic. 

Thanks Sofa I really appreciate your advice and yes you're absolutely right it was electrolysis with a needle and she told me her system was more effective because it was galvanic... I had a few stubborn hairs on my chin and a few strays here and there.

I went for a lot of treatments but they always came back so I gave up and just started plucking them.

I kind of thought that little gadget sounded to good to be true....I'm going to look into the laser treatments as you suggested 👍❤

 

[Kohola3]

8 hours ago, deirdra said:

I've gotten tiny house ads too.

I'd kill for a ad like that. I get MAGA hats every single time, sometimes two and three in a row.

[DaphneCat]

2 hours ago, Kohola3 said:

I'd kill for a ad like that. I get MAGA hats every single time, sometimes two and three in a row.

Lately, I've been getting a lot of ads for clothes - pretty ones, but are probably made by some company which steals photos so what you get is the ill-fitting, cheaply produced knock-off.  These are way better than the toxic mold, mice infestation ones I was getting for a while.  I was also getting a lot of ads for those storage/moving unit things you pack yourself.  Maybe the internet thought the mold and mice were driving me out of my home (after destroying my clothes) so I needed to move (maybe to Flagstaff) and buy a bunch of new clothes?

[Kyanight]

13 minutes ago, DaphneCat said:

Lately, I've been getting a lot of ads for clothes - pretty ones, but are probably made by some company which steals photos so what you get is the ill-fitting, cheaply produced knock-off.  These are way better than the toxic mold, mice infestation ones I was getting for a while.  I was also getting a lot of ads for those storage/moving unit things you pack yourself.  Maybe the internet thought the mold and mice were driving me out of my home (after destroying my clothes) so I needed to move (maybe to Flagstaff) and buy a bunch of new clothes?

I'm getting those storage/moving ads, too!   No tiny houses!  A car dealership in my state but about a 45 minute drive away from me, "What Will You Discover" (on Ebay) and some clothes called FastChics which really isn't my style but looks like knitted Lularoe.

Edited January 25, 2020 by Kyanight
I failed to quote the Ebay ad faithfully and instead relied on my faulty memory

[lookeyloo]

I have an ad blocker so don't get any ads.  Sounds like I am missing out on fun stuff.

 

[DaphneCat]

1 hour ago, lookeyloo said:

I have an ad blocker so don't get any ads.  Sounds like I am missing out on fun stuff.

 

Yes, especially the "Crepey Skin" one.

[DakotaJustice]

1 hour ago, lookeyloo said:

I have an ad blocker so don't get any ads.  Sounds like I am missing out on fun stuff.

 

Be happy you're missing the earwax ads!!!

[deirdra]

I get clodhopper ads on Meri's thread LOL! 

Luckily I have a 17" laptop and these ads appear at the side or bottom, so I've trained my eyes to focus on the ad-free part of the screen most of the time.

Edited January 25, 2020 by deirdra

[xwordfanatik]

I tune all that ad crapola out, too.  If I want to look at or buy anything, I'll go straight to the website.  Clicking on ads isn't a good idea IMO.

[Gramto6]

I'll swap you all for the Camel Hump Fat and Camel milk ads I am getting!! WTF???

[Galloway Cave]

Well, I get legal services, financial advice and Sephora. What is THAT all about? I'm retired, as far as I know I am not in any legal bind and I don't wear make-up.

[laurakaye]

On 1/25/2020 at 2:06 PM, DaphneCat said:

Yes, especially the "Crepey Skin" one.

Ha!  I get that one, too.  And I get them for Chow Hound.  I don't have a dog, but I do recall mentioning in my last recap that Maddie gave birth to Axel in a bathroom full of bags of dog food, so.....the interwebz are creepy, you guys. 🙈

[deirdra]

22 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

Ha!  I get that one, too.  And I get them for Chow Hound.  I don't have a dog, but I do recall mentioning in my last recap that Maddie gave birth to Axel in a bathroom full of bags of dog food, so.....the interwebz are creepy, you guys. 🙈

Yeah, I used "clodhoppers" in a message on Meri's thread a few weeks ago, I don't wear or search for them on google. It is pretty astute of google to know exactly what I mean by "clodhoppers" since they are not called that by the various stores that sell them.

Edited January 27, 2020 by deirdra

[Kohola3]

2 hours ago, Galloway Cave said:

Well, I get legal services, financial advice and Sephora.

I'll take the, one and all, to avoid the political one.

[xwordfanatik]

Speaking of intrusions, I wish I knew someone with Amazon's Alexa.  I'd so love to say, "Alexa, go fuck yourself," just to see what kind of response I'd get.

Yeah, it seems like everyone knows everythingk about what we do online.

[ginger90]

1 minute ago, xwordfanatik said:

Speaking of intrusions, I wish I knew someone with Amazon's Alexa.  I'd so love to say, "Alexa, go fuck yourself," just to see what kind of response I'd get.

Siri says, “I won’t respond to that.”. Yes, I just tried it. 😂

[deirdra]

58 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Siri says, “I won’t respond to that.”. Yes, I just tried it. 😂

"won't" - ha ha.  Does she do that with all curse words?  What if you ask for a definition?

[Joan of Argh]

3 hours ago, deirdra said:

What if you ask for a definition?

what if you ask for a blowjob? 😎

[xwordfanatik]

Remember that bumper sticker years ago, that said "How's my driving?  Call 1-800-EATSHIT?

Turns out that was a phone # to a sex-by-phone thingk.  Credit card required, just like those phone psychics (Miss Cleo!)

[DaphneCat]

Several years ago, at WORK, Mr. Cat was trying to get some information off the web site for the white house.  Apparently, if you unthinkingly typed .com instead of .gov you got a porn site.  (This was quite a while ago, don't know if the site still exists.)  He almost had a panic attack trying to close THAT before someone saw🤣.

[Absolom]

I use an ad blocker, ghost extension, and a VPN.  No more troublesome or irritating things showing up.

[suomi]

A few days ago, using the Fire Stick on my TV, I watched part of a music video on youtube. I was in the mood for Love Train by the mighty O' Jays and I chose a line dance on Soul Train video before I realized it had subtitles in Chinese. The subtitles popped up every time Don introduced the next couple and it got too distracting so I said fuck this and backed outta there and went to a better video. Those subtitles were less than a minute out of 30 or so minutes of music videos.

I don't sign in to youtube but now 90% of my ads here are in Chinese. WTF is up with that? But I'm getting used to it and getting pretty good (I think) at deciphering what they're trying to sell me. Little do they know, I ain't buyin' ...

[Rabbit Hutch]

On 1/23/2020 at 9:05 AM, Sandy W said:

The bad news?  I am 82 and my eyebrows have found their way to my upper lip.

You're 82!?!  Why, you don't snark a day over 25!  😛  What's your secret?  😁

[Sandy W]

54 minutes ago, Rabbit Hutch said:

You're 82!?!  Why, you don't snark a day over 25!  😛  What's your secret?  😁

You made me think about this, if I had to condense to a few words, they would be 'staying stimulated'.

[MargeGunderson]

8 hours ago, Sandy W said:

You made me think about this, if I had to condense to a few words, they would be 'staying stimulated'.

I was hoping the answer was “snarking!”

[Sandy W]

1 minute ago, MargeGunderson said:

I was hoping the answer was “snarking!”

"Snarking" falls under the broad umbrella of stimulants, that and coffee, lots and lots of coffee.

[Kyanight]

12 minutes ago, Sandy W said:

"Snarking" falls under the broad umbrella of stimulants, that and coffee, lots and lots of coffee.

Well.  And a cat or dog (or better yet - both!) snoozing near your computer.  That is an absolute necessity, of course.

[deirdra]

Snarking does keep the mind sharp, because there is often the desire to make each snark more biting or funnier than the last snark (and the Browns provide excellent fodder).  Who knows, scientists of the future may find snark to be a dementia preventative even better than working crossword puzzles.

Edited January 30, 2020 by deirdra

[laurakaye]

Regarding the mountains, Denver, etc....My husband and I are thinking about going to Denver in May to visit my son (he works at Keystone Resort, a ways away from Denver).  In my perfect trip we get to see him, we go to Coors Stadium to watch the Rockies play the Tigers, and we squeeze in a train ride of some sort through the mountains.  Any tips on places to stay in Denver and which train ride might be fun?  We've never been to Colorado, and my son absolutely loves it there, so I am looking forward to hopefully going to see for myself!

[Kyanight]

17 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

Regarding the mountains, Denver, etc....My husband and I are thinking about going to Denver in May to visit my son (he works at Keystone Resort, a ways away from Denver).  In my perfect trip we get to see him, we go to Coors Stadium to watch the Rockies play the Tigers, and we squeeze in a train ride of some sort through the mountains.  Any tips on places to stay in Denver and which train ride might be fun?  We've never been to Colorado, and my son absolutely loves it there, so I am looking forward to hopefully going to see for myself!

Wow, if you are asking me, I am a dud.  When relatives and friends visit, they stay in my home so I am clueless as to the best places to stay.   As for the train - Durango, Georgetown and maybe Royal Gorge.    https://303magazine.com/2017/05/colorado-train-rides/

You could also take a tour of Coor's brewery in Golden.  That's kind of fun.  They used to give you a free beer at the end of the tour, lol.

[xwordfanatik]

11 hours ago, deirdra said:

Snarking does keep the mind sharp, because there is often the desire to make each snark more biting or funnier than the last snark (and the Browns provide excellent fodder).  Who knows, scientists of the future may find snark to be a dementia preventative even better than working crossword puzzles.

Good to know.  I love doing both (hence, my screen name.)

I can't compete very well with the best of you, but I'll keep a-trying!  It's my morning routine, reading and commenting here. ❤️

[Kyanight]

3 minutes ago, xwordfanatik said:

Good to know.  I love doing both (hence, my screen name.)

I can't compete very well with the best of you, but I'll keep a-trying!  It's my morning routine, reading and commenting here. ❤️

You must be joking!  You're right up there with the best of them!

[laurakaye]

I have been snarking for years now.  The stuff here is Grade A++ Pure Snark!

[Kbo]

On 1/29/2020 at 8:24 PM, deirdra said:

Snarking does keep the mind sharp, because there is often the desire to make each snark more biting or funnier than the last snark (and the Browns provide excellent fodder).  Who knows, scientists of the future may find snark to be a dementia preventative even better than working crossword puzzles.

The problem is, I feel like I lose brain cells every time I watch their show, so even if snarking helps cognition it’s probably a zero sum game for me 😋

[LoneWolf]

On 1/30/2020 at 8:14 AM, laurakaye said:

Regarding the mountains, Denver, etc....My husband and I are thinking about going to Denver in May to visit my son (he works at Keystone Resort, a ways away from Denver).  In my perfect trip we get to see him, we go to Coors Stadium to watch the Rockies play the Tigers, and we squeeze in a train ride of some sort through the mountains.  Any tips on places to stay in Denver and which train ride might be fun?  We've never been to Colorado, and my son absolutely loves it there, so I am looking forward to hopefully going to see for myself!

You can't go wrong anywhere, but a few of our favourite places: Ouray; Eldorado Canyon (not far from Denver and some excellent fly fishing); the aquarium downtown is fun. Keystone itself is beautiful. And look into State and Federal Parks. I hope you have fun. 

[xwordfanatik]

My almost 19 year old cat said goodbye 6 years ago.  He was such a love.  And smart!  I taught him to sit, speak, and shake hands (paws.)  When he got old, he had to be held any time I sat down.  It was so hard to lose that little guy.  I waited a couple of months, and adopted a rescue cat.  She's very sweet.  

So I understand the loss of a beloved pet.  My idea of heaven is to have all our fur babies waiting to be reunited with us, and I wish that for you and all of us that have loved our pets.  The pets we love give us far more than we give them.  

[MargeGunderson]

I said goodbye to my 19 year old cat a couple of weeks ago, and my 22 year old cat in October of 2018. It never gets easier, but I know we did the right thing by both of them, and that they were ridiculously pampered while we had them.  

[Kohola3]

It's so difficult when that awful day arrives and the decision must be made.  The faint comfort is knowing that we have the power to keep them from suffering.  All of us who have been through this understand the emptiness afterward.