Small Talk: Out of Genoa

[jewel21]

3 hours ago, Petunia13 said:

It started mid afternoon while he was at my mother's. Being mopey and kinda limping and making a weird face at her. He has what appeared to be a mosquito bite on the arm that limps it was much larger and is now a bit smaller. I'm hoping it's just the heat and his arm being sore.

i wish dogs and cats could just talk to us and say "hey I have a migraine" "my leg hurts I had a charley horse." "Stop playing that stupid song!" "This dog food gives me heartburn damnit."

I think though if animals could talk to us plainly we'd be horrified by our cruelty and have to face the reality that they are sentient feeling personalities.

i hope my boy feels better soon he is my entire heart. 

I hope your baby starts feeling better soon. If not, definitely bring him to the vet for a check-up. There's no worse feeling than when our loved one are sick, human and animal alike. 

[Petunia13]

The soonest I can get him in is Wednesday. Of course I'm at work and he's at moms and as per usual whenever anyone has anything going wrong she finds a way to make it about herself or ore stressful on them. I'm so worried he was walking and eating but doesn't seem 100 percent 

[jewel21]

I know the type. My mother is the same way. *hugs*

[Petunia13]

I kept my drop off appointment for wed (just in case) but made an appointment for tomorrow at a very good vet (pricy but has had 5 stars for years)  in my area for some tests. Based on my old grooming experience I looked it over and thought about it and he might have a hematoma. I'm hoping it's something minor that will heal and possibly they can give him maybe a low dose of a pain reliever. They will probably do a fine needle aspiration and other tests too. I've been worried sick?Poor guy he was elated to see me after work but I can tell when he walks and stands that leg is bugging him. He sometimes plays wild w his friends and is wearing a harness still I wonder if when they were wrestling his skin or a muscle was accidentally pinched. 

[jewel21]

Poor, George. I hope all goes well at the vet tomorrow and he starts feeling better soon. 

[boes]

4 hours ago, Petunia13 said:

I kept my drop off appointment for wed (just in case) but made an appointment for tomorrow at a very good vet (pricy but has had 5 stars for years)  in my area for some tests. Based on my old grooming experience I looked it over and thought about it and he might have a hematoma. I'm hoping it's something minor that will heal and possibly they can give him maybe a low dose of a pain reliever. They will probably do a fine needle aspiration and other tests too. I've been worried sick?Poor guy he was elated to see me after work but I can tell when he walks and stands that leg is bugging him. He sometimes plays wild w his friends and is wearing a harness still I wonder if when they were wrestling his skin or a muscle was accidentally pinched. 

Let us know how it goes!  We'll be thinking of you and George.

[Cupid Stunt]

Gracious Father, look down on Petunia and George and have mercy on them. George is your faithful servant, dependent on Your guidance of Petunia. Grant patience and strength to her, for You know the depth of her misery and suffering to help George. Lead her from fear to the calm and certain purpose for George's care. Lord hear our prayer. Amen

[valleycliffe]

my cable provider is shaw cable...in their ads that appear on tv they have "shaw bots"...

one of the bots is a surfer.....i am almost positive the voice for the surfing bot is matthew mcconaughey....

it's been driving me crazy.....maybe it's the heat....

[pearlite]

I'm really ***not political at all, but this parody of the Norman Rockwell US Thanksgiving picture cracked me up.

In fact, in June/July, my main political activity is trying to identify various countries' soccer flags--it's a west-end TO thing.

Edited July 17, 2018 by pearlite

[peacheslatour]

I'm kind of glad Nick did what he did to Prick. I don't think Drinki et al would be having such a cow about it if they didn't have guilty consciences.

Edited July 17, 2018 by peacheslatour

[PatsyandEddie]

How is wee George doing  Petunia? 

[boes]

39 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

I'm kind of glad Nick did what he did to Prick. I don't think Drinki et al would be having such a cow about it if they didn't have guilty consciences.

Yep.  Drinki is all about co-ing her husband these days, no matter at whose expense.  So her bemoaning what Nick did is pretty rich considering what Victor did to Nick.  Victoria has more ground to stand on but still, she's been willing to sit around and watch her father mow down everyone in his path, Nick included, without doing much of anything besides a weak protest now and then.

[peacheslatour]

11 minutes ago, boes said:

Yep.  Drinki is all about co-ing her husband these days, no matter at whose expense.  So her bemoaning what Nick did is pretty rich considering what Victor did to Nick.  Victoria has more ground to stand on but still, she's been willing to sit around and watch her father mow down everyone in his path, Nick included, without doing much of anything besides a weak protest now and then.

Well, there's that and the whole murdering JT thing. ;-) 

I'm dying to know how George is. 

Edited July 17, 2018 by peacheslatour

[Petunia13]

He's going be ok ❤️️ It was an Owie 

[peacheslatour]

20 minutes ago, Petunia13 said:

He's going be ok ❤️️ It was an Owie 

Oh, thank god. I was really worried. Please give him a kiss and scritches from Auntie Peaches.

[Cupid Stunt]

That's wonderful news, Petunia!

[Cupid Stunt]

Cape May Pug Mug

Cape May Police post mugshot of lost dog, bail paid in cookies

[valleycliffe]

tee hee hee

[peacheslatour]

That was brilliant! Although I feel compelled to point out that Jesus probably wasn't British either.

[Cupid Stunt]

Adrian Cronauer, the man whose military radio antics inspired a character played by Robin Williams in the film Good Morning, Vietnam, has died. He was 79. Cronauer had died July 18 from an unspecified age-related illness. He had lived in Troutville, Virginia, and died at a local nursing home.

During his service as a US air force sergeant in Vietnam in 1965 and 1966, Cronauer opened his Armed Forces Radio show with the phrase, “Goooooood morning, Vietnam!” Williams made the refrain famous in the 1987 film loosely based on Cronauer’s time in Saigon. The film was a departure from other Vietnam war movies that focused on bloody realism, such as the Academy Award-winning Platoon. Instead, it was about irreverent youth in the 1960s fighting the military establishment.

‘’We were the only game in town and you had to play by our rules,” Cronauer told the Associated Press in 1987. “But I wanted to serve the listeners.” The military wanted conservative programming. American youths, however, were “not into drab, sterile announcements” with middle-of-the-road music, Cronauer said, and the battle over the airwaves was joined.

In the film, Williams quickly drops Perry Como and Lawrence Welk from his 6am playlist in favor of the Dave Clark Five. Cronauer said he loved the movie, but he said much of the film was Hollywood make-believe. Robin Williams’s portrayal of a fast-talking, nonconformist, yuk-it-up disc jockey sometimes gave people the wrong impression of the man who inspired the film. “I did try to make it sound more like a stateside station. I did have problems with news censorship. I was in a restaurant shortly before the Viet Cong hit it. And yes, I did start each program by yelling, ‘Good Morning, Vietnam!”’ The rest is what he delicately called “good script crafting.”

When the film was released, the presidential campaign of the Democrat Jesse Jackson called asking if Cronauer would help out. The conversation died quickly after Cronauer asked the caller if she realized he was a Republican. In 1992, George HW Bush’s re-election campaign taped a TV ad slamming Bill Clinton’s draft record. In the ad, Cronauer accused Clinton of lying. “In many ways, I’m a very conservative guy,” he said. “A lifelong, card-carrying Republican can’t be that much of an anti-establishment type.”

In 1979, Cronauer saw the film Apocalypse Now with his friend Ben Moses, who also served in Vietnam and worked at the Saigon radio station. “We said: that’s not our story of Vietnam,” Moses recalled Thursday. “And we made a deal over a beer that we were going to have a movie called Good Morning, Vietnam.” It wasn’t easy. Hollywood producers were incensed at the idea of a comedy about Vietnam, said Moses, who co-produced the film and wrote the original 30-page story. The writer Mitch Markowitz made the film funny, and the director, Barry Levinson, added the tragicomic aspect, and Robin Williams’s performance was nominated for an Oscar. Moses said the film was a pivotal moment in changing the way Americans thought about the Vietnamese and the war.

Cronauer was from Pittsburgh, the son of a steelworker and a schoolteacher. He was a life member of the American Legion, Vietnam Veterans of America, the VFW and VietNow. He served as a national officer of the Knights Templar, is an honorary Kentucky Colonel, and a member of the Australian Returned & Services League. Recently, he was awarded the Order of St. Maurice by the U.S. Infantry Reserve. Prior to his confinement, he spent much of his spare time speaking before veterans and military groups espousing patriotism and flag protection.

Formerly a senior partner with the five-lawyer Washington DC firm of Burch & Cronauer, he was Special Assistant to the Director of the Pentagon's POW/MIA Office. He received his Doctor of Law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was Special Projects Editor of the Univ. of PA. Law Review. He also holds a masters degree in Media Studies from the New School for Social Research in New York City; his undergraduate studies were at the University of Pittsburgh and the American University in Washington DC. He clerked at the Federal Communications Commission for Commissioner Patricia Diaz Dennis and was honored with the FCC's Special Service Award.

Cronauer's law practice concentrated in information and communications law and included extensive representation of radio stations, a satellite radio network, cable systems, and clients involved in newly emerging technologies including wireless cable and personal communications services. He was a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Federal Communications Law Journal and among his serious published works are "The Fairness Doctrine - A Solution In Search Of A Problem," Federal Communications Law Journal, Oct. 1994; and Copyright and Reproduction Rights, Art & Design Magazine, July/Aug. 1993. He was a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association, the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, and Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity.

He served as a member of the Virginia Public Broadcasting Board, on the Arlington County (Virginia) Cable TV Advisory Committee, and the Board of Governors of the New School for Social Research in New York City. He served two terms as a trustee of the Virginia War Memorial and is a former member of the national board of the Armed Forces Broadcasters Association and the board of the National Vietnam & Gulf War Veterans Coalition.

Prior to turning to the law, Cronauer spent seven years in New York City voicing television and radio commercials. Before that, he owned his own advertising agency, managed a radio station, was program director of a television station, and a TV news anchorman. He has taught broadcasting at the university level and is the author of a textbook on radio & TV announcing, now in use at many colleges and universities.

“I always was a bit of an iconoclast, as Robin was in the film,” Cronauer told the Associated Press in 1999. “But I was not anti-military, or anti-establishment. I was anti-stupidity. And you certainly do run into a lot of stupidity in the military.”

Adrian Cronauer is survived by two adult children and five grandchildren with his wife Jeane Steppe (deceased), and wife Mary Muse, and stepson.

 

This was the only Arms Forces Radio clip I could find of Sgt. Adrian Cronauer's Vietnam broadcast:

 

 

Thank you for your faithful service, Adrian.

[Cupid Stunt]

And now for something completely different: Every Winner Of The 24 Hours Of Le Mans, Ever

[Anna Yolei]

As an FYI who those who may use Tumblr to discuss Y&R, the Shadam tag has blown way the hell up today--not because of Sharon and Adam nostagia but because of this major Voltron spoiler that came out (and very proud!!!) at Comic-con this morning ?

(I'll use spoilers in case anyone actually here is even following that show)

 

As it happens to be my new fandom, I internally groaned that Voltron fandom collectively went for Shiro and Adam's portmanteau of Shadam instead of....literally anything else. *facepalm* Because I can go on all day about how happy I am about this frigging gay rep in children's programming and how far we've come in the last five years in general but...I will never associate that ship name with anything but Y&R.

Long story short  if you post there, tag for "y&r shadam" to make searches easier, lol.

Edited July 26, 2018 by Anna Yolei

[Cupid Stunt]

Get off our lawn anime-iacs! DEAD AND BURIED SHADAM IS FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF Y&R FANGIRL SHRINES! Shadam shall be resurrected! Bill Bell hear our prayers … <candles and frankincense lit, novenas intoned>

; )

 

Last mule living with Outer Banks wild horses was dying. Then something funny happened

This happening on the Outer Banks, south of where the Stunt famdamly is vacationing on Chincoteague Island, Virginia. We have a couple of day trips planned to visit the Outer Banks, Kill Devil Hills and Kitty Hawk, Yorktown/Williamsburg/Jamestown, Great Dismal Swamp … We've got 14 days and we're having family fun, or drive ourselves mad trying.

Aunt Trinket is joining us! Hee! Good times, vodka gimlets and shaking down the locals of their valuables is predicted.  

[valleycliffe]

i hope shadamned never rears it's ugly head again..

[pearlite]

Well, this is la vie de Pearlite in downtown TO.

And this is happening on my front porch as I type... Family friend [of big red truck] parked down the block last night, and saw these two chirping on the sidewalk. He waited for their mom. Nothing. Then got out and waited for another half hour--there's residential traffic here. Then carried them to my porch, put them in box, fed them, and now, two baby raccoons... PlL and friend are coon-sitting them with kibble and evaporated milk.

If miamama or capricasix know of any local rescue services, other than Toronto Wildlife Rescue, please let me know. All the wildlife rehabs we've found are full up with baby raccoons, and it's hard to know what to do. I know they're cute. But I have four cats, and I've googled and phoned my brains out here.

Edited July 22, 2018 by pearlite

[Cupid Stunt]

You could try Toronto's Craigslist or post a Facebook bleg. There might be wildlife rehabbers that have room or know of someone that can take on your two devils. 

[peacheslatour]

You could try various vet's offices. When we had a mama squirrel die and all her babies fell out of the nest (one at a time for days) we contacted our vet who put us onto another vet's office who knew a guy upstate that had a wild animal rescue that would pick them up once a week. We took them there and they re-hydrated and checked them out for diseases before releasing them to the rescue guy.

[LadyDot]

Is anyone else getting really sick of the repetitious actions allowed to Victor?  Got to believe there is another one coming up since Nick actually thinks he is going to be allowed to grow a pair and succeed.  Victor Newman has been given too much latitude in every aspect of his life in GC. 

I find the VN character vomitous. I really do not want him in the show any longer.  Absolutely everything he does is predictable, from his constant meddling in his son's affairs to his war with Jack to his inconsistent attitude toward his daughters' ability to run Newman Enterprises.  He is a real game master as he uses his children as pieces as his toys. 

It is really time for the show to pass the torch and let Victor fade into the background as all patriarchs must.

[Capricasix]

I don’t know of any other resources, pearlite, sorry! The little trash pandas really are cute, though ?

[pearlite]

4 hours ago, Capricasix said:

I don’t know of any other resources, pearlite, sorry! The little trash pandas really are cute, though ?

Thank heavens, their mom, or other coon-mom removed them during the night. Cute as they are, they do pee and poop on those who handle them, and frankly, it was really anxiety-producing trying to work out what to do with them.

[Cupid Stunt]

Bad Sunday night in Toronto …  Man firing into Toronto cafes shoots 14 people, killing 2

[bannana]

4 hours ago, Cupid Stunt said:

Bad Sunday night in Toronto …  Man firing into Toronto cafes shoots 14 people, killing 2

I am very familiar with this neighbourhood, have friends there, and have spent many a summer evening dining and strolling.  It's a very busy and popular area.  It would have just been horrifying to be amidst that.  So tragic.

[Cupid Stunt]

We Rate Dogs and archnemesis Brent have reconciled thanks to a puppy

 

they're good dogs, Brent

[Capricasix]

That was one of the best Twitter threads ever (the original Good Dogs one, that is)

[Cupid Stunt]

13 hours ago, Capricasix said:

That was one of the best Twitter threads ever (the original Good Dogs one, that is)

ITA!

You or one of the other Preverts introduced me to We Rate Dogs, and I hearted it right away. They are good dogs. The original Twitter thread with Brent was delightful.

In more dog news:  WINNERS FOR DOG PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2018

 

Two engineers and I went up to the tower before dawn this morning to inspect the brush removal and fire retardant coverage onsite. I promoted an engineer by anointing him as radio tower fire marshal, and he wanted me to go up there with him and his assistant to go over the site and make any recommendations. The plant cleanup left no combustibles, and retardant coverage is ready for it's second application -- The right person for the job and a job well done.

The temperature in SoCal yesterday 95° -- Today is projected to be an oppressive 98°F. The crew has a betting pool for the hottest car interior at 3PM. They measure the temperature with a laser surface thermometer.

Gotta' entertain ourselves while Rome burns.

[valleycliffe]

LOLOL

[peacheslatour]

2 minutes ago, valleycliffe said:

LOLOL

Thanks for the laugh. I find that when it gets so hot my cats get cranky and I lose my sense of humor. I'm glad you've kept yours.

[valleycliffe]

on saturday, my daughters rhonda and liz and 2 grands dawnica and regan and i went to high tea at the fairmont empress hotel in victoria..

it was so great... liz said it was my mothers day present from her to me..

i think you pay mostly for the ambiance.  

my daughter rhonda is gluten sensitive so she had her own special sandwich tray.

we all had our choice of teas and got our own tea pots...scones, creme fresh and strawberry compote on scones....delish.

lizzie said, this was the first time she was able to treat me...and not the other way around..

on thursday, she, regan and dawnica will be heading to williams lake for liz  high school reunion..

LOL  logan, my grand is letting dawnica and regan take his ps4 to the puddle so they can play on  it while liz is at the dinner and dance...

they are taking a picnic lunch so they can stop along the way..

Edited July 24, 2018 by valleycliffe
phrasing was bass akwards.

[peacheslatour]

Tres elegant!☕??

[Capricasix]

Back in the day, my BFFs and I used to go to the Château Laurier in Ottawa for high tea. We always felt so posh ?

[FairyDusted]

YEAH! I finally finished the thread and what a wealth of information. Man it was a bad year for deaths. I feel for all of you moving and dealing with sick fur babies. I lost 2 within 3 weeks and I know it more than sucks. SHOW may not be entertaining but damn Y'all sure are. 

Grocery list..Coco puffs, bananas and raspberries. Happy posting my favorite PreVerts!

[Cupid Stunt]

Hi, FairyDusted!

 

Tea is sublime.

[Petunia13]

@pearlite I'm glad things worked out with the raccoons! You were so kind to help them ? 

Besides the "we rate dogs" or "rate my dog" accounts there's one called "I pet that dog" and it's a boy who each day pets a few new dogs and posts a pic and short bio on the dog(s). 

[FairyDusted]

31 minutes ago, Cupid Stunt said:

Hi, FairyDusted!

 

Tea is sublime.

Hi @Cupid Stunt! Thank you! That looks stunning! I'm so hungry right now!!! My eyes refuse to read your name as written and I giggle every time we pass1

[jewel21]

33 minutes ago, Petunia13 said:

@pearlite I'm glad things worked out with the raccoons! You were so kind to help them ? 

Besides the "we rate dogs" or "rate my dog" accounts there's one called "I pet that dog" and it's a boy who each day pets a few new dogs and posts a pic and short bio on the dog(s). 

That is like my dream job, heh. I'm so jealous of that kid. I want to pet all the animals, though. Squirrels, chipmunks, racoons, cats, birds, groundhogs, bring it! I'm ready!

[peacheslatour]

.....and bunnies and baby goats and ponies and Red Pandas.....

[Cupid Stunt]

15 hours ago, FairyDusted said:

Hi @Cupid Stunt! Thank you! That looks stunning! I'm so hungry right now!!! My eyes refuse to read your name as written and I giggle every time we pass1

I resemble my handle.   ; )

Don't be a stranger, FairyDusted. You're always welcome here.

 

Petunia, thank you for the new clickhole accounts to ooh and aww. "I pet that dog" is adorable; what a sweet boy, and so many good dogs.

 

15 hours ago, jewel21 said:

That is like my dream job, heh. I'm so jealous of that kid. I want to pet all the animals, though. Squirrels, chipmunks, racoons, cats, birds, groundhogs, bring it! I'm ready!

2 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

.....and bunnies and baby goats and ponies and Red Pandas.....

 

Squee!!!!!Endorphin rush for everyone!!!!

 

The family flew into Norfolk Monday morning and drove to the house on Chincoteague Island. Mr.Stunt and I flew in last night (work obligations), onto a rain storm. There appear to be flood warnings up the coast. We picked up umbrellas at Lost and Found (they had hundreds to choose from, and we'll return them on our flight out), hit Costco for more supplies (Mom texted a list), and we braved the traffic to the island.

Dad made a bee line to the Refuge Inn; they handle the Chincoteague Island Pony registry, gentle and train ponies for sale that aren't sold at the auction. He was immediately put to work and given a spot as a Saltwater Cowboy in the Pony Swim round up. It's exactly what he wants to do while on vacation from running a ranch and loving every minute of it -- Mama and I tried.

The official Pony Swim started at low tide, 1-1/2 hours early, to avoid the incoming storm from the south. It was raining on and off, and some of the festivities are a little soggy, but moving the ponies to the island was exciting.

My pictures are a blurry, rainy mess -- From the Baltimore Sun:

 

 

 

Gran, Trinket and I hit the town market, tented yard and garage sales, dickering for bargains. We had the house coaster wagon loaded with booty and food from the market stalls, munching on fresh apricots as we walked back from town (1/2 mile).

It's supposed to be wet for the next couple of days. Rain hypnotizes us; drought and fire season will do that. The family has staked out territories in the screen porch, marveling at the rain on the Atlantic.

Swimming in the rain is wonderful.

[peacheslatour]

2 minutes ago, Cupid Stunt said:

I resemble my handle.   ; )

Don't be a stranger, FairyDusted. You're always welcome here.

 

Petunia, thank you for the new clickhole accounts to ooh and aww. "I pet that dog" is adorable; what a sweet boy, and so many good dogs.

 

Squee!!!!!Endorphin rush for everyone!!!!

 

The family flew into Norfolk Monday morning and drove to the house on Chincoteague Island. Mr.Stunt and I flew in last night (work obligations), onto a rain storm. There appear to be flood warnings up the coast. We picked up umbrellas at Lost and Found (they had hundreds to choose from, and we'll return them on our flight out), hit Costco for more supplies (Mom texted a list), and we braved the traffic to the island.

Dad made a bee line to the Refuge Inn; they handle the Chincoteague Island Pony registry, gentle and train ponies for sale that aren't sold at the auction. He was immediately put to work and given a spot as a Saltwater Cowboy in the Pony Swim round up. It's exactly what he wants to do while on vacation from running a ranch and loving every minute of it -- Mama and I tried.

The official Pony Swim started at low tide, 1-1/2 hours early, to avoid the incoming storm from the south. It was raining on and off, and some of the festivities are a little soggy, but moving the ponies to the island was exciting.

My pictures are a blurry, rainy mess -- From the Baltimore Sun:

 

 

 

Gran, Trinket and I hit the town market, tented yard and garage sales, dickering for bargains. We had the house coaster wagon loaded with booty and food from the market stalls, munching on fresh apricots as we walked back from town (1/2 mile).

It's supposed to be wet for the next couple of days. Rain hypnotizes us; drought and fire season will do that. The family has staked out territories in the screen porch, marveling at the rain on the Atlantic.

Swimming in the rain is wonderful.

Oh, I am sooo envious! I would love to be there with you guys right now! Another ninety degree day...*fans self, turns up fan*..

[FairyDusted]

Ugh...This fucking weather! My asthma has kicked into high gear. I haven't been outside in almost a month. Not much better inside either. My parents live with me and I had to walk down bottled water to them yesterday. OMG the steps! Now I understand why my Dad has such a hard time coming up to visit. I miss Vegas. Dry heat is REAL!

[ByTor]

15 minutes ago, Cupid Stunt said:

Dad made a bee line to the Refuge Inn; they handle the Chincoteague Island Pony registry, gentle and train ponies for sale that aren't sold at the auction.

As long as none of you buy one and name him "Philly" :)