Small Talk: 1, 2, 3 Non-Cheerleader Conversation

[go4luca]

I'm not good with anything reptilian.  This alligator lizard gives me a freaking heart attack whenever he pops out of my vegetable garden.

[ByTor]

Here's some animal cuteness...not to mention talent!

 

[go4luca]

8 minutes ago, ByTor said:

Here's some animal cuteness...not to mention talent!

 

Your announcer made me think of the super cute videos this guy has been sharing on Twitter of his dogs Olive and Mabel.

 

""Mabel, with no recognition, no recall whatsoever..." 😂

Edited May 20, 2020 by go4luca

[Nelliephant]

17 hours ago, go4luca said:

Your announcer made me think of the super cute videos this guy has been sharing on Twitter of his dogs Olive and Mabel.

 

""Mabel, with no recognition, no recall whatsoever..." 😂

I love these so much. He's also quite funny on twitter, knowing that the vast majority of his followers are there for the dogs, not for his sports broadcasting which is why he has the Twitter

 

Also entirely unrelated, but I want to tell people and I'm worried about telling people in real life and jinxing it.

I just put down a reservation on my first house! It's a new build so won't be ready till next year, but so exciting! Just have to wait for all the legal stuff to go through!

 

[ByTor]

Congratulations @Nelliephant!

[Tulip86]

Congratulations, that's an amazing step to take. I hope you enjoy the process 🤗

[bjo1969]

On 5/19/2020 at 9:40 AM, go4luca said:

Seriously.  If I found this in my front yard, I'd be in the next state by now.

I'd be right there with ya! I HATE SNAKES!!!

[JarlenaFan2024]

Anyone heard how hairdressers (especially in Ky) are handling clients wearing masks during service?  I have an appt in an hour and don't see how in the world the stylist can color my hair with a mask on?!

[kalibean]

If it's a disposable, around the ears mask, I think it would be messy but do-able.  I have a hair appt on Thursday and that's how my stylist is managing, along with no double booking, no visitors, staying in car until you get a text to come in, sanitizing between clients and no contact within six feet with anyone other than the stylist.  My salon has a good layout for this situation.  And I'm still leaning towards cancelling.  Too soon, especially with the stories coming out about the stylists in my parent's city with symptoms exposing 150+ people, etc.  My roots aren't all that bad and my hair is long enough for a ponytail.

[JarlenaFan2024]

5 hours ago, kalibean said:

If it's a disposable, around the ears mask, I think it would be messy but do-able.  I have a hair appt on Thursday and that's how my stylist is managing, along with no double booking, no visitors, staying in car until you get a text to come in, sanitizing between clients and no contact within six feet with anyone other than the stylist.  My salon has a good layout for this situation.  And I'm still leaning towards cancelling.  Too soon, especially with the stories coming out about the stylists in my parent's city with symptoms exposing 150+ people, etc.  My roots aren't all that bad and my hair is long enough for a ponytail.

My appointment went well! Stylist only had me and my Mom in the salon at the same time.  She wore a mask the entire time.  She sanitized everything btwn us and her last clients (also a Mother and Daughter I think).  Changed gloves btwn working on each one of us (we both got color/highlight and cuts).  I FEEL HUMAN AGAIN!!!!! 😄

Edited May 27, 2020 by BluegrassDCCFan
changed some wording

[onthebubble]

1 hour ago, BluegrassDCCFan said:

My appointment went well! Stylist only had me and my Mom in the salon at the same time.  She wore a mask the entire time.  She sanitized everything btwn us and her last clients (also a Mother and Daughter I think).  Changed gloves btwn working on each one of us (we both got color/highlight and cuts).  I FEEL HUMAN AGAIN!!!!! 😄

Lucky you! I am very jealous! They were banning hairdressers completely here (Australia) then they decided only 30 minute treatments and now I think you can go but there are limits on time, people etc. I don't want to risk it so the first time in about 12654 years I have something close to resembling my natural hair colour 🤣🤣

[JarlenaFan2024]

56 minutes ago, onthebubble said:

Lucky you! I am very jealous! They were banning hairdressers completely here (Australia) then they decided only 30 minute treatments and now I think you can go but there are limits on time, people etc. I don't want to risk it so the first time in about 12654 years I have something close to resembling my natural hair colour 🤣🤣

This is the longest I've EVER gone without a trip to the salon.  Even when I broke my arm a couple yrs ago I still was able to get my hair done.  Ky/USA shut down all "nonessential" businesses in mid March the DAY BEFORE I had an appointment for my hair so I lucked into getting in on her first day back!

[ByTor]

13 hours ago, kalibean said:

My roots aren't all that bad and my hair is long enough for a ponytail.

Mine were ok, but I just couldn't stand it anymore, so I did the BIG gamble & bought a couple boxes of Natural Instincts.  I've been going darker since bleach was killing the heck out of my hair & did dark ash blonde.  Well, it covered the gray well enough and matches my natural color really well.  Good enough, in fact, that I think I'm sticking with it.

[kalibean]

My hair is naturally a dark reddish blonde, and I color it to auburn.  And so far I only see three stray gray hairs, so I'm lucky on that front.  I ended up having to cancel because of work before I even had a chance to decide for myself, so I'm going to see if the L'Oreal Magic Root works as well for me as it does Eva Longoria!  

I'm still WFH and thank the heavens our online meetings let us default to our company portrait instead of camera on, but would be nice to have the spray just in case.  What if my dream job has a magical opening and I have a Skype interview?!?  Been pondering relocating back to Dallas after three years in KC.  So much I love here but definitely more career opportunities in DFW.  (I'm corporate retail...and while it's all suffering, my background is Ecomm and Strategy so should be okay even for our friends in Chapter 11.)

[loveaux]

I ended up taking the stay at home orders to learn how to do all sorts of styles on my hair lol from faux locs to box braids, I think I kinda mastered everything I wanted to. Still hopeful my senior year will still happen but *shrug* if it doesn't, I'm mentally prepared for it.

[parrotfeathers]

I don't color my hair but gosh I need a haircut.  In my state deaths and cases continue to climb.  So I am still pretty much staying on the farm.

I did have to learn to groom (clip) my poodle.  It's a good thing poodle hair grows fast.  I am getting better.  And have saved a ton of money!

[ByTor]

LOL my dog's "bangs" really grew, and her once round head is now flat on top.  She looks like one of the Beatles!!  I tried to cut a little so she could see, but I'm very much looking forward to her actually getting groomed.

[JarlenaFan2024]

Are the forums currently acting weird?  Seem to be having a lot of timeouts

8 hours ago, parrotfeathers said:

I did have to learn to groom (clip) my poodle.  It's a good thing poodle hair grows fast.  I am getting better.  And have saved a ton of money!

 Lucky you.  My Mom and I tried to groom my poodle many years ago and gave the poor dog a "reverse mohawk" (no I don't have a picture).  Poor pup was quite embarrassed!!!!!!🐶

[kalibean]

Y’all - watching Pluto while puttering around my sewing room this morning, and the WORST EVER commercial transition happened. 
 

1: A tearful mom sobbing about her son on a motorcycle getting hit by a truck and strangers holding him while he passes away 

2: Exuberant voice chimes in: At Dominos, we think it’s time to look on the bright side! Cue someone joyfully proclaiming that they found toilet paper. 
 

I was taken aback. That poor lady. And poor Dominos too. Goodness. 

Edited May 31, 2020 by kalibean

[MrsEVH]

2 hours ago, kalibean said:

Y’all - watching Pluto while puttering around my sewing room this morning, and the WORST EVER commercial transition happened. 
 

1: A tearful mom sobbing about her son on a motorcycle getting hit by a truck and strangers holding him while he passes away 

2: Exuberant voice chimes in: At Dominos, we think it’s time to look on the bright side! Cue someone joyfully proclaiming that they found toilet paper. 
 

I was taken aback. That poor lady. And poor Dominos too. Goodness. 

I have to ask, what was that first commercial for?

[scorpio1031]

Male high school cheerleader in my town just got a full ride scholarship for cheerleading to Paris Junior College in Texas!!!!!!  First cheerleader in the history of the high school to get a scholarship like that😀🥳👨‍🎓.  Now that is cool:)

[woodscommaelle]

What about the Pampers commercial with the dad who has the most adorable voice ever. 🤗

Edited June 9, 2020 by woodscommaelle

[JarlenaFan2024]

Not sure where to stick this so posting here:  So there will absolutely not be a show this year?  Wanting to drop CMT off my cable package if there's not going to be a show.

[Holly85]

3 minutes ago, BluegrassDCCFan said:

Not sure where to stick this so posting here:  So there will absolutely not be a show this year?  Wanting to drop CMT off my cable package if there's not going to be a show.

We won’t know until their is an official announcement 

[JarlenaFan2024]

11 minutes ago, Holly85 said:

We won’t know until their is an official announcement 

I thought maybe there already had been.  I haven't been paying a lot of attention to this forum/CMT/DCC the last week or so.  I need to figure out a way to cut my cable/internet bill in half.  It's the most expensive bill I have (excluding my rent).  Been wanting to drop CMT for a  while now but haven't due to the show.  Also not sure if I can even watch on Pluto if I don't subscribe to CMT (do you know??)

[scorpio1031]

1 minute ago, BluegrassDCCFan said:

I thought maybe there already had been.  I haven't been paying a lot of attention to this forum/CMT/DCC the last week or so.  I need to figure out a way to cut my cable/internet bill in half.  It's the most expensive bill I have (excluding my rent).  Been wanting to drop CMT for a  while now but haven't due to the show.  Also not sure if I can even watch on Pluto if I don't subscribe to CMT (do you know??)

Pluto is it's own separate app.  But at this point, you can still only watch up until season 12.

[Girl in a Cardigan]

9 minutes ago, BluegrassDCCFan said:

I thought maybe there already had been.  I haven't been paying a lot of attention to this forum/CMT/DCC the last week or so.  I need to figure out a way to cut my cable/internet bill in half.  It's the most expensive bill I have (excluding my rent).  Been wanting to drop CMT for a  while now but haven't due to the show.  Also not sure if I can even watch on Pluto if I don't subscribe to CMT (do you know??)

You may want to price out buying the season (whenever it airs) on Amazon or iTunes. I've been buying it on Amazon for a few seasons now and it's like $25 for the season. I lost access to CMT on Comcast when they moved it to a higher tier and I wasn't willing to pay. Amazon's pretty good about having the show ready to watch by midnight PDT after it airs on CMT, which is pretty nice.

[Holly85]

11 minutes ago, BluegrassDCCFan said:

I thought maybe there already had been.  I haven't been paying a lot of attention to this forum/CMT/DCC the last week or so.  I need to figure out a way to cut my cable/internet bill in half.  It's the most expensive bill I have (excluding my rent).  Been wanting to drop CMT for a  while now but haven't due to the show.  Also not sure if I can even watch on Pluto if I don't subscribe to CMT (do you know??)

Not sure what kind of phone you have but you can buy the whole season on iTunes if you have an iPhone 

[JarlenaFan2024]

15 hours ago, Holly85 said:

Not sure what kind of phone you have but you can buy the whole season on iTunes if you have an iPhone 

No iPhone and won't own one.  See PM 🙂

15 hours ago, Girl in a Cardigan said:

You may want to price out buying the season (whenever it airs) on Amazon or iTunes. I've been buying it on Amazon for a few seasons now and it's like $25 for the season. I lost access to CMT on Comcast when they moved it to a higher tier and I wasn't willing to pay. Amazon's pretty good about having the show ready to watch by midnight PDT after it airs on CMT, which is pretty nice.

Not especially a fan of downloading stuff to this computer.  Had too many problems with PCs not liking downloads for whatever reason.  I do have iTunes and Amazon Prime but very rarely download anything but music.

[Girl in a Cardigan]

11 minutes ago, BluegrassDCCFan said:

Not especially a fan of downloading stuff to this computer.  Had too many problems with PCs not liking downloads for whatever reason.  I do have iTunes and Amazon Prime but very rarely download anything but music.

With Amazon, you're not downloading anything to your computer; you're basically buying the rights to stream it when you wish. With iTunes, you do download a file, but not with Amazon. In fact, I wanted to download another TV show episode I bought and I couldn't. 

[mizzhyer]

On 6/7/2020 at 12:45 AM, BluegrassDCCFan said:

I thought maybe there already had been.  I haven't been paying a lot of attention to this forum/CMT/DCC the last week or so.  I need to figure out a way to cut my cable/internet bill in half.  It's the most expensive bill I have (excluding my rent).  Been wanting to drop CMT for a  while now but haven't due to the show.  Also not sure if I can even watch on Pluto if I don't subscribe to CMT (do you know??)

The only thing I've seen is the blurb on Wikipedia...I take what I see there with a grain of salt since anyone can edit it. 

[loveaux]

Has anyone else taken on the responsibility of pet groomer? I'm genuinely convinced my dog hates me now 🤣

[JarlenaFan2024]

11 minutes ago, loveaux said:

Has anyone else taken on the responsibility of pet groomer? I'm genuinely convinced my dog hates me now 🤣

I haven't resorted to that .....yet.....

Last time we tried to groom my dog (a poodle I had years ago) we accidentally gave him a "reverse mohawk".  Mine and my Mom's pups have appointments with our regular groomer late next week FINALLY!!!!

[mizzhyer]

8 hours ago, loveaux said:

Has anyone else taken on the responsibility of pet groomer? I'm genuinely convinced my dog hates me now 🤣

Yes I have...my pupper is old...she's 16 and she hates the groomer.  So I bought a set of grooming shears and I did fair I guess.  She doesn't hate me ...yet 😉

[CrazyInAlabama]

My mini Schnauzer never would let me near him with electric clippers, so I bought the manual clippers, and that worked out very well.  

I also would clip first, and then give him a bath.     That way his fur didn't mat from the bath, and I wasn't washing fur I was going to clip anyway.  

I'm very glad I let my hair grow out to shoulder length a few years ago, and do my own hair color.      I am really nervous about even going to the chain place I was using for a trim.    After another location (in Missouri, but I'm in Alabama) had two beauticians that exposed hundreds of clients, and co-workers to Covid, I'm not sure I'm ready to go for something optional.  

Edited June 9, 2020 by CrazyInAlabama

[bjo1969]

On 6/6/2020 at 10:45 PM, BluegrassDCCFan said:

I thought maybe there already had been.  I haven't been paying a lot of attention to this forum/CMT/DCC the last week or so.  I need to figure out a way to cut my cable/internet bill in half.  It's the most expensive bill I have (excluding my rent).  Been wanting to drop CMT for a  while now but haven't due to the show.  Also not sure if I can even watch on Pluto if I don't subscribe to CMT (do you know??)

We ditched our satellite service and went with the Amazon FireStick. Pluto is one of the apps that came with it. We've been saving $150/mo.

[kalibean]

1 hour ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

My mini Schnauzer never would let me near him with electric clippers, so I bought the manual clippers, and that worked out very well.  

I also would clip first, and then give him a bath.     That way his fur didn't mat from the bath, and I wasn't washing fur I was going to clip anyway.  

I'm very glad I let my hair grow out to shoulder length a few years ago, and do my own hair color.      I am really nervous about even going to the chain place I was using for a trim.    After another location (in Missouri, but I'm in Alabama) had two beauticians that exposed hundreds of clients, and co-workers to Covid, I'm not sure I'm ready to go for something optional.  

My parents live in that town and we were just talking about it this morning!  Of the 192 people they directly exposed, the health department is saying that no new cases were caused from it.  They both had been wearing masks, thank goodness!  Hardly anyone has been wearing them here on the rare occasion we've ventured out.  

I don't blame you one bit for waiting, though.  The only reason I went last week is because my friend owns the hair salon and I trusted that she would do all that she could to keep us both safe.  It was weird wearing a mask while having my hair cut and colored, but well worth it!  (I also waited in the car until told to come in, doors had been propped open, sanitizer everywhere, temperature taken, masks worn the whole time by me, the two stylists in the salon and the other client.  And I wasn't close to anyone but my friend the whole time.  I still feel really funny about going, though, honestly.  

[JarlenaFan2024]

2 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

My mini Schnauzer never would let me near him with electric clippers, so I bought the manual clippers, and that worked out very well.  

I also would clip first, and then give him a bath.     That way his fur didn't mat from the bath, and I wasn't washing fur I was going to clip anyway.  

I'm very glad I let my hair grow out to shoulder length a few years ago, and do my own hair color.      I am really nervous about even going to the chain place I was using for a trim.    After another location (in Missouri, but I'm in Alabama) had two beauticians that exposed hundreds of clients, and co-workers to Covid, I'm not sure I'm ready to go for something optional.  

 

1 hour ago, kalibean said:

My parents live in that town and we were just talking about it this morning!  Of the 192 people they directly exposed, the health department is saying that no new cases were caused from it.  They both had been wearing masks, thank goodness!  Hardly anyone has been wearing them here on the rare occasion we've ventured out.  

I don't blame you one bit for waiting, though.  The only reason I went last week is because my friend owns the hair salon and I trusted that she would do all that she could to keep us both safe.  It was weird wearing a mask while having my hair cut and colored, but well worth it!  (I also waited in the car until told to come in, doors had been propped open, sanitizer everywhere, temperature taken, masks worn the whole time by me, the two stylists in the salon and the other client.  And I wasn't close to anyone but my friend the whole time.  I still feel really funny about going, though, honestly.  

I'm not worried at all about going to the hair salon.  When I went last week, the stylist wore a mask the entire time she was doing my hair.  I can't wear a mask for more than a few minutes at a time so she threw a towel over my face while she was shampooing the color out.  Mine and my Mom's pups have an appt to get groomed in about a week (the soonest they could get in even on the first day of making appointments) and I can't wait.  I'm sure my poor Annabelle can't either....poor dog's hair is down in her eyes and I swear she almost ran into something the other day because of it 😞🐶

[loveaux]

pupper won't even come lay on his spot with me on the couch since yesterday 🤣 He's definitely not feeling me at all. I clipped him down and gave him a bath and I've been getting the stink eye from hell from him lol

and on the topic of salons and what not, my nail salon opens back up next week. She's got a plastic sheet covering her work station and we have to wear a mask, as well as she has a plastic board-thing up separating us from her. I think it's pretty good that she's taken the extra precautions, since we still don't know what in the hell our city is doing.

[CrazyInAlabama]

Another reason I am avoiding the hair salon, is my usual hair cutter is the assistant manager, and I'm betting she'll be working every hour she can get.   She keeps telling me how cute a shorter cut would be, and what she thinks would be 'so cute', but that's my mother's haircut.  I will never go back to that haircut.   That woman just doesn't get it, and I'm nervous that she'll do something sneaky.   (I heard her talking to another beautician at my last appointment, about how she eventually gets her own way about customer's haircuts).  

 Until I hit college, my mother demanded that I have that haircut or move out, and I never will get that cut again.   I'd rather go back to my pixie cut instead, if I had to cut my hair off for some reason.     

Edited June 9, 2020 by CrazyInAlabama

[scorpio1031]

3 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

Another reason I am avoiding the hair salon, is my usual hair cutter is the assistant manager, and I'm betting she'll be working every hour she can get.   She keeps telling me how cute a shorter cut would be, and what she thinks would be 'so cute', but that's my mother's haircut.  I will never go back to that haircut.   That woman just doesn't get it, and I'm nervous that she'll do something sneaky.   (I heard her talking to another beautician at my last appointment, about how she eventually gets her own way about customer's haircuts).  

 Until I hit college, my mother demanded that I have that haircut or move out, and I never will get that cut again.   I'd rather go back to my pixie cut instead, if I had to cut my hair off for some reason.     

Get a new salon if possible.  Should be your decision!  Sounds like the assistant manager is out to prove something.

[ByTor]

9 hours ago, scorpio1031 said:

Get a new salon if possible.  Should be your decision!  Sounds like the assistant manager is out to prove something.

I went to a stylist who told me that he feels that if a stylist ever tries to push their thinking on you that you have a right to just say "nope" and get up & leave.  Obviously they're entitled to an opinion, but they need to respect what their clients want.

[Nelliephant]

I walk my neighbours dog, hang up from the one exercise a day thing, I took her out on my walk too so she could go out enough. We thought she was getting fat as her harness was really tight and had to let it out a couple of times. Nope turns out she was just super fluffy, she got cut on Sunday and it actually skinnier than the beginning of lockdown, she looks like a different dog.

[parrotfeathers]

On 6/8/2020 at 10:18 PM, loveaux said:

Has anyone else taken on the responsibility of pet groomer? I'm genuinely convinced my dog hates me now 🤣

Oh yes learned to do my mini poodle face, feet, etc.  Their faces need trimming every 3 weeks or so.   It took a few times but I finally feel comfortable with it.  Then did one of the farm dogs but he kinda turned out gapped up.  Gotta straighten that up tomorrow.

[pinkandsparkly13]

12 hours ago, Nelliephant said:

I walk my neighbours dog, hang up from the one exercise a day thing, I took her out on my walk too so she could go out enough. We thought she was getting fat as her harness was really tight and had to let it out a couple of times. Nope turns out she was just super fluffy, she got cut on Sunday and it actually skinnier than the beginning of lockdown, she looks like a different dog.

Our shop dog has a lot of hair and people think she's fat, but we get her hair cut once a year and she's a lot smaller. The first time we did it years ago, I didn't recognize her. I asked my mom whose dog it was. Lol I also thought our house dog was getting fat, but my mom says he just needs a haircut. She took him to the vet today and he only weighs 13 pounds. I'll be interested to see what he looks like after a haircut again. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

Years ago, a friend's son dropped their dog off at the groomer (they used a big pet kennel to take the dog there, so it was safe in the car, and not in contact with other dogs).     The dog was a cocker spaniel, and they did a shorter cut for summer.    The wife picked up the dog, still in the carrier, but she called her husband because when she got the dog home, it wouldn't come out of the kennel, and growled at her.      They thought something awful happened, until the husband looked at the dog, and said it wasn't their dog. 

It turned out the groomer had another similar looking Cocker there that day, that was supposed to be a show clip (it was a show dog).   So the show dog got clipped for summer, meaning it couldn't show for months.    The owner called the groomer, and the two dogs were swapped back, but the other owners were furious.    Plus, the friend's dog had to be reclipped for summer.   

I believe after that the friend's son and wife went to a groomer where they waited until the dog was done, and then took him back home, or may be a mobile groomer.   

Edited June 11, 2020 by CrazyInAlabama

[parrotfeathers]

11 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

Years ago, a friend's son dropped their dog off at the groomer (they used a big pet kennel to take the dog there, so it was safe in the car, and not in contact with other dogs).     The dog was a cocker spaniel, and they did a shorter cut for summer.    The wife picked up the dog, still in the carrier, but she called her husband because when she got the dog home, it wouldn't come out of the kennel, and growled at her.      They thought something awful happened, until the husband looked at the dog, and said it wasn't their dog. 

It turned out the groomer had another similar looking Cocker there that day, that was supposed to be a show clip (it was a show dog).   So the show dog got clipped for summer, meaning it couldn't show for months.    The owner called the groomer, and the two dogs were swapped back, but the other owners were furious.    Plus, the friend's dog had to be reclipped for summer.   

I believe after that the friend's son and wife went to a groomer where they waited until the dog was done, and then took him back home, or may be a mobile groomer.   

What a catastrophe for the show dog.  It takes a year probably to get a cocker in proper coat to show.  I bet they were mad as hornets!

[JarlenaFan2024]

Did the DCC post something on their social media platforms earlier today about Training Camp then delete it? I could swear I saw something a couple hrs ago but when I came home and tried to find it again it's gone?????

[cgloss]

I really like DCRB's promos for their auditions.

 

[Holly85]

The bars in Texas are already being closed down for a month for violations