Progressive Pets

[abbey1227]

Feb 11, 2022 13:34:43 GMT merh said:

Apparently Denali National Park, Alaska

We have them pretty bad in this locale, too...........which is odd cuz just a few miles away, we never had an issue.

But they're NO joke.

We actually pay a service to come out about once a month in Spring & Summer to spray........otherwise you wouldn't be able to stand outside.

[ant-mac]

Dec 22, 2021 11:38:37 GMT abbey1227 said:

........ favor the Soylent Solution?

Dogs have larger carbon footprint than SUVs, says study
A study released by Victoria University shows that dogs have a larger carbon footprint than SUVs.
Aug 13, 2012 at 8:44am ET        By: Adrian Padeanu

Here's an interesting study coming all the way from New Zealand where two researchers from Victoria University are saying that dogs have a larger carbon footprint in comparison to SUVs. Robert and Brenda Vale reached this conclusion by figuring out how much land is necessary in order to generate sufficient food for feeding a dog per year.

Their results are showing that the average mid-size dog eats 3.17 ounces of meat and 5.5 ounces of grain in a 10.5-ounce serving of dry food, while to generate this it takes approximately 2.07 acres of land. They compared these results with a Toyota Land Cruiser with a V8 4.6-liter engine that does about 6,200 miles / year (10,000 km) that would use about 55.1 gigajoules of energy every year, a number which represents approximately 1.1 acres of land annually so 50 percent less than the dog's carbon footprint.

They used the same formula for calculating a cat's carbon footprint and reached the conclusion that it is just about the same as one VW Golf. Other comparisons show a similar impact between a hamster and a flat screen TV, while the impact of a goldfish is just about the same as a cell phone's footprint.

Robert and Brenda Vale have also released a book about their findings, and it's called "Time to Eat the Dog?" Another title could have very well been: "Save the world: Replace dog with SUV".

Regarding the comparison between the dog and the Toyota Land Cruiser, the researchers did not take into account the cost of producing and maintaining the SUV so the analysis is not entirely relevant.

www.motor1.com/news/33172/dogs-have-larger-carbon-footprint-than-suvs-says-study/

I got this line from a funny Tim Minchin tune 

[merh]

Feb 11, 2022 14:03:25 GMT abbey1227 said:

Feb 11, 2022 13:34:43 GMT merh said:

Apparently Denali National Park, Alaska

We have them pretty bad in this locale, too...........which is odd cuz just a few miles away, we never had an issue.

But they're NO joke.

We actually pay a service to come out about once a month in Spring & Summer to spray........otherwise you wouldn't be able to stand outside.

They don't seem to like me.

Mosquitoes are inclined to zero in on those of us who exhale the most carbon dioxide – they’re capable of locating a source of the gas from a distance of 160 feet. The larger you are, the more carbon dioxide you exhale. This probably explains why little kids don’t get bitten as often as adults and why pregnant women and people who are overweight or obese tend to be mosquito magnets. Lactic acid, uric acid and ammonia in human sweat also attract the bugs, as does higher body temperature.

According to the American Mosquito Control Association, eating bananas does not attract (or repel) mosquitoes, as some believe – although wearing perfumes does get their attention. The insects also are attracted to people eating Limburger cheese or drinking beer. In fact, a French study published in 2010 found that drinking beer attracts mosquitoes carrying malaria and that beer drinking should be considered a risk factor for this disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that about 1,500 cases of malaria are diagnosed in the U.S. annually, mostly in travelers and immigrants returning from countries where the disease is prevalent.

[abbey1227]

Feb 12, 2022 2:33:50 GMT merh said:

Feb 11, 2022 14:03:25 GMT abbey1227 said:

We have them pretty bad in this locale, too...........which is odd cuz just a few miles away, we never had an issue.

But they're NO joke.

We actually pay a service to come out about once a month in Spring & Summer to spray........otherwise you wouldn't be able to stand outside.

They don't seem to like me.

Mosquitoes are inclined to zero in on those of us who exhale the most carbon dioxide – they’re capable of locating a source of the gas from a distance of 160 feet. The larger you are, the more carbon dioxide you exhale. This probably explains why little kids don’t get bitten as often as adults and why pregnant women and people who are overweight or obese tend to be mosquito magnets. Lactic acid, uric acid and ammonia in human sweat also attract the bugs, as does higher body temperature.

According to the American Mosquito Control Association, eating bananas does not attract (or repel) mosquitoes, as some believe – although wearing perfumes does get their attention. The insects also are attracted to people eating Limburger cheese or drinking beer. In fact, a French study published in 2010 found that drinking beer attracts mosquitoes carrying malaria and that beer drinking should be considered a risk factor for this disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that about 1,500 cases of malaria are diagnosed in the U.S. annually, mostly in travelers and immigrants returning from countries where the disease is prevalent.

yep

My wife and her brother both are magnets for the little buggers

[merh]

[abbey1227]

Feb 14, 2022 23:58:06 GMT merh said:

Get them flowers. Bitches love flowers. 

[merh]

Feb 15, 2022 6:39:30 GMT abbey1227 said:

Feb 14, 2022 23:58:06 GMT merh said:

Get them flowers. Bitches love flowers. 

Yeah.
Im not big on jewelry.

I have a silver pentagram & an eye of Horus I wear on a silver rope chain.
I wear a silver mjolnir on a black shoestring.

I have a silver angel ring my husband bought me.
I wear a small emerald in a gold ring that fits into the space between the wings. Most people think they're one ring.

Thats it.
I wear them all the time.

[abbey1227]

Feb 15, 2022 21:13:38 GMT merh said:

Yeah.
Im not big on jewelry.

I have a silver pentagram & an eye of Horus I wear on a silver rope chain.
I wear a silver mjolnir on a black shoestring.

I have a silver angel ring my husband bought me.
I wear a small emerald in a gold ring that fits into the space between the wings. Most people think they're one ring.

Thats it.
I wear them all the time.

I wonder if many people quietly assume you're either a Satanist? or a white supremacist yourself? 

My co-workers keeps mood rocks on her sometimes. Under her boobs. I just say her boobs rock.  

I got no tattoos or piercings. A wedding band is all I wear. Even that has been swapped for a silicone ring and a plastic replacement on occasion.

[merh]

Feb 16, 2022 2:47:18 GMT abbey1227 said:

Feb 15, 2022 21:13:38 GMT merh said:

Yeah.
Im not big on jewelry.

I have a silver pentagram & an eye of Horus I wear on a silver rope chain.
I wear a silver mjolnir on a black shoestring.

I have a silver angel ring my husband bought me.
I wear a small emerald in a gold ring that fits into the space between the wings. Most people think they're one ring.

Thats it.
I wear them all the time.

I wonder if many people quietly assume you're either a Satanist? or a white supremacist yourself? 

My co-workers keeps mood rocks on her sometimes. Under her boobs. I just say her boobs rock.  

I got no tattoos or piercings. A wedding band is all I wear. Even that has been swapped for a silicone ring and a plastic replacement on occasion.

I told you that's how I know the whole secret supremacist stuff. They see the anchor & ask if I believe in (states rights, etc). I just say my dad's people came from Denmark around 150 yrs ago & its cool.

People ask if I'm a Wiccan over the pentagram. (It's point up/witch's. Point down is Satanic)
Some time ago I read a pentagram is a door. Point down, it's open. Point up, it's closed.

Thor was a protector

The Eye of Horus is also protective.

So I wear them to protect me from evil.
Like good luck charms

[abbey1227]

Feb 16, 2022 7:05:55 GMT merh said:

I told you that's how I know the whole secret supremacist stuff. They see the anchor & ask if I believe in (states rights, etc). I just say my dad's people came from Denmark around 150 yrs ago & its cool.

People ask if I'm a Wiccan over the pentagram. (It's point up/witch's. Point down is Satanic)
Some time ago I read a pentagram is a door. Point down, it's open. Point up, it's closed.

Thor was a protector

The Eye of Horus is also protective.

So I wear them to protect me from evil.
Like good luck charms

So anyone that favors state's rights over federal govt is bad?

My religious buddy's family came from Sweden.

Thor was also kind of a drunken spoiled kid, no?   

Evil? Do you think there is evil without humans?

I bought my Goddaughter a silver necklace with a religious 'charm' of sorts.........not because I felt it was lucky or anything. I just liked the design and thought she'd like it, too.

[merh]

[merh]

Feb 16, 2022 7:22:29 GMT abbey1227 said:

Feb 16, 2022 7:05:55 GMT merh said:

I told you that's how I know the whole secret supremacist stuff. They see the anchor & ask if I believe in (states rights, etc). I just say my dad's people came from Denmark around 150 yrs ago & its cool.

People ask if I'm a Wiccan over the pentagram. (It's point up/witch's. Point down is Satanic)
Some time ago I read a pentagram is a door. Point down, it's open. Point up, it's closed.

Thor was a protector

The Eye of Horus is also protective.

So I wear them to protect me from evil.
Like good luck charms

So anyone that favors state's rights over federal govt is bad?

My religious buddy's family came from Sweden.

Thor was also kind of a drunken spoiled kid, no?   

Evil? Do you think there is evil without humans?

I bought my Goddaughter a silver necklace with a religious 'charm' of sorts.........not because I felt it was lucky or anything. I just liked the design and thought she'd like it, too.

It's peace of mind, isn't it?

My husband was frightening to ride with.
Cut in front of people.
Drive past them & give them dirty looks.
Same in life.
Obsessed with getting even.

I don't need to get even.
I believe what goes around comes around 
All that we do comes back threefold.
Good. Bad.
So whoever does me wrong will get it back three times worse.

I don't have to be obsessed like my husband was.
Anger is an emotion that will devour you.

[merh]

[abbey1227]

Feb 21, 2022 22:43:35 GMT merh said:

It's peace of mind, isn't it?

My husband was frightening to ride with.
Cut in front of people.
Drive past them & give them dirty looks.
Same in life.
Obsessed with getting even.

I don't need to get even.
I believe what goes around comes around 
All that we do comes back threefold.
Good. Bad.
So whoever does me wrong will get it back three times worse.

I don't have to be obsessed like my husband was.
Anger is an emotion that will devour you.

So your peace of mind comes from a faith that people eventually get theirs? Hey, whatever works for you.

Do you feel it was anger that consumed him?

I will give you this though..........when I was in my teens until my mid-20s, I had a bit more issues with anger and approach. But ever since I decided it was doing me no use and altered my approach and expectations....... my life has been pretty much one positive thing after another. Even the bumps in the road (expected and unexpected alike) are easier to deal with.

[merh]

Feb 22, 2022 1:19:11 GMT abbey1227 said:

Feb 21, 2022 22:43:35 GMT merh said:

It's peace of mind, isn't it?

My husband was frightening to ride with.
Cut in front of people.
Drive past them & give them dirty looks.
Same in life.
Obsessed with getting even.

I don't need to get even.
I believe what goes around comes around 
All that we do comes back threefold.
Good. Bad.
So whoever does me wrong will get it back three times worse.

I don't have to be obsessed like my husband was.
Anger is an emotion that will devour you.

So your peace of mind comes from a faith that people eventually get theirs? Hey, whatever works for you.

Do you feel it was anger that consumed him?

I will give you this though..........when I was in my teens until my mid-20s, I had a bit more issues with anger and approach. But ever since I decided it was doing me no use and altered my approach and expectations....... my life has been pretty much one positive thing after another. Even the bumps in the road (expected and unexpected alike) are easier to deal with.

Yeah.
It stretches thin sometimes when one sees some people seemingly get away with murder, but their quality of life? The whole money doesn't buy happiness?
The last president,  for example. Never enough.  

All the shine of a thousand spotlights
All the stars we steal from the night sky
Will never be enough
Never be enough
Towers of gold are still too little
These hands could hold the world but it'll
Never be enough, Never be enough

For me
Never, never, Never, never
Never, for me, For me
Never enough
Never enough
Never enough
For me

All the shine of a thousand spotlights
All the stars we steal from the night sky
Will never be enough
Never be enough
Towers of gold are still too little
These hands could hold the world but it'll
Never be enough
Never be enough

Also from The Greatest Showman

I drank champagne with kings and queens
The politicians praised my name
But those were someone else's dreams
The pitfalls of the man I became
For years and years
I chased their cheers
A crazy speed of always needing more
But when I stop
And see you here
I remember who all this was for

Only Donald is still chasing.
He has his ups, but so much grumbling & complaining, he doesn't really seem happy. 
His happiness seems so transitory, fleeting.

My husband was that way.
Always had to blame others. 
There was always an enemy. Someone to hate. Wanting to prove himself. Bragging. Lying to make wins seem bigger.

Worried about what others think.

I can't do that.
I understand polite. Doing things for tge benefit of others like masks.
But if I'm over in my corner doing my thing & someone thinks poorly of me, I don't care. I liked Kiss at a time when most hated them in the early 80s. Who cared? Or geek stuff. Liking Star Wars. My in-laws weren't fantasy fans. Mother-in-law was big Tom Cruise fan. Crushed when it came out Rock Hudson was gay. Big on "true life" stories. But my liking sci-fi didn't hurt anyone so why worry about what others thought?
My husband cared. My mother-in-law cared. Worried about what others thought. Had to like what was popular.  

Ultimately not really happy.
Seems like such a waste.

[abbey1227]

Feb 22, 2022 5:32:49 GMT merh said:

Yeah.
It stretches thin sometimes when one sees some people seemingly get away with murder, but their quality of life? The whole money doesn't buy happiness?
The last president,  for example. Never enough.  
Also from The Greatest Showman

Only Donald is still chasing.
He has his ups, but so much grumbling & complaining, he doesn't really seem happy. 
His happiness seems so transitory, fleeting.

My husband was that way.
Always had to blame others. 
There was always an enemy. Someone to hate. Wanting to prove himself. Bragging. Lying to make wins seem bigger.

Worried about what others think.
I can't do that.
I understand polite. Doing things for tge benefit of others like masks.
But if I'm over in my corner doing my thing & someone thinks poorly of me, I don't care. I liked Kiss at a time when most hated them in the early 80s. Who cared? Or geek stuff. Liking Star Wars. My in-laws weren't fantasy fans. Mother-in-law was big Tom Cruise fan. Crushed when it came out Rock Hudson was gay. Big on "true life" stories. But my liking sci-fi didn't hurt anyone so why worry about what others thought?
My husband cared. My mother-in-law cared. Worried about what others thought. Had to like what was popular.  

Ultimately not really happy.Seems like such a waste.

The last president seems to have very happy and well adjusted kids. THAT doesn't tell you anything? Even the ones from previous divorces.

Wanting to get the US back to something bit less Establishment and indistinguishable from administration to administration?

Except in the case of Trump (and Nixon) there actually WAS an enemy. Many, many in fact.

This mask thing has turned into just another form of social bullying.

It's funny to think of how people were actually 'crushed' by celeb outings. I still scratch my head at George Michaels seeming fall in the US, despite the growth of acceptance for homosexuals? Maybe the ladies were to blame, too?

Well, then you and me have something more in common with that not caring what others think.

Who does seem truly happy to you these days? Most of the celebs are so very, very fake. And dysfunctional.

heheheh I'm currently watching the series Inventing Anna........ A fake socialite infiltrates the socialites that are so fake themselves.

[merh]

Feb 22, 2022 8:30:07 GMT abbey1227 said:

Feb 22, 2022 5:32:49 GMT merh said:

Yeah.
It stretches thin sometimes when one sees some people seemingly get away with murder, but their quality of life? The whole money doesn't buy happiness?
The last president,  for example. Never enough.  
Also from The Greatest Showman

Only Donald is still chasing.
He has his ups, but so much grumbling & complaining, he doesn't really seem happy. 
His happiness seems so transitory, fleeting.

My husband was that way.
Always had to blame others. 
There was always an enemy. Someone to hate. Wanting to prove himself. Bragging. Lying to make wins seem bigger.

Worried about what others think.
I can't do that.
I understand polite. Doing things for tge benefit of others like masks.
But if I'm over in my corner doing my thing & someone thinks poorly of me, I don't care. I liked Kiss at a time when most hated them in the early 80s. Who cared? Or geek stuff. Liking Star Wars. My in-laws weren't fantasy fans. Mother-in-law was big Tom Cruise fan. Crushed when it came out Rock Hudson was gay. Big on "true life" stories. But my liking sci-fi didn't hurt anyone so why worry about what others thought?
My husband cared. My mother-in-law cared. Worried about what others thought. Had to like what was popular.  

Ultimately not really happy.Seems like such a waste.

The last president seems to have very happy and well adjusted kids. THAT doesn't tell you anything? Even the ones from previous divorces.

Not sure. 
We don't really know much about them.
Doesn't Ivanka seem a tad the socialite you are scoffing at in Inventing Anna? 

It surprises me that anyone thinks they "know" celebrities. Actors, etc, have jobs. They perform a function. What the hell do socialites like Ivanka do?

Feb 22, 2022 8:30:07 GMT abbey1227 said:

Wanting to get the US back to something bit less Establishment and indistinguishable from administration to administration?

Except in the case of Trump (and Nixon) there actually WAS an enemy. Many, many in fact.

So now Nixon was unjustly persecuted?
Every fucking president has enemies.
Watching that Lincoln thing on History?
It's the way politics work.

Feb 22, 2022 8:30:07 GMT abbey1227 said:

This mask thing has turned into just another form of social bullying.

Yes it has when it shouldn't.
"No shirt.
No Shoes
No service."
Why should it have been so hard to add "No Mask" to that list?
Why did my kid have to deal with so many asswipes when it was the state rule for people to wear masks?
Why did so many people think they were John Paul Jones or Paul Revere for not wearing a stupid piece of cloth?

Stupid.
They gonna all insist clothes are an unjust thing to wear?

Feb 22, 2022 8:30:07 GMT abbey1227 said:

It's funny to think of how people were actually 'crushed' by celeb outings. I still scratch my head at George Michaels seeming fall in the US, despite the growth of acceptance for homosexuals? Maybe the ladies were to blame, too?

Getting back to that fans thinking they know a celebrity.
It's where my questioning of Jesus came in.
I saw all these people deifying Elvis Presley after he died.
Have you not seen it with Trump?
People practically turning him into Jesus?

The actual Jesus was so long ago. There have been centuries to turn a man into a God. 

Look at in the past celebrities had to keep their marriages secret. Had to keep relationships secret. Because some fans apparently think they have a shot at being the celebrity's partner. 

They don't know them. These people are total strangers.

Yet Donald has always been a grasping socialite.
Apparently the price of using one of his properties in a movie was his appearing in the movie on top of any money paid.

He's always been needy.

For years and years
I chased their cheers
A crazy speed of always needing more

There is a deep insecurity to him. 
A need to prove he's something he's not.

My husband did that.
When I met him he was driving his daddy's Tbird around. Dressed in Angel Flight suits (what Travolta wore in Saturday Night Fever). People thought he had money, but he didn't have squat. I had $400 in the bank. That vanished quick.

Feb 22, 2022 8:30:07 GMT abbey1227 said:

Well, then you and me have something more in common with that not caring what others think.

Who does seem truly happy to you these days? Most of the celebs are so very, very fake. And dysfunctional.

heheheh I'm currently watching the series Inventing Anna........ A fake socialite infiltrates the socialites that are so fake themselves.

The celebrities that seem happy are the ones who don't dance to the system. They don't need to constantly be in the eye of the public.

Maybe that's why I don't like reality shows.
Wannabe celebrities. 

Scott Bakula apparently has it in his contract to be off the set at 6pm so he can be home with his family.

People like that. Low profile. They do their job & go home. 
None of the Kardashian crap. (I have never watched that show)

[merh]

[abbey1227]

Feb 22, 2022 13:26:52 GMT merh said:

Not sure. 
We don't really know much about them.
Doesn't Ivanka seem a tad the socialite you are scoffing at in Inventing Anna? 

It surprises me that anyone thinks they "know" celebrities. Actors, etc, have jobs. They perform a function. What the hell do socialites like Ivanka do?She is........one of the best looking socialites, but yep. What do they do? Rub elbows with others and raise money while spending a ton. You should know, Foundations of all sorts do the same.

So now Nixon was unjustly persecuted?
Every fucking president has enemies.
Watching that Lincoln thing on History?
It's the way politics work.Unjustly? According to whom? The Leftwing MSM would never agree......while they run cover for the Kennedys and many others. It's how politics works? Consistently? No, Nixon was bad enough, Trump was tens times worse.

Yes it has when it shouldn't.
"No shirt.
No Shoes
No service."
Why should it have been so hard to add "No Mask" to that list?
Why did my kid have to deal with so many asswipes when it was the state rule for people to wear masks?
Why did so many people think they were John Paul Jones or Paul Revere for not wearing a stupid piece of cloth?

Stupid.
They gonna all insist clothes are an unjust thing to wear?It was supposed to just a few weeks, merh. 3 F'n years now? When you were all told it wouldn't work all along? And they still won't admit they were wrong? Canada is tripling down. 3 years of an 'Emergency'? Nonsense.

Getting back to that fans thinking they know a celebrity.
It's where my questioning of Jesus came in.
I saw all these people deifying Elvis Presley after he died.
Have you not seen it with Trump?
People practically turning him into Jesus?

The actual Jesus was so long ago. There have been centuries to turn a man into a God. 

Look at in the past celebrities had to keep their marriages secret. Had to keep relationships secret. Because some fans apparently think they have a shot at being the celebrity's partner. 

They don't know them. These people are total strangers.

Yet Donald has always been a grasping socialite.
Apparently the price of using one of his properties in a movie was his appearing in the movie on top of any money paid.
He's always been needy.Trump got into the BUSINESS of putting his name on things......even things he didn't own himself. You call it needy. I call it extending his business and making money. And no, nobody round here considers him Jesus reborn. Just a pretty funny guy who put up with more crap than any other president has had to.........AND he's been better for the country than most recent presidents, too. Despite all of the celebrity opposition. Cuz their opinions and beliefs are so pure and universal, right?

There is a deep insecurity to him. 
A need to prove he's something he's not.

My husband did that.
When I met him he was driving his daddy's Tbird around. Dressed in Angel Flight suits (what Travolta wore in Saturday Night Fever). People thought he had money, but he didn't have squat. I had $400 in the bank. That vanished quick.Except Trump is not your husband. And he did achieve a lot. Even becoming president despite the well written comedy sketches and mic drops by Barack & Co.



The celebrities that seem happy are the ones who don't dance to the system. They don't need to constantly be in the eye of the public.

Maybe that's why I don't like reality shows.
Wannabe celebrities. 

Scott Bakula apparently has it in his contract to be off the set at 6pm so he can be home with his family.

People like that. Low profile. They do their job & go home. 
None of the Kardashian crap. (I have never watched that show)I'm not into Reality TV either......especially the ones that are anything but reality. But one thing you're ignoring, despite you and I never watching or caring about the Kardashians....... just that name alone created one of the youngest $Billionaires ever. And they didn't even claim "She didn't build that!" when they announced it.

[abbey1227]

Feb 22, 2022 13:36:30 GMT merh said:

talk about BS numbers

I have NEVER in my entire life seen so many Help Wanted signs