Thad E Ginathom

My kitten is nearly a year old. I think I'm going to be one of those awful parents that call their adult offspring babies!

One of my cats gets insanely jealous if my wife or I are on the phone. She will jump on us, climb up to our faces, then bite the phone itself and shove her head under our hands for scratches.

I do that when my wife is on the phone. It is not jealousy, just boredom as the call enters its second hour.

Except that it's... three!

I thought it was four.

It was five. Sadly, two kittens did not survive early encounters with Indian street dogs. One should have: the injury did not seem so bad, but there was internal stuff and complications :(

These *Beastie Boys* of which you speak. That would be some kind of young male animal? Hmmm... I wonder if I'm even ready to watch the video!

Dropping, or dropping off, children, friends, etc... that I am familiar with. Acid too. It's the sales usage that's new to me.

@Kunlun's probably right, though. He is about most things. Its... a species thing.

Airdrop, perhaps?

Well, maybe! I used to wonder about "needle drop." "Rip," or even "digitise" was good enough for me.

Apologies if I miss anything someone was expecting a reply to.

Happy New Year to all!

Best thing I did was turn off email alert

Definitely! A normal day is spent fairly close to the computer. When I go out or away, phone browsing is an option, and I do keep up with some stuff --- but I don't even have alerts (or auto syncing even) for email. I look when I look.

I sometimes even meet my wife!!! I think we're both going to the same flute concert at 10.00am

And, after a day of 98.473% veggie TamBram company... Tandoori chicken for dinner :p

Sounds enjoyable. Make the most of it! We are looking forward to a 3-day Womad festival here in March (within walking distance).

I've already lost count of how many concerts I've seen since my announcement. maybe six or eight, ie two or three a day. Think that's a lot? Some people here manage five!

Chennai traffic is fine for Chennai drivers! Yep: I guess I'm part of the problem, not part of the solution! lol.

Actually... two nights away and I'm back home for a night. Came to a concert near home this afternoon, and thought I'd pop back for one or two things I forgot, like, for instance, stubble does not suit me!

And the cats were lonely.

Back at the guest house tomorrow.

I saw two concerts today. One by my absolute favourite elderly lady (in fact, maybe leave out "elderly" there), and one by a 20-something lady who combines classical music with med school. This one is American in conversation, but I couldn't tell that from listening to her singing.
(And she has an aunt I'm fond of, unfortunately not there today)

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Damn you guys are good at this sexual bread product naming. I can't think past 'hot cross buns'.

buggeringbakers to the lot of you!

Are scones more genteel than bagels?

Oh wait... more /gentile/ I suppose!

Have you heard the phrase "take a flying fuck at a rolling donut"? Well this is far more concise. Maybe the wrong phrase for Lyer25.

@Jinxy245 Oh god I'm so stealing that one :))

Reminds me of Q.I. when Stephen Fry asks about the sphincters of the participants. Very nudge-nudge, wink-wink to proceed with the statement the the human body has so many sphincters that "nobody knows". Awkward and hilarious...

Are you sure that it's not the other way around? ;-)

My first thought was "Ah! Even the Dalai Lama has a guru!"

Mine was "the cat must be jealous his human has more lives".

Mine is a 6 vs2. But I also have the 3i that I bought in late 90s or early 2000s. Bought the new one because the old one failed. Later got the old one repaired. It sounds better!

I remember replacing a 120W amp with that 50(?)W 3i and wondering if it was a mistake. Turned it on and found it to be a glorious success! Never since have I heard such a difference between two amps!

6 vs2 repairs: the mute switch doesn't work. The remote does, so it must be the switch. I'll take it back next time I have to go that way.

Apparently I just missed @Koth Ganesh, with an Eddie Current amp, at the repair shop.

yep, I ran out of deoxit.

Sounds like you need some New Wave. Talking Heads only make so much sense. Even when Born Under Punches you can overcome. Find your Road To Nowhere...

Pass me that cactus when you've finished sucking it!

I listened to a couple of interviews on that guy's site. Interesting stuff. Makes a change from guys restoring shapers and machining shafts!

I've been reading quite a bit about various unconventional therapy options for depression, only one of which is legal in my country (Ketamine infusion.) Micro-dosing LSD and mushrooms in the morning is another one. I hope that in the future more research will be done, and if it truly is effective as some believe it to be, it will be an option.

Always very sad to lose a pet.

It actually did not seem such a severe injury, even to the vet. But it was worse than it looked, stuff got infected, and.

I now have the mother and one youngster. I think the mother has more street sense than to get involved with dogs. I'm thinking she would have run to the rescue. She's a heroine!

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<-- Oh, I have the father too, of course.

Thank you @Colgin. I may be projecting, Hmm, probably am, but I suspect that his mum is missing him still. She did show a certain amount of favoritism.

Like Colgin, I missed this profile post. Condolences on the loss of a furry companion; may his memory never fade.

Thank you. He was such a characterful kitten. Unforgettable.

God bless God for making cats! I hope everything works out.

The other Kitten (Priya)... vet said get an xray. But had to go a different clinic die to his decorating. Different vet sad, not much wrong with her, x-ray fine, take her home.

Due to all that, missed seeing post-op Venki today. The news bulletin is that he's still alive. Will see him tomorrow.

Sending out good kittie vibes from the Ringingears household. Cats are tough human beings. Our 19 year old is hanging tough, even though she’s skinny as a rail.

It's good to have friends! :D

@geniekid, I'm not good at 'Exciting.' Can you make do with 'occasionally surreal?"

PM - I can give you some evasion tactics.

Well, earlier in the day I was confident about my youngster. Now I am not. In fact I'm very worried. Back to vet tomorrow. I'm /hoping/ for another telling off for worrying too much. But... his state is not good.

I went to sleep with sad doubts, but young cat very much alive today! More so than yesterday.

Still sufficiently concerned about below-skin swelling, and lack of eating to take him to the vet later.

Too early to count my chickens. Err... Cats.

Cat is, as people say here, admitted. At least overnight. He is much better in himself, but vet wants to further investigate this refusal to eat or drink, and think a bit more about whether or not to lance the fluid build up.

Oh... Yes, "Cat" has a name: Venki. Which is short for Vencat. Which is like Venkat, but not quite the same, because... he's a cat.

I shall say a prayer for its safe return, lol.

I miss my old Cyrus CD Player. Prayers for you.

Sorry mang.

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<--- Let this fellow into garden. Although the same water was available in the house, first thing he does is drink a lot. So I guess I'm glad I let him out.

Then he has gone to his hiding place, which is not accessible to me, but at least I know where he is

Update on...
<-- This Fellow's Health.

More-or less all healed up now :)

I'm with you. I've only heard good speakers out of a proper vinyl rig a handful of times in my life so far but they thoroughly beat headphone audio, and those were store demos. Hope the repair man revives the integrated :)

I've heard a few good speakers in my time, some of them very good :)

I do not include the pair on my desk :(

lol

My possibly-fried Cyrus integrated amplifier has been checked into the local hospital today. As the controls have gone crazy, and that's all digital, I really fear that a proprietary chip may have fried.

Anyway, it couldn't be in better hands than those of Sayeed of Chennai --- who sends his regards to @Koth Ganesh