Good Heated Cat Mat
Can anyone recommend a good heated cat mat? Everything at Amazon seems to get 4+ ratings an I have not had much luck with the last 3. It's like a few months and they fail.
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Various Stuff
My side-neighbor lit up Christmas lights last night. My own house lights are still up from Christmases ago. Turned off of course. The main floor hangs 2' forward from the basement and they hang on...
View ArticleYappy Dogs
Marcia commented "But I suppose your neighbors are at work and just don't even think about the dog all day". Actually, I think the dog was obtained just for the children. Here is what I have...
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A Day Late
But I wanted to remember a sad day.I remember some parts. I was only 13. I saw a lot on TV afterwards. But my most specific image is the loudskeaker above the teacher's desk. The Principal...
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Food
Typical lunch: A ham or turkey sandwich with lettuce and onions (actually usually just a half sandwich), surrounded with some crunchy veggies and tomatoes, green tea and half a Coke. Usually a mug of...
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Behind Yardwork
I find it harder to do yardwork these days. Bad knees, bad back, muscle cramps from gripping tools tightly... I think I have pushed my body too long doing too many things it really takes 2 people to...
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Civ 2 Game
Finished a 3 week long game (played a few hours at a time several nights) at Prince level. Got my civ to land on Alpha Centauri so I won. But it was a hard struggle. The program knows...
View ArticleNot Really Been A Good Year
I'm not gonna try to list everything. Some things you don't need to know, some are boring, and I'll probably forget to mention some.The neighbors got a yappy dog. The Mom there lets it out in the...
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Reading is FUNdamental
I hate computer updates, I really do. Sure, if not for them, I would be back in 2000. But they become so constant and every change makes some favorite app not work right. Every Firefox or Safari...
View ArticleMac Computer Problems
I love my Mac computer. It does things Windows doesn't do. But sometimes upgrades can drive you crazy. The Mac people love to "improve" things. But they are expert users and don't always account...
View ArticleCan't ManageThe Mac
I can't deal with new Mac Sequoia OS problems. Reverting to the previous Sonora OS may delete much of my current files. And I'm just getting P/O about the whole computer thing. I can't even upload...
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Daffodils, Trash, And Old Electronics
I finally got about 3/4 of the daffodils planted. I have a front yard island bed surrounding the Saucer Magnolia tree and a 3' boulder I had delivered in 2006. I've tried several different kinds of...
View ArticleGood News, Bad News
The Good News is that the Washington Commanders football team (9-5) beat the Philadelphia Eagles (11-2) in the last minute of the game 36-33. Yay! 😲And I got my computer backup program working...
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Good News
My efforts to get the printer working again failed, but today the search function is working again. Maybe. I'm not sure if I got lucky, fixed something by accident, or an update got through without...
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Spring Bulbs
I got another 100 bulbs planted the past 2 days. It has been a bit frustrating. I may have mentioned some of this before...First, I ordered the bulbs in March. I intended to mark individual empty...
View ArticleMessage In A Bottle
Have you ever seen the movie 'Conagher'? 3rd-tier cowboy movie maybe. But I saw the first half in a hotel room on forced govt travel and had to see the rest when I got home. Sam Elliot impressed me...
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String Art
You may have seen this partially showing in pictures of Lori on the aquarium hood. But there is a story behind it.Back around 1980, I saw a "string art" in the store front window. I kept going back...
View ArticleNew Year Chores
Calendars, mostly. I have 2 in the kitchen. One kitchen calendar is about regular scheduled things like recycling, contractor visits, and special TV shows. The other is for medical appointments...
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Seed Companies
I mentioned seed companies yesterday and it occurred to me that I should probably mention them. They are, of course, just my personal preferences but I have had good success with them. And their...
View ArticleSnow
I have read that snow predictions around Washington DC are the most difficult in the US. Just to the west of us, we the Appalachian Mountians. OK, they aren't the Rockies, but they are high enough to...
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Snow Again
TBT: Today, pictures of snowy events... We don't always get snow in Winter, but sometimes frequent and deep. The Mews have reacted to it differently over the years.The snowblower has been wonderful....
View ArticleNFL Football and College Basketball
My local football team, The Washington Commanders, beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to advance in the playoffs. If I understood a local sports announcer correctly, the Commanders have won their last 5...
View ArticleAnother Civilization 2 Game
There are 3 ways to win at Civ 2. One is to land a spaceship on Alpha Centuri. Another way is to destroy all the other Civs. I'm a peaceful type. I like to land a spaceship. The 3rd way is to...
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