KKChat -- 10 November 2025

[Bynw]

[18:03] * Joins: web18
[18:03] <The_Bee> a cold child? Give her a blanket!
[18:03] * web18 is now known as KK
[18:03] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi
[18:03] <~bynw> Hi KK
[18:03] <KK> Hllo, all.
[18:03] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Trying to get situated again. I had to get up to find some warm socks
[18:03] <The_Bee> Hi KK!
[18:03] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hi KK
[18:04] <KK> Cold where you are, Evie?
[18:04] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Only 49F at the moment, but we are under a freeze warning tonight
[18:04] <~bynw> i would like 49 that would be nice and toasty
[18:04] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Morning is supposed to be below freezing. I'm recharging my coat's battery pack.
[18:04] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> We're listening to Bynw's cold story
[18:04] <The_Bee> How was your week, KK?
[18:05] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Given we had temps in the 70s earlier today, 49 is pretty darn cool.  The temp started falling like a rock around the time the sun went down.
[18:05] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> But I think we might get to the 20s tonight or the wee hours of morning
[18:06] <KK> Squirrely weather all around.
[18:06] <KK> Is Bynw frozen?
[18:06] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Good ol' Autumn
[18:06] <~bynw> yes Bynw is frozen
[18:06] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, we're supposed to hit our low of 29 around the time I venture out to pick up the grandbaby to take her to daycare.  Fun.  🙁
[18:06] <~bynw> it's 26 but feels like 10 and it's going to get lower before the night is over
[18:07] <KK> Yike, Evie!
[18:07] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Then when I pick her up on Tuesday, its supposed to be between 23-25 F
[18:07] <KK> And Yike, Bynw!
[18:07] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Feels like 10 is mighty frosty
[18:07] <The_Bee> I have a squirely clock radio.  I tried to reset the alarm, and now the clock doesn't know what time it is..
[18:09] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I can feel the cold coming through the bedroom window. I might need to change into my fleece PJs tonight
[18:10] <The_Bee> Cuddle up with your DH.
[18:10] <KK> Already? It's only early November!
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Everyone!
[18:11] <~bynw> hi Jerusha
[18:11] * Joins: HoundMistress
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> The thermostat doesn't care if it's early November or not. It's still dropping down to the 20s regardless. 😄
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi HM
[18:11] <The_Bee> Seasons come at any time of year nowadays.
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Jerusha
[18:12] <HoundMistress> Hi, everyone!
[18:12] <The_Bee> Hi Jerusha
[18:12] <The_Bee> and Hi HM
[18:12] <HoundMistress> Hi Jerusha
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> And I can't cuddle with DH tonight. He is down in FL to get my MIL's house sorted so we can sell off what stuff she isn't keeping and then rent it out so she will have a source of additional income.  And MIL and DD are at the airport waiting on their flight to join him.
[18:12] <HoundMistress> We're in the A/c, heat, A/C, heat season
[18:13] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Jerusha! HM! Hi chicks!
[18:13] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, I had to turn my A/C on briefly last night because it was 74 F in the house when I got home.  That is definitely not an issue tonight!
[18:13] <HoundMistress> Hi, st nezz
[18:14] <The_Bee> I hope all goes well with all your folks, Evie.
[18:14] * CG [discord] <jerusha2> quack
[18:14] <KK> Hopefully, DH and DD will not get their flights cancelled.
[18:15] <~bynw> hi HoundMistress
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> They'll be down there for a week getting it all taken care of.  I am hoping that the UHaul truck of stuff they come back with has someplace to go besides my house, because I already feel like I'm living in a storage unit
[18:15] <HoundMistress> Hi bynw
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> KK, how did your medical appointments go?
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> They had a two hour flight delay, but they've seen the plane land, and I'm taking it as a hopeful sign that they just got word of a delay rather than a cancellation.
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Now they just have to wait to be able to get on board it
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> good grief
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I don't know how much time they have to wait between when the plane lets passengers disembark and when they can get on it, but the plane is currently emptying out, I think.
[18:17] <KK> Appointments went ok. I don't need to see the ortho surgeon for 7 years. Yep, that's what he said. And in I'm in the process of getting an appointment with Neuro for the balance. Good news is that I didn't fall once in the past week.
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Yah!
[18:18] <The_Bee> Great!
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Great, KK!
[18:18] <HoundMistress> Did you fall???
[18:18] <~bynw> that;s awesome news
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Not falling is good news
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> It is 4:20pm here and it already looks like sunset.  that is crazy.  should not set for at least another 45 minutes
[18:20] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Speak to the manager
[18:20] <HoundMistress> I just ate some leftover Thai food and I swear the chef snuck in and put more hot in it.
[18:20] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Depends upon the left over.  I think some spices like to settle to increase flavor
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I have some of DH's leftovers I need to finish for dinner tonight so I can clear out some room in the fridge for stuff MIL has in hers that will go bad if not eaten this week.
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> That does not sound promising
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Although I had to laugh inside when she asked me to take her veggies and milk so they wouldn't go bad before she gets back, because this is the same woman who would keep food in the pantry with expiration dates ten years out of date if we didn't toss it out for her, because "those dates don't really mean anything, they're perfectly fine if they're canned."
[18:23] <HoundMistress> Quanah won't even lick the bowl. That NEVER happens.
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> 92F today. Might get to 60F tonight
[18:23] <The_Bee> Smart dog@
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I want to live with Laurna right now.  60F would be bliss
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> agreed
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Come on over
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Temp has dropped 4 degrees already since the beginning of chat
[18:24] <~bynw> 60 would be a heat wave
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> HAHA
[18:25] <HoundMistress> 59 here and going down to 38 tonight
[18:25] <The_Bee> 57f here
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Bynw would be running around outside in his swimwear if it were 60 in Des Moines
[18:25] <~bynw> current is 25 feels like 11
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> YIKES
[18:25] <HoundMistress> I agree, Laurnarose
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I've laid out in 55* weather before. In February.
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> in a parka, perhaps
[18:26] <KK> Tomorrow is high of 39 and low of 26. Cold.
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> that is DO NOT leave the house Weather
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Pretty chilly, kk
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Minus 6 C here now
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> OWEEEE
[18:27] <KK> Yep, down jacket when I leave for physio at 3p.
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It's going to get that cold here by Tuesday morning, Jerusha
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> My new Baby chickens would need a better house.
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Dress warm, Evie
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> DH used to put a heat lamp out for ours when it got this cold. Fortunately it rarely does drop into the 20s here
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Maybe you need a baby chicken spa
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> They have a heat lamp right now.  because 8 of them are 2 months old. (half size) and 4 of them are 2 weeks old.  Pint sized.
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I have warm clothes and a heated jacket. I'm more worried about non-slip shoes with good arch support for tomorrow. I don't own orthopedic winter boots, so I'll have to see if any of my insoles will fit my old winter boots.
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> The worst thing I every did was go to the ski lodge in normal tenisshoes.  when they get wet, your feet freeze.  I learned the hard way.  get winter boots when playing in snow.
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Fortunately I don't have to dash over to MIL's house to winterize the coop tonight. Unfortunately it's because some predator managed to get into it a few months ago, so DH's last remaining chickens that hadn't died of old age yet have shuffled off this mortal coil with a bit of assistance from some critter eager to help.
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> OH NO
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Fortunately we don't have to worry about snow or ice, just cold
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Oh dear!
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Maybe a bit of frost
[18:31] <KK> Yes. I don't wear mine very much, but very glad to have them when I need them.
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I have a pair of Uggs.  So soft and warm...
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Saddly, chickens are one of the critters that are low on the food chain.
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Everyone eats them
[18:32] <HoundMistress> We pretty much don't have that kind of boots and shoes here. In Feb 2-021 would have been handy.
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Poor lil chickies
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I was eyeing some nice boots on Amazon, but figured I wouldn't need them before Christmas
[18:33] <The_Bee> R.I,P. chickens
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> But my chickies are just for fun and eggs.
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Since we normally don't get super cold temps until late December or January
[18:34] <HoundMistress> Us, too
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Fun with chickies?
[18:34] <HoundMistress> LOL! No, super cold
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> The current weather looks like it wants to visit Jerusha before she gets to Florida.
[18:35] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Feel free to keep it for awhile
[18:35] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> What fun does one have with chickens?
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Jerusha  why don't you head south west this summer  for a change
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Yeah!
[18:36] <HoundMistress> Chickens are funny sometimes.
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> and stop in Utah on the way
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Cool
[18:36] <The_Bee> Baby chicks can be cute to watch them running around.
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Would be nice, but we have a house in Florida.  Had it painted after we left last year, and haven't seen it yet!
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> That will be nice to see a freshly painted house.
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Unless there are Cavaliers to pet, of course
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hope you like the colors
[18:37] <The_Bee> What colors did you choose?
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> OH Yes.  I have a few of those just for your lap
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> If they got it right, all will be good
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Someone called them Velcro dogs and I can not disagree
[18:37] * CG [discord] <jerusha2> craving puppies
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Bee, we went with sunshiney colours.  It was rather drab before
[18:38] <HoundMistress> Baby kitties are my weak spot
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> 🐕
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Those little pointy tails and needle teeth!
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Actually, Welsh Springer Spaniels are known as velcro dogs
[18:39] <HoundMistress> Yes, but puppies have the needle teeth, too.
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I mentioned that breed to my sister, and she got interested very quickly
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> If you hace a Welshie, you will never have to visit the bathroom alone
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Plus they have puppy breath
[18:40] <HoundMistress> LOL! Bubbie never lets me go to the bathroom alone.
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Welshies are an active dog, though.   Need a purpose
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> She has 3 achers and 4 horses.  pleanty of purpose
[18:40] <HoundMistress> Oh, yes! Puppy breath and puppy bellies to rub!
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> LOL!  Years ago, a friend of ours hired a contractor to paint the exterior of his house while he was at work.  He gave the guy the paint swatch of the color he wanted for the walls.  He comes home hours later, and the guy had either finished or at least made a really good start on painting the house, but the color was *way* off.  Like (I don't recall the exact colors), it was mea <clipped message>
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> nt to be something like blue, and ended up being rust colored.  So he was understandably upset and asked the contractor what was up with that.  That's when the contractor said that he was colorblind, but he had taken the swatch to the store with him and bought paint that he thought looked the exact same color.  Now, what I have to know is, WHY DIDN'T HE JUST ASK AN EMPLOYEE FOR A <clipped message>
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> SSISTANCE?!
[18:41] <HoundMistress> LOL!
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Yikes
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Oh good grief, Evie!  (Hoping our contractor is not colour blind)
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Let's hope that's a one in a million story.  😄
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Or that if your contractor *is* color blind, he has the good sense to ask for assistance with paint color matching!
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I had a friend tell me they had painted there house a soft blue.   when I visitied I discovered it was the electric sky blue.   Just not a house color.
[18:43] <HoundMistress> We see a lot of bright blue houses around here.
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I am an earth tone person.  unless it is a victorian house.
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> A pink house, Laurna?
[18:44] <The_Bee> "There's a blue one, and a pink one, and a green one and a yellow one...."
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL  yes  a pink house
[18:44] <HoundMistress> Properly painted Victorians are really gorgeous!
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I had a friend who lived on a street that had a purple house right in the middle of the block.  Apparently most of the houses there were neutral colors, and one of his neighbors had objected to the slate blue that he had picked out, and was trying to force him to pick a neutral like everyone else on the street, so instead he went and found the loudest purple he could find and pai <clipped message>
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> nted the entire exterior in that color just as an up-yours.
[18:45] <KK> My house has pa;e sage green vinyl siding, so I don't have to worry about painters being color blind.
[18:45] <KK> That's pale sage green.
[18:45] <HoundMistress> And they're all made of ticky-tacky and they all look the same!
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Yep
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> My fingers are crossed that  I did pick the right colours
[18:46] <KK> What did you pick?
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> A light goldish colour with off white accenting.  Not garish or too bright, but sunny
[18:48] <The_Bee> That sounds lovely.
[18:48] <KK> Sounds nice. Where is it again?
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Before it was an awful mustard colour with a dark green garage door and front door.  Ugh
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Melbourne, FL
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I love sage green
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My parents house was what I used to call "breastfed baby turd yellow," but they hated the color too, so they repainted it green.
[18:50] <HoundMistress> friend called
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Goldish will be lovely
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Sounds like it will be nice and inviting looking, Jerusha
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I hope so. It will be there for a long time, whether nice or not
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Thank you, Evie
[18:52] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Does Hammy have her own room?
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> She has the little alcove above the family room.  I do have to speak with her about kicking peanut shells onto the floor
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My parents always had white walls in their houses when I was growing up, because being in the military, they knew if they had colored walls, they'd need to repaint them white every three to four years when it was time to move.  So they just got into the habit of keeping the walls white. Finally they bought this house, which is likely to be their last one, and the interior walls n <clipped message>
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> eeded repainting very badly. (The former owners only painted the walls with white primer, and very messily, with no actual paint over it. Who does that???)  So Mom and Dad went a bit crazy with the options and picked....ta daaaa!...a shade of gray so pale it might as well be white, and white trim.  😂
[18:55] <The_Bee> a ghostly place
[18:55] <KK> Pale grey with white trim is very nice. An there's a pale blue-grey that's neutral without looking washed out. We had it in several room both in Ireland and here.
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It's so pale, the first time I saw it, I didn't realize they'd had the rooms repainted already until I realized they weren't splotchy anymore.
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> And that the trim was slightly whiter in comparison
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> So very daring of your parents
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah. I got a giggle out of it
[18:57] <KK> Sort of a fog grey.
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Those rebels!
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> With the Pink house I learned to not fear color.  we had a redish pink dinning room  and a coral pink living room and a Deep blue kitchen
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Neutral is good, though.  You can add colour with accent stuff, and then change it without a lot of effort
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> True
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Upstairs every bedroom was a different color.  from green to purple and gold and Aqua blue
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> BTW, Kilauea is erupting nicely tonight.
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> V3 cam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqmpkUdMtyA
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> V1 can https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0tfYDxrUA embed: [V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater) - Live view from Halemaʻumaʻu crater from the southern rim of the caldera [V3cam]. This camera is a pan-tilt-zoom model and the view may change depending on activity.
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Other livestream views of eruption:
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> [V1cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0tfYDxrUA
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> [V2cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqmpkUdMtyA
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039>  embed: [V1cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater) - Live view of the eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu, from the northwest rim of the caldera [V1cam]. This camera is a pan-tilt-zoom model and the view may change depending on activity. The V1cam is an autofocusing pan-tilt-zoom model. The camera automatically focuses its view, and USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory sta <clipped message>
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> ff may change the view angle or zoom ... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0tfYDxrUA
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> WOW
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Ouch
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Nice! Glad I'm not there.  😄  I like my volcanoes from a safe distance, having lived near Vesuvius
[18:59] <The_Bee> My imaginary house has sections in colors to match the four seasons.
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Just barely outside the range that was affected during the 79 AD eruption that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum.  I love volcanoes, but have no desire to be anywhere near one that is erupting.
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I had moved from Tacoma before Mount St. Helens decided to remind us she was there
[19:00] <The_Bee> Kilauea is acting up again.
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Nezz said she was in Tacoma too.  I believe
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Yes, I was born in Tacoma
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oof, yeah, I remember that one!
[19:02] <~bynw> tomorrow marks the 50th anniversy of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerld ... been fancinated with that ship wreck for most of my life
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Great place, unless you drive a car with a manual transmission.  (oh those hills!)
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I hear Mt Ranier is actually acting a little rumbly
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> /channels Gordon Lightfoot
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Someone get Mt Ranier some Alka-Seltzer.
[19:03] <KK> The Edmund Fitzgerald. Is that the one that sank in one of the great lakes?
[19:03] <~bynw> yes
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Yes.
[19:03] <~bynw> superior
[19:03] <~bynw> when the gales of november come early
[19:03] <The_Bee> Yes, my tv was playing the lines from the song of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I had a great-uncle who went down with his ship in the Great Lakes
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Superior, it's said, never gives up the dead when the waves of November come early
[19:04] <~bynw> i'll have a tribute post tomorrow on facebook
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> The bell rang 29 times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'll have to play the song in memory of them
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> My dad use to tell a story about when he was 14 he and some friends went sailing on these little 12 foot boats on lake Supprerior.  and a huge storm came up and blew them down the lake by multiple miles.   they managed to come a shore in the dark and had to sleep on the rocks until morning to find out just where they were.
[19:05] <~bynw> i've downloaded 3 documenteries about it ... so i'm watching them
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Oh my
[19:05] <KK> I think Ive heard the song, and probably read the story of the sinking on Facebook.
[19:06] <KK> Bynw, please send me those links.
[19:06] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I misread that, and thought it was about the sinking of Facebook
[19:06] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm sure you have heard it, KK. It was pretty popular for a time. Gordon Lightfoot wrote and sang it
[19:06] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> No one would miss it if it did. Jerusha
[19:06] <KK> I'm very fond of sea chanties and the like.
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> If only they had made Whitefish Bay in time
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Hey all, I am here! Better late than never at least
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Back in my Sable Weyr days (Pern fanfic), I wrote a ballad about the weyr to the tune of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello Quasisparklz
[19:08] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Quazisparkle
[19:08] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Ooh, I need to find you the link to the video Voiceplay did with a medley of sea chanties, KK
[19:08] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Quasi!
[19:08] <The_Bee> Hi ninjabbo!
[19:09] <The_Bee> and Hi Quazizparkle
[19:09] <KK> I love the Wellerman song, and the Kittyman parody.
[19:09] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> DD and MIL have finally boarded the plane, so with any luck they'll be en route to Orlando soon
[19:09] <KK> Excellent, Evie!
[19:09] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hope they have a comfortable and safe flight
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Yes
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Is everyone getting over their colds and flues.   I don't hear any coughing.
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm coughing up a lung over here, but since I don't have the mic open....  😄
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Oh  I am sorry,  I was hoping that darn bug would go away
[19:12] <~bynw> i sent them to you on Facebook Messagner KK
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Oh dear
[19:12] <~bynw> including the song
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> oops, Bynw.  I read that as sending KK colds and flu
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Don't want that!
[19:13] <~bynw> LOL
[19:13] <KK> Thanks, Bynw.
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It has gone away, mostly, but I still have a tiny bit of post nasal drip, which means I still have the occasional tickle cough. About once or twice a day when one of my meds wears off, I have a small coughing fit, then at bedtime when I lie down, I cough again for several minutes while waiting for my bedtime dose to kick in
[19:13] <The_Bee> May I have the links too, bynw?
[19:14] <~bynw> i'll post them here in the chat too
[19:14] <The_Bee> Thanks!
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Oof, that sounds not fun Evie.
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I've managed to avoid illness so far this season. As long as I make it through this week unscathed I'll be good.  Have customers coming to the office for training and I'm going to have 3 very long days.
[19:14] <~bynw> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aofg88mEGvY
[19:14] <~bynw> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KpkceTklu0&t
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I recall days like that too, Evie.  hope it does not last too much longer.
[19:14] <~bynw> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2f0tZBSByI&t
[19:14] <~bynw> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A
[19:15] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hi Quasi
[19:15] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Hiya, Nezz! 🙂
[19:15] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> My phone just wants to call you Mezzanine
[19:16] <The_Bee> Smart phones are too smart for their own good.
[19:16] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Indeed!
[19:18] <The_Bee> I think AI should really stand for "Artificial Idiocy."  They can't understand a simple human question.
[19:21] <HoundMistress> What did I miss? Friend jusst got off the phone.
[19:21] <The_Bee> Has everyone gone silent, or has my computer frozen?
[19:21] <HoundMistress> Something about the Edmond Fitzgerald sinking?
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> They were silent for a little while
[19:22] <~bynw> there was a couple of minutes of silence
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I'm still here
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I think everyone was watching the links
[19:22] <KK> Just got caught up in a post that the shutdown is about to end. Good news for all concerned.
[19:22] <The_Bee> Bynw has sent links to the songs.
[19:22] <The_Bee> For real, KK?
[19:22] <HoundMistress> YAY! I hope so!!
[19:23] <The_Bee> I wonder who blinked.
[19:23] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I must toddle off. Tomorrow is panic packing day
[19:24] <HoundMistress> Have a good week, Jerusha
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Try not to panic.  Wish you well in your travels
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Bye Jerusha!
[19:24] <HoundMistress> Safe travels
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Thank you.  You have no idea how much Hammy want to bring...
[19:24] <~bynw> cya jerusha
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hammy's overpacking again?
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> He is just a little fellow too
[19:25] <HoundMistress> It's hard to have to leave them.
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> If you get there and find all your clothes were left behind because Hammy needed room for more nuts....
[19:25] <The_Bee> Good bye, good packing and good trip, Jerusha.  I hope the house colors meet you hopes
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Little fellow with big ideas
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> At least she will have motivation to writie
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I need that
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Nighters everyone!
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Good nIght Jerusha
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Yes, write while driving
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Nope; I'm the navigator
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Only if you have voice over
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Pretend your next meal is coming from being able to sell your story. Even though that's not true, tell yourself if you don't write that next scene, it's crackers and water for dinner tomorrow.  😉
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hammy might get you lost.  so keep him in his cage at least for the main drive
[19:27] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Most definately!
[19:27] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> He can write while you're navigating
[19:27] <HoundMistress> Hope it's warmer in FL
[19:27] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> He can run his wheels while you drive
[19:27] <HoundMistress> If only you could hook the wheel to the engine
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> and the Navagation system too
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I have "Write, Write, Write!" as one of my to-dos on my Finch app.  If I don't write or edit something daily, I have to look at that little birb and know I am disappointing Noodle.
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> OH eVIE
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I keep forgetting to turn my notification on
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I"m just in the habit of checking it when I get up, at lunch, usually a time or two in the afternoon and evening, then right before bedtime.
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I have to finish reading about 40 more ultrasound articles and taking the tests for .5 points each to keep my Liscense before the end of the year.  I procrastinated too long.
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I suddenly recalled this fact about three days ago.
[19:31] <The_Bee> License for what?
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Plus being in a Discord server with other app users helps, since I've met others to interact with in the app there, and a lot of them are generous and like to help newer players by gifting them with stuff.
[19:31] <KK> LOL. Gotta go, folks. Daphne has been very patiently napping on my lap--didn't even have to block her from getting front of the monitor--so the least I can do is get her some supper now that she's awake.
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Ultrasound
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> You have any plans to go back to work?
[19:31] <HoundMistress> You have some spllainin to do
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Good Night KK
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Night, KK!
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Night kk, have a good week
[19:31] <~bynw> night KK
[19:31] <HoundMistress> Night KK and have a good week
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Bye, KK!
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> No plans for working.  but after 35 years I would hate to lose my liscense from stupidity.   just in case
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I thought you were retired, Laurna
[19:32] <The_Bee> Bye KK and bye Daphne
[19:32] <KK> Nighters, all. See you next week, God willing and the cold doesn't freeze all of us.
[19:32] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I am not on social security for 3 more years.  so  need that liscense for emergancy
[19:32] <The_Bee> Good week to all
[19:32] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of purple sparkles.
[19:32] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Good night bee
[19:32] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> DD and MIL are now on the Tin Can Bird in the sky.  Or at least I hope they are in the sky. At least they are on the plane now
[19:32] <HoundMistress> Night, Bee
[19:32] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Night B
[19:32] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Fly High fly Free
[19:33] <KK> Ta-ta.
[19:33] * Quits: KK (Quit: Client closed)