KKChat -- 16 November 2025

[Bynw]

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[18:07] * web11 is now known as KK
[18:07] <The_Bee> KK? is that you?
[18:07] <~bynw> hi KK
[18:07] <KK> Hello, all!
[18:07] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi KK
[18:07] <The_Bee> How was your week?
[18:07] <KK> How's evwrybody doing?
[18:08] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> OK, aside from the cough I can't shake
[18:08] <The_Bee> I'm not screaming at anyone today.
[18:08] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That's good, Bee. Were you screaming at someone earlier?
[18:08] * ~bynw is doing great
[18:08] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Good afternoon all.  Just did my walk around the block. love looking at the dark nearly black clouds on the horizon.
[18:09] <KK> Still coughing, Evie? Yuck!
[18:09] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Very interesting game
[18:09] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Mostly at bedtime. I need to run out after chat and pick up more Nyquil
[18:10] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Hi everyone
[18:10] <~bynw> hi DFK
[18:10] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi DFK
[18:10] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello DFK
[18:10] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Hi KK
[18:10] <The_Bee> Yes!  on the phone. He was calling about health insurance.
[18:11] <KK> Don't you already have health insurance?
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> At least this week I got to sleep in every morning (at least to my usual wake-up time). I'm back on baby taxi duty starting tomorrow
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Any new baby pictures?
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hang on, let me check. I didn't see her this week since I didn't need to take her to daycare
[18:13] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> baby duty has to be fun and for the love of it.
[18:13] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1439770444612894900/IMG_7746.jpg?ex=691bba37&is=691a68b7&hm=a9a8126d068c4b7f372b70a05ef5d6bdccaa801e5a0428a75b7050e702ff88b5&;
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> There's the little six-month-old (as of yesterday)
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Is she a red head?
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Adorable!!!!
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> She is
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> So cute
[18:14] <The_Bee> I do have health insurance, but he company is discontinuing my policy.  I'm afraid my therapist won't be in the network of my new provider. the phone. He was calling about health insurance.
[18:15] <KK> Why are they discontinuing your policy?
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> It is one season and they do harass a lot, but it would be a good idea to compare plans. Medicare has a number where you can do this on line
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I am here! Though I am at risk of nodding off.
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> It is open season and they do harass a lot, but it would be a good idea to compare plans. Medicare has a number where you can do this on line
[18:17] <The_Bee> My 15-month-old great-grand-nephew has a UPS uniform just like his dad's.
[18:18] <KK> Awwww....
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Peeved that I'm a bit late: a scheduled defrost of the freezer is annoying; an unscheduled defrost of the refrigerator is worse.
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oh no!
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> So true
[18:18] <KK> Yike! And always on a weekend or holiday.
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Probably just because I set it to 34⁰F instead of 36⁰F. No matter; sorry to interrupt.
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Everyone
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Jerusha
[18:19] <~bynw> hi Jerusha
[18:19] <The_Bee> I may call eHealth.com.  I'm seeing my therapist this week(I hope!)
[18:20] <The_Bee> Hi Jerusha
[18:21] <The_Bee> Hi Jerusha
[18:21] <KK> I'd guess that the change-over takes effect from January 1st, which gives you time to compare plans.
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I hate watching football when I care who wins.  It's the kiss of death for my team
[18:23] <The_Bee> I don't often watch sports; I find out if my team won on the news.
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hi guys
[18:24] <~bynw> are you in FL yet or still up in Canada?
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Nezz
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> hi Nezz
[18:24] <~bynw> hi Nezz
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Now I am in Florida.  They had snow today in Tilden Lake
[18:24] <The_Bee> We have until December 7 to decide.
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Was it a clear drive down.  or did you hit weather?
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My DD and MIL just returned from FL today.  DH is still down there trying to get more stuff done at her house before he leaves.
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> It was mostly clear.  Only iffy weather was in Canada
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Glad your MIL  got back  hopefully with out bringing the whole house back with her.
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Not for lack of trying
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Jerusha.  than you made it just in time.  however snow in Tilden Lake would have been pretty
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Not if you are driving through it
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> We got snow in the mountains today
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Driving through snow, or through the lake?
[18:27] <~bynw> this game is a nailbiter
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I have no nails left
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> One should not drive through the lake without a boat
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Jerusha, did you see the Facebook video of Hammy I tagged you in?
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Or amphibious car. I think someone in Texas has one. Maybe LBJ had one?
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Yes.  Alas, Hammy is not that athletic
[18:28] <The_Bee> Did you get to see the Northern lights before you left Canada, Jerusha?
[18:28] <~bynw> Jersua, are we watching the same game and are we cheering the same team?
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Though the whippet used to shake off their boot in winter just like the hamster
[18:29] <~bynw> the Northern Lights were seen as far south as Florida last week
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I'm rooting for the Chiefs, Bynw
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> We have had rain clouds for the last three days.  so no star watching.
[18:30] <The_Bee> I keep hearing about the lights, but I live too near city lights.
[18:30] <~bynw> oh so we again are cheering different teams
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Everytime there is a northern lights display, we seem to have overcast skies
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Same with us
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> We are ALWAYS rooting for different teams, Bynw
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Too many clouds this week
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <bynw> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1439774796467404991/IMG_3484.jpg?ex=691bbe45&is=691a6cc5&hm=c0eb5fb767a39bd882d67ceadd03fe5ce3bf3a5481d1a6be7a2ea83123f6b7cf&;
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> pretty
[18:31] <The_Bee> Are your teams playing each other today?
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <bynw> this is my view earlier in the week
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I have only seen the lights once, years ago
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Nice, Bynw
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> could you see it with your eyes.  or only with the camera
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I would have thought the northern lights were a regular occurrence for you, Jerusha
[18:32] <~bynw> my wife's son got some really good shots and he's just down the road from us in a small town so less lights
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Not really.  You need to be farther north.
[18:32] <~bynw> could see it with our eyes as well as the camera
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[18:33] <The_Bee> me too <MANY years ago.  They were red.
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi HM
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hiya HM
[18:33] <HoundMistress> Hi, all
[18:33] <~bynw> hi HM
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello HM
[18:33] <The_Bee> Hi Hound Mistress
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> hi HM
[18:33] <KK> We had Northern Lights here, but I only saw photos.  Lots of red.
[18:33] <HoundMistress> Hope everyone had a good week
[18:34] <KK> Not bad.
[18:34] <HoundMistress> good to hear KK
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <bynw> this is one of the pics he took ......
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <bynw> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1439775739808317532/579931882_122102324487111124_6062109759981276534_n.jpg?ex=691bbf26&is=691a6da6&hm=5ed45db77d32e82bc6b60ce96209f87a966bc7240ef52e52784a1435e77998e0&;
[18:34] <HoundMistress> Is your knee better?
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> No health issues this week,KK?
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> WOW
[18:35] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Nice, bynw!
[18:35] <HoundMistress> Beautiful!
[18:35] <The_Bee> A guy on tv was explaining the different colors. Re, blue or green for different gases in the air.
[18:35] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> My husbands company moved to Washington and he didn't go with them, so starting tomorrow, he's going to be underfoot *aaaaaalllllllll* the time. 🙂
[18:35] <~bynw> that's what small town lights can do instead of city lights
[18:35] <HoundMistress> Oh, my stnezz!
[18:36] <~bynw> that was a great catch! go Broncos!!
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Oh dear, Nezz
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It was the best of times; it was the worst of times....  😉
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Oh Nezz, that will be great and challenging at the same time.
[18:37] <HoundMistress> My brother asked if I'd let his son move in with me. He's a "basement kid." in his 30s and lives at home, but my brother sold the house. They have till Friday to clear out. The son has known for almost a month that he had to leave.
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Yeah. Just so long as he gives plenty of writing time, we should be good. And he'll want lots of time to play guitar downstairs
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I got some unfortunate news just now.  A friend was hit by a car this past Friday while walking and ended up with a non-survivable brain injury.   We weren't super close or in touch on a regular basis, but he was very kind and a good person. 😕
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hopefully he'll find a fun hobby that will prevent him from constantly trying to interrupt yours.  (Says the person who has been enjoying a week of blissful quiet, not having to attempt to write while someone is loudly playing videos three feet away.)
[18:38] <HoundMistress> Oh, so sorry to hear that!!
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> So sorry to hear that, QuasiSparkle
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> So sorry to hear that kind of news. Yikes
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Hi 👋 Jerusha
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Really good picture
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <bynw> so sad @ninjabbo.
[18:38] <HoundMistress> stnezz, if he plays guitar maybe that will keep him occupied.
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hey DFK! Things okay with you?
[18:39] <HoundMistress> Hi, Jerusha
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Is it rock guitar, or more mellow?
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> That's the hope. 🙂
[18:39] <The_Bee> sad news indeed, ninjabbo
[18:39] <HoundMistress> Hi, Bee
[18:39] <~bynw> whooo hoooo the Chiefs suck almost as bad as my Vikings
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Totally rock electric guitar with lots of effects
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Oh, and this week, I learned that I much prefer crowns in my fantasy rather than in my mouth. Nothing crunchy or chewy until I get my permanents next week. At least I have an excuse to eat Tillamook vanilla with maple syrup.
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Bummer, Bynw
[18:40] <HoundMistress> Will the music bother you?
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Improving but slowly
[18:40] <~bynw> the Chiefs ego needs to be taken down a notch or two
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Improving is good.  now tell it to pick up the pace
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Thems fightin' words, Bynw!
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Oh, dear, Quasi! That's dreadful.
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> At least that sounds like a yummy consolation, TM
[18:41] <KK> I'm getting stronger. No new falls.
[18:41] <~bynw> you will have to come to DeryniCon to fight me Jerusha
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Glad to hear that KK
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> That' s good news, KK
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Great news, KK!
[18:42] <KK> And sorry about your friend, Quasi.
[18:42] <The_Bee> My biggest complaint with musicians is when the instruments drown out the voices. If I like the tune, I wsnt o hear the words.
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Good thing that Deryni Con is during the football off season
[18:42] * CG [discord] <jerusha2> wonders if I can pack a Spanish sabre
[18:42] <~bynw> well of course it has to be Laurna
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Nah, I'm totally used to it
[18:43] <HoundMistress> That's good
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Thank you all
[18:43] <~bynw> just like i had some friends over last night and played some D&D ... but it was a bye week for my Huskers so i didn't have to worry about my team being on when doing other things
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> OU won, though.  Boomer Sooner
[18:44] <HoundMistress> Did D&D start out as a board game?
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Tabletop RPG. No board
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> "if I can pack a Spanish sabre" scans to "There is a rose in Spanish Harlem".
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Unless you make your own
[18:44] <The_Bee> The Patriots seem to be making a comeback.
[18:44] <HoundMistress> UT lost to whoever they were playing last night.
[18:44] <~bynw> what became D&D were add on rules for wargaming
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> When I used to play, it was very much Theatre of the Imagination. Very few if any props
[18:45] <HoundMistress> OK, thanks bynw
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Pack it! Pack it!
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Checked luggage
[18:45] <~bynw> but no D&D isnt a board game ... you can use props and maps and miniatures to help visuallize but they aren't required
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Aside from "OK, so the orcs are where these dice/coins/whatever was handy are...."
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I just like to make a point.
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Am I gonna have to get out that fish launcher, Jerusha?
[18:46] <HoundMistress> That's really bad, Jerusha
[18:46] <The_Bee> I took a D&D course, but I never really got into it.  Too much focus on details and statistics
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> they have a course for D&D
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I have a pair of Spanish rapiers that my parents mailed to me.  There were two swords hanging out of a mailbox in Canada!
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I tended to play more rules-light games. The details and statistics are meant to serve the game story, not bog it down, IMO
[18:47] <The_Bee> many decades ago
[18:47] <~bynw> hmmm for SNF should i cheer on the Eagles or the Lions ....
[18:48] <HoundMistress> Lions
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Packers
[18:48] <~bynw> @Evie, i tend to go that way now too.
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Even if they aren't involved
[18:48] <~bynw> they already played and won Jerusha ... congrats
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Woohoo!  We weren't able to get the game on TV
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Thanks, bynw
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Bynw, can I assume the third man is known for his love of good wine?
[18:50] <HoundMistress> I like the Lions. My highschool was the Lions, and I bred and raised Lion hunting hounds
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> For my brother's sixteenth birthday, my sister and I purchased him a 5 foot medival sword.  but when we were suppose to get ready for his birthday party we learned he was in the hospital for an appendix surgery.   but the surgery got delayed.  so we decided to give him his presents in the hospital bed.   And Yes.  we brought in the 5 foot steal wood handled sword.  he laid it on  <clipped message>
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> the bed next to him and it totally freaked out the nurses.   I don't think we could do that today.
[18:50] <~bynw> but actually i wanted to show my wife how to play TTRPGs so she would have an idea of what i like. so i conspired with a couple of friends to come over and ran a little 1st level adventure for them. none of them had ever played before.
[18:51] <~bynw> @Nezz, no.
[18:51] <HoundMistress> Good planning, bynw
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> BRB
[18:52] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> I wouldn't be able to resist telling visitors that, with the sword , I got the SOB who did this to me (points to the wound).
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> There is an adorable YouTube video in which a professional GM sits down with her 90-something year old grandma and teaches her how to roll up a character and play an adventure so her grandma can understand what she does for a living.  😄
[18:54] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Grandma really got into her role.  😄
[18:54] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Good for Grandma
[18:55] <HoundMistress> The young woman who sits beside me at work often stays up till 2 or 3 playing games.
[18:55] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> https://youtu.be/Sb6CFkAsfmQ?si=kOOgsr3P1kfENT35
[18:55] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> DS3 is teaching GS3 to be a gamer.  Sigh...
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <bynw> i'll have to watch it later
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm fairly sure DS will do the same with DGD
[18:56] <~bynw> well what type of gamer? video games or TTRPGs
[18:56] <The_Bee> Someday I want to get in on a Deryni game.  Maybe then I'll understand how they work.
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Video, I think
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> With my son and granddaughter, possibly both
[18:57] <~bynw> booo
[18:57] <HoundMistress> Online games of some sort. She's really into whatever the Japanese are playing now.
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> He's only 6, Bynw!
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> DS mostly plays video games, but he had a tabletop Star Wars game going for a while
[18:57] <~bynw> there are TTRPG for kids
[18:58] <KK> Not for this kid.
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> What does the "TT" stand for?
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> My son plays D&D with my husband. I've played a bit but I am so mentally overwhelmed with daily life most days that it feels like there is not room to keep track in my brain
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Table Top
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Ahh. Thanks
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> The original RPGs, as opposed to the more current card or video game versions
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I do know that when DS3 beat some level in the game, the parents took him out for dinner
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I've played daily life a little bit, but I'm so mentally overwhelmed by living in the Eleven Kingdoms that it's hard to focus on those mundane tasks.....  😉
[19:00] <HoundMistress> The nephew mentioned above plays a lot of online games.
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <bynw> just had a visitor
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <bynw> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1439782433758117989/WIN_20251116_19_00_58_Pro.jpg?ex=691bc562&is=691a73e2&hm=c45b31e3c0d0d7cf4cb05431979f9a0d8c8fee5acd0aff89f7cf594df3ed3ee1&;
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Doing dishes is not match for an adventure in the Eleven Kingdoms
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> So cute, bynw
[19:01] <HoundMistress> Awwww!! Cutie (the dog<G>)
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Which pup is that one?
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <bynw> Myra
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I mean, I could pretend I'm washing dishes in the kitchen of Coroth Castle, I guess....  😄
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> But will the duke stop by?
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I honestly used to imagine stuff like that to get through boring chores
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I cracked up one of my friends once because I admitted I had survived a mind-numbing 8-hour shift at the fast food place where I worked in college because I was pretending she was an indentured servant and my day's wages were needed in order to buy her freedom.
[19:04] <HoundMistress> LOL! Good way to do that!
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I hope she was grateful
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yes. At least once she could stop laughing and breathe again.  😄
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It wasn't just mind-numbing, on that particular day it was hand-numbing because I was prepping raw, frozen chicken for breading and frying.
[19:05] <HoundMistress> Ick!
[19:06] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> The only time I worked fast food is when they needed help at the disneyland fastfood service counters taking orders.   Did it for a  week and I swore I would never do it again.
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My DD mostly enjoys being a restaurant shift leader, but one job she won't do is retail. She says customers are even worse to retail workers than to food service workers.
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> I worked for a week at a drink booth at a ren faire. I quite enjoyed it, but I tended to be in the back managing.
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> My first fast food job was at Tacos & Spuds
[19:08] <~bynw> i've done fast food and retail
[19:08] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I did Chick-fil-A and Arby's in my college years
[19:08] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Tacos and spuds  just don't go together.   should be nachos
[19:08] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Also KMart
[19:08] <KK> Never had to do anything like that,, but I did do typing for folks. That was ok.
[19:09] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I did pet stores when I was in high school and then Disneyland through college
[19:09] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> They surprisingly had a lot of toppings in common
[19:09] <The_Bee> I once worked in the kitchen of a summer camp.
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My typing speed was awful when I was that age. I'm probably twice as fast as I used to be now that we have computer keyboards with a backspace button for quick error deletion, but also I have over 35 years of typing experience now that I didn't have in college.
[19:10] <~bynw> McDonalds for fastfood ... and several retail jobs - one at a convenience store, had a couple of kiosks at the mall for the candle business my first wife and i had, and then as an assitant manager or Family Dollar
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Customer service  has never been my strong point
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> My first job was at Baskin Robbins one summer. My sister already worked there.  I also did a summer at Kmart and one summer as a photographer at Six Flags while I was in college.
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Apparently I do well at customer service, on the outside at least. Inside, I am planning their deaths in my next story....  😉
[19:11] <~bynw> i was a ride operator at local amusement park
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I also made paper jewelry with handcrafted paper and watercolor paints one summer. That was fun.
[19:12] <~bynw> but mostly i've been in IT
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Those earrings and brooches were selling for something like $30-$50 at the time, which would have been the late 1980s, IIRC.  I had to sign a noncompete contract, or I could have made bank.
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Very cute Bynw
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> (Though the contract was only for ten years, so in theory I could make and sell them again if I want to now.)
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Wow, Evie
[19:14] <The_Bee> Newspaper story: Someone saw a sign with  "Baskin Robbins" and thought it said "Bank Robbery.".
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> My favorite job was my first: a help desk at the university computer center. I'd look at their programs & suggest some debugging techniques.
[19:14] <HoundMistress> They'd probably bring in much more now.
[19:15] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> My first job was as a Residence Assistant.  Never again!
[19:16] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, that's a role that's only got tougher in recent years with the upsurge in mental health crises
[19:16] <The_Bee> The job               i had longest was preparing mailings for a church-by-mail.
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Since RAs are often on the front lines in dealing with those if they happen after office hours, so our clinical staff provides training for them on how to deal with some emergencies while waiting on our office to open
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Have to get DH ready for bed but will sign off now. Everyone have a great week. Stay well.
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> The biggest crisis I had was streakers
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Goodnight, DFK.  New chapter tomorrow. 🙂
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Have a good week, DFK
[19:17] <HoundMistress> Bye, DFK, have a good week!
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Night, DFK, have a good week
[19:17] <The_Bee> Bye DFK
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <bynw> night DFK
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Good night DFK.  have a lovely week
[19:18] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> My grandson was an RA his sophomore year and he agrees, never again
[19:18] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Night dfk
[19:18] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> Night all. Sleep well
[19:19] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I worked at a parrot farm for two years.  that was the best
[19:19] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> How deep do you plant a parrot?
[19:19] <HoundMistress> I didn't know they had parrot farms! How fun!
[19:19] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Oops, I read that as you worked as a parrot!
[19:19] <KK> A parrot farm?1
[19:19] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I love my job, even though it can be high stress at times, but I don't think I could handle working in student housing
[19:20] <HoundMistress> Probably where parrots were domestically bred for sale?
[19:20] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I would love to be a parrot.  that would be great fun
[19:20] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Excatly HM
[19:20] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> You could soar like a dragon
[19:20] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I am so there
[19:20] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I would say I'd love to be a flamingo, but then I'd have to eat fish
[19:21] <~bynw> ick!
[19:21] <The_Bee> African Grey parrots a reputed to be really smart.
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> No, shrimp, Evie
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Just as bad, as far as I'm concerned
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Shrimp to stay pink
[19:21] <HoundMistress> I used to love shrimp but not so much now.
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Much as I love shrimp, I have never turned pink
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> they had a  cockatoo that I purchased and brought home.  he was a crazy bird.  but was too noisey.  my neighbors complained
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Seafood of all sorts tastes like the algae in a dirty fishtank to me. The appeal is completely lost on me. I like the *idea* of seafood. I think pictures of it look amazing. But one taste, and I'm like "Ugh, no, my taste buds haven't changed *that* much yet!"
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Cockatoos can be very funny, though
[19:22] <HoundMistress> Oh, that's sad, Laurnarose
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <bynw> maybe the parrot is a Norwegian blue  😄
[19:23] <The_Bee> I like lobster rolls better than whole lobsters.  I don't like my dinner looking at me.
[19:23] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Beautiful plumage
[19:23] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> but he got along with my scarlet macaw  so they mellowed each other out over time.
[19:24] <KK> I worked one summer in a research facility that bred mice for studies in mammary tumor management. Learned how to handle mice without getting bitten,..at least most of the time.
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> You are braver than I, KK.  I love birds but rodents are creepy
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Mice are adorable
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> If you say so
[19:25] <HoundMistress> They are really cute!
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <bynw> https://tenor.com/view/monty-python-dead-parrot-hello-polly-polly-dead-parrot-sketch-gif-24087382
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Not in my kitchen, they are NOT
[19:25] <KK> Mice are ok. Rescue many a house mouse from my cats in Ireland.
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> DD used to be terrified of birds, but that's because when she was on a kindergarten field trip to the zoo, they went into the bird enclosure, and some bird pooped on her face.  It took her until adulthood to get to where she wasn't creeped out by them
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I hope that is not a dead or stuffed Macaw
[19:25] <HoundMistress> I had a cat that liked to bring in mice and voles
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> We have a bearded dragon in my house. Almost went for a pair of rats, but ended up with the lizard.
[19:26] <The_Bee> I had mice; Melantha caught one, and I drowned a few.
[19:26] <KK> The trick is to grab the mouse by the tail, close to the body. Then they can't squirm around and bite you.
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Lizard is better.  I think....
[19:27] <CG> [discord] <bynw> @Evie.delacourt i can see how that would be traumatizing
[19:27] <KK> You drowned mice, Bee?
[19:27] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Rodents are the nemisis of bird enclosures  because of all the loose seed.
[19:27] <The_Bee> Then one day I found 3 dead mice; I havent seen any mice since then.
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Some one poisened them, Bee
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> We bought live traps for mice,  The instructions said to drown the mice after they were caught. We did not
[19:28] <The_Bee> Yep I flushed them down my toilet.
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I just buy snaping traps.  takes care of the follow up.
[19:28] <HoundMistress> What's the point of a live trap if you're just going to kill them after all?
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> On that happy note, I must toddle off.  Have a good week, everyone!
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Good question, HM
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I just had cats
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Goodnight!
[19:29] <KK> Nighters, Jerusha.
[19:29] <HoundMistress> Bye, jerusha, have a good week!
[19:29] <The_Bee> It must have been me, but I don't know what poison I used.
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Night Jerusha!
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> That is not a good note to leave on. Jerusha.  need a happier subject
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <bynw> night Jerusha
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Cya J
[19:29] <The_Bee> Bye Jerusha1  Good week!
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> How did you like the paint job of your houes
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Was it a preety gold coloor
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> The problem with live traps here is that there is no place far enough from someone's home where you can release them back into the wild. If they are released within two miles of your house, they can potentially return.  But further out than that, and there will be other houses they'll go plague instead.
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> One of our previous cats caught a chipmunk in the kitchen at my old apartment.  That was a fun discovery
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Try a 4 foot long rat snake in the kitchen. Because that once happened.  Thankfully only once!
[19:31] <HoundMistress> Was it dead?
[19:31] <~bynw> kitties are great hunters
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> It was
[19:31] <~bynw> when i was a teenager, my cat caught a couple of bats that had gotten into the house
[19:32] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Couldn't figure out for the life of me how it got in until I discovered the vibration from the window-unit air conditioner had caused the top half of the window to shimmy open
[19:32] <The_Bee> Someone found a baby alligator in the Charles River. It's been put in a shelter until it grows up.
[19:32] <HoundMistress> Good think you looked at it to get the vibration fixed.
[19:32] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Wildlife really needs to stay out of doors
[19:32] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> The rat snake wasn't dead. *I* was nearly dead from heart failure when I found it, but the snake was so very much *not* dead until I called my former neighbors the exterminators to bring whatever gadget they had for catching snakes so they could get it out of my house!
[19:32] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1439790387920244908/PXL_20251116_233045409.jpg?ex=691bccca&is=691a7b4a&hm=24b7154ce5a08fddf00151638411b4ee4acd985c58a7f34f2f0de14700376a60&;
[19:33] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> A happier bit: I'm watering the deer.
[19:33] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Birdbath right outside the front door.
[19:34] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We have a small herd of deer who think my yard is their home, apparently, given how often I turn up here after work and they're just loitering, watching me pull into the driveway like "Oh, it's you again."
[19:34] <HoundMistress> They are a nuisance in West Austin, not so much here east of the freeway.
[19:34] <CG> [discord] <bynw> looks like a deer watering hole instead of a birdbath
[19:34] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Yup
[19:34] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I like deer.  But I'm still happy I'm unlikely to find one in my kitchen.
[19:34] <CG> [discord] <bynw> deer can be a nuisance here too. that's why there is an in city limits bow deer hunting season
[19:35] <KK> Yes, happier. I have 3 that come through my back yard regularly. And we used to have bats in the great hall at Holybrooke. Some were brought in alive by the cats, and some flew in on their own.
[19:35] <HoundMistress> I like bats, but not in my house!
[19:36] <KK> They're very cute, sort of like mini-mice with wings.
[19:36] <HoundMistress> My groceries are coming soon, so I'm going to say good night all, and have a great week!
[19:36] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> And with zoonotic diseases!
[19:36] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I have had roadrunners and cyties in my back yard. ( not at the same time) and skunks.
[19:36] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> If I had near come by my house, I'd grow a section of yard full of deer food
[19:36] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My former neighbor (a different one) used to try to shoot deer from his back deck, but he was...an interesting fellow.  He also taught his sons to pee off the back deck.  I don't miss him as a neighbor.
[19:36] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> We have a bat house! We still need to put it up though so that bats can actually take up residence
[19:36] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Night hm
[19:37] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Gnite HM!
[19:37] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Goodnight!
[19:37] <HoundMistress> Night!
[19:37] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Quasi, I hope you can help the housing crisis!
[19:37] <CG> [discord] <bynw> my uncle has used a crossbow on deer that have come on his property ... and then they become deer burgers
[19:37] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Night HM
[19:37] * Quits: HoundMistress (Quit: Client closed)
[19:37] <~bynw> night HM
[19:37] <~bynw> missed her
[19:38] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I need to put my inflatable Turkey out on my lawn
[19:38] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> That is my wildlife
[19:39] <~bynw> as long as someone does mistake it for a real one
[19:39] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Speaking of turkeys, I got Thanksgiving nail art done this time around
[19:39] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Oh cool
[19:39] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Oooh!
[19:39] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1439792028710867186/20251116_094619.jpg?ex=691bce51&is=691a7cd1&hm=58bb3386468f8ba0aea9879121b35e72aaccc9aaad9c77b7b7f27471450b6e83&;
[19:39] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> CUTE
[19:39] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> IT'S SO CUTE
[19:39] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> One on each hand
[19:40] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Love it
[19:40] <The_Bee> Wild turkeys sometimes terrorize people in or around Boston.
[19:40] <KK> Very cute.
[19:40] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> My son is nicknamed "Turkey". He was due on Thanksgiving
[19:40] <KK> The nail art, not attacking turkeys.
[19:40] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My DH used to call his dad "Turkey" and his dad called him "Poult"
[19:40] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Now I want turkey nail polish
[19:42] <The_Bee> A male bird will sometimes mistake his reflection for a rival male.
[19:42] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My nail salon has a nail artist who can look at any inspiration pic I find on the Internet and figure out how to paint it on my nails. It might not always be a 100% exact copy, but even when it's not, it turns out cute
[19:44] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> This was one of his newborn photos 9 years ago
[19:44] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1439793165593739364/FB_IMG_17633437148601.jpg?ex=691bcf60&is=691a7de0&hm=04208b136dbbb345f27743069fd429b5d0e198ebd92e22e84b36912e8131d813&;
[19:44] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> So I can basically say "I want my main color to be something like this, but with an iridescent cat's eye effect as the top layer, and then for the accent nails, I was thinking this cute turkey (or cat, or whatever) might work," and she'll work out how to do it from there.
[19:45] <The_Bee> My mom and her sister used to turn pineapples into turkeys.
[19:45] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> So far the nickname that seems to be sticking for my granddaughter is "Monkey," because she loves to cling on to everything and everyone, plus she's an active little squirmer/climber.
[19:46] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Does she like bananas?
[19:46] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Not yet, but she is just now starting to try a little solid food, so I'm sure that will be one of the first ones for her to try, since it's soft and mushy
[19:48] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> You don't think I should call her Grub, Laurna?  😉
[19:51] <KK> Not Grub.
[19:51] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Please not grub.  amanda yes.
[19:51] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> One of Evie's characters
[19:51] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Grub is a worm or catapillar.
[19:52] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It might be a bit odd if I start calling my granddaughter "Amanda," given that's not her name.  LOL!
[19:52] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[19:52] <The_Bee> Toddlers can be grubby.
[19:52] <KK> I think I'm going to sign off for tonight. Daphne is on my lap and looking hungry, wanting her dinner. And I want a snack. See you all next week, and may you week go well.
[19:52] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> KK.  Grub is one of Denis Airilan's Great grand neices.  but her real name is Amanda
[19:53] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'll have to send you a copy of that story, KK.  It's about Denis Arilan's black sheep of a nephew.  😄
[19:53] <~bynw> have a great week KK
[19:53] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Good Night KK. stay warm and dry
[19:53] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Night kk
[19:53] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Goodnight, KK
[19:53] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of purple sparkles.
[19:53] <KK> Nighters, all.
[19:54] * Quits: KK (Quit: Client closed)