The Worlds of Katherine Kurtz

[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:04:15 PM EDT] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:04:23 PM EDT] <bennu> hi KK
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:04:28 PM EDT] <Bee> Hi KK
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:04:35 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi KK
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:04:43 PM EDT] <KK> Hello, all!
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:05:17 PM EDT] <KK> What's everyone up to tonight?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:05:22 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi Bee and KK!
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:05:27 PM EDT] <Bee> How goes the house-cleaning, KK?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:06:34 PM EDT] * bennu is heading home after spending the day with extended family in Nebraska
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:07:09 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hope you had a great time with your family
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:07:11 PM EDT] <KK> Continuing to work on it. This weekend I culled stuff from two cabinets and multiple shelves in my office, and purged paper from a big file drawer. Should be making a trip to the landfill this week.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:07:42 PM EDT] <Bee> I don't envy you the job.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:08:04 PM EDT] <derynifank> It's good to see progress
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:08:20 PM EDT] <KK> It's a drag. But the more I do now, the less stuff I'll have to move when it's time.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:08:35 PM EDT] <derynifank> So true
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:09:09 PM EDT] <bennu> derynifank: yes i did have a great time
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:09:38 PM EDT] <KK> Some of this stuff I hadn't looked at for years. It was time for a lot of it to go. I did locate my long-missing tablet, but after charging it, it won't even turn on. I need to consult with Cameron on that.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:09:46 PM EDT] Join rsmith12jm () has joined this channel.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:09:56 PM EDT] <Bee> IIRC, you said you'd found a new place. have you made a payment on it?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:10:32 PM EDT] <Bee> hi smith12jm
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:10:41 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi rsmith12jm.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:10:44 PM EDT] <KK> I backed out of that one, Bee. Not really the right house, and it was just as the coronavirus was shutting everything down. Not a good time to be taking o9n another mortgage.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:11:08 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I've been sewing, here. Although today, my mom did most of the work. (hem pinning)
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:11:10 PM EDT] <rsmith12jm> Hi - this is Kildara, aka Robin Smith but I couldn't figure out how to log in so I ended up creating a new account
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:11:20 PM EDT] <Bee> better luck with the next one.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:11:38 PM EDT] <derynifank> Welcome. R. Smith
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:12:03 PM EDT] <KK> DR, I've been following your progress on Facebook. Are you going to hem the palazzo pants by hand or on the machine? Sewing chiffon on a machine is hard.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:12:33 PM EDT] <DesertRose> By hand. I am SO not trying to hem chiffon (especially just the cuffs of two trouser legs) on the machine.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:12:36 PM EDT] <Bee> Sewing anything on a machine is hard for me.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:12:55 PM EDT] <rsmith12jm> DesertRose - are you doing a rolled hem?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:13:27 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Probably, yup. It's what would look best on that fabric, although frankly I don't know how many people will be looking that closely at the ends of my trousers, LOL.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:14:06 PM EDT] <rsmith12jm> too true
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:14:30 PM EDT] <DesertRose> But I *do* want the trouser legs to drape right, so that matters.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:14:35 PM EDT] <bennu> goes well beyond my sewing skills
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:14:48 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I just don't want to catch them on my shoes like I did the last time I wore them.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:15:25 PM EDT] <DesertRose> rsmith12jm: did you have trouble logging into IRC? Because you're showing as logged in to the forum.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:15:29 PM EDT] <rsmith12jm> DR - so, doesn't a rolled hem tend to add some "stiffness" is too strong, but a little body to the hem?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:15:30 PM EDT] <derynifank> Don't want you to fall
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:16:00 PM EDT] <Bee> I know what you mean, DR. One of my favorite maxi skirts has had its hem chewed up by me bike
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:16:27 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yes, and while "stiff" and "chiffon" don't go together too well, you do want a bit of structure, even on the legs of palazzo pants. ;)
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:17:17 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hello everyone
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:17:26 PM EDT] <Bee> Hi Shiral
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:17:28 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi Shiral
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:17:34 PM EDT] <DesertRose> The existing hem is a rolled hem; it's just too long.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:17:36 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi Shiral!
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:17:41 PM EDT] <bennu> hi shiral
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:17:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hope everyone's having a pleasant Sunday
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:18:22 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> KK, so you won't be moving to that new place, I take it
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:18:56 PM EDT] <KK> Have you considered a small tuck to take up the extra length, or have you already taken out the old hem? Need to hem according to the shoes you plan to wear with them; makes all the difference.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:19:15 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I need to work on my hand-stitching skills anyway. I'm going to take that gorgeous cream iridescent gauze you sent me, KK, and make it into a dupatta for my secondary Indian (as in, south Asian) persona. I wear that garb more than my 14th C English these days anyway.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:19:26 PM EDT] <KK> Not the one I was considering before the lockdown, Shiral. Back to the drawing boards.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:19:49 PM EDT] <Bee> I went to what I thought was a racial justice gathering on Boston Common this afternoon.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:19:58 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I haven't done anything but pin yet, and I put on the right shoe of the my dress shoes; I can't really put weight on my left foot because of the ankle, so I wasn't going to try to put a dress shoe on it.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:19:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Too bad, but as you point out, it would have been a very difficult time to take on another mortgage.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:20:05 PM EDT] <KK> I gather it turned out to be something else?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:20:21 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> sets out a platter of fresh scones, strawberries and clotted cream for tea
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:20:52 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I think there's too much fabric that needs to be taken up, and it's also not even because I'm probably not even any more; the right leg needs more length removed than the left trouser leg.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:21:10 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I think my left hip is higher than my right.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:21:25 PM EDT] <KK> The house wasn't perfect anyway. Small bedrooms, and you had to go through the basement via the living room to get to the back yard. Not good for Booker.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:21:29 PM EDT] <DesertRose> What happened on the common, Bee?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:21:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Was a little late for chat because I was planting new plants in my front color bowls. Recent heat waves crisped my violas beyond hope
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:21:50 PM EDT] <Bee> Have you been standing lopsided, DR?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:21:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> The HOA is not big on dead plants
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:22:06 PM EDT] <KK> Bee, your rally?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:22:26 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Probably. My spine has disc degeneration, arthritis, arthropathy, and stenosis all up and down it, to be honest.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:22:35 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hopefully, you'll find just the right place that's good for both you and Booker AFTER the worst of the Coronavirus
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:22:44 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Ouch, DR!
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:22:52 PM EDT] <Bee> I missed the first part. What ai saw was morelike a revival meeting, though they did talk about praying for justice for all.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:22:58 PM EDT] <bennu> double ouch
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:23:13 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Triple ouch, really
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:23:18 PM EDT] <DesertRose> "Ouch" is about the most polite thing I have to say about it all. ;)
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:23:35 PM EDT] <Eris> Jerusha2 has joined the server
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:23:39 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi Jerusha!
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:23:43 PM EDT] <Bee> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:23:47 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:23:50 PM EDT] <bennu> hi jerusha
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:23:55 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:23:58 PM EDT] <KK> At least it was peaceful, and at least somewhat constructive.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:24:28 PM EDT] <bennu> 60 more miles to go....
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:24:40 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi Everyone!
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:24:46 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:24:48 PM EDT] <derynifank> Know youwill be glad to get home
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:25:05 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hemming the palazzo pants will hopefully be good practice for sewing up that dupatta. I'm probably going to do that by hand, too, because I don't want to take the chance of that gorgeous fabric catching anywhere on the machine.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:25:35 PM EDT] <KK> Bennu, I take you're driving.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:25:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> The most complex thing I've done on the sewing machine this spring has been making two masks
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:26:02 PM EDT] <KK> take it
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:26:04 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I hope he isn't actively driving and texting!
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:26:07 PM EDT] <Bee> The last speaker ai heard talked about how God didn't want any imperfect people near him. I wanted to ask him if od was afraid of catching sin from us the way we're abfaid of catching Covid19 from each other.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:26:12 PM EDT] <Bee> g
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:26:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> One thinks that would be difficult Bee....there are an awful lot of imperfect people down here on Earth
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:26:50 PM EDT] <bennu> well i'm not doing the actual driving but yes on the road home from a family gathering in nebraska
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:26:50 PM EDT] <KK> We live in interesting times, as in the Chinese curse.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:26:56 PM EDT] <DesertRose> The next machine project will be a mask for a friend, and I still have a bunch of masks for myself, my parents, and my newly-officially-an-RN Pod-Child pieced and cut, waiting for me to sew them.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:27:29 PM EDT] <Bee> As someone who was raaisd Universalist,
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:27:35 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> My sister has been an absolute one woman mask factory for the last two months....but then she is retired
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:28:03 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Some of my SCA-sewing friends have been too, but I can't stay at the machine that long. If my back doesn't nope out, my eyes do.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:28:12 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> This is a bit weird, Bynw. I claimed my Jerusha2 account, but Discord now says it is unclaimed
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:28:26 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> She's a quilter and I think she finds masks pretty basic
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:28:33 PM EDT] <Bee> I was raised Universalist, and I don't like people setting limits on what God can do.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:28:44 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Oh, yeah, if she quilts, then masks are child's play.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:28:53 PM EDT] <KK> Mi8bbit doesn't show you at all, Jerusha.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:29:15 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Story of my life....
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:29:24 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Yup. She has a room dedicated to quilting at her house
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:29:36 PM EDT] <bennu> jerusha is on discord so mibbit wont show her
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:29:43 PM EDT] <KK> You show in chat, but not in the list of chatting and idlers at the right.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:29:46 PM EDT] <DesertRose> KK, Jerusha and Shiral are coming in via Eris, which is a bot that bridges between IRC and Discord; they aren't actually on IRC.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:29:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I'll log out and try coming in again
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:30:07 PM EDT] <Bee> We made a quilt for Mom once. Everyone did a square.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:30:19 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> She also adopted a pair of middle-aged cats this spring and they want to keep her company, but she's afraid of giving away cat-hairy masks to anyone who's allergic
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:30:50 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I keep meaning to take up quilting, because heaven knows I have plenty of scrap fabric, and I even have a beginner's-level book about it, but I haven't actually read it.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:30:56 PM EDT] <KK> Bee, I'll bet she treasured it.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:31:04 PM EDT] <Bee> Yes.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:31:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I don't think Discord likes me much
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:31:25 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I have two beautiful quilts my Nana (paternal grandmother) made for me (plus an afghan she crocheted for me).
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:31:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> But I am here anyway
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:31:32 PM EDT] <derynifank> I'm not sure Discord likes anyone
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:31:46 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I have a quilt on my bed that my sister made for me for my 50th birthday
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:31:56 PM EDT] <Bee> I still have a braided rug my great-aunt made for me.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:31:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Nice, Shiral
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:32:10 PM EDT] <bennu> jerusha did you sign into discord with your email address and password
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:32:27 PM EDT] <DesertRose> My comforter/bedspread/duvet is technically a quilt, but it came from Land's End, LOL. It's perfect for Florida though, because it's a thin cotton quilt. Double wedding ring pattern.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:32:43 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> It's a really nice weight--warm, but not too warm.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:32:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Yep. And it said my password was to "common". But it didn't object the first time when I claimed the accoung
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:32:52 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> account
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:33:35 PM EDT] <bennu> i'll get ahold of you this week and see if we can figure it out
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:33:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Thanks, Bynw. Much appreciated
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:34:21 PM EDT] <KK> DR, I think my mother had that Lands' End quilt. Alas, she'd gotten ink on it that didn't wash out. I think I ended up giving it to the mission.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:34:50 PM EDT] <bennu> right now i'm a bit limited being on the road right now
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:35:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> No problem, Bynw. I can still chat at the moment
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:35:26 PM EDT] <KK> Understood. But at least someone else is driving, so you can chat on your phone.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:35:41 PM EDT] <Bee> What's your alter-ego bynu up to, bennu?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:36:07 PM EDT] <bennu> that's my computer at home
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:36:25 PM EDT] <Bee> always on-line?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:37:08 PM EDT] <bennu> unless i reboot it or my connection drops
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:37:47 PM EDT] <Bee> bynw, not bynu. Blzme my bad esesight.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:37:54 PM EDT] <Bee> blame
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:38:09 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> No blame needed
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:38:27 PM EDT] <Bee> thanks, Jerusha 2
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:38:37 PM EDT] <KK> Fat fingers is always a good excuse, too.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:38:58 PM EDT] <bennu> i'm using all thumbs
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:39:09 PM EDT] <Bee> The Z key is too close to the A key.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:39:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Or rented fingers, at a discount
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:39:46 PM EDT] <Bee> I get my rented fingers at a yard sale.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:40:11 PM EDT] <DesertRose> KK, mine has a few stains and worn spots too; I think my mom bought it in the mid 90s, and it's been my bedspread for at least the last fifteen years.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:40:29 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Sometimes I think my rented fingers are retired contortionists from the circus
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:40:30 PM EDT] <KK> So, bennu, what's Nebraska like at this time of year? I think I've flown over it, but never been there, I don't think.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:40:54 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And of course cat hair, but nothing in my house is free of cat hair. ;)
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:40:59 PM EDT] <bennu> it was warm and a bit humid
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:41:01 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Mine got fed to the lions
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:41:28 PM EDT] <derynifank> How can cats lose so much fur but never have any bald spots
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:41:33 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Warm can be good. We have a frost warning tonight
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:41:35 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> DR, Everything I own is covered with a fine film of fur
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:42:11 PM EDT] <KK> Good question, dfk.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:42:37 PM EDT] <KK> It was cool and overcast here, much of the day.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:43:17 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Same way humans can shed loads of hair. If you were to sweep my apartment, you'd wonder how I have any left at all. ;)
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:43:39 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Yep. Same problem
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:43:51 PM EDT] <Bee> A few months ago, Melantha's fur was full of knots. She looked like she'd had a fight with a dust bunny. I had to cut them out with scissors.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:44:05 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Poor Melantha.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:44:57 PM EDT] <Bee> She didn't seem to mind, but someone at the vet's said it could be a health problem.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:45:12 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> h dear
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:45:22 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Oh, that is
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:45:36 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It could be. A lot of times, cats don't groom as much if they aren't feeling well and/or are in pain.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:45:42 PM EDT] <Bee> not sure if it was the vet or my shrink.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:45:46 PM EDT] <KK> Probably just need to be brushed or combed more often, Bee.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:46:07 PM EDT] <DesertRose> If she'll let you. Some cats aren't fond of the brush/comb.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:46:28 PM EDT] <KK> But we do know that Melantha has health issues, so it could also be related to that.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:46:35 PM EDT] <Bee> maybe. or maybe it's that small space she's always demanding that I open in my closet.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:46:46 PM EDT] <KK> Is Melantha a lap cat?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:46:47 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Carys is weird about it; if she sees the brush coming, she'll attack it, but once I start brushing her, she leans into it and purrs. Silly fuzzbutt.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:47:04 PM EDT] <Bee> Melantha tolerates brushing, for a while.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:47:26 PM EDT] <Bee> I hopeit's not related to her kidney.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:47:46 PM EDT] <KK> Probably not, Bee.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:48:09 PM EDT] <Bee> She'll climb into my lap, but if i pick her up she struggles.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:48:41 PM EDT] <KK> Can you brush her in your lap, or is that too much for her to tolerate?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:48:46 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I have something called a zoomgroom. BOTH my cats hate it
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:48:50 PM EDT] <Bee> My brother calls her a yellow-light cat.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:49:14 PM EDT] <Bee> I do brush her in my lap.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:49:16 PM EDT] <KK> What's a zoomgroom?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:49:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Zoom groom makes me think of being sucked up into a vacuum cleaner
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:49:54 PM EDT] <KK> But you have to wait for her to decide she wants to be in your lap, I'll bet.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:51:03 PM EDT] <Bee> noIt very long.. She climbs aboard almost as soon as I settle in my recliner.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:52:24 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> It's a rubber thing that has very soft kind of cone-shaped "bristles" for lack of a better term about an inch long. It's kind of like a curry comb you'd use for a horse, but cat-sized
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:53:04 PM EDT] <KK> Interesting.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:53:22 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Both cats appear to say "ew don't touch me with that" whenever they see it. I don't quite get why-- there's nothing on it that looks painful. Maybe they don't like the way it smells
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:55:41 PM EDT] <Bee> Do they like regular brushes?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:55:43 PM EDT] <KK> Could you maybe hide the spikeys with your hand, and rub them with the back of the brush, to get their scent on it? Might help, if that's the issue.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:56:37 PM EDT] <Bee> Does Gus enjoy being brushed, KK?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:56:53 PM EDT] <KK> Only for a short while.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:57:37 PM EDT] <Bee> Melantha lets me brush her back, but not her tummy.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:58:34 PM EDT] <DesertRose> If y'all don't mind hearing a word or two of adult language from me, have a video of Carys up to new mischief: [removed broken link]
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:58:54 PM EDT] <KK> Tummies are tickly. Belly rubs may be ok, but I think the brush on tummy probably is too much stimulation.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:58:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Since they're self-cleaning, I don't force the issue. They're not all that fond of regular brushes, either
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [7:59:13 PM EDT] <DesertRose> (I told her to get her fuzzy [bleep] down, and then something almost fell and I said the more offensive form of "crap.")
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:01:47 PM EDT] <Bee> Your swear-words are very mild, DR.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:02:45 PM EDT] <Bee> I take it you were moving the camera when you recorded that scene.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:02:51 PM EDT] <bennu> 21 miles
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:03:03 PM EDT] <Bee> to from?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:03:14 PM EDT] <Bee> to or from?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:03:21 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yes.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:03:25 PM EDT] <KK> Did she succeed in knocking that box off the shelf? And how did she get up there?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:03:33 PM EDT] <bennu> to home
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:03:54 PM EDT] <DesertRose> This is approximately what I use on Carys' fur. https://www.chewy.com/frisco-combo-brush-mini/dp/233458
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:04:31 PM EDT] <KK> That looks reasonably inoffensive.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:04:43 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yes, she did knock the box down (hence the "oh sh*t!" near the end), and she jumped up there from another piece of furniture, a media cabinet where my DVD and CD collections live, which is beside the leftmost bookshelf.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:05:09 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> LInk is not working for me
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:05:16 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I don't think Carys' brush is the same brand, but I've had it so long that if it had a logo, it's gone and I have no idea what brand it is.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:05:19 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Which link, Shiral?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:05:27 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Imgur or Chewy?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:05:32 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> IMgur
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:05:55 PM EDT] <DesertRose> What browser are you using? Opera's been cranky about playing video for me for a while lately.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:06:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Chrome
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:06:44 PM EDT] <KK> Didn't get the sound on your video, DR.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:06:50 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Drat.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:06:57 PM EDT] <Bee> neither did I.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:07:09 PM EDT] <KK> But the box wasd for a steam iron? I hope it wasn't in there.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:07:38 PM EDT] <KK> That <would> call for some creative swearing.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:07:45 PM EDT] <DesertRose> No, it was for a steam inhaler, for breaking up nasal/sinus congestion. And no, the box was empty; it just had a few pieces of packing material in it.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:08:07 PM EDT] <Bee> so ne harm done?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:08:12 PM EDT] <Bee> no
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:09:12 PM EDT] <KK> Oh, good, no harm, no foul.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:09:29 PM EDT] <DesertRose> No, I just didn't want the box to knock anything off the baker's rack (to the right).
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:09:41 PM EDT] <KK> Did it?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:11:16 PM EDT] <Bee> I can see the box on the edge, but the fall is off-camera.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:13:27 PM EDT] <bennu> almost home
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:15:56 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Try this: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBb2qXkHp7w/
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:16:05 PM EDT] <rsmith12jm> Night all - daughter needs ride home from work. See you next week I hope.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:16:40 PM EDT] <DesertRose> G'night! PM me on the forum if you need help with chat, rsmith12jm/Kildara.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:16:55 PM EDT] <rsmith12jm> thanks -- how do I leave?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:17:12 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I'm not actually familiar with IRCCloud; bennu?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:17:22 PM EDT] <derynifank> Night R Smith
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:17:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Night RSmith
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:17:41 PM EDT] <KK> Well, on that note, I think I'll sign off and go to a different part of my home, where a dog and a cat are eager to be fed. And DR, the sound came through fine on that link.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:17:59 PM EDT] <DesertRose> If all else fails, typing "/quit" ought to do it, minus the quotation marks and with the slash as the first character on the line.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:18:02 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Night, KK. Have a good week ahead Stay safe
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:18:16 PM EDT] Quit rsmith12jm () has left this server (Quit: ).
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:18:26 PM EDT] <derynifank> Night KK. Have a good week
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:18:28 PM EDT] <KK> Take care, everyone, stay healthy, and hope to see you all next week.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:18:30 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Okay, g'night, KK. Thanks for coming to see us! Have a good week, and be safe and well, please. Will we see you next week?
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:18:45 PM EDT] <KK> Yep, I'll be here.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:18:45 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Nighters, KK
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:18:47 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And you answered the question before I hit enter, LOL. Stay well!
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:19:01 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I should go to. Have a good week, everyone!
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:19:01 PM EDT] <KK> Nighters, all.
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:19:03 PM EDT] <bynw> night KK
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:19:07 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Visions of Deryni dancing in your head...
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:19:08 PM EDT] <DesertRose> G'night, Jerusha!
[Sunday, June 14, 2020] [8:19:14 PM EDT] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: https://mibbit.com Online IRC Client).