Tooth Fairy principle. Be afraid.

I found them, I found them, I found them!

Great! And is your house clean now?

She was busy screaming for ice cream! (That joke just never gets old.) ;)

Since I switched Diz from raw chicken to catfood (following the Bank Holiday choke-a-thon) he has been doing some absolutely monstrous poo's (apostrophe allowed for clarity).
Gaggingly meaty and I'm sure there are more of them.
He doesn't cover them up any more either - probably just running from the smell himself.
So the expensive CatSan I buy - because his litter tray is in my bedroom - doesn't even get a chance to work its magic.

Yukky.

I'm getting a whiff of one now. And I'm two rooms away.
Off with a poo bag to remove the offending article.

POO! Smelly as well as literally.
I'm sure this can't be good for him if it smells so bad.
Like me having Guinness and pizza farts back in the day.

Tajjy used to have those noxious poo's. OMG.

Gaines is physiologically more well-adjusted than any cat I've ever known. Never sick, poo always nice and solid. I've seen him almost barf like once. He eats and drinks the same as all my cats did...but he's just got a strong constitution. I think it's 'cause he's Russian. ;)

Psychologically, he's a nut, but that's what I like in a cat. :)

Note how I am still here.
The 'rents are cooking dinner and I am above the kitchen, so the smell of fish (Friday) has overcome the smell of poo.

Really, I will clean his tray soon - I'm a responsible owner.
But the timing is wrong now.

Mum sometimes makes silly comments about how often I clean Diz's tray (I adore him - it's clean).
And she brought up three babies.
And she likes to mock my gag reflex.

But even so it's not fair to take a poo-bag through the kitchen during dinner.

you could de-bone the chicken

Woke up yesterday to find water flowing down the streets. A water main had broken about 100 feet away from us. We had very low water pressure from 6am to about 11am.

Want to eat some fruit but I'm too lazy to put some already cut melon into a bowl so I can bring them into my room to eat. Yeah, I can exercise my ass off but I won't go into the kitchen to get some fruits. :lol: Or maybe subconsciously I don't want to see the pile of dishes that I have to wash later. Nah, I'm just lazy. :D

It appears that the thread "Word Association, part deux." may be a Cellar record holder with its total of 66 deleted posts. Perhaps it should be accorded Cellar Landmark status.

If only 17,941 was the record.....

A fat heifer stepped on the top of my foot and that is 1100 lbs more weight than its used to bearing. :eyebrow:

Ow! I had a milk cow step on a cats paw while I was milking one time. The cow never had a clue but the cat was clawing at her like crazy.

I swam a shitload and lost 7lbs in a month. I rock. but my swimming thread is boring everyone, so I'm whoring my acomplishment here :D.....

Swimmingly whorish. ;)

Next week I'mm'a learn to spell.....

c c señora. :biggrinba

Oh Monnie, don't fret.
And I'm not bored by your swimming thread. Like with Clod, it's an alien world to me, so I read rather than comment.

I whore JB in every thread. I've learned not to contain myself. I take The Nile as my example. It used to flood every year and the effluvium it carried brought a diversity of crops to Egypt.

In other words, where there's shit, there's grass.

Oh and re Diz's chicken, the theory behind the Blood and Bones feeding is that wings give the perfect blend of bone, marrow, blood, fat and protein. The only better source for cats is chicken necks. Except you can't buy them in this country. Not from butchers anyway. That boy loved cracking those bones - he would walk away from chopped chicken after a while (yes, he would come back - he's a cat) but would stay to crack open full chick wings.

Mum said it was my fault for not cutting the pieces small enough. But if he grew wings and flew away it would be my fault too. I may have over-reacted (which means yes I did and don't want to admit it) but for now he gets pouch food with too many carbs and sugar and colouring. When I've paid off this vet bill I might consider putting him back on a chicken diet... Maybe.

Does it say something about my lack of class that I find this T-shirt funny?

LOL, I wish I had the balls to wear that to work.

We now interrupt your regularly scheduled thread for some whine:

The antibiotics pretty much cleared the sinus infection but the bronchitis lingers. I've been sick for over a week now, and I'm weak. Vacation time ruined. This weekend not looking to fare better. I'm wondering about pneumonia: sometimes I can't breathe except like an asthmatic.

I'm a horrible sick person.

We now resume your scheduled thread for your viewing pleasure.

Still sick. Still hacking. Still breathing like an asthmatic.

Yes, I know you care.

Has anyone heard of fish racing yet?

You will. Remember cornhole? This is the next big thing.

You saw it here first. (I missed a family party where they had fish racing, cause I was sick...apparently it's freaking hilarious.)

me too. i'm almost ready to go to the doctor, I've had this cough over a month now :(

I finished a z-pack, to no avail.

It is the sucketh.

I have the energy of a wet noodle.

I need to go and be a wet noodle. I should pass the 25 mile mark today. Maybe even the 26 too...... unless i cough up a lung.

I didn't even swim yesterday at my brother's house. My ears are just now clearing out, and I know I would get water in them and it would hurt (or in my lungs or whatever.)

I dangled my feet and that was about it.

Happy 25 miles!

Is your cough definitely chest congestion or is it really bad post nasal drip. My husband and I had that cough for at least a month. The doc gave him z-pack too and it did zip.

Woman, why did you put this here? I was following you over in the other thread. Stay in the other thread so we can cheer you on. Well, at least you have one follower and that's me. :D By the way, CONGRATS on your 7 lbs lost. :cheerldr: Keep it up!! Keep it up!!! :cheerldr:


So sorry to hear about your sickness, Infinite. I hope you get better soon. :)

Me? It was diagnosed as bronchitis, and there is definitely stuff in my lungs that isn't moving. My lungs squeak from time to time, in between wheezing. I've still got some nasal issues too but I think the infection is gone.

Thanks Lola! And I am keeping monster and you in mind as my motivations. WHEN I feel better I am going to start being better!

Infi, if this is an ongoing thing you need to get serious with your doctor.
Guidelines here state that if you have a cough for 3 weeks you want to look at other symptoms, it might be more serious.

Not trying to freak you out - better to be safe than sorry.
And no, that's not a hypochrondriac reaction, it's official information which busy GPs sometimes miss.

I just wanted to let y'all know that my phonics group have really been missing me.
I was in late Friday (scheduled time off) AND Monday and Tuesday (work times changed so I could attend Tiger's new classroom orientations as they happen in the afternoons.)

Given that phonics is usually @ 10.00, the sessions have had to be merged. It was a teaching decision, but the children don't really get that - my five feel they have missed out.

They haven't of course, but I did get a little frisson, given that my motley crew include a child barely able to sit still for ten minutes; a child who is pretty much unable to speak; the shyest and shakiest boy; probably the most troublesome. The latter frequently asks me whether I am angry. In a hopeful way. He has decided if I am angry I will stamp on his head, and this phrase has permeated the group. I am asked to stamp on their heads at least three times a week.

Oh I missed one out of my count. He's a little moptop I can't otherwise categorise.

The wonderful thing about them is they all try damned hard.
They all enjoy the work.
And they love being in a small group - they were seriously getting left behind when it was a full class activity. Hence Mrs P's decision to calve them off.

At a time when I am working on Tiger's social skills - a nebulous and long-term goal - I have seen four out of five able to write their names. And ALL of them improve in sounding out letters and blending into words.

I know it's not something many people can relate to, but it has made me really happy.
And knowing my group have actually missed THE WORK is a real boost.
Back to normal scheduling tomorrow.
And I bet they act like little sods...

(a) :lol: at the idea of Sundae actually stamping on a kiddie's head!
(b) that sort of reputation could come in useful...

Infikey, late last (southern) winter a bug causally called the 40-day cough went around Adeliade. Turns out it was whooping cough. Sounds a bit like what you have. Maybe check it out. That or leprosy. Take your pick. ;)

I knew I shouldn't have gone to Badelaide just to meet YOU.

I suppose if it isn't better by Friday I'll try to get in. It's the exhaustion that worries me, and makes it difficult to even want to leave the house.

Thanks! :)

I found out the ex-s parents house burned to the ground. . . on July 4th.

Is that good or bad or just random, classic?
I can think of some people's houses I would like to be burnt down.
But no-one I know right now. Maybe that's what equilibrium is.

I've just had a poo.
Diz also had one at approx the same time.
I have cleared it from his tray.

I didn't spray any air freshener for either of us as I don't like it, and with Mum away I'll have no moans.
But now I keep thinking I can smell one or the other.

1) Why do my poos smell like something that has exited from a cat?
2) if a poo falls in the house and no mother can hear it, does it still smell?
3) Is it possible to get atom-sized poo particles in your nose hair so you think you smell it for ages?
4) Is this subliminal guilt about the odour of sanctity and nothing to do with poo at all?

ETA got the answer as soon as I posted this. Dad was having a pasty for tea.
While they do not smell like poo, when filtered through floorboards and carpet they do have a peculiar meaty smell not obvious at close range. In fact I used to think I smelled catfood when one of my colleagues at them at his desk, despite having no objection to the product if put in front of me. Not a good advert though.

So neither poo was to blame.
But Dad's might be tomorrow.

When Ah were a boy, we only had two Yorkeshiremen. And we had to hire them by the hour.

Just an update, and FYI, the 411, for those who have been following along at home:

I went back to the doc on Saturday. I did indeed have a lingering infection in my lungs. The z-pack, while convenient and usually effective, wasn't strong enough to knock the infection out of my lungs.

So I'm on another antibiotic and something for the asthma-like wheezing that happens when I cough and that almost sent me to the hospital early into the illness.

And I'm feeling much better already. :)

I love my doc. I don't mind seeing the PA or NP in a pinch, but no one knows me like my Doc!

Lung time no see......

someone needs to spoof this on a harry potter theme:

I'm considering trying a "hot yoga" class. (For those who are unaware, this is like regular yoga, but a little more geared toward the "exercise" rather than "relaxation" angle... and it's done in a room that is 90 degrees and 60% humidity.)

Anyone ever done one of these?

My SiL was into it when they were on the left coast. She loved it.

I have new friends this summer who I love apart from their freakish hot yoga obsession. i don't hate that bit about them, i just don't love it either. they talk about it a lot. they are self confessed addicts and go every day (usually not together because one of them has to be the kid taxi), and they plan to travel to hear the cheif-hot-yogi speak this summer. they admit he's nuts. they admit they're nuts. Would you like me to ask them any questions about it?

Sorry if you posted somewhere else and I'm too lazy to find it. How are you doing infi? Any better?

I'm getting worried, I have an out of state friend who's been going through chemo for lymphoma. It wasn't going well and they were gonna bump him up to radiation. I haven't heard from him in weeks. He hasn't been online or responded to my text. I'm afraid to do more in case I get a message back telling me he died. :(

Thanks for asking, mtp. :)

I had a backslide over the weekend. I didn't go anywhere except for store runs. I still have hope that this round of antibiotics will knock it out. If not, I guess they'll need to look further. The way my brain works, one moment I'm sure I have a terminal illness and the next I'm sure my job is killing me. Either way, I'm helpless. Sigh...is this the kind of stuff we're allowed to talk about in the Cellar?

As to your friend, is there someone who would know about your friend that you could message? Not knowing is the worst, even if what you find out is awful, I think. :comfort:

Why would you want that? The extra intensity I understand, but why the uncomfortable room?

On Saturday night I was so drunk I fell down and pissed my pants.

I would love it, I think. I like to take hour long walks when its really hot and sunny outside. My body is warmed up and loose from the get go.

Supposedly it's just better for you--the extra sweating allows your body to clear toxins more efficiently, including the lactic acid that your muscles naturally create when exercising. (Of course it's imperative that you replace that water during and afterwards.) Also, they make this claim that when the ambient temperature is close to 98.6 degrees, you don't have to waste energy maintaining your body temperature, and more can be directed on the mental/physical focus you're supposed to be achieving. That works if you're just stretching, but if you're really working out I would think your body has to work harder to keep you cool instead...? I dunno. I think maybe you just get an endorphin rush trying to keep yourself alive in the heat, and that's why people think they like it. :)

my yoga teacher says it's a gimmick.

:tux:

Look at Jason Donovan's mullet in the first frame: :)

it is teh awesome! In a redneck way...

I see a problem here.

The mullet is indeed a redneck accessory of the first order. But wouldn't the presence of the mullet prevent the neckal redness from forming properly? Will wanna-be rednecks be forced to visit tanning salons and pink-up their napes? Will a new wave of solaria be opened in Hicksvilles around the world? Will this be what drags the sluggish economy forward?

Is there anything we aren't allowed to talk about on the Cellar? That sucks that you backslid, I really hope you get better. I for one, would blame the job.

Funny thing, I actually heard from him last night, finally. He's doing better, finally! We're internet buddies (for the past 4yrs) so I don't know anyone in his RL, and I doubt they know of me. /shrug
I know of one person he still talks to from our old gaming days but I don't actually know how to contact this person, or if he would know more than I. Well for now, the issue is resolved, so I'm happy.

This week will be hot enough to cook a hog in a hamper! >phew!< :greenface

There's Halloween Stuff at the Dollar Store.

On our way back from dropping my daughter off at camp, I came this --><-- close to being involved in a spectacular crash at 70 MPH on a congested highway.

A truck had just lost its tread off a wheel, and that tread was stretching completely across my lane. The minivan two cars ahead of me swerved onto the shoulder to avoid it. The car in front of me was slower to react, and the driver did a little swerve to the left before hitting it, jerking the wheel back to the right and spinning around at 70 MPH before slamming rear end first into the cable guardrails. Meanwhile I was already slowing down and moving to the right, so I missed everything. I pulled off the highway, and we went back to check on the driver. She was perfectly fine. Not a scratch on her. But her car was probably totalled.

I think pulling over (and complete off the highway way into the grass) to check on her was the right thing to do, but it was dangerous. For a while, the tread was still in the road, and cars going 70 were swerving with little control around it and onto the shoulder closer to me than I wanted.

I've always hated the fact that trucks can get their tires retreaded just to save some money. That cheap tuck driver may have saved a few hundred over buying a new tire, but he almost killed several people, and he caused thousands of dollars in damage, all because he is cheap.

A federal law should be passed banning retreads. It will increase the cost of trucking, which will be passed along to the consumer, but I bet it would save society as a whole more money that it would cost. In 25 years of driving, this is the second time that I've witnessed a retread causing that kind of damage to other vehicles.

Last night, the accident kept replaying in my mind for a couple hours until I fell asleep. It was spectacular and scary.

eek! I'm glad everyone was ok.

You can't spend any time on the highway without seeing tread debris.