Bazza Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER It's only 2:50 PM on a Friday' date=' and my brain has already checked out for the weekend.[/quote'] mine too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER . . . Halfway through a work weekend. Professional Developement starts monday -- Cellular Biology starts tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER New kittens in the house. Four, ferals, no mother with them. They're dirty, got fleas. At least one is sick. About 4 weeks old. Pics in a few days. One black, one grey tabby, one brown tabby, one pointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER best of luck (to their health). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The brown tabby is ill. He seems to have trouble passing poo. Unclear what that means or what is causing it. The other three are coming around. They're pretty social for what I expect for ferals (which is what we were told they were) ... I went into the bathroom at 6AM, turned on the light, and they woke up, came out of their sleeping box one by one, purring. My wife has been working on cleaning them, and that's helped a lot, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER . . . Halfway through a work weekend. Professional Developement starts monday -- Cellular Biology starts tuesday. I had fun with Cell Bio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER . . . Starts right off with an electron microscope lab, I gather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER . . . Starts right off with an electron microscope lab' date=' I gather. [/quote'] You have a cooler Cell Bio class than I did. (as close as I could get to a jealous smiley) Of course I also took it more than 20 years ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Yeah, if I'd hit the age of 20 now instead of the mid-1970's, I'd probably have gone into something biochemical instead of astronomy. The kinds of "big issue" questions that they're addressing now are quite interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Full moon last night, though we knew that from the glare coming in through the skywall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER . . . Does anyone have any mysterious dog bites to report? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Fortunately, lycanthropy is restricted to warm-blooded animals. Otherwise mosquito bites would be MUCH greater cause for concern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER . . . A were-mite. That's not anything I feel I want to stat out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Speaking of statting-out, here's an interesting little tool. A pity it doesn't come with a generated-on-request video, but 3-d hypersonic impacts are kinda tough to model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Yeah, I've played around that onw before. It's neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The brown tabby is ill. He seems to have trouble passing poo. Unclear what that means or what is causing it. The other three are coming around. They're pretty social for what I expect for ferals (which is what we were told they were) ... I went into the bathroom at 6AM' date=' turned on the light, and they woke up, came out of their sleeping box one by one, purring. My wife has been working on cleaning them, and that's helped a lot, too.[/quote'] How old are they? Younger kittens have an easier time socializing to humans than older ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER And how is the brown tabby now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER On socializing, at least with ones from feral moms, you want to get them at one month. Earlier, you have food issues, later socializing issues. I just got back from an adoption event in Phoenix. Kind of slow, but four kittens went home, another one is pending. I had more people that I had to turn down than usual. Five people. Three declaw, one indoor/outdoor access, and one woman was drunk though I wasn't sure until she breathed on me... Today on my way back, along with the cats from the adoption, I transported one FeLV cat to a new home here and some animals going to our Lifetime Care program. Three cats, two parakeets, and a flat tailed gecko. I then stopped off at the Navaho dump's tire pile and looked for some kittens that were spotted a few days ago. No luck though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER We were told the kittens were about 4 weeks, but we know nothing about their history before they got to the shelter. The brown tabby (whom my wife has dubbed "Ducky", at least for now) is better. Still not out of the woods yet, though. When she had them looked at yesterday, my wife was told that he (Ducky's male) and one of the others was dehydrated, so she's been giving them fluids (formula, canned food diluted with water). With luck they'll all be gaining weight in a day or two (two actually lost between Saturday and yesterday morning). Also, the momcat from last spring's litter (the kittens were adopted in mid-June) was finally adopted herself yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Long story, but true, just about 20 minutes ago. Terrible joke at the end. The espresso stand down in the atrium of one building I work in is named "An Ounce of Prevention". (This is in a cancer research center.) The name is in segments of letters (trios, I think) above the stand. Well, this morning, the last set ("ion") had fallen off and was sitting on the shade below its former place. "Yes," the barrista told me, "We are now 'An Ounce of Prevent'." "You really need to get that fixed," I replied. "Those free ions will kill you." He hadn't had that one sprung on him yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER . . . Ehehe. More fruit for he. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Took kitten pics yesterday, but none were particularly good. Flash photography has real limits in this situation. I'll try to get something worth posting Saturday, when I'll be home with daylight coming in through the skywall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Also, Ducky seems to be fine. He has joined his sisters (1 male, 3 females) in eating like crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER At the risk of infusing politics into a different sort of long-running nonsense thread, yesterday's Zippy the Pinhead strip was the first one up to solid Pinhead standards in a quite a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER . . . What is it with you people and politics these days? You can't take a step in the NGD without tripping over a bloated, inflamed, feverish thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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