Random Thoughts 18: The Year of Fire

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The snowflake ;) cou8ldn't handle a tick?
Nope. He was squealing like a little girl, and told us he was never going geocaching here again. It was...weird but funny. However, we were laughing AT him, not with him. Big macho boss dad...can't deal with ticks? I mean, I don't like them, but they are a fact of life here. Such a baby!
 
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Why oh why do people continue to post this junk?

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We live in an older CR neighborhood. Neighbor directly south has cats that she let's roam the area (I've counted nine). They **** everywhere in our yard and I noticed three kittens today, maybe a couple months old. The neighbor on the other side, good friend, said she called animal control, nothing they can do. We all talked to the cat lady, she doesn't care. Would trapping be the best option? My airsoft pistol doesn't work to scare the older ones away.
 

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We live in an older CR neighborhood. Neighbor directly south has cats that she let's roam the area (I've counted nine). They **** everywhere in our yard and I noticed three kittens today, maybe a couple months old. The neighbor on the other side, good friend, said she called animal control, nothing they can do. We all talked to the cat lady, she doesn't care. Would trapping be the best option? My airsoft pistol doesn't work to scare the older ones away.
I am no cat expert but I would think a couple of months old especially if they are starting to roam around would be old enough to rehome. I would hope the shelter or the local animal care groups would be of help to trap and or intervene to remedy the situation.
 

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Club sports are certainly an adventure. Our son's baseball coach apparently put a hit on a kid during our game on Tuesday evening and has been forced to resign. His view continues to be "that's just baseball". Should be an interesting weekend at the state tournament as his son is still on the team. He is also going through a divorce so plenty of tension and whatnot in the house.
 

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Club sports are certainly an adventure. Our son's baseball coach apparently put a hit on a kid during our game on Tuesday evening and has been forced to resign. His view continues to be "that's just baseball". Should be an interesting weekend at the state tournament as his son is still on the team. He is also going through a divorce so plenty of tension and whatnot in the house.
I don't have kids that age. What does that mean?
 
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We live in an older CR neighborhood. Neighbor directly south has cats that she let's roam the area (I've counted nine). They **** everywhere in our yard and I noticed three kittens today, maybe a couple months old. The neighbor on the other side, good friend, said she called animal control, nothing they can do. We all talked to the cat lady, she doesn't care. Would trapping be the best option? My airsoft pistol doesn't work to scare the older ones away.
Does CR have a leash law? Does it cover cats? If yes to both, then you have a basis for the cats to be trapped and removed from your property. A lot depends on just how deep you want to get into it with a crazy cat lady.
By the way, my cats are all completely indoor cats, and are all spayed/neutered. That woman is NOT a responsible pet owner.
 

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We live in an older CR neighborhood. Neighbor directly south has cats that she let's roam the area (I've counted nine). They **** everywhere in our yard and I noticed three kittens today, maybe a couple months old. The neighbor on the other side, good friend, said she called animal control, nothing they can do. We all talked to the cat lady, she doesn't care. Would trapping be the best option? My airsoft pistol doesn't work to scare the older ones away.
Trap and take to the humane society/ shelter.
 
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Nope. He was squealing like a little girl, and told us he was never going geocaching here again. It was...weird but funny. However, we were laughing AT him, not with him. Big macho boss dad...can't deal with ticks? I mean, I don't like them, but they are a fact of life here. Such a baby!

Sounds like someone with some real issues.
 
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I don't have kids that age. What does that mean?
Probably told a pitcher to hit him with a pitch or a base runner to spike them. Both are sort of unwritten parts of baseball but not until upper high school age.
 
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Club sports are certainly an adventure. Our son's baseball coach apparently put a hit on a kid during our game on Tuesday evening and has been forced to resign. His view continues to be "that's just baseball". Should be an interesting weekend at the state tournament as his son is still on the team. He is also going through a divorce so plenty of tension and whatnot in the house.

Wait a minute how old is LilWx now? I thought he still less than 10.
 

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Wait a minute how old is LilWx now? I thought he still less than 10.
My thoughts also....thought LittleWx might have just finished 3rd grade, so 9?

That's a bit intense for that age. Feel sorry for the son still on the team.
 

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I and the rest of my work team have been through the wringer the past two and a half months with new software coming on-line. A lot of it could have been avoided with better preparation, but we can't go back in time and fix that. The one big gaping hole that continues to be there, though, is that we never received proper training on the new system.

Fast forward to yesterday, and the rumors that had been swirling come true. Basically, they want to increase our team's responsibilities by 25-33%. (And I'm probably underestimating) A team meeting was held today, and luckily our supervisor is on our side. I had forgone the podcast I usually listen to on Thursday mornings driving in, and practiced an argument/speech just in case our supervisor wasn't totally in our corner. I was able to make my point in the meeting of 1) We need black & white documentation of how to do things on the new software and not just the piece-meal learning that's happening, and 2) If we are taking on this increase of responsibility, what is going to be our permanent compensation for it? The people making these decisions for us don't understand what we've been doing and what this means for us. I'm hoping the words "permanent compensation" will kick them in the arse to understand it's going to cost the company money to do what they're doing.

If something doesn't change to the positive for our team (increase in pay or these new responsibilities removed) I will weaponize my flex and/or vacation time that I have left.
 
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I don't have kids that age. What does that mean?
Either threw at him or a hard contact slide type deal. That would be my guess.
Wait a minute how old is LilWx now? I thought he still less than 10.
My thoughts also....thought LittleWx might have just finished 3rd grade, so 9?

That's a bit intense for that age. Feel sorry for the son still on the team.
He is 9.5 so but it is a 9U team based on the date cutoff. Coach took LittleWx out from pitching, put in one of the teams best pitchers and directed him to hit the next batter because he thought he was being cocky. After he did he switched him back out. Word got around and he was relieved of his position. In his eyes it’s just baseball.
 
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