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Don't forget those massive and lovely bugs that attack you for no reason.
Talk about it...
And again the females, actually only they require blood in order to produce eggs.
Yeah my window A/C units slide up and let me put in a windowscreen. This simple process also provides fresh food on the wing for the resident spiders, which is why I let the latter live...
I stream YouTube at 1440p on my workstation. According to a bit of software I use, the estimated download this week has been 280~ GB. Curious to figure out a way to isolate it to just YouTube and Google CDN servers. It also counts traffic through a download manager I use to use the full breadth of our connection and download large files without much fuss.
If I downloaded 280 GB in a week on my connection I'd have to have upgraded, I think. Anyway it would probably fetch me an inquiry from my provider. Somewhere I think those guys may still have a 5GB cap on THE MONTH in their terms of service for DSL users. They "don't currently enforce it" last time I bothered to inquire. I believe it was stuck in there to be able to bounce customers who used their service for peer networking and using pirated music sites back in the day.
On my mind this evening: it's already getting dark sooner. Funny how right after a heatwave passes through in late July it starts feeling like summer is almost over when in fact it's only recently got itself into gear!
Our ISP has or had a soft 1 TB limit, but they've never cared as long as you explain to them what your usage is if they inquire. There's a note on our customer account that we stream a lot because of such and such, and that we back up to the cloud a lot.
Those moments when autocorrect takes a typo-ridden sentence and turns it into a different typo-ridden sentence.
That's why they call it Safari. It's an adventure in the wild world of words.
Amen to that.
I have mentioned elsewhere how reports I had penned dealing with and addressing matters of public policy (to some rather elevated personages) were transformed into something......drastically and dramatically (and rather embarrassingly) different by the foul machinations of auto-correct.
Now, that is good. Very good.
So good, I may even - er - borrow it (with appropriate permissions granted, of course) for future use myself.
You know what they say: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery......
It looks like a nice day (weather wise) is in store. The girls are on the deck sunning themselves. One, as a young hottie sprawled out and the other is smiling as she sits properly...all dignified and regal. She needs a large hat and gloves, I think.
Reminds me of a friend who had three aunts who where ahead of their time; hiking, fishing, traveling, etc. on their own, but would be dressed head to toe in 'proper' dress at all times.
My back pain is on my mind. What did I do to set it off? Taking my rain coat off.
You need to move to Southern California. It never rains there.
The commute for work would be horrendous!
What was on my mind was what to do for dinner, having spent the best part of two hours in the farmers' market earlier today; I had planned on fish, but was too tired to bother with the necessary preparation.
Cheese, bread and fruit was served instead; that means, fish - with roast potatoes, and salad - tomorrow.
Cheese, bread and fruit was served instead; that means, fish - with roast potatoes, and salad - tomorrow.
My back is killing me and I'm feeling terrible again. Combination of this heat, lack of sleep and being eaten alive whenever I'm outside.
Also ordered some floodlights for the back stretches of the yard and into the open land to ward off and annoy animals at night so they piss off.
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Also ordered some floodlights for the back stretches of the yard and into the open land to ward off and annoy animals at night so they piss off.
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Yeah, but in his case he's describing his dogs.
Re being eaten alive, may I recommend the British company Al Fresco who produce splendid (and totally natural, based mainly on citronella) anti-mosquito sprays and creams?
I use this stuff (and mosquitoes love me; this is one of those asymmetrical relationships - they love me and I hate them) and find it wonderful; it works.
I've slathered myself with enough citronella cream where Missus Z jokes I smell of a candle when I walk by.
I've slathered myself with enough citronella cream where Missus Z jokes I smell of a candle when I walk by.
Try Al Fresco.
I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Mosquitoes seek me out, and feast on me with organic joy, yet, whenever I have the wit to remember to slather this stuff on to the relevant pulse points, and other attractive (to mosquitos) areas, I am resolutely left alone.
One thing I have noticed in the past several years as I have begun to......ahem, gently age, is that I am much more sensitive to heat and humidity than I was in the past. Used to be that I could be out at the pool or sitting out on my deck in beastly hot weather even when we are all drenched with humidity on top of that, but no more..... Even staying well-hydrated doesn't seem to be enough of a solution.
Citronella is great stuff -- candles, in creams to apply, whatever, to keep those pesky bloodsuckers away!
Citronella is great stuff -- candles, in creams to apply, whatever, to keep those pesky bloodsuckers away!
Coffee on my mind. A Brazilian Cerrado that I get when I'm up in Ithaca, ordered some online because it's too hot to go up there right now in my humble heat-loathing opinion, so it's coming to me in the post instead. Looking forward to it, meanwhile using up the last of some Honduran that I also re-stock when I'm up there, have about half a pound left...
I find myself rocking my head side to side and falling asleep lately whenever I've sat still for a half hour or more. Why can't the kids simply sleep in on weekends? Isn't that what children do? 7 AM and I hear pitter pattering feet which are actually massive stomping but by the time the vibration and noise stretch the house's large coverings, it's like someone tapping on your side-table with their finger tips trying to get your attention.
Don't get me started on morning doves. The bastards. If I wasn't sane, I'd have been fined multiple times by now for using a shotgun on birds. Need to look into electrifying certain leading edges.
Don't get me started on morning doves. The bastards. If I wasn't sane, I'd have been fined multiple times by now for using a shotgun on birds. Need to look into electrifying certain leading edges.