Let Sleeping Dogs Rant

[TBoneTX 47,101]

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

Got up early enough to prep for rendezvous with the FAJC, arise-and-prep we man.

Texted her twice with our timing and "Please confirm, si man," si man.  No response, no man.

We headed out regardless, one hour and Many (2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2 +1) miles man.

Arrived on time, timely we man.

Couldn't find her exact casa, one of 2 or Many possibles man.

Texted and called, no response man.

Finally texted that we were hurt and had had our time wasted, up-stood we man.

We drove to a Mexican restaurant about 2 miles away and began lunching, ingest we man.

 

We then got a lengthy, apologetic text from the FAJC, apologetic FAJC man.

She said that a job interview had come up and she'd forgotten all about us, true story man.

She asked where we were, she'd be home soon, and could we still meet, ask FAJC of we man man.

We indicated our receptivity, receptive we man.

 

So, 1 hour + half an hour after originally scheduled time, we met the FAJC, finally caucus we man.

We took her to lunch at Popeye's*, highly acceptable choice to FAJC and to we man man.

     *WUOC, financially savvy and approved-of-by-FAJC we man

Had nice chat for an hour until we had to leave, nice FAJC man.

The FAJC is a noosering student, 2nd year of Noosering Skool man.

We knew this and had brought along medical books that we'd planned to donate, prepared we man.

As we returned the FAJC to her casa, we gave her choice of one, Many, or all, offer we to FACJ man.

The FAJC very gratefully took all but one, older edition of another man.

She said to text her when we returned to our casa, text we man to FAJC man man.

 

We left at half-past 2 p.m. and went to nearby donation place, donate we man.

We donated Many (2+1) bags of stuff in the T-B.-mobile trunk, donate we man.

We briefly went into the resale store but were off-turned by its random nature, too much work man.

 

Trip back to casa was substantially delayed, absolutely awful traffic at Many p.m. man.

We were exhausted by the stress and the traffic and were sleepy from lunch, out-wiped we man.

We made it to the casa about half-of-half an hour late, totally hosed we man man.

We lunched demanding miu and went straight to siesta, desperate-for-zzz we man.

Of course, siesta was interrupted by a call from Uncle T-B. and a blow-leafer outside,  man.

 

We conclude that the FAJC is perfectly nice, conclude we man.

However, the distance is not sustainable, no man.

The FAJC has no car, previously totaled man.

Her schedule is challenging to navigate, Noosering Skool man.

We therefore will probably not pursue anything further, oh well man.

 

Unless the EJC renews interest, this will be our last interaction from the website, gone dark on it now man.

It was a highly interesting (!!?) Many (2+2+2) months, conclude we and agree all of you man man.

We will begin applying to monasteries shortly, only remaining option man.

 

After siesta, felt like dog-poop, borderline-ill we man.

Felt slightly less hosed after shower and a mega-Tylenol, somewhat man.

 

Up-picked Mini-B. in eve, Two Guys week man.

Mini-B. quite helpful in arranging his new room, motivated wee man man.

This was good because we were at about 2% personal battery life, exhausted we man.

Mini-B. showed us his newest computer game, watch in bewilderment we man man.

 

Din-din for us was onecan of sliced carrots, ingest we man.

Mini-B. had din-din with ex-Mrs.-T-B., pre-ingest wee man man.

 

Mini-B. is enjoying his new bathroom, bath towel**, and bedroom digs, enjoy wee man man.

     **bought at a recent ES, financially savvy we man

It was past time to give him this kind of independence, recognize acutely we man re wee man man.

We think that this will rebuild father-son relations, don't blow it we man please man man.

 

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

Must take Mini-B. to skool and Uncle T-B. to doctor, chauffeur wee and senior he man man.

And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 47,101]

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Thursday report, see man:

 

We awoke Mini-B. from a dead sleep, zzz wee man.

He's thrilled with his new bedroom/bathroom digs, happy to satisfy wee man we man man.

 

Took Uncle T-B. to eye doc, all good enough for half-year hiatus till next caucus man.

Went to Costco, 2 items man.

Place was utterly out-of-control mobbed at noon on a Thursday,  man.

Lunch was the Costco hot dog + (diet) Pepsi, ingest we man.

 

Siesta'd at casa, zzz we man.

 

Texted FAJC complimentarily but cited imposing distance, cannot sustain same we man.

FAJC responded graciously and wants to re-caucus if/when things change, nice FAJC man.

 

Mama T-B. wanted to see Mini-B. after skool, insistent senior she man.

"It will be for a very short visit, si man," quoth senior she man man.

We were there for 1 hour + half an hour, ravenous Two Guys man.

Din-din was emergency sustenance from BK*, ingest Two Guys man.

     *WUOC, financially savvy we man

 

Mini-B. gamed with amigos for much of evening, game wee man man.

He seems quite happy, glee wee man man.

 

We have itineraried an anemic Many (2+1) ESs for Friday, itinerary we man.

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

[mam521 2,441]

On 5/21/2025 at 2:36 PM, Ban Hammer said:

i've seen so many problems with ice makers i'd say it is worth buying one without an ice maker, just use the trays to make ice.  of course, i don't use ice anyways due to living in europe where ice costs extra and having been in a combat zone where even a warm coke was better than no coke.
my current fridge is a whirlpool i bought about 23 years ago, and it works just fine.  what is the brand of your current fridge?

as for filtered water, i use a separate water pitcher - culligan zero water - that removes a lot of the total dissolved solids from
water. 

https://shop.culligan.com/

I'm not an ice in beverages fan.  My kids are.  Ice is good for pina coladas and margaritas...I don't like it in regular beverages or water.  I have a smashed front tooth from playing lacrosse years ago so it's sensitive to cold.  Ice is such a North American thing!  

 

You can probably guess the brand of junk refrigerator we have.  Korean brand.  Absolute favorite of @Ontarkie (yes, insert dripping sarcasm! 🤭). 

 

We use a high volume of filtered water because Texas...kids, pets, lots of filtered water.  I used to have a water cooler in Canada that took the big 5gal bottles, which was great, but everything eventually wears out and it took up space.  

 

We're going to go out later and take a peruse at what's available.  Very likely to be the well regarded Bosch 800 series since it's a dual compressor model that is $500 off for Memorial Day sales.  I'm just annoyed because I recently purchased a new, overhead garage door as a "big ticket home improvement" item, not anticipating having to consider whether I want to be continually inconvenienced or just replace the misbehaving refrigerator.  Definite first world problems, I know.  

 

BTW, your kitten is beautiful! 😍

[TBoneTX 47,101]

6 hours ago, mam521 said:

I recently purchased a new, overhead garage door as a "big ticket home improvement" item, not anticipating having to consider whether I want to be continually inconvenienced or just replace the misbehaving refrigerator.

But have you purchased your Pre-Owned Toilet Seats yet, huh mam ma'am?

On Memorial Day sale at a handsome 0.0000001% off full retail, $$$$$i man.

Buy your POTSs today, si mam ma'am!    

[TBoneTX 47,101]

Friday ES report, see man:

19 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

We have itineraried an anemic Many (2+1) ESs for Friday, itinerary we man.

We attended all Many (2+1) ESs, dependable truthful reliable we man.

A Many'th (2+2th) ES appeared, but we didn't attend, out of our way man.

 

The first and Many'rd ESs yielded the take, see man:

 -- 2-pc. queen sheets = $Many-&-a-half ($[2+2+2] + half a buck), deal man

 -- ~full roll uHaul box-tape, ~full can Foamy shaving-cream = $2, steal man

Total = $Many-&-a-half ($[2x2x2] + half a buck)

[Ban Hammer 14,077]

8 hours ago, mam521 said:

BTW, your kitten is beautiful! 😍

here's a more recent pic of her clowning around by the kitchen.

[TBoneTX 47,101]

1 hour ago, Ban Hammer said:

here's a more recent pic of her clowning around by the kitchen.

Is she officially a mediumhair or a shorthair, huh man?

How often do you have to brush her, huh man?

More pertinent is how often she wants YOU to brush her, almost like having a needy wife in feline form man.

[TBoneTX 47,101]

Thrilling non-ES Friday report, see man:

 

Breakfast was 2 hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man.

Went ES-ing and then to Dollar-plus-half-of-half-a-dollar Tree and to Aldi, shop we for ourself and Mama T-B. man.

Returned to casa and tried to siesta, hosed by texts/phone calls man.  

 

After de-skooling Mini-B., called Mama T-B. to arrange delivery, deliver we man.

Mama T-B. more frazzled than we'd almost ever heard, frazzled senior she man.

Cousinette T-B. had phoned her for 2 hours, yak yak YAK YAK YAK she man.

(Cousinette T-B. is an ultra-extrovert who never shuts up, si and no and  man.)

 

Delivered stuff to Mama T-B., deliver we man.

Mama T-B. objected to purchase of one Aldi item, prefers from another store man.

Mama T-B. went Many00% aysheep reacting to one Dollar-plus-half-of-half-a-dollar Tree item, aysheep man.

"Get this out of my LIFE, aiyeeeee man!" shouted senior she man man.

We wanted to strangle Cousinette T-B. for frazzling Mama T-B. like this,  man.

 

As luck had it, we had to deliver something to Cousinette T-B. right afterward, lucky we man.

We emphasized to Cousinette T-B. by phone and in person that we were in a terrible hurry, emphasize we man.

Cousinette T-B. tried to yak our head off, yak yak YAK YAK YAK she man.

We managed to escape, frazzled we man man.

 

Returned to casa frazzled and had to service demanding miu, All Females On Our Case today man.

Fortunately, Mini-B. not starving yet, decompress we man.

 

Din-din was Costco angusburgers, return to Two Guys protocol Two Guys man.

We cut our thumb while slicing the tomato, first time ever and   we man.

The r'br tasted disgusting, mention Mini-B. and agree we man with wee man man.

By mistake, we had served zero-sugar r'br,   we man.

We apologized to Mini-B., gracious wee man man.

We will serve real r'br henceforth,   we man.

 

Mini-B. gamed with an amigo while we researched CD rates for Uncle T-B., yet another one maturing man.

Later, Mini-B. offered to introduce us to Minecraft, computer game man.

We fumbled our way through it,      man.

Mini-B. was actually not displeased with our first effort, rather patient wee man.

We now have a bigger headache than before, need HSM tonight we man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. is in Cancun with the Rojo, too much fun reportedly man.

 

We aren't inspired to GS/ES on Saturday, no man.

Maybe we will sleep in, zzz we man.

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

[Ban Hammer 14,077]

2 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Is she officially a mediumhair or a shorthair, huh man?

How often do you have to brush her, huh man?

More pertinent is how often she wants YOU to brush her, almost like having a needy wife in feline form man.

probably more of a medium hair cat.
she wants to be petted all the time, and it's like petting a giant cotton ball because she is so soft.
she gets brushed mostly in the springtime and fall, when her coat changes.
i'm one of the few that can claim i go to sleep every night with a young, blue eyed "princess"  

[TBoneTX 47,101]

16 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

she gets brushed mostly in the springtime and fall, when her coat changes.

You don't brush her daily, huh man?

Miu T-B. (shorthair) demands it at least once daily, soft & fluffy miu man.

[Ban Hammer 14,077]

3 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

You don't brush her daily, huh man?

Miu T-B. (shorthair) demands it at least once daily, soft & fluffy miu man.

she doesn't get hairballs, unlike the maine ####### i had previously.

eta:  i guess the vj site censor hates large kitty cat names........

Edited May 25 by Ban Hammer

[TBoneTX 47,101]

28 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

large kitty cat names

Mainecoon, Mainecoon, Mainecoon... no problems after savvy superior-primate ingenuity is applied, no man.

[TBoneTX 47,101]

Thrilling Saturday report, see man:

 

No urge to ES today, got the proximal ones on Friday man.

Slept in till Uncle T-B. called, aysheep about his blood pressure again senior he man man.

Mini-B. didn't arise until after noon, lazy wee man man.

 

Breakfast/lunch was 2 Costco chicken-salad sandwiches each, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Went on minor errands toward dusk, errant we man.

Saved Mama T-B. Many% ([2x2x2x2x2x2 - 2-1]%) on one item, sure to beef about it regardless senior she man man.

 

Din-din was nuked penne pasta + meatballs, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Movie night was Ted, pretty good man.

Many (2+2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. texts 2 or Many times/day from Cancun to check up on us, aysheep ex-she man man.

Mini-B. relaxed and placid all day, hopefully we man/wee man relations full repaired man.

In phone call, Mini-B. described casa to amigo as "super-clean," approve wee man man.

 

Ecu handyman comes for Many'rd consecutive Sunday to do a couple or Many minor jobs, available he man.

This should be pretty much all to do for a while, forecast we man.

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

[Ban Hammer 14,077]

23 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Mainecoon, Mainecoon, Mainecoon... no problems after savvy superior-primate ingenuity is applied, no man.

except it isn't one word.....you need to evolve a bit more, cheetah. 

[TBoneTX 47,101]

2 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

except it isn't one word

It is when one wants it to show up past the site's censor, si si si si si man.