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Minnemooseus Member Posts: 3781 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: Member Rating: 5.0 |
Moose By the way, have you ever noticed that one of the exceptions to the "i before e, except after c" rule is weird. Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment. "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith "Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien "I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose
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Minnemooseus Member Posts: 3781 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: Member Rating: 5.0
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This post is for my own personal record as much as anything.
He was diagnosed hyperthyroid in 2011 and chronic kidney failure some years later. He had a good run and died on his own in a reasonably comfortable manner, while at the vet clinic. As good of an ending as I could have hoped for. Probably chalk it up to heart failure. For me, I'm calling it a happy-sad day. Moose Added by edit - I've once again made my avatar (for now) one that includes Marvin - He's on the far right. That photo was from back in 2015, so he would have been 16 then. The far left (back) is Munchkin, currently 10 years. In the middle is Teddy. currently 13 years. To answer the Phat question from the next message, now down to 4 cats. Edited by Minnemooseus, : Added by edit.
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Thugpreacha Member Posts: 13375 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
How many cats do you now have, Moose?
Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. –RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." –Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
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Minnemooseus Member Posts: 3781 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: Member Rating: 5.0
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Minnemooseus Member Posts: 3781 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: Member Rating: 5.0 |
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anglagard Member Posts: 2203 From: Socorro, New Mexico USA Joined:
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Here's her vote:
Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. - Francis Bacon
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Minnemooseus Member Posts: 3781 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: Member Rating: 5.0 |
Or maybe you just left a snack in your beard?
Moose
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Minnemooseus Member Posts: 3781 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: Member Rating: 5.0 |
Meatloaf - Now there's an idea for a cat name. Moose Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment. "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith "Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien "Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable." - John Kenneth Galbraith It says something about the qualities of our current president that the best argument anyone has made in his defense is that he didn't know what he was talking about. -- Paul Krugman (as stolen from Chiroptera's signature) "I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose
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Percy Member Posts: 19086 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 3.2
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No I hadn't, what is it? Elocution expert: Now beside "okay," I want you all to promise me that there are two words that you will never use. One of these is "swell," the other one's "lousy." Here's the whole bit: --Percy
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Minnemooseus Member Posts: 3781 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: Member Rating: 5.0
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I have never bought into the Abbott and Costello "Whose on First" routine and being anything but stupid. At least the Lucy routine makes sense.
The "Pearls Before Swine" comic had a better routine, starting with the "Whose drummer was Keith Moon". ![]() Not the one I used, but a source page for the above. Speaking of sense, there's science, another (sort of) violation of the "i after e, except after c" rule. I guess science gets a pass since the "i" and "e" are in separate syllables. Moose
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dwise1 Member Posts: 3868 Joined: Member Rating: 3.3
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quote: This video from LangFocus, Why Is English Spelling So Damn Weird?!, might hold some clues: The rest of that episode of "I Love Lucy" contains classic scenes. Such as Lucy having Ricky read a bedtime story out loud and it contains words with "-ough" which is pronounced differently every time. Or the tutor's exercise of pronouncing English vowels in the typically weird English way and when it comes to Ricky's turn he pronounces them in the normal Spanish manner: "Where did you learn that?" "Havana, Cuba. What's your excuse?"
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