After many weeks of dry and hot weather, we've had a week of cool, rainy stuff. Which is terrific, because we need the water, but this is also the week that one of my cats has taken his protest of "peeing on stuff because I hate the new kitten" up to the next level, with twice-daily statements. Doing the laundry in the washer is fine, but not everything fits and not everything can be tossed in the dryer, so this would be the time that the sunshine would have helped with the beds and baskets and couch cushions and pillows on the drying rack. Arg.
In completely unrelated news, I'm holding an impromptu adoption drive for a couple of lovely cats. Come on, you've always wanted one, right?
We have 5, oy vey! The kitten is supposed to be a foster, but since nobody has stepped up to claim him, I think we are stuck with him. He's great and very affectionate, so it's not a huge burden, but we are turning into those crazy cat people. We moved with 3, then one died (2 years ago to this day–thanks for the reminder, Facebook) so we went to the shelter to get another, and they talked us into two. 4 cats is pretty insane, but 5 is nuts!
I got one of mine that "fostering" way, hahaha joke was on me.
What's with the drying rack? Is France one of those places, like Japan, where it's just not common to have dryers? (I use a drying rack for stuff a lot, too, but just because it seems a waste to turn on the dryer. Plus out here, it's so arid that I can usually just drape things around the back yard and they dry very fast.)
The lesson is, no matter how many tears your neighbor that saves strays will shed, the answer is "no, I cannot foster that kitten." It's a whole long story about how poorly some of the French treat their pets–I'll have to find a good article in English to post here*–but as a result we have a ton of un-neutered strays in the 'hood. We feed another who is a little too wild to adopt. I'd like to capture and neuter her as well, but she's a sly one and has eluded us so far. But she's almost our 6th. We are softies.
You are right. I think a lot of the countrified French folk that have the space don't own driers and hang all of their laundry on lines, maybe because of tradition or cost or environmental friendliness. But I'm too American do go completely without, so we do have a dryer. I try to air-dry when possible for a bit of Earth-friendliness (or because the gawdamn cat bed is too big to fit in the dryer, because appliances are tiny here).
*ED: |This article| touches on the problem, but isn't the complete story. Part of the problem is with the long vacations, some families just abandon their pets for the summer. And also, there is a cultural problem with people not neutering pets out here in the country.
with the long vacations, some families just abandon their pets for the summer OMG what assholes. I can't even. I… I… That's just shameful like the article said. Can't France do something about that? Can they at least ship those abandoned pets to a country more pet friendly? Really, it's terrible that people can't shift the culture to attach huge shame to that sort of behavior. Especially when Paris has such a reputation for people taking their dogs everywhere.
The French have fridges, correct? Whenever I look at interior design images, some places in Europe don't seem to have full-size fridges. I notice that a lot in Scandinavian design images. I used to work for a Danish company but I never thought to ask anyone.
It is really awful, some people's attitudes towards pet ownership and responsibility. There was |an ad campaign| that they ran earlier in the year to try to convince people not to do that, I'm not sure how successful it was. I guess at least they are acknowledging it's a problem that needs fixing.
LOL, yes they have fridges here. But again, many folks have the tiny European sized ones. We had to go to the store and ask specifically for a "frigo American" because even though there are only two of us (humans) there is no way I could live with a tiny refrigerator. We are actually in the process of re-doing our downstairs kitchen (it's a tiny little summer kitchen, but we are sprucing for guests and maybe the occasional B&B rental). Anyway, the trend does seem to be with French kitchens to have it hidden behind a panel, so it looks like the other cabinets. Maybe that's what you are seeing in the Scandinavian design pix?
OMG, that vid is heartbreaking.
It IS a waste to turn on the dryer. We have a sunroom (where I dry 99% of my stuff). The missus, though I love her, will give up her clothes dryer when you pry it from her soft, fabric softener sheet scented hands.
And then there are places with HOA's that forbid outside drying lines. In places like AZ. Because using more resources is better than having to look at an occasional clothes line? They probably enjoy rolling coal too.
64° and overcast now, high of 73° today, chance of T-storms tomorrow, unrelenting humidity for the foreseeable future. Haircut at noon.
I missed you were in the San Fran area until now. That's where I was born'ed. I think you and I have had some similar, but opposite, geographical residency experiences.
After many weeks of dry and hot weather, we've had a week of cool, rainy stuff. Which is terrific, because we need the water, but this is also the week that one of my cats has taken his protest of "peeing on stuff because I hate the new kitten" up to the next level, with twice-daily statements. Doing the laundry in the washer is fine, but not everything fits and not everything can be tossed in the dryer, so this would be the time that the sunshine would have helped with the beds and baskets and couch cushions and pillows on the drying rack. Arg.
In completely unrelated news, I'm holding an impromptu adoption drive for a couple of lovely cats. Come on, you've always wanted one, right?
How many cats do you have?
We have 5, oy vey! The kitten is supposed to be a foster, but since nobody has stepped up to claim him, I think we are stuck with him. He's great and very affectionate, so it's not a huge burden, but we are turning into those crazy cat people. We moved with 3, then one died (2 years ago to this day–thanks for the reminder, Facebook) so we went to the shelter to get another, and they talked us into two. 4 cats is pretty insane, but 5 is nuts!
That's a lot of cat.
I got one of mine that "fostering" way, hahaha joke was on me.
What's with the drying rack? Is France one of those places, like Japan, where it's just not common to have dryers? (I use a drying rack for stuff a lot, too, but just because it seems a waste to turn on the dryer. Plus out here, it's so arid that I can usually just drape things around the back yard and they dry very fast.)
The lesson is, no matter how many tears your neighbor that saves strays will shed, the answer is "no, I cannot foster that kitten." It's a whole long story about how poorly some of the French treat their pets–I'll have to find a good article in English to post here*–but as a result we have a ton of un-neutered strays in the 'hood. We feed another who is a little too wild to adopt. I'd like to capture and neuter her as well, but she's a sly one and has eluded us so far. But she's almost our 6th. We are softies.
You are right. I think a lot of the countrified French folk that have the space don't own driers and hang all of their laundry on lines, maybe because of tradition or cost or environmental friendliness. But I'm too American do go completely without, so we do have a dryer. I try to air-dry when possible for a bit of Earth-friendliness (or because the gawdamn cat bed is too big to fit in the dryer, because appliances are tiny here).
*ED: |This article| touches on the problem, but isn't the complete story. Part of the problem is with the long vacations, some families just abandon their pets for the summer. And also, there is a cultural problem with people not neutering pets out here in the country.
with the long vacations, some families just abandon their pets for the summer OMG what assholes. I can't even. I… I… That's just shameful like the article said. Can't France do something about that? Can they at least ship those abandoned pets to a country more pet friendly? Really, it's terrible that people can't shift the culture to attach huge shame to that sort of behavior. Especially when Paris has such a reputation for people taking their dogs everywhere.
The French have fridges, correct? Whenever I look at interior design images, some places in Europe don't seem to have full-size fridges. I notice that a lot in Scandinavian design images. I used to work for a Danish company but I never thought to ask anyone.
It is really awful, some people's attitudes towards pet ownership and responsibility. There was |an ad campaign| that they ran earlier in the year to try to convince people not to do that, I'm not sure how successful it was. I guess at least they are acknowledging it's a problem that needs fixing.
LOL, yes they have fridges here. But again, many folks have the tiny European sized ones. We had to go to the store and ask specifically for a "frigo American" because even though there are only two of us (humans) there is no way I could live with a tiny refrigerator. We are actually in the process of re-doing our downstairs kitchen (it's a tiny little summer kitchen, but we are sprucing for guests and maybe the occasional B&B rental). Anyway, the trend does seem to be with French kitchens to have it hidden behind a panel, so it looks like the other cabinets. Maybe that's what you are seeing in the Scandinavian design pix?
OMG, that vid is heartbreaking.
It IS a waste to turn on the dryer. We have a sunroom (where I dry 99% of my stuff). The missus, though I love her, will give up her clothes dryer when you pry it from her soft, fabric softener sheet scented hands.
And then there are places with HOA's that forbid outside drying lines. In places like AZ. Because using more resources is better than having to look at an occasional clothes line? They probably enjoy rolling coal too.
64° and overcast now, high of 73° today, chance of T-storms tomorrow, unrelenting humidity for the foreseeable future. Haircut at noon.
[Mostly just smoke, here.]
Second very warm day here, yesterday it hit 90F. Cool down in store tonight. September is typically the warmest month here around SF Bay.
I missed you were in the San Fran area until now. That's where I was born'ed. I think you and I have had some similar, but opposite, geographical residency experiences.
I guess I'll meet you in the Orient in a few years.
1221 EDT
Temp: 70.3 °F
Wind from WSW 3.0 mph
Gusts 4.0 mph
Dew Point: 71 °F
Humidity: 97%
Precip Rate: 0.24 in/hr
Precip Accum: 1.81 in.
Argh.
Can't you just stay inside and devour someone?
Did that for breakfast. Blast!
Damn!
Dewpoint higher than the temperature? That's what I'd call…fog.
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