Had several indoor/outdoor cats though the decades and only one was a hunter that would actually kill. The other 4 were utterly harmless to wildlife. Not Ozzy.

Picked him up too young to take home, but a customer of mine had 6 litters one Sunday morning. You can imagine how overrun and diseased that area was. But damn. He fit in my palm, was black and blue and white, and had no future. And we’d been talking about getting a cat.

Long story short, took him to the vet; Hookworms, roundworms, tapeworms, fleas, black with ear mites, and feline leukemia. My vet gently suggested I put him down. She gave a 1-in-5 chance of surviving the cancer, probably die 6-months later anyway.

“Got him for my girlfriend, we have to talk about this first.” She respected that.

Jenny and I went in our bedroom and had a sit down. Well shit, the animal was so weak he could barely move. We decided to kill him. (I will not apply euphemisms.) And we cried. A lot.

Came out to see what the noise was. We was chasing a moth around the lamp! First we had ever seen him move. “OK buddy, you got your chance.”

Ozzy cleared the mice out of the walls a week after he got strong. Started eating the whole animal, later got picky and left heads and tails laying around. No more mice? He hunted the industrial area beyond our yard. Don’t know what he found out there, but he barely touched his cat food.

He died in the street, as outdoor cats often do, but he got a second lease on life and Ozzy burned that candle so very bright.

Architect buddy of mine, very smart man both in IQ and EQ, handled this extraordinarily well with his young children.

“Now you have TWO families that love you very much. Just because mommy and I don’t live together, that doesn’t change anything about our love and ability to care for you. You will safe and loved no matter what.”

Picking my kids up on the 26th. Ugh. 15-hour round trip, and again in a week. Worth it.

That’s us this year.

My guy doesn’t do this except for a quick sanity check. Or maybe because patients expect it? They have your prescription the second you look in the auto focusing machine. Hell, someone invented a lens for a cell phone that does it.

The optometrist is looking at your eyeball health and related medical issues. The clicky thing is mostly performative.

FFS, yes it was! This dumbass staring and staring. The other guy saw the male start to get agitated and tried to distract him. Camera pans over, numb nuts is still staring at him.

Been saying for years that new music sucks because it’s all forced to fit an algorithm. Then been told I’m just old and crusty. Which is true.

Listen to any pop, country or Christian music. (Forget rock and roll, it’s long dead.) You can’t tell the songs apart. Watch this video to see what I mean. Nashville cranks our garbage by the truckload.

I know there are a thousand independent artists doing their own thing, but I’ll never hear them unless I wade through a mountain of crap I don’t like. There’s plenty of good shit from the 60s-90s to keep me happy.

Lemmy’s all about Robin Hood until they see a moral soapbox to stand on and shout. Weird.

I’m 54, thin and wear women’s clothes all the time. My wife balked at me getting a couple of white linen blouses at the thrift, then she saw me in one at the beach. Hubba hubba.

It’s a filler phrase that basically means, “You get me? You agree?”

I’m suing my sister right now because her low life boyfriend talked her into short changing us. Then my mom died so I’m getting double. Yeah. Family troubles indeed.

Love it! But seriously, I use a crappy $25 Amazon tablet for reading epubs. Great for that alone, sucks for anything else, even simple browsing.

The terrorism charge is because that’s the only way New York state can charge first degree murder. Weird as hell law.

The terrorism charge was so prosecutors could nail him with 1st degree murder. Otherwise the charge wouldn’t apply and they would have gone for 2nd degree murder.

Under state law, murder in the first degree only applies to a narrow list of aggravating circumstances, including when the victim is a judge, a police officer or a first responder, or when the killing involves a murder-for-hire or an intent to commit terrorism.

Look, the man is a hero, but let’s not post bullshit.

He was charged with terrorism to get a 1st degree murder charge in New York state. Otherwise, they couldn’t charge that. Cute post, but it’s not what happened.

A charge of murder in the first degree is rare in New York because it requires special elements related to the crime to be charged.

Under state law, murder in the first degree only applies to a narrow list of aggravating circumstances, including when the victim is a judge, a police officer or a first responder, or when the killing involves a murder-for-hire or an intent to commit terrorism.

So yeah, they’re risking a bit hitting him with that, and yeah, they’re going out on a limb because of who the victim was.

It’s a small town. Of course the necessary elements of civilization would be close together.

LOL, bravo. I can hear his voice.

Camper parts can be expensive. Blast it with bleach and go. OTOH, $65?! I picked up a porcelain toilet for my camp for free.

I have no problem with this. We have the Blue Angels and people (not from here) bitch about the expense and waste. Turns out, they’re a better recruiting tool than paying for advertising, by a huge margin.

Military recruiting is somewhat like a business. They have to pay to get their message out. And as long as all the soldiers and gear have to be kept moving about, why not use them for marketing?

And like a business vying for top-tier customers, the military is always looking for top talent. Not top-tier? Then we have plenty of other jobs for them.

America’s Army anyone? Seriously seemed like a cool game, never got into it.

Love you! I’m all about dumpster diving, finding free shit, etc.

Coworker of mine used to go out with her husband, crack of dawn, twice a week. They’d pick of trash before the garbage truck arrived, have a garage sale every Saturday. Give away what ever didn’t go.

LMFAO, they would make $300-$400 every weekend! “Yeah, we pick up our neighbor’s trash and sell it back to them.”

In the 90s I had a paper route. Used to pick up vacuum cleaners on the curb. Cleaned with a new belt and bag? Done. I couldn’t keep any in stock. Nice beer money!

Another friend of mine picks up free washers and dryers. The parts are mostly the same and the shit’s free. He’d make $500-$800 a week flipping 'em on Marketplace. And this guy was already clocking $100K at his day job!