Topic: KILLER BABIES (Read 5280 times)

bk · « **on:** May 16, 2018, 12:41:37 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were killer, and now it is time for you to post until the killer cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** May 16, 2018, 12:42:55 AM »

And the word of the day is: RAILBIRD!

Jane · « **Reply #2 on:** May 16, 2018, 02:15:11 AM »

I did my usual, sleeping for short periods before waking and reading. The book is finished and I was more than ready to be done with it.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:12:08 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:13:30 AM »

I slept rather well last night, so I'm up, the cats are fed, the birds are fed, and I am on my first cuppa coffee.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:14:31 AM »

I will call our DR ChasSmith in a bit and check on him.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:15:26 AM »

I'd like to finish up "Grand Old Ivy" and the reprise today.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:16:09 AM »

DR Ginny, I've postponed the Ohio trip to - hopefully - August.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:19:42 AM »

Nursie, when the thunder began, and Annabelle crawled into my lap for safety, I hadn't seen her look so panicked since the day the elevator crew terrified her in February and she was literally throwing herself at an apartment door for safety. Her eyes were huge and she was shaking. My initial instinct was, if this is scaring her, Thatch must be close to a stroke.

Well, he was very calm throughout the storm. And I have a theory.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:24:32 AM »

Until he was two months old, he was living on a Bronx garage roof, and that would have been October. I suspect he, his family, and any other feral cats in the colony were already wise to living outside and dealing with weather and unfriendly animals and humans. His survival instincts are really strong, from burying and reburying his litter to eating and drinking with one eye looking for trouble. He now trusts me and shows his affection daily, but there's still a frightened, wary animal when it comes to physical threat but I don't think a storm will ever scare him.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:29:44 AM »

I would love to know Annabelle's first 10 months before I adopted her. She's well-socialized, extremely affectionate and friendly, and clearly spent much of her early life being very well treated. She was brought to the Animal Control Center as a stray, so she wasn't dropped off there because her owner died, moved, got bored, had a baby, or any other excuse they give for dumping an animal.

I've wondered if she became pregnant and the owners dumped her out on the street, if she belonged to some college student who callously dropped her on the streets, or if she simply got out of the house/apartment and became lost.

vixmom · « **Reply #11 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:52:52 AM »

Sorry to have disappeared so abruptly last night but our wifi did just that

vixmom · « **Reply #12 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:53:21 AM »

The storm started here at 5:34 pm

vixmom · « **Reply #13 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:55:00 AM »

Our office officially closes at 5:30 and around 5:15 the dark clouds came rolling in, turning the beautiful blue and sunny day so dark it appeared to be night.

vixmom · « **Reply #14 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:56:06 AM »

Since it was not a busy day we all agreed to be ready to run out the door at 5:30 on the dot, and we did just that and ran for our cars.

vixmom · « **Reply #15 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:56:24 AM »

Literally ran

vixmom · « **Reply #16 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:57:13 AM »

I had just fastened my seatbelt when the skies opened and the rain came down like a Florida summer deluge

vixmom · « **Reply #17 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:57:47 AM »

The wind kicked up and all the trees were bending and swaying

John G. · « **Reply #18 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:58:06 AM »

Good morning, all.

vixmom · « **Reply #19 on:** May 16, 2018, 04:59:12 AM »

I normally take the "back way" home, but as those are all narrow tree lined streets I decided to take the Long Island Expressway to the Main Street in my town

vixmom · « **Reply #20 on:** May 16, 2018, 05:01:12 AM »

The drive to my main road was uneventful although slow because of the blinding rain but I was surprised when the main road (2 lanes in each direction) was backed up bumper to bumper

vixmom · « **Reply #21 on:** May 16, 2018, 05:03:27 AM »

But after crawling along for 20 minutes (covering about 2 miles) I saw flashing lights and the reason for the delay, a huge tree had fallen across the road , the police had obviously dragged it a bit to one side to allow cars to squeeze by

vixmom · « **Reply #22 on:** May 16, 2018, 05:03:43 AM »

Poor guys out there in the soaking rain

vixmom · « **Reply #23 on:** May 16, 2018, 05:04:22 AM »

Fortunately that was the only damage I saw, then I made it home

vixmom · « **Reply #24 on:** May 16, 2018, 05:05:26 AM »

I had my handy dandy reverse closing umbrella with me so I mangled to get from the car to the house staying relatively dry.

vixmom · « **Reply #25 on:** May 16, 2018, 05:06:58 AM »

I was sorry to see that either our new mailman ( our mailman since 1991, Ed, fantastic guy p, just retired) failed to close the mailbox or the wind blew it open, but all the mail was soaked through

vixmom · « **Reply #26 on:** May 16, 2018, 05:07:16 AM »

Fortunately that was mostly junk mail

vixmom · « **Reply #27 on:** May 16, 2018, 05:08:32 AM »

The thunder and lightening was really something, the whole sky lit up bright white and then the thunder shook the windows and set off car alarms

vixmom · « **Reply #28 on:** May 16, 2018, 05:09:20 AM »

But it was over around 8 pm , presumably moving northward to attack poor Chas and friends

vixmom · « **Reply #29 on:** May 16, 2018, 05:11:09 AM »

I have no idea why we lost wifi when we did but the cable went out too , so we just went you'd assuming we'd lose power soon as well. Although it does not appear that we did because nothing was blinking this morning

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