OT: 117th Obsequious Banter Thread: National Cookie Day is celebrated in December

[macleish1974]

Two Happenings Today ,other than the Flyers game tonight.

1. Happy Hannukkah! Potato Latkas at Ben's today in BocaRaton.

2. A little somber day too....Pearl Harbor Day, 83 years ago. Probably any living persons in the armed forces in Pearl Harbor that day are at least 100 years old.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I almost lost my Dane within weeks of adopting him to bloat. Managed to come up with the cash to save him but only just. Getting insurance for him was the best decision I made, I'm pretty sure I saved money on his vet bills over the years.

Bloat is no joke. I'm glad they made it through ok.

I tracked this on our dogs for a while. What it came down to was one minor surgery every 3-4 years and it saved money without factoring in any other appointments. That could be as little as having a growth on a lip or under an eye removed.

I don't know who you have, but we've been with Healthy Paws for years. Never had a problem getting paid and I can always get an actual person on the phone in 2 minutes. They even unprompted credited me with the wasted 3 months of fees when I procrastinated on calling to cancel after losing one.

 

[Rebels57]

After spending $4K to try and keep our cat alive a few years back (unsuccessfully), we decided to get pet insurance with our dog. It's $47 a month through Liberty Mutual and gives peace of mind that we won't get hammered financially again if he becomes sick or needs surgery for a torn ACL or something like that.

 

[DancingPanther]

After spending $4K to try and keep our cat alive a few years back (unsuccessfully), we decided to get pet insurance with our dog. It's $47 a month through Liberty Mutual and gives peace of mind that we won't get hammered financially again if he becomes sick or needs surgery for a torn ACL or something like that.

We have insurance too, discounted through work also. Lucky too, because we get 50% kickback on our deductible costs for Snoop's $115/mo medicine. Very worth it

Speaking of which, it was Brutus' first snow today

Unsure at first, but then started sniffing around

And then he figured out he could eat it

 

[Embiid]

Of course....plays well in the media as part of the culture war related to urban crime...

Drug store retailers like Rite Aide, CVS etc for example try to distract from their billions in settlement payments as result of their opioid chicanery...

US retail lobbyists retract key claim on 'organized' retail crime

The main lobbying group for U.S. retailers retracted its claim that "organized retail crime" accounted for nearly half of all inventory losses in 2021 after finding that incorrect data was used for its analysis.

www.reuters.com

 

[Beef Invictus]

@Lord Defect

I think you should read this

History and Technology - Overview of USN and IJN Warship Ballistic Computer Design - NavWeaps

www.navweaps.com

 

[DancingPanther]

@Striiker there's dogs up there

 

[Jack Straw]

How much are those doggies in the window?

 

[PDX Flyer]

We have insurance too, discounted through work also. Lucky too, because we get 50% kickback on our deductible costs for Snoop's $115/mo medicine. Very worth it

Speaking of which, it was Brutus' first snow today

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Unsure at first, but then started sniffing around

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And then he figured out he could eat it

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Bernie’s first foray into snow was a trip. My buddy and I (and Bernie) were doing a wintertime hike in the Cascades. There is at least a foot of snow at the trail head so when he jumped out of the truck, it was his first time in snow.

B was around 8 months old and was hopping around like a rabbit. He loved it

 

[JojoTheWhale]

How much are those doggies in the window?

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Nice fire pit.

 

[Jack Straw]

Nice fire pit.

The previous owners of the house used it for that but I’m going to plant something in there, hopefully a blueberry bush. I have one of those Solo things that I keep on the back patio.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

The previous owners of the house used it for that but I’m going to plant something in there, hopefully a blueberry bush. I have one of those Solo things that I keep on the back patio.

Blueberry bushes attract copperheads - true story. Be careful.

 

[Tripod]

Blueberry bushes attract copperheads - true story. Be careful.

And attract fat domino's

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

And attract fat domino's

"Fats Domino"

lolz

 

[Jack Straw]

Blueberry bushes attract copperheads - true story. Be careful.

I already have the blueberry bush, I just want to move it somewhere it will have more room and sunlight. I had one in Maine, it was huge and the blueberries were delish.

 

[Embiid]

So I just heard a good podcast on NPR (How I Built This) about the merits of whole body MRI's and this particular company. CEO debunked a lot of misinformation out there by medical practitioners like radiation concerns (not a CT scan) and false positives etc. Convinced the positives outweigh the negatives even the out of pocket cost. Too much family history and want to f*** cancer...

https://www.prenuvo.com/

 

[Beef Invictus]

Update on images: sites like imgur and their related sites are the problem. And the problem is on their end. Admins above the HF level are working on it.

 

[DancingPanther]

Update on images: sites like imgur and their related sites are the problem. And the problem is on their end. Admins above the HF level are working on it.

So these new servers don't have the capability to handle the most common image sharing platform and its constituents. Nice

 

[Magua]

Admins above the HF level are working on it.

Godzilla?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

So these new servers don't have the capability to handle the most common image sharing platform and its constituents. Nice

Correlation isn’t causation and all of that. We don’t see the error code, so we have no idea what it is. It could be as simple as a 429.

Imgur in particular is a royal pain in the ass when you have to deal with them. And you will because they change functionality like you change bow ties.

 

[DancingPanther]

Correlation isn’t causation and all of that. We don’t see the error code, so we have no idea what it is. It could be as simple as a 429.

Imgur in particular is a royal pain in the ass when you have to deal with them. And you will because they change functionality like you change bow ties.

Just like my workplace. Rolling out a major, sweeping change in the pharmacy before checking if the thing even f***ing works.

 

[Striiker]

Update on images: sites like imgur and their related sites are the problem. And the problem is on their end. Admins above the HF level are working on it.

Just fix it beef

Do your job

No excuses

 

[Chinatown88]

All I want for Christmas is to post .jpegs .pngs. .gifs.

 

[Striiker]

All I want for Christmas is to post .jpegs .pngs. .gifs.

Why is beef ruining your Xmas?

 

[Chinatown88]

Why is beef ruining your Xmas?

Because I called him out on his garbage food takes. Sadge