One, Two... Many Rants

[TBoneTX 45,324]

Saturday GS report, see man:

Arose too early, zzz man. The first two GSs were supposed to be "group" sales (by organizations), but they had very few tables, all of utter garbage. I must have hit Many scheduled GSs + 2 or Many via signage. All that I found was a large box full of Mason jars for a VJ buddy.

There should be a law against trying to GS anything rusty, dusty, obsolete, torn, or stained. I volunteer to be the brutal enforcer, grrr man.

[TBoneTX 45,324]

Forgot to report earlier, gee man:

Pulled trigger and got Sea World tickets, at best so-called discount available, sea and $igh man. Lucked out on accommodations -- only Many.Many miles from SW, only $Many for the first night, and only $Many for the next night, whee and sigh man. However, I will bet you all $Many that Mini-B. will begin lobbying to go home before we're an hour out on the road, wee man, and I'll further bet you $Many that we'll have to cut the trip short, si and sigh man.

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Thread-Laundress* report, see man:

*Appointed Many threads ago as official Laundress, see man, for reputed and actual talents in the specialty of doing laundry, me man. Boss Steve is Many threads behind and even $Many more delinquent in paying the agreed-upon commissions, si and $igh man.

No report for Saturday; too tired and back hurting too much to have warshed (Texas spelling) the kitchen rags. Same shall wait till Sunday, after an it's-hoped night of uninterrupted zzzs, man, courtesy of heap-strong medicine, knockout man.

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Cat is at feet, alternately dozing and lobbying to play Wrappers, miu man. Wrappers is the last thing that the back needs, ouch man, but cat is like a small child with very real wants and needs and feelings, see man.

One more swing of VJ and then cat prep zzz, man. Mornin', Commie-babes!

[Asia 2,498]

Morning!

[Pooky 3,787]

Sorry, Pooky. You're welcome here as a regular, see man.

Saying goodbye to Sunday, too.

When I have recovered enough energy to rant a bit, I may be back.

[JTB11 1,079]

Morning all

slept till many and had my coffee . As predicted..MIL is awake at this hour and smiling, 20 hours of sleep did wonders !!!

[Jacque67 7,328]

Is it possible to get bank charges dismissed, even though it is bank policy. I have just been called a bimbo for not calling Chase and getting monthly charges dropped. #######!!!!

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

Is it possible to get bank charges dismissed, even though it is bank policy. I have just been called a bimbo for not calling Chase and getting monthly charges dropped. #######!!!!

Why do you have monthly charges? I would never sign up with a bank that charged me a monthly fee.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Why do you have monthly charges? I would never sign up with a bank that charged me a monthly fee.

With Chase they charge you 12dollars if you have less than a certain amount in the bank. I don't understand the policy. Isn't it the same with all banks in the States. When I told my friend that there are no bank charges in Japan, except for ATM withdrawals, the friend just said Japan was a loser country.

[NikLR 13,227]

I pay $3 for a checking account in the USA..... It's the one attached to my Canadian account, that's free (but it's a savings.)

$12 a month for not having enough money? That's a little ridiculous. At that rate, you'll be out of money sooner vs later!

[Novembro 1,763]

Forgot to report earlier, gee man:

Pulled trigger and got Sea World tickets, at best so-called discount available, sea and $igh man. Lucked out on accommodations -- only Many.Many miles from SW, only $Many for the first night, and only $Many for the next night, whee and sigh man. However, I will bet you all $Many that Mini-B. will begin lobbying to go home before we're an hour out on the road, wee man, and I'll further bet you $Many that we'll have to cut the trip short, si and sigh man.

Sea World is evil. Kind of surprised anyone in this day and age would support a place like that.

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

Sea World is evil. Kind of surprised anyone in this day and age would support a place like that.

Can't bring myself to watch that documentary.

I've thought the same about zoos lately. The animals seem sad.

[Novembro 1,763]

Can't bring myself to watch that documentary.

I've thought the same about zoos lately. The animals seem sad.

I don't do zoos either, unless they're a sanctuary/rescue. I haven't been to one in years. Anti-aquarium for the same reason.

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

I don't do zoos either, unless they're a sanctuary/rescue. I haven't been to one in years. Anti-aquarium for the same reason.

Did you see this:

[Novembro 1,763]

Yeah, I've seen them all. Read the books. I've been on the anti-cap train since I got my first copy of Free Willy in the 90's haha

[NikLR 13,227]

I've been to Sea World. Tillikum is a special case, he was an adult when he was captured, kept in a small tank for a long time, and should never have been performing at Sea World. I do not like that orca's are kept in small tanks. They should have more room and IMHO they should no longer be bred for captivity. If at all possible they should all be gradually moved back to the wild. There are plenty of tours you can see orcas in the wild, especially off the coast of BC.

That said, part of me wonders if I would care this much if I had never seen one in person when I was very young. I went to Vancouver Aquarium when I was 4 and it's never left me. I wanted to be a marine biologist or a marine veterinarian when I was younger and only the cost of schooling kept me from doing it after high school.

I like going to zoos, but only certain zoos, that have large animal enclosures. Calgary Zoo isn't so bad and they're constantly improving their facilities. I was actually annoyed at how small everything was at the Denver Zoo and think that the Sacramento Zoo should be shut down.

Here's the thing that I have issues with; zoos have a integral part of helping people realize there is more than just people out there. How many children these days have no idea that the chicken they see on the TV screen or at a petting zoo, is what they eat for supper? They haven't the faintest idea how a cow becomes hamburger (or even that it does) or leather, or anything else we use domesticated animals for. They don't know what a tiger looks like and frankly without seeing one, I wonder if they'd care that it doesn't look or act like Tigger. I grew up watching nature shows and knew that animals kill their food and it was just part of life. I grew up eating deer and moose. I knew a chicken was the same bird with feathers and without. But kids and even adults these days, just don't know that. And what isn't in front of people, they don't care. Even when it is a lot of the time they still don't care. How many times do you turn the channel when the poor child in Africa with the distended stomach and flies landing on his eyes, living on a piece of plastic on a floor, comes on TV? Do you send money? Travel to help? No. 95% or more change the damn channel because it's disturbing. I'm selective about where I send money for help and most often it's to the SPCA or WWF.

So how do you get people to care? You have to give them something they can see and touch and then leave a lasting reminder of why they need to help and how. How do you do that without zoos or aquariums? How do we get people to care about something they've never seen? I don't know.

Edited June 29, 2014 by NLR