The Vent

[Krikit 1,163]

Are you in smalltown USA or some megalocity?

Just curious...

I'm in between. The city I live in is reminiscent of the town where I grew up. Downtown is quaint and village-like. The surrounding area where urban sprawl has begun contains Walfart and Lowe's (no Home Depot as yet) and K-Mart and Target and Gold's Gym, blah blah blah. And, of course, lakes, parks, and golf courses. Oh. And orange groves where I pick up fresh grapefruit, oranges, lemons, limes. They're all in season now. Yum. City of Mount Dora, Florida

[SpiritAlight 1]

Are you in smalltown USA or some megalocity?

Just curious...

I'm in between. The city I live in is reminiscent of the town where I grew up. Downtown is quaint and village-like. The surrounding area where urban sprawl has begun contains Walfart and Lowe's (no Home Depot as yet) and K-Mart and Target and Gold's Gym, blah blah blah. And, of course, lakes, parks, and golf courses. Oh. And orange groves where I pick up fresh grapefruit, oranges, lemons, limes. They're all in season now. Yum. City of Mount Dora, Florida

I looked at Google Maps as well to pinpoint this city.

Wow...right in the middle of Florida...look at all those lakes!

I have peops near Pensacola, and in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Key West.

Be around and about these places this Winter. Yippeee!

Edited December 20, 2007 by SpiritAlight

[SonoranSongbird 3]

This isn't a vent, but it is good for a laugh, so maybe some of you who have things to vent about today can use it. This is a spam email my fiance got that he forwarded to me:

Searching for a holiday present for your lady?

Trust us, she will appreciate it very much to discover

a massive one-eyed python in your trousers!

Even if you have no erection problems Viagra would help you to make better sex more often and to bring unimaginable pleasure to her.

Bwahahahahaha!!

Anyway, I think one of my best friends might be having a vent about me somewhere else on the net. She called me 5 minutes before my fiance did last night and, instead of calling him and telling him I'd call a little later and then talking to her first, I asked her if I could call her tonight. I just wasn't feeling well and wanted to talk to him really briefly and go to bed early (I'm okay, just had a migraine), but I didn't really think about it, and I think I came across as the ###### we all knew in high school who ditched her friends whenever she got a new boyfriend.

Spirit and Jun, it will work out.

[trailmix 77]

Are you in smalltown USA or some megalocity?

Just curious...

I'm in between. The city I live in is reminiscent of the town where I grew up. Downtown is quaint and village-like. The surrounding area where urban sprawl has begun contains Walfart and Lowe's (no Home Depot as yet) and K-Mart and Target and Gold's Gym, blah blah blah. And, of course, lakes, parks, and golf courses. Oh. And orange groves where I pick up fresh grapefruit, oranges, lemons, limes. They're all in season now. Yum. City of Mount Dora, Florida

Looking at the average temperatures for Mount Dora it says it never really gets above 33 in the summer and below 20 in the winter, do you think that is pretty accurate for that area of Florida?

And lol at that email songbird!

Edited December 20, 2007 by trailmix

[SonoranSongbird 3]

Florida sounds really nice about now.

[derekkj 0]

My vent for the day is that our friggin' cat may or may not have swallowed a coin (I think a dime) on Saturday. Since he has had absolutely no problems since then he may or may not have already passed said coin. Normally I would just watch him and first sign of any distress it would be off to the vet. But, no, of course Calvin has to go and do this right before we are set to leave for Montreal on Saturday. Which is another vent that actually might get it's own thread.

Anyway, yesterday I called the vet and spoke with a technician who said that since so many days have passed since he may or may not have swallowed it without any issues that's it's probably not a penny (which if a US penny minted after the early 80's could give him zinc poisoning) and it's probably not obstructing anything. She went on to add that for peace of mind I could bring him in for an x-ray but that's going to cost $225. I don't think I want to know how much it will cost if he did swallow something and it does start to obstruct his poor bowels and needs surgery.

So I have been watching over him like a hawk for the past few days (never have I been so obsessed over any cat's poop before! ) and all seems well till this morning when he didn't have his morning, ah, shall we say constitutional. He did eat a bit and was running around like normal, so it's probably nothing. And in all likelihood he most likely pooped the second I left the apartment, but here I sit at working fretting about how if he hasn't pooped by the time I get home tonight, I am going to have to run him over to the vet, which is just what I have the time and $$$ to do right before we head off for Christmas. *Takes deep breath* Sigh.

But I kid you not, my boss actually loaned me his metal detector to wand Calvin with tonight. I think I might let Derek hold him while I do the wanding from a safe distance.

[Krikit 1,163]

This isn't a vent, but it is good for a laugh, so maybe some of you who have things to vent about today can use it. This is a spam email my fiance got that he forwarded to me:

Searching for a holiday present for your lady?

Trust us, she will appreciate it very much to discover

a massive one-eyed python in your trousers!

Even if you have no erection problems Viagra would help you to make better sex more often and to bring unimaginable pleasure to her.

Bwahahahahaha!!

Anyway, I think one of my best friends might be having a vent about me somewhere else on the net. She called me 5 minutes before my fiance did last night and, instead of calling him and telling him I'd call a little later and then talking to her first, I asked her if I could call her tonight. I just wasn't feeling well and wanted to talk to him really briefly and go to bed early (I'm okay, just had a migraine), but I didn't really think about it, and I think I came across as the ###### we all knew in high school who ditched her friends whenever she got a new boyfriend.

Spirit and Jun, it will work out.

No wonder men think that it's the erection that brings "unimaginable pleasure".

Songbird..... you are a good friend for being concerned that you are a bad friend. All is forgiven.

Are you in smalltown USA or some megalocity?

Just curious...

I'm in between. The city I live in is reminiscent of the town where I grew up. Downtown is quaint and village-like. The surrounding area where urban sprawl has begun contains Walfart and Lowe's (no Home Depot as yet) and K-Mart and Target and Gold's Gym, blah blah blah. And, of course, lakes, parks, and golf courses. Oh. And orange groves where I pick up fresh grapefruit, oranges, lemons, limes. They're all in season now. Yum. City of Mount Dora, Florida

Looking at the average temperatures for Mount Dora it says it never really gets above 33 in the summer and below 20 in the winter, do you think that is pretty accurate for that area of Florida?

And lol at that email songbird!

I'd say that's pretty accurate. It obviously does get above and below those temps sometimes.... but, yes, that's the average. I find it pleasant anyway.

[trailmix 77]

krikit Dora questions!!

Looking at the average temperatures for Mount Dora it says it never really gets above 33 in the summer and below 20 in the winter, do you think that is pretty accurate for that area of Florida?

And lol at that email songbird!

[Krikit 1,163]

But I kid you not, my boss actually loaned me his metal detector to wand Calvin with tonight. I think I might let Derek hold him while I do the wanding from a safe distance.

That's fantastic! Hit the parks and beaches afterwards and see if you can't find enough stuff to pay for the x-ray! In all probability, though, Calvin probably turned up his nose at the dime and you have nothing to worry about. You know how finicky cats can be.

krikit Dora questions!!

Looking at the average temperatures for Mount Dora it says it never really gets above 33 in the summer and below 20 in the winter, do you think that is pretty accurate for that area of Florida?

And lol at that email songbird!

Please see above. (Post 727) Either that or VJ burped.

Edited December 20, 2007 by Krikit

[trailmix 77]

Ahhh I see now! Sometimes I find stuff doesn't display the first time I look at a thread (at least i'm sticking to that story).

Well that is good! Since we don't have a specific place we have to move to I am trying to determine where we can get the best temps year round, so I am guessing mid Florida to perhaps a bit further north. Excellent!

[Krikit 1,163]

Ahhh I see now! Sometimes I find stuff doesn't display the first time I look at a thread (at least i'm sticking to that story).

Well that is good! Since we don't have a specific place we have to move to I am trying to determine where we can get the best temps year round, so I am guessing mid Florida to perhaps a bit further north. Excellent!

Move here, T-Mix! Move here!!

But you are right about the post display. I find stuff every day that wasn't there the first time I read it. Drives me a little bit batty..... and I don't have far to go.

[derekkj 0]

But I kid you not, my boss actually loaned me his metal detector to wand Calvin with tonight. I think I might let Derek hold him while I do the wanding from a safe distance.

That's fantastic! Hit the parks and beaches afterwards and see if you can't find enough stuff to pay for the x-ray! In all probability, though, Calvin probably turned up his nose at the dime and you have nothing to worry about. You know how finicky cats can be.

Yeah, I am not convinced that he actually even ate it. I was going through some change and he came over to investigate. I saw him pawing around with a few coins, I scolded him and looked away for like a nano-second and when I looked back he was making a face and sort of hacked a bit. He hacked a few more time over the next couple of minutes, but when I looked in his mouth there was nothing there. So he could have swallowed it or he could have just tried to eat it, hated the taste and spat it out. Hopefully the metal detector will find out which!

Just as an aside for you Canadian pet owners out there. Apparently Canadian pennies do not have zinc in them, just the cheap good ole USA so no worries of zinc posioning for you guys!

And, I too have had VJ "burp" a few times.

[SonoranSongbird 3]

Krikit posted 727 and Trailmix posted 728 at the same time based on the time stamps, that's why she did not see it.

About the kitty, KJ, did the vet tell you how long it would take for a problem to develop if he were going to have one? Saturday was 5 days ago. I would think that by now either he did not swallow it or he's already pooped it out. I would not get the x-ray unless absolutely necessary, either. It is not good for him to have the radiation and would likely scare the poop out of him.

I had a similar scare with my dog last week. I left her bowl of dog food for her breakfast on the counter when I went to get my coffee instead of setting it down for her. Well she NEVER grabs things off the counter, but she was hungry and she knew it was her breakfast, so when I got home, there was a broken dog dish on the floor and all of the dog food had been eaten. They said that dogs are usually pretty good at eating around the things they shouldn't have and just to watch her. She was fine, but I sure felt like a terrible dog mommy.

[derekkj 0]

Krikit posted 727 and Trailmix posted 728 at the same time based on the time stamps, that's why she did not see it.

About the kitty, KJ, did the vet tell you how long it would take for a problem to develop if he were going to have one? Saturday was 5 days ago. I would think that by now either he did not swallow it or he's already pooped it out. I would not get the x-ray unless absolutely necessary, either. It is not good for him to have the radiation and would likely scare the poop out of him.

I had a similar scare with my dog last week. I left her bowl of dog food for her breakfast on the counter when I went to get my coffee instead of setting it down for her. Well she NEVER grabs things off the counter, but she was hungry and she knew it was her breakfast, so when I got home, there was a broken dog dish on the floor and all of the dog food had been eaten. They said that dogs are usually pretty good at eating around the things they shouldn't have and just to watch her. She was fine, but I sure felt like a terrible dog mommy.

No the vet tech just basically said what you did. That Saturday was awhile ago and that if he was going to get sick - lethargic, vomiting, diarreah, etc. - that it should have started by now. I definitely got the impression that the x-ray would be more for my peace of mind than Calvin's well-being. But I did get a little paranoid this morning when he didn't poop the way he normally does. Knowing Calvin though, he probably did it on purpose just to freak me out. B)

I completely understand the bad mommy feeling. I mean I was right there when he did or did not eat the coin and I should have done a better job to keep him away.

[SonoranSongbird 3]

But I did get a little paranoid this morning when he didn't poop the way he normally does. Knowing Calvin though, he probably did it on purpose just to freak me out. B)

Okay, that made me laugh. You're probably right---he probably pooped as soon as you left.