The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[ChristineM]

Ares has been playing on his brother's computer looking at googlemaps for almost two hours...

Nothing thrown, nothing broken, no one harassed... Very strange indeed.

Quiet isn't something that happens often here.

There ya go, buy him his own computer and quiet will (probably) be plentiful

 

[JustGeorge]

There ya go, buy him his own computer and quiet will (probably) be plentiful

He has his own, but its always more entertaining when its someone else's.

Granted, his brother's works better, but his brother doesn't beat on his, so there is a good reason for that.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Lately I've been having dreams of living in a gated off community where people help each other, even if it's away from greater society. To use an analogy, like the Amish, but not so Abrahamic.

 

[Wu Wei]

Do I smell pie

 

[JustGeorge]

Lately I've been having dreams of living in a gated off community where people help each other, even if it's away from greater society. To use an analogy, like the Amish, but not so Abrahamic.

I want to move here, but my husband poo-pooed it. East Wind Community – Income-sharing, egalitarian community in the rural Ozarks

 

[Revoltingest]

He doesn't like pie-holes, though.

Only other people's.
His own pie hole is his favorite hole.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Do I smell pie

I had a nice slice of blueberry pie...warm...with vanilla ice cream...but it wasn't in a pic-a-nic basket, so no pie for you...

 

[Revoltingest]

How pickanick baskets are inspected...

 

[sun rise]

Do I smell pie

@Revoltingest has walnuts everywhere. I'm sure he'll make walnut pies by the dozen for you.

 

[Wu Wei]

I had a nice slice of blueberry pie...warm...with vanilla ice cream...but it wasn't in a pic-a-nic basket, so no pie for you...

now why would you go RUIN a perfectly good pie with ice cream

 

[Wu Wei]

@Revoltingest has walnuts everywhere. I'm sure he'll make walnut pies by the dozen for you.

I prefer apple pie with walnuts...

 

[sun rise]

I prefer apple pie with walnuts...

Being a generous sort, I'm sure he'll listen to your modest request even if he makes snide remarks about your knee.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Being a generous sort, I'm sure he'll listen to your modest request even if he makes snide remarks about your knee.

I think he will, too. I just think he'll put bacon in it.

 

[Revoltingest]

I think he will, too. I just think he'll put bacon in it.

 

[Wu Wei]

I'm going to have an English Muffin with Peanut butter on it

 

[Revoltingest]

I'm going to have an English Muffin with Peanut butter on it

Rub some bacon on it.

 

[Wu Wei]

Rub some bacon on it.

nope...that would be gross

 

[Shadow Wolf]

The current labor shortage is kind of interesting. There's basically a perpetual and widespread shortage of labor in various healthcare positions such as mental health. What it pays to work with kids, or adults even depending on the level, it only looks good if you've made singe-digits per hour your entire life before that.
So it may be we just get stuck with a labor shortage. But probably not. Today's issue involves issues people will actually talk about: bashing and demonizing low-wage workers.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

nope...that would be gross

I agree. That would be weird.
Save the bacon to use it when the English muffin has an egg and slice of cheese on it.

 

[Stevicus]

San Fransico Woman Hand-Feeding Coyotes is a Problem for the City

San Francisco Animal Care and Control officials are howling about a woman who was photographed this week feeding raw meat to the city’s coyotes. They posted, essentially, an all-points bulletin with a KTVU Fox 2 video on their social media sites asking the public to help identify her.

The images show the woman sitting on an overgrown slope at Bernal Hill, one of the highest points in San Francisco. The hill’s upper portion includes Bernal Heights Park, which belongs to San Francisco Recreation and Parks. The woman appears to have several pieces of raw meat on a tray covered with aluminum foil. Coyotes are nearby. Virginia Donohue, executive director of Animal Care and Control, reportedly told the San Francisco Chronicle that the same woman may also be feeding coyotes in the city’s McLaren Park.


Reports of coyotes wandering around San Francisco streets have been common in recent years, with 313-acre McLaren Park being particularly attractive to the wild dogs. San Francisco doesn’t have a huge coyote population. Estimates range from 70 to 100 depending on the source, but the animals appear to be increasingly bold around humans, with some stalking children and others randomly biting.

Earlier this year, the city called in federal officers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service after one coyote charged toddlers five times at San Francisco Botanical Garden. The coyote was euthanized after it was deemed a threat to public safety. The animal was routinely fed, illegally, by humans.

One aggressive coyote bit five people—three adults, and two young children—in an eastern suburb of the San Francisco Bay. DNA from bite wounds and clothing showed it was the same animal. In February, the coyote bit and scratched a three-year-old girl’s back, leg, and buttocks, leaving the youngster traumatized and undergoing multiple medical procedures, including a series of four rabies treatments. The Chronicle reported that the attacks occurred in a neighborhood near the Lafayette Reservoir and its 928 acres of open space.

When people feed coyotes, it makes them more aggressive towards humans.

A report last year by SFGATE noted that, for many years, police officers used to kill coyotes that crossed the Golden Gate Bridge. Once that control stopped, the animals began making dens around the city. Amy Corso, field services supervisor for San Francisco’s Animal Care & Control, said in 2020, “We’re getting more reports of people being uncomfortable with the amount of [coyote] sightings, seeing them walking by so close to them.” Corso said there have also been reports of coyotes killing small pets left in the backyard, and she encourages residents to not leave cats and small dogs unattended outdoors, especially at night.

“This is 100 percent a human problem,” Donohue told the Chronicle. “We have too many people feeding coyotes or trying to befriend them. Ultimately it ends badly for the wildlife.” Donahue went on to say that the woman feeding the coyotes is a problem, stating, “We need to reach her to put a stop to this behavior.” The woman will likely receive a warning, with subsequent violations resulting in a substantial fine.

They could probably catch this woman with an agent wearing an ACME coyote costume and wearing ACME rocket skates. Someone with an ACME catapult could then be standing by, and apprehend this lawbreaker.