Thread Killer Champions: Franzbear & Moonbear

[Danger]

Is it possible that she's trying to copy them? That's just what it sounds like. Is my cat trying to sing like a bird? Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes

Of course it is. How else is she supposed to lure them into pouncing range? It's not like she can just run out and buy a duck call or something.

 

[icvotria]

What a clever cat. I'm so proud. I have this romantic vision that she's trying to sing like them cos she finds it really beautiful and wants to be like them. Lovely cat.

 

[icvotria]

Lovely cat.

Humph. She just scratched my knee.

 

[Danger]

I have this romantic vision that she's trying to sing like them cos she finds it really beautiful and wants to be like them. Lovely cat.

Naw... she's just hungry.

Humph. She just scratched my knee.

Serves you right. She probably overheard you typing that horrid comment about her wanting to be like a bird.

 

[JamesU]

Naw... she's just hungry.

I wish my cat would do something but she won't chase birds because she's afraid of them, and because of her lack of excercise, she is a 18-pound blob.

 

[Moonbear]

"Close the blinds"

LOL! That's not making me fall asleep any earlier. Like Huck, I find it easiest to fall asleep as soon as the first rays of sunlight come through the window...or the alarm clock goes off...whichever comes first.

 

[Danger]

she is a 18-pound blob.

Have you considered putting her on a diet? Not necessarily denying her food, but at least going for the low-cal senior cat type. My previous cat was 16 pounds when I got him, at age 10, and got down to about 8 or 9 pounds over the next few years. He was actually terribly underweight when he died, but that was almost exactly on his 20th birthday and he'd been ill.

 

[JamesU]

Have you considered putting her on a diet? Not necessarily denying her food, but at least going for the low-cal senior cat type. My previous cat was 16 pounds when I got him, at age 10, and got down to about 8 or 9 pounds over the next few years. He was actually terribly underweight when he died, but that was almost exactly on his 20th birthday and he'd been ill.

She's on a perscripton diet, sh used to be 20 pounds. Her diet food costs over $30 a bag!

 

[Huckleberry]

LOL! That's not making me fall asleep any earlier. Like Huck, I find it easiest to fall asleep as soon as the first rays of sunlight come through the window...or the alarm clock goes off...whichever comes first.

I don't really need the alarm clock. For some reason I always seem to wake up a few minutes before it goes off regardless of the time I have it set for. If I'm dead tired then I need it, but otherwise I'm just fine. I wonder if I would wake up in time if I didn't set the alarm.

wish my cat would do something but she won't chase birds because she's afraid of them, and because of her lack of excercise, she is a 18-pound blob.

Umm, Holy Cow!

 

[Danger]

Her diet food costs over $30 a bag!

Oh well, friendship don't come cheap.

 

[Moonbear]

I don't really need the alarm clock. For some reason I always seem to wake up a few minutes before it goes off regardless of the time I have it set for. If I'm dead tired then I need it, but otherwise I'm just fine. I wonder if I would wake up in time if I didn't set the alarm.

I used to be like that. I'm trying to figure out when that stopped happening.

Umm, Holy Cow!

No, still a cat.

 

[SOS2008]

Just stopped into get the 48,000 view and 5795 post on page 387 in this thread.

Oh m'gosh! Astronuc stopped in? The one with the great bod? And I missed it?

 

[SOS2008]

Why would anyone eat raw meat?

Aside from all the other advise given (I also recommend California Rolls for beginners)...I like to pour my soy sauce in the dish and mix a little wasabi in it. Then dip the sushi into the sauce, and I usually add a little fresh ginger too. Many people find the food bland and tasteless, but especially a big chunk of raw fish is not as good if it has no flavor. Soon you will figure out how much wasabi you like, and if you like it you will start putting it directly on your sushi.

 

[SOS2008]

Okay, I spent an hour thinking about people on LSD. Then they all turned to me and said, "Dude, quit crashin' our party, man." I thought it would be best to leave then...

After looking at the graphic cronxeh posted, for awhile there I thought I was on LSD!

 

[SOS2008]

Mmmmmm... Hot milk and honey, yum yum yum, what a good idea. I have to go to sleep so I can have lots of weird dreams and post them in the sweet dreams thread and have them analysed. And so I don't go crazy from sleep deprivation, I'm already teetering precariously on the edge of sanity...

I'm sure you all know this already, so if you do, you can read this to help feel sleepy.

1. Try to go to sleep and rise the same time each night and morning.
2. Don't read, watch TV, etc. in bed. You are to associate the bed and bedroom with sleep.
3. Keep a book and pen by your bed so you can write down thoughts of all the things you need to do. After writing these things down, it's easier to forget about it and relax.
4. Don't read serious posts on PF right before bedtime (and maybe not at all)! Wait, what am I saying!

Speaking of which, I need to be winding it down myself about now...

 

[Huckleberry]

Oh m'gosh! Astronuc stopped in? The one with the great bod? And I missed it?

I thought it was strange that he came by here too. I feel like someone took a quick dip in the backyard pool while I was asleep. When the motion detector lights woke me up I looked out there to see what was going on, but the culprit was gone. Then I notice this little note that says "Astronuc was here" and a little picture of Kilroy underneath it. And I was like "WHAT!"

That's the impression I got anyway.

Hey SOS, what's up with the 4 posts in a row? Something needs to be done about the scrolling previous pages to gather information while posting. Is there a simpler way that I'm missing?

 

[Moonbear]

Soon you will figure out how much wasabi you like, and if you like it you will start putting it directly on your sushi.

That's the way I do it. I stick a big glob of wasabi on the sushi, then dip the sushi in soy sauce. I always have to be gentle on the first bite, figure out how strong the wasabi was made. But, the worst that happens is you see stars and clean out your sinuses. I love to watch people who are new to sushi take a big bite of wasabi.

 

[Moonbear]

Hey SOS, what's up with the 4 posts in a row? Something needs to be done about the scrolling previous pages to gather information while posting. Is there a simpler way that I'm missing?

Nothing that I know of.

 

[Huckleberry]

That's the way I do it. I stick a big glob of wasabi on the sushi, then dip the sushi in soy sauce. I always have to be gentle on the first bite, figure out how strong the wasabi was made. But, the worst that happens is you see stars and clean out your sinuses. I love to watch people who are new to sushi take a big bite of wasabi.

I once hat a hot sauce eating contest with a guy I used to work with. He would always talk about hot sauce all the time like it was his personal obsession. My other coworkers and myself made a bet that if I could eat more hot sauce than he could then he could never talk about hot sauce ever again.

It wasn't really hot sauce we were using. It was some sort of industrial degreaser. The stuff was concentrated habanero peppers and it was STRONG! I think it was called Dave's Hot Sauce. I ate like almost 2 tablespoons of the stuff and beat him. I felt fine for a while but the last hour of work I was just dying. I was going to the water fountain every 5 minutes to get something to drink. It felt like it was burning a hole in my stomach. When I got out of work I rushed to my car and drove to a 7/11 and got some pepto. That helped a lot. I thought for sure I was going to burn a hole through my stomach lining.

That bastard didn't keep his word. We never could shut him up. Oh well.

 

[Moonbear]

It wasn't really hot sauce we were using. It was some sort of industrial degreaser. The stuff was concentrated habanero peppers and it was STRONG! I think it was called Dave's Hot Sauce. I ate like almost 2 tablespoons of the stuff and beat him. I felt fine for a while but the last hour of work I was just dying. I was going to the water fountain every 5 minutes to get something to drink. It felt like it was burning a hole in my stomach. When I got out of work I rushed to my car and drove to a 7/11 and got some pepto. That helped a lot. I thought for sure I was going to burn a hole through my stomach lining.

I have a bottle of hot sauce like that, though it's looking funny colored now, so probably isn't good anymore. Just a few drops goes a VERY long way. I like it just because it adds spice without that vinegar flavor of sauces like Tabasco.

When I lived in Ann Arbor, there was a taco joint that had a monthly hot sauce tasting event (they sold a lot of different varieties). I wish I had discovered that sooner, but as with all good things, I seem to find out they exist only a short time before I move out of the town.

 

[Danger]

Something needs to be done about the scrolling previous pages to gather information while posting. Is there a simpler way that I'm missing?

The way I do it is go to the first post that I want to quote, and do so. Then I select it all, copy it to clipboard, and hit the 'back' button. Then I go to the second post, quote it, and paste the previous quote/response pair in front of it. I just keep cutting, quoting and pasting until I'm finished. I use the scroll down to find the next post that I want.

edit: If wasabe is that green **** like horseradish, it is a product of pure evil. It tastes like someone took all of Darth Vader's liquid farts and compressed them into a paste.

 

[Moonbear]

The way I do it is go to the first post that I want to quote, and do so. Then I select it all, copy it to clipboard, and hit the 'back' button. Then I go to the second post, quote it, and paste the previous quote/response pair in front of it. I just keep cutting, quoting and pasting until I'm finished. I use the scroll down to find the next post that I want.

Like he said, there needs to be an easier way to do multiple quotes. Maybe something like check marks next to the posts you want to quote and then a button where you can choose to quote checked posts?

I'm also wondering, is it just me, or if you try to quote a post that contains a quote, you only get the new text and not the embedded quote? Sometimes I want to include both, and can't do so just by clicking the quote button.

 

[SOS2008]

I thought it was strange that he came by here too. I feel like someone took a quick dip in the backyard pool while I was asleep. When the motion detector lights woke me up I looked out there to see what was going on, but the culprit was gone. Then I notice this little note that says "Astronuc was here" and a little picture of Kilroy underneath it. And I was like "WHAT!"

LOL

The way I do it is go to the first post that I want to quote, and do so. Then I select it all, copy it to clipboard, and hit the 'back' button. Then I go to the second post, quote it, and paste the previous quote/response pair in front of it. I just keep cutting, quoting and pasting until I'm finished. I use the scroll down to find the next post that I want.

I usually do that, but I was SO far behind.

 

[Moonbear]

I usually do that, but I was SO far behind.

Must be that new tattoo of yours slowing you down.

 

[Danger]

I'm also wondering, is it just me, or if you try to quote a post that contains a quote, you only get the new text and not the embedded quote? Sometimes I want to include both, and can't do so just by clicking the quote button.

Quotes don't get quoted, but you can copy and paste them into the main quote.

 

[Moonbear]

Quotes don't get quoted, but you can copy and paste them into the main quote.

Yeah, that's the way I do it. I just thought I'd check if it worked differently for others since some things seem to be different depending on computer or browser.

My biggest problem with the copy/paste method of quoting is I end up misspelling user names, especially some of the more challenging ones.

 

[Danger]

I end up misspelling user names, especially some of the more challenging ones.

I copy the 'originally posted by' line as well, then it's already spelled.

 

[SOS2008]

Must be that new tattoo of yours slowing you down.

Good-un. I thought it was supposed to make me faster.

 

[DocToxyn]

Darn, I know that feeling! Same thing happened last night (er...this morning?). I was just getting drowsy and lying my head on the pillow, and realized the birds were chirping away and the first sliver of light was showing through the window.

On a similar line, I once "woke up" to birds chirping in the early morning. I remember thinking "Ohh, its just the Geiger meter going off" and going back to sleep. Does that mean I spend too much time in the lab?

 

[Moonbear]

On a similar line, I once "woke up" to birds chirping in the early morning. I remember thinking "Ohh, its just the Geiger meter going off" and going back to sleep. Does that mean I spend too much time in the lab?

YES![/size]

Uh, wait, I mean, no, not at all, in fact, why were you home sleeping when you should have been in the lab?

Yeah, I "wake up" like that too. The alarm goes off, I turn it off, and have no recollection of it, or incorporate it into some weird dream, and keep right on sleeping. I've tried putting the alarm clock on the other side of the room, setting lights on timers to shine at the bed, setting multiple alarms, using the radio on the alarm, using the buzzer on the alarm, using one of those old fashioned alarms with the loud bells. When I change it up, something new will work for about a week, and then I learn to sleep through it again.

 

[cronxeh]

I need Serotonin replacement kit that would let me stay awake for 20 hours out of a day.

Work you Biologists! Work!

 

[Moonbear]

I need Serotonin replacement kit that would let me stay awake for 20 hours out of a day.

Work you Biologists! Work!

I'd rather the engineers develop better robots to do more of my work so I don't have to stay awake 20 hours a day.

 

[cronxeh]

amazing. one simple post and the thread died.

gj Moonster

 

[Huckleberry]

The way I do it is go to the first post that I want to quote, and do so. Then I select it all, copy it to clipboard, and hit the 'back' button. Then I go to the second post, quote it, and paste the previous quote/response pair in front of it. I just keep cutting, quoting and pasting until I'm finished. I use the scroll down to find the next post that I want.

edit: If wasabe is that green **** like horseradish, it is a product of pure evil. It tastes like someone took all of Darth Vader's liquid farts and compressed them into a paste.

That's a good idea. I'll just paste into another window with word perfect or something when I need to reply to several previous posts.

Wasabi is an acquired taste.

 

[Astronuc]

Oh m'gosh! Astronuc stopped in?

Just lurking. Came by, but no one was around. Look I did it again.

It wasn't really hot sauce we were using. It was some sort of industrial degreaser.

It's not that bad.

The stuff was concentrated habanero peppers and it was STRONG! I think it was called Dave's Hot Sauce. I ate like almost 2 tablespoons of the stuff and beat him.

I love Dave's. Was that Dave's After Death Hot Sauce, Total Insanity or just Insanity? They are all good. But I have even hotter stuff, e.g. Maddog. The hottest one I have is "Satan's Blood". Keep away from eyes, skin, children and small animals.

Great in soups, salsa, and on just about everything I eat.

 

[Huckleberry]

Just lurking. Came by, but no one was around. Look I did it again.

It's not that bad.

I love Dave's. Was that Dave's After Death Hot Sauce, Total Insanity or just Insanity? They are all good. But I have even hotter stuff, e.g. Maddog. The hottest one I have is "Satan's Blood". Keep away from eyes, skin, children and small animals.

Great in soups, salsa, and on just about everything I eat.

I don't remember what kind of Dave's Hot Sauce it was. We used my coworkers personal supply that he brought with him every day. I remember it said habanero concentrate, but of course there was other stuff in there too. And the degreaser remark I made because it actually said on the back of the bottle that the product could be used to clean stains on the driveway.

I likes me some spicy.

 

[Astronuc]

Habenaro is an ingredient in many of the hottest sauces. When it's pure capsaicin, it doesn't really matter from which pepper it originates. Ref: http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/capsaicin.asp

This is one of the places I like to shop - http://www.2hotlicks.com
They have many of the hottest brands. I had to sign a liability-waiver in order to get "Satan's Blood".

 

[Moonbear]

I don't remember what kind of Dave's Hot Sauce it was. We used my coworkers personal supply that he brought with him every day. I remember it said habanero concentrate, but of course there was other stuff in there too. And the degreaser remark I made because it actually said on the back of the bottle that the product could be used to clean stains on the driveway.

I likes me some spicy.

I decided to check what brand of hot sauce I had around here. It's called Cajun Rush Infinite Heat!

 

[Huckleberry]

Wow, that capsaisin stuff is strong. 13 grams or less to kill a 150 pound person. No wonder they made you sign a waiver to buy something with that as an ingredient in it. I doubt anyone would willingly consume that much of the stuff, but people do crazy things sometimes.

I notice at the bottom of your first link that it listed the negative effects of capsaisin.

But most people react very negatively to the super-hot sauces, experiencing severe burning and sometimes blistering of the mouth and tongue. Other immediate responses have included shortness of breath, fainting, nausea, and spontaneous vomiting. People should be very careful of commercial hot sauces that list oleoresin capsicum as an ingredient.

What can this stuff do once inside your stomach. I really felt like it was doing some serious damage in there. Ulcers maybe?

 

[Math Is Hard]

I notice at the bottom of your first link that it listed the negative effects of capsaisin.What can this stuff do once inside your stomach. I really felt like it was doing some serious damage in there. Ulcers maybe?

Oddly enough, I used to take cayenne pepper capsules to ward off digestive ailments. I had my first ulcers at age five and have always had a cranky stomach. The cayenne does seem to help. Go figure!

 

[Huckleberry]

Oddly enough, I used to take cayenne pepper capsules to ward off digestive ailments. I had my first ulcers at age five and have always had a cranky stomach. The cayenne does seem to help. Go figure!

It could be something in cayenne pepper besides capsaisin maybe. When I eat spicy foods I generally feel better too. Now I'm curious what the health benefits/hazards are.
Hmm, interesting. Seems spicy food can cause a condition called Gastritis (which sounds like what I had) that can cause ulcers, but it can also hamper the bacteria H. Pylori which causes ulcers.
negative effects- http://askmen.com/sports/foodcourt_60/74b_eating_well.html
positive effects-http://www.sweatnspice.com/hotfoods_healthinfo.php
Don't know how accurate those sites are.

 

[DocToxyn]

Like many issues in human toxicology and natural substances the jury is still out on capsaicin. Searches are further complicated by the fact that capsaicin is used in neuroscience as a pharmacological agent. I can't check these citations since I'm at home but the abstracts look interesting. Medical Hypotheses, Life Science review

 

[Huckleberry]

O' Great! Now some of my favorite foods are cancerous too.
I hope they turn out to be safe because I don't think I'm going to stop eating spicy foods.

 

[Evo]

Yeah, that's the way I do it. I just thought I'd check if it worked differently for others since some things seem to be different depending on computer or browser.

My biggest problem with the copy/paste method of quoting is I end up misspelling user names, especially some of the more challenging ones.

I find the easiest way to do multiple quotes is to hit "quote" for the first post that I want to reply to, then scroll down to the next post in topic review, highlight what I want to quote "control c" then "control v" it into my post and put quotes around it, and so on for as many as I want to add. No need to use a clipboard, no need to edit out text, no need to search through pages.

Moonbear can you use "cut and paste" shortcuts with a Mac?

 

[JamesU]

Moonbear can you use "cut and paste" shortcuts with a Mac?

You can't do anything on a mac. What kind of mac do you have moonbear?

 

[Danger]

No need to use a clipboard, no need to edit out text, no need to search through pages.

Moonbear can you use "cut and paste" shortcuts with a Mac?

Maybe a misunderstanding when I use the term 'clipboard'. I don't know what that means in a PC. In a Mac, it's just where things go when you cut or copy them. No need to actually access it, although you can in order to see what's there. I don't like keyboard shortcuts because I can never remember them and clicking is just as easy.

You can't do anything on a mac. What kind of mac do you have moonbear?

Fie on you, you little ****! You can do anything on a Mac that you can on a Windows-crasher, and usually better. The only exception is downloading from a site where some idiot set it up to need a right-hand mouse button.

 

[JamesU]

Fie on you, you little ****! You can do anything on a Mac that you can on a Windows-crasher, and usually better. The only exception is downloading from a site where some idiot set it up to need a right-hand mouse button.

Stop whining because we stole mac's idea and made it better. Now mac has surrendered! Microsoft software for all macs! bwahaha!

 

[Moonbear]

I find the easiest way to do multiple quotes is to hit "quote" for the first post that I want to reply to, then scroll down to the next post in topic review, highlight what I want to quote "control c" then "control v" it into my post and put quotes around it, and so on for as many as I want to add. No need to use a clipboard, no need to edit out text, no need to search through pages.

Moonbear can you use "cut and paste" shortcuts with a Mac?

Yes, that's what I use. On a mac, it's just command c and command v, same idea. The biggest problem is really when the posts you want to quote are on multiple pages (like on this rapidly growing thread), so everything I want to quote isn't just down at the bottom of the page. That, and after I quote the first person, in order to quote more people you have to cut and paste and then insert the quote tags, etc. Yeah, I'll live. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing an easier way.

 

[Moonbear]

Stop whining because we stole mac's idea and made it better. Now mac has surrendered! Microsoft software for all macs! bwahaha!

More like stole it and made it worse. I love my macs. My old PCs are good as doorstops though.

 

[Evo]

Yes, that's what I use. On a mac, it's just command c and command v, same idea. The biggest problem is really when the posts you want to quote are on multiple pages (like on this rapidly growing thread), so everything I want to quote isn't just down at the bottom of the page. That, and after I quote the first person, in order to quote more people you have to cut and paste and then insert the quote tags, etc. Yeah, I'll live. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing an easier way.

No easier way. The prior "quotes" disappeared with the last upgrade. Before then they would be still be visible. Without them a lot of responses don't make sense, forcing you to manually add them back.