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[KarenSoCal]

He is giving it 2 more months to completely heal with eye exercises.
The muscles in my right eye have tightened up too much on the outside unexpectedly causing the eye to stay in place and not move to where it should. The hope is that the exercises will loosen those muscles. If not, he will go back in at the end of the two months and fix it. Oy vey!
I’m glad you’re getting better [emoji851][emoji847]

May I ask what happened to your eye?

 

[CarolM]

To say nothing of the poor wildlife that gets caught in those plastic rings that hold six packs of soda together.

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Shame. That is horrible.

 

[CarolM]

Thankfully, I don't have them in the house, but outside is a whole other matter. My tortoise sheds are crawling with them. I've got shelves in all the sheds, and yesterday I bought roach poison to set on the shelves. Hopefully that will get the pesky critters under control. The package says they eat the bait then go someplace else to die. A pest control guy I know told me the kind of roaches I have outside rarely come into the house, thank goodness.

These are the big ones from outside that come into the house on occasion.

 

[CarolM]

I've always thought "Carolyn" was "Carol-lin" and "Caroline" was "Carol-line"

Exactly

 

[CarolM]

He is giving it 2 more months to completely heal with eye exercises.
The muscles in my right eye have tightened up too much on the outside unexpectedly causing the eye to stay in place and not move to where it should. The hope is that the exercises will loosen those muscles. If not, he will go back in at the end of the two months and fix it. Oy vey!
I’m glad you’re getting better [emoji851][emoji847]

Oh dear. It is never easy.

 

[Reptilony]

Exactly

XD I wish I could explain myself so easily...Well...not my first language so...that's my excuse

 

[CarolM]

Good day all.

We went from sunny and Spring-like, back to overcast, dark, dreary, wet, cold day. A bummer, really. A bit depressing as well.

For those folks out there building tort houses and enclosures, here’s a rather good explanation on the misc grades of plywood. And why some cost so much!

Need to come back to this.

 

[CarolM]

Plus, I'm negotiating for a "sound" wall. That would be a cement wall 6' tall across the front of my property. Since my driveway won't be on the front, it would be a nice barrier. then my 6' redwood privacy fences down each side of the property would meet the sound wall and I would effectively be fenced in!! Yea! But my side of the street is in the County, not the City, so the City would have to go to the County and apply for a variance. Right now the county says any fence across the front can be no taller than 3'. Thing is, a variance is not free. So I don't know if the City will go for it. If not, then I'm going to negotiate that now my property value has considerably lessened from what it was before the noise level was an issue.

Aahh. Good luck. I hope you get it right.

 

[CarolM]

My son and his family took an airline flight from Texas to San Francisco, then rented two cars and drove up to Oregon for the funeral of my daughter-in-law's mother. Afterwards, back in San Francisco, they had time before the flight home (next day) to do sightseeing. They went on a double decker bus for a sightseeing trip around various points of interest in S.F. and to the Golden Gate Bridge.

I was raised in S.F., only moving to Fresno when I got married. And we didn't have sightseeing vehicles back in those days (over 60 years ago). This is of the Haight/Ashbury district (in the olden days this is hippy territory) from the top of a double decker bus:
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And this is of the type of tiny car you can rent to drive around the city. It's actually a three wheel motorcycle (two wheels in the front and one in the back) with a car body on it:
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The Golden Gate bridge. Just LOOK at the traffic on the bridge:

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Oh my word. That traffic is terrible. And those sight seeing cars are cute.

 

[CarolM]

Ah ok I get it now because for us caroline the ine is said like « in », I think for you the end of caroline would be like saying « line »(like...you know draw a « line » with a pencil) ? haaa! it’s complicated expressing sounds with words!!

Lol. And exactly. You have got it now. Lyn over here sounds like lin. I think that Yvonne and Linda put it down very well.

 

[CarolM]

So basicaly I thought carol-lyn was said like « carol inn » yeah like a motel...

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[CarolM]

They cared for wildlife also, but advised me it wasn't the best way to handle the situation. I said "but the mantis only had 3 more legs to go...what should I have done?" There was silence, then "please don't fight anymore."

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[CarolM]

The consequences of my little darling's idiosyncracies...View attachment 269052

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[CarolM]

[emoji16]! That would be wonderful... but I’d like to see your egg hatch as well. Maybe you have one or two in there that your not aware of????

Hopefully.

 

[CarolM]

Shall we confuse him with Welsh pronunciation?

Just as inconsistent and doesn’t follow the rules of English

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[CarolM]

Shall we start with Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch ?

Which means -
Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio of the red cave.

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[CarolM]

Amen...idiosyncrasies are funny. I really enjoy watching my babies.View attachment 269055

Is that your new tank?

 

[CarolM]

XD I wish I could explain myself so easily...Well...not my first language so...that's my excuse

You did it brilliantly. Well done.

 

[CarolM]

Well all caught up. And I better get back to watching the hockey games. Have an awesome saturday.

 

[Lyn W]

Well all caught up. And I better get back to watching the hockey games. Have an awesome saturday.

Good morning Carol and good luck to your son's team.
Have a good weekend.