COLD DARK ROOM

[Kristoff]

Pendleton whiskey, (my whiskey of choice) has a flat chested, MALE bronc rider on its silk screened bottle label. They’ve got a “black label” as well, which is 100 proof and although I would be the last one to say it’s not smooth or too strong, it’s just that one evening I put away the better part of a fifth by myself thank you very much. I didn’t wake up hung over so much as feeling like I suffered a mild case of food poisoning. You know the kind, where it’s easy to identify what has made you feel off simply by thinking of what you ate the day/night before and you start to feel sick.
So now I reserve the “Black Label” for a double shot when I go out. Here is my standard bottle of Pendleton;View attachment 231905 Yes it’s about time for a refill, and yes it says “Canadian Whiskey” on the bottle but that’s a distillation type and has nothing to do with where it’s distilled. That is in good ol’ Oregon, thank you very much. LOL
And yes, that’s a real cork in the bottle top as well so we don’t lose track of those wagon trains we came west in.

I prefer... VODKA!

Husband has this as his “advent calendar”:

I tasted some, and discovered...that I’m a gin person

 

[Kristoff]

Hey, Gang!!!!! The vet's office just called!!! Jacques' white blood cell count is down to 12,400- that is a HUGE improvement and shows she's responding very well to treatment!!!!!!! (Her count had previously been 30,600 which is SUPER high).
The vet wants to complete the full 2 weeks of treatment, so if all still looks good on Saturday, I'll be bringing her home then!!!!!!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
@Tidgy's Dad @JoesMum @CarolM @Yvonne @KarenSoCal @KevinGG @mark1 @Tom @Markw84
(I know I"ve missed some people- please accept my apologies!!!)

Yaaaay! Thank you for the update, Bea! So good to hear Jacques is doing well. xxx

 

[Kristoff]

Good Morning all. I hope everyone is having a good day. I am unfortunately in a very bad mood. I have decided to get Milley a companion as she is just not right ever since her brother died. We found someone who was advertising English Bulldogs. Absolutely beautiful puppies. Anyway after emails back and forth and the family choosing which puppy we all liked I asked the person where she stayed exactly so we could go see the puppies (they advertised under western Cape) it turned out they are supposedly in the northern cape. Anyway long story short it was a scam. Thank goodness I didnt
didn't pay them anything. It however still is very disappointing and really cruel that people run these type of scams. Anyway it has put me in a very bad mood. So it is not a good day for me. Sigh I suppose it could have been worse.

I can imagine how frustrating this is for you all. No one is immune from dishonest people, unfortunately.

 

[JoesMum]

Hey, Gang!!!!! The vet's office just called!!! Jacques' white blood cell count is down to 12,400- that is a HUGE improvement and shows she's responding very well to treatment!!!!!!! (Her count had previously been 30,600 which is SUPER high).
The vet wants to complete the full 2 weeks of treatment, so if all still looks good on Saturday, I'll be bringing her home then!!!!!!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
@Tidgy's Dad @JoesMum @CarolM @Yvonne @KarenSoCal @KevinGG @mark1 @Tom @Markw84
(I know I"ve missed some people- please accept my apologies!!!)

Fantastic news Bea

 

[Kristoff]

Good morning, roommates! Coffee is here — thank you very much, One-legged Pirate, arrgh! Have to work today. Not see you all later.

 

[JoesMum]

Good Morning all. I hope everyone is having a good day. I am unfortunately in a very bad mood. I have decided to get Milley a companion as she is just not right ever since her brother died. We found someone who was advertising English Bulldogs. Absolutely beautiful puppies. Anyway after emails back and forth and the family choosing which puppy we all liked I asked the person where she stayed exactly so we could go see the puppies (they advertised under western Cape) it turned out they are supposedly in the northern cape. Anyway long story short it was a scam. Thank goodness I didnt
didn't pay them anything. It however still is very disappointing and really cruel that people run these type of scams. Anyway it has put me in a very bad mood. So it is not a good day for me. Sigh I suppose it could have been worse.

It is for this reason my sister only gets rescue dogs. There are too many scammers trying to get lots of money out of people desperate for a pure breed pup.

 

[JoesMum]

Husband has this as his “advent calendar”:
View attachment 231917
I tasted some, and discovered...that I’m a gin person

I prefer gin too

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning all. It seems the UK is largely snowed in. My plans are to stay warm inside

 

[CarolM]

It is for this reason my sister only gets rescue dogs. There are too many scammers trying to get lots of money out of people desperate for a pure breed pup.

The sad thing was I am not even looking for a pure breed we just liked the puppy we saw in their ad.

 

[CarolM]

Husband has this as his “advent calendar”:
View attachment 231917
I tasted some, and discovered...that I’m a gin person

Hmm don't really like alcohol so much but I have tried gin and dry lemon. Found out I like that. So snap.!!

 

[CarolM]

Good morning, roommates! Coffee is here — thank you very much, One-legged Pirate, arrgh! Have to work today. Not see you all later.

I also had some cofffee. It was really nice. On my second cup now.

 

[CarolM]

Good morning all. It seems the UK is largely snowed in. My plans are to stay warm inside

A good book by a warm fire is not a bad way to spend the day.

 

[Kristoff]

It’s snowing here too! It snowed twice the whole winter. Enter March... The fjord looked frozen this morning as far as I could see...

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good evening all. Sorry for my sudden disappearance. We needed to get to Birmingham tomorrow but with Storm Emma confronting The Beast From the East over South West England, we decided our best chance was to go this afternoon.

The first part of the journey was fine. The second part wasn't. There's a lot of snow, drifting due to high winds and we crawled in blizzard conditions for miles. However, we are now safe and warm and we don't need to drive again until Sunday.

We would go and do some unexpected touristy stuff tomorrow morning, but the weather forecast is awful.

Stay warm.
All sounds pretty horrid and potentially dangerous.
But a bit exciting, too.
Please be careful.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

"lurk" or "lurch"

"Lurch" was one of my nicknames at school.
Charming.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Adam doesn't consider American cheese as cheese, so its probably better to talk about non-cheese foods than "cheese."

Nothing against proper cheese from anywhere.
But all the processed cheese, cheese fountains and aerosol cheese is an insult to the good name of the product.

 

[JoesMum]

It’s snowing here too! It snowed twice the whole winter. Enter March... The fjord looked frozen this morning as far as I could see...

Our town’s Facebook group had this photo of the frozen lake today


It normally looks like this

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Pendleton whiskey, (my whiskey of choice) has a flat chested, MALE bronc rider on its silk screened bottle label. They’ve got a “black label” as well, which is 100 proof and although I would be the last one to say it’s not smooth or too strong, it’s just that one evening I put away the better part of a fifth by myself thank you very much. I didn’t wake up hung over so much as feeling like I suffered a mild case of food poisoning. You know the kind, where it’s easy to identify what has made you feel off simply by thinking of what you ate the day/night before and you start to feel sick.
So now I reserve the “Black Label” for a double shot when I go out. Here is my standard bottle of Pendleton;View attachment 231905 Yes it’s about time for a refill, and yes it says “Canadian Whiskey” on the bottle but that’s a distillation type and has nothing to do with where it’s distilled. That is in good ol’ Oregon, thank you very much. LOL
And yes, that’s a real cork in the bottle top as well so we don’t lose track of those wagon trains we came west in.

Interesting.
I will have to see if I can get hold of some, don't recall having tried that one.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hey, Gang!!!!! The vet's office just called!!! Jacques' white blood cell count is down to 12,400- that is a HUGE improvement and shows she's responding very well to treatment!!!!!!! (Her count had previously been 30,600 which is SUPER high).
The vet wants to complete the full 2 weeks of treatment, so if all still looks good on Saturday, I'll be bringing her home then!!!!!!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
@Tidgy's Dad @JoesMum @CarolM @Yvonne @KarenSoCal @KevinGG @mark1 @Tom @Markw84
(I know I"ve missed some people- please accept my apologies!!!)

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good girl, Jacques! Good girl!
Excellent news, Bea, I'm so pleased and relieved.
And well done to you and the vet!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good Morning all. I hope everyone is having a good day. I am unfortunately in a very bad mood. I have decided to get Milley a companion as she is just not right ever since her brother died. We found someone who was advertising English Bulldogs. Absolutely beautiful puppies. Anyway after emails back and forth and the family choosing which puppy we all liked I asked the person where she stayed exactly so we could go see the puppies (they advertised under western Cape) it turned out they are supposedly in the northern cape. Anyway long story short it was a scam. Thank goodness I didnt
didn't pay them anything. It however still is very disappointing and really cruel that people run these type of scams. Anyway it has put me in a very bad mood. So it is not a good day for me. Sigh I suppose it could have been worse.

Good morning, Carol!
I am very sorry to hear about this, but at least you didn't part with any money, but how cruel some people can be.
These scammers are so selfish and yes, evil, no consideration for others at all, preying on the love people have for animals.
There are a lot in the tortoise world as well, of course, and even the fossil world has a lot of cheats and scammers after your hard earned cash.
Hope your mood improves as the day progresses.