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Forum: Better Living Through Posting 6th May 2025, 06:02 PM
Replies: 6
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Posted By ellipses
I've been owning/feeding cats also for at least...

I've been owning/feeding cats also for at least 30 years. Like I said, this is not a new thing. Why she has suddenly decided that the cats are fat? I dunno - I don't get it.

I'm wondering if...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 4th May 2025, 07:59 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,087
Posted By ellipses
I just wanted to update this post to report that...

I just wanted to update this post to report that mother and child were able to visit Ukraine and return safely! Don't know if they had any side visits while they were in Europe but I am just...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 4th May 2025, 06:28 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 483
Posted By ellipses
:D

:D
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 4th May 2025, 06:27 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 98
Posted By ellipses
speaking of 'for years', apparently our cats are now fat!

Yesterday, I put some food in the cat food dish. I do this frequently. We have three cats in residence but only one cat food dish. They share. They are not on any kind of a schedule and never...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 4th May 2025, 05:35 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 483
Posted By ellipses
reviving this old thread once again... You...

reviving this old thread once again...

You may remember that one of the reasons that I thought that the kitchen nightlight was not really needed, was because of the small lamp that stays lit at...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 31st March 2025, 07:18 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,087
Posted By ellipses
They have travelled. Last I heard they were in...

They have travelled. Last I heard they were in Poland and expecting to take a train to Ukraine? I think? Anyway, my granddaughter's mother has also expressed an interest in taking a little vacay...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 31st March 2025, 06:49 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,383
Posted By ellipses
Sadly, a lot of senior citizens who did not vote...

Sadly, a lot of senior citizens who did not vote for trump, who did in fact vote against trump, will also be equally fucked...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 26th March 2025, 10:54 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,087
Posted By ellipses
\ my son did tell me that they are...

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my son did tell me that they are travelling to the western side, and that is as close as you can get in Ukraine to being 'safe'.

Sadly, because of the current admin, I am just as concerned...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 24th March 2025, 04:08 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,087
Posted By ellipses
my grandaughter is being taken to Ukraine

I have only one grandchild. It is my son's daughter. He has been a primary caretaker for her for her first year of life. She will be one year old in April. I say a primary caretaker because he...
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 13th March 2025, 06:53 PM
Replies: 609
Views: 27,217
Posted By ellipses
well...tbf - the romans didn't have the...

well...tbf - the romans didn't have the internet...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 23rd February 2025, 04:34 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 483
Posted By ellipses
All of which, I just need to say...I post...

All of which, I just need to say...I post everyday, normal type problems, in an attempt to keep my mind off the insanity which is my country nowadays - and I don't know how to deal with it. So I...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 23rd February 2025, 03:59 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 483
Posted By ellipses
the nightlite controversy

For as long as we have lived in this house, there has been a nightlight in the upstairs bathroom. This was my nightlight brought from my previous home and still functional. There are three bedrooms...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 7th February 2025, 01:08 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 362
Posted By ellipses
I am judged by myself - and I don't really...

I am judged by myself - and I don't really pretend that it comes from others. Sometimes I think that others are judging me, but realistically it's projection. I know that, but knowing that does not...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 6th February 2025, 11:58 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 362
Posted By ellipses
embarrassed about alcohol usage...

Perhaps even alcoholism. Because I am. I am embarrassed about my alcohol usage. I'm not sure it amounts to alcoholism, but that may be semantics. I'm not physically addicted - I can go without...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 27th January 2025, 07:44 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 443
Posted By ellipses
que sera, sera. Sorry, that's all I've got...

que sera, sera.

Sorry, that's all I've got anymore...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 27th January 2025, 02:22 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 405
Posted By ellipses
Well, I'd like to say that this issue has been...

Well, I'd like to say that this issue has been resolved. I'd like to say that but it wouldn't be true. Who has who trained? I have certainly been trained to close my door whenever I leave my room....
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 23rd January 2025, 02:00 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 4,433
Posted By ellipses
so, one of my minor, not so minor, annoyances in...

so, one of my minor, not so minor, annoyances in my life was/is that my bedroom seems to be one of the coldest rooms in this house. There is a heating grate in the room, but it's pretty small and...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 23rd January 2025, 01:37 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 405
Posted By ellipses
lol - we do have a baby gate in this h/h. It was...

lol - we do have a baby gate in this h/h. It was originally designed to keep the obnoxious young boxer out of certain areas - but it was inadequate for that and he is usually just kenneled when his...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 23rd January 2025, 12:26 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 405
Posted By ellipses
Which one of us is not learning?

Is it my roommate's small dog, who, unlike the other hh dogs has not learned that she is not allowed in my room? Or is it me, who has not learned that I cannot trust an empty hallway or who thinks...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 21st January 2025, 07:28 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 443
Posted By ellipses
It's times like this that I find my (somewhat...

It's times like this that I find my (somewhat shaky) belief in determinism to be helpful. Helpful to my mental health anyway. Because maybe time itself is an illusion and the present and the future...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 28th December 2024, 05:28 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 968
Posted By ellipses
okay - so here's my question. I've already told...

okay - so here's my question. I've already told you about how the car was not starting after being dormant for a day or two. Bro decided to put it on the trickle charger and left it overnight. May...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 19th December 2024, 06:32 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 968
Posted By ellipses
huh. Funny you should mention that. Six months...

huh. Funny you should mention that. Six months ago, when I first got the car, it had the same problem - hence the new battery! But the problem persisted with the new battery losing juice. Bro...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 17th December 2024, 10:26 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 968
Posted By ellipses
my car didn't start...

...and I felt that it should have. Yes, it hadn't been driven for a couple of weeks and the weather had been bad. Bad, but not horrible. Cold and very snowy, but not single digit cold. To me, if...
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 17th December 2024, 04:02 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,448
Posted By ellipses
Well...this is a bit of an unpopular opinion... ...

Well...this is a bit of an unpopular opinion...

I am a bit of a determinist. I don't believe in free will. I think that things are preordained. I understand why people don't like that belief...
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 9th December 2024, 06:15 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 979
Posted By ellipses
So...parking update. The change to the parking...

So...parking update. The change to the parking situation played out okay. Even though I had been ousted from my previous position, it turned out not to be an issue. At first. I ended up parked in...
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