When I went to bed last night I had a minah bird in a cage. When I woke up this morning I had a snake in a cage with a fat bulge that meant he couldn't get out. :(

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Thanks, Yzzie, I appreciate that. Didn't mean to be Buzz Killington there. I'm working through this patch.

Unsolicited testimonial time: Photoshopping is good therapy!

slackist: When I woke up this morning I had a snake in a cage with a fat bulge that meant he couldn't get out. :(

sorry for your loss.

had to check your profile to help understand how that happened.

slackist: When I went to bed last night I had a minah bird in a cage. When I woke up this morning I had a snake in a cage with a fat bulge that meant he couldn't get out. :(

Ugh...that's horrid. :( My sympathies. I can't fault the snake for just making a living, but it always sucks to lose a pet to an accident like that.

Was he a young bird? The snake doesn't look that large, but maybe it's just that picture.

slackist: When I went to bed last night I had a minah bird in a cage. When I woke up this morning I had a snake in a cage with a fat bulge that meant he couldn't get out. :(

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Wow. That just leaves me speechless. My condolences for your loss.

/I knew a Mynah bird that lived in a rest home. The residents taught him to say "About Time!" when someone came into the lobby. Funny and sad at the same time.

ban_sidhe: Was he a young bird? The snake doesn't look that large, but maybe it's just that picture.

The bird was about 3-4 months old, my MiL found it one morning just before the cats got to it. She tried to release it a few weeks ago but it came back. It was a welfare bird.

Bird (^) about a month ago.

The snake was a good 4-5 feet long. I released it into the forest at the back of my house and it slithered gracefully up into a bamboo thicket, probably to digest its breakfast :/

Laz Long: Wow. That just leaves me speechless. My condolences for your loss.

Thanks muchly but it isn't really a big deal to me, although MiL seems a bit bummed out since she had hand reared it since it was tiny.

My wife farking hates snakes and has been jumping at her own shadow all day. They are both a bit pissed at me for not killing it, Thais sort of automatically kill snakes as soon as they see them (often for food, but in this case they wanted revenge I think).

Here's another pic (^) before we return to our scheduled pixel pushing talk.


/sorry for the off topic posts.

Curious: sorry for your loss.

Thanks Curious

slackist: So sorry for the loss of your bird. I think you did the right thing in releasing the snake. It's not like you found surveilance gear suggesting the act was premeditated. But if you do, run away.

Laz Long: I was confused (shocking) earlier and thought the copied pic was in a thread that had already posted and was several hours old. That's why i mentioned about the perp being 'long gone'. I actually looked at the thread/pic in question - hey, try to remember... brain clouds here - and saw that it was an upcoming thread! So yeah, I would be upset too. So of my suggestions, (a) for sure and what you did looks good.

As my 'clarity' increases (i think), I'm coming to the conclusion that I should be seen and not heard.

i-dig: As my 'clarity' increases (i think), I'm coming to the conclusion that I should be seen and not heard.

The inverse is true. Welcome back. :-)

Laz Long: i-dig: As my 'clarity' increases (i think), I'm coming to the conclusion that I should be seen and not heard.

The inverse is true. Welcome back. :-)

Wuh...wha... you don't want to see my pics anymore? oh kay.
sniff sniff

Well, not OK. Not chopping is more difficult than making me shut up. You'll just have to avert your eyes. ;-)

Gwinny, could you disable voting on this guy ^{(^)}? Forgot about the auto-votify feature :-\

Mods, please disenvotinate this^ volley

thanks

slackist: When I went to bed last night I had a minah bird in a cage. When I woke up this morning I had a snake in a cage with a fat bulge that meant he couldn't get out. :(

Sorry for your loss, but I can't help but think it went from minah bird to minus bird.

dammit, Dr. R., I wasn't done mourning the minah! ;0 Even though I giggled at Dr. R's post, slackist, that really does suck, and TY for posting the pic.

_{/high pass filter}

^ ^^ Lens flare & Gaussian blur at you both!

i-dig: Wuh...wha... you don't want to see my pics anymore? oh kay.
sniff sniff

Yeah, that didn't come out the way that I intended. I meant that I hope that you'd feel like participating more instead of less.

Rufus_T_Firefly: JUMP!

That's just like the time I had a picture of me living out a lifelong dream (new window)

El Chode: a lifelong dream

Fantastic!

El Chode: a lifelong dream

or nightmare

Glad you're feeling better i-dig.

Also, wtf?

Maxpower42069: Glad you're feeling better i-dig.

Also, wtf?

Must have, may i? That would go well with my "brave sir i-dig" collection... i'm sorta like Brave Sir Robin but I can't run as fast.

i-dig: Must have, may i? That would go well with my "brave sir i-dig" collection... i'm sorta like Brave Sir Robin but I can't run as fast.

Sure, I'm glad you liked that one. Whoever made it did a great job, especially with the coat of arms on the shield.

Next Oktoberfest, I have to get to Bavaria!

Rufus_T_Firefly: Next Oktoberfest, I have to get to Bavaria!

Let's start a sign-up sheet for the PSAFer's now. :-)

Today's WTF comes real-team from a TV commercial playing in the background as I 'shop.

Aciphex? Sound that one out. :-)

Laz Long: Aciphex? Sound that one out. :-)

Just now hearing that one? It's been playing around here for several years.

Ask your doctor if Ass Effects is right for you!

Wha...does it add reverb to your farts?

It's really, really hard to tell what color people's eyes are in black and white pictures.

There's no point to this comment other than that this fact has been causing me problems in colorizations lately.

The shrubbery thread is farking hilarious! Mighty fine work there people.

ban_sidhe: It's really, really hard to tell what color people's eyes are in black and white pictures.

There's no point to this comment other than that this fact has been causing me problems in colorizations lately.

I usually base them on the hair color: blonde->blue eyes, red head-> green eyes, brown hair->brown eyes, black hair -> black/dark brown eyes.
Not the most accurate system, I know, but it works for me.

wavion: I usually base them on the hair color: blonde->blue eyes, red head-> green eyes, brown hair->brown eyes, black hair -> black/dark brown eyes.

I usually do that, also. The one I'm working on now is a famous person, though, so I'd like to be accurate. I know his son has blue eyes, so I was hoping his wife had brown eyes, meaning his must have been blue in order to have a blue-eyed son. No such luck, though: wife had blue eyes, so his could be blue or brown. Or perhaps green.

Why yes, I do tend to overthink things.

That shrubbery tennis volley is bizarre beyond belief! Some of those things get definitively psychedelic! I mean, I don't know about you wackos, but if I were perusing that in an altered state [oh, do I wish] it might be a little hard to take.

Roger Mexico: That shrubbery tennis volley is bizarre beyond belief! Some of those things get definitively psychedelic! I mean, I don't know about you wackos, but if I were perusing that in an altered state [oh, do I wish] it might be a little hard to take.

Just stopped in to check on things, and wow ... had to add my lob to shrubbery tennis.

Maxpower42069
lol whut?

That soo reminds me of one of my favorite Terry Pratchett books ("Thief of Time") where Susan&Co confuse the Auditors by, among other things, leaving behind signs that read "Left" and have an arrow pointing to the right.

Fifi Le Pew: Just stopped in to check on things, and wow ... had to add my lob to shrubbery tennis.

Looks like TMoP edged you out there, Fifi.

:]

zobear: Fifi Le Pew: Just stopped in to check on things, and wow ... had to add my lob to shrubbery tennis.

Looks like TMoP edged you out there, Fifi.

:]

Yeah, I saw that after I posted. I'm so not fast enough. Hence, my lob ... not my smash.

Roger Mexico: That shrubbery tennis volley is bizarre beyond belief! Some of those things get definitively psychedelic! I mean, I don't know about you wackos, but if I were perusing that in an altered state [oh, do I wish] it might be a little hard to take.

I tossed one in just for you!

Roger Mexico: That shrubbery tennis volley is bizarre beyond belief! Some of those things get definitively psychedelic! I mean, I don't know about you wackos, but if I were perusing that in an altered state [oh, do I wish] it might be a little hard to take.

Just went back for another look. Wow.

/Poor liters are going to have a fit at all the no-votie entries.

Just a thought. I know that it's against the rules so please don't hurt me. What would you all think about enabling voting on the Shrubbery tennis?

Laz Long: Just a thought. I know that it's against the rules so please don't hurt me. What would you all think about enabling voting on the Shrubbery tennis?

/Seeing BDSM r Serious Cat in the match feels like reward enough for me ;)

Laz Long: Just a thought. I know that it's against the rules so please don't hurt me. What would you all think about enabling voting on the Shrubbery tennis?

I'd say no because I don't want to get crushed in the voting by Ennuipoet's exquisite use of lens flare.

zobear: I'd say no because I don't want to get crushed in the voting by Ennuipoet's exquisite use of lens flare.

What can I say, except that there are Four Lights. :)

OK. Subject dropped. Thanks for the feedback. :-)

Just a friendly reminder (i could be snarky ya'know)...

There are ~31.5hrs to submit your entry for Round 1 of the Squirrel Tourney.

THANK YOU!!!
oh sorry... attention whore instincts kicking in...

does anyone besides me wonder just what sort of "men" might listen to gossip?

/please don't hate me for not using adblock, etc.

Curious: does anyone besides me wonder just what sort of "men" might listen to gossip?

/please don't hate me for not using adblock, etc.

I was intrigued by the plus-sized gal in the album pic (looks a lot like my daughter-in-law) and checked out their website. There were several full length tracks from their albums so I listened to a couple of them. Not my cup of tea, but they weren't too bad.

Laz Long: Just a thought. I know that it's against the rules so please don't hurt me. What would you all think about enabling voting on the Shrubbery tennis?

What about submitting a theme that is a tennis match. The idea being that people should vote for them most creative additions/modifications. An 'O' is posted, and every post after that is a free-for-all.