Sergio Mendacious

Yeah, I can't wait for Man City to be blasted back to the stone age. Not going to shave till then.

17 hours ago, Ronnie said:

Yes, I have the same memory, and it really doesn't feel such a long time ago.

That's something which has got me down, to be honest. UKFF years seem to match those of dogs, and Manny having died three years ago seems a counterfactual: not possible because it doesn't feel to me that three years have passed since I was previously reading about him!

I also recall when Margot was a new addition to @Sergio Mendacious's family, and she must be senior now.

It's a real downer, isn't it, how short the lives of our four-legged family members are. I try not to think about it (they're both a picture of good health) but the fact that my girls are now 12 and 13 causes me some uncomfortable reflection increasingly often.

I have real problems with this; I've heard it called anticipatory grief, and I get an attack of it nearly every day. I'll be watching Hiccup doing something awesome, and think "if he has an above-average run, he'll likely still be gone while I'm in my 50s." 

Margot turns 7 in a couple of months, but she's been acting like a grumpy senior for several years. When we moved into our last apartment, it seemed to really mess her up. Hid for several weeks, barely saw her, and she started to hate me, and go for my wife frequently (whilst remaining obsessed with her). Oddly, moving to another state (and flying on a plane) didn't seem to affect her as badly. Maybe it was because she got to fly first-class?

Over three years later, I've managed to make friends with her again; I was doing a bit of freelance work this morning, and she was sitting on my shoulder rubbing her head on me.

They taste very much like they say they will - can recommend 

Pray for me

https://www.lacocinanc.com/
 

here you go

2 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

That sounds amazing. For me living in the countryside is great but there isn't a decent Mexican restaurant within a 100 mile radius of me and I love Mexican food. I make my own but its about as authentic as Dick Van Dyke's accent in Mary Poppins. 

It's really been a pleasant surprise since we moved here — there are so many Mexican places, there's even a Salvadorean restaurant.

Wish I'd taken a picture of last night's dinner at a local mexican place. I started with chicaron norteno, which was a bowl of homemade guacamole, with three deep fried belly pork slabs sticking out the top. Then the main course was the "guadalajara combination," which sounds like a cracking tag team.

I wish I'd taken a photo — it was nachos, topped with a tostado, two flautas, and a quesadilla, topped with salad, topped with salsa, beans, sour cream, and guacamole. I'll still be finishing it tomorrow.

Great sound quality on this one

Petrified of going full-hare and falling off, watching it speed off in the woods. 

I'll tell you what... getting the mower was great. Seeing the gearbox was the icing on the cake.

Bought this bad boy yesterday, going to pick it up this evening. Looking forward to tazzin' around the garden with some music on (Lorne Green, maybe).

Well 'ard lawnmower

Was never a fan of World Party, but I used to get Q magazine in the 90s, and I think they would happily have broken their ratings system to give world Party albums 6-7 stars

Under "other" in the breakfast survey, I put my social and PIN, just to be complete

Cracking decision to get a cartoon mouse in to sing lead on this

I think I may just be thirsty for Conservative brunettes, but Katie Britt’s weird state of the union rebuttal put her on my radar

Well, it's probably helping him with Republican primary voters. Not too sure about normal people.

We have a total maniac as the Republican nominee in the race for governor.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/05/mark-robinson-north-carolina

Warning: not for Yeunglings

Headed out to vote in the primaries at some point this morning — sadly, can't vote Max for Congress, seems like a great guy.

https://maxforcongress.com/

On 2/27/2024 at 7:05 AM, Dr. Alan Grant said:

I too would be drawn in at the possibility of catgacating, cartchy tuns and sweet teats.

I just assumed this was how they talk up there.