USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Tresha91203]

Were there images posted with this? I see nothing.

Yes!

It's probably that ad blocker you have. You should get rid of that thing.

I have Ad Blocker and I could see the pictures....so it ain't ad blocker.....

And I can see everybody else's pictures too. Just not that post. No broken image links when I quote it, nothing but blank space.

There's something off with your setup, Pogo. You didn't see that video yesterday either. Do you see this below? My very best nude.

That article had no video. It didn't even have an article. I wasn't the only one who noticed, once I pointed it out.

I do see the nude cat, but it's off to the side. Looks like Hobbes, without the tree.

Ooooh, is Hobbes a Tuxedo, too? They really are the best. Peanut was such a gentleman, perfect cat manners. He actually taught my mom's brain damaged, super skiddish cat how to be a cat. It took Peanut a while, but he was so patient.

When we moved down to Louisiana, we had to inform 3 people (one of them nearly a quarter mile away) before we left. Peanut had adopted them as his people, too, and we didn't want them to worry. When we got down here, he adopted the rancher who's property butts up against ours ... walked right into their house one day like he owned the place.

It makes my heart smile to see him here every day. He's handsome, isn't he. So well dressed, too!

 

[Pogo]

Yes!

It's probably that ad blocker you have. You should get rid of that thing.

I have Ad Blocker and I could see the pictures....so it ain't ad blocker.....

And I can see everybody else's pictures too. Just not that post. No broken image links when I quote it, nothing but blank space.

There's something off with your setup, Pogo. You didn't see that video yesterday either. Do you see this below? My very best nude.

That article had no video. It didn't even have an article. I wasn't the only one who noticed, once I pointed it out.

I do see the nude cat, but it's off to the side. Looks like Hobbes, without the tree.

Ooooh, is Hobbes a Tuxedo, too? They really are the best. Peanut was such a gentleman, perfect cat manners. He actually taught my mom's brain damaged, super skiddish cat how to be a cat. It took Peanut a while, but he was so patient.

When we moved down to Louisiana, we had to inform 3 people (one of them nearly a quarter mile away) before we left. Peanut had adopted them as his people, too, and we didn't want them to worry. When we got down here, he adopted the rancher who's property butts up against ours ... walked right into their house one day like he owned the place.

It makes my heart smile to see him here every day. He's handsome, isn't he. So well dressed, too!

Is he vocal too?

This is Hobbes.... (tree not pictured)

 

[Mertex]

I don't have the foggiest clue in the world what a "BB code editor" is or does.

When you click on "reply" - there's a one line menu at the top starting with "B" for bold.....BB code editor is the one on the very end (right) that looks like a sheet of paper with a "y" on it. Try clicking on it and see if it gives you the URL address, then you can copy them and go look at them yourself.

I went back and tried this --- sure enough, you were right -- a bunch of Photobucket links suddenly showed up.
Perhaps AdBlock is blocking Photobucket? I dunno. This is the first time it's come up, other than that other time when everybody's image content disappeared.

Anybody have a Photobucket image they can post as a test?

Would still like some elucidation on what the hell a "BB code editor" does. I see the results but I don't know what brought them. What is that thing used for?

It's what we used to have with VBulletin.. You can choose to type in the old "[ b ] and [ /b ]" for bold, same with "underline".....don't know why anyone would want to go to the trouble.

BBCode editor

 

[Mertex]

I don't have the foggiest clue in the world what a "BB code editor" is or does.

When you click on "reply" - there's a one line menu at the top starting with "B" for bold.....BB code editor is the one on the very end (right) that looks like a sheet of paper with a "y" on it. Try clicking on it and see if it gives you the URL address, then you can copy them and go look at them yourself.

I went back and tried this --- sure enough, you were right -- a bunch of Photobucket links suddenly showed up.
Perhaps AdBlock is blocking Photobucket? I dunno. This is the first time it's come up, other than that other time when everybody's image content disappeared.

Anybody have a Photobucket image they can post as a test?

Would still like some elucidation on what the hell a "BB code editor" does. I see the results but I don't know what brought them. What is that thing used for?

No, because I have AdBlock and I use photobucket all the time....must be something else.

 

[Tresha91203]

I have Ad Blocker and I could see the pictures....so it ain't ad blocker.....

And I can see everybody else's pictures too. Just not that post. No broken image links when I quote it, nothing but blank space.

There's something off with your setup, Pogo. You didn't see that video yesterday either. Do you see this below? My very best nude.

That article had no video. It didn't even have an article. I wasn't the only one who noticed, once I pointed it out.

I do see the nude cat, but it's off to the side. Looks like Hobbes, without the tree.

Ooooh, is Hobbes a Tuxedo, too? They really are the best. Peanut was such a gentleman, perfect cat manners. He actually taught my mom's brain damaged, super skiddish cat how to be a cat. It took Peanut a while, but he was so patient.

When we moved down to Louisiana, we had to inform 3 people (one of them nearly a quarter mile away) before we left. Peanut had adopted them as his people, too, and we didn't want them to worry. When we got down here, he adopted the rancher who's property butts up against ours ... walked right into their house one day like he owned the place.

It makes my heart smile to see him here every day. He's handsome, isn't he. So well dressed, too!

Is he vocal too?

This is Hobbes.... (tree not pictured)

Yes, Peanut was a talker. He would continue to respond, have a conversation. He was a fine hunter, so fine we had to make the cat door 1-way to avoid gifts indoors. He had many friends, human, feline and llamas (when I ran a B&B in WA) ... wasn't much for dogs, though. Before we restricted the cat door (his own fault), he'd invite the neighbor's cat in for supper. Woke up in the middle of the night for a glass of water to find he had his buddy over in the kitchen. So much personality!

Hobbes is a beauty. Does he excel in the personality department, too? It is common with Tuxedos. I find it interesting, considering they aren't really a breed. Like Calicos, they just appear in regular litters. Unlike Calicos, they are usually male.

 

[ChrisL]

And I can see everybody else's pictures too. Just not that post. No broken image links when I quote it, nothing but blank space.

There's something off with your setup, Pogo. You didn't see that video yesterday either. Do you see this below? My very best nude.

That article had no video. It didn't even have an article. I wasn't the only one who noticed, once I pointed it out.

I do see the nude cat, but it's off to the side. Looks like Hobbes, without the tree.

Ooooh, is Hobbes a Tuxedo, too? They really are the best. Peanut was such a gentleman, perfect cat manners. He actually taught my mom's brain damaged, super skiddish cat how to be a cat. It took Peanut a while, but he was so patient.

When we moved down to Louisiana, we had to inform 3 people (one of them nearly a quarter mile away) before we left. Peanut had adopted them as his people, too, and we didn't want them to worry. When we got down here, he adopted the rancher who's property butts up against ours ... walked right into their house one day like he owned the place.

It makes my heart smile to see him here every day. He's handsome, isn't he. So well dressed, too!

Is he vocal too?

This is Hobbes.... (tree not pictured)

Yes, Peanut was a talker. He would continue to respond, have a conversation. He was a fine hunter, so fine we had to make the cat door 1-way to avoid gifts indoors. He had many friends, human, feline and llamas (when I ran a B&B in WA) ... wasn't much for dogs, though. Before we restricted the cat door (his own fault), he'd invite the neighbor's cat in for supper. Woke up in the middle of the night for a glass of water to find he had his buddy over in the kitchen. So much personality!

Hobbes is a beauty. Does he excel in the personality department, too? It is common with Tuxedos. I find it interesting, considering they aren't really a breed. Like Calicos, they just appear in regular litters. Unlike Calicos, they are usually male.

I had a Black Burmese once. Also very vocal cats. Sometimes it sounded as if she was trying to say words! I swear that cat could say "out" among other things.

 

[Grandma]

Steelers won!!!

Steelers suck, dude. I'm sorry to break the new to you....

Ohio is going to have a terrifying winter. I can feel it.

Having lived through the Blizzard of 77 and the deep-freeze of 78 in Ohio, I can imagine that maybe being the case in the coming winter....

I don't think Ohio will be anywhere near as cold this winter - but I'm expecting TONS of snow.

Okay and as I said we all have expressed our sympathy more than once but now it is getting too sad around here. I am one who remembers when it was fun posting here and I want that back again. I scroll by a lot that doesn't really interest me but there is a real sad vibe here now and I don't see it ending soon. If I have that opinion, I will post it right along with my sympathy for anyone I see suffering.

Ebb and flow. This is a period of 'negative energy,' for lack of better term. Things will turn all happy again before too much longer.

I've never seen a coyote.

Trust me, they're around there. They like to stay hidden. I didn't see my first one until the drought of '88 sent them out of the woods to find food.

Uh, hate to tell you this but a glue trap will kill him.

Really really slowly.

Oh, crap, please cut it's head off as soon as it's caught, then! No need to torture the poor thing.

Anybody have a Photobucket image they can post as a test?

Can you see it?

 

[Pogo]

And I can see everybody else's pictures too. Just not that post. No broken image links when I quote it, nothing but blank space.

There's something off with your setup, Pogo. You didn't see that video yesterday either. Do you see this below? My very best nude.

That article had no video. It didn't even have an article. I wasn't the only one who noticed, once I pointed it out.

I do see the nude cat, but it's off to the side. Looks like Hobbes, without the tree.

Ooooh, is Hobbes a Tuxedo, too? They really are the best. Peanut was such a gentleman, perfect cat manners. He actually taught my mom's brain damaged, super skiddish cat how to be a cat. It took Peanut a while, but he was so patient.

When we moved down to Louisiana, we had to inform 3 people (one of them nearly a quarter mile away) before we left. Peanut had adopted them as his people, too, and we didn't want them to worry. When we got down here, he adopted the rancher who's property butts up against ours ... walked right into their house one day like he owned the place.

It makes my heart smile to see him here every day. He's handsome, isn't he. So well dressed, too!

Is he vocal too?

This is Hobbes.... (tree not pictured)

Yes, Peanut was a talker. He would continue to respond, have a conversation. He was a fine hunter, so fine we had to make the cat door 1-way to avoid gifts indoors. He had many friends, human, feline and llamas (when I ran a B&B in WA) ... wasn't much for dogs, though. Before we restricted the cat door (his own fault), he'd invite the neighbor's cat in for supper. Woke up in the middle of the night for a glass of water to find he had his buddy over in the kitchen. So much personality!

Hobbes is a beauty. Does he excel in the personality department, too? It is common with Tuxedos. I find it interesting, considering they aren't really a breed. Like Calicos, they just appear in regular litters. Unlike Calicos, they are usually male.

I'm confused -- you refer to Peanut in both the past and present tense...

Hobbes loves to hunt, which is what I hired him for. He's been especially fond of tracking down snakes (big year for them this summer). That and ... trees.

Hobbes is fine around dogs, maybe skittish at first but I have a neighbor border collie who comes over (and also the same black and white markings, they look like cousins) and is a really gentle fun-loving spirit. The other dog he's seen is a friend's Chow/Shepherd mix, with that one he's taken more time to acclimate. On the other hand he hasn't been around other cats since I got him from the shelter last winter.

The other night, Hobbes starts emitting this low growl, his tail's all puffed up, he's pacing nervously from one end of the house to the other, jumps up on the refrigerator and huddles down.

"What?" I asked him. "Is there something out there? A deer? Racoon? A bear? What?"

Figured out it was just the wind howling. He must not remember last year. We get strong howling winds in the fall and winter.

 

[Pogo]

Steelers won!!!

Steelers suck, dude. I'm sorry to break the new to you....

Ohio is going to have a terrifying winter. I can feel it.

Having lived through the Blizzard of 77 and the deep-freeze of 78 in Ohio, I can imagine that maybe being the case in the coming winter....

I don't think Ohio will be anywhere near as cold this winter - but I'm expecting TONS of snow.

Okay and as I said we all have expressed our sympathy more than once but now it is getting too sad around here. I am one who remembers when it was fun posting here and I want that back again. I scroll by a lot that doesn't really interest me but there is a real sad vibe here now and I don't see it ending soon. If I have that opinion, I will post it right along with my sympathy for anyone I see suffering.

Ebb and flow. This is a period of 'negative energy,' for lack of better term. Things will turn all happy again before too much longer.

I've never seen a coyote.

Trust me, they're around there. They like to stay hidden. I didn't see my first one until the drought of '88 sent them out of the woods to find food.

Uh, hate to tell you this but a glue trap will kill him.

Really really slowly.

Oh, crap, please cut it's head off as soon as it's caught, then! No need to torture the poor thing.

Anybody have a Photobucket image they can post as a test?

Can you see it?

Yup, that one shows up jest fine. It's only Double-0's that didn't.

On another note I'd like to note that this site has a blatant pro-Steeler bias.
If we have that one we should have one for every team.

Except the Cowgirls of curse.

 

[Tresha91203]

There's something off with your setup, Pogo. You didn't see that video yesterday either. Do you see this below? My very best nude.

That article had no video. It didn't even have an article. I wasn't the only one who noticed, once I pointed it out.

I do see the nude cat, but it's off to the side. Looks like Hobbes, without the tree.

Ooooh, is Hobbes a Tuxedo, too? They really are the best. Peanut was such a gentleman, perfect cat manners. He actually taught my mom's brain damaged, super skiddish cat how to be a cat. It took Peanut a while, but he was so patient.

When we moved down to Louisiana, we had to inform 3 people (one of them nearly a quarter mile away) before we left. Peanut had adopted them as his people, too, and we didn't want them to worry. When we got down here, he adopted the rancher who's property butts up against ours ... walked right into their house one day like he owned the place.

It makes my heart smile to see him here every day. He's handsome, isn't he. So well dressed, too!

Is he vocal too?

This is Hobbes.... (tree not pictured)

Yes, Peanut was a talker. He would continue to respond, have a conversation. He was a fine hunter, so fine we had to make the cat door 1-way to avoid gifts indoors. He had many friends, human, feline and llamas (when I ran a B&B in WA) ... wasn't much for dogs, though. Before we restricted the cat door (his own fault), he'd invite the neighbor's cat in for supper. Woke up in the middle of the night for a glass of water to find he had his buddy over in the kitchen. So much personality!

Hobbes is a beauty. Does he excel in the personality department, too? It is common with Tuxedos. I find it interesting, considering they aren't really a breed. Like Calicos, they just appear in regular litters. Unlike Calicos, they are usually male.

I'm confused -- you refer to Peanut in both the past and present tense...

Hobbes loves to hunt, which is what I hired him for. He's been especially fond of tracking down snakes (big year for them this summer). That and ... trees.

Hobbes is fine around dogs, maybe skittish at first but I have a neighbor border collie who comes over (and also the same black and white markings, they look like cousins) and is a really gentle fun-loving spirit. The other dog he's seen is a friend's Chow/Shepherd mix, with that one he's taken more time to acclimate. On the other hand he hasn't been around other cats since I got him from the shelter last winter.

The other night, Hobbes starts emitting this low growl, his tail's all puffed up, he's pacing nervously from one end of the house to the other, jumps up on the refrigerator and huddles down.

"What?" I asked him. "Is there something out there? A deer? Racoon? A bear? What?"

Figured out it was just the wind howling. He must not remember last year. We get strong howling winds in the fall and winter.

Sorry, he passed a few years ago, but still with me. I didn't realize I still use present tense. He still makes me smile.

 

[Tresha91203]

Saints all the way ... next year.

 

[Pogo]

Saints all the way ... next year.

You go, Boudreaux!

 

[Grandma]

On another note I'd like to note that this site has a blatant pro-Steeler bias.
If we have that one we should have one for every team.

Except the Cowgirls of curse.

Nah, having just the Steelers is cool.

 

[Tresha91203]

Saints all the way ... next year.

You go, Boudreaux!

Ha! I actually am (or was before marriage) an "eaux," although not a Boudreaux. Interesting aside: the "x" at the end of the name indicates one's ancestors were uneducated back in the day. An educated Gautreau would sign his name. An uneducated one would put his mark, an X, beside his name, making it look like Gautreau X. That's why there are so many eau names with an eaux counterpart.

And now you know the rest of the story.

 

[Pogo]

Saints all the way ... next year.

You go, Boudreaux!

Ha! I actually am (or was before marriage) an "eaux," although not a Boudreaux. Interesting aside: the "x" at the end of the name indicates one's ancestors were uneducated back in the day. An educated Gautreau would sign his name. An uneducated one would put his mark, an X, beside his name, making it look like Gautreau X. That's why there are so many eau names with an eaux counterpart.

And now you know the rest of the story.

Ever been to Prince Edward Island? It seemed everybody there was named either Arsenault or Bergeron.

 

[Tresha91203]

Saints all the way ... next year.

You go, Boudreaux!

Ha! I actually am (or was before marriage) an "eaux," although not a Boudreaux. Interesting aside: the "x" at the end of the name indicates one's ancestors were uneducated back in the day. An educated Gautreau would sign his name. An uneducated one would put his mark, an X, beside his name, making it look like Gautreau X. That's why there are so many eau names with an eaux counterpart.

And now you know the rest of the story.

Ever been to Prince Edward Island? It seemed everybody there was named either Arsenault or Bergeron.

Haven't been there, but Arsenault became Arceneaux down here. Lots of family names were accidentally changed during the war down here. When illiterate men enlisted, the guy writing his name down just did his best. It turned out to be far easier to actually change your family's name than to get the government to correct it. I worked with an Italian who is a Trepagnier instead of Tripanni.

ETA: Tons of Bergerons here. We have Martinez, pronounced like the name Martin with an ez. Ramirez is RAM uh rez
Martinez is MAR tin ez
Funny stuff

 

[Statistikhengst]

The Coffee Shop is not the place to be tossing anti-religious darts, blackhawk. Take it someplace else. It's not welcomed here.

How was that anti religious? The point of it was to show how silly it is for people who don't believe in God yet get offended by the idea of God to call those who do believe irrational.

Because there are some people here in the CS on both sides of the equation. No politics, no religion, no trolling. The rules seem pretty easy to read. BDD was doing you a favor, I think.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

 

[Statistikhengst]

HaHa. Nothing to do with respect, I'm just tired of being sad everytime I come here anymore. I've heard about Gracie's dogs like 10 times now, it's just enough.

No problem tho, I'll just leave if that's what you guys want this place to be.

Oh, I think that most of the time, the bulk of topics in the CS are pretty upbeat. And usually, there's a pretty good deal of humor here as well. And I don't see anyone asking or telling someone else to leave the CS.

But I have seen other USMB members go through some pretty bad things in the "real world" and mention them in the CS and as far as I can tell, most, if not absolutely everyone in the CS has been unbelievably supportive, time and time again. I think that's what makes the CS a special place and I would hope that we all want to keep it that way.

I am sorry if my travails of the last days brought you down personally. That was most definitely not my intent. Grief is one of the most powerful emotions out there and it has undoubtedly overwhelmed me in the last days.

To those who have shown so much empathy and concern over the last days, thank you all very much for the effort you have put in to communicate those thoughts here in the CS. Believe it or not, it is helpful,

Stat, it's not you personally she was referring to. Over the last couple of years there's been a lot of "bad news" from quite a few people in the CS and some people (naturally) want to commiserate more than others and more often than others, some people get tired of it after a while. Nothing more, nothing less.

If I don't want to read someone's post, all I have to do is skip over it.....nothing more, nothing less.

Understood. I was simply commenting on differing personalities, how we individually deal with these types of things..... Basically the root to many of our interpersonal problems.

That's true. There's a lot of things in life that we, personally do not like, but we can't always have everything geared to our own personal taste....when we try to make it so, we end up offending and causing hurt feelings, something the CS is supposed to be above. As long as no rules are being broken, I say, it is easier to just ignore or skip over those posts by those we don't care to engage with. There's got to be one place in this Forum where we can come together as humans regardless of all our other differences.

Hear, hear. Spot-on, Mertex .

 

[Foxfyre]

I'll have to catch up on the last several pages tomorrow but did scan over everything and saw some interesting conversations. One thing that caught my eye though is that Hobbes is back in the tree? I have to start worrying about him again? Sigh. Let's hope he comes down more quickly this time. Saw his pic--he is a beauty.

And I noted the trapping lizards and shooting armadillos and cockroaches? When we lived in Texas we didn't shoot the cockroaches. There folks saddled them and used them to herd livestock. (They were really big.)

Okay I'm on the way to find my pillow. See all ya'll in the morning.

Good night darlinks. I love you guys.

And we're still keeping vigil for

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Sunshine,
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
TK, and TK's grandma,
Sheila’s friend Shirley,
Spoonie, Ringel, 007, and Sheila's sore backs,
Sherry’s Mom,
BDBoop, her sis, and family,
Hombre,
Pix,
Becki and Becki’s hubby,
Sheila and son Andrew,
Noomi’s Auntie Marj and Nana,
Sheila's sore foot post surgery healing,
Complete healing for Mrs. Ringel and the Ringels in difficult transition,
Pogo's aunt,
Derideo_te for comfort and healing,
Sarah G for comfort and healing,
Ollie and Mrs. O for a complete recovery,
All of us and those we care about who are looking for work,
Safe travels for those traveling,
All who are dealing with colds and flu,
And all others we love and hold in concern.

And the light is on awaiting the return of Oddball, Sunshine, Jughead, Sheila, and Becki and all the others who have been MIA lately. We hope everyone is okay.

P.S. Sometimes in the editing of the vigil list or when I have switched computers, somebody gets dropped that is supposed to be on it. This will always be inadvertent and if ya'll would call it to my attention, it would be much appreciated.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Saints all the way ... next year.

You go, Boudreaux!

Ha! I actually am (or was before marriage) an "eaux," although not a Boudreaux. Interesting aside: the "x" at the end of the name indicates one's ancestors were uneducated back in the day. An educated Gautreau would sign his name. An uneducated one would put his mark, an X, beside his name, making it look like Gautreau X. That's why there are so many eau names with an eaux counterpart.

And now you know the rest of the story.

You make an interesting point there and I thank you for the information, Tresha91203

When I was doing some deep genealogical research for my family tree, I discovered than many of my ancestors who came over "on the boat" were either illiterate or simply could not write in English and when it came to Census time, like the 1910 or 1920 census, the census takers wrote down their names to the best of their ability because my relatives (many of them Jews from Poland or the Ukraine) could not spell their own name, or the americanized version of it, in the latin alphabet. It's maybe hard to believe in the 21st century, but back then, apparently, this was quite a phenomenon. And I am referring to both first name and family name. Sometimes the only way to know for sure if the ancestor is really the person in the census is to see the names of the other family members and see if the names all match up.

You can also see from the 1930 census that the Great Depression tore up a hell of a lot of families. All of a sudden, between the 1920 census and the 1930 census, the number of "boarders" listed at homes rose quite dramatically.

I thought you might also find that information interesting.

I would bet that there are a great number of names ala Francais with the x at the end of the name in Louisiana!!!

And for our "frenchophiles" out there, two places in France to recommend, in the Provence, for vacation:

Sault - is a small town where the bulk of the Lavender for the country is harvested. It is harvested every year on August 15th. My then-wife and I, we spent a month in Sault in 2004. The city is pronounced without the l and t. Like "sow". As soon as I can find the pics from Sault, I will post some of them. We rented a small summer home with no TV, just a radio, bikes and a car and just loved it there. It was one of the most relaxing vacations of my entire life. And you have never really experienced the intensity of lavender until you stand right in the middle of one of those fields. Wow. It was awesome.

Carpentras - a small city on the way due west from Sault, once you get past the ochre caves. Carpentras has the narrowest streets and most traffic circles of any small town in France. If you want to learn how to swear like a sailor at the top of your lungs, then drive through Carpentras, where all the maps of the town are wrong, too. Boy, that was fun. However, Carpentras sports the oldest Synagogue in all of Europe, a beautiful little structure. We toured it and I just loved it.