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I have a rather strange cat. He likes his stomach petted and will walk over to me and roll over so I can do it for him. I have had cats for about fifty years and this is the first one that has ever done this kind of thing. All of the others thought I was playing with them when I did it.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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honey the codewitch wrote: Petting a cat's belly - when you can get away with it.
Had a cat that wouldn't let anyone pet his belly. Except for me.
I miss him.
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honey the codewitch wrote: Petting a cat's belly - when you can get away with it.
True!
The best way to avoid blood loss* takes a lot of time. Start 'em as kittens and always be gentle. Dogs may like a vigorous belly rub; cats don't. My 15 yo cats love a gentle belly rub.
* in my experience, most cats bite if you touch their belly. Some just grab while others act like your hand is tuna.
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One of my cats is good with them. The other I can get away with it if he's sleepy. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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Assembly level one in mournful music (10)
Assembly = PARLIAMENT
Level = par
one = i
mornful music = lament
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I was a million miles away. Was thinking along the lines of ASSEMBLY = some sort of construction. 
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Same. But I did have lament as one of the words I was playing with.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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Have you ever considered migrating south for the winter?
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Its cold, to us and rainy down here.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Have you ever considered migrating south for the winter?
After the kids are out of school, my wife and I will most likely move somewhere more hospitable, for sure.
Words cannot describe how much I dislike this winter climate. At least I am working from home and do not have to drive in this weather to get to work; very dangerous driving conditions.
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Lily Savage said "Never move house on a holiday or a weekend. The traffic will be bad, there will be nowhere to park, and the kids will want to come along as well."
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Maybe I’m an incorrigible romantic, but it seems to me that snowstorms bring the best in people. People are unfailingly polite, acknowledge you with a smile and ready to help. Even drivers, and it is a widely accepted fact that Montreal drivers are the second worst in North America after the New York ones, become considerate and unhurried. It might be the realization that, Holly Molly, if something bad happens, without these fellow humans I might be in deep trouble. Anyway I would change it for the world 
Mircea
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Mircea Neacsu wrote: econd worst in North America after the New York on
Apparently your driving experience is surprisingly limited..
Now I understand that Montreal drivers would suck - consider Paris drivers and that you all speak the same language (a grunt is a grunt is a grunt) and share the same attitude about that dying language - it makes sense.
I've driven in a lot of US cities - at least from the midwest on eastward. Chicago drivers were worse - wouldn't let you change lanes even when it was essential for you, but, at the same time, their cab drivers drove much better and more politely than those in NYC.
In more rural places - the pickups drive down the center of a two-lane one way road as routine. "Get outta' m'way, here ah come!".
A national epidemic seems to be that many drivers have decided that they are abrogating their agreement to stop at stop-signs and red lights.
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Quote: Chicago drivers were worse - wouldn't let you change lanes
Sorry, I don't understand the concept of "letting someone change lanes". Do you mean "forcing your way into another lane while listening to the horn of the cars behind you"? 
Mircea
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No - not at all what you're apparently used to.
I mean putting on your signal because you must get over to make a turn and awaiting another drivers allowing you to get in. Or, Chicago style, speeding up to make sure no one can get in . . . except, ironically, the cab drivers.
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yep, only in chicago. In every other city in the US you turn on your turn signal and eventually someone will let you over. Not Chicago
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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You have clearly never driven in eastern Massachusetts. A turn signal is considered a sign of weakness. It's how we can tell the out-of-staters from the Massh*les.
If you don't tailgate, someone WILL try and get between you and the next car.
If a car CAN be fit between two other cars, it WILL be fit between two other cars. Regardless of the prevailing speed of the cars on the roadway. 75mph in bumper-to-bumper traffic on Rte 128 and that BMW will barely fit ? He's coming in your lane. Close the gap if you don't want that to happen.
If you drive less than 15 mph slower than the posted speed limit in the left lane, you WILL be passed on the right in very short order. And get a single-finger message in the bargain. If you can't be passed on the right, well there's always the shoulder, or the breakdown lane. Or extreme tailgating.
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Slacker007 wrote: ...very dangerous driving conditions.
With or without snow, NY is a dangerous place to drive (or do anything else for that matter).
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"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
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I think not only for driving...
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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David Crow wrote: NY is a dangerous place to drive (or do anything else for that matter).
Aside from QAnon, where else do you get your info?
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: where else do you get your info?
Flat earth society and bigfoot sightings.
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I moved from Vermont to Virginia to escape the snow and now it is snowing here. Ugh.
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South: hurricanes.
West: tornadoes and (these days) all sorts of intense weather year round
West Coast: Between fires and earthquakes, the weather's fine (especially in the Northern areas if you really really like rain) or stay south for extended droughts.
Here, Long Island, NY, we have a small chance of hurricanes, warmer winters and cooler summers than would be expected (thanks to big bathtub called "Atlantic Ocean") and, if you don't count Superstorm Sandy (cough cough) then we don't flood as the water runs off our island into the sea.
So - I thought I'd want to move away to somewhere better - but it's really an endless trade-off.
Really - no place to hide - just a classic case of "pick your poison".
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For those of us who love snow migrating south isn't an option.
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