Ace of Spades Pet Thread, November 11

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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A stray canine in North Carolina that repeatedly tried to steal a purple stuffed unicorn from a Dollar General has been adopted.
Duplin County Animal Services was called to the store after Sisu, a one-year-old Labrador mix, kept entering a Dollar General store and stealing a large, purple stuffed unicorn.
Officer Samantha Lane caught Sisu in the middle of the act, took him to the shelter, and bought him the $10 toy for the duration of his stay at the shelter.
Duplin County Animal Services announced Friday that Sisu had been adopted.

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Who let the dogs in?

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The dinosaurs are still here among us.pic.twitter.com/na5utGz1FU
— Figen (@TheFigen_) October 7, 2023

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Meet The PetMorons

This is Roci (short for Rocinante), a 2-year-old half Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and half Lhasa Poo. She is quite smart and easy to train, "speaks" to us when she wants something, and is full of love and affection.
From: K-and-M

What a sweetheart!

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MAJESTIC

This cat belongs to a moron brother in ETEX we all know and love. His name is Wally, the cat not the moron.

Forwarded by Eromero.

Well, Wally looks like he has been practicing that pose for a while. Impressive.

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Hi KT,
Here is a photo of Precious, our 15 year old Bichon. We got her last July from the pound. Her original owner turned her in for some reason. She is a sweetie and gets more adorable every day. It didn't take long for her to know when we're taking her for a walk. And it didn't take long for her to teach us when it's time to feed her. (Which is whenever she wakes up from a nap.)

Regards,
JTB and Mrs. JTB

Awwww, she truly is precious. Fifteen! How lovely that you could adopt her.

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&&&

Had a Cooper's Hawk swoop in and land on my porch yesterday. Wife is an avid birder, so I'm sure he's scoping out all the sparrows and goldfinches. Didn't catch one this time, though.
Took the photos from inside with my cell phone...pretty impressive how good that technology has come along!
Grimmy

I always debate whether to put wild critters into the gardening or the pet thread. I'm not sure that Grimmy considers this hawk to be a pet, but it is impressive!

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Thank you for sharing your pets with us.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, November 4.

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:27 PM

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1 Nice Pets Y'all!...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 11, 2023 03:29 PM (R/m4+)

2 A thousand blessings upon anyone adopting a senior pet!

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 11, 2023 03:31 PM (Px5D+)

3 Nice!

Thanks.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 11, 2023 03:32 PM (hH3Px)

4 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 11, 2023 03:34 PM (fwDg9)

5 He knew what Love meant. He knew what Home meant. He knew his own name, Honey. He had also named me Nectar. Coming home later than usual after moving, he woke up and said "Honey love Nectar home".

Getting dusty in here again.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 11, 2023 03:35 PM (7C01W)

6 The Pet Thread is the best thread.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at November 11, 2023 03:35 PM (uN+gf)

7 Meaw everyone.

Posted by: Ciampino - There are felines & then housecats at November 11, 2023 03:40 PM (qfLjt)

8 Meow!!

(scampers off)

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at November 11, 2023 03:44 PM (sAmhv)

9 New addition to yard's feral cat roster: cute small white kitteh.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 11, 2023 03:45 PM (7C01W)

10 I see that deer and I think "deer ticks."

Posted by: m at November 11, 2023 03:45 PM (ASp1y)

11 Puppehs!!
And kittehs!!
(And cooper's hawks, hehe)
Many thanks for the Thread, K.T.

Posted by: Appycay at November 11, 2023 03:46 PM (EdYR/)

12 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 11, 2023 03:46 PM (T4tVD)

13 I like to see outside wild pets

Posted by: Skip at November 11, 2023 03:47 PM (fwDg9)

14
God love you, Mr. and Mrs. JTB for taking in Precious and making her senior years her best ones.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 11, 2023 03:50 PM (zlWyq)

15 Cats open doors, occupy high places, but most amusing of all (to me) is they will claim a spot in a high traffic area of the house like a hallway and dare anyone to pass. If they do pass... WAP!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 11, 2023 03:51 PM (MeG8a)

16 Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 11, 2023 03:53 PM (rq01D)

17 Great looking group of moronimals.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 11, 2023 03:54 PM (ju2Fy)

18 Nice friend the cat brought home.

Would not surprise me at all if our cat brought home such a guest as we have several deer that pass through the front yard each day, and often bed down in the front yard. They and the cat do not bother each other at all.
I try not to spook them when they are out there as I may have to eat them some day.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 11, 2023 03:56 PM (cOq4q)

19 Squalling out here in the PNW. Windy, showers, then sun breaks. Lucy the Fink is happy in her kitty tower with a heated pad on the top.

Been doing chores, laundry, cleaning, roasting bones for stock, soaking beans..... she loves it when I'm home all day.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 has a BABY! at November 11, 2023 03:57 PM (LiD+O)

20 Tried to read article of the dog and unicorn plushy.

Breibert reminded me with all the pop-ups why I don't visit that site.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 11, 2023 03:57 PM (G370e)

21 Heh, that orange tabby opening the sliding-glass door for the puppies looks almost exactly like mine, right down to the paw scrubbing on the glass to try and get it to open.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 11, 2023 03:58 PM (/HDaX)

22 Long hair cat's been on the deck enjoying the sun and rolling in leaves. Someone's in for a major brushing when she comes in.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 11, 2023 03:59 PM (ju2Fy)

23
As her due date of the 20th approaches, Delilah has become more and more clingy and manipulative. She's leaves Her Majesty's side only to come and tell me it's dinnertime and her poor babies are starving.

She goes in for an X-ray on Wednesday so we can get a count.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 11, 2023 03:59 PM (zlWyq)

24 Everyone give your pets an extra treat and scratch behind the ears from Weasel today!

Posted by: Weasel at November 11, 2023 04:00 PM (JwHpX)

25 We have been adopted by a lady cat and she's just had her baby, sex undetermined, (seems like one only or only survivor). She's been featured on the Ciampino's Rescue Kittens and is the calico cat. I personally haven't seen the baby but Daughter tells me it looks like its mother.
So now we have been adopted by three outside cats and a kitten: Mr Grey, Rose and Calico with baby. Got to find a name for both. We are debating whether to bring Calico and Baby in during the winter, also to avoid Mum getting pregnant again as Mr Grey is still a male with dangles.

Posted by: Ciampino - There are felines & then there are housecats at November 11, 2023 04:02 PM (qfLjt)

26 Ciampino's Rescue kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's another more extensive photo update #205 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.
https://is.gd/WQ5JcT

ALSO LIVE STREAMING!! - Now most nights as well

https://is.gd/qyDILz

Posted by: Ciampino - There are felines & then there are house cats at November 11, 2023 04:03 PM (qfLjt)

27 Will do, Weasel.

Smooches to you and yours.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 has a BABY! at November 11, 2023 04:03 PM (LiD+O)

28 I visited the river today and had the good luck to observe a little blue heron from about 15 yds for several minutes. His cheek(?) was puffing like he was saying something, but I could not hear. Very long bill, very long and agile neck, very long skinny legs.

Bless the animals and all the people who love and care for them.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at November 11, 2023 04:06 PM (MvF+J)

29 And speaking of doors, I am trying to put a door on the old office, so Trouble can spend the night there and not freak my dog and cat out. Of course, the door I bought is about a half inch too tall, even though I measured. It seems that the bedroom door opening is taller, so I am moving the door from that room over and putting the new door on the bedroom. I think it will work.

Trouble came in with us the other night at about 11:30 and slept peacefully in the office till about 5:30. I think he'll be fine if I can control his access better.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 11, 2023 04:06 PM (cLWyk)

30 24 Everyone give your pets an extra treat and scratch behind the ears from Weasel today!

Posted by: Weasel at November 11, 2023 04:00 PM (JwHpX)
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It will have to be a virtual treat and scritch as a real one would take me forever and we'd be in a different thread by the time I'd get done.

Posted by: Ciampino - There's no such thing a treating ONLY ONE cat at November 11, 2023 04:07 PM (qfLjt)

31 I've see plenty of jackalopes, but Wally is my first catalope sighting.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at November 11, 2023 04:08 PM (MvF+J)

32 My neighbor got his coi pond cleaned out by a blue heron. It was like a big buffet without any wire meshing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 11, 2023 04:09 PM (R4t5M)

33 Pscittice Phlebotomist macking down on a fresh hot red chili pepper, that's how I like to see him, chili seeds all over his face.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 11, 2023 04:10 PM (7C01W)

34 Always fun to watch them eat peppers without any effects. Kinda like watching goats eat thistles

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 11, 2023 04:11 PM (cLWyk)

35 Afternoon, folken,

Beautiful Pet Morons today! The majestic "Wally" looks something like my late longhaired red tabby Arizona, he of the white jabot and frequently difficult attitude. Red cats have that rep, of being quirky. Often they live up to that rep.

Odd that I've never had another red tabby since he passed in '99.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2023 04:12 PM (omVj0)

36 JTB, that Precious is gorgeous. Hope she has many more years with you.

Posted by: Ciampino - We don't often get stray dogs here at November 11, 2023 04:13 PM (qfLjt)

37 Just have to remember not to rub my eyes after skritches.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 11, 2023 04:14 PM (7C01W)

38 32 As long as they eat fish, and not human eyeballs, I'm satisfied. They're well equipped for either prey. Herons have quick sneaky necks, like snapping turtles do, but way skinnier.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at November 11, 2023 04:14 PM (MvF+J)

39 Awesome JTB you and your wife adopted a 15 year old dog to give her a great home for her golden years.

Posted by: Drive by at November 11, 2023 04:14 PM (MZsCp)

40 That picture at the top is very funny. The cat does seem at a loss, but the doe must just be feeling nurturing. The Cooper's Hawk pics are splendid too. They are a common sight in SW Ohio at times. I've seen them and red-shouldered hawks any number of times while driving about, and my parents have seen them countless times on their side of the Queen City.

Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2023 04:15 PM (W+kMI)

41 34 Always fun to watch them eat peppers without any effects. Kinda like watching goats eat thistles

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 11, 2023 04:11 PM (cLWyk)
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I've watched rhinos at an open zoo (quite tame animals) eat thorn branches about 1 to 1½ inches in diameter with 2 inch thorns - no problem, just chew down and it all mashes up. Leaves are still a delicacy though.

Posted by: Ciampino - We had a hippopotamus (Cosby) at November 11, 2023 04:19 PM (qfLjt)

42 My two little thugs are doing well. Big black Stirling is draped atop the sofa back; little gray-and-tan puffball Dagny is stretched out on the bed where I found her when I woke from my nap. She is not a demonstrative cat, not a lap cat or anything, but she is usually near me, in the same room, and sometimes sleeps with me.

The tiny black kitten MIss Linda rescued near Halloween and whom we took to the SPCA last week has yet to appear on the website. There are a couple of female kittens listed of about the right age and intake date, but there's no pic or description yet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2023 04:20 PM (omVj0)

43 14 ... Hadrian,

Thanks but we are the ones who are blessed. Precious has been a wonderful addition to our life. She needed extensive dental work and had a UTI, now all resolved. (The vet costs might be why she was turned in to the shelter but we don't know.) She has two modes: tail wagging happy and sound asleep. She excels at both. And while she never tries to climb onto us or the furniture she wants proximity. If we are in different rooms she shuttles between rooms so we are never lonely.

Posted by: JTB at November 11, 2023 04:20 PM (7EjX1)

44 32 My neighbor got his coi pond cleaned out by a blue heron. It was like a big buffet without any wire meshing.
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Hadn't thought of tha as a hazard to a koi pond. I definitely won't try it here then. There are many GBH living in the Miami Valley, I've seen them within 10 aerial miles of the river. I can always recognize them and cormorants, for those birds fly like nothing else in the skies of Ohio.

Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2023 04:21 PM (W+kMI)

45 Stick a set of 5 x 4 antlers on that deer and it would look just like the one I bagged this morning.

Posted by: PabloD at November 11, 2023 04:23 PM (e2cxK)

46 23 ... "As her due date of the 20th approaches, Delilah has become more and more clingy and manipulative. She's leaves Her Majesty's side only to come and tell me it's dinnertime and her poor babies are starving.

She goes in for an X-ray on Wednesday so we can get a count."

Hadrian, Please let us know what the x-rays show and post pictures of the babies when they arrive.

Posted by: JTB at November 11, 2023 04:23 PM (7EjX1)

47 We have bald eagles, redtails, and a couple species of accipiters like Cooper's Hawk. The latter will chase prey into any thick brush, just crashing through it like they DGAF. We have kestrels too, hovering specialists, very pretty in the hand.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at November 11, 2023 04:23 PM (MvF+J)

48 I am informed by my buddy that the catalope is not Wally. Wally is polled.

Posted by: Eromero at November 11, 2023 04:25 PM (mRnMY)

49 42 The tiny black kitten Miss Linda rescued near Halloween and whom we took to the SPCA last week has yet to appear on the website. There are a couple of female kittens listed of about the right age and intake date, but there's no pic or description yet.
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I wish I could see that kitten and evaluate her. Our Anko-chan is deathly ill and is declining. All she does now is sleep & eat & poop. Sometimes she makes it to the litter box, sometimes it seems like too much effort. She hardly even asks CPTN Charles for cuddles, and that is saddening. It's been 12 years or so since she approached him in the driveway and made her choice. You get attached to them so easily...

Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2023 04:27 PM (W+kMI)

50 I should make giant paper mache heads, Pscittice Phlebotomist tears up enough newspaper from his cage.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 11, 2023 04:27 PM (7C01W)

51 Well that cat that is not Wally, I presume it's ready to pull Santa's sled at Xmas or at least be a standby reindeer?

Posted by: Ciampino - We had a hippopotamus but the wheels fell off at November 11, 2023 04:30 PM (qfLjt)

52 The Petmorons are so adorable. And thanks for the kind remarks about adopting Precious. As I told Hadrian, we are the lucky ones.

Posted by: JTB at November 11, 2023 04:30 PM (7EjX1)

53 I wish I could see that kitten and evaluate her. Our Anko-chan is deathly ill and is declining. All she does now is sleep & eat & poop. Sometimes she makes it to the litter box, sometimes it seems like too much effort. She hardly even asks CPTN Charles for cuddles, and that is saddening. It's been 12 years or so since she approached him in the driveway and made her choice. You get attached to them so easily...
Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2023

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Yeah, I went through that with big Chekov in the winter of '21-'22.

The little black kitten (almost all black, a few white hairs on her chest) seemed very socialized and fairly healthy. She screeched like a crow to get human attention, but then was pretty quiet the rest of the time Miss Linda housed her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2023 04:31 PM (omVj0)

54 47 We have bald eagles, redtails, and a couple species of accipiters like Cooper's Hawk. The latter will chase prey into any thick brush, just crashing through it like they DGAF. We have kestrels too, hovering specialists, very pretty in the hand.
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A bald eagle nest is supposed to be on the Little Miami somewhere between Newton and Milford. I've joined Dad in searching for its location as much as we can without trespassing, but it's eluded us. No eagles near me, although red-tails and kestrels are not uncommon. The kestrels really like to hover along divided highways, searching for small furry things.

Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2023 04:32 PM (W+kMI)

55 I've never had a shelter kitteh before. Might be worth it if they come vaxxed and neutered. Claws are okay, Anko has already reduced the value of two couches and her specially built post/perch.

Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2023 04:35 PM (W+kMI)

56 We have a number of hawks in the area but only see Cooper's hawks in the yard for some reason. I assume they are the reason we sometimes find a bundle of song bird feathers and have had a few crash into windows getting away from a predator.

Posted by: JTB at November 11, 2023 04:39 PM (7EjX1)

57 54 Kestrels are one of those birds that's easy to identify by its perching habits. Ours sit solitary, choosing a spot on the wire closely bisecting the distance between adjacent poles. They rock a little, and their silhouette is distinctive. Their hovering is delightful.
youtube.com/watch?v=mDRcLAkRZ50

They are falcons, genus Falco.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at November 11, 2023 04:40 PM (MvF+J)

58 They are falcons, genus Falco.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at November 11, 2023 04:40 PM

Rock me Amadeus!

Posted by: Bert G at November 11, 2023 04:41 PM (VARTN)

59 I've never had a shelter kitteh before. Might be worth it if they come vaxxed and neutered. Claws are okay, Anko has already reduced the value of two couches and her specially built post/perch.
Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2023 04:35 PM (W+kMI)

They usually do unless they are tiny kittens. State Shelters usually will give a reduced price for kittens spaying if you come back to them.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 11, 2023 04:45 PM (eoQWY)

60 Ciampino's Rescue kitties

Here's a link to a picture of the outside strays from Oct 29.
https://is.gd/YumLAB

* Left grey: male (Mr. Grey)
* Right grey: female (Rose)
* Calico: the pregnant girl (No name yet).

Posted by: Ciampino - That invisible sign in my front yard at November 11, 2023 04:45 PM (qfLjt)

61 Notsothoreau -- ummm...cut the bottom of the door off.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 11, 2023 04:47 PM (XMwZJ)

62
Our old house in Ohio was surrounded by huge trees. We had feeders out and our place was popular with the winged population.

Usually the sound of them in the morning was deafening. But one morning as we left everything was silent. Then Her Majesty said, "Look!" A huge hawk had taken wing and sailed off. And all the trees immediately burst into song.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 11, 2023 04:48 PM (zlWyq)

63 My Paisley ate one of my caps this week. Silly girl.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at November 11, 2023 04:49 PM (VdGjU)

64 Signs of fall here. Tux is back to wanting some lap time when I am at the computer. Apparently it's too warm even for a cat to do that during summer. He would jump up but only to inform me his food dish was empty.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 11, 2023 04:57 PM (3cGpq)

65 59 I've never had a shelter kitteh before. Might be worth it if they come vaxxed and neutered. Claws are okay, Anko has already reduced the value of two couches and her specially built post/perch.
Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2023 04:35 PM (W+kMI)

They usually do unless they are tiny kittens. State Shelters usually will give a reduced price for kittens spaying if you come back to them.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 11, 2023 04:45 PM (eoQWY)
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In the early 1990s we brought over from Africa 3 cats that we got at the shelter there: a black male kitten, a mummy cat and one of her daughters, a calico. The cost was the equivalent of just under $10 each for neutering and all.
Vets and doctors are exorbitant here. A set of (human) chest x-rays there was also about $10.

Posted by: Ciampino - Enjoy life; this is not a dress rehearsal! at November 11, 2023 05:00 PM (qfLjt)

66 My cat General Sherman had a little problem last night and got his poo caught in his fur by the tail. When its that much cleaning by themselves isn't fun. But he was so subtle about his hints he needed a bath that it took me way too long to figure out the problem. His sister Rhea who also sometimes has this just points the problem area at me until I get it.

he's mostly clean this morning and ill trim away any excess fur a bit to help him out when I get home tonight.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 11, 2023 05:05 PM (eoQWY)

67 I can't believe the house is so quiet. My elder daughter is a veteran so she's out getting freebies and she took her sibling with her. I'm left with the plethora of cats and kittens but everyone is asleep or at least resting. Nothing is moving. I have one cat, Squeak sleeping next to me and that's it, not even a lap cat.
Squeak is probably the smallest of all our cats, ignoring the growing kittens, and she was brought to us in June 2018, by our neighbor who found this tiny, tiny kitten in the hen house. Not sure how she got there. I named her because that's what she sounds like.

Posted by: Ciampino - Life is a fatal disease at November 11, 2023 05:11 PM (qfLjt)

68 NOOD hobby

Posted by: Ciampino - Life is a terminal disease at November 11, 2023 05:14 PM (qfLjt)

69 Roci and Wally are gorgeous. Lucky pets. Whoever photographed Roci is a fabulous animal photographer.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at November 11, 2023 05:33 PM (7EjX1)

70 We’re having some trees taken down, and I’m saving an 8 foot section of the birch to make cribbage boards and chess boards from. I may take a slab fir a live edge project as well.

Posted by: Don Draper at November 11, 2023 08:19 PM (+3rKW)

71 That's not a mouse ... it's a kangaroo!

Posted by: Swappy Meat at November 11, 2023 08:52 PM (o1rvF)

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