Open Thread: Summer Is Here [Y-not]

My husband, dear man that he is, has one weakness. He loves those dumb "fails" videos. I always know when he's watching them because he sounds like this:

Cringe-worthy.

That said, perhaps you are like him and enjoy those silly videos. If so, here's a link for your amusement.

If not, open thread for chit chat while we wait for the Gardening Thread to "bloom."

Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:44 PM

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1 Heh.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (All my hate cannot be found) at June 27, 2015 05:45 PM (l7Kbv)

2 Sorry to be so late... lots going on with your host and hostess.

Posted by: Very Late Gardening Thread at June 27, 2015 05:46 PM (RWGcK)

3 Summer is here and my whole time so far has been spent building an ark.

Posted by: Noah at June 27, 2015 05:46 PM (Dwehj)

4 Lol, fail video's can be addictive, that's why I watch doggeh vids, more entertainment and no humans were hurt.

Posted by: Gmac- 'all politics in this country now is dress-rehearsal for civil war' at June 27, 2015 05:47 PM (4CRfK)

5 Marty's mom has got it going on
She wants Calvin Klein after the Prom

Posted by: =/= derit =/= at June 27, 2015 05:49 PM (jT+gh)

6
anyone remember the Stacy's Mom video?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 27, 2015 05:50 PM (NB94o)

7 I left you a quiz question on the old thread, Sooth.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 27, 2015 05:50 PM (rwI+c)

8 I guess summer is here since we just had a full week of 100+ temps. And I am already sick of hot weather but I bet the power company just loves it.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 27, 2015 05:50 PM (GpgJl)

9 Another shark attack just minutes ago off NC. What the hell is going on there???

It'sa

Posted by: Admiral FishBreath at June 27, 2015 05:51 PM (DL2i+)

10 6
anyone remember the Stacy's Mom video?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 27, 2015 05:50 PM (NB94o)

Oh. Rachel Hunter. Would definitely hit.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 27, 2015 05:51 PM (mx5oN)

11 no rain today.

how'd that happen ?

Posted by: seamrog at June 27, 2015 05:51 PM (KVwur)

12 mmmmm, love that new thread smell.

Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2015 05:52 PM (EgOr3)

13 11 no rain today.

how'd that happen ?
Posted by: seamrog at June 27, 2015 05:51 PM (KVwur)

Forgot to do my dance today. Sorry.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at June 27, 2015 05:53 PM (mx5oN)

14 Since we are still talking about heat, me and all of my siblings are excellent swimmers, because my mother never really learned how, there not being a lot of need in West Texas, and she almost drowned in a cattle tank on the farm trying to learn. So she made sure that we took swimming lessons all of our young lives.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 27, 2015 05:53 PM (rwI+c)

15 Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 27, 2015 05:50 PM (GpgJl)

So how was the humidity? Tolerable, or just plain crappy?

Posted by: HH at June 27, 2015 05:53 PM (Qia1Z)

16 Quite chilly ooutside where I live today.Rainy too.

Posted by: steevy at June 27, 2015 05:54 PM (sPO3u)

17 So she made sure that we took swimming lessons all of our young lives.

I was also made to take swimming lessons, Grump. Sadly, I failed. Really, they told my mother, forget it, she can't swim. I also did pretty crappy at the tennis lessons after that. They didn't like my 2-handed backhand. Of course, now, it's all the rage.

Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2015 05:54 PM (EgOr3)

18 15 So how was the humidity? Tolerable, or just plain crappy?

Posted by: HH at June 27, 2015 05:53 PM (Qia1Z)

What we call "oppressive".

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 27, 2015 05:55 PM (GpgJl)

19 Hi Peaches! Long time... etc etc.

Posted by: Y-not at June 27, 2015 05:55 PM (RWGcK)

20 13 Lizzy

go track a f'king mountain lion or something.

enough of your H20 dance.

Posted by: seamrog at June 27, 2015 05:56 PM (KVwur)

21 Okay, weather. 4 miles from the polluted Pacific here in crime-ridden Hell-A. Today I've got mid-60s and dark and gloomy and looks/feels/smells like rain. Just a tease, though, it won't actually happen since I didn't get my car washed this week.

Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2015 05:56 PM (EgOr3)

22 Crap. We may be married to the same man.

Posted by: NCKate at June 27, 2015 05:57 PM (bP6xm)

23 >>Today I've got mid-60s and dark and gloomy and looks/feels/smells like rain.

Ah, the June Gloom! I remember that.

It is very "toasty" here this week. 100s. Dry. Looking to be that way for the next week or more.

Posted by: Y-not at June 27, 2015 05:58 PM (RWGcK)

24 21
Okay, weather. 4 miles from the polluted Pacific here in crime-ridden
Hell-A. Today I've got mid-60s and dark and gloomy and
looks/feels/smells like rain. Just a tease, though, it won't actually
happen since I didn't get my car washed this week.

Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2015 05:56 PM (EgOr3)

When I lived out there in Castro Valley all the neighbors considered it hot if it got into the 80s.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 27, 2015 05:58 PM (GpgJl)

25 >>Posted by: NCKate at June 27, 2015 05:57 PM

I've found my Sister-Wife!

Posted by: Y-not at June 27, 2015 05:58 PM (RWGcK)

26
A famous woman person from Rowena??

I haven't a clue.

Mae West?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 27, 2015 05:59 PM (NB94o)

27 We're just ordinary average guys.

Posted by: Lawrence Garfield at June 27, 2015 05:59 PM (2hiIw)

28 You'll fit in now!!

Posted by: NCKate at June 27, 2015 05:59 PM (bP6xm)

29 Hey, Y-not!!! Thanks for all the sparkly posts! And, yeah, we get May Gray and then June Gloom. I just call it suicide weather. Won't actually make you do it but if you were on the fence, a couple weeks of this shit would definitely put you in the mood.

Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2015 05:59 PM (EgOr3)

30 We have had god-forsaken humidity for almost three weeks now. Got a break today; 82 and fairly low humidity. I'll take it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 27, 2015 05:59 PM (BVDFs)

31 >>28 You'll fit in now!!

FINALLY! lol

Posted by: Y-not at June 27, 2015 06:00 PM (RWGcK)

32 I love fail videos!

I don't watch them for months and months, then suddenly I binge on them for two hours.

Most of the time, I watch them and wonder, "Buddy, what were you even TRYING to do? You're riding your bike off the roof of the garage and landing on a picnic table! How did you THINK it was going to turn out?"

Posted by: RKae at June 27, 2015 06:00 PM (WP9EM)

33 Willowed comment from the previous thread.

Neal Sedaka, not Diamond was the songwriter for the Monkees.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 27, 2015 06:00 PM (baR5c)

34 "I just call it suicide weather."

You rang?

Posted by: ghoulish Belgian MD at June 27, 2015 06:00 PM (RWGcK)

35
Calamity Jane?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 27, 2015 06:01 PM (NB94o)

36 I need kitteh advice...shall I wait for tonight's Caturday ONT?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 27, 2015 06:01 PM (BVDFs)

37 Stacy's Mom?

She's got it going on.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 27, 2015 06:01 PM (baR5c)

38
Lady Bird Johnson?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 27, 2015 06:01 PM (NB94o)

39 both neils wrote for the monkees

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 27, 2015 06:01 PM (TF10X)

40 Okay, weather. 4 miles from the polluted Pacific here in crime-ridden Hell-A. Today I've got mid-60s and dark and gloomy and looks/feels/smells like rain. Just a tease, though, it won't actually happen since I didn't get my car washed this week.

Run outside & wash 1 car window. Sometimes the rain gods can be appeased and/or fooled ...

Hope things are going well otherwise.

The hubby & I got a heat film up on the east window w/o killing each other. We are going to cover it with a privacy film next week.

Posted by: Adriane the Pithy Saying Critic ... at June 27, 2015 06:01 PM (nSOh+)

41
the girl from Ipanema?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 27, 2015 06:02 PM (NB94o)

42 >>36 I need kitteh advice...shall I wait for tonight's Caturday ONT?

Shoot.

Posted by: Y-not at June 27, 2015 06:02 PM (RWGcK)

43 36
I need kitteh advice...shall I wait for tonight's Caturday ONT?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 27, 2015 06:01 PM (BVDFs)

What advice?

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 27, 2015 06:02 PM (GpgJl)

44 _Molly Line?

Posted by: Ralph at June 27, 2015 06:02 PM (xx+WQ)

45 Y-Not, your hubby has only one weakness.

You're a lucky 'Ette.

Also, just got back from the grocery store, where a mother and daughter of color struck up a conversation with me due to the cap I wear that has a bass clef on it. Come to find out, the absent hubby is a jazz bassist here in town, we exchanged cards (Mom had one in the bottom of her purse) and we'll try to connect on FaceButt soon. Daughter is a classical pianist, btw.

We talked like we'd known each other for years. Renewed my faith in humanity, it did. It's really good to see that all these efforts to divide us along racial lines isn't working out like they'd hoped. They were nice folks who'd be great fun at anyone's gathering, and I look forward to seeing them again.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 27, 2015 06:02 PM (eEb+d)

46
Molly Ringwald is dead?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 27, 2015 06:03 PM (NB94o)

47
I need kitteh advice...shall I wait for tonight's Caturday ONT?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 27, 2015 06:01 PM (BVDFs)
Hell's bells, Tammy, we are here for you! Roll it out.

Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2015 06:03 PM (EgOr3)

48 The Monkees. A totally manufactured Hollywood enterprise.

As organic as astroturf.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 27, 2015 06:03 PM (baR5c)

49 Hey Ms. Tammy!!!

Posted by: Adriane the Pithy Saying Critic ... at June 27, 2015 06:03 PM (nSOh+)

50
quick, name the band who was on Gilligan's Island for an episode!

Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 27, 2015 06:04 PM (NB94o)

51 quick, name the band who was on Gilligan's Island for an episode!

let the shaming begin

Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2015 06:05 PM (EgOr3)

52 I am a big fan of Molly Line. She's getting old though. Too bad. It happens to the best of us.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 27, 2015 06:05 PM (baR5c)

53 Lawernce Welk

Posted by: Ronster at June 27, 2015 06:06 PM (NMV/A)

54 My piano teacher used to pinch the living snot out of me when I did something wrong. So I did so much wrong she told my Mama I was unteachable. My Mama was always amazed that I could fly a helicopter. Or lay brick. Or run a backhoe (kinda like flying a helicopter now that I think of it).

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2015 06:06 PM (go5uR)

55 Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2015 05:56 PM (EgOr3)

So kind of where are you at in L.A.? When I lived there, what used to piss me off was when they would say "Temperature today in Los Angeles was 76 degrees", when that was the temp at LAX next to the ocean, and where I was it was closer to 90. I lived about 8 miles inland, near the Farmers Market.

Posted by: HH at June 27, 2015 06:07 PM (Qia1Z)

56 So, a barn cat from up the road brought her kittens up to my place last Fall.

I had no idea 5 month old kittens could have kittens and I now have four 6 week old Feline Overlords on my back deck, and three wee tiny butterball newborn Feline Overlords on my front porch.

They OWN me.

I love them all, and want them to be indoor/outdoor, by which I mean, stay inside when they want, but no kitteh box, and come in at night.

Is this possible?

And yes, I will get them fixed, the females, at least.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 27, 2015 06:07 PM (BVDFs)

57 Posted by: Adriane the Pithy Saying Critic ... at June 27, 2015 06:03 PM (nSOh+)

Hey back atcha! I see the Renovations continue unabated!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 27, 2015 06:08 PM (BVDFs)

58 OK, so the gardening thread is finally up. Sorry for the delay.

Tammy,
I don't know if it's possible to have cats indoors overnight without giving them some sort of litter box.

Posted by: Y-not at June 27, 2015 06:09 PM (RWGcK)

59 I need kitteh advice...shall I wait for tonight's Caturday ONT?�

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 27, 2015 06:01 PM (BVDFs)

Barbecue sauce.

Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 27, 2015 06:11 PM (i7w5R)

60 Look up Spayusa.com

They hook you up with a vet that will do the spay/neuter thing cheap.

I "adopted" a stray. For $65 I got her "fixed" (like a cat, so it don't work) and a full set of shots. I did pay the extra $6 for her to have some painkiller.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 27, 2015 06:11 PM (baR5c)

61 56 I love them all, and want them to be indoor/outdoor,
by which I mean, stay inside when they want, but no kitteh box, and
come in at night.

Is this possible?

And yes, I will get them fixed, the females, at least.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 27, 2015 06:07 PM (BVDFs)

I don't know where you liver but around here you can not have indoor/outdoor cats without getting a house full of fleas. They either have to be outdoor cats or indoor cats, but not both.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 27, 2015 06:11 PM (GpgJl)

62 Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 27, 2015 06:11 PM (i7w5R)

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 27, 2015 06:11 PM (BVDFs)

63 They OWN me.

You have kinda answered your own question there, wonderwoman. I'd put a poopy box out on the porch and take it from there. Definitely get 'em fixed but you probably want to find out first if any of them are suffering from gender dysphoria.

Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2015 06:13 PM (EgOr3)

64
flea collars don't work on cats?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 27, 2015 06:13 PM (NB94o)

65
or "dipping?"

Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 27, 2015 06:13 PM (NB94o)

66 NOOD btw

Posted by: Y-not at June 27, 2015 06:16 PM (RWGcK)

67 Vic, I don't live that far from you (Sumter). Our cat is indoor/outdoor.

She has a Hartz Ultra Guard flea and Tick collar. I used zip ties to keep the damn thing on. It says it's good for 7 months. I replace it after 5. I take the cat to the vet every year for rabies/etc. shots.

So far so good. The cat would go crazy if we tried to keep her inside all the time. She is the queen of her domain.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 27, 2015 06:16 PM (baR5c)

68 I have an outdoor cat I feed every day.The previous owner of the house was supposed to come back and get her and her sister but never did.( the sister disappeared a couple years ago)They were fixed at least or I would be overrun with kittens.

Posted by: steevy at June 27, 2015 06:16 PM (sPO3u)

69 65 or "dipping?"

Honey-mustard?

Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 27, 2015 06:17 PM (i7w5R)

70 or "dipping?"

Honey-mustard?

pudding is the moron way. it pains me that I have to say this.

Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2015 06:18 PM (EgOr3)

71 Some cats ARE allergic to flea collars. Mercifully (to my wallet), mine is not. There are drops (e.g. Defender, more expensive) that work too.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 27, 2015 06:18 PM (baR5c)

72 @50
the mosquito's.

Posted by: charles w at June 27, 2015 06:19 PM (J3ZM7)

73 we have some asshole pigeons who roost and mate very close by the last couple of years. naturally, I freak out (it's what I do) and I get Revolution over at the vet, it's about 20 bucks per, but it seems to work well. at least on the freak-out part. cats are strictly indoors, it's probably me what's the problem.

Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2015 06:20 PM (EgOr3)

74 I tried flea collars and they never worked very well. I just don't let mine out. And the presence of fleas outside really hinges on two factors, (1) a lot of lose dogs in the neighborhood and (2) a lot of sand. I have both.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 27, 2015 06:21 PM (GpgJl)

75 Speaking of Gilligan's Island, it is funny to find out that each character represented one of the seven deadly sins. And Gilligan represents Satan.

But I cannot recall what sin sweet Mary Ann represented.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 27, 2015 06:22 PM (baR5c)

76 Old friends ask me "What are you doing these days?"

I reply:

I am doorman to a cat.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 27, 2015 06:23 PM (baR5c)

77 But I cannot recall what sin sweet Mary Ann represented.

Obviously, gluttony.
I could never get enough...

Posted by: the bourbon cowboy at June 27, 2015 06:24 PM (i7w5R)

78 each character represented one of the seven deadly sins. And Gilligan represents Satan.

I'm always the last to know.

Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2015 06:24 PM (EgOr3)

79 I no longer have a sub for Netflix - the selection just made me go "meh" so I cancelled.

I do have Amazon Prime but have little to no idea what might be good. I've not seen any trailers for any movies except for The Hobbit and Star Wars since oh. About 2004.

So I have no idea what might be good, non-lefty-bullshit, fun movies to watch that are on Prime.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at June 27, 2015 06:26 PM (ukTrJ)

80 79 Anyone have any suggestions?

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at June 27, 2015 06:26 PM (ukTrJ)

The old Red Dawn and the Clive Owen King Arthur are good (also cheap to buy)

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 27, 2015 06:29 PM (GpgJl)

81 We have a pet door... so we get some "presents" lol. Treat her with advantage and spray the yard a couple times a year. The old lady is 16 now, she finally has me beat!

Posted by: FCF at June 27, 2015 06:29 PM (kejii)

82 56 Is this possible?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 27, 2015 06:07 PM (BVDFs)

Gushie says, yes of course just put in a cat door. She says she'd get everybody fixed. She said find out if there's a feral cat charity local as they do it cheap.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 27, 2015 06:31 PM (7oF5+)

83 22 Crap. We may be married to the same man.

We see nothing wrong with that.

Posted by: Supreme Court, post modern uber alles at June 27, 2015 06:35 PM (RyZp0)

84 It finally quit raining long enough for me to mow the weeds. Horrible seed-filled bitter Chinese cucumbers taking over the yard and growing through the fence. I have taken them to church, to work and now the neighbors are not answering their door so I am just leaving piles of them on the front porch.

Posted by: dreadpirateroberta at June 27, 2015 06:37 PM (eB2N0)

85 Anybody mention the ISIS flag that CNN spotted at the Gay Pride parade?

http://www.weaselzippers.us/?p=227619

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2015 06:39 PM (VPLuQ)

86 85: Well done CNN. Not the brightest bulbs in the bunch, are they.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 27, 2015 06:41 PM (RyZp0)

87 Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 27, 2015 06:31 PM (7oF5+)

Uh, no... no cat door. We live in the country, and anything could come in.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 27, 2015 06:51 PM (BVDFs)

88 Vic, I put that Advantage on them. Or Frontline, or what have you. Seems to work well, although it's spendy.

I suppose I can't have them all indoors, then. I can't be having litter boxes for 10 cats inside.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 27, 2015 06:53 PM (BVDFs)

89 Inspector 79

Check out Season 1 of Bosch

based on the character from Michael Connelley's books.

Posted by: seamrog at June 27, 2015 06:56 PM (KVwur)

90 Gay Marriage Ruling: Fine by me.

My legal reason: I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure the Full Faith and Credit Clause meant that marriage licenses issued in one state be respected in all others. If I'm correct, then it set up the absurdity of one state "banning" gay marriage while others legalized it. All gay couple A had to do was go to the state next door, marry, then come back. And that would a constitutionally recognized

My personal reason: I'm bi, married to the best woman in the world, but still might have ended up spending my life with a man. And I was raised to be a romantic when it came to marriage, to see it as a good thing and a symbol of personal commitment. So I can see with my own eyes, and through the eyes of family, friends and LGBT acquaintances that being married was important. Add to that the fact that marriage itself has been pretty much secularized in this country (a marriage between atheists performed by a judge is still called a marriage), that the religious objection to is a subjective moral one.

And I'm 100% against anyone forcing someone to act against their religious beliefs. That's the battle I'll be fighting for. I don't share the right's general Christian beliefs but I've always found them in general to be good and decent people maligned by the worst of the SJW online lynch mobbers.

as for Obamacare.......

I couldn't be more enraged. Obamcare itself cost my family several thousand dollars come tax time when the IRS counted the benefits on a plan we never once used for so much as a basic checkup.

The great failure that is Boehner and the house Republicans is compounded by this.

So, I'm in a happy-sad place. I'm a little more depressed at the vitriol generated by the gay marriage thing, but I'm trying to practice what I preach---which is tough, particularly when people go after your wife of all things.

Posted by: KoshNaranek at June 27, 2015 09:26 PM (ABCH+)

91 Yesterday NY Gov. Andy CooMoo held a news conference. Refers to the two murderous bastards as gentleman. Talked to my brother today, he lives in upstate NY. He said that yesterday the local news stated that one of the guards allowed the murdering bastards access to the service corridor to upgrade their electric connection for their in cell cooking. WTF

Posted by: Buffalobob at June 27, 2015 09:53 PM (jAWJ7)

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