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I love the conversation asking people to post photos of people's dogs - I posted my two canine cuties there. But I have owned both dogs and cats, and loved them equally. So I'd love to see your cute kitties! Here's one of our beloved Fred, a ginger …

This dog is not mine. We met him Friday at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. It's his 8th year at the festival; he comes down from Arcata with his Mom every year. His name is Hey Dude. Five whole pounds of cuteness.

Funny you mention the sad eyes. I have a crazy little mutt that is possibly part Border Collie - she has the white-tipped tail, speckley toes, and she absolutely behaves like a herder. We always comment on how she has a "sad face" even when she's …

Reading this thread made me so nostalgic for reading to my girls! Black Beauty; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Indian in the Cupboard stand out in my mind. I remember reading Harry Potter to my younger one before she could read them …

I agree that area codes can no longer tell you where the person is located. But you probably need all of those digits just to make the pool of unique numbers large enough? Not a numbers person, to say the least, so just guessing here. Maybe they …

I mostly text or use Messenger to talk to family and friends also, but sometimes you do need to converse. And it is just so exhausting. I have to concentrate to hard to fill in the missing syllables.

Eeeh, yeah. Would't like that.

I am old enough to remember when a long-distance phone call (from my grandparents' house in Boston, where I would stay for a week every summer, to my home about 30 miles away) sounded like you were talking through a tunnel; and a thunderstorm would …

When your bones get as old as mine, you might feel differently about crawling into a little tent and sleeping on the ground. I still do it occasionally, but it loses its appeal with each passing year. ;-) Don't want a giant Winnebago-type of …

So one potential downside I see to this type of restriction. If cities say people can only rent their primary residence as a vacation rental, someone with a vacation condo that happens to be in one of these jurisdictions will no longer be able to …

I think gray water systems require quite a lot of work and/or investment, unless you are doing a teardown and rebuild. You have to plumb the different fixtures differently (bathroom sink/shower/washing machine good; toilet bad), and there is a …

Now I'm going to be singing 'Way down, below the ocean...' all day! ;-)

Looks like there are lots of companies out there encouraging people to be Airbnb "investors" and helping them do it.

Geeeez. That is really bad. I remember a few years ago in Los Altos some high school kids rented a home that was being listed on Airbnb for a party. Got out of control, as high school parties, do. Lots of the residents' cars on the street were …

I would love to see this sometime. Hope it does go to streaming!

Seems to me that humans have borrowed from other cultures probably since the Homo Sapiens, Neanderthals, Denisovans and whatever other hominids were around then discovered each other and started sharing living spaces. I understand the part about …

Yeah, I think the black ones are Cardigans, and the typical orange ones are Pembroke. The dog rescue place where we got our dogs thought Soda Pop might be part Corgi. Some times I can see it. Sometimes I think Border Collie. Markings are similar; …

Me, too. Loved Hugh Laurie. Was never so crazy about the woman who played his boss, though.

I don't take great photos, but enjoyed seeing this one - I really enjoyed visiting the Paris Catacombs! My husband was a little creeped out, but my daughter and I thought it was weirdly beautiful, and actually very respectful of the dead.

I've used Airbnb many times. Generally only rent entire unit - an apartment or studio - rather than a room in someone's home. That just seems a little creepy to me. Most of the time, the units appear to be specifically set up as rentals; once in …

I saw my first Waymo tractor-trailer on 280 last week. Driving home from Half Moon Bay and I saw a white truck ahead with what looked like the Waymo "W" - I thought I must have been mistaken. We got close to it, and sure enough - Waymo truck. My …

Sorry, I know this is an old thread, but I just read it and wanted to weigh in. My first reaction was: $30K a year for tuition, books and living expenses is a bargain! That is pretty much the average in-state tuition (including all fees like …

I'm thinking "Christian" is capitalized because Christ is considered a proper noun (maybe?) Not sure about Monsignor.

We Tivo everything we want to watch on cable. Skip all the commercials.

My reason is the Warriors. We had TV problems during one game and had to watch using the NBA app on the iPad. Uggh. They showed ONE - THE SAME ONE! - commercial every time there was a break in the action. I thought I would scream, no way to skip …