I'm so old I Remember when:

[Rick589]

I generally like snakes. Garter snakes were popular pets when I was growing up. They're cute. Once I (along with several other people) got to hold an enormous boa constrictor at Disneyland. Not too many people can say that.

But I hate pit vipers.

when I was very young we went to a reptile farm and I got to hold some large snake. Of course, it was probably small.."BUT NOT TO THE YOUNG ME.
We have farm fields all around us and depending on what is planted dictates the autumn mouse invasion……so, yeah snakes are very welcomed.

 

[BDutch]

Do you have links or brand names I can look up? All I've ever found is the cheap plastic, and it is a mess in very short order. Thanks!

The TM of the cat netting I bought is Trixie . https://www.trixie.de/en/cat/at-hom...ective-net-1001092518-1001092903?itemNo=44301
I don’t know if they sell it outside Europe.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

I'm so old I remember when I didn't need two funeral dresses.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I'm so old I remember when I didn't need two funeral dresses.

I need a dress?

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm so old I remember when there were no snakes in the FL Everglades that could swallow a deer.

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm so old this was not a thing when I was a teen running loose on my own in the wilds of FL.

 

[jxp]

I'm so old this was not a thing when I was a teen running loose on my own in the wilds of FL.

Do you think more people sneak boas and other non-native dangerous snakes into Fla or gators out? Not even worth contemplating because such selfish foolishness has ruined more than one habitat.

 

[jxp]

Stephen King "ruined" a lot of things in the most glorious way.

I don't get why this post is getting sad responses. I love Stephen King (way more than snakes for sure). I put the ruined in quotes because I think he's marvelous.
I remember reading the short story Cold Roast Beef that he wrote as a student and knew he would be brilliant. I'm so glad he has done well for himself and enjoy whenever one of his works is turned into an instant cinematic cult classic as well.

 

[AGeese]

As a counterpoint, have you ever had a FAX machine dial YOU "by accident?" Hearing that sound dozens of times a day when you
work from home and have a baby in the house is nerve-destroying!

Before the days of "take-it-with-you" cell phones, I moved and had to change my phone number. The number had been assigned to a FAX machine before it became mine and I would get loooooooong fax signals multiple times a day.
Ignoring them didn't work. Auto-redial kept calling.
Picking up and immediately hanging up got the same result.

I tracked the number down to a medical facility. The secretary apologized and removed the number from her computer, but informed me that the entire hospital system and its' affiliates shared the database. There was no way to change every copy on every PC in the complex.

The calls continued.

Frustrated, I pestered that secretary until she gave me the number of the data management company in charge of the main database.
I lost count of how many layers of managers and IT professionals I spoke (ranted, railed and raised Hades) to and was told, at every turn, that there was absolutely NOTHING they could do about it, as again, so many systems were already linked into it.

This went on for several months! Beyond frustrated, really angry and determined to find a way to stop this nonsense, I hooked a PC/FAX up to the phone and waited. In just minutes, I got another FAX ... and was floored and horrified at the same time.

This document was a detailed list of patient files - names, addresses, phone numbers, insurance info - a whole laundry list of illegal-to-share personal information. I halted the download midway down the first page and got back on the phone with the highest manager I could reach. I briefly outlined the issue and the history. He dutifully tried to reiterate the previous responses ... until I started reading off the information I'd just downloaded.

Dead silence on his end. He then cleared his throat, apologized and assured me that he'd take care of it.

I never got another FAX call!

This sounds easier than getting off an email list now.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

I need a dress?

No. Do you have funeral pants?

That unexpectedly sounds funny.