MORNING ROLL CALL 2023.

[DaveMcK]

MORNING ROLL CALL 2023

Good morning to everyone on this first morning of May 2023.

Happy Birthday to all of our May Birthday members.

[Spring2023]

Party Time OUR @LaDolceVita stopped in to see us!!! 💃🥳

I am with you on the car. Lol, hoping my Old Lady (2006 Hyundai Elantra) lasts. Too OLD to start car payments. 🙄

Nicole 🙃

[Spring2023]

Good to hear from you Froze @Frozenoem !!! 💃🥳

Me and the boyfriend are on a cruise with my daughter and her boyfriend. His treat as you guys know "I BROKE"/lol 😂🤣

Everyone be SAFE tomorrow please whether you are on the road, grilling and so on  @Frozenoem , @DaveMcK , @MsStretch , @catwoman500 , @LaDolceVita 🤗🤎

Nicole 🙃

[Spring2023]

By the way all, I am now living in Melbourne, Florida where my daughter lives!! 💃🥳

Yikes Ms. Stretch @MsStretch , so GLAD you cared enough to do all this 🤗🤎

Happy Sunday @DaveMcK , @MsStretch , @catwoman500 , @LaDolceVita , @Frozenoem 

Your "pest"/lol, Nicole 🙃

[MsStretch]

@Spring2023 , usually feral cats will not randomly attack unprovoked, preferring to avoid contact, but who can predict what any cat can or will do.  Also maybe a mom protecting her babies? They haven't ruled out rabies, and that was my first thought.  Willie Mae only 'attacks' when you try to pet her with bare unprotected hands.

This reminds me of another cat I had.  I got Winston from a couple who had him declawed. 😡 Of course, Winston never went outside and he was a good ol' friendly cat, but he was a biter (no claws for protection, so he used his teeth).  You had to keep a side eye on him when petting to avoid overstimulation.  He bit my sister and she ended up going to the doctor.  Her arm got infected and I remember she showed up with a sling!  WTF?  She hated that cat and avoided him like the plague whenever she came over.

Willie Mae was another one who evaded capture.  We were getting desperate to get her TNR'd before she brought us another family, and she was on to all the tricks and subterfuges of a trap.  Finally, we trapped her in a shed.  She was like a wild and crazed ping pong ball in there. 😮 My neighbor suited up with a thick Carhartt jacket and leather gloves duct taped to his sleeves.  I was laughing so hard, I was worried I wouldn't be able to hold the trap door open.  (Vet only accepted feral cats in humane traps.)  I did have on leather gloves but I was only holding the cage door open.  He got her and she fought like the proverbial wild cat.  Once we got her in, she was such a good girl.  When I took the boys in, they howled and cried the whole time.  She was so quiet.  Eventually, all was forgiven. 😽 

[Spring2023]

Lol Ms. Stretch @MsStretch , I thought about your "leading lady" 🐈 with the pottie breaks. Too "lazy" to go find a post with her name in this "black hole". And of course FORGOT her name (senior moment). 🙄 But you should know who! 😉 

📋Just read this on Google News.

Fierce beast attacking Florida residents revealed as domestic cat with attitude | US news | The Guardian.

▶️Lol, the ATTITUDE part of title had me "giggling"...◀️

Alerts for dangerous animals on the loose are commonplace in Florida, a state that leads the nation for escapes of wild creatures ranging from bears, lions and monkeys to snakes and tigers.

But a stalking “beast” currently terrifying residents of Suwannee county after sending two people to the emergency room in separate attacks turns out to be a domestic cat with attitude that has evaded capture for almost a week, officials have said.

🗣   Richard Luscombe in Miami. Sat 27 May 2023 09.00 EDT.

👉Link to article 👈 

[Spring2023]

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[Spring2023]

@catwoman500 so GOOD to hear from you my friend!!! 💃🥳

Nicole 🙃

[Spring2023]

(3 comments) 🚘🚗 That is SO AWESOME @LaDolceVita , you deserve it!!!!

Nicole 🙃

[catwoman500]

@LaDolceVita ...Congrats on the new car! When I got mine last summer, I, too, was overwhelmed with all the tech stuff. I still get confused when I try to use my cell phone in the car...it's the car that takes over the phone. I'm still talking into the phone like an idiot, but the phone goes off and the dashboard screen takes over. So confusing. I need one of those books like a "New Cars for Dummies!" 😸

[Frozenoem]

@catwoman500 @LaDolceVita 

If you can run a computer Vista? Or Mac ?, see know problem with either of you figuring out your New cars phones and smart dashboards. Least it’s not a used computer with too many Bluetooth phone settings. I Had to do a hard reset of my ex-wife’s used volt to make it see her new number and new significant others phone.

.@MsStretch @Spring2023 

I’ve only seen two crazed cats, one rabid feral and the other a Maine Coon beast, make that 3 almost forgot my ex’es aunts’ Precious 25 pounds of hatred toward everyone, except the aunt.

Went to see Uly today, perpetual care, even after 65 years is exactly that👍 Military did remember his flag despite being Civil War vet. 

Froze

[LaDolceVita]

@Frozenoem  Not so much figuring out the stuff as not being used to the distractions of the all thelights in front of my nose.   OK, the large screen to the right I can handle.  The sort of pop up screens I see by the steering wheel take some getting used to.  Better today, still a little nervous driving it.  I do not plan on connecting my phone.  I  do not like much  entanglement and do not talk on phone when driving.

[Spring2023]

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[Spring2023]

(Wednesday 5/24/23) 🔍.gif attached🔎 OUR @LaDolceVita finally surfaced!!! Nicole 🙃

[Spring2023]

‌🔎‌.gif attached‌🔍‌ (Wednesday - 5/24/23) When my 5am alarm went off this morning for my weekly Walmart Food Run - I just rolled over, shut it off and went back to sleep. ‌🙄‌ Got to go TOMORROW as "trash" will be RIPE 🤮 (take it to dumpster once a week ‌👍‌) and something from MEDICARE has been sitting in my mailbox. I check mail "once a week" unless there is something URGENT like my car tags. Lol, no need to get pulled over! ‌😂‌‌🤣‌ Hmmm, need my coffee ‌☕‌️....

Nicole ‌🙃‌

[Spring2023]

(Sunday 5/21/23)

Lol Dave @DaveMcK , you and Mary were more "busy" than I have been = have NOT left my bed since yesterday! 🤣😂

Nicole 🙃

[DaveMcK]

@Spring2023 

Did not do much on Saturday.  Went to Costco to stock up on some nuts for snacks. Also got some paper goods like TP.

Mary went on a bus trip to do some rummage saling. 

Sunday we went out for breakfast with some friends.

This afternoon we had a visit from our oldest daughter.

[Spring2023]

(Sunday 5/21/23)

Your coffee ☕️ made me want a cup @catwoman500 😉

Alrightie, I am done being a "pest" for now. 🙄

Heard from all 5 of you = will "pester" any MIA's next month.

Take care @catwoman500 , @DaveMcK , @MsStretch , @Frozenoem and @LaDolceVita (I know you are "busy" and will stop in when you can my friend 🤎🤗).

Nicole 🙃

[Spring2023]

🔎gif attached🔍 (5/21/23) Thank you SO MUCH for your "kudo" @catwoman500 = so GLAD to know you are okay. WE have "missed" you, Nicole 🤎🤗

[Spring2023]

3 comments (Sunday 5/21/23)

Thinking of you @DaveMcK , @MsStretch , @Frozenoem , @catwoman500 and @LaDolceVita 🤎🤗

Happy Sunday,

Nicole 🙃

[catwoman500]

Hey, Porch Peeps,

Trying to catch up with all that has gone on since I last got on here.

@MsStretch ...I totally agree with you about the desktop computer. Soooo much easier to see everything and go back and forth between sites. I do need to upgrade soon as Microsoft no longer is giving me updates but am too lazy to go computer shopping. I have to have the desktop to do my Ebay business so sooner or later I'll just have to get a new one. I'm so used to where everything is on this one, I dread getting another one.

Have a Kindle Fire tablet that I got years ago and haven't used it in the last few years. When I got my Samsung Android in 2016, they gave me a "free" tablet which I never took out of the box and no have no clue where I put it! Would rather read a real book than an electronic one that I could drop in the bathtub...my favorite place to read. Cheaper to buy another book than another electronic device.

I use my android phone to text, make and receive just a few calls (still have a landline which I LOVE!) and take photos (if I have to.) Still use my digital camera to take the photos for Ebay. Also, when you are out with a group and we need an answer to something, it's great to just pull out someone's phone and say, "Hey, Google..."or "Hey, Siri..." 😸

I'm home so much of the time, the landline works best for me. It sits right next to me here at my desk and when I get a robo call, I just press "call block." If I just had my cell phone, I'd have to find it in my purse, and wait for the call to end before I could block the #. I'm such an old school person. 😼

@Frozenoem ...So how were those scallops? Yum! What no lobster roll?

So, on Thursday of all days, when it was 39 in the morning, my AC maintenance guys were due to arrive. I almost turned the heat up, but realized that was dumb since they were going to be working on the AC. So, I sat freezing and then became even colder when they blasted the AC. Geeze Louise! 😳

Hey to the rest of you all @DaveMcK , @Spring2023 , @LeeS4949 , and those who just stop by to see what's new.

Time for another cuppa.

Have a good week as we head into the unofficial beginning of summer next weekend.

[Frozenoem]

Cat,

Well for the first time in 322 days my laptop is almost ready to fly, finally replaced motherboard and cleaned it out, updates are long 12 hours and counting.

Debatable what the new one will be, have a Win11 calling my name and a Mac, still prefer my phone for handiness. Kept one Mac from late partners pallet.

Big screens are better than small for eye strain .

Like the ability the ability to turn iPhone and have a larger display. But still enjoy the casting to 50” tv/monitor with the 20/30 eyes. I’m sure whatever you get will work for you.👍

@Spring2023 

Memorial Day will be spent visiting Uncle Ulysses a CW vet and double-checking on perpetual care, since my planting will be in the general area. Maybe next year for Arlington,VA and cuzzin.

Enjoy all presently feel like Geo.Jetson every hour I need to check the laptop to see how it’s going and press the mouse button. Then leave again.🤣

Froze

[Spring2023]

You posted 😱 Not a kudo day I see/lol 🤣😂

GOOD to hear from you Froze @Frozenoem !!! 💃🥳

Nicole 🙃

[MsStretch]

@Spring2023 , why can't you use this site on your iPad?  I have no problem accessing on my iPhone.

[Spring2023]

2 comments (5/20/23)

▶️***used iPad*** It worked THIS TIME @MsStretch !!!

▶️***edit @MsStretch , still have NO "access" to MY SETTINGS, had to ask for help with my NEW Avatar. Lol, but luv BIGGER SCREEN 💃🥳***

Thank you, Nicole 🙃

[MsStretch]

🙌🎉Woo-hoo!  I bet it is a whole lot easier with a bigger screen! 😁

[Spring2023]

(5/20/23) Oh YES @MsStretch !!!! 

Nicole 🙃

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▶️@MsStretch wrote:

🙌🎉Woo-hoo!  I bet it is a whole lot easier with a bigger screen! 😁◀️

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[Spring2023]

(Saturday 5/20/23)

Hi @MsStretch , it has been awhile since I tried and you already know those "senior" moments. I do not, never have had an iPhone.

I am heading to start up my iPad, stay tuned for what happens....🙄

Nicole 🙃

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▶️@MsStretch wrote:

@Spring2023 , why can't you use this site on your iPad?  I have no problem accessing on my iPhone.◀️

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[Spring2023]

(Saturday 5/20/23)

Anyone doing anything "exciting" TODAY? 🤔 @DaveMcK , @Frozenoem , @MsStretch , @catwoman500 , @LaDolceVita .

Lol, ME - been in bed "all day" bingeing on Cozy Mystery Audiobooks and getting ready to watch a movie = ME TIME 😉

Happy Saturday,

Nicole 🙃

[Spring2023]

(Friday 5/19/23)

Lol Froze @Frozenoem , NOT everyone here is a "chatterbox" like I am. 🙄

I rather hear from you guys, but grateful for a "kudo" when there is NO response. Hey, you guys have become my "online" friends = I do "wonder" when someone is MIA.

IF I could "sell" the iPad I would. Total WASTE for me. Would have been nice to use on THIS "pain" in the you know what (lol, don't want a bleep 😉) site.

I already wear glasses and the Android "tiny" screen is a trip!/lol 🤣😂

Anyway "my friend" Sweet Dreams tonight 😴

Nicole 🙃