Why are you unhappy today?

[john g. 36,775]

I thought I'd ( gently ) thrown the cockroach out of the office an hour ago. It's back.😩

I mean a REAL cockroach - not one of you Toytowners!!

[optimista 5,605]

It's (one of) his brother(s).

 

I am unhappy that people do not have the balls to own their own dastardly actions. Not only are they rotten, they are cowards. Very disappointing.

[fraufruit 40,437]

Do you also rescue mosquitoes, john?

[john g. 36,775]

😂

You have to draw a line somewhere! And those critters? I don't like to have to swat them but it is them against me. They are dangerous- so I swat them. Or as Groucho Marx said- ( I think )-- " I have my principles. If you don't like them, I have others."

😂

A colleague of mine had dengue fever for about five months. Not a pretty sight...

 

[RedMidge 6,523]

I carry round spray on holiday - have reacted really badly to sand flies in Cuba and beasties in Australia.

These insects can look after themselves!

[john g. 36,775]

On 08/06/2021, 21:00:45, john g. said:

I thought I'd ( gently ) thrown the cockroach out of the office an hour ago. It's back.😩

I mean a REAL cockroach - not one of you Toytowners!!

Two more in the drawer in the office kitchen! Have grabbed one with tongs and escorted out of the place. Still looking for the other- they are FAST!

 

Urgent edit! 3 of the buggers! All escorted out with tongs and lovingly 😂 thrown over the wall. Freaky creatures...hope they find pleasant pastures elsewhere. 

[john g. 36,775]

29 minutes ago, RedMidge said:

I carry round spray on holiday - have reacted really badly to sand flies in Cuba and beasties in Australia.

These insects can look after themselves!

Yes, and here we have nasty hornets. They leave me alone ( as do mosquitos ) but poor Nicole... ouch. Gets bitten, suffers, swellings...

Difficult to eat at the taverna at the beach here ( closed anyway because the owners are frightened of Covid ) because wasps and hornets love Greek food!😂

Roasted coffee beans in a bowl scare them off... but it is a nuisance.

PS: what's the plural of mosquito? With s or es? 

[White Rose of Yorkshire 1,010]

Yet another tragic case of a parent killing  a child to spite  their partner. The little girl was three years old and her father attacked her, filmed her suffering and said „ this is  because of mama.“ The poor little girl, prison is too good a place for the person who did this

 

 

 " Das Mädchen habe gerade im Schlafzimmer mit bunten Ketten und Bilderbüchern gespielt, als der Vater mit einem Hackmesser angriff – von hinten gegen den Hals, so die Anklage. Das weinende und verletzte Kind habe er noch mit seinem Mobiltelefon gefilmt. Ungläubig habe das Mädchen den Vater angesehen. Es sei „wegen Mama“, sagte er laut Anklage. Es tue ihm leid, aber sie müssten gehen. Dann versetzte er dem Kind noch einen Schnitt."

 

Angeklagter in Prozess um getötete dreijährige Tochter in Berlin geständig

 

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/von-hinten-mit-messer-attackiert-und-tat-gefilmt-vater-gesteht-toetung-von-dreijaehriger-tochter-vor-gericht/27264836.html

 

 

 

 

 

[optimista 5,605]

I just stepped on a bee. Barefoot.

Mosquitoes in English.

[fraufruit 40,437]

17 hours ago, optimista said:

I just stepped on a bee. Barefoot.

Mosquitoes in English.

 

I sat on one a couple of yrs. ago. I feel your pain.

[optimista 5,605]

Ouch!!!

[LeonG 14,620]

I'm sad today because I had to have my cat put down this morning.  My roomie of over 15 years.  When I had my other cat Tom put down almost 2 years ago it was different because Viktor was still there.  With him gone too, it's strange, putting away the cat things, airing out the smell of sick old cat from my house and thinking maybe some of me doesn't want it gone.  I will probably not miss the stray kitty litter tracked all over the house grinding into my bare feet.. or maybe I will.

 

It's different because Tom was a sweetie and when he got sick, I kind of wished it had rather been Viktor because he was kind of an asshole at times. He'd sometimes bite my hand just out of the blue and when he had a weak stomach he'd poop all over the house to make it known how sick he was.  That was until he really actually got sick about 2 months ago, it seemed like he didn't have energy for that drama anymore.  Unlike Tom who just stopped eating until he wasted away, Viktor was eating like a champ but his body was not processing it somehow and so he gobbled down food and still wasted away.

 

It's always hard to know when it's time.  I went to the vet this morning halfway hoping he'd say that he has something that can make him better and halfway hoping he wouldn't because it would just delay the inevitable.  The vet agreed that it's time to let go.  Viktor is now buried in my garden next to his long time buddy.  I will miss him. 

 

[john g. 36,775]

Masses of sympathetic hugs, Leon❤️😩

[fraufruit 40,437]

So, so sorry, Leon. I know how hard it is.

 

 

[bramble 9,473]

Lots of sympathy, Leon. I have two old cats (16 and 17) left - I used to have 5. The 17 year old almost starved herself to death a few months ago and I had almost written her off until I realised her sense of smell had deteriorated and she now can only smell fish, so she gets the fishy stuff now and gained weight again and is as lively as ever despite her old age. Still, she's stopped cleaning herself (old age related) and I had to have her partly shorn because of all the knots and mats in her fur. I worry, of course, that her days will soon be numbered even though she's a right old Hexe at times. The other cat just eats and lazes his days away. No health problems so far. 

[LeonG 14,620]

2 hours ago, bramble said:

Lots of sympathy, Leon. I have two old cats (16 and 17) left - I used to have 5. The 17 year old almost starved herself to death a few months ago and I had almost written her off until I realised her sense of smell had deteriorated and she now can only smell fish, so she gets the fishy stuff now and gained weight again and is as lively as ever despite her old age. Still, she's stopped cleaning herself (old age related) and I had to have her partly shorn because of all the knots and mats in her fur. I worry, of course, that her days will soon be numbered even though she's a right old Hexe at times. The other cat just eats and lazes his days away. No health problems so far. 

 

With Tom I tried everything to get him to eat, chicken, fish, whipped cream, you name it but it would just work for a couple of days and then not.  With Viktor, he was eating but it wasn't really helping.

[cb6dba 7,315]

On 6/10/2021, 6:10:23, optimista said:

I just stepped on a bee. Barefoot.

Mosquitoes in English.

 

On 6/11/2021, 11:47:06, fraufruit said:

 

I sat on one a couple of yrs. ago. I feel your pain.

A few years ago I was headbutted by a hornet while out cycling.

 

That got my heart racing more than the bike ride did. I'd like to say both myself and the hornet agreed to go our separate ways but being honest, I think the hornet just decided it had better things to do.

[optimista 5,605]

30 minutes ago, cb6dba said:

A few years ago I was headbutted by a hornet while out cycling.

 

Point to you then. Or did it just get concussion from your helmet?

[kiplette 8,379]

7 hours ago, LeonG said:

I'm sad today because I had to have my cat put down this morning.

 

Ah, dude, that is sad. Thinking of you.

[optimista 5,605]

Aw shucks, LeonG.