the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[Diomedes]

My google calendar was apparently hacked by our smarter cat, who after seeing the vet appointment scheduled for later today, went into hiding first thing this morning, before I even touched the cat carrier.

Now I'm going to spend 45 minutes finding her and tearing the house apart to get to her, then we'll have what she thinks is a fight to the death, which I will win but not without injury.  The cat will hate me anew, and I can expect four to six weeks of finding a puddle of cat piss on my side of the bed.

[Geowhizzer]

When it's time for our cats to go to the vet, I fully gird for battle.  Sweatshirt, jacket, jeans, yard gloves, the whole works. Those claws are razor sharp. 

And, yes, they'll let us know for weeks afterward of their displeasure.

Tell me, why did I allow cats into my house?  Oh, yeah... I'm not really in charge.  I just think I am.

[General_Failure]

I've never had a problem getting a cat into a carrier. Parrots? Oh, I've got scars from a parrot. Cats are cool, though.

[Diomedes]

The fuzzy male cat.. No trouble.  Sanguine mfer, nothing troubles him.  It's the female who takes no shtein.

I knew this would be my job when the family started begging.  I did not anticipate the vindictive punishment I would be subject to following each vet trip.

[ice grillin you]

being Presidents' Day I was just doing some presidential Wikipedia deep diving and found out there was an actual POTUS named Chester Arthur 

I literally have never heard that name in my life.

[Munson]

Did you not know he was the collector of customs in New York? Shoulda asked Jerry the dump truck driver.


But yeah overall he is one of the least remembered presidents.

[MDS]

id always go rutherford hayes or franklin pierce for obscure

at least arthur had the distinction of taking over for someone who was killed -- jimmy garfield the 6 month legend

all i know about arthur is he was reluctant to do the job and had limited political ambitions. geo gonna chime in here to correct me soon.

[General_Failure]

I loved him with Parliament Funkadelic.

[Diomedes]

get up for the downstroke
everybody get up

get up for the downstroke
everybody get up




go ahead...expunge that from your maggot brain

[Geowhizzer]

being Presidents' Day I was just doing some presidential Wikipedia deep diving and found out there was an actual POTUS named Chester Arthur 

I literally have never heard that name in my life.

Reputation coming in was that he was a product of the New York Republican machine, subservient to boss Roscoe Conking.  In fact, that was why he got the nod as VP under James Garfield.  Overcame that in a big way in supporting and enforcing the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act in 1883, which eliminated most of Civil Service from the spoils system that developed under Andrew Jackson. 

Loses some luster in the treatment of immigrants in general, and Chinese immigrants in particular, though he fought Congress over this before acquiescing to a ten-year ban. 

Half-hearted and ineffective in supporting civil rights in southern states, at the time becoming more solidly Democratic and segregated. 

Signed the Edmunds Act into law, outlawing polygamy and eventually forcing the LDS church to fall in line to make Utah a state (though much later).

[ice grillin you]

yeah I'm sure google has  all that I just can't believe I never heard of one of the 46 people to ever walk the planet and been POTUS

I would have for sure bet hundreds if not thousands of dollars if someone stepped to me and bet they could name a POTUS I've never heard of...I would have taken a big fat L

[MDS]

have you heard of franklin pierce

[Diomedes]

Only his brother, Wendell.

[ice grillin you]

have you heard of franklin pierce

of course

never heard of Chester Arthur tho

[MDS]

i found out a few weeks ago there was a native american VP

and he was picked by perhaps our worst president besides obviously you know