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Thursday Morning Herd Check-in: Greetings of the Moosekin

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The morning check-in is an open thread posted to give you a place to visit with the meeses. Feel free to chat about your weather, share a bit of your life, grump (if you must), rave (if you can). The diarist du jour sometimes posts and runs, other times sticks around for a bit, often returns throughout the day and always cares that meeses are happy … or at least contented.

For those new to the Moose, Kysen left a Moose Welcome Mat (Part Deux) so, please, wipe your feet before you walk in the front door start posting.

The important stuff to get you started:

– Comments do not Auto-refresh. Click the refresh/reload on your tab to see new ones. Only click Post once for comments. When a diary’s comment threads grow, the page takes longer to refresh and the comment may not display right away.

– To check for replies to your comments, click the “My Comments” link in the right-hand column (or go to “My Moose”). Comments will be listed and a link to Recent Replies will be shown. (Note: Tending comments builds community)

– Ratings: Fierce means Thumbs Up, Fail means Thumbs Down, Meh means one of three things: I am unFailing you but I can’t Fierce you, I am unFiercing after a mistaken Fierce, or Meh. Just Meh. (p.s. Ratings don’t bestow mojo, online behaviour does).

– The Recommended list has a prominent place on the Front Page because it reflects the interests of the Moose. When people drive-by, we want them to see what we are talking about: news, politics, science, history, personal stories, culture. The list is based on number of recs and days on the list. Per Kysen: “The best way to control Rec List content is to ONLY rec diaries you WANT to see ON the list.”

– Finally, the posting rules for a new diary: “Be excellent to each other… or else”

(Some other commenting/posting/tending notes for newbies can be found in this past check-in and, of course, consult Meese Mehta for all your questions on meesely decorum.)

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27 comments

  4. Otteray Scribe

    Gotta…….get…….coffeeeeeeeee

    I have already been up an hour and my brain has yet to kick in….serum coffee level is still low. Maybe a little more chicory in the coffee will help. Maybe some Camp Coffee from Scotland would help, but I don’t have any.

  5. Otteray Scribe

    A little voice whispered in my ear telling me to look on Amazon. They have never had it before. Amazon has Camp Coffee. The sludgy Scottish treat with the picture of Major General Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald (Hector the Hero) on the label.

    http://www.amazon.com/Camp-Chi…

  6. DeniseVelez

    with rain here in the Hudson Valley.

    Had a successful trip to the salon yesterday – finally found someone who can “do” my peculiar hair 🙂

    Interestingly enough, the young woman is white – we had a great conversation about hair and why white beauticians don’t bother to learn how to deal with unfamiliar hair types.

    Just got my heating bill “reconciliation”.  Ugh.  I’m on a budget plan and my heat usage went way up – due to the cold weather that extended through much of the summer – so I’ll be forking out a lot more money each month.

    The winter ahead looks grim weather-wise examining both official projections and old standby’s like the Farmers almanac.

    Guess I better dig out the long-johns early.

  7. anotherdemocrat

    Well, there were thunderstorms down in south Austin, but my neck of the woods just got the light show. Lucky it didn’t start any wildfires.

    It’ll be over 100 again today. Over 40 days of that this year, when they say “typical” is only 13. It really hasn’t seemed that bad. Guess I’m getting used to the new normal.

    Going to my workout group this evening. No, really. Stop laughing!

    Earworm: All Because of You (one of the songs that the car will play from the flash drive)



    and this: The Importance of Gliese 581g .

  8. emeraldmaiden

    Oh, yeah, the sun was in my eyes, and FIL was talking to Rich. Not. Enough. Sleep. There WILL be a nap today.

    It was great sleeping weather, though. When I went to bed, it was about 60 degrees, and we had all the windows open.

    I suppose I’ll do something today. After FIL’s new fridge arrives. The old folks will be all aflutter.

  9. Jk2003

    69 going to 75 today.  Muggy though, at least compared to yesterday.  My husband is officially 40 now.  We had a great birthday and he went and donated blood to celebrate.  

    My mom is going to come down and watch my daughter get on the school bus today.  I bet she cries.

    Have a great day!

  10. Diana in NoVa

    our time, saying she couldn’t sleep. The text made a little dinging sound TWICE. She’s going through a life change right now, so I understand why she can’t sleep.

    Yesterday was PERFECT here in the Washington, DC area!  Blue skies, so cool and sunny we turned off the a.c. and opened the doors and windows…too delightful for words.

    Yesterday was also the day I was up and out of bed. The minute we got back from the beach on Labor Day I was assailed by Something Very Nasty.  Will not go into details, but you will understand when I say between visits to the smallest room, I had to stay in bed because I was so weak.

    Going to make sure I get some outdoor time today and tomorrow, because this perfect weather won’t last forever.

    Hope everyone will have a great day and hope you’ll get some rest, Jan!

  11. bfitzinAR

    with upper 80s for highs.  I can live with this. 🙂  Well, actually we need rain big time but other than that this is as close to perfect as weather gets for me.  We are heading back to summer this weekend but it can’t last long.  The equinox is just around the corner.  Still haven’t heard back from the Judge’s office about the Animal Shelter situation.  But then, I can’t open my emails right now (in either chrome or IE), so who knows.  {{{HUGS}}} bf

  12. princesspat

    I’ll have to close the windows soon but until then I’m enjoying the morning breeze.

    So Justin the computer guy is coming this morning to help me move the modem and router to the main floor of the house and then to connect all the wireless networks. I’ve done as much as I can and it’s not all working as it should. Old houses with multiple stairways and thick walls seem to make wireless interception rather touchy!

  13. JG in MD

    My bank was going to charge me $37.00 for EACH transaction after I was overdrawn, including a $3.50 paypal withdrawal for a really dumb ebay purchase. It would have been $37.00 times four. They’re wonderful at my bank, and they reduced it to, I think, two charges. Maybe three. No, two.

    They signed me up for overdraft protection. Why didn’t I have that? Because I’ve been too overwhelmed to think about it, and I thought it was expensive, but it isn’t, and…

    I deposited money from my IRA, it will clear tomorrow or Monday. But my paycheck, $160.00 for August, due Sept 23 or so, won’t even pay my Verizon and Comcast bills. (mortgage and utilities are covered by Social Security, thank God)

    I asked the company how much work I’d be getting this month but of course they won’t tell me. As I’ve said, the only person I’m in touch with never says anything but “I’ll forward your email to the SR (Senior Researcher, whose name they won’t tell me)” and then I don’t get a response.

    My credit card balance is now just about equal to my IRA balance. Technically, debit/creditwise, I’m destitute.

    People tell me that there must be some sort of work I can get, and they would have been right 15 years ago, but believe me, given my skills and abilities and the way computers and the workforce are going, there’s nothing.

    I’m getting scared.

  14. JG in MD

    I posted a help message on Facebook. It’s brief and only mildly desperate. My family and friends, and even people I’m ashamed to have see it, will see it. I’ve given up my pride. I’m too scared to care about pride.

    I have a fear that my family will ignore it, that they won’t respond. Or maybe I’ll be criticized. There’s nobody on Facebook who can really help me anyway, even family.

    I’m so desperate. And all help is temporary, where my problems are permanent. My mind, my health, my situation are no longer fully functional.

    I’ve been independent all my life, and now I can’t be any more.

    I might as well say it: I need to be supported, at least somewhat, for the rest of my life. I see no other way to survive, except work that someone will probably have to give me as a favor. Nobody is obligated to support me, and frankly, nobody wants to.

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