Daz 3D is part of 
Connect
DAZ Productions, Inc.
7533 S Center View Ct #4664
West Jordan, UT 84084
Licensing Agreement | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | EULA
© 2025 Daz Productions Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Comments
Coyotes and coydogs are the most problematic. It's extremely common (and sad) for cats and small dogs to be killed. Cats who have access to going outside do not have long lifespans here...whether it be due to cars or predators or even disease (Connecticut has a very high incidence of rabies and diseases like FeLV and FIV...and *sigh* a low incidence of properly vaccinated felines). And small dogs left outside are a very high risk...even ones let into the backyard for a quick pee are at risk if they are unsupervised. It happens. My mom who works at one of the local vets and who is friends with the animal control officer hears it every day.
When I lived in Florida (Sanibel Island) as a kid there was a poisonous something or an alligator everywhere you looked...lol. Even still, I never felt scared or in danger. We knew the dangers - how to spot and how to avoid ;). I did hate accidentally standing on a fire ant hill tho since I was almost always in my bare feet...lol.
Laurie
No poisonous critters here, just a yard full of poison ivy.
I spent part of the day trying to drain and replace my California king water bed - really a two person job, but I'm all I've got. It's semi-waveless and I'm down to the water-saturated fiber mats, the pump was laboring, and I almost screwed up my back so far. But I did get the head end folded back and I'm letting the water redistribute over night. The last time I did this, I ended up cutting the vinyl top off and taking the mats out by hand; I'd like to avoid that this time.
You worry too much. Most things run away when they hear you coming. But, not spiders. Spiders just sit in their web and stare at you, thinking malevolent thoughts. Except for Huntsman spiders. They'll lurk on the ceiling above your bed and, when you least expect it, fall onto your pillow next to your head. For the rest of the night, you'll hear the spider laughing.
You grew up on Sanibel Island? That was a great place to be a kid, I bet. I grew up in Windermere, Fl, on the Butler Chain of lakes, outside Orlando. We went to Sanibel a few times. Beautiful! My Cousin's family still goes there almost every year.
14 days since the last new case of COVID-19 in NZ, and one active case still remaining in isolation. Govt will be meeting next Monday to decide whether we go to level one, which is basically business as usual with our border still closed and track and trace still operating.
The only venomous animal NZ has is a really shy spider called the Katipo, it's so shy you would basically need to hold it down and mug it before it would bite you. And even then, it's highly unlikely it would kill you as there's an anti-venom and no one has died of a bite since 1901.
NOT funny! When I was 12 i was at my grandmothers sleeping in a small bed at the corner of the master bedroom. I was half awake and noticed a black spot on the ceiling above me. just as my eyes started to adjust, the tarantula fell onto my bed right at my chest. I literally jumped out of bed and into the next room. I couldn't sleep for weeks, LOL. I'd like to think I would handle that same situation much better now that I am older, wiser and more knowledgable.....but probably not!
Despite my casual familiarity with Florida spiders, I can't watch the spider scenes in the Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings movies. Anything I can't stomp or swat out of existence and views me as "fair-game" is not to be trifled with at any level of abstraction. Thank god for the "Fast Forward" button.
A fox tried to get into the hen house last night. so my husband turned the lights on at the hen house & decided to sit outside and thought he may be able to trap the fox if he came back.
well about 10 or so minutes had passed & a big ol opossum showed up ,& my hubby started feeding it peanuts that we usually give to the squirrels. then a minute later a huge skunk and another minute or 2 later the fox .As my husband was throwing whole in the shell peanuts out for the possum to eat the next thing you know he was feeding the skunk and fox peanuts as well. the fox stayed for about 15 minutes got his fill and never came back the rest of the night. & No bears tonight so hopefully hey headed back up into the mountains
That fox was not shy or timid at all by my husband. & no one would properly believe this story . like a the fish that got away story.. only i got pictures of it this time..lol
I lived in Reston, Virginia for a few years. A suburb northwest of Washington, DC. It is a very nice, upscale, planned community with wooded areas between each of the housing & condo developments and high-rise commercial center. Out my elevated balcony (about 10 foot) we would see fox, deer, 'possum, & squirrel venture from the woods into the grass. People on the 1st floor had to make sure to not leave their patio doors open or they could expect a surprise visitor. While in Reston, just a couple blocks away on the edge of town was a large exotic wildlife ranch/zoo with buffalo roaming & grazing with anelope, zebra, ibex, etc. It became normal to view strange beasts with weird horns whenever we drove in or out of town on that road.
Reston Virginia: https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk00AZzFRTYXZ2rwyYeVJTkiEbf6DHQ:1591363841130&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=Reston+virginia+images&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNzdWj5OrpAhWMHM0KHXS-ADMQsAR6BAgKEAE&biw=1920&bih=888
Rivers running red - if anyone is keeping a check list of the plagues
https://interestingengineering.com/russian-arctic-rivers-run-red-causing-a-state-of-emergency
It's no wonder that a virus is trying to take us out when we keep destroying the planet, geez.
I'm waiting for the plague of flesh eating worms to rise from the beaches of all the oceans of the world.
...right up there with go in the opposite direction indicated for the aisle and of course leave your trolley right in the middle so nobody else can pass by.
...as the situation slowly returns to normal here ( whatever "normal" is or was) beginning to miss the lack of traffic in the neighbourhood as more and more people venture out. A few stores have reopened. Finally was able to replace the bamboo dish rack that was about to fall apart. The new one while bit smaller gives me more counter space when unfolded and is very sturdily built compared to the old one. Also went to my favourite resale store and found a couple nice shirts
Also the new electric can opener arrived today, my wrist (which is now in a brace) is so relieved.
being as pedantic as I am, I follow those aisle arrows religiously.
often walking twice as far around an adjacent to get something
to find everyone else going the opposite way and expecting right of way too by their self entitled expressions
being the wuss I am of course I move aside
my forum persona is considerably more confident than my nonconfrontational real one BTW
but if I am continuously pushed I do explode, takes a lot though as in outright bullying
I can't help but feel like the "this is fine" meme dog...
Suggestion: Air horn, the type with a horn mounted to a can of compressed air.
Time it so they're not looking in your direction. Press button. Have camera ready.
oh lol that could be funny. As could a mini whoopee cushion carried in ones shopping bag. Squeeze the bag between arm and side if someone gets too close.
The WHO updated mask recommendations...
Just in case anyone is interested...
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/who-now-recommends-the-public-use-masks-good-masks-in-covid-19-areas/
I'm not sure why an old rock & roll band is making mask recommendations, but Pete Townshend seems to be a good judge of air filtration.
...the Safeway I shop at has very narrow aisles and the "one way" direction actually makes it much easier. Two shoppers with trolleys going in opposite directions pretty much plugs up an aisle completely. I usually use one of the hand baskets when I shop as I don't buy a lot since I have to carry it home on foot and don't like to put anything in my bad hand if I can avoid it.
..there is this:
https://www.amazon.com/Talkie-Toys-Products-Improved-Version/dp/B0177SLPDS
Thank god for the free marketplace and human ingenuity.
...technology marches on.
...I went to a flat Earther event and asked if all this social distancing had pushed anyone over the edge
they politely asked me to leave...
Social media is not a solution for social isolation issues during the pandemic.
Social media is probably making things worse for all of us when we come out of the pandemic, IMO. Gosh, the things people say and do on there.
ROTFLMAO
Did you tell them you come from "down under"?
I just gave them a Vegemite sandwich