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Lou Laurinen

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  • I’ve been a bit quiet today. I’m okay, just getting stuff done around the house that I hadn’t gotten around to over the weekend.
    My neighbor’s dog keeps going after my dogs. I hate to do this, but one more strike and I’m reporting it.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Has the dog been trained? This is a tough area. I would hate to be in that position. But you are an expert. You understand the danger.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    The dog is obviously not well trained. I’m going to have to put my big girl panties on and talk to the owner.
    Streetwise
    Streetwise
    Pity you couldn't contact Cesar millan in l.a he specialises in this problem he could find the dog a home
    I fell asleep at 8pm last night. I’ve been getting up at 7am for work almost every day and I’m exhausted. I have a client at 8am today.
    I’m worn out from today.
    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    @Loren, I think that's to do with either refresh rates of web pages, or things getting to the forum website from various places via different routes. When two people post around the same time then they may be unaware of each other's posts until they hit "refresh" etc. Catches me sometimes chatting to people on the profiles! :)
    Loren
    Loren
    Ah, that makes sense. Thank you for explaining it! :-)
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    I’m ok everyone :) Just a busy work day and also met up with the girl who has my dog’s sister from the same litter :)
    I napped a lot of the day and just woke up at 4am after falling asleep quite early!
    Um, why are there drunk people wandering around at 7am? At least they appear to be drunk.
    Judge
    Judge
    There is no "last call" for alcohol if one is an alcoholic. It's just a matter of where to find it.
    Tom
    Tom
    Zombie Apocalyspe? I am inordinately proud of myself that I am able to spell that word btw. ;)
    Streetwise
    Streetwise
    @crewlucaa_ apparently your bars and taverns close about 1am ,ours close 11pm ,it changed in the 2000s to have a possible 24 hour licence, it wasn't popular ,it largely stayed at 11pm last orders are 10:30 pm but a lot of pubs closed permanently in the last 25 years,cheap alcohol from supermarkets,alcoholism is a big disease in the uk
    Because I love ethnic music so much, my friend wants to teach me to play accordion and sopilka. So there’s now an accordion in my livingroom
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    I’ve heard a lot of awful things about the NHS :( We have issues with healthcare here too.
    Streetwise
    Streetwise
    Its never been perfect it never got the funding ,various governments have damaged in different ways they lie !and say its up to your area the pandemic proved how bad its treated threatening staff who talked to the media
    Lou Laurinen
    Insomnia again :/ I thought I had kicked that after I started sleeping better in January and February, but I guess it was short-lived :(
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    Thanks Streetwise. I have a therapy appointment today so I’ll bring it up as an important thing to work on.
    Streetwise
    Streetwise
    Have you ever been tested for sleep apnoea there are different reasons for insomnia
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    I haven’t actually. But that’s a good idea
    Can you ask your polish friend :), if they know anyone who can read fluent Ukrainian and is good! at coding ,the internet archive are trying to save Ukrainian archives ,websites ,before they are destroyed, they need volunteers to look for them, its a race before they are destroyed here's the link https://www.sucho.org/orientation this
    Streetwise
    Streetwise
    is one volunteer group, they tell you everything! on the site
    Do you feel unnerved when you look to the right on a profile page it says is not\is following!!!!! you!!
    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    I kind of mostly ignore that stuff - to me it's more important to interact with people in a friendly manner, and then that speaks for itself - when you do it, and when others do it. I notice. :)
    Streetwise
    Streetwise
    @Callistemon I'm not the social media generation ,following is stalking to me
    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    Ah, OK. Well, I don't do social media either, but I think that's just how people on social media decide what they want to hear and what they don't. But to me it's too shallow and you can't have a good conversation, and it's too airbrushed. :)
    Enzo has discovered that he loves tennis balls. I played ball with him in the yard and he was interested until he saw a female Collie. Lol
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    I don’t know the person who owns the Collie. She is new.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Collie broke his heart. Too sweet.
    Hazel_1914
    Hazel_1914
    Maybe you & the collie owner can end up friends; that'd be pretty cool.
    There’s a group of random teenagers knocking on doors in my neighborhood. I was outside and they were making fun of me.
    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    Sorry to hear about that, I really can't understand that kind of behaviour but it is so common. Is there anything at all friendly you can go to in your neighbourhood? Like a choir or a craft group or book club?

    Adding a hug!
    Loren
    Loren
    It must have, indeed, been scary. I'm glad to hear they'd gone, and hope all is well with regard to the dental work you had done. Thank you for the hugs. <3
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    @Callistemon My neighborhood doesn’t really have organized activities but most of my neighbors are my dog walking, training and grooming clients. Lol
    I found a Dogo Argentino dog breed encyclopedia, but it is in Spanish. I don’t speak Spanish very well but it’ll be an opportunity to learn!
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    They also offer Portuguese. Just checked. I can easily switch between the two languages also.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    @Aspychata I’m going to use Duolingo, thank you! My mom also told me that my town’s library offers a free subscription to a language program that has over 70 languages (including Shakespearean English… and “pirate.” Lol. She said the first lesson in Shakespearean is Shakespearean insults!! Lol!!!)
    Duolingo is probably better for what I’m trying to learn, though :) Thanks again!
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Excellent. So happy.
    Beautiful spring day. I’m about to go to work. Being a dog walker is more fun when it’s nice out! :)
    Hazel_1914
    Hazel_1914
    Of course!
    New England springtime is custom made for this sort of thing & I'm tired of pretending it is not.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Alright. You sound better. Great news.
    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    Hope you had a great time out there! :)
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