Yeah, mine’s pretty old and sick but I’m really hoping she makes it through to the summer in large part so she can doze in the warm with the sun on her face at least a few more times before her time’s up. (Well, that and I’m selfish and I’ll miss the hell out of her.)

Ohhhh good point, thanks! She’s still fairly mobile (though not as agile a jumper as she once was, which she gets angry about, loudly) but that’s a great thing to remember!

Ha, totally fair. I really hate SQL server’s dark mode options though and as I work through a few frustrating networks, I like just being plugged directly in, without screwing around with a better IDE.

But I’m an uncouth savage who uses f.lux as the day wears on.

Sounds like a great plan, hadn’t even considered they might have something like that! Thanks!

Oh that makes sense! I was a little worried it might be too hot but I imagine one at a pet store would have the temp taken care of etc.

Thanks!

Thanks folks, these were great suggestions! I will be getting her a heat pad shortly!

I mean, it probably would’ve been ideal then but as usual, America was recovering from/embroiled in the last Conservative disasters (financial crisis, Afghanistan/Iraq.) And Obama had just burned a lot of political capital giving people healthcare.

I gave her extra head skritches, kisses and a treat for you! I think she approved.

She sounds adorable, sorry you had to lose her, I hope you’re getting through it as best you can. My elderly cutie pie is deteriorating and loudly demands affection sporadically but I know I’d rather have her howling at me at whatever o’clock than not.

Glad mine isn’t the only one!

That seems wild but adorable.

I upgraded from a twin to queen but now thr cat feels more comfortable in the bed if it’s just us. But I’ve been trained by twin bed relationships to sleep on one side so it’s been an unlearning process. And sometimes when I’m on the side and she’s in the middle I have less space than I did with the twin!

Trust a cat to find the least convenient “compromise.”

“Even if the chances are one in a million” damn. Just think about that the other way! “Even if 999,999 families have to lose a loved one, that seems fair enough to me.”

CBC (Canada’s BBC) article about this, non paywalled:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/john-rustad-fatal-overdose-1.7348135

I’m pretty sure this is the reasoning espoused by every autocrat in history, many of whom thought they were doing things for the better.

I don’t think it is, the conservative perspective is that you should have to pay to live

Yes, and as conservatives see it, jobs are available and it’s on you to get one and support yourself and/or your family. If you can’t afford a family, it’s not on the state to subsidize yours.

Such is the conservative answer to addiction/homelessness, healthcare, education and pretty much everything else.

Mental plan?

Fair, but you add suburban about a third live urban. And realistically, connecting suburbs to a system that is anywhere comparable to cars is also pretty expensive.

If we were allowed to Sim City our way to goodness, I’d pretty much agree with you.

But my province, a fair chunk of that land is held and others aspire to it.