Congrats to nkuvu!

[nkuvu]

Yeah, I've never had much use for neighbors.

I'd like to live out in the middle of nowhere if I could telecommute in to work. And if I could make the yard safe for my little pooches. I've heard lots of stories of little dogs getting acquainted with the local coyotes, and not in a good way.

Another lovely thing in the desert is the number of poisonous little critters....

[edX]

well, as far as neighbors go, we have lived here for 4 and a half years and i am just now starting to get to know more of them than just Lucy's owner and the one who is moving

and as for outdoor threats - i am sure you have heard me talk about the raccoons, skunks and feral cats in the neighborhood. What amazes me is how well they all get along. I have seen all three together around my garbage cans a few times. Occasionally i hear the sounds of a fight outside. almost always i smell skunk shortly afterwrds. In fact skunk smell is something i have become somewhat adjusted to. I barely notice it anymore.

I have been trying to figure out if i could make my backyard so the skunks and raccoons don't get in. I know it would take too much to keep the cats out but they are a minimal problem i think. I know that people 2 streets over raise chickens so there must be a way to do it. perhaps i should take a walk and see if they can tell me more. gee, there's a novel idea - leave my house and walk around my neighborhood

[nkuvu]

Originally posted by Ed Spruiell
I have been trying to figure out if i could make my backyard so the skunks and raccoons don't get in. I know it would take too much to keep the cats out but they are a minimal problem i think.

Sure thing. Build a solid 10 foot wall out of sheet metal, and cut down any nearby trees. Make sure the wall goes down into the ground about 4 feet, also. You'll keep the skunks and raccoons out. Make it 20 feet tall and I'm pretty sure the cats won't be in there either.

I know that people 2 streets over raise chickens so there must be a way to do it. perhaps i should take a walk and see if they can tell me more. gee, there's a novel idea - leave my house and walk around my neighborhood

Now you're talking about two different things. The two questions of "if it can be done" versus "how much will have to be done to make it work".

One of the few things that is nice about living near the city (which isn't a city in comparison to some others, Tucson is very spread out, so doesn't ever feel huge) is that there are very few wild critters roaming around in the garbage cans.

[nkuvu]

Ed done did say:
in fact Easy Ed used to be one of my real world nicknames

I won't go there if you don't.

And RacerX said:
Maybe if you started a conversation on capital punishment for small cute dogs who yak in your bed? There is a controversial subject!

It's not controversial if your idea of capital punishment is "NO!" See? Using capitals, punishing the dog... *sigh* OK, I'll insert my own courtesy laugh here: Ha ha ha ha ha!

See? Isn't that better?

[Ricky]

Wow, look at all the high posters.

Some day I'll be a 1,00th poster as well, but you'll just have to wait.. I can only type so fast Congrats on your 1,000th post, nkuvu.

I still have my first post right here, and I laugh now that I look back on it..

Originally posted by ricky
I am seriously thinking about installing OS X on my iMac 333 MHz iMac w/ 160 megs of RAM. I am currently using 1.4 GB of space on my HD and I am going to partition it for OS X so that I ave a seperate partition for OS 9. I have a few questions...

-How big should I make my partitions?
-Does anyone know how this machine configuration would work in OS X? (slow?)
-Is OS 10.1 a free upgrade from 10?
-Are there any limitations (besides apps) with OS X?

Thanks to anyone who can help me with this.

-Ricky

I've never looked back, honestly..

[nkuvu]

Originally posted by ricky
Some day I'll be a 1,00th poster as well, but you'll just have to wait.. I can only type so fast

You mean 1,000th poster? Don't worry about post counts, you'll get there soon enough. The important bit is the quality, as I am sure you already know...

Congrats on your 1,000th post, nkuvu.

Thanks.

I still have my first post right here, and I laugh now that I look back on it..

What's to laugh about? It doesn't seem to me like you said anything to regret, or asked a silly question. I mean, a lot of the members here know the answers to those questions, but when you posted it I am sure that few people knew.

I've never looked back, honestly..

Weren't you just looking back when you quoted your first post?

OK, so who remembers where their first post was? Mine was in a discussion of trackballs and mice and such, but I don't remember where...

[nkuvu]

Originally posted by Ed Spruiell
It is sad that my best neighbor is moving back to Boston this summer because she is getting divorced

Blech. I don't think I'd ever move back to Boston. Lived there as a youngster. Icky weather. Real weather, not like Washington weather, but icky nonetheless.

Boston has real summers and real winters, Washington has perpetual gray and rain and cold temperatures (relatively speaking -- most people find Washington pretty moderate). Arizona has perpetual summers. Bliss!

I can sympathize with the divorce bit as well. I'm about to go through the same thing. My ex and I have been separated since November, and it's been a very amicable separation. More that we just don't love each other as spousal units than anything else. So we're still really good friends, and the divorce itself is just a formality. But the separation from someone you thought you'd be with for the rest of your life is very difficult.

I think I need to go get some more merry from the B&G... Then off to bed!

[edX]

actually your first post was in this thread and it happened to follow one of my posts

I guess a hammer's out of the question, huh?

No, no, stop hitting me! It was a joke! I'm sorry!

you were quite the great tech help i would say.