The Bar... Volume#2

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:04 am

Since yg and some of the gang have gone to his Hof to have fun this weekend ::yawns and stretches:: I thought I would give us all a treat.

Coffee is brewing.

Breakfast Pizza with sausage and bacon.

A beautiful view from the NEB

And I hired a waitress so we can sit back and relax and exjoy the party favors VCG brought.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:16 am

not at the hof.

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:19 am

I know! but i am trying to make it nicer for all us who can not go.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:30 am

FaeTora!!! Love your work!!! you got me with the breakfast pizza and coffee, and then it just got better and better!

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:43 am

aawh. Thank you. I try. How is your morning going?

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:48 am

FaeTora wrote:aawh. Thank you. I try. How is your morning going?

need to get a move on. Laundry, etc, and then later this morning/afternoon I'm going to be helping on mutant vehicle build/refurbish. I can piss away a morning like nobody's business... got up at 6, and haven't done anything really, ran out of coffee ack. that alone is motivation to get out of the house.

VeganChoirGirl · Post by **VeganChoirGirl** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:54 am

BEST BREAKFAST PARTY IN THE NEB EVER!!!!!!!!!! I love you guys!!!!

The view...stunning! The food, PERFECT! And of course...the waitress is certainly making it easier to balance the cuddles and the food...et al.

Wishing I was at the Hof too...but will be on he playa in 26 days. So...that's good too.

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:03 am

I KNOW!!! I am so excited to be going. I have 5 weeks and 1 1/2 days!!

It's like the days leading up to Christmas!

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:08 am

Thanks doll! I had to hustle out of the house this morning before putting coffee on. OTOH, after getting the booth setup I did get to fit a couple of very lovely ladies for kilts.

Wheee!

OK, off to the faire this time just for fun and with the kids. Have a great day all!

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:25 am

ooh. that sounds like so much fun! one day I'd like to get a kilt. i have a very limited sewing knowledge but maybe one day.

MisaBlue · Post by **MisaBlue** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:44 am

Hello!

I hope your day is going well!
(I am sure they have so much fun at Hof)

I would love to get kilt too...it is so cool.

FT, you just made beautiful morning!
Here is something for the day

Swampdog, I got the joke quite early, I was just being funny, which usualy appears to others that I am just dumb...

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:26 pm

Love kilts
going anti-plaid this year.

MisaBlue · Post by **MisaBlue** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:47 pm

Hi GH!
Good to see you...how is it going?
Have you already had lunch? And what about others?

I start with wine today

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:35 pm

Hello Misa

That looks Fantastic.

Yum.

Taking it easy right now, crud breaking up in lungs, so doing great actually.
Back to work in the morning, working day shifts this month.

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 2:27 pm

Misa. you are too good to me. and then wine too. your downright spoiling me.

MisaBlue · Post by **MisaBlue** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 2:39 pm

To spoil you I would send a waitress with the wine...well, why not?!

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:30 pm

Yeah, why not?

VeganChoirGirl · Post by **VeganChoirGirl** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:41 pm

YEah!!! Why NOT?? I am always up for that.

Hey, quick question...

I have a flea infestation that I can't seem to get rid of. Used flea bombs, lb gets a flea bath regularly and frontline.

But they just keep getting WORSE!!!

Help if you have a secret!

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:59 pm

Sorry VCG, I have no idea (and I'm assuming you mean on your pets).

So, in the meantime, let's have some of that wine.

Waitress! Two please.

Mojojita · Post by **Mojojita** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:15 pm

VeganChoirGirl wrote:YEah!!! Why NOT?? I am always up for that.

Hey, quick question...

I have a flea infestation that I can't seem to get rid of. Used flea bombs, lb gets a flea bath regularly and frontline.

But they just keep getting WORSE!!!

Help if you have a secret!

I fight the nasty little bitches every summer. The thing that has really helped the most is to have a pest control company that sprays outdoors regularly for termites and other pests. It really keeps the flea populations out of the yard so they don't come in on the dog and cats as much.

Try using flea bombs every week for several weeks - the eggs sometimes are unaffected by the bombs and the new ones hatch out alive and well - it takes a few times to get them all. Check the foggers to be sure they kill flea eggs as well as adult fleas and set off foggers in different rooms to cover all your square footage. Flea eggs can be hidden under things, in bedding, clothes hampers, under bathroom rugs, lots of disgusting places where the poison does not reach well. It really is a war in our warm climate. I think it also helps to vacuum really often and put a cat flea collar into the vacuum bag to kill the varmits in the bag.

Good luck!

mudpuppy000 · Post by **mudpuppy000** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:31 pm

VeganChoirGirl wrote:YEah!!! Why NOT?? I am always up for that.

Hey, quick question...

I have a flea infestation that I can't seem to get rid of. Used flea bombs, lb gets a flea bath regularly and frontline.

But they just keep getting WORSE!!!

Help if you have a secret!

I use that stuff that you put in the cat's food. Apparently it's flea birth control and the fleas will die out eventually when they bite your cat. As long as you don't get any new ones in your house they'll be gone in a month or so. After that you don't have to use it anymore.

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:34 pm

If you can get your pets to eat some garlic regularly they wont get fleas.
It ruins the taste of the blood.

swampdog · Post by **swampdog** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:45 pm

Sounds like I missed an epic NEB this morning. I was out cleaning and doing maintenance on one of our rentals between tenants. I started to recaulk the bathroom but of course the hardest part was getting the old stuff out. You can never find a good caulk sucker when you need one. I tried advertising on Craigslist and got some of the strangest responses.

I finally gave up doing it right, I think the linoleum needs to be replaced. So I just filled up every gap I could find with fresh caulk and left it at that.

For some reason I'm very tired this evening.

swampdog · Post by **swampdog** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:49 pm

Quote for the day: Smiles are self fulfilling prophecies.

I think I'm going to get that put on a tee shirt.

Wait a minute, what am I saying?

FUCK YER DAY. Get off my lawn, ya filthy hippy!

There, I feel better now.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:18 pm

Most fleas don't come in on pets, rather people.
Perhaps dogs, but they only like the blood of cats.

Cut the grass short.
Cut everything possible short.
Clean all debris possible.

Spray outside.
Spray the neighbor's yard if possible.

As said, use the flea specific bombs.
I use sc johnson.
Spray under cabinets, crannies.

Repeat to kill eggs.

I did this and didn't see fleas again for many years.
Always cats around too.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:21 pm

Clean the yard like it is a fucking japanese garden.

I dilute the insecticide heavily and spray more.
Soak everything.

The yard is usually the source.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:42 pm

VeganChoirGirl wrote:YEah!!! Why NOT?? I am always up for that.

Hey, quick question...

I have a flea infestation that I can't seem to get rid of. Used flea bombs, lb gets a flea bath regularly and frontline.

But they just keep getting WORSE!!!

Help if you have a secret!

Eucalyptus. Get some eucalyptus oil and mix with water. Put in spray bottle. and spray around house. (Fleas live in lawns and the like and hop on and off animals rather than that being their home, which means that frontline isn't the most effective place to get rid of them. but I have no clue for what to do about that.)

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:55 pm

There are some books out about dangerous plants.
Some were used for anti bug and so on.

Some extremely powerful, lethal to humans if careless too.

A friend recently helped clear a yard of this stuff which had already sent one guy to the hospital.

Don't underestimate plants.
I take a plant derived anti cholesterol, 12% reduction, no side effects.
Zestra is a plant derived hormone supplement for women.
Echinacea is powerful enough to routinely kill.

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:03 pm

MisaBlue wrote:To spoil you I would send a waitress with the wine...well, why not?!

OMG! Misa you read my mind! I love tattooed girls and piercings. oh wow. ::mutters to myself::

You are too good to be true Misa.

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:21 pm

VCG - two things. Turn your thermostat to 75 or below because flea need warmth to breed and survive. Two - Advantage. It has worked great on my cats and I am a the worst overbearing mother when it come to Reagan. When I was in college during finals time, I gave him Hartz flee medicine because my vet is an hour and a half away and I couldn't get him there before his flea meds ran out. I figured it just won't work at well and I'd take him to the vet the week after and tell her and give him advantage again whenever she said it was safe too (I had a dog at the time and they bring fleas into the house so bad in the summer its not even a joking matter). I gave it to him and maybe an hour or two later he was acting funny. I dropped everything and picked him up. I told my girlfriend at the time and a friend who was over studying with us that I thought something was wrong with Reagan. They blew me off as being overbearing and overprotective. But I couldn't put him down and its a good thing I didn't. A few minutes later he started to violently shake. i drove him to the emergency vet clinic and he was put on a load of medications to counteract it. I have never forgiven myself for it, so when I started looking again for a flea solution, I asked my vet who owns several cats and dogs, my holistic friends, everyone. And after all the other solutions failed, I did what my vet suggested. Turn down the thermostat and advantage once every two months. Never had any problems since.

Hope that helps.