For more photos from today’s lead story, see Ridgeview Gardens on Facebook.
Love at first sight.
103-year-old woman gets sweet birthday surprise: a cat in need of a home
Today, via John B.
Step 1: Fill backpack with seeds; Step 2: Place on dog; Step 3: NNNEEEEAAAARRRRRMMM!!
Border collies run like the wind to bring new life to Chilean forest
MNN, via Me
...aaaaaaand right back in again.
Here’s an Adorable Video of a Baby Tree Kangaroo Taking Its First Hops
Mother Jones, via Thérèse B.
Lassie, shmassie -- I'm the REAL hero.
Loyal blue heeler stays with three-year-old lost in bush overnight
ABC (Australia), via Andrew Y.
And finally: Thanks, we’ll let you know
Everyone’s a critic, Arne.
Mombat taxi.
I’d pay extra to ride one of those!
Tree kangaroo video – oof, I’m glad I’m not a marsupial! That looks SO uncomfortable.
Both my parents want another cat but keep worrying about outliving it. I keep telling them that I’ll take it.
Need to show them this.
This is off topic, but I’d like to mention it here.
Some people are so rude! For instance, I was at our City Hall, looking at the flowers. Someone wandered up and asked why I was peering in all the tulips, and I told her I was looking for field mice. She gave me a very dirty look, and walked away. Then, when I got home, the phone rang. I answered it, and the man at the other end told me he was with the Canada Revenue Services. So I, trying to be encouraging and conversational, said, “What a coincidence! So am I!” And he said a bad word and hung up on me!
Could someone please tell me why these people are this way?
Regarding the second incident, I suspect the caller was NOT from Canada Revenue, but was instead a scammer who wasn’t expecting you to respond as you did.
Yes, indeedy. My first thought, too.
First woman probably thought you were putting her on. Not that it excuses her.
WE love you, Duckie!
I know. That’s why I did it.
They can give it, but they su-u-u-u-ure can’t take it.
Last guy who called told me I owed back taxes from when I was six. I held the phone in the toilet bowl and flushed. Guy before, I put the phone by the speakers and played Weird Al Yankovic until he hung up. Second tax guy today got the Hallelujah Chorus sung like Donald Duck.
Every now and then i consider one of those canned horns for whenever someone calls and claims to be a Windows software engineer.
Maybe I’ll just settle for a tin whistle.
We had a neighbor who got a dirty phone call and her tactic was to keep shouting into he phone “Speak up I can’t hear you – WHAT???” etc ’til he gave up.
As long as you weren’t bopping any field mice on the head, I don’t know what her problem was…
Duckie! This! https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/02/09/i-should-be-a-smart-guy-i-wasnt-how-the-cra-tax-scam-keeps-duping-us.html
About a year ago I got a call from someone purporting to be from the IRS, saying that I owed back taxes and I was about to be indicted for tax evasion (with a $10,000 fine and up to 5 years in prison) if I didn’t pay up immediately. I played along for about 20 minutes, pretending to be really upset and scared. Just when they must’ve thought I was going to hand over my credit card info, I told them I’d take my chances and let the IRS come after me. It totally made my day! 🙂
That does sound like fun!
Excellent – that’s what I was thinking, just let them come and get me – it’ll all get straightened out then.
Have had that happen to me as well. Didn’t bother wasting my time with the low-life scammer.