You are amazing, walking yours that far....I'm stressed just walking from the parking lot with mine. They yell and scream the whole trip there, then pout on the way home. My nephew said he'd ride along with me when it's check up time...since I have 3 brats to deal with now! I'm so glad the babies got good check ups, and I hope you are feeling much better!!!

I think honestly it might be easier since there aren’t as many transitions (house to car to vet) when you’re just walking -- they’re in the same configuration the whole way, if that makes sense, and the only time there’s a different sense of movement is on the elevator. I am feeling better after a three hour nap :D 

goodbyeomelas replied to your photo “They had their (slightly belated) one year health check today. I know...”

what beautiful and healthy cryptids!!!

I’m very pleased they have good teeth and no ear infections :D 

memprime replied to your photo “They had their (slightly belated) one year health check today. I know...”

Could you get a bigger carrier and put both of them in there? If I had cats I'd get one that was a backpack messenger bag combo LOL.

I thought about it -- Mum thinks I should get one of those bubble-backpacks that have a little space port for cats to look out of -- but I think it’s actually easier having them in two carriers because I can balance the weight a little more evenly. 

mosquitopru540 replied to your photo “They had their (slightly belated) one year health check today. I know...”

How brave she is! Loki hides behind me and tries to make himself as small as possible

Aw, poor Loki bb, he’s got it rough. I wonder too if it isn’t that most cats who are freaking out are older than the Cryptids -- they haven’t yet learned through conditioning that the vet is unpleasant. 

But I think it also might be in part that they’re both there and can see each other. The only time I’ve ever seen either of them truly agitated is when they’ve been separated (into two carriers, or the time the vet took Polk out of the room to wash her ears). I think it’s a sort of “we’re in this together, so we’ll be ok” situation.

Or I could be heavily projecting. :D 

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Dearborn facts: she owns every album Lacuna Coil ever put out

spaci1701 replied to your post “Question about burners”

I'm not a huge fan of induction burners but I'm also weighing in on the danger of a gas countertop. I've never heard of one outside of commercial models and those are required to be under the full, heavy duty extraction hood with an integrated fire system. Unless you can find a reputable brand which states it's safe for indoor use, don't risk it.

I got a bunch of comments about this, the danger of using coleman stoves inside, and thank you all for your concern! I probably should have linked to an example of the burners I’m talking about, because I was at least under the impression that they do make single-burner gas (butane) stoves for indoor use; they’re popular in Japan, apparently, and I found out about them by watching a couple of Japanese cooking shows. But they’re very hard to find in the US so it’s tough to link to an example, since most US single-burner gas stoves are “for camping or emergency indoor use only”. Hence asking about brand names :D 

I mean, unless Jun and Chef are both being super unsafe, which I suppose is possible. But Chef’s in particular doesn’t look like it’s even designed for outdoor use. 

danimephistopholes replied to your post “Question about burners”

I've lived most of my 40 years with gas stoves and have been a prolific cook for most of it. I spent a year with an induction stove and I stopped cooking because I hated it so much. (It was a large factor in moving TBH). I got a stopgap burner similar to this one, but I had space issues so didn't use it enough

That’s the only one I’ve found that’s rated for indoor use and available in the US. Did yours come with warnings about carbon monoxide &etc? 

cameron-mckell replied to your post “Question about burners”

Have used both induction and a gas burner, and in your situation I'd probably go with an induction one, for safety and convenience (those gas canisters don't last as long as you'd hope, in my experience). I seem to recall you checking your pans for induction-ability before, but I can't remember the results. I'd still say induction, even with that. Also lighting the gas can be a pain.

That was one concern I had, those canisters don’t look cheap or like they last very long. And fortunately almost all of my pans are “induction ready”, so there’s that!

mizstorge replied to your post “Question about burners”

Honestly, Home Depot has gas ranges for under $500.

Which I would happily buy if my building had gas hookups, but sadly they do not :D It was one reason I didn’t buy into this building sooner or want to pay more than I did -- no gas and no ensuite washer/dryer, though really I don’t do enough laundry to make an ensuite absolutely necessary when the building has a laundry room.

rofro05 replied to your post “Question about burners”

I have used both, but depending on how much you cook on the stovetop, I feel like induction saves money in the long term. I love my nuwave precision for the control it gives me. You do have to get cookware that works with induction, but the result is really worth it.

panicandstartariot replied to your post “Question about burners”

The dorm I work in just has a few NuWave induction cooktops instead of a stove and they've held up AMAZINGLY well (we let teenagers use them  while learning to cook and they take a lot of abuse) but not sure if you're interested in a countertop one

Well, it’s good to know NuWave is a good brand and that they’re durable! They do have a single burner available for a reasonable price, so I’ll keep that in mind as a recommendation, thank you both! 

mosquitopru540 replied to your post “Question about burners”

We have a Fagor induction. Love it. Heats up so fast and is very portable. No problems with any of the pans I've tried as long as they have flat bottoms.

Yeah, most of my pans are induction-safe, and Fagor was a brand I was looking at (mum has a Fagor pressure cooker she really likes). 

slashaddict13 replied to your post “Question about burners”

I would think it would be annoying to always keep gas canisters around. Many pots and pans already work on induction cooktops so it's worth checking yours. I love how you can set the temperature of your induction cooktop and turn it off immediately when you're done. I have used a Mr. Induction, though I don't know the model number, and really like it.

NOTING IT DOWN :D I have never cooked with induction and while I’d love an entire induction stovetop, a single burner seems like a good way to test it out! 

songscloset replied to your post “Question about burners”

OMG!!! IKEA has a GREAT single burner induction range. We got one to test and it's spectacular. My husband uses it every day at work to cook his own lunch (long story, but working in tech is not like other jobs). It can be set to specific temperatures, so you can have it *hold* at just under boiling, or wherever you need it. Really, it's amazing and only $40.

Oh fantastic, my folks love Ikea. I’ll check that out! 

coyotegestalt replied to your post “Question about burners”

It took me a moment to register that this wasn't about arts festivals in the desert... but I've been pretty satisfied with my landlord's Tramontina induction cooker. I was dubious at first but it's worked out really well.

We have a chupacabra too. He mostly eats zucchini and tomatoes, but it’s so much more fun to blame a chupacabra than a woodchuck.

I appreciate your example gif ��

You’re welcome! Have another!

  My gran mops the floor almost every day, and in...

I vacuum once a week and sweep the bathroom floor when I clean the litter box because my cat is a disaster(about 2x a week), but that’s plenty. … I probably need to mop the kitchen floor, but ugh, I hate doing it, so it gets done only if people are coming over. Good luck- my Gram lives with me too, so I know the feeling!

Thank you :) Tfw you’re too old for this shit :))))

I'm pretty sure 2D is more available in other places, yeah. ;/ I haven't seen a 3D movie since Captain Eo in like 1988

originalproxy replied to your post “@ all the people on my dash/following me who have seen the new...”

2D, which was everything I wanted it to be. I don't love 3D films.

theparadoxmachine replied to your post “@ all the people on my dash/following me who have seen the new...”

I would only see it in 2D. I'm not impressed with any 3D I've seen, plus I wear glasses a lot, and the 3D glasses are a massive pain. I'm too broke to go any movies right now, though I'd like to see it. 3D is way overrated though.

mosquitopru540 replied to your post “@ all the people on my dash/following me who have seen the new...”

2D- I've seen a couple of things in 3D and it's never been worth the extra expense.

lucyaudley replied to your post “@ all the people on my dash/following me who have seen the new...”

Depends on the film but I do like 3D.

inconclusionray replied to your post “@ all the people on my dash/following me who have seen the new...”

2D. Only maybe half the showings here are 3D, and I cannot/will not ever see a 3D movie. (Migraines AND the glasses thing.)

Ok, so.. 5 votes more or less against 3D and 1 for.. I know this isn’t an actual representatively large enough sample of the general population, but I honestly wonder why cinemas and movie studios are still so hyped up about 3D movies when... most movie-goers are at best indifferent or ‘meh’ about it and at worst get terrible migraines/headaches from them..

as for my own local cinema, they do often show movies in both 2D and 3D, but for some reason I keep wanting to see things they apparently aren’t expecting a very large crowd/run on or something, so I think that might be why they choose to pick only one of the 2 versions, unfortunately that version is usually the 3D one, which p much excludes people like me from being able to go see it (at least at this particular theater that is)..

it probably doesn’t help that for movies aimed at children they also show the dutch dubbed version, which means there are literally 4 different versions of Ice Age (Dutch 2D and 3D + English 2D and 3D) showing at the same time at my theater, so that probably means they’ll have to cut down on the options for other movies since they only have a limited number of screens/rooms they can simultaneously show movies on and a limited number of time slots (although the dutch versions probably show in the afternoon since those will probably only attract families with young children.. everyone else is used to/prefers subtitles over here)