Can you remind me again where to find those stats?
- Brian Johns
Brian, go to "Me" link (http://friendfeed.com/brianjo...) which defaults to the Feed tab. Look at the sidebar on the right, below Discussion.
- Micah
0.75 (926/1226) - still relatively new here
- mikepk
I only see my stats for the last week (17/14 = 1.21) Please tell me your 670 number is for more than just a week!
- Brian Johns
1.44 (566/391) for brianjohns (after week tally you should see a comma then 'all time' count - I can see it on your page)
- Micah
OK, sorry. I'm a total dumbass. I stopped reading after the weekly totals...
- Brian Johns
3.74, which seems way off of everybody else's. I wonder what that says. I comment a lot more than I like.
- Cyrus Lendvay
FFers use FF with their own strategy or simply default tendencies. The ratio is an interesting snapshot of behaviour. Thanks for joining in everyone, hope more keep flowing in.
- Micah
from twhirl
0.66 - I tend to 'like' things without needing to comment further, I guess, and I notice I usually like the things upon which I comment. Well, frequently.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
.39 (2457/6242) I guess I don't comment much. I do 'like' a lot of things, it would seem.
- Bren
0.62 then again i have over 11,000 comments
- Cee Bee
1.23 (5287/4229) - I am put to shame by Cee Bee's participation, good grief!
- Lindsay
So far: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81 ... (if you average 1 comment per like, you'd be 1.0 ... if you're 0.xx you might herd content more than discuss ... if you're whole numbers above 1 you may not 'like' much or discuss plenty or both)
- Micah
InPerpetualMotion(Gina k), I really liked this 'Like' of yours (in a series of pics, so I flickr fav'd it): http://friendfeed.com/e... and commented. Thanks!
- Micah
.68 6986/10194 Someone wrote a great article on the comment-like ratio a few months ago. Search on FriendFeed is crashing on me... I'll try to get the link.
- Mitchell Tsai
Thanks Mitchell (btw, search crashing on me too - lots)
- Micah
1316 comments/20221 likes (0.06), according to Windows Calculator, although I probably screwed up.
- Tyson Key
A recent change in FF: now the comment count shows total number of comments (previously multiple comments in one thread only counted as one) http://friendfeed.com/e... so all the numbers above are from the old methodology....
- David HC Soul
My new ratio: 0.76 all time (old methodology .52).... this week 1.39
- David HC Soul
Looks like my ratio as flipped again (comments back to dominating again). Seems to match my own awareness I've lately been commenting without Liking (commenting is my inherent recognition of value to me and the additional Like is when it merits an extra bump to help discovery by others).
- Micah
Rick, you mean that face with glasses I photoshopped tint into with an apparently disembodied arm which is actually very much attached to my eldest son? It's mostly just me :)
- Micah
Thanks, Michael. Yes, you have a rising tide of comment percentage (oh, wow, you were one of the originals from January - cool!)
- Micah
Yeah, that's a decent upward rise in comments, Nicholas.
- Micah
.6 (6,000/10,000) 3rd update - Now it's time to flip this on its head. My goal is to have (16,000/16,000) next time I post here. Regardless of what happens, I'm just looking forward to the next 10,000 comments, likes, posts, and new relationships I make here. It's all good!
- Michael Fidler
1.76 (7539/4290) My commenting habits haven't chanced much, but it felt like I clicked Like a lot less, and this ratio confirms that for me.
- Micah
.82 as of right now. edit: on January 8th it was 0.39 -- when I saw that, I decided to make more of an effort to comment. When I hit 10k "likes" I decided I wouldn't "like" anything else until I also had 10k comments.
- Bren
Jimminy, I'm copyrighting every single number. It's kind of a honeypot ;) Actually, it was curiosity mostly, but I also hope to build a sampling (small and self-selecting as it may be) for anyone who might want to analyze it.
- Micah
12.23 (844 / 69 ) I guess I take my likes seriously ;)
- Chris Myles
Wow I didn't realize I was so out of whack!! 12.23 that's got to be a record (and I don't even import my feeds with the summary as a comment)!!
- Chris Myles
Thanks JA, Chris (wow, 12+ is unusual :), Serkan and Nine!
- Micah
Micah.. I told you I take my likes seriously; ). You *might* want to ask (in a separate post) what percentage of likes were used to "bookmark" a post or save it for later VS actually "liking it". I NEVER used like for that.. but I did use a private group that if filled with my own topics (and comments)..
- Chris Myles
Likes are down relative to comments, which matches my much lower frequency of liking. I'm a more selective liker than ever.
- Micah
I don't think I could argue that any particular kind of ratio is "best", because if Lurkers like to Lurk and cultivate (via Likes) and the Chatty-ites love to chat, to pump out much many more comments than Likes, each can be happy and make for a great social experience.
- Micah
wow, what a difference time makes, when i 1st posted on this thread, 6.43%, now = 1.25%, for a 5.18% difference, :o (and this is the earliest post to date i've recovered of my activity on ff)
- chaz2b
chaz, I think there's been a big fluctuation for most people (maybe not that much). This is the oldest post on which you commented that you've recovered?
- Micah
When I first saw this: 1.91 Sept 28: 1.94
- MiniMage
536 comments in the last month has me at .8736...still creeping toward 1.00
- Bren
that was my third post... It's interesting to see how the number has changed. of course, I manipulated the number to a degree, because I stopped "liking" things for a while...
- Bren
Bren, the other thing that can seriously throw off someone's stats is a feed that upon each item it imports adds a comment automatically.
- Micah
true. that can seriously inflate comment stats, of course. Then you have someone like RAPatton, who posts a gazillion comments, in part because of his playlist posts where he will list each song in a separate comment. I found, after this post in fact, that I tended to "like" things much more frequently than comment on them, that I was lurking instead of participating. I have changed the way I use ff rather considerably, and I think for the better.
- Bren
In 4 days it will be 1 year since my first recorded stat here. My comments/like were almost a 1:1 ratio then. Now comments are almost double likes for me.
- Micah
75,415 comments/1,286 likes = 58.64 - i wish the auto inserted comments didn't get counted... the true number is probably much much close ot my number of likes
- Chris Heath
1.97%. thanks again micah, this has been a great metric to measure my first year here on ff. As the year went (this being the first record of me being here that i've found): , 6.43%:1.25%:1.97%
- chaz2b
Chris, Bren, thank you. And chaz2b, thank you too - glad it's a special marker for you. :)
- Micah
63.58 (97,534/1,534) -- interesting that my last three digits are the same there, eh? (note, i already posted a month or two ago when i first saw this thread)
- Chris Heath
0.87 (3770/4312), so I'm either getting more commenty or less likey. [0.74 (1970/2667) was what I previously reported back in June]
- In Search of Gender
Last year my comments were around 7000 and likes around 2500, for a ratio of 2.80. I consciously chose to do more liking over the last year. As of today my comments number 10,782 and likes number 7,666, for a ratio of 1.41.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Jason, Stephen - cool. Thanks for keeping updated here. :)
- Micah
Okay, Micah. <----I had to resist the urge not to post that because I know it's going to up my comment count. ;)
- Jenny H
But how many of those primordial, high interest posts are still active. Uh huh. :)
- Micah
Thanks, Morton. BTW, when you posted in February, it was exactly 0.13 also.
- Micah
Jenny, resistance is futile; embrace the rising tide of comments.
- Micah
Comments are more difficult and time consuming than Likes. I'd be happy about a high comment:likes ratio except that many are surely imported from feeds, while every Like is manual.
- Mike Chelen
it has changed to 2.2256 now as Sep, 6 2010.Labor Day. :) I added the date for future references.
- ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL
Two years later and my ratio has climbed from 3.4 to 4.675. I've got a lot to say, apparently.
- Kevin Fox
Funnily, I didn't notice until after leaving that comment that when I reported my stat in 2009 I also followed it up with "I've got stuff to say." I didn't say it was *new* stuff...
- Kevin Fox
2.91; 6.43% (@ 2yrs ago) 2.33% (@ 1yr ago). for history's sake, this thread was started shortly after i found friendfeed, or friendfeed found me, so it holds a special place in my heart. thanks for keeping it around mr micah
- chaz2b
You're certainly welcome, chaz2b. In some way it feels like a living heirloom to me. :)
- Micah
3 (2.991) (and now the list has become too lengthy for me to track my progress, ;) [dumb me, i have a post not 10 lines ago in history, from 090711 2.91; 6.43% (@ 2yrs ago) 2.33% (@ 1yr ago) ;) ]
- chaz2b
0.75 (38,250 comments / 50,175 likes) (My entry above from 2 years ago said I had 10,782 comments and 7,666 likes for a ratio of 1.41. I've been busy, and my pattern seems to have changed.)
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I don't do olives of any colour. I can't help you.
- Micah
from iPhone
Is it kinda like filmy white flecks, mostly in the water/marinade stuff?
- Headless Gnad Kicker
There's a film above the water line that is probably the same stuff. But some of the flecks are opaque white.
- Bruce Lewis
Olives have a lot of oil/fat that congeals in liquid. 1DOWN Akiva: I love black olives.
- Bubba da Troll
Yes. I think it's part of the brine. I find them in green olives too.
- Anika
I thought it might be congealed oil, but I've opened lots of cans of black olives and hadn't seen it before. We ended up using a different can.
- Bruce Lewis
Be sure to wear them on your fingers. They are much better with fingers.
- Jesse Stay
We've been making tacos every week lately, so our black olive intake has increased.
- Bruce Lewis
Anyone ever play the movie game? (Name a film, then an actor in that film, then another film that actor was in, etc. without ever repeating any.) I used to play with friends, but now don't have any that will. :/ I remember one thread that went for WEEKS. We had a spreadsheet by the end to keep track of what had already been said. We = dorks.
Why not start here? Spaceballs, Rick Moranis
- Jimminy
Yeah, LogEx, exactly like that, except without the need to get to any specific point in a limited time. Six Degrees stresses me out (though we used to do that too, but not with Kevin Bacon - just pick two people and see how many close we could get them). How do you do it with music?
- Jandy
Rick Moranis, Ghostbusters. (gonna put the previous one in, so we don't get confused if there are overlapping comments.)
- Jandy
Jandy, either find a path from one song to another (via artist, title/cover, bandmates, etc., valid parameters to be agreed upon), or string together a playlist by changing only one element each step.
- Tinfoil 2.0
What's the penalty for getting one wrong?
- Tinfoil 2.0
Uh....we never had one. We just went back to the last correct one when someone called us on the wrong one.
- Jandy
Can we do tv shows, too? Because then I can play!
- Lis
By the strict rules, no - only movies, and only actors/actresses. We used to play house rules, though, that let us do TV shows if necessary and other crew if necessary. Not, like, going on IMDb and using the third grip, but you know, directors/screenwriters, that sort of thing. Well-known people. I have no problem with using TV shows, but I'd like not to get stuck in TV world - i.e., use TV actors who also have decent movie credits.
- Jandy
Zoe Saldana - Crossroads (Please let me be remembering this right, I can't lose on my first turn!)
- Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce
IMDb vindicates you, Joe. But I don't know the film, and I'm not clicking through and cheating, so let's see if someone else knows what to follow that with.
- Jandy
I've never seen it, but I looked up Zoe after Star Trek...for research
- Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce
Uh-huh. Is that what they're calling it these days?
- Jandy
Glen, not sure we've established the rules for strip movie game yet.
- Jandy
Oh man, if we were doing TV shows I would have an awesome one...someone else can field the next Troyer flick though...2 easy ones come to mind immediately.
- Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce
Way to go, you picked potentially the only person in the film that I couldn't immediately think of a follow-up for. Especially if we're allowing TV shows. See if someone else can, though.
- Jandy
I can think of at least 3 right off hand! But the one I would use probably Would kill it dead.
- Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce
I have, but I can't remember the girl in it. Any of them. It didn't really make that big an impression on me. :/
- Jandy
I know the plot, he had to go 40 days and 40 nights without having any of the sex...I think
- Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce
40 Days and 40 Nights - Shannon Saussaman(spl)
- Jimminy
Joe, yeah he takes on a bet, with his friends for Lent, it goes up on the internet and he falls in love with a girl who is a net nanny, so she eventually finds out.
- Jimminy
Sam Rockwell - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- Jandy
Drew Barrymore - Donnie Darko. [And with that I'm out for the night; see y'all tomorrow! Feel free to keep going, I'm curious to see how long this can go.]
- Jandy
Vincent Price- The House on Haunted Hill (b/w)
- Jenthemum
LOL - you guys did a lot while I was sleeping and gallivanting around town today. Not to be strict, but I think we need to go back to Mary McDonnell, because we already used Independence Day. (Also, Goldblum's The Fly and Price's The Fly are two different films.) Unfortunately, I can only go to a TV show from Mary McDonnell unless I cheat. Anyone else?
- Jandy
What was that one she did with Robert Redford?
- Bonnie Foster
I know.......Mary McDonnell - Sneakers!
- Bonnie Foster
Haha, does that mean I can safely go Sneakers - Robert Redford?
- Jandy
Sure! Robert Redford - Butch Cassidy and the Sundown Kid.....oops.....Sundance
- Bonnie Foster
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Paul Newman
- Jandy
[doesn't want to do Witherspoon because she wants someone else to pick a certain movie so she can go do the next one; but the likelihood of this all working as planned is miniscule, so....carry on]
- Jandy
>.< I can name 3 tv shows he has been on, but no movies that aren't named Pulse.
- Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce
DAMNIT, we were counting you to get us out of this! I did look him up to make sure he wasn't a dead end, and he's been in two or three well-known films.
- Jandy
Shall we allow a TV show? I know of at least one that will get us back into movies quickly.
- Jandy
Yeah, that's about the only way to do it at this point. Unfortunately, I don't know anything about The Hole, so I can't continue this from here anyway. :)
- Jandy
I brought it back up. I think I found it by looking for either Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt. Noticed Scarlett hadn't come up with a quick find.
- Jimminy
"A loaded backpack shouldn't exceed 10% of a child's body weight, according to recommendations from the American Occupational Therapy Association Inc., a professional group that sponsors a National School Backpack Awareness Day each fall. That means, for instance, a 100-pound teen should only be hauling 10 pounds. In reality, the average child carries about 22% of his or her body weight, according to the American Chiropractic Association. That's more than twice the recommended amount."
- Shevonne
from Bookmarklet
In middle school I had every class, every day, which meant every book back and forth everyday.
- Heather
I think each book I had weighed about 10 pounds. Times 5-6 classes...
- Rochelle
in high school my locker was on the other side of the campus from ALL of my classes. i think i opened it 5 times in 3 years. i carried all my books and supplies everywhere in a large duffle bag.
- Unholy Joe Silence
I carried all my books in my backpack all through middle school and high school. I ended up with pretty bad scoliosis as a result. :-(
- DB, Just DB #TeamMonique
The only books I ever carried in primary school were library books or the occasional book for homework. We kept all our books in our desks at school. In high school we were given time to go to our lockers before morning classes, after recess, and after lunch, so I never had to carry more than 3 lessons worth of books at a time, not counting taking books home for homework.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
By the time my last child hit middle school, the school district had purchased sets of textbooks for the classrooms and other sets for the students to keep at home. Our local orthopedists had joined the parents in raising this issue.
- Anne Bouey
I briefly used a folding luggage cart for my bookbag in high school. Me == ahead of the times.
- Andrew C (✓)
My school doesn't have lockers. We have class sets of books and kids take home a copy at the beginning of the year. That's the norm nowadays in this area.
- Shannon Jiménez
Circle or highlight the part of the address that's incorrect and put it back in the mailbox. Unless you know who's mail it is and want to get it to them directly.
- Heather
I have to agree, though I'm glad the judges didn't try to blow sunshine, showing more candor than usual (except for the guest judges, most of whom never felt comfortable giving critical feedback).
- Kevin Fox
In other news, I think Melanie is going to take this in a walk.
- Kevin Fox
Kevin, I think you're right, though I personally prefer Sasha.
- chrisofspades
I'm between Melanie and Sasha, and I think one of them will win for sure. I thought last night had a couple of the worst dances of the season (that starting disco number was AWFUL), which was disappointing for the finale.
- Shannon Jiménez
we have a LIMAX theatre too. Just wondering if it's worth the $$
- Gunnyman™
I saw it in 2D and there was never a point that I wished it was 3D.
- tab
I'd say no, but it has more to do with not being a 3D fan than knowing how it affects this particular movie.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
It's been recommend to not see it in 3D as the film is already fairly dark and 3D makes it darker, and there is little in the film that lends itself to being in 3D.
- Hookuh Tinypants
I saw it in 3D because those were the available tickets. It would have been fine in 2D, but the 3D didn't distract me or anything.
- Shannon Jiménez
I saw it in 3D and there was never a point where I was impressed with the 3D or glad that I was seeing it in 3D.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I'm a little annoyed at the judges. I think they are being awful easy on some of the contestants. They were judging Jordan and they were purposely avoiding talking about her legs during the dance and kept drawing attention to how she used her arms. It was a waltz, you can't avoid how she used her feet. And my opinion, she was TROMPING through her..
... dance. Her stance was too far apart and you could see in her hips how tromp tromp tromp she was going. It was not elegant. Only Travis is being even close to honest with most of the contestants. *sighs*
- Rachel Lea Fox
I haven't watched today's yet, but I know what you mean. The first show was such a love-fest that I was worried that they had somehow banned negative comments this season.
- Shannon Jiménez
I'm okay if they are a little easy the first episode or so to ease the dancers in, but that should be over by now. And really I think they are playing favorites. They seem to lay into a few of them who barely deserve it and then be easy on someone who wasn't so great.
- Rachel Lea Fox
from iPhone
Aren't they that way every season? They don't criticize their favorites as much as some of the others.
- Katy S
Katy, the do do this every year but for some reason last night seemed more blatent than usual. I think it was because it was a waltz where most emphasis is on the foot work than many dances and the footwork was SO BAD it was hard to ignore to ignore and yet they did. Maybe it is because I have done a decent amount of social ballroom dancing, but I've also experienced and worked tech...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
I've really felt like that all this season - a few seasons ago, there would've been some healthy criticism thrown in there. I feel like it has gone a bit mooshy.
- Jennifer Dittrich
I haven't seen tonight's show yet, it's only 6pm here!
- Rachel Lea Fox
"Neutral", or whatever they call it, is really Midwestern. That's what I have, with extra "corn" due to my years growing up in Minnesota.
- Dennis Jernberg
I'm English, so, er, Boston, I guess. That's about the closest, accent-wise, right? I mean, a lot of us elongate our "a" sounds too :-)
- Slippy like shiny things.
Huh, it gave me Southern. I usually get Midwestern/Neutral. Oh, if I change the "does 'I' ever sound like 'ah'" to never, then I get Neutral. I guess I got a bit of the "ah" sound from my mom. Don't do it all the time, but sometimes.
- Jandy
Neutral for me. What accent would you have to have in order to think that bag and vague rhyme?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
I think northern Midwest has the bag-vague similarity - Wisconsin, maybe Chicago. I've known people from Chicago who said "bage" for "bag", but I don't recall if they were from there originally.
- Jandy
Oh. There's a test? I suck at tests. Took an IQ test last month. Apparently, I failed. [edit] seriously though, Imma try this out for funsies
- Slippy like shiny things.
So, it would seem that North London English equates to what the site calls a "Northeastern" accent, apparently. That appears to mean the eastern 2/3 of NYC (Jersey, but not NJ), the southeastern bit of New York State, most of Connecticut, and a place called "Providence".
- Slippy like shiny things.
Neutral. I'm told that when upset my accent picks up a southern lilt which I blame entirely on my family.
- Kisha
Neutral. Not surprised. I live on west coast and have always lived here.
- Rochelle
I'm still stuck on "On" sounding like "Lawn" or "John". I just picked one, and I got "Southern".
- Ha3rvey (on hiatus)
"Northern You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/ Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for" :) But I don't call them Da Bears. I say the correctly. :P
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
It's usually my Ts which sound like Ds, my dropped Gs, and my occasional Rs that sound like "uhs" that let people know where I'm from.
- Ha3rvey (on hiatus)
Victor, that's what I've always heard and read as well. But I scored as Western on this test. Born and raised in CA.
- Spidra Webster
I got Neutral. I'm a little surprised as I grew up in Denver, Colorado, so I expected to get Western. I've lived in California a long time though. Incidentally, a surprising number of people (including one Englishwoman) have asked me if I'm English.
- Ruchira S. Datta
Neutral here. I'm mildly surprised that I didn't get Mid-Atlantic since I'm from Baltimore. Must be the 8 years in SC that evened it out.
- ryan
from iPhone
I got Canadian, which tells me I did not answer a question correctly, as I live and grew up in Northern California. Though I was born in Mexico, but I would think that would produce a different accent.
- Dario Gomez
That fark-fork thing, Mark? In my experience, not MO generally - just St. Louis. I HOPE I don't do it.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
from iPhone
I got Northern also. I love the bit about "the Western New England accent that news networks go for" -- that just sounds like one pronounces words clearly and distinctly so they can be understood. :-)
- Ordinarybug Heather
It said Northern, but mine changes with the crowd and mindset. Northern/Neutral/Southern/Canadian...
- Michael W. May
I was expecting Minnesotan, but it correctly pegged me as Canadian (what accent, eh?)
- Ken Morley
I think it was around 94. I'm pretty sure we received Netscape Navigator 3 on the disk with our dialer, and I remember the jump to Netscape Communicator. ETA - I've been using my Yahoo! account since Nov. 1996, so I was definitely online before then.
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
1994. Our ISP was CompuServe. My first email account was an @aol.com address, probably in 1995.
- Skyler Call
If at all possible, go on a weekday and not a weekend. At least here, there are about 10 million extra people there on the weekends and parking is terrible.
- Rochelle
You don't have to follow the showroom path (and the scads of people with carts that inexplicably walk them through there in large groups) -- there are always shortcuts between sections. The first half is usually the showroom, the second where they have housewares (which is why you don't need a cart in the first half.) There's a restaurant at the mid-point with a bunch of carts to take.
- Jennifer Dittrich
oh, and having big fun with the product-names...
- esther
I really like all of the small stuff they have (storage containers, kitchen tools, kids toys, houseplants, etc.).
- Rochelle
CW summed it up perfectly. Also important: leave the credit card at home.
- Josh Haley
Wow, so it's not just furniture? I'm hoping to look at a dining room table at some point and was waiting to see what IKEA had. They open in July. http://www.denverpost.com/search....
- Eric - Too Hot
I don't think I've ever bought any furniture there. Just housewares and things. I like their wrapping paper, too.
- Rochelle
oh IEKA. one is 3 people were conceived in an IKEA Bed.. join da happy family :)-
- Peter Dawson
Everything we ever bought from there quickly broke. I personally think it's the most cheaply made crap on the planet. I also find it ugly.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I have had better success than Stephen but i have only bought a few things, the only reason i like it is for the light wood. IN fact I have bought a table from there just to take the top and make it into a cabinet top over the laundry.
- SteVe C
Avoid it like the plague... way too much traffic and way too many people.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Look up "Ikea hacking" if you like to spiff up the stuff so it's not so simple or to reinforce. The smaller things like picture frames and housewares are the best bang for your buck. They sell food like frozen meatballs and lingon berry jam -after- the checkout. You will need to at least stop for a drink if not a bite to eat, the place could take up an entire day if you wanted.
- Heather
I've bought furniture there. Just small things though. And the cafe is excellent.
- #cryptic
from FFHound(roid)!
I feel like I'm missing out on the food or something after reading the comments. I've been to Ikea many many times but I've never eaten at the restaurant.
- Rochelle
I have lots of Ikea furniture. It's not like I'll be passing it down to my grandchildren, but it holds up pretty well. My coffee table and TV stand are about 7 years old and no worse for wear. I don't have kids, though, which probably would make a difference with something like a coffee table! If you're like me, the first time you go you'll find a zillion things you want. Nowadays I can zip through because I'm looking for something specific and I've seen the rest before. Bring a big car for all the boxes!
- Shannon Jiménez
My favorite IKEA item: ODDVAR stool. $10 each. I have around 15 of them. I use them as side tables, plant stands, kids' seating, and extra seating when I have more guests than usual.
- Amit Patel
1st thing you should know about IKEA: Don't go without your wife! Keep that in mind and all is good :)
- Elena
Yes American History X almost made me vomit
- SteVe C
Yes both to the end of Pink Flamingos (gag) and a certain scene in American History X. Just thinking about American History X is upsetting and makes me feel ill. I suspect Human Centipede might as well but I'm not brave enough to chance it.
- adf
The closest I remember, is the bottle bashing scene from Pan's Labyrinth, I still get really queasy watching it.
- Jimminy
8 1/2. I tried to vomit to make it entertaining.
- James Ferguson
I had to leave the theater during Blair Witch Project. But I am somewhat prone to motion sickness.
- Shannon Jiménez
Apparently several people who saw that one about the guy who had to cut his arm off. I didn't see it, though.
- Laura Norvig
Laura: I saw that one. Didn't feel that way. And I thought I would. For some reason, I think knowing that was going to happen ahead of time made it okay. Or maybe because it seemed totally feasible.
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
Blair Witch Project made me physically nauseous (the first and only time that has happened - I'm not prone to motion sickness at all) and occasionally quick-cut chase scenes (Bourne movies) give me a fierce headache. I was sitting in the back of the theater for BW, and usually middle for just about anything else.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Halo has made me vomit before too, eyes couldn't take it. I haven't played again. I can be taught.
- SteVe C
It feels wrong to fold my hands like that.... huh. Again I ask: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? :p
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
I am with Zu...right-handed with left over right.
- JA Castillo
It means you and I would not make good hand-holding partners, Zulema ;)
- Kevin L
Slightly more people than average will have their left thumb on top (40-75% in studies) although there is not actually a consistent dominant left-thumb group. Also left-over-right is supposedly more common in Caucasian populations. (it appears to mean nothing beyond that)
- jtf
Feels most "right" with my thumb on top, but it feels more right to have my thumbs both straight up or something else a bit more symmetrical.
- Rahsheen
I think I need to sketch this out, I'm getting confused.... Kevin's left-non-dominant hand in my right-non-dominant hand? Is that right?
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
Non-dominant. I'm right-handed but my left thumb has to be on top.
- Rochelle
Zu, if your left hand were in my right hand both would "want" to be on top. Of course, I find the same dynamic isn't there when folding my hand with someone else's.
- Kevin L
Damn. Chin up, this too shall pass. I can be a reference if you want. A reference to your awesomeness. This is a marketable skill.
- Mike Nayyar
What? What happened? I'm so sorry to hear this. Did you have any indication? ((Micah)) You'll land on your feet though. I just know it!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
I was laid-off once and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. So while I'm sorry for the short-term inconvenience, I'll offer my congratulations too.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
...hoping that one door closing opens another door to something better for you soon
- .LAG liked that
Thank you, everyone, seriously, it means a lot to me. I don't usually stress during transitions like this, but making weighty decisions is rarely easy. Anyway, my feet are healthy this past this week, my family is happy, and the right work will work out.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
omg! how'd I miss this!? Sorry to hear this!
- Nathalie
ping me at nitin.nanivadekar@gmail.com if you want to work on something cool.
- ThinkEzy
So myself. I've been trying to watch more TV lately (reading is bad for you, don't sit too close to the Kindle or book, really it just lends itself to out of touch snobbery) but I'm finding there's nothing on or rather nothing which I find particularly interesting. Anyways, I watch approximately 2-4 hours per week. As to what, miscellaneous stuff, mostly *whispers* mostly reality TV need some suggestions badly please :)
- sofarsoShawn
I used to watch a lot of TV. Had shows almost every night. And then, last fall, something clicked in me and I lost almost all interest. I'll occasionally watch an episode of Mythbusters if it happens to come on and I'm a sucker for shows about World War II and astronomy/astrophysics. Also, I still enjoy any show where Gordan Ramsay yells at people (although last season's Hell's Kitchen...
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- Akiva
Less than 10, more than 3? That's about as close as I can get it. Depends on what's going on I guess. Wife likes "Chopped" so we catch that every week. I catch a couple of shows off Hulu every week. Other than that it's the odd sporting event and/or movie. Also: I like Fringe too.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
I'm kind of along the same lines of Akiva. I used to have a ton of shows I watched, moreso than usual because of my TiVo. And then I just hit a wall and lost all desire to really watch TV. I had entire seasons of shows on my TiVo that I just deleted without ever watching. At this point I probably watch less than 2 hours of TV a week. Easily. And of that, it's more than likely cooking or...
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- Hookuh Tinypants
It rotates, but right now it is Archer+Community+30 Rock+Simpsons+Fringe+Young Justice = 3.5 hours, but only if they are new. Might average 2/3rds a movie per week at home, but I never channel surf or turn on the TV just to see what is on.
- RAPatton
A week? Three or four? Fringe, Justified, Modern Family, Glee, maybe the Simpsons? Used to watch a lot more back in California. School keeps me much too busy now, but I listen to a lot of music, probably even more than before.
- Derrick
I'm pretty much echo both Tinypants and Akiva, I just don't find it interesting anymore, no matter how many channels. The scripted dramas I've seen seem overly staged, unrealistic and fake, never mind sitcoms. So my 2-4 hours comes from watching the Food Network, Joisy Shore (now over :( & stuff on Greek/Roman History (History or Discovery), and now hockey games. I've tried marathoning...
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- sofarsoShawn
Hardly any although the TV may be on. Usually ESPN and sports are on. Or CNN.
- Rodfather
Oh, and yeah, now that the elections are on, I'm watching CBC more, though it generally just pisses me off, mostly due to Harper's Conservatives. Their arrogance is startling, especially during the non-con vote. But I must do my civic duty, inform myself and vote of course.
- sofarsoShawn
much to much ..alot of Animal Planet,all CSIs,NCIS',Criminal Minds, THe First 48 I go to sleep by.
- VALZ/TT/TM
Hmm..hard to say but i guess maybe 5 hours. The Event just started here and already hooked to it :)
- Neya
from iPhone
I don't watch tv anymore. Unless you count the Daily Show subscription that I watch during commutes.
- ronin
from Android
Nothing current. I just started watching old Prison Break episodes streaming from Netflix on my iPad, though. If not for that, occasionally, nunce per week.
- Martha
About 1 hour a week. I like "The Middle", but that show isn't for everybody.
- Bruce Lewis
Yeah, I'm currently at 0 myself, but thanks for all the input/good suggestions! I'm definitely going to check some out. Though, seems like there's an all round general malaise when it comes to TV programming.
- sofarsoShawn
Lessee. Of currently airing shows this month: Bob's Burgers on Sunday, Mad Love and Chuck on Monday (both guilty pleasures I can't recommend), just started Body of Proof on Tuesdays even though I'm not much for procedurals, Top Chef, Mr Sunshine, Cougar Town and Modern Family on Wednesdays, Community, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock on Thursdays. Future shows: Futurama, Top Chef Canada, Walking...
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- Andrew C (✓)
About two hours per night, mostly DVR stuff so we can go by the commercials. NCIS, Justified, Fringe, Criminal Minds, and a lot of stuff on the Investigative Detective channel.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Whoaaaaa, there's a Top Chef Canada, I'm there tuning in. And Bob's Burgers is that starring Flay?!?! Aside just from those two, BIG thx Andrew C, you have the whole week scheduled :) Like Janet can't put up with the commercials and do the DVR as well, Criminal Minds I have to check out now too. But when it comes to the Law & Orders/CSI's or NCIS's I've had my fill lonnnnnng ago, to myself they just seem played out and predictable especially with the strictly uniform plot structure.
- sofarsoShawn
TV...that's the thing that allows me to play on my Wii or watch online movies on a screen larger than my MacBook, right? Ok, I can handle this question...If we assume I might watch tv 10 hours a month, then that's 120 hours a year, divided by 52 is...have I even had my tv on this week? I think I turned it on a couple of nights ago after Anika mentioned Leggo Star Wars and I had it on CoolTV just long enough to switch to Video 1 input...
- MiniMage
LOL I guess, I'm not being fair in my own assessment either. There's my Wiiing & Xboxing, done on a TV which takes up a fair chunk of time. But to be more accurate: Just television simply put, meant in the terms of programmed networked shows.
- sofarsoShawn
I have the TV turned on almost all the time. I'm not sure how much of that I actually watch, though
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
TeeeVeee is on in the evening - like now - but my eyes are moool-teee-tasking on the friendfeed...mapmywalk....facebook....and flipping stations during commercials - like now ----
- Steve Cleary
I watch TV at night while multitasking. Current shows I Tivo are House, Glee, Parenthood, NCIS, SVU, Grey's Anatomy, Community, Mythbusters, Fringe. I also watch So You Think You Can Dance and Project Runway when they are on and have a few Food Network & HGTV shows I like (like Good Eats). The Tivo definitely makes it easier to watch more TV, but most of the time I'm only partially paying attention.
- Shannon Jiménez
A couple weeks ago I saw that one-armed guy from the movie Kamilah's not watching. He was playing on "Minute to Win It". That was a good show.
- Bruce Lewis
Oh hey that's a another show I like, not the MInute to WIn It one, but with that same host Guy Fanetti sp? The dude from Diner's, Drive Ins and Dives, on the Food Network. Even though I can't eat any of it, I do drool :) And yeah a lot of ppl I've noticed used TEEVEE as ambient noise, like a radddeo, though not watching or listening. Shannon I'm impressed Good Eats even?! Yeah I love Iron Chef but that know-it-all host, I can only put up with in like 3 min segments.
- sofarsoShawn
Bob's Burgers is a new Fox animated show, in the Sunday animation block. It's pretty good.
- Andrew C (✓)
from Android
Oh, that's too bad, I have a thing for Bobbly Flay, his "Throw Down", and being such the awesomest grill master
- sofarsoShawn
1 show? 1 hour? or Both? And if the former which one?
- sofarsoShawn
One show for one hour. Right now, it's Fringe. Later, it will be True Blood. I watched more tv in the past, but just haven't been interested much in the past few years.
- Jenny H
from Android
For years, I have only watched TV when I have a particular reason. These last weeks I often watched the news about what was happening in Japan.
- Maitani
I record these shows - House, Hawaii 5-0, Glee, No Ordinary Family, Parenthood, Detroit 187, The Middle, Modern Family, Mr Sunshine, Cougar Town, Survivor, Bones, Grey's Anatomy, The Defenders, Blue Bloods, Amazing Race. How many hours I watch each night depends on what's going on at home. Some of them I will not watch until summer rerun season.
- Alan
Survivor, NHL, NFL, MLB and most other sports. Really don't watch that much TV anymore. www.twit.tv is a bit niche, but I often listen to the podcasts.
- Nathan Snyder
"We were watching "Flickering Lights", a Danish crime caper. She's Danish and I speak the language passably. They did an acceptable job with most of the dialogue, though they couldn't really capture the clash of dialect when the Copenhagen toughs find themselves in rural Jutland. What annoyed me this time was that they didn't translate but transposed proper names and places, apparently in the belief that English-speaking audiences want a movie set in Denmark to seem as though it were set in Cleveland."
- Shannon Jiménez
from Bookmarklet
Spidra, that makes me smile. :) One of my favourite set of memories is shopping at Fedco with my dad. He bought me, at Fedco, the first computer that would be my very own which I took to college. Packard-Bell 386. I miss my dad.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Kept the gun, spent the cash. We knew who it was from... and we carry a sidearm when out and about on the property, so it was pretty much the coolest package ever.
- SAM
Mailed a plastic Coke holder with just a sticker and postage. The one that holds 6 or 8 2 liter bottles. Like the bg photo on my twitter pg
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
Only one man survived the trip. What happened to the other nine?
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
I would mail weird items to my friend Norman, while he was on a mission in Iowa, with nothing but a stamp and address and brief note .. I sent a coconut and he sent a corn cob but the mice chewed off the return address part :( He also sent a giant cardboard banana .. the best was two bottle caps stuck together, stamp on one side, tiny address on other.. I pried them open to find tiny...
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- agirlnamedxine
from BuddyFeed
Micah, I have a Costco VIP membership to sell you...
- Liza + = ?
"Only one man survived the trip. What happened to the other nine?" They died.
- Sue - Friendfeed is best
The one man must have been forced to sell Amazon Prime VIP memberships for life....
- Liza + = ?
Almost 50 lbs of stuff shipped half way across the globe that included chocolates, OTC meds, and various cuts of frozen beef ...
- CarlC, spelling expert
'Pittsburgh rare' is how I used to make hamburgers at home (though I didn't know it at the time). They were so delicious. I loved the taste of iron.
- Kevin Fox
Walk the cow past the stove, then stab it 3 times and stick it on the plate.
- April Russo
"Clip its hooves, wipe its bum, and put it on the plate."
- John Craft
Medium rare. It's the only way to get a truly medium steak at most places, where most who order medium really want medium well.
- Ordinarybug Heather
I've given up trying to guess what different restaurants interpret as medium/medium well - I just tell them "whatever is just barely no pink, that's what I want." Usually the wait staff can interpret that. :)
- Jandy
Medium to well done. Though That depends on where you go. Spain. Was well done all the time since their medium to well was rather rare.
- Roberto Bonini
OSX, Automagic launch on login, 'open http://url' in Terminal.app for pages, with Spotlight and Spring loaded dock icons pulling up the rear.
- Neal Krummell
I am "That Scary Taskbar Girl" for a reason. Behold, in all its glory: http://dl.dropbox.com/u... That's on autohide, and I have been doing things this way since my very first Windows based PC.
- April Russo
On Windows XP, I used Quicklaunch a lot (but I had it pulled out as a completely separate toolbar). On Vista, I docked a toolbar to act similarly to the Quicklaunch. On Windows 7, I now use a combination of StarDock (docked at the bottom of my screen) and the Windows 7 pinned taskbar (docked at the top of my screen). On my MacBook, I generally use the Dock.
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
On Win 7: Most used: taskbar. Others: start menu. No icons. Hate icons.
- Shannon Jiménez
Whatever the thing is called where you type command-space and then start typing the name of the command. Then hit return. I guess that's "spotlight."
- Brian Johns
Dock (if I have an icon for it in the dock), otherwise Alfred (used to use Quicksilver but switched due to lack of updates).
- Aaron Draczynski
I set Win+Z to open up Everything http://www.voidtools.com/downloa... then it's 'keystroke2anything'. Avid full-time user since their day 1. For the web, I did enjoy using Ubiquity (but I'm not using Firefox that much anymore, lost that 'mindset') for quick access to sharing, etc. Hyperwords, I just discovered, is now available as a Chrome extension, but I need more time and practice...
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- Zu from AOD
Dock, or from a terminal using tab completion
- Victor Ganata
Launcher/Quicksearch on Windows. Find and Run Robot to be exact. Ctrl+Space and type first few chars of what I want. Even on a Mac I'll use the quick search feature before the dock. I find it to be more instant than navigating with a mouse, but less memory intensive that mapping actual keystrokes to specific apps.
- Rahsheen
I've tried using spotlight, but I can never think of the name of the program when I want to use it. I'm like, uh....the graphicy one with the blue icon...OH, Photoshop, right. Or...that bloggy updatey one that's the orange circle... For someone who writes a lot, I remember programs almost solely by their icons.
- Jandy
Document icon from its folder, or app icon from the toolbar at the top of the window - since that's where the CS5 icons are, to get them out of the Dock. Apparently I only click about a third of the apps that are actually in the Dock.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Alfred: http://www.alfredapp.com/ I have 3 large screens, and moving the mouse over to the dock or a stack to launch is a real pain: much easier to double tap a key and use auto-complete to find the app.
- Mark Trapp
PC--ActiveWords, Macintosh--Spotlight
- David Thomas
Just cleaned out my fridge and noticed that the A1 sauce expired in 2006. Should I be concerned that I've actually used it a few times in the last year?
When typing, do you always use the shift key opposite of the letter you're typing? IOW, if you'd type the letter with your right hand, you use the left shift key, and if you'd type the letter with your left hand, you'd use the right shift key?
I find that I use the left shift key ALL the time, even if I'm typing a capital A, Q, or Z. I just use my left ring finger to hit those keys if I need to hold shift with my pinky. I'm pretty sure I used to hit the right shift key for those letters, but I don't know. My right shift key never gets used.
- Jandy
Iris is the only one who uses the right shift key.
- Jenica
I don't think I ever use the right shift. This may be because I'm usually on a laptop, though.
- Victor Ganata
I wonder if this is taught somehow when we learn touch typing, or if it just happens. On my keyboard the right shift key is actually further away, because of the punctuation keys...maybe using the left one is more efficient?
- Jandy
I use both, and alternate thumbs for space, when I move my right hand to use the mouse, otherwise it's always right for space, but my hands are too big so one thumb has to rest on the other.
- Jimminy
The way I learned to type, I would actually toggle the shift lock (yep, shift lock, not caps lock) instead of using the shift key
- Victor Ganata
I always hit space with my right thumb. So much so that it wears a smooth place on the right side of the shift key. :)
- Jandy
Victor - what is a shift lock that's not caps lock?
- Jandy
John, yes, you use the right shift key for all left-handed letters?
- Jandy
I use the left shift almost all the time. I really got used to it playing MMORPG's. Right hand on the mouse. Left hand on the left side side of the keyboard. Shift + key for more commands.
- Rodfather
It depends on the keyboard I'm using to be honest. On my Netbook I almost always use the left one because the right is inconveniently behind the arrows.
- Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce
Had to look at how I type, since I don't think about it. Mainly I use the "left-hand" side shift key, but I do use the right on occasion.
- Bluesun 2600
I use both on a standard keyboard, the way I was taught many moons ago. This post made me be aware of worn letters on my keyboard. My "s,d,e" are totally worn away. Part of my a is history too.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
I Alternate Depending On Which Will Be More Efficient. For The Word I'm Typing. So I guess they both get equal use and yes I just typed my answer that way as a test. I use the Dvorak keyboard layout and did, in fact, take touch-typing in high school, which corrected my original hunt-and-peck strategy.
- Rahsheen
I usually use the left shift key, which I hold down with my left pinky finger.
- John (bird whisperer)
I forget there is a shift key on the right. I think I've only used or noticed it twice.
- Lola Bean (Penguin)
from fftogo
I know from past experience that actually attempting to answer that question will screw up my 80wpm touch typing for several days. Best guess: I usually use the left-hand shift key. But damned if I'm going to observe...
- Walt Crawford
I don't know that I've ever used the right shift key.
- Jenny H
I use both and they seem to be worn to equal shininess on my keyboard.
- Shannon Jiménez
Am I the only one who consistently uses the right shift key?
- Lis
Nope. I learned on an electric typewriter in typing class my freshman year of high school; using both shift keys correctly* was necessary to pass so learn I did. *edit* note: correctly, as defined by whatever the standard is/was for that sort of thing.
- Michael W. May
Actually, I leave caps lock on and shift for lower case letters.
- Kevin L
That's what I learned on. I currently drive a manual. There was a time a few years ago when all the women in my family drove manuals and all the men drove automatics, which I found weirdly gratifying.
- FFing Enigma
Yes. I think it's a standard requirement in Norway as well. I don't know if we have a separate licence that just allows you to drive automatic or something?
- Eivind
Don't know if it's still true now but in the old country, manual transmission cars were a lot cheaper, both to buy and to maintain, than automatic transmission cars.
- Morton Fox
Yep. The Subaru I have now is the first automatic I've owned. If it weren't for Bay Area traffic, I'd have preferred to get my Baja with a manual transmission.
- Russian Space Lizard
I have driven automatics on occasion (not by choice) and I now understand how people can get distracted and multi-task while doing so. Automatics are boring. I felt like a passenger, not a driver.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
I did it once, in an emergency, but it was in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere and I had someone telling me what to do and mostly doing the shifting for me. But could I drive a stick shift from my house to the grocery store and back? No way.
- Rochelle
HOWEVER: if I had the kind of commute that involved a lot of stop-and-start and clutches, I would get an automatic, but it wouldn't be my preference.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
No. And unlikely to learn at this point.
- Walt Crawford
Yep, my dad made sure I learned on one. My first car was a manual.
- Jason P
Yes, but can no longer drive them in stop and go due to an injury to my left knee.
- Neal Krummell
Nope, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have a problem learning. Have to agree with others here, though. Too much stop-and-go bull around here to drive a manual. I'd go nuts.
- Rahsheen
Heh. I managed to make do with 10 years of stick shift driving in Los Angeles. Traffic there is WONDERFUL.
- Derrick
I've driven one a few times, but it's been a long time. I was fine once I got going, but going from stopped into first was usually a bit rough - never got the hang of that.
- Jandy
I was a little stressed once after driving up to San Francisco and spending a week there. Those hills are like whoa. #clutch
- Derrick
Yes. My kid brother had a Camaro when we were teenagers, and I had to learn to drive it or look like a sissy in front of him and his friends.
- Alex Scrivener
No. Every one in my family learned to drive with a stick except me. My husband gave me the opportunity to learn, and I was doing fine with it, then his car got totalled (not by me). So, no more of that. :(
- #cryptic
from FFHound(roid)!
Yes, but mainly just theoretically, I've only had a chance to drive them short distances(<1 mile), and that's only happened 2-3 times.
- Jimminy
yep, learned on a five ton flatbed when I was about 14
- Michael W. May
No -- but I want to learn. To the detriment of someone's poor and unsuspecting car :)
- LoisMarketing
yep, although its been a few years since I've driven one...worried my friend the last time she let me borrow hers when I was visiting cause I had forgotten somethings, but remembered after a bit
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Nope. I would like to learn, but no one would ever teach me.
- Anne Graham
No. My friend Malinda taught me some of the basics years ago, but I've only driven (and owned) cars with automatic transmissions since then, so I've probably forgotten them.
- Laura H.
Yes. My aunt taught me to drive on her (automatic) Cadillac STS, then as soon as I got my license, she said I would have to learn to drive my uncle's Toyota (the old school YO-style truck), because I wasn't going to be driving the Caddy around anymore :-D
- Jenthemum
Yup. I semi-learned when I was a teen. I had to learn for real in the midst of my first major depressive episode when my mom said she was too tired to drive. Fun!
- laura x
I'd rather drive an automatic. I like to cruise. It was fun driving stick when I was younger, but it's a pain in the ass now.
- Rodfather
Yep. And I usually prefer them. Even when I lived in San Francisco...
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
from Android
Yes, have always owned sticks and have only driven an automatic maybe 3-4 times ever - it's kind of disorienting driving an automatic!
- Laura Norvig
from iPod
Yep, and taught a couple of people how to do it. But I got an automatic this time because I couldn't deal with carpal tunnel syndrome and aging hips and knees.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Yes. That's what I learned to drive on. In fact, I have no idea how to drive an automatic car. Both of my parents and most of my extended family drive manuals. The only exception I think are my grandparents.
- Colette
Yep, it is what I learned on and when I finally got my own new car; it had a standard transmission. More control, faster, and way more fun.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Sure. Manual is by far the most common here in Europe.
- Brome
I've read in an article recently that you should feed them canned food because they aren't good at drinking enough water. Just wondering what your take is on how you feed them.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
dry only (but we are looking into add some wet to help one with medical problems)
- Shannon - GlassMistress
All dry. I was feeding her canned cat food as well, but my husband was concerned we were "spoling" her. I explained to him that cats get their moisture from meat, not from water. He wouldn't hear of it. She's been rather mean about it, since then.
- #cryptic
Mine get both, now. While they are both usually good water drinkers, I add a bit of water to their canned food, just to make sure they get enough (and because Billie likes "broth").
- Russian Space Lizard
All dry, but that's because Sophie won't touch the canned stuff. She gets skittish if I put it out, so I've wondered if she was captured by someone who used wet food to trap her.
- Katy S
Dry only. I've offered my cats canned food as a treat a few times and they tend to ignore it. Fortunately for me, they are big drinkers.
- Soup in a TARDIS
Only dry. They must be good water drinkers because we've never had a problem with that.
- Rochelle
Just for the record, we only feed our cat dry food. With that said a new trick I found out about cats is that their water a little colder than the surface temperature water in their bowls. Adding an ice cube to the water dish dramatically increases their water intake. Found this out after looking up why cats like to drink from the toilet......lol
- kam
Both, that's what I was told by my vets. I feed them dry in the morning and a pouch in the evening.
- Halil
Dry food always available.. Canned food once a day !
- Peter Dawson
You feed your cats? We make ours hunt for his sustenance. (We bait the chipmunks with dry cat food.)
- SAM
The masters get dry food at their whim (self feeder) and between the three of them will drink about 2 cups of water in a day (I have no idea if this is high or low feline intake). They get wet food 1-2x a year, once for Christmas dinner and sometimes for New Years. This means they've had canned/wet food 20 times in their entire lives and somehow still manage to immediately know when I've popped the top off a can of anything.
- FFing Enigma
Just dry but once in awhile a can of wet as a treat. Our vet said that as cats become geriatric supplementing with wet food is a good idea because often they slow their water intake which can impact kidney function. Younger cats should drink enough water. We were also told that the key is not adding calories - so feeding less dry kibble when adding in the wet food.
- adf
Our cats seem to drink a lot of water, so they get dry food. Vet seems okay with it (the plan - don't know whether he likes the dry food himself).
- Baffled
Only dry food for all our cats. They drink a lot of water, one is addicted to water, it's freaky. At my parents house growing up it was the same until they reached 18 or 19 years old and couldn't chew well then they got the canned stuffage.
- SteVe C
Solid Gold Indigo Moon (which is what I feed our cats) has no grains, although they do sell another food that has grains.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Anyhow, my point is that there's more than one premium brand worthy of our furry children. Yes, i did just say furry children.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I mainly feed him wet food. Dry food once or twice a week.
- Shevonne
@Alex..need pic of da furrychildren !
- Peter Dawson
Yeah, I haven't uploaded pics of the cats in a long time.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Raw chicken, with about 20% blended veggies, occasional wet canned. We also bought one of those little relaxation fountains, and with the running water, she drinks a lot.
- Marty
Both--primarily dry food (Wellness for one cat, Royal Canin furball formula for the shedder), but a third of a 3oz. can of Fancy Feast low-ash (or, occasionally, Wellness or Newman's Own, both even lower-ash) for each cat each morning, the remainder late p.m.
- Walt Crawford
We'd feed them both only wet if we could, but the boy kitty won't eat canned at all.
- Pixie
Canned + self-feeder dry when they were kittens. Now almost exclusively self-feeder dry with occasional canned for a treat.
- Shannon Jiménez
How come if you ask tech questions it's Lazyweb, but if you ask cat questions, it's okay? Not that it stops me....
- Liza + = ?
Well, it's different to ask a question like "how do I reboot my computer" vs asking "how often do you reboot your computer?"
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
True - but I don't ask how to reboot my computer! BTW, what was the anti-virus scan you recommended? It worked, but the old PC is dying again and I don't remember which one worked. #lazyweb
- Liza + = ?
We offered them both canned and dry but they never ate the canned so now they only get dry.
- Martha
Not sure if this is available outside the UK yet, but the founders used to work for Nutro the American pet food company, I think, don't quote me on that. Either way, their food at least cat food as I don't have dogs, is fantastic as are the ingredients. I think the important factor is, good quality dry and wet food is probably the best balance. Check out the site and their ingredients,...
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- Halil
1/3 can wet in the evening, dosing of 1/2 cup twice a day of dry. Due to the kitten having urinary crystals we must feed the prescriptive c/d food. For me, the addition of the wet keeps the hairball puking to almost nothing.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Dry only. They won't touch the wet, as we discovered when we had to hide medication in it. They also wouldn't touch it without the meds. Nemo drinks from faucets; the others use a dish or plumbed substitutes.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
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I never understood the whole "dry food good for teeth". That's like brushing your teeth with a Ritz cracker.
- Jeff (Team マクダジ )
And wet food is like brushing your teeth with whipped cream.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Holy shit- wet/dry food discourse is still on ?
- Peter Dawson
We use rope toys and bully sticks for this reason, Jeff.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
@Jeff (Team マクダジ ) Raw bones can potentially chip/brake/shatter the teeth of some cats, so it's always best to check with the vets to make sure it's OK before you feed them raw bones. Not to mention the possible risk of bacterial infection, eg salmonella, listeria etc.
- Halil
Most cats aren't fond of wet food once they get dry food. Anyway, if you want them to drink more water, the trick is to have a constant source of fresh flowing water. Those pet waterfall things with the filters in them really do work. Cats have it built-in to trust flowing water sources, and the filter keeps it from getting nasty over time.
- Otto
I think it has negative connotations, I wouldn't say it's racist. Or rather it is sometimes (often?) used in a negative sense. My answer is not very satisfactory to me.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I've been called that many times (well, gringa) and it doesn't offend me. I see it the same as calling me caucasian.
- Trish R
I've always thought of it semantically equivalent to Cantonese "gweilo" or Japanese "gaijin"—it can be and is often used disparagingly, but it's not inherently so. But I wondered what other people thought.
- Victor Ganata
I feel inadequate to answer this question as I can only speak from a white guy's perspective, which seems too limited to adequately discuss.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Kind of what Alex said - I'd think of it as a mocking/riducule-bearing word, but not necessarily racist, and not really...mean. Like, I wouldn't be offended if someone called me that. It'd be like cowboys calling Easterners "dudes" on dude ranches. Kind of playfully mocking, but not meanly so. But I dunno, I'm just kind of making stuff up now.
- Jandy
Never heard it used in a non-racist manner.
- Jimminy
I'll admit, the reason I'm dubious about the inherently racist nature of the word is because it was originally a word employed by white people to describe other white people. But language does evolve.
- Victor Ganata
Depends on who's saying it and tone of voice. I call myself a gringa on a regular basis.
- Shannon Jiménez
What about the Hawaiian term "haole", Victor? Is that different? Just curious.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I've heard the term, but I don't really have much experience with it, having never been to Hawaii (except for stopovers)
- Victor Ganata
I've never heard gringo used to describe a white person, always hispanics. And "haole" I would consider having had originally racist connotations, for non-native white people, but now I think it's changed a bit.
- Jimminy
I wouldn't be offended if someone called me a gringo. I don't see it as a racist word.
- Morgan
I would be more offended and hurt by someone spewing undeserved venomous hatred at me, even if they used no slurs or profanity. Gringo is gringo. No biggie.
- Morgan
Jimminy, it really depends on who's using "haole". I lived there three years. If a Hawaiian you don't know calls you that, you can be sure it ain't nice.
- topernic
Didn't Lewis C.K. address this in one of his bits?
- Ken Morley
Topernic, yeah I've grown up with pidgin, my stepdad, lived there for 27 years, and several members of my dad's side of the family live there. They all, all white, toss it around pretty non-chalantly, though, so I wasn't too sure how much it had changed.
- Jimminy
I thought gringo was the Spanish term for non-hispanics, Jimminy - Wikipedia says "Gringo is a slang Spanish and Portuguese word used in Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries, principally in Latin America, to denote foreigners, often from the United States, the United Kingdom, or Westerners in general." I've heard it mostly in westerns, when Mexicans use it to refer to...
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- Jandy
I was called a haole (howlee) for the first 26 years of my life. There are different translations running from 'foreigner' to 'without spirit / soul'. When people used the word hatefully, it hurt some and evoked negative feelings inside me. When used by friends and others without malice, it washed off like nothing. All that being said, there is a tradition called 'Kill Haole Day' that I could have skipped
- Morgan
I think it's fair to say that all indigenous people have a term for outsiders. When they get squeezed by the encroachment of them they have something to call them.
- topernic
Yeah, maybe. But the haters better hurry, because I only have 2 cheeks, which limits the amount of turning I will be able to do.
- Morgan
Unfortunately, there is nothing they can do for our dog Maxx. Tonight a little girl is going to get her heart broken and there is absolutely nothing her daddy can do to fix it. I am utterly utterly sad.
Finally some wedding pictures! Why is Koko in the cone of shame?
- Shannon Jiménez
Koko had a strange hole appear on his groin on thanksgiving. Had to have antibiotics and the cone of shame so he wouldn't lick it. All better now. Malama pono. Amelia Arapoff Diamond Head Dream 969 East Nevada St. Ashland Oregon 97520 (541) 840-1239
- amelia arapoff
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