I’ll bet in a million years you didn’t think my first big complaint about a rural lifestyle would be about dogs, right? I LOVE dogs. What I don’t like are some dog owners. Dogs running loose were never a problem in Seymour — at least where I lived.
But these 2 dudes are regulars here.
The other night, I was sitting in the family room watching TV and turn around to find the bigger one with his paws on the house so he could peek inside — making my dogs go bat shit crazy. They stride through my flowers and plants like they own the place and my security cameras have alerted me to their visits multiple times.
As I was working outside today, I had the garage door open. They were trotting around in there like it was their job. Go home, you hounds!
So I posted on Facebook in the Crothersville Community Board and found that some people are idiots.
The overall content of the post was that “If you know who these 2 belong to (on 500 S), please let them know if they want to keep them, they need to keep them home.”
The owner fessed up but basically let me know I’m an asshole. She tried to say they just got out of their pen… like it was a rarity… a one time oopsie. She went on to say some people act like it’s a sin to let your dogs go on adventures. I replied…
This isn’t the 1st time your dogs have been here. I have 2 dogs myself and ensure they have their adventures on a leash or in their own yard because I don’t want them to get hurt — and I respect my neighbors. YOUR pets are YOUR responsibility.
It was a waste of time. If you don’t keep your pets on your own property, my opinion isn’t going to change that. If you have other people’s pets on your property defacing your stuff, you understand. Next time, I’ll just call animal control.
TIL (Today I Learned): The feeling of being awake when you’re actually sleeping is a disorder called paradoxical insomnia and the reason for it is unclear.
Last week on Facebook there was a post made by a local fire department about an accident and road closure. The first comment on the post was from TU Sia that said, “Terrible that this happened!” A link accompanied the comment that LOOKED like it went to YouTube with the caption, “JUST IN: Police release video the incident caught on camera.“
TU Sia’s account, (TU Sia satu minggu yang lalu), is brand spankin’ new and she has ZERO friends. The link actually directed anyone that clicked it through a website in Somalia (kve.so). It’s obviously a fake account with a comment obviously made with nefarious intent.
I reported the comment to Facebook in an attempt to save my local friends.
Facebook said it was a-ok for the masses and if I didn’t like it, I could just ignore it.
The account name translates from Italian meaning “tu sia = you are,” and Indonesian meaning “satu minggu yang lalu = one week ago” in English. So Ms. YouAre OneWeekAgo wants you to believe she has the exclusive video to an incident that happened in Crothersville, Indiana. Facebook wants me to believe they actually REVIEWED the comment. 🙄
Facebook and Instagram (META… along with WhatsApp, etc.) collect all sorts of data on you to share for money. Instagram is topping the “most invasive” chart because it collects and shares 79% of a user’s personal data with 3rd parties.
META wants to control so much of what you’re allowed access to… but evidently they don’t care about your Internet safety.
** NOTE: If you click a link and purchase or even donate… your CC/debit card number, and even how you authenticate the transaction is collected by Meta Platforms, Inc.
Meta includes Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Giphy and more
Naughty or nice?
Meta knows more about if you’ve been naughty or nice than this guy…
TIL (Today I Learned): In 1998, Governor’s Councilor Herbert Connolly arrived to the polls too late to cast a ballot for himself. He lost by a single vote.
I have sooo many friend requests on Facebook one might think I’m a popular gal. But that’s not really it — and I’m going to share a tip that you likely already know…
Those people just want more “friends” to hustle.
When you get a friend request from someone you don’t really know — even if you have other friends in common — simply take a peek at their profile. Chances are they are constantly posting about makeup, diet aids, gummies, skinny coffee, or gut cure. Their hope is you’ll see their amazing multi-level marketing product and buy… or you’ll have a friend they can add and they will buy.
Real friends — or family in this case — feed you and don’t want to sell you anything.
TIL (Today I Learned): Taking photos instead of actually viewing the scene causes your brain to outsource the memory; this causes you to not retain the information as detailed as you normally would. This is called the photo-taking impairment effect.
It’s 5:00 AM and I’m wide awake. I’ve said it before… once I wake up, there’s no going back to sleep. Dharma decided at about 4:30 AM she needed to go outside. (It’s REALLY cold out there BTW.) Waiting for her to come back inside, I do a quick scroll through Facebook.
There was a post about cookware received as a gift and since I could stand to replace a few pieces, I noted the brand name. I did NOT click a Facebook link… not an ad… nothing. Instead, I opened a new browser window and did a search for the brand. I’m not paying $185 for a skillet so I closed the browser window.
Next, I immediately receive an email from the $185 skillet company and I’m subscribed to their “buy me” list.
How did that happen?
We all know to turn off the FB option where they can track your “off Facebook” activity (do it here if you didn’t know already). But FB shares cookies and that means so does Instagram — and then, there’s that pesky Facebook pixel. Heck, just about every company that has a product or service to sell is tracking you. It’s not just Facebook/Meta. IT’S ALL OF THEM!
It’s the way of the world today. You lock down as much as you can and roll with the rest.
The real tip for today:
If you have dogs, don’t let them sleep so much during the day that they want to get up when it’s still dark outside.
It’s Saturday and I’ll have Ben and Coco here today… no doubt about that. Since I’ve had a grand total of 3 hours and 23 minutes of sleep so far, it’s likely I’ll be fading and wanting to go back to bed by 10:00 AM or so. All those plans I had today to get things done… CANCELLED. Thanks, Dharma. 😠
TIL (Today I Learned): Hawaii is the least affordable US state overall, as the cost of living is 20.32% higher than the average wage.
Facebook memories remind you of your past social media shares.
Shelley, we care about you and the memories you share here. We thought you’d like to look back on this post from 8 years ago.
Facebook Memories
I’m grateful to be looking back and not forward!
No neighbors close enough here to blast a light bright enough to illuminate my entire kitchen and living room. No privacy fence needed here either. That, my friends, is peace in my book.
This place — even with its faults (and there are many!) — is exactly what I needed. Not gonna lie… I wouldn’t mind if it was a stick-built brick home with hardwood floors and crown molding. But the fact that it isn’t doesn’t bother me one bit. Even the cricket sitting beside my desk on the concrete floor doesn’t phase me. If it’s a cricket VS a face melting light… I’ll take the cricket every single time.
From a dog’s viewpoint:
Now that the corn is gone, the doggos think there’s a whole new world to explore. I knew they would like it here better than their small fence-blocked yard in Seymour, but had no idea how much it would transform them.
Sure wish Libby was still around — she would patrol this place to the point that even Ralph (the local racoon) wouldn’t dare to come near. 🙂
TIL (Today I Learned): 250 miles north of San Francisco is California’s “Lost Coast.” There is almost 100 miles of mountainous, remote and nearly inaccessible coastline owned by the Federal Government.
