Melissa Ann Singer

I had a shelter adoption like that. He was on the bottom level and literally stuck his paw out between the bars to grab my daughter's pants leg. She was 9ish.

They opened the kennel & he rubbed all over her.

Done.

He was 6ish & lived to 17ish.

My building puts wood chips onto "our" tree pits in the fall. A nearby building has little wooden curbs around theirs.

If you climb a city tree and damage it, you can receive a fine of up to $1000 and unlawfully cutting one can cost up to $15000 + potential jail time.

Trees matter.

NYC is pretty serious about our communal trees. They are counted and inspected regularly and it's not unusual to see crews out tending to those that are sick or injured. There are something like 6 or 7 million trees in the city, many of them not in parks but in tree pits in the sidewalk.

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I love the professional biggy diggy slammy tree-go-there machine

The thing is, I never saw a tree crew, a truck, a machine, nothing. I know they worked while I was at work, but it just felt like there were tree fairies all over the neighborhood, *poofing* trees into existence.

A bit of city magic.

One day, smooth ground.

Next day: tree!

All but one of the new trees survived. They've grown quite a bit since then, all leafy and green.

I went to work.

When I got home, there were new saplings in every previously empty pit.

And no sign of digging.

It was as if the new trees had been shot into the ground or been teleported into place.

One day it was normal, with a few living trees, a damaged tree, a dead one, and some empty tree pits.

The next day, only the healthy trees were left. Lots of empty tree pits.

Some years back NYC had a project to plant 1 million new trees. A block near me had very few trees--accidents, age, & illness had taken a toll. So I knew it would be part of the Million Tree Project. I walked there as part of my commute.

Btdt

Luckily my current cat prefers to barf in one area, which reduces the random encounters.

Also, the ass-end of chickens!!

There's a reason you both wash AND cook the eggs 🙃

Instagram promotes this very (literally) white-washed view of rural life. Rural life has many upsides! But it's also full of shit and bugs.

Re last RP: read both threads

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That is one possibility, as the article makes clear.

I'm always super cognizant of folks who dismiss the culture of some diasporic group as less valid than the people still in their motherland. I think it says a LOT about you if you think cultures can only be valid and develop on native soil, rather than being something people carry away and adapt.

How the Met Opera Turned Beloved Murals Into Financial Tools | Artnet News The Metropolitan Opera floated the idea of selling its two beloved Chagall murals. It's been using them to borrow millions for years.

it's hard to imagine the opera house without the Chagalls, but we might have to.

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I had the same experience with my dad. Down to now having dad's LPs.

Someone I know had some kind of work connection to his company and was shattered when the news came out.

just watch the Puppy Bowl instead.

Meanwhile, employers find us "too expensive" to hire once we're over 50, nevermind over 60, or think we can't keep up or that we are out-dated. Other employers think we're overqualified even though we really want a lower-pressure, lower-tension job than what we had in the past.

I think what pisses me off most about this is the whole idea that people still "retire." My generation, and those after me, can't collect Social Security at 65. Many of us don't have pensions, though some have 401Ks. Many of us continue working after "retirement age" because we have to.

maybe it depends on the type of diner? we tended to head to Greek ones a lot (mmm, spanakopita). if we wanted Jewish food, we went to delis or "coffee shops."

I don't know. I mean, I've lived here all my life (I'm in my 60s) and while I've eaten in plenty of diners and have seen tuna melts on the menu, I feel like I haven't really seen people actually eating them. At least not in my family or social circle, so anecdata, lol.

*nods*

Though it's mostly smoked salmon these days.

The Russian side of my family, in the older generations, loved Thousand Island.

Yes indeed!

Hmph

There are so many better contenders! From various decades and ethnicities.