Talk about new-normal problems 
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Annoyed thought: I’m watching the Tour de France and Phil Liggett is doing promos for the Olympics. He keeps saying that it’s “a couple of years late”.
No Phil. A couple means two. The 2020 Olympics are taking place in 2021. That’s one year late, not two.
Seriously… how hard is 21 - 20 for an average non-math person? Are my expectations too high here???
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Liggett is British, so he’s not speaking a foreign language or anything.
Does “couple” have a different meaning in the UK than it does in the US?
My local Panera had the A.C. set to Ice Box. After I stepped outside, my glasses fogged up! 
This isn’t the “brag about your lunch spot” thread.
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Maybe Jas will come tell us. Proper thread for that.
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Well, he is prone to exaggeration. It was pretty funny the other day when he said “this is the 108th edition of the Tour de France and I’ve been around for all of them”.
Well that’s obvious hyperbole. That is funny. But “a couple years late” doesn’t sound like hyperbole.
Then again I was listening to 80s on 8 and Alan Hunter was upset that people had corrected him after he said that the country was celebrating its 535th birthday this weekend (or something like that… I don’t remember which wrong number he chose, but it was in the 500s at any rate). I was squarely on the side of the fans correcting him. If you can’t be bothered to do the math that’s fine… no biggie. Just say the country is celebrating its birthday without throwing out a number. If you’re going to give a number, then don’t just pick one at random.
In fairness it’s 2021 - 2020, which are far larger numbers
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Yeah, we’re talking higher math here.
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The pup just hurt herself. She saw a squirrel and jumped up towards it, hitting the end of her leash while in the air and landing awkwardly. At first she was crying and not putting any weight on it. Now she’s limping and favoring the leg while putting some weight on it. Poor thing. I already had a vet appointment scheduled for this Friday AM, and hope she can hold out until then.
Poor pup may have the doggie equivalent of a torn ACL. Vet recommends managing with medication for 2 weeks, and if it’s not better then we can look at surgery.
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Fuck aholes who think setting off personal fireworks on 4th of july is okay. You’re terrifying all the dogs. I hope you blew one of your body parts off, dipshits.
A happy thought, but I’m putting it in this thread anyway since I posted here originally. It seems highly probable the pup just strained a ligament. She went from putting minimal weight on her leg at all day one to acting normal by end of day 2.
The annoyed part: she is supposed to be on “rest” for 2 weeks, with no running or walks beyond just going outside to poop/pee. Try that with a 10 month old pup. She is still on meds that slow her down slightly, but she is going stir crazy not getting any running in. I can’t really prevent her from running around the house. I called the vet to see if 2 weeks of rest and medication was still necessary, and they said yes.
I genuinely hate people who set off fireworks around here. My foster son clearly has ptsd from gunfire and I got almost no sleep last night.
It’s so freaking selfish to be blowing things up at 2 am.
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Yeah. Blow all yer shit up by 10pm.
Dogs I don’t get too bent out of shape about. It’s one day and if you have a dog that gets scared, know that you need to accommodate them for a day. 
That said, I’ve never had a dog that was traumatized by fireworks so that’s easy for me to say.
Personally I wouldn’t mind if fireworks ceased to exist. Professionally done shows are cool but I often watch while mentally calculating how much money is getting wasted. 
. Setting off tiny sticks of dynamite at home has never appealed to me. I kinda think it’s dumb. (My kids like it though so, whatever. )
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Pretty sure personal fireworks are illegal where I live. That affects my opinion on them.
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Firstly, I am, in general, anti-fireworks for personal use…because people tend to not do so responsibly.
But, secondly…
It doesn’t get dark until 10 pm where I’m from.
Finally, these worked wonders for my dogs (golden retriever & gr-lab-miscellaneous-mix) this year: Amazon.com : ThunderWunders Hemp Dog Calming Chews | Vet Recommended for Situational Anxiety | Fireworks, Thunderstorms, Travel & More | Made with Hemp Seed, Thiamine, L-Tryptophan, Melatonin & Ginger (180 Count) : Pet Supplies
The GR has even started reacting to thunder/lightning, so I’m going to start using it for that, too.
Fair enough. Blow all yer shit up by dark + 1 hour.
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