I'm surprised a cat could survive that long. But it's not a very happy ending. A long and miserable couple months for the cat, followed by a long, difficult recovery, plus "several thousand dollars in veterinarian bills to" "nurse him back to relative health."
The moral of the story is, be very careful if you have pets. It's critically important that you keep track of them, and it's even more important during the times when it is extra difficult for you to do so.
It's actually lucky the Soviet shuttle program never reached fruition. The US space shuttle program was widely advertised as a technological leap, but turned-out to be a short-sighted dead-end. It benefits the US, too, as we're using Russian rockets to maintain our presence in space, which wouldn't be an option if they'd mothballed their rocket in favor of their own shuttle. Sometimes, being first isn't so good.
Pretty sure Netflix was a household name long before they started doing any internet streaming video at all. After all, they put Blockbuster out of business before they started doing video streaming, which means they had many millions of customers back then.
The disc-in-the-mail business model is interesting... People PAY Netflix to do the job of cleaning all their grimy DVDs for them.
Pinching someone's bottom does not make him a threat in the first place.
Rape in the military has little to do with "following orders". Those can be reasons the rapes aren't getting prosecuted like they should be, but that's not the half of it. Military females absolutely are held down and raped by force, all-too commonly.
It's a simple fact that men are considerably stronger than women, and trying to deny this just makes you look utterly foolish. See my other response... Check Olympic weight-lifting records for a quick and easy comparison. Or just look at ANY SPORT, where women must have their own division, since the very best of them can't compete with the worst of the men... The only exception is long-distance running, where women's lower body weight nearly compensates for reduced strength.
Here, there are DEFINITELY clothing restrictions mentioned prominently in the juror summons, though they're a bit subjective. I guess this just means it's likely Vermont is going to start including those instructions, now, too.
I wasn't suggesting switching to couches, they'd be more expensive, have shorter life, and be very hard to keep clean. It was just a comparison. There's still no excuse for the uncomfortable seats, shared arm-wrests, etc.
And frankly, as much as we pay for airline tickets, and as often as flights get delayed, canceled, and airports get completely snowed-in, airports SHOULD be providing something their customers can sleep on... They spend huge amounts of money on the high ceilings, they can afford to expand their boarding areas to accommodate customers that need to lie down. After all, security measures since 2001 have eliminated the problem of homeless living inside airports, so it's only verified paying customers past the checkpoint. And with the shops in there, the airports stands to make more money out of it, while customers save money on overbooked lodgings.
Airport seating is always horrible, I desperately wish they'd fix that. Layovers of a few hours are miserable because the seats are so tough, at a non-relaxing angle, sharing armrests with neighbors, etc. Honestly, a series of couches wouldn't take up any more room, and would be infinitely more comfortable.
I was always interested in trying it, but I could never find 8 CDs I wanted enough to be worth the hassle.
I've heard horror stories of people who signed-up, then their requests to cancel got ignored, repeatedly, until physical threats, sending back something disgusting, or making the envelope incredibly difficult to open, finally got them off the list of chumps.
Complete nonsense. I was specifically talking about those with a job, not Welfare anything... And my point isn't that the poor aren't poor, but that people who you'd say are doing okay just by looking at them, are counted as below the poverty line in the US, but wouldn't be counted as such, elsewhere.
The moral of the story is, be very careful if you have pets. It's critically important that you keep track of them, and it's even more important during the times when it is extra difficult for you to do so.
The disc-in-the-mail business model is interesting... People PAY Netflix to do the job of cleaning all their grimy DVDs for them.
The test was fairly tedious and annoying. Long pause in-between, keeps resetting location and zoom level, etc. The annoyance takes any fun out of it.
Rape in the military has little to do with "following orders". Those can be reasons the rapes aren't getting prosecuted like they should be, but that's not the half of it. Military females absolutely are held down and raped by force, all-too commonly.
It's a simple fact that men are considerably stronger than women, and trying to deny this just makes you look utterly foolish. See my other response... Check Olympic weight-lifting records for a quick and easy comparison. Or just look at ANY SPORT, where women must have their own division, since the very best of them can't compete with the worst of the men... The only exception is long-distance running, where women's lower body weight nearly compensates for reduced strength.
And frankly, as much as we pay for airline tickets, and as often as flights get delayed, canceled, and airports get completely snowed-in, airports SHOULD be providing something their customers can sleep on... They spend huge amounts of money on the high ceilings, they can afford to expand their boarding areas to accommodate customers that need to lie down. After all, security measures since 2001 have eliminated the problem of homeless living inside airports, so it's only verified paying customers past the checkpoint. And with the shops in there, the airports stands to make more money out of it, while customers save money on overbooked lodgings.
I've heard horror stories of people who signed-up, then their requests to cancel got ignored, repeatedly, until physical threats, sending back something disgusting, or making the envelope incredibly difficult to open, finally got them off the list of chumps.