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Dec 22, 2025 - 8:40pm
Wellâ¦I had a funky light switch in the garage that wasnât responding to Siri commands. Happened a few months ago and a reset fixed it, but now no.
So I shut down the breaker and replaced it with a simple on-off switch.
Turned the breaker back on andâ¦buzzing->sparks->I flipped it off.
Breaker is now pining for the fjords, so Iâm gonna have to shut down the whole house power and replace the four pole breaker after I get a fresh one from HomeDepot. And then figure out why it fried in the first place. (Iâve already tossed the replacement light switch.)
I have never done this before, so
fellas, itâs been good to know yaâ¦
I don't like getting cat duty at our clinics. They are just weird. A pain to handle before anesthesia, hard to dose, their eyes stay open when they are 'out', then after surgery it's completely random on how long they are out and how much time it takes them to recover. Girls are a LOT harder than boys for the surgery as well. So 2 hours doesn't seem unreasonable for a timeline with padding. The overnight seems like excessive diligence, but we are on the other end of the scale because of necessity. Vets run the whole range though, talk to another and go with your gut feel.
Ya, eyes open...freaky. Luckily our cats are good when at the vet. Since I'm at work it's my wife that goes to the vet. She was there this past week for a vaccination. It was busy, she waited for a while even though we had an appointment and when someone came in later but got served first, she inquired about how much longer it would be. A technician(?) said the vet was pretty busy so he would do the vaccination "at the back" (usually it's done right there where the customer is). After he took Coco, my wife started following him but he told her she wasn't allowed at the back. Well, had I been there I would have said, If I can't go, the cat stays. Anyways, it may not be a big deal but I thought it would have been more professional to inform the customer that "I can do the vaccination at the back, but customers aren't allowed there" and then let the customer decide.
Can't remember being this concerned about one of our cats going to the vet. I must be getting old.
Question: Our little Coco cat girl needs to be 'fixed' soon. Without going into details, we're not too impressed with the local vet shop. Maybe it's us not really understanding how hectic it can get at times but we were told the operation would take at least 2hrs, but that's because of how long it takes to put the cat under. Does that sound right? Then they have to keep the cat for longer after the operation to make sure all is right. I don't recall this happening the last time we had cats 'go under' but they were males. I'm a little worried about our little Coco girl. Any advice much appreciated.
I don't like getting cat duty at our clinics. They are just weird. A pain to handle before anesthesia, hard to dose, their eyes stay open when they are 'out', then after surgery it's completely random on how long they are out and how much time it takes them to recover. Girls are a LOT harder than boys for the surgery as well. So 2 hours doesn't seem unreasonable for a timeline with padding. The overnight seems like excessive diligence, but we are on the other end of the scale because of necessity. Vets run the whole range though, talk to another and go with your gut feel.
Question: Our little Coco cat girl needs to be 'fixed' soon. Without going into details, we're not too impressed with the local vet shop. Maybe it's us not really understanding how hectic it can get at times but we were told the operation would take at least 2hrs, but that's because of how long it takes to put the cat under. Does that sound right? Then they have to keep the cat for longer after the operation to make sure all is right. I don't recall this happening the last time we had cats 'go under' but they were males. I'm a little worried about our little Coco girl. Any advice much appreciated.
Vets generally don't anesthetize males beyond giving them a local. (I KNOW!) Females get put under and they need some recovery time.
We've been doing TNR (trap, neuter, return) here since 2011. We've TNRed 19 cats and gotten some of them adopted. We have one remaining "yard cat" who we care for. Haven't seen another cats in many moons.
Question: Our little Coco cat girl needs to be 'fixed' soon. Without going into details, we're not too impressed with the local vet shop. Maybe it's us not really understanding how hectic it can get at times but we were told the operation would take at least 2hrs, but that's because of how long it takes to put the cat under. Does that sound right? Then they have to keep the cat for longer after the operation to make sure all is right. I don't recall this happening the last time we had cats 'go under' but they were males. I'm a little worried about our little Coco girl. Any advice much appreciated.
This is from Google, but it seems like that might be about right. Bon chance to all three of you.
A cat spay surgery typically takes about 20 to 30 minutes, but the entire process, including anesthesia, prep, and recovery from anesthesia, means your cat will be at the vet for several hours and usually goes home the same day. The actual surgical time is short because it's a common procedure involving removing ovaries and uterus through a small abdominal incision, with closure by sutures or surgical glue.
We've been doing TNR (trap, neuter, return) here since 2011. We've TNRed 19 cats and gotten some of them adopted. We have one remaining "yard cat" who we care for. Haven't seen another cats in many moons.
Question: Our little Coco cat girl needs to be 'fixed' soon. Without going into details, we're not too impressed with the local vet shop. Maybe it's us not really understanding how hectic it can get at times but we were told the operation would take at least 2hrs, but that's because of how long it takes to put the cat under. Does that sound right? Then they have to keep the cat for longer after the operation to make sure all is right. I don't recall this happening the last time we had cats 'go under' but they were males. I'm a little worried about our little Coco girl. Any advice much appreciated.
We did another sterilization clinic here today. A little slower today but we still did another 42 cats and dogs at no cost to the owners. One of the small pups is a feral and needs some assistance, so we'll help rehab her and be fosters until we can get her a furever home.
We've been doing TNR (trap, neuter, return) here since 2011. We've TNRed 19 cats and gotten some of them adopted. We have one remaining "yard cat" who we care for. Haven't seen another cats in many moons.
We did another sterilization clinic here today. A little slower today but we still did another 42 cats and dogs at no cost to the owners. One of the small pups is a feral and needs some assistance, so we'll help rehab her and be fosters until we can get her a furever home.
We've been doing TNR (trap, neuter, return) here since 2011. We've TNRed 19 cats and gotten some of them adopted. We have one remaining "yard cat" who we care for. Haven't seen another cats in many moons.
When we first came here there were a lot of street dogs. They were generally well fed, so not really traumatic to see (part of why we liked this community), but still a lot of them. There were a couple of active programs that we started volunteering with and you could see the impact. Covid made things worse as a lot of people had to turn their pets loose, but it was short lived and the trajectory has been steadily down since. The number of community people involved has really changed too. Originally it was almost all ex-pats, now there are a solid 30% locals. And lots of the local kids volunteer too. Several future vets in the bunch and it's cool to see the kids attitudes change.
We did another sterilization clinic here today. A little slower today but we still did another 42 cats and dogs at no cost to the owners. One of the small pups is a feral and needs some assistance, so we'll help rehab her and be fosters until we can get her a furever home.
We've been doing TNR (trap, neuter, return) here since 2011. We've TNRed 19 cats and gotten some of them adopted. We have one remaining "yard cat" who we care for. Haven't seen another cats in many moons.
We did another sterilization clinic here today. A little slower today but we still did another 42 cats and dogs at no cost to the owners. One of the small pups is a feral and needs some assistance, so we'll help rehab her and be fosters until we can get her a furever home.
Well after wasting many days of research and useless coding, I bit the bullet and spent the $90 on Disk Drill to recover the files from a RAW drive.
Itâs downloading now and will have to be entered by hand after a 2+ hour download. Then I can reformat that partition and and go on from there. I was hoping to just get the RAW section corrected so I wouldnât have to do a major restoration.
