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My parents had a cat who would always choose my father's knee if he was reading the paper, naturally sitting on top of the paper and my mother's if she was knitting, naturally ... He liked to be the centre of attention and knew he was beautiful and also enjoyed posing so that the sun highlighted his ginger stripes so that passers by would exclaim, "What a lovely cat!!"

My cat Oscar thinks that these stories are fascinating, but he's heavily committed to his extended life plan...do less, live longer, keep all nine lives

Sleep phase of the 'do less' element....

Randi- I missed your Birthday. Hope you were able to have a little fun.
Morgan

Yes, I did. Thank you!

Thank You so much everyone!!!

You know it's a great place to work when every day is "Bring Your Doggo to Work Day":



Left to right: CEO, CTO, Helpdesk

(Unfortunately, none of these doggos are mine)

One place I where I worked for a while, and not a weather office!, had the help desk staffed with a person like this:



I used to get stopped in the hall and people would whisper in my ear, "I'm having a computer problem. Could YOU help me and don't tell xxx."

Ah, Yes. Once you find a good Help Desk person, you really don't want to tell anyone- good ones are always in high demand.

Hey All!

There is a great seminar next week that many folks might be interested in, given by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute: The stories we tell: Sea stories from ancient oral traditions to modern day pirates https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-encounters/

Neat!
Thanks for posting!

FutureOceanScientist wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 3:01 pm Hey All!

There is a great seminar next week that many folks might be interested in, given by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute: The stories we tell: Sea stories from ancient oral traditions to modern day pirates https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-encounters/

It sounds gripping...I've just been catching up on the history of the Sea Peoples. I'd love to register for it but I'm pretty sure I'd be asleep in my chair though at 7.30 PM EST

Shesswin, our Alaskan, former transcriber, reports that they are well and on one of their last camping trips of the year. Brr!

Winter camping can be great. My son, who was in about Grade Six, went out with his outdoor ed. class for a two or three day camp in the dead of winter with temperatures in the minus 30's to -40. They took a candle, matches, a jam tin, a knife and a snare wire. They were being led by a legendary First Nations trapper who taught them how to build shelters, stay warm, snare rabbits and other small game and stay alive in the bush until help arrived.

Neat!

Great to be taught something actually useful at school