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  My cat has hyperthyroidism...

  My vet said that it sometimes happens with increasing age, but perhaps this is an additional reason. Interestingly, her littermate doesn't exhibit the same symptoms.

  Both my cats like to lick plastic in all its forms. I can't help but wonder if that has something to do with it. They also LOVE the scent of chlorine. I don't allow chlorine in my house (no bleach, no cleaning products that contain bleach) but when I come home from swimming at the pool, look out! My cats go into a licking frenzy and I have to hide from them until I can get the scent off of my skin. Echo, the one with hyperthyroidism, also likes to remove any perfume that I wearing, so I never put on perfume until I am right about to leave the house as I am afraid of what licking perfume will due to her. She also licks soap, so I changed to using liquid soap. I also found her happily chewing away on my toothbrush one day. Who knows how long that had been going on! Now I store my toothbrush where Echo can't get her paws on it.On Cats are the canaries of PBDEs posted 2 years, 2 months ago 3 Responses

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  That sounds like fun...

  Any group of meals shared by eleven broke-asses sounds like fun. I'm glad you enjoyed the bread. On On blueberries, zucchini, and dragon slime posted 2 years, 2 months ago 8 Responses

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  Idling utility trucks not regulated by EPA rules..

  Hi. I've had a long-standing problem with Verizon trucks idling in front of my house, sometimes 3 at a time, all day long, and once it was for three full days. It's awful!!! The noise alone is enough to make a person scream. I looked into it and apparently the EPA rules prohibiting trucks from idling don't apply to utility trucks. I've written to members of our city government asking if there is any way to at least be notified ahead of time when this is going to happen and I've gotten no reply whatsoever. Verizon told me that unless I got the names and the license plate numbers of all involved that they were powerless to help me. (Even though this has nothing to do with being notified ahead of time, as far as I could see...)

  Ideally, these trucks wouldn't rely on their engines to run their equipment, but until they solve that problem, what other things can be done to lessen the noise and pollution that result from this lengthy idling?On We still heart Rocky Anderson posted 2 years, 2 months ago 1 Response

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  Glad you liked the Blitz Torte!

  I bet it was good with raspberries. I am working on a dessert using raspberries for next year: "Raspberry Beret" (a little shout-out to Prince, with whom I share a birthday, although not the same year): it's going to be two meringue layers with raspberry-lime curd in the middle and lime curd on top and then garnished with raspberries. I've made lime curd in the past and now I am working on raspberry-lime curd. I didn't get any raspberries on my bushes this year. I am hoping maybe they will appear in the fall.On On blueberries, zucchini, and dragon slime posted 2 years, 2 months ago 8 Responses

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  I will check with Grist about reprinting...

  the recipe and get back to you.On On blueberries, zucchini, and dragon slime posted 2 years, 3 months ago 8 Responses