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sys · « **Reply #5775 on:** August 03, 2023, 09:42:09 PM »

fifth one is free.

ben ji · « **Reply #5776 on:** August 07, 2023, 09:26:05 PM »

Cross post with "Signs of getting old" thread but anytime my dad is out at the catless ranch and I notice it's possibly going to rain out there I text him and he absolutely loves telling me about how much rain they did or didn't get.

sys · « **Reply #5777 on:** August 07, 2023, 10:00:57 PM »

an in the wild sighting of rain in pts.

Tobias · « **Reply #5778 on:** August 08, 2023, 12:07:29 AM »

much and big hail? what in the actual eff, where are the points you crazy son of a bitch

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #5779 on:** August 08, 2023, 08:49:52 AM »

Quote from: sys on August 07, 2023, 10:00:57 PM

an in the wild sighting of rain in pts.

Is this a western KS thing? I've always heard "inches" and "hundreths"

steve dave · « **Reply #5780 on:** August 08, 2023, 12:55:22 PM »

Quote from: Sandstone Outcropping on August 08, 2023, 08:49:52 AM

Quote from: sys on August 07, 2023, 10:00:57 PM
an in the wild sighting of rain in pts.
Is this a western KS thing? I've always heard "inches" and "hundreths"

Western KS is 100% all hundreths. I never heard points u til this thread.

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schreds21 · « **Reply #5781 on:** August 08, 2023, 03:57:49 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on August 08, 2023, 12:55:22 PM

Quote from: Sandstone Outcropping on August 08, 2023, 08:49:52 AM
Quote from: sys on August 07, 2023, 10:00:57 PM
an in the wild sighting of rain in pts.
Is this a western KS thing? I've always heard "inches" and "hundreths"
~~Western~~ KS is 100% all hundreths. I never heard points u til this thread.

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michigancat · « **Reply #5782 on:** August 08, 2023, 05:08:21 PM »

My family mostly uses fractions or tenths but I've heard hundredths used. Never points though lol

Spracne · « **Reply #5783 on:** August 08, 2023, 05:18:29 PM »

My family always used basis points.

schreds21 · « **Reply #5784 on:** August 08, 2023, 11:33:20 PM »

Quote from: Spracne on August 08, 2023, 05:18:29 PM

My family always used basis points.

Your family also allowed their kid to attend KU.

steve dave · « **Reply #5785 on:** August 09, 2023, 07:04:17 AM »

Quote from: Spracne on August 08, 2023, 05:18:29 PM

My family always used basis points.

lmao, irl when finance bros use basis points I mentally convert that to hundredths

michigancat · « **Reply #5786 on:** August 09, 2023, 07:15:03 AM »

Quote from: steve dave on August 09, 2023, 07:04:17 AM

Quote from: Spracne on August 08, 2023, 05:18:29 PM
My family always used basis points.

lmao, irl when finance bros use basis points I mentally convert that to hundredths

Not sure if you saw the pet peeves thread but I work with a guy who calls them "bips" and it sends me into a rage every time lol

mocat · « **Reply #5787 on:** August 09, 2023, 07:47:32 AM »

Tenths was just not accurate enough for western kansas farmers huh

wetwillie · « **Reply #5788 on:** August 09, 2023, 08:52:12 AM »

I think I've become desensitized to all the bps, bips, basis points horse crap. First company I worked at the CEO loved using basis points every chance he got. Now it's like white noise.

Spracne · « **Reply #5789 on:** August 09, 2023, 10:51:42 AM »

Quote from: schreds21 on August 08, 2023, 11:33:20 PM

Quote from: Spracne on August 08, 2023, 05:18:29 PM
My family always used basis points.
Your family also allowed their kid to attend KU.

Pffft. That's rich, for many reasons.

My family had no say in the matter. Not that they would have interfered, but it wasn't their money and therefore not their choice. I don't even know where my undergrad degree is, but I cherish the mammaries.

ben ji · « **Reply #5790 on:** August 11, 2023, 09:08:16 PM »

Nothing going on this weekend so I decided to go out to the cat ranch. The junkyard is overflowing with Wild Sunflowers since it actually rained this year. rough ridin' mosquitoes are terrible tho....like douse yourself in deet and there are still 50 hovering over you

#SunflowerState

steve dave · « **Reply #5791 on:** August 11, 2023, 09:15:55 PM »

KS is irl BITB at not being outside for

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steve dave · « **Reply #5792 on:** August 11, 2023, 09:16:22 PM »

It’s honestly a horrific outside experience 90% of the time

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ben ji · « **Reply #5793 on:** August 11, 2023, 10:36:26 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on August 11, 2023, 09:16:22 PM

It’s honestly a horrific outside experience 90% of the time

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It's hot as crap and all you want is a nice summer breeze? NOPE, enjoy some squitos instead.

Its cold as crap and all you want is the wind to stop? NOPE, Still going at 15-20mph all day everyday.

But did you not see those majestic sunflowers?

Also found an adorable baby toad who was grumpy I picked him up.

Tobias · « **Reply #5794 on:** August 11, 2023, 11:09:18 PM »

you're just some kibble and eggs away from being a toad rancher

steve dave · « **Reply #5795 on:** August 12, 2023, 06:46:14 AM »

Sometimes a dog will pick up a toad in its mouth and start foaming out of their mouth all crazy like. Some toads (all?) have some toxic stuff on their body that causes a mouth bubble bath for dogs sometimes.

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ben ji · « **Reply #5796 on:** August 12, 2023, 08:43:27 PM »

@sys please identify this skink/salamander looking thing. Found it next to the house out here in NW KS and have never seen one out here before.

3 months ago it was a desert wasteland in the middle of a 2 year drought and then the rains returned and we have non toad amphibians just popping up out of the ground?

steve dave · « **Reply #5797 on:** August 12, 2023, 09:55:08 PM »

thats a tiger sal' and they rule and are seasonal for your wetness

Tobias · « **Reply #5798 on:** August 12, 2023, 10:42:26 PM »

juvenile komodo

Katpappy · « **Reply #5799 on:** August 13, 2023, 06:22:08 AM »

When I was a kid we called them mud puppies. They travel when it is wet and they love hand-dug water wells. We would get them in our well in the spring and would have to climb down the well and catch them slimy little suckers. We would know right away because the water would taste awful. They are like SD said about toads and our dogs knew not to mess with them.