Likes and Dislikes

[scotchandcigar]

Here are some of my general likes and dislikes:

Likes
Music
Formula 1
Cars
The beach
Football
Scotch
Cigars
Dogs

Dislikes
Talk
NASCAR
Boats
Urban places
Wrestling
Budweiser
Cigarettes
People who don't like dogs

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

How about people that have owners manuals for the care of their dogs?

 

[scotchandcigar]

How about people that have owners manuals for the care of their dogs?

Overall, we like all the dogs, but dislike most of the owners.

 

[JHDK]

dislike most of the owners.

Really?

The one who you tried to talk to about guy stuff who had a manual about vegan lunch for his dog or whatever. I totally understand how you would want to stab him in the skull with an ice pick.

But I would imagine most of them are normal. I mean, if you're hiring a dog sitter, you're a person who cares enough about your pet that you don't want it in a kennel and you have the disposable income to find a sweet lady (who married basically a troll that charges a toll if you want to go over his bridge but somehow she civilized him) to care for the pet you love when you're away....that generally seems like a person I would get along with.

 

[scotchandcigar]

But I would imagine most of them are normal. I mean, if you're hiring a dog sitter, you're a person who cares about their dog enough that you don't want to put them in a kennel that doesn't seem like a crazy person to me.

We know a few very nice dog owners. Some are old friends of ours. But many of the ones who employ Mrs. Scotch (like the main people she's the caretaker for) are nutty. Some are "raw diet" people. Or they just have odd lives. We occasionally go on vacation, and then we board the dogs. But we don't need a pet sitter on a regular basis. It seems like the ones that do, often have some odd stuff going on.

 

[JHDK]

Some are "raw diet" people.

I know I'm going to regret this. I lived a happy life not knowing what this meant.

Let me take a couple guesses....

It's only uncooked fruits and vegetables and nuts and stuff?

Or if we're getting even crazier.... It's all like steak tartar?

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

We know a few very nice dog owners. Some are old friends of ours. But many of the ones who employ Mrs. Scotch (like the main people she's the caretaker for) are nutty. Some are "raw diet" people. Or they just have odd lives. We occasionally go on vacation, and then we board the dogs. But we don't need a pet sitter on a regular basis. It seems like the ones that do, often have some odd stuff going on.

What do you do with your dog when you go on vacation? How do they get walked and fed?

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I know I'm going to regret this. I lived a happy life not knowing what this meant.

Let me take a couple guesses....

It's only uncooked fruits and vegetables and nuts and stuff?

Or if we're getting even crazier.... It's all like steak tartar?

Raw meat.

 

[scotchandcigar]

What do you do with your dog when you go on vacation? How do they get walked and fed?

Read the sentence that starts with "We occasionally go on vacation..."

 

[scotchandcigar]

Raw meat.

Yes, a raw diet is either frozen patties of some animal, like duck or lamb, which has to be defrosted; or worse, it's unfrozen stuff in a big Tupperware container. It may have all sorts of meat and veggies and things. The dogs tend to hate it, so you have to keep putting it out.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Read the sentence that starts with "We occasionally go on vacation..."

I never asked about the frequency. Occasionally is not never so my question still stands.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I never asked about the frequency. Occasionally is not never so my question still stands.

Read the rest of my sentence. I really don't understand what is going on. Do you not know what "..." means?

 

[scotchandcigar]

You're just fucking with me, right?

 

[scotchandcigar]

Dislikes:
When shit breaks

Mrs. Scotch is in Florida with her mom visiting relatives, so it's just me and the dogs and cats. Last night I hit the button on the garage door opener, so I could drive to band rehearsal, and the opener motor just flashed a code and wouldn't run. I tried to clear the sensor beam, but no go. So I had to manually open and close it last night, and this morning (I had an appt to have lab work done).

At lunchtime, I took some pictures of the unit, and ended up watching a YouTube video showing how to reset and set the up-down limits on the door travel. What a pain. But I was able to fix it without calling for service. I'm still not sure why this happened.

 

[JHDK]

Dislikes
Talk
NASCAR
Boats
Urban places
Wrestling
Budweiser
Cigarettes
People who don't like dogs

Have you ever met a person that actively dislikes dogs? I've met girls that are indifferent and put off by them but that's about the worst ever.

I become a child around friendly dogs. My aunt and uncle have to actively tell me before I enter the house to not roll around on the ground with them as soon as I walk in their door because it encourages them to jump on new people. And it takes real self-restraint on my part.

Also that's how I test any girlfriend the way they first react to Athena boreau West tells me everything I ever need to know about them. If they are sweet my bitchy little fucking dick head of a cat right off the bat I know I picked a winner.

Scotch

It's good to love yourself. I'm glad you feel that way.

Likes
Music
Formula 1
Cars
The beach
Football
Scotch
Cigars
Dogs

I don't dislike anything on this list. I guess I'm indifferent about cigars and somewhere between indifferent and like is how I feel about formula 1. It's by far the best type of Motorsport but I'm not really into any Motorsports.

 

[Jon]

More dislikes:
Frequent commercial breaks during sports events:

Why Formula 1 and Soccer are nice to watch because there are ZERO commercial breaks during the action. F1 there's no commercials throughout the entire race, and English Premier League (as I am sure other soccer leagues do the same) there's 45 minutes in the first half with continuous action, then the commercials come during halftime, then another 45 minutes (plus extra time usually) of continuous play. Injuries, penalties, it doesn't matter, a guy could get beheaded on the pitch and they'd continue play. Also why I mainly stick to Broncos and CU games when they're on TV (which is a lot thanks to Coach Prime), beyond that I'll just catch the highlights on Youtube.

Social Media:

I've quit everything beyond LinkedIn, and even that I'm questioning the usefulness.


Overplayed songs:

Satellite radio is notorious for this. I'll be listening to SiriusXM Turbo or something like that, and hear 'CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES' *click*

Live TV services:

They've outlived their usefulness for me, the 'News' networks are so sensationalized, and more problems with the aforementioned commercial breaks during sports, plus TV Networks like TBS have become the all 'Big Bang Theory' channel. Youtube TV raising their rates was the deal breaker. I can get F1.TV for Formula 1 broadcasts, Peacock for English Premier League (and Sunday Night Football when the matchup is interesting), and Paramount+ for the Broncos, plus my local RSN now offers their own streaming for the Avalanche and Nuggets games, which I'll probably try next season when the money's right.

 

[JHDK]

I've quit everything beyond LinkedIn, and even that I'm questioning the usefulness.

The only social media I've ever been on besides, I guess you could count DRC or maybe YouTube, but I don't think that counts is Twitter. And I know I'm the GOP guy around here but I've been on Twitter since like 2006 so it's not political. I had a fake account on Facebook for a little while back. Probably around 2010 but I never used it. Oh and Pam sends me Instagram links so I signed up for Instagram but I only ever use it to look at reels that she sends me which is their version of YouTube shorts which is all just a rip-off of tiktok. I have a tiktok account too but I think I have maybe spent 15 minutes total. Looking at tick tock.

' networks are so sensationalized

I went on and on about how Chris Cuomo has become awesome now that he got fired by CNN. He's on a network called News Nation. I find that Network to be the most balanced and least sensationalized. They still have opinion hosts like Chris but their opinion hosts are not solely trying to piss off one side and appeal to the other.

 

[Jon]

The only social media I've ever been on besides, I guess you could count DRC or maybe YouTube, but I don't think that counts is Twitter. And I know I'm the GOP guy around here but I've been on Twitter since like 2006 so it's not political. I had a fake account on Facebook for a little while back. Probably around 2010 but I never used it. Oh and Pam sends me Instagram links so I signed up for Instagram but I only ever use it to look at reels that she sends me which is their version of YouTube shorts which is all just a rip-off of tiktok. I have a tiktok account too but I think I have maybe spent 15 minutes total. Looking at tick tock.



I went on and on about how Chris Cuomo has become awesome now that he got fired by CNN. He's on a network called News Nation. I find that Network to be the most balanced and least sensationalized. They still have opinion hosts like Chris but their opinion hosts are not solely trying to piss off one side and appeal to the other.

Youtube is more of a learning platform for me, especially useful if you're in I.T. I also use it for some news, since I don't do live TV anymore, and whatever highlights I'm interested in, plus there's a few podcasts that I watch regularly.

 

[JHDK]

Youtube is more of a learning platform for me

You're so right. If you use YouTube the right way, it can basically be the modern-day version of Encyclopedia Britannica or for my generation, Encarta.

YouTube taught me how to change my headlights on the RAV. I would have had no idea without it.

But I use YouTube mostly for entertainment and political entertainment. I watch various political figures give speeches with a person in a box on the bottom or top of the screen commenting on it. I'm doing it right now here, look, this guy's my favorite. His name is Asmongold. He's a video game guy who also does political and social commentary.

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I don't know. It's kind of boring to watch political speeches, but having a dude you like insert some commentary during it makes it enjoyable to me.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Have you ever met a person that actively dislikes dogs? I've met girls that are indifferent and put off by them but that's about the worst ever.

I know many people who dislike dogs. Just the other day, we had friends over, and 2 of them are a gay couple (one's a childhood friend of Mrs. Scotch). And befitting the gay stereotype, they will talk about their cats all day, but god forbid our dogs get near them. One of them actually put his foot out (like a kick) at our dog while entering the house, because the dog jumped to say hi. The only thing they've ever said to the dogs is "get down".

I work with engineers, some of which have extreme control issues - like they need everything to be a certain way. And dogs don't fit into that formula, because they don't obey 100%. And then there's the shedding, and barking, and "oh god, you let them sit on the furniture?" kind of shit.

I know women who are afraid of dogs, or just don't like any dogs approaching them. And certainly, our community Facebook forum is full of people who hate dogs. They should never be on the beach. They should never be off leash. One person actually said that he shouldn't have to see a dog in any public place. He said that if you want a dog, buy a farm, and let them run around on your property. Many of these dog-haters are old farts who hate everything.