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Cake day: August 7th, 2023

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  • Varies wildly for me but usually whenever the opportunity presents itself, although it mostly ends up being cats. I always have cat food and water outside near my back door for strays. Two days ago I brought a can of wet food for a feral momma and her kittens on the other end of town. (Trying to make friends with mom, but not much luck so far.) Was leaving veggies out for a deer that was living in my backyard this spring until she moved on. Occasionally put stuff out for the birds when I can. I also don’t mow certain sections of my yard and my daughter’s yard much because the bees love the clover that grows in those spots.






  • I guess it turned out ok. My parents were never married and because of my dad’s temper I lived with my grandmother until grade school when she died. I then lived with my real parents for two years, and then with my mother and her new bf for a few more before I ended up in foster care at the start of grade 6. ( I had run away from home and was living on the streets when Child and Family services picked me up.)

    By grade 12 I had been in 10 different schools and 6 different foster homes, so I learned to not trust people much. I was a hyperactive kid (now they say I have ADHD but in the 80’s I was just “hyper”) and got in a lot of trouble over the years. One of my foster parents ended up having a nervous breakdown, I ended up in a youth jail, and was living on my own at 17. Later ended up in a provincial jail for getting mad and putting a cop in the hospital.

    But then came my daughters, the first of which was born in 93. It settled me down a lot and made me start caring about things, and helped me focus on being less destructive. If it wasn’t for them, I’d probably either be in jail or dead.

    I wouldn’t change any of it though. It was chaotic but fun overall and I learned a lot over the years.






  • Jay@lemmy.catoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldBest VPN for torrenting?
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    4 months ago

    While it’s running it seems fine to me, my only complaint is connecting/disconnecting is slow for me and the app is very sluggish. But once connected I’ve rarely had issues. (It’s showing under 40 megs in memory used for the app and the occasional blip on cpu.)

    (I have an old quad core, so that probably why the app is sluggish for me though.)