u/Hippy_Lynne — reddlx

Popeyes FTW! 🍗😻😺

So it's a running joke down here in New Orleans that the trick to trapping difficult cats is Popeyes chicken.

I had some good news today so I decided to reward myself with some Popeyes for the first time in months. As I was leaving to make groceries and then get my Popeyes afterwards, my two community cats, Josie & Binx, showed up so I gave them a second dinner (they had had their regular dinner about 2 hours earlier.) When I got home a couple hours later neither of them were out but I believe they smelled the Popeyes! When I went back out to get the second load of groceries, both of them were hanging around. Binx, who is very seldom relaxed, was laying down and even rolling around and showing his tummy. Josie was rubbing all over my legs to the point where she almost tripped me. Both were giving me "You gonna share that delicious smelling chicken?" looks. 😻 So I went inside to get them each a piece and when I came back out, Mango was there!

Mango used to come around a couple times a day when I was able to leave food out but I can't do that anymore and I've only gotten glimpses from afar for the last few months. I went back in to get him his own chicken and when I came back he had chased Binx off. 😹😹😹 (Don't worry, Binx had gotten his Popeyes!) Mango ate his Popeyes, plus some wet food, dry food, and treats. He even let me get a few pets in, which he had been allowing before but I wasn't sure if he was going to since I hadn't seen him in so long and he was acting pretty skittish. When he was full he went and got some water and then did a little nibbling on the catnip plant before going on his merry way. If Popeyes is what it takes to get him here, obviously I need to start getting it more often! 🤤

So yeah, clearly Popeyes is a cat attractant! 🍗😺

u/Hippy_Lynne — 3 days ago

▲ 9 r/skintypesolutions

No questions, just some praise! ❤️

I came across your book a little more than 20 years ago when I was about to turn 30. Prior to that I did wash my face daily and use sunscreen, but I really didn't use any other products (and I had been washing my whole life with one product which was not right for my skin type.) I did the test and created a routine using mostly the cheapest options available. I spend maybe $50 a month on products. I just turned 50 and people's jaws literally drop when I tell them my age. Most assume I'm at least 10 years younger than I am. I know some of that is genetics and lifestyle but I also know that I haven't had acne or pimples at all in 20 years (except for a few periods of depression when I wasn't taking care of myself) and it used to be a regular occurrence before that.

Anyway, skin care has come a long way in that time and I totally support people using whatever products they can afford that they feel are worth it. But I just wanted to let people know that you can still achieve that with just Neutrogena and Aveeno type products!

I work in the service industry and while I wish it wasn't so, you do get treated better, and more tips, if you look younger and have clear skin. I just want to thank you for providing advice for people at all income levels. ❤️

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u/Hippy_Lynne — 10 days ago

▲ 50 r/AlAnon

No, I don't want to make myself available to you so you can complete your 9th step.

So I separated from my Q 14 years ago. We had some sporadic contact over the next 8 months, mostly for him to get his things and having to do with the health insurance. I have not spoken to him, reached out to him, reached out to any of his friends or family, or in any way tried to have anything to do with him since the day he finally picked up the last of his things. I filed for divorce and he never showed up or contested it and that was that.

We are both natives of the New Orleans area, and if you know anything about New Orleans, it's actually a small town and everyone knows everyone. I have been extremely fortunate that in those 14 years I've never run into him anywhere or run into anyone who was close to him. In addition to being an addict he was also a sociopath and I want absolutely nothing whatsoever having to do with him in my life. I've had him, his family, and any mutual acquaintances blocked on social media since we first separated.

Well last year he found me on Blue Sky and messaged me. I didn't respond, blocked his account, vented to a few friends, and moved on. Today he found me on Reddit. 🤬 Same routine, didn't respond, blocked him, have vented to a few friends. Honestly I'm a little happy he reached out because now I know his username and I'm able to block him (he apparently got that username about a year ago, he may have had other ones that eventually got shut down because he's that kind of person.)

I'm giving myself 24 hours to vent and then I'm putting him out of my mind again. I'm not even going to try to analyze why he may have wanted to get back in touch, whatever the reason is I'm sure it was selfish and had nothing to do with helping me. I'm not scared because he knows if he ever came near me again I have people who would dump him in a swamp. I'm definitely not going to vent to anyone who might possibly get back to him because I don't want him to know it's even bothering me. I'm hoping this will be the last time I go through something like this, but honestly if he reaches out a third time I'm going to look into a no-contact order. It's extremely obvious that I want nothing to do with him and he knows that if I did I could find him.

The one silver lining is that I did creep his profile a little bit and I discovered he's completely estranged from his son, my former stepson. I've never reached out to my former stepson because I did not want to have any contact with him, so now I'm thinking maybe it would be okay to. I'm not sure if he would want to talk to me but I do know people who are friends with his stepson after we split up and they said his stepson had no hard feelings against me at all. Regardless, if I do decide to reach out it's going to be after I've had some time to think about it. And for whatever reason he doesn't want to be in touch, I'm okay with that. I was a child of divorce and I fully understand that it's pretty common for (good) step parents to have more affection for the stepchildren than vice versa. That's what you sign up for when you marry someone who already has children.

Anyway, just wanted to vent a little because as much as I would like to say it's not, it's definitely stirring up a bunch of emotions. I'm going to let myself feel those until midnight tonight and then I'm locking them away again. Here's hoping he gets the hint this time!

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u/Hippy_Lynne — 20 days ago

▲ 2.1k r/NewOrleans

A Legend Has Passed

Ashley T Traffic (FKA Ashley the Traffic Tranny) has passed away. 😭 Don't have any details, just saw a post from Ambush about it. It's so sad we're losing our city characters, and especially this one during Pride month.

For those of you not familiar, Ashley was the person who would direct traffic at Bourbon and St Ann on busy nights. Ashley was not transgender (AFAIK) they just enjoyed doing drag and contributing to the community. They were a truck driver in their "regular life."

I always thought the idea was brilliant and that New Orleans should have taken it and run with it. If they're going to insist on allowing traffic to cross Bourbon, they absolutely need someone directing it. And there's nothing like a drag queen with a whistle to get people's attention!

Wooo Child! Rest in Power. We will miss you. ❤️ 🌈⚜️

u/Hippy_Lynne — 28 days ago

▲ 42 r/GenXWomen

Any other Bicentennial Babies out there?

My mom was the type to save news articles and memorabilia from the year I was born and I remember her telling me there were all kinds of celebrations for the Bicentennial that year and they were calling the babies born that year "Bicentennial Babies." Now I'm turning 50 as the country is turning 250. Doesn't seem like there's "massive celebrations", but it is definitely getting a lot of press in the last couple months. Just wondering if anyone else born in '76 grew up hearing that, or my mom was just weird. 🤣

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u/Hippy_Lynne — 1 month ago

▲ 83 r/lyftdrivers

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙄 Yeah, f*ck that!

I believe this speaks for itself. 🙄🙄🙄

Tim, you're a fucking moron!

u/Hippy_Lynne — 1 month ago

▲ 715 r/Feral_Cats

My feral/community cat has brought two dead mice in the last three days after never doing anything like this for four years prior 🐀🐀

So I've been feeding Josie for 4 years she's actually pretty tame at this point. She loves pets, tolerates being picked up, and follows me around my condo complex. She actually wants to move in, she just wants to be the only cat so she's going to have to wait a while for that (she's 10 years younger than any of my indoor cats.) Maybe the first 6 months I was feeding her I saw her catch and almost immediately consume two birds, but other than that she's never hunted around me or brought any kills around.

Tuesday I got up late because I was feeling sick and she had a mouse! She wasn't trying to eat it, she was totally showing it off. She dropped it when I told her too and I disposed of it. I chalked it up to being mad about late breakfast and made sure I fed her on time Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday about 5 hours after I fed her I heard her meowing outside and I opened the door and she has another mouse! 😬

Both times not only did she not try to eat it, it didn't even look bad, except for being obviously dead. I'm almost wondering if she's finding mice that have been poisoned and bringing them to me as opposed to actually hunting them. I live in the suburbs but in a pretty mixed used area and there are businesses close by that use bait traps. Josie is safe from most things because she stays in our enclosed courtyard but I am a little worried about what's going on with these mice.

Anybody have any insights?

Pics of the mighty huntress for the cat tax!

EDIT: I want to make it clear, she's totally welcome to come inside. I leave the door open and she has come inside many times. But as soon as she sees my cats she leaves. Especially the one that lived outside with her until January and then decided she wanted to move in. They had never gotten along. But maybe her moving in gave Josie ideas. I'm pretty much the only person who can pet her, even though many many neighbors have tried, and continue to try, over the years.

I think you guys are partially right, she wants me to kick out all the other resident cats and then she will go inside. 🤣 Absent that, I'm not sure what else to do. Maybe in a few more months she'll get used to the idea of roommates? 🤔 In the meantime she is safe outside and I can get her inside for bad weather.

u/Hippy_Lynne — 2 months ago

▲ 94 r/uberdrivers

Pull up for an early morning airport run and my passenger is eating something out of a bowl with a spoon. Put my window down and tell him "I'm sorry sir, I can give you a few minutes to finish your cereal but you can't eat that in my car." "It's not cereal, it's fruit!" (Strike 1, like fruit isn't sticky & messy.) 🙄 "I'm sorry sir, I don't allow any eating in my car." "Ok, well just take my suitcase now." (I load suitcases up anyway to protect my car, but to assume I'm going to do it got him a strike 2.) As I'm picking up the suitcase he again replies "It's just fruit!" (Strike 3, buddy, you were definitely going to try to pressure me into letting you bring it in my car after I had loaded your suitcase.) "I'm just going to cancel and you can get a driver who can accommodate you better." <Cue various protests that ignore as I get back in my car and leave. While noticing that the fruit bowl also has a mound of whipped cream on top of the fruit. 🙄🙄🙄>

The nerve of some of these paxholes!!! 🤦‍♀️

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u/Hippy_Lynne — 2 months ago