A ZoeZoe (20) Update.

A ZoeZoe (20) Update.

Howdy folks!

So it's been a bit since ZoeZoe's emergency poo vet visit. She's doing good and has finished her 10 days of antibiotics and her appetite is slowly coming back to normal. She had a perfect poop which is the highlight of my weekend as weird that is but no issues and no needing her butt wiped.

We are looking into some pain meds for her joints and so on because we feel that is what might be causing issues with her poo position.

Overall she does have an increase in sleeping but she is moving around more like her younger self. Hell, she jumped on to the couch today for a treat instead of her ramp.

Pictured is ZoeZoe and her new blanket I bought her after we had to throw her old one away.

u/RetroSwamp — 9 hours ago

A Rare Clean Nosed ZoeZoe (20)

Behold! She allowed me to clean her nose! For those wondering, I use a VERY soft toothbrush and warm water. For the most part she loves the toothbrush scrubs!

u/RetroSwamp — 6 days ago

Returning Player But Might As Well Be New. How Welcoming are Players and Informative?

So I played WAY back in the day and recently tried WARDOGS and it has given me an itch to try Squad, KOTH and HLL but I'm nervous haha

How welcoming are players, are they ok with players learning and asking questions or more if you don't know something, just figure it out.

Are there servers labelled for new players and so on?

Sorry for these dumb questions but just wanted to check the temp.

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u/RetroSwamp — 6 days ago

ZoeZoe (20) Currently Hates Me..

ZoeZoe is on day 4 of 20 antibiotic pills and she's too feisty for the mouth trick, doesn't like the Greenies Pill treat things, knows when it is mixed with food/treats/water so I have to burrito wrap her to get her to take it with a churu chaser.

Now she sleeps in the storage closet in her "safety hut" I got her after the 2 days at the vets and a nightlight lol

I miss my ZoeZoe cuddles.

u/RetroSwamp — 8 days ago
🔥 Hot ▲ 18.3k r/wholesome+1 crossposts

The Text I received after wishing a ex-girlfriends dad on Father's Day...

Didn't have the best upbringing and dated a girl in highschool whose family took me under their wings. That was 20+ years ago and this really made me feel accepted in my life for once. Lame, I know. Lol

EDIT: For those curious, I remained friends with my ex from highschool.

u/RetroSwamp — 9 days ago

ZoeZoe (20) And The $600 Poop...

So once again, I am here to chat about my soul cat ZoeZoe... 2 days ago, she became very low energy and wasn't moving much. I just assumed it was because of the heat, but it became an urgent matter when she wouldn't poop, eat, or drink.

The 1st day we got her to the vet, and she was looked over, had bloodwork and fulid injections and some oral meds. Vet came back and said for her age, everything looked good, like her kidneys, thyroid, liver, blood sugar, and she wasn't really dehydrated as they thought.

She did notice some poop in her body when she pushed on her stomach, so they gave her an enema to be sure, and nothing came out after an hour of waiting. She was sent home to in hopes that she might poo at home.

Zoe got home and pretty much just bed-rotted for 12 hours, and I was losing my mind. She wasn't herself, and she was way different than when this normally happens, but she passed after a day.

The vet called to check in, and I told her I was worried because she wasn't moving or trying anything, so the vet moved some things around and told me to bring her back in. The rexamed her and gave her a pain med to help with her joints and so on, in case that was causing her position issues and another enema.

The vet comes into the room and goes, "I was curious and did an X-ray, and she's really backed up"

Four large dry turds highlighted yellow.

Behold, the 4 turds of torment. The way they were positioned and pushing against each other caused a blockage. They prepared her for another enema and more time before looking into other options.

So 2 hours pass, and the vet swings the door open with a ziplock bag with 4 turds in it and yelling "SHE PASSED THEM," and she thinks one or two have been in there for longer than the rest, which has been causing issues with her pooping.

Remember, this cat has no kidney disease, no megacolon and is fed great food and hydrated like crazy, but just has a "weird butt" (diagnosed 2 years ago by a vet)

So after $600 and all the poop, ZoeZoe is home now doing well but extremely pissed off at the world and honestly, I don't blame her.

Probably murdering me in her thoughts.

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u/RetroSwamp — 11 days ago

Bought a Logitech G915.... Inactive Light Settings Make Zero Sense.

So I wanted to return to a wireless keyboard and mouse and saw a bundle locally for the G915 and G502 X for $150CAD.

Really like the low profile of the keyboard and got the clicky one because the sound makes my brain feel good.

But I have noticed even tho I have my LEDs set to off/black because I'm not really a fan of the lights, and also I think I have all my settings set to not turn off when inactive, but it still feels like it does.

I have to press a key to "wake up" the keyboard instead of it just being ready to go.

Unsure if this is a bug or a known issue, but not a fan of how it is working.

I also do not use any LED software like OpenRGB or SignalRGB, as well as zero Windows 11 dynamic lighting.

Any ideas or pointers would be awesome.

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u/RetroSwamp — 18 days ago

ZoeZoe (20) Doesn't Like Cardboard Cleaning Day...

It was cleaning day and ZoeZoe is never a fan of seeing boxes go. I allow her to keep one every two weeks tho.

u/RetroSwamp — 19 days ago
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Would Iron Lung Have Done as Well as It Did if Markiplier Wasn't Involved?

Now I do know I am late to this movie but I had some time today to rent it on YouTube to finally see it. Now I'm not a Markiplier watcher but I have seen his videos and understand his popularity and fanbase.

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But today I was talking with a fellow horror watcher and they claimed "no one could have pulled it off like Markiplier" which got me thinking...

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Could any other director have done better with this movie? Would it have been better if Markiplier was just the director and not the main actor and vice versa?

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I really loved the Iron Lung game and before I knew about Markiplier taking it into his hand to create I imagined the movie being made via some sort of one off director from A24 or something.

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Overall I enjoyed it but I do believe the movie could have been better in different parts. So I come asking you folks on how you would have gone with the director or cast as well as the plot/story because honestly I feel we got something good but also feel like we missed out on something if that makes sense.

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u/RetroSwamp — 21 days ago

My Weekly ZoeZoe (20) Check in!

We found her missing fishy and she spent the next 20 minutes deep in smell.

u/RetroSwamp — 22 days ago

The Ultimate Mini Split Smart App Confusion...

Howdy folks...

Boy, do I have one for you...

My landlord installed a mini split about a year ago, and it's been awesome. My 1st ever proper AC unit! My landlord showed me the remote and the app for my phone. At the time, I assumed the whole setup was this GREE+ company because that was the APP that was installed, and everything worked. He unfortunately didn't give me a manual tho...

Well, the app updated, and suddenly nothing works with the app. Come to find out, I have like 3 or 4 different brands and model numbers, which has been a very interesting day sorting them out.

So the AC on the wall is a Wabban BB12HQ3D6DI, which seems to be this Wabban YUKON SERIES, but my unit also doesn't have the branding.

The GREE+ APP tho listed my AC as an AC473a and used to be able to be found via the auto search in the app, but not anymore.

When I try the manual add for the GREE+ app, only a c67c473a shows up, but once I try to connect, it fails at 49%.

The remote tho is YAG1FB2F, which I just assume is a generic remote for more than one model.

Finally, I troubleshooted all day with Wi-Fi resetting and so on, with zero luck. So my question is, if a mini split is "Wifi Ready" and the company doesn't offer an app (Wabban doesn't), what do I do for an app?

I currently have it set up via my Switchbot HUB via IR, but under a GREE+ model called KFR-50LW(50551)FNBc-A2, which also adds more confusion, and half the buttons work.

Any help would be awesome.

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u/RetroSwamp — 24 days ago

ZoeZoe (20) And Her "Nest".

This is ZoeZoe spot on my bed. She won't let me wash the blanket because she's always napping on it. And when I do sneak it out for cleaning and have a temp blanket she cries til I give in and bring the other one back.

She loves this flippin thing lol

u/RetroSwamp — 26 days ago
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ASRock POLYCHROME SYNC Colors Never Match.

Sorry about the rough video, but I have been battling this ASRock mobo (B650M-CW) and RGB. I finally got the ASRock to detect the Thermaltake TOUGHRAM XG RGB D5 32 GB, but now the Fan RGB doesn't match the RAM or GPU, which is an ASRock Steel Legend Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card.

OpenRGB and SignalRGB also do not detect the RAM, even when run as admin, and the GPU is never shown as a GPU, just a motherboard and my keyboard. All other LED programs are also disabled both from startup and services.

Is there a chance that the fans could be connected incorrectly via the pins? Or is this just a "quirk" of ASrock stuff?

u/RetroSwamp — 28 days ago

I Lost My Temper With my "Adopted" and Her Dementia.

Made pizza out of anger.

I dated a lady back in my 20s and we dated for 3 years. After the break up, her mom kind of became my mom and a mentor to me.

Hell, she even helped me pay rent after the breakup for a month. Now fast forward 20 years and she's 71 but has recently been diagnosed with short term memory loss and signs of developing dementia.

I adore this lady because she has become the mother figure I never really had but every time I tag along to make sure she's safe I see her getting worse and worse with her short term memory.

She's always mixing days of the week and months, she forgets things I just said minutes later and her grocery lists are becoming harder and harder to read.

What hurts the most is her family don't think it's as bad as it is even tho I am always sharing weekly reports with them.

Today I was stressed out and she always tells the same stories over and over to a point I have them memorized and after her forgetting where we was going I kind of snapped.

I told her that I hear the same stories every damn day and things are getting worse with her symptoms and yet no one cares but myself and I'm tired because I know after all the stuff I have done for her it won't matter because she probably won't even recognize me or remember while her kids dump her off in some seniors home.

I teared up and the rant felt good but I looked at her and she looked crushed and scared. I felt horrible and so sick to my stomach but I'm slowly breaking from it because I am putting my life on pause to make she she's ok and taking care of.

She is also the main driver for herself and her husbands groceries because he lives in a very rural area so when I'm with her I know one of these days we're going to get in an accident.

I'm just defeated and exhausted from caring too much.

u/RetroSwamp — 28 days ago

ZoeZoe (20) Got Some Deck Time This Morning!

She encountered her 1st summer lawnmower of this year.

u/RetroSwamp — 1 month ago

I Have Peaked At 39...

My local pizza place updated their site with a new digital menu and delivery checkout and gave me my own discount code in my name for a deal on my regular order.

I have never won any awards in my life, hell not even a participation ribbon so this feels like getting a Nobel Peace Prize.

I'm shook.

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u/RetroSwamp — 1 month ago