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With no humping, no camels, and no whales. But that's how it usually goes. The machine I was updating yesterday made it to the end and has been installed now, so that's done. My simulated zoo does have camels, but no whales so far. In fact, it has now acquired lions, tigers, elephants, and rhinos. The red pandas, however, are not cooperating. I need them to produce an offspring or two, but they just keep eating their bamboo shoots and staring at me. I'm at a point where the only way to the next level is by breeding another two or three endangered species. It's all set up, but will take an indeterminate amount of time. Meanwhile, things just keep ticking over and the excess income goes into the bank. They should have investment options. ;p It occurs to me that the zookeepers and groundskeepers probably should have a pay increase due by now, and that hasn't been brought up. The price of vacant land adjacent to the zoo has risen tenfold, from $500 an acre to $5000 an acre. I'm sure it will keep going up. Part of that must represent a rising cost of living and/or inflation, which means the zoo staff should be rioting for more pay by now. $60 a day for selling hot dogs or souvenirs isn't bad at first, but it can't stay that level forever. I need to check and see if there are inflationary changes in the price of the various animals' feed. I'll bet not, but there should be.
Listened to Kyell and K.M. some more, and I'm really leaning toward a New England but not Boston influence on Kyell's speech patterns. It seems so unlikely, but that's what I'm hearing. Unless he deliberately adopted some Maine/Vermont mannerisms at some point, I have to conclude that he lived in that area early in life. It's especially prominent in words like "ears" and "hear" and the way he almost always drops the "g" and the end of "-ing" words so they end in "in'". That last can also be heard in other places, but with a somewhat different intonation. I usually trust my ears, but this is so unexpected I almost hesitate to say it.
Gary's got a sore throat and cold now, so he may not go in to Chicago tomorrow. If he'll rest, that's probably OK. I only work a half day on Thursday, so I can still do the chores and stuff as I normally do that day.
Listening to those podcasts is making me want to write, but I need to finish fiber things now in time for show deadlines. The nållbinding scarf must be finished by a week from Saturday. Two partially finished weaving projects need to be done by the 27th or so.
Listened to Kyell and K.M. some more, and I'm really leaning toward a New England but not Boston influence on Kyell's speech patterns. It seems so unlikely, but that's what I'm hearing. Unless he deliberately adopted some Maine/Vermont mannerisms at some point, I have to conclude that he lived in that area early in life. It's especially prominent in words like "ears" and "hear" and the way he almost always drops the "g" and the end of "-ing" words so they end in "in'". That last can also be heard in other places, but with a somewhat different intonation. I usually trust my ears, but this is so unexpected I almost hesitate to say it.
Gary's got a sore throat and cold now, so he may not go in to Chicago tomorrow. If he'll rest, that's probably OK. I only work a half day on Thursday, so I can still do the chores and stuff as I normally do that day.
Listening to those podcasts is making me want to write, but I need to finish fiber things now in time for show deadlines. The nållbinding scarf must be finished by a week from Saturday. Two partially finished weaving projects need to be done by the 27th or so.
