birdandbear

Have you ever seen Fringe (sci-fi show)?

There's a typewriter repair shop that's featured several times in the early seasons, along with an old typewriter with an offset Y.

Watching that show, I always wondered if such shops still existed. And I'll never forget the carriage return sound from all those Jr. High reports.

I'm weirdly glad you do what you do!

Edit: Shit. Apologies ravenlily, responded to the wrong post, because phone... :)

Hi Devin! Thanks for doing this, I actually have a burning question!

Last week we adopted a six month old husky mix. She was so sweet, loved our other dog, perfect in every way, except she had an appetite for cats. After doing a little research, with much shame and regret, we decided it would be best to return her for their safety. We took her back, adopted a different pup and this one is wonderful with them.

But I can't stop thinking about poor Bella. Hopefully she has a note on her file now saying "don't mix with cats," but...does that hurt her chances for readoption? We gave her glowing reviews on all other behavior, but I worry this one strike will count against her. She's such a good dog, she deserves a home. With no cats.

On a related note, should I be disappointed in the shelter staff for equivocating when asked about the cat situation? No less than five people assured us that all dogs are different and it would probably be fine. One quick Google proves this not to be true. Should they have known better?

Edit: Puppy tax

Others have mentioned The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant so I'll try to be brief.

The novels were written before the cure was found. Covenant lost two fingers to the disease before they caught it, and is obsessive about his management. His whole life is built around avoiding small injuries that, if unfelt, could cause further damage. He performs a Visual Surveillance of Extremities (VSE) multiple times a day, and thinks a lot about how nerves don't regerate.

Has there been any progress on nerve repair? Is this type of vigilance still necessary for those with advanced loss-of-feeling?

Edit: I a word

Awesome, thank you so much for allaying my conscience!