Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread December 1st through December 31st 2025

[Dotta]

9 December

December 9 ​

was designated International Anti-Corruption Day by the United Nations in 2003.​

The date commemorates the signing of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.​

The Convention is one of the most important international documents with universal scope.​

 

[killarney rose]

The sun has returned to LA(Lower Alabama) I’m sure happy to see it after more than a week of gloomy,gray skies. We are going to spend the afternoon putting our Christmas tree up and putting some decorations out. Will be happy for that chore to be completed.

 

[Gators North]

Oops, posted on the wrong thread.

Good morning!

Good morning to you too! It’s so cold here that I think what’s left of my brain might be frozen!

ETA: I’m in NW NJ, now known as the Frozen Tundra.

 

[killarney rose]

It’s been wintry cold for us since Thanksgiving. I know it’s not the same as your cold. Stay warm!

 

[Dotta]

Good morning to you too! It’s so cold here that I think what’s left of my brain might be frozen!

ETA: I’m in NW NJ, now known as the Frozen Tundra.

Oh Dear Friend!!!

How to prepare a drink that will warm you up on this cold day?
It's simple -
pour 200 ml of boiling water over your favorite tea
and add 50 ml of strong alcohol.
Polish Vodka
or rum will work perfectly in your case.

Warm hugs

 

[Dotta]

Wow!
How interesting!

Social Media ban for under 16s in Australia

"Aussie teens have left the chat:

World first social media ban for under 16s
goes into effect as it wipes out more than 1.5million accounts
- here's what it means for
YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and more."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1998418667470487947

 

[Gators North]

It’s been wintry cold for us since Thanksgiving. I know it’s not the same as your cold. Stay warm!

You too! Have you had snow yet? We had a little last week, but a little more is coming tonight.

 

[Gators North]

Oh Dear Friend!!!

How to prepare a drink that will warm you up on this cold day?
It's simple -
pour 200 ml of boiling water over your favorite tea
and add 50 ml of strong alcohol.
Polish Vodka
or rum will work perfectly in your case.

Warm hugs

That sounds wonderful!

 

[killarney rose]

You too! Have you had snow yet? We had a little last week, but a little more is coming tonight.

Oh I hope we don’t. We are about 20 miles north of Florida. It doesn’t snow often here. Last winter was the exception and the had a good foot of snow and the roads were iced in for a week. The whole area was shut down because we don’t have the equipment to deal with icy roads here.

 

[borndem]

You too! Have you had snow yet? We had a little last week, but a little more is coming tonight.

Here in central Raleigh, NC, we got our first itty bit of snow. We'll get more, of course, but hoping for just a little bit...
Stay warm, and hope for an early spring.

 

[Tricia]

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10TH 2025

Good morning everyone.
I promise I will be around more starting today. Just trying to get caught up on my work projects.
Keep up the great posts.
Today in 1932 the great Emu war ended.
This is the craziest story

Emu War - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I think this is a pregnant opossum. It looks like a blob of fur. But i love 'em.

 

[iamshadow21]

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10TH 2025

Good morning everyone.
I promise I will be around more starting today. Just trying to get caught up on my work projects.
Keep up the great posts.
Today in 1932 the great Emu war ended.
This is the craziest story

Emu War - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I think this is a pregnant opossum. It looks like a blob of fur. But i love 'em.
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The best thing about the Emu War is that we lost. To giant, flightless birds with tiny brains.

 

[Dotta]

December 10 is a special date.

International Human Rights Day

It reminds us of fundamental values such as

Freedom, Equality, and Respect for all.

Established by the United Nations General Assembly,
this Day is associated with the anniversary of the adoption of
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
on 10 December 1948.

The document is a set of fundamental rights and freedoms
that are entitled to every person,
regardless of
their origin, race, gender, nationality, religion, beliefs, or social status.

 

[Dotta]

Music unites people...

Somewhere in Paris...

"Go where you hear singing.
People who have good hearts live there."

 

[Tricia]

I NEED HELP NOW PLEASE

Someone convince me this calico is not pregnant. I finally got a local charity to agree to help trap and spay/neuter these cats. They said they’d call me back with traps and instructions… and now it’s radio silence.

I don’t blame them — rescues are drowning right now — but I’m scared I’m running out of time. If you know the signs, if you’ve been through this, or if you have advice on what I should do next, please jump in. I’m all ears.
Please, anything you can offer. I have tried calling everyone. I live in the Dallas area.
You gave me great ideas once before, but now I am afraid she is pregnant. If she is pregnant, any ideas on how I can help her would be appreciated.
They have a heating pad in that box. They won't go into the cat house with a heating pad I have for them. Just the flipping box it came in.

 

[Tricia]

The best thing about the Emu War is that we lost. To giant, flightless birds with tiny brains.

This story is the best story. I hope you all will read up on the great Emu war, where, like @iamshadow21 said, humans lost out to giant flightless birds with tiny brains. LOL
The Emu War was a bizarre 1932 Australian military operation in Western Australia where soldiers armed with machine guns were deployed to cull around 20,000 destructive emus that were ruining crops, but the operation failed spectacularly as the fast, resilient birds proved impossible to target effectively, leading the military to withdraw in defeat and the event becoming a famous symbol of human overreach against nature.

 

[Gators North]

I NEED HELP NOW PLEASE

Someone convince me this calico is not pregnant. I finally got a local charity to agree to help trap and spay/neuter these cats. They said they’d call me back with traps and instructions… and now it’s radio silence.

I don’t blame them — rescues are drowning right now — but I’m scared I’m running out of time. If you know the signs, if you’ve been through this, or if you have advice on what I should do next, please jump in. I’m all ears.
Please, anything you can offer. I have tried calling everyone. I live in the Dallas area.
You gave me great ideas once before, but now I am afraid she is pregnant. If she is pregnant, any ideas on how I can help her would be appreciated.
They have a heating pad in that box. They won't go into the cat house with a heating pad I have for them. Just the flipping box it came in.




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I can’t tell @Tricia. When she stands, is she bulging a little on each side? ETA: I reached out to some friends in the rescue business up here, but it’s a long shot.

 

[sassyblue]

I NEED HELP NOW PLEASE

Someone convince me this calico is not pregnant. I finally got a local charity to agree to help trap and spay/neuter these cats. They said they’d call me back with traps and instructions… and now it’s radio silence.

I don’t blame them — rescues are drowning right now — but I’m scared I’m running out of time. If you know the signs, if you’ve been through this, or if you have advice on what I should do next, please jump in. I’m all ears.
Please, anything you can offer. I have tried calling everyone. I live in the Dallas area.
You gave me great ideas once before, but now I am afraid she is pregnant. If she is pregnant, any ideas on how I can help her would be appreciated.
They have a heating pad in that box. They won't go into the cat house with a heating pad I have for them. Just the flipping box it came in.




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It's hard to tell with the way she is laying. How old are the kittens...if you know...

I had a feral mom that was still nursing 2 month old kittens and was already pregnant again. I didn't realize she was until I found the new ones abandoned in the hay barn. I bottle fed the only abandoned survivor and he's my very precious baby now...even though he's 13 years old.

I bought a trap and got them all neutered and spayed. I will buy you a trap Tricia and send it to you...they are easy to trap using hot dogs as bait. But you will need to get arrangements made for spay and neutering.

 

[killarney rose]

I can’t tell by the photo either. I sure hate that you are trying to reach out for help in your area and aren’t getting a response.

 

[Gators North]

Agree about the TNR. My friend said that’s the best option. Wish I could do more.