Being well over 50, I feel justified in this tirade. The kids' friends range in age from 20 to 25. None of them are disabled. None of them are obese. Some of them even participate in competitive sports.
And yet over half of them cannot manage to step over our 24" kitten barrier. (OK, they sell it as a small dog enclosure, but I'm sure it was intended for kittens.)
Admittedly, I keep myself in shape. But I've never had an issue. GothBard had a shoelace catch *once*. Impus Major moves past it as if it doesn't exist. Impus Minor finds it annoying, but has no trouble.
How can so many 20-25-year-olds be so incapable of getting past a simple 24" barrier that they constantly knock is over, get tangled up in it, or otherwise can't manage a remarkably simple physical agility test?
Are you complaining that it's actually working? :D
Ok, ok, I actually know that 24 inches is two feet.
I am pretty sure that its around the threshold of something that I could reliably pass over, depending on its thickness, and the stretchiness of my pants (I just tested and I was able to step over a kitchen stool in my pajamas, but my joints were crackling a lot).
And no, it's not even my age that's the source of the problem. I always had issues with such movement, especially anything that required flexibility or coordinated movement of multiple body parts.
Looks almost identical to this except mine doesn't have the spikes sticking up. I mean, WTF? If the thing had spikes like that I wouldn't blame anyone for having trouble. But no, it's that pen without the stuff sticking up; the top is 100% flat.
And the eternal joy of co-workers not understanding that resources cost money and you can't just go around handing them to people outside of the department.
We fought tooth-and-nails for multiple years to get two dev instances for our division. Two instances shared by around 50 people, and it's all we have, and it's in our budget.
And yet again, someone in our division this morning. "Hey, this person wants to record a demo and they can't access our instances. Can you please grant them access?"
No. No, I won't. Ever. Go away.
Being well over 50, I feel justified in this tirade. The kids' friends range in age from 20 to 25. None of them are disabled. None of them are obese. Some of them even participate in competitive sports.
And yet over half of them cannot manage to step over our 24" kitten barrier. (OK, they sell it as a small dog enclosure, but I'm sure it was intended for kittens.)
Admittedly, I keep myself in shape. But I've never had an issue. GothBard had a shoelace catch *once*. Impus Major moves past it as if it doesn't exist. Impus Minor finds it annoying, but has no trouble.
How can so many 20-25-year-olds be so incapable of getting past a simple 24" barrier that they constantly knock is over, get tangled up in it, or otherwise can't manage a remarkably simple physical agility test?
As a person under 5', 24" is a considerable portion of my leg - we're well into the thigh -, which makes leveraging that step very difficult. I don't know what their height situation is, but that's my excuse.
As a person under 5', 24" is a considerable portion of my leg - we're well into the thigh -, which makes leveraging that step very difficult. I don't know what their height situation is, but that's my excuse.Being well over 50, I feel justified in this tirade. The kids' friends range in age from 20 to 25. None of them are disabled. None of them are obese. Some of them even participate in competitive sports.
And yet over half of them cannot manage to step over our 24" kitten barrier. (OK, they sell it as a small dog enclosure, but I'm sure it was intended for kittens.)
Admittedly, I keep myself in shape. But I've never had an issue. GothBard had a shoelace catch *once*. Impus Major moves past it as if it doesn't exist. Impus Minor finds it annoying, but has no trouble.
How can so many 20-25-year-olds be so incapable of getting past a simple 24" barrier that they constantly knock is over, get tangled up in it, or otherwise can't manage a remarkably simple physical agility test?
Fair try, but they're all taller than I am. And my 50+-year-old housekeeper is shorter than I am at maybe 5'2" and she has no trouble with it, either, even carrying a vacuum cleaner.
Yeah, got nothin' then. I just know my marshmallow physique would struggle.
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OK, that's pretty fricking adorable. Wish I could claim any credit for it whatsoever.
Old Neighbors have a labradoodle rescue. Apparently she has serious anxiety issues, especially around other animals. Unbeknownst to any of us, Fluffy (Lenore) has been going up to the fence, touching noses with her, and calming her down. And the other kittens have followed suit. And now the kittens are the only animals the labradoodle fundamentally trusts.
Neighbor: "I wish the trainer we're bringing in was as good with her as your kittens."
(The labradoodle also stopped barking at us, but started barking at one of the kids' friends who visited. Apparently, we're "with the kittens".)
Yeah, got nothin' then. I just know my marshmallow physique would struggle.
...I want smores now.