Thread: Random Questions

Sometimes I have a question that doesn't warrant an entire thread. Maybe some of you do as well

My question is about how to better phrase a question lol
I think my cat is pregnant. When I got home this afternoon, I looked under the RV and saw a HUGE dead rabbit. She ate only it's head.
I gave the body to my dog to enjoy because the cat was done with it and I hate seeing critters killed and then "wasted"... but then I saw a perfect bunny ear. It's a little bloody at the end that connected to the head, but it's undamaged.
I then became curious if I could "cure" it and keep it without losing the fur on it.
The only word I know for preserving an animal is "cure" (maybe I have the wrong word?).
When I google it, though, all I find is info on making sick rabbits better.

What is the word I'm looking for?

Another question:
I tried for hours (sadly) earlier today, trying to figure out how to photoshop the picture of my eye. I want to erase everything from the whites of my eyes out, leaving only the iris and pupil.
I couldn't figure it out for the life of me.
Does anyone have any tips for me?

Why do my lungs "hurt" when I've been without a smoke for a day or so? As a smoker, I can take deep breaths without hacking up a lung and rarely have a "smokers cough". But when I go without a smoke, I have both those things. Is it because my lungs are trying to purge the toxins?

Also, are cops ever humored or annoyed when their presence cause drivers to stomp on their brakes whether they're speeding or not lol?

And, why do my armpits feel like their being poked by dozens of needles when I'm *about to* start sweating?

Why does happiness cause my anxiety/panic attacks when I'm not medicated?

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

But when I go without a smoke, I have both those things. Is it because my lungs are trying to purge the toxins?

Yes.
Nicotine paralyzes the cilia that exists in your airways that are supposed to clean out your lungs. They look like wiggly worms.. thousands of them.. and they work like hands. The first one grabs a piece of trash and hands it off to the next one, and there is a chain reaction all the way up. Without nicotine, they begin to work again, and all of the trash starts to come up... not just tar, but dust and dirt and smog and bugs and various hardcore drugs and everything else that you breathe in that is not air.

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

Another question: I tried for hours (sadly) earlier today, trying to figure out how to photoshop the picture of my eye. I want to erase everything from the whites of my eyes out, leaving only the iris and pupil. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me. Does anyone have any tips for me?

Do you mean that you want only your pupil and iris to be set against a blank background? If you have Photoshop, you can use the magnetic lasso tool to select the outer edge of your iris and then erase everything else. If you have more questions, let me know.

Many thanks for the tip! I tried the lasso tool but my hands are so jittery that I never capture the right areas lol

Another random question:
Why is it when I skip meals for a couple of days the skin beneath my cuticles becomes frayed as if by a multitude of papercuts (feels about the same too). I pull the frays off because they get caught on things which hurts the most. As soon as I start eating right, they go away.

1) Try searching 'taxidermy' and 'preserving rabbit ear for keychain'.

2) Magnetic lasso (not the same as the regular lasso selector) or just erase. Use a separate layer for the background, erase to transparency, and color the background whatever you like, or leave it transparent and save as .png. Or just post it and I'll do it for you.

3) Yes, you nailed it.

4) I don't know, try asking at http://forums.officer.com/forums/

5) No idea.

6) Could be a chemical imbalance in your brain, could be due to your medication having caused the former, or it could be something totally out of my area of expertise.

7) Vitamin/mineral deficiency. You should eat better and not go for days without eating. Just taking supplements is no good either, though it will help. Not sure what specific deficiencies that signifies, but lay off the fast food in any event.


Why is my left thumb hurting? It's irritating.

Did you hit it with a hammer or slam it in a door? ... ??? Hope it feels better soon.

Thanks for taking a shot at my many questions

Here's another question.
I'm watching a British show called "Waking the Dead". I'm on the first episode of season 2 and a woman is telling the story of an argument. It *sounds* like she's saying "Rowel" (as in Vowel). "We had a stand-up rowel... the rowel continued..."
What is the word and spelling?
Thanks

no idea, ill have to look that up!

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

Here's another question.
I'm watching a British show called "Waking the Dead". I'm on the first episode of season 2 and a woman is telling the story of an argument. It *sounds* like she's saying "Rowel" (as in Vowel). "We had a stand-up rowel... the rowel continued..."
What is the word and spelling?
Thanks

She's saying, "row." As in a heated argument; quarrel; angry dispute.

Whoa, sloth, when did you come back, man?