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fandomsecrets2018-01-04 05:55 pm
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[ SECRET POST #4019 ]
⌈ Secret Post #4019 ⌋
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Re: Should I buy a zoo pass or new boots?
(Anonymous) 2018-01-05 03:06 am (UTC)(link)* warm boots that cost way less than $300 because that's insane
* fleece lined slippers that you could wear while at the desk (I recommend fleece lined Dearfoam's for men regardless of your gender, something that resembles a shoe rather than a slip on for maximum warmth)
* in thick wool blend socks
* a small space heater that can be discreetly tucked under the desk, like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Vornado-VH202-Personal-Space-Heater/dp/B00VXEJ6PC
... and then get the zoo pass with the money I saved from not buying $300 dollar boots.
Re: Should I buy a zoo pass or new boots?
(out of curiosity, where in Calif do you live?)
Re: Should I buy a zoo pass or new boots?
(Anonymous) 2018-01-05 04:28 am (UTC)(link)Re: Should I buy a zoo pass or new boots?
Re: Should I buy a zoo pass or new boots?
(Anonymous) 2018-01-05 05:43 am (UTC)(link)If you ever go, try to go when they have extended hours (in December and all summer) so you can see the animals that wake up at twilight. Most of the big cats just lie around all day, and the flying foxes hang around like old burritos, but when it starts to get dark, they wake up. It's awesome.
The pandas never seemed worth it to me unless you've never seen one in person, they're cute, but the line is insane. The maned wolf is cool, if shy and stinky (they smell like skunks and look like foxes on stilts.) The last time I went the big old komodo dragon had been replaced by a youngster; I don't know if the big guy died or what, but the reptile house is fun anyway. And it's been a couple years, maybe she's grown.
The snow leopard exhibit is really cool, but people occasionally get sprayed with big cat urine because the leopards have walkways over the pathway through it. And the lion exhibit has a sign warning people that the male lion will spray, but I've luckily never seen it happen.
There are California condors by the elephants, which was really amazing to see when the exhibit first opened, there were as many California condors in that one enclosure as existed in the whole world when I was a kid, although there's fewer now because I think they were releasing them into the wild, There's a combined monkey and otter exhibit where between the two species there's always something funny going on; I used to stop and eat lunch there and watch them. And they redid the tiger exhibit so it's easier to see the tigers. I used to bring a book and read in the walk-through avaries, just wear a hat or watch out for poop, especially if you're under a tree.
Re: Should I buy a zoo pass or new boots?
(Anonymous) 2018-01-05 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)All I remember was touching an echidna, though.
Re: Should I buy a zoo pass or new boots?
(Anonymous) 2018-01-05 04:15 am (UTC)(link)I've never found cheap boots or shoes that weren't torture devices; I mostly buy midrange leather sandals from Clarks and similar brands on sale to avoid limping and blood blisters, and wear them until they disintegrate. I wish I could get away with thick wooly socks with sandals, but I think that might be pushing it, dress code wise.
I tried getting my midrange Bear Paw boots fixed once, but apparently it would be cheaper to buy a new pair, and they retailed for $120ish and I paid half that. I'm really, really hard on my shoes since I walk a lot. My Bear Paw boots had clunky 4 inch heels with heavy duty tread, and not only did I walk the tread off, I walked half the heels off. That's my benchmark for replacing shoes--if something snaps, or if I walk the heels down more than an inch or until I can see inside the heels if they're hollow. Breaking in new shoes tends to break me--and my skin--so I avoid it as long as possible.
My boss has a spece heater in her office, which works because it's a small room and the AC vent in there doesn't pull air from the frigid depths of interstellar space like the one behind our front desk, which faces our huge, high ceilinged lobby and opens out onto the rest of the building. The heating vents are in the public area, but the AC vents for the public area are directly behind the front staff desk and blow frigid air directly down on my workstation.
Apparently a former employee once taped cardboard over the AC vents with the boss's blessing, but the higher ups made her stop. Space heaters have also been tried, but without something to trap the hot air under the desk, it's like lighting a tea candle in an arctic windstorm. One of my coworkers has been making noise about contacting OSHA.
I don't get paid for another week, if no expensive emergencies spring up between now and then, I'll decide then. If I do buy the boots, I can wait two weeks and get the zoo pass, or vice versa. At least I could wear the boots to walk at the zoo, unlike, say, Uggs, which are just as expensive while being useless for walking any place more demanding than from the bedroom to the bathroom.