Natureboy

Mine would be the snake so I’ll simply eat yours

I'd rather say I have none than say mine is a toad so thanks

The domain name was sold at auction.  If you only wanted the "good guys" to bid, it would have had to be a private sale.

Wonder what desert tastes like :^)

Many North and South American deserts have flats dominated by the genus Larrea.  The tarry smell provides a common name "creosote bush". 

"If I complimented your body, would you hold it against me?"   (a 1970s approach to sexual harassment)

Either of yes or a no gives permission for the compliment.

I'm a fan.

I believe the mandatory junior high response is "Well blow me!"  (Only really works in hot weather.) 

(Yes lewd. Sorry.) Back the dark ages when I was in junior high, sexual harassment of males by other males was endemic. Someone saying, "I'm a fan." would be just too easy. Also helped that most people in my county didn't yet have central air conditioning, so everybody had played with electric fans while growing up.

I used to be a fan now im a windmill

Grind it out baby!

Ouff.  I made it here.  The links on my notifs didn't work (obviously) because they pointed to the old site.

Guess now I'm a Votato. (No more blowing out candles saying what I am.)

Was following Am*zon "recommended for you" and "other people who liked this bought" type links.  After a series of SF/fantasy hybrid books, I've wandered into paranormal romance and LitRPG.  Now the main character in the book I've been reading is working his way up to banging an underage dark elf (like 17 but not adult for an elf). Ewwww.

Post edit just now didn't work. Not sure why.  Too lazy/tired to isolate the symptoms right now.

tbh I thought they put houses on stilts so they can later move them on them moving-your-whole-house-in-one-piece trucks

In places with shrink-swell clays, especially in the south, a common foundation type is "bridge and pier".  Instead of a continuous stone foundation, the house sits on a set of horizontal beams. The beams sit on vertical masonry piers.  If the ground shifts or settles, you can jack up the house at the low pier and insert spacers to level it out.

Although you've seen exposed versions depicted in poor rural settings, in cities and nicer neighborhoods the outer wall treatment is usually continued down to near ground level (with some rectangular vent holes).  That makes an enclosed crawlspace between the ground and the floor joists.

And yes, bridge and pier houses are a whole lot easier to move than houses with a solid rock, block or concrete foundation.

So it's basically an empty space between the floor of the ground floor and the basement ceiling?

But what under-floor utilities does a house have if you have no basement? Idgi

No.  It's between the ground floor and the bare earth beneath.  Utilities there include some electrical (especially in houses old enough to be wired after construction), water pipes (in milder climates), drain pipes, and ductwork for heating/cooling.

Although some houses have a "full basement", most American houses with basements have sections of the house without basement underneath. Those usually have instead a "crawl space" for access to under-floor utilities.  For example, my mom's old place--built in the 1870s--has a basement under the 2-story main house, but just a crawl space under the 1-story kitchen wing on the back side.

Crawl spaces are notorious for critters getting in. Because you don't routinely visit them, you don't see holes develop, etc. in the walls/vents of the crawl space and patch them like you would in the basement. Crawl spaces are usually vented, because if you don't moisture collects and makes the floor above rot. They're also a pain to insulate because of the technical skill needed for moisture management.

And here I thought my oats post would be my last NB-splaining post on Batototototototo.

Oats can grow in colder climates than wheat or barley, so sort of a northern European thing. (Don't need hot summer weather for the grain to mature.)

Rolled oats are flatted between steel rollers to make them cook faster.  They plump up some when cooking and make a relatively textured hot cereal.  Steel cut oats (or older milled oats) have the grain broken into little bits. That makes them better for making an oat porridge. Cooking time for either one is ~20-30 min. in slowly boiling water.

Most people cook oats in boiling water because it's too much of hassle to keep milk from scalding for that long. You have to add them to the boiling water slowly and stir frequently to keep the rolled kind from forming unappetizing lumps (a bane of children forced to eat oatmeal for breakfast).

Cooked oat cereal/porridge is often topped with butter and milk or with cream.  Brown sugar is also popular. 

Then there are dozens of kinds of "instant oatmeal" that just require adding boiling water. They rarely achieve the creamy texture of slow-cooked oats but do come pre-flavored with various combos. of apple, brown sugar, etc.

There's even an annual competition for the best oat porridge: http://www.goldenspurtle.com/

Oh thanks!  The winter sun was a bit strong.  *throws a snowball at 272b*

Thank you for answer.

So, they clog up the bandwith, and steal content on massive scale? Why do they do it?

There was a lot of discussion of this when Batoto went from a 'guest' mode to requiring signups.  The bots were consuming ~half the bandwidth and taxing the servers. The resources to support bots were still growing. Grumpy had tried a number of simple work-arounds already. Here's the most important thread if you care to read more: https://vatoto.com/forums/topic/23683-batoto-becoming-registered-only/

As for why, short answer is money.  Those sites scrape content uploaded to Batoto, compress it, serve it with lots of ads, and use search engine optimization tricks to get you to read popular series there instead of here. Not having to worry much about quality or direct interactions with scanlators, plus tons more readers make them profitable. 

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Goldie bird so mean.  Let the panda boy have his petty triumph.