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Good Morning, Catfolk and Animal Lovers! I hope everyone found they had much to be thankful for last week. My thankfulness is deep, and I love having a day to ponder it.
I support “buy nothing” day every year, but my (used) laptop died a couple of weeks ago, and my desktop computer is more than 10 years old. It is barely creaking along, and I finally gave in and ordered a new computer on-line, because of the sale price, but still waaaay beyond what I can consider “buy nothing” for this year.
I told Margaret I had a cat story this week, and she said she could use a break, so here is my cat tale. I feed the ferals around the block from my house three nights every week. This week, after feeding one night, I saw the neighbors gathered around, and one of the cats was up a tree. Apparently she had already been there overnight, and it was getting dusk, and cold. They got a ladder out, leaned it against the tree, and the cat climbed higher. I went back to where the cats are fed, and I got a dish with food, climbed up the ladder and set it in a crook hoping she would be hungry enough to brave the downhill climb of terror, but it was not quite enough. So I went back to my house, got a can of wet food, added to the container and held it in my hand as high as I could reach. She was too frightened.
The neighbors left me with the ladder. I climbed up again, and she came down enough to put her front paws on my hand to try to eat, but I knew she was not going to come down, and I could not stand it if she had to be up there another night. However, it did occur to me that if she was using my hand as a kind of platform, maybe if I could get some kind of a platform, she would get on that and I could lower her down. So I went back to my house thinking of a low box that my cats sleep in on the porch, but I also have a metal garbage can with a big round lid, so I got that and went back to the ladder, put the food in the lid, and climbed up again. This time, she was motivated to eat, it was just about dark, and she climbed right onto the lid and began to eat ravenously. I was able to steady the lid against the tree and slide it down until it was low enough for her to jump down. It was wonderful! She was spayed at the same time as Adorable Boy. You can see that he is totally adorable.
Also this week, my neighbor took her car to a new place, and I was her ride home. When I got to the garage, she was installed next to a big cage with a fantastic white parrot inside. We had to take grapes and fruit when we went back for the car at the end of the day. It is not possible to not be in love with a garage that has a parrot, love birds, parakeets, cats and a dog. I think maybe there were some other birds that I am forgetting, but they also did a good job for less money, so woo hoo!
I know I should have some lol cats, but maybe you can add them to the comments.
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Cripes, my computer is so bad, and even though I really did not buy nothing, I freaking need a new one. I almost had to make this a fuck thread, and I think that is unprecedented for Cat Day. Sorry.
Woohoo! Great cat story and congratulations and thanks are in order for your heroic effort. Neko and I had a quiet Thanksgiving and she and I slept the afternoon away on the sofa together. I feel you about not spending money. I just spent 500 bucks that I couldn’t afford getting all of my engine fluids changes and a new timing belt. better than 500 now than a few grand on a new engine later though!
Thanks, bgrothus, so glad you got her down from the tree. My garage has a cat, Lucy, she always needs petting when she knows you.
Hai Margaret, yeah, sooner than sorry later on the car. . .I think you are the 3rd person I know this week that had to spend that kind of money on the car.
In about a week, I should have the new computer, and I am sure it will be worth it. The aggravation of using this old thing is about beyond my capacity to cope. Soooo frustrating.
Yesterday my sister called first thing in hysterics over a fire she started on her stove. She turned on the wrong burner, has covers over the ones she does not use and had her blender on top of one of the covers. . .not pretty. It really shook her up, but no major harm done.
Nice to see you, Ruth. The kitty actually let me pet her. I don’t think she is totally feral, maybe she had a home before. But she was in a bad situation, and there was no way I was going to leave her up there. I knew I could not grab her, so I had to find the non-invasive method. I would have called the fire department if I was not successful, I think.
Great story about your persistence; stubborn cat, of course, but could see your kind nature. Good for you both….And Adorable, is, well, adorable. Thanks for letting us admire.
Oh, I am in Love with AB. He is quite the talker, and he keeps a steady stream of it going when I am there. I made the mistake of grabbing him one night, and he has not forgotten me for that. But we will be friends one day, I believe.
Hi bgrothus,
I’m glad you got safely down from the tree along with the cat.
The overnight weather changed our view from field of green to carpet of white and Mcat does not like walking in the snow. She insisted on going out though and stayed for the most part on the stone walk/driveway where I had swept it almost clean. A tenuous step, a quick shake of the paw and repeated until she did a very slow circle around and back to the porch, lol, snoring on her chair at the moment.
Hi, non-q. I don’t miss the chilly WI winters. I never quite got over all the WI natives eating ice cream on State St. in the freezing cold. I always thought that was pushing the Dairy State one step too far.
I would vote with my back side too and join Mcat in the big chair by the fire. My cats go out but don’t stay out long when it is cold. We are still having some beautiful, warm days. I should be out raking leaves in my yard.
Yep. There are very few things as frustrating as a balky computer.
I now have three parallel scratches on the back of my right hand. Kuroneko did NOT want to be picked up!
Ouch, sorry about that.
There was no way I would have tried to grab Miss Kitty in the tree. I figured I would end up on the ground with broken bones (and a lot of scratches), she would end up in a very bad way, and no one would be better for my efforts.
My cats are all too fast and won’t be picked up at all. Except for Lucy and (sometimes) The White Cat, I couldn’t get near enough to touch them much less pick them up. So I guess I am lucky that I pretty much can’t get scratched.
I am wondering if I vaguely recall you mentioning a WI connection. I attended college near Milwaukee, but only for a year. Ceramics 101 and circus juggling 101.
I am just beginning with the second year of a new laptop which was required to run the newest version of my CAD and illustration software, part of my self-employment. I resigned myself to the inevitable upgrade scheme, when I got my first PC in 1986. 10 years on the first laptop, 3 years and counting on a very decent $200 used desktop and this one, necessary to have for the occasional client, house-call presentation.
I graduated from UW Madison. I still have WI “family” and visit them on occasion. They were all hard core for/in with the Capitol Protesters. It was a heady time. So I am with you on your efforts against SW. Whatever makes a difference.
I’ll have to loan you M sometime, she could not get enough lap time if it were available 24/7. Just hauled her out to the garage for a little grooming on a carpet covered workbench. A quick clip and vac and back in for a small scoop of wet food. She will tolerate me doing all four paws quickly and then she’s had enough, gets real wiggly if I try to clip the dew claws in the same sitting.
Sometimes Kuroneko will tolerate being picked up but usually it’s she who decides when it’s snuggly time.
For my troubles.
Great kitty story. Glad the little girl finally made it down the tree. Abner went up a tree once but thought better of it before he got too high.
tweeted and recommended bg
I am typing this around Dan’l. He has his hind legs in my lap and his front legs and upper body are sitting on the wooden TV tray that I have the laptop on. He seems to have adopted this position the last few weeks.
Margaret, my previous companion was not socialized as a kitten and hated to be picked up. She would come and sleep in my lap or next to me but it was always here choice and not mine. That is how I knew something was wrong with her at the end as I picked her up off the kitchen counter and she didn’t fight me
Yes, snuggly time for me is whenever someone decides that Mom makes a nice perch, if only her head is outside the covers on the bed. Also, I can get a little “love” if I keep (shhhh) “treats” somewhere in the vicinity of the bed. I can have alla cats on the bed, but no cuddling is allowed, except for Lucy, who tolerates it. Little will allow petting, but again, only if I am mostly covered and laying down. Sitting up is too threatening.
Isn’t it odd how long that stays with them? Kuroneko spent the first twelve weeks of her life or so as a feral and even over five and a half years later, she still isn’t very socialized. Guess some things have to start way early.
Yep. I think Cissy got LS when she was about 3 months old. At the time, if I came up and pet sat for her (she had LS and an Alaskan Malamute), I would come up on Wednesday and it would be Saturday before LS would come out to even visit. Cissy had LS for 4 1/2 years then gave her to me for another 13 1/2 years and it always shocked me the occasional times she warmed up to visitors in the first few minutes because she was usually hiding. And she hated being picked up until the end
Neko is on my shoulder purring loudly right now but that’s because she chose to be. If I tried to put her there, I would be bleeding copiously about now.
Looking so forward to hearing of your adventure and return with Nagi!
Thanks for posting and hosting, bgrothus, the clouds have thinned, the places I swept the snow off are now dry, going out for a brief walk.
You are too sweet, Suz! You know I will be back at lln after the new computer comes.
I’m so excited about meeting Nagi. I’m dreading the flight for him, though. The dimensions of the airplane carrier are soooo tiny. Still, it’s better than riding in the cargo hold!
My longest cat, Cheubichan, was like that, even though I had her from a baby. Little Momma used to say that I had that cat for 20 years, and she (LM) never saw her. She used to hide inside the box springs. I had a furnished apartment, and the landlord came one day with a new bed, without giving any notice. Poor Cheubi was inside the box springs and ran away from the porch when they put it outside. It took me into the night to find her, terrified. She was not really an outdoor cat. I don’t remember if she ever left the house after that.
It will be snuggly and comfy inside. I do think they like some dark places to hide, and you will be right there. I predict a happy ending, though the change will be hard for him at first.
Yep. LS was a hider and if the front door opened, she went the opposite direction.
She would be at the door when she heard me come up the stairs or on the porch but she would be poised to take off if it wasn’t me.
OTOH, Dan’l has to be kept away from the door as he likes to sneak out and explore
Just stopped by quickly to recommend. Always try to read comments at night (if energy enough) or during the week.
Indeed, my +10-year-old ‘puter (running obsolete linux) is on its way out and probably won’t be replaced. Can maybe piggy-back on Mom’s pc for financial stuff, although hate to because it runs windows. Heck, internet connection will probably go when Mom no longer needs it to keep in touch with family, friends–just gotten too expensive, like everything else.
Glad everyone’s furry families are all well this week, and particularly glad about happy ending to feral’s tree exile.
Oh no. Kisses on the boo-boos. Outside of the time I stepped on Picky and he bit me good, I don’t get many of those. Brindle, on the other hand, is just a big goofy goggie (SD’s term) with very large canine (get it?) teeth and sometimes I allow him to get to rough when we’re playing. Never breaks the skin, but with my oldage epidermis, usually have a couple bruises on me. Goes with the job, eh?
My SIL says she LOVES her netbook, and it was less than $300. My brother says he worries (he is a Worrier. For. Sure.) about losing his hard drive, and I guess laptops and such are notorious for that. That’s what happened to mine, lost the HD. I am not very smart about computers, but I have always been a Mac user, and even though I accused my SIL of trying to lure me to the Microsoft/crack, I caved and got Apple again. I did use my used laptop for almost 3 years, but I finally decided the upgrade had to happen. Both my SIL and brother are heavy users for their work, so I do understand the need for certain saving of data and such. I really feel like I can’t live without my computer even though I am not depending on it 100% for my work.
demi, good to see you! Thanks for stopping in. Dogs have some advantages. . .Always! Glad! to see the hoomans for one thing.
The cat-owned hoomans can be so pathetic, even cats probably agree on this.
You want me to tell you the truth of what I think about cats?
Most of them are adorable as kittens, but many of them become real snobs as adults.
There. I’ve said it.
Ha. Earlier the dog was being a begging, spoiled brat, and as I came out of the kitchen with a few bisquits, I heard my husband say, Boy, if looks could kill. He was referring to the look the (also spoiled) cat gave the dog. He’s so ashamed of being the other fourlegged in this household. Poor Picky.
This video was making the FB rounds this week. I guess we see who the smart one is, not all cats are the Boss.
Dude! That’s hysterical. Talk about Cat Hurding. Dog did good. And, it didn’t matter that I couldn’t exactly understand the narrator. I got it. Good Dog.
Here’s another one, dog and pool.
Also, very awesome. Our side yard is on a fairly harsh angle and Brindleboy, when he was a toddler, crazy, eating furniture, books and yes, shoes, he had a route up, over, over and back down that we called his roller coaster.
I just showed Sonny that video and he smiled Big.
Awesome Fun.
Apparently the pool area was always wet, and the hoomans thought the neighbor children were using the pool while no one was home, so they set up a camera and caught the dog having a blast.
bgrothus, thanks for doing this. I don’t have any special cat stories, but I did go to the anti-bear-hunt rally yesterday. I have to get on the phone to the gov to register my opposition to the hunt.
I should mention the cat that lives (lived? I haven’t seen him in a while) across the street. He would climb trees in his yard up maybe 30 or 40 feet. If you were nearby you could hear a crashing through the branches and a loud THUMP when he hit the ground. The owner said that was always how he got down when he climbed a tree.
Did you check back on the Glenn-TX thread…how absurd some of the comments,imho.
Absurd is the kindest word I have for some of those.
I stay away from that stuff, not worth the aggravation. However, it did occur to me that Twain was on the right track. They would prolly run the thing aground, then we’d have to find someone to bail ‘em out and rescue ‘em. The disaster might be fun to watch, but the moaning and crying for help would be all irritating, and we’d have to save their asses just to get some peace and quiet. Course we could take your suggestion and help the thing go down where no one would notice and get rid of ‘em all at once.
Like with the trolls, just better to leave ‘em to their secession talk amongst themselves while we go on with making the world better and TX bluer, one cat at a time.
ello cat people!
I goofed up big time. Still don ‘t quite know how…but instead of a 6am flight, I somehow booked a 5:30pm flight! I won’t get to Mom’s unti midnight. And missed my cousin and his wifr, who stopped by on their way home to the other end of PA.
I feel as stoopid as I ever have. Really don’t understand how I did that.
so , I ‘m here in the SA airport waiting.
What a bummer, tj. Long day, longer night. Airport waiting is no fun.
Sorry tj! Cats taken care of?
So sorry…it’s all such a pain even when things work…breathe, as they say (if I spelled the word I meant). How long do you plan to be gone? I hope you can enjoy time with your mom.
Your mind has a lot on its plate right now. So sorry for the troubles. Maybe take a nap? Again, so sorry for how it’s happening. But, you’ll get there. And, who knows?
That name is not listed at myfdl anymore. Just btb.
Poor tejana, you’re not the first to get the wrong flight. I think that when you punched the button on that computer thingy, it jumped and when you finished clicking it had moved all by itself. I know that happens to me even when I’m just trying to get to another site.
Cats will have their usual sitter. Will start tonight. Whew. Love Cathy’s Critter Care!
Don ‘t know how long. Will see how Mom really is. Booked car for 1week ; no return yet on flight. (Love Southwezt!)
Oh bg love your kitty in tree story. You clever girl, you. Plane is here. At lesst I am in first boarding groip so will sign off. Love y ‘all!
It’s been a weird run, huh? Glenn’s piece, now a bit on the Book salon. Maybe we’re all tired.
Hmmmm. Hadn’t seen that one.
Bless us all.
Philosophy being put forward at Book Salon seems to be a little short on specifics to my way of thinking. Seems to be a bit of confidence fairy-type thinking.
Which name demi?
suitsomething.
Did you stick with it? I thought it was very interesting, and I got some helpful suggestions. Just mho. I was pleased.
The reason I asked is that the comments from that person are still up.
The Sharking crew are fed. They are eating more at this time of year, and if each one does not find the plate exactly in the place where it belongs, chaos ensues. They want everything Regular. Just So. No Changes, No Surprises.
Kuroneko likes variety. Right now, she’s sleeping off a turkey buzz.
I dunno. When I clicked on the name I got taken somewhere else and I suppose it could have been one of those misdirects.
Starting to barbeque hamburgers here. Guess I’ll shut down for the night.
Take good care this week, Margaret. Oh, yeah, continue to take good care of your sweet (ha!) Neko as well, as I know that you will.
Night night, Peg.
I had very little time; skimmed when most had been said already. Glad you got something out of it–I just wasn’t “getting it” I guess.
They eat different stuff on the plates, just can’t have the plate in a different place. Each one has a spot, and that is the only place they can eat. Mainly it is Mr. Sadness who has to be watched, because if he is challenged in the least, he will walk away and let someone else eat his food. I am protective of his eating since his illness puts him at a disadvantage. Little is very motivated by food, she will try to take any advantage. Miss Sissy eats with her paw, I don’t know how she gets enough food that way, but she won’t eat off the plate with her mouth. I try to give Lucy the least amount since she is a bit, uh, chunky.
Thanks for the thread, Barbara. You’re a real nice person.
Yes, thanks for our little community. I have felt so “on the edge” since Angela passed, but this really was a nice, warm time. Thanks, All. Here’s to a good week.
Thanks again from M and me, too, bgrothus.
Thanks for taking PUYC this week Barb. Thanks to the community for being here!
Thanks to everyone, see you around the Over Easy!
Morning, B, hope you’re doing well. Thanks for giving Margaret the day off, and good to hear about your catventures. Clever use of the garbage can lid!