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Damn cat. So today I'm putting up a curtain rod. Blondie comes into the lab holding one of the wall anchors I need. Found on the kitchen floor. I keep forgetting that I can't leave small parts on the lab benches unattended.
Yesterday Blondie makes the mistake of leaving a cake with cream cheese frosting on the dining table. Guess who was enjoying cream cheese frosting? He made a mouth sized hole in the frosting right down to the cake.
Last edited by MED6753 on Sun Jun 29, 2025 1:13 am, edited 1 time in total.
An old gray beard with an attitude. I don't bite.....sometimes
Friends had two black cats who liked to get under the log burning stove when it was fired up. After a time, the heat got too much even for them, and they'd dart out with their fur smoking.
MED6753 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 9:03 pm
No harm, no foul, the cat landed on it's feet.
I was under the impression that was part of their design specification - or is it merely emergent behaviour?
Design specification. By the time a kitten is 2 months old they have already mastered landing on their feet. So I guess you could say it's "emergent" but instinctive, not behavior driven.
An old gray beard with an attitude. I don't bite.....sometimes
One Spring night a year ago Blondie and I sat out on the balcony enjoying the evening. What we didn't realize at the time was that Harley came out with us unseen. We eventually came in and closed the door, not knowing he was out there. Several hours later we hear a cat howling and crying. I went looking for Harley and couldn't find him. Then we realized it was coming from outside. I open the door to the balcony and sure enough the howling was coming from outside. But not from the balcony. I look down as shown in the picture and there was a cat huddled up against the building howling and crying. Since it was dark I couldn't make out if it was Harley. I rush down and outside and sure enough it was him. I scooped him up and he immediately stopped crying. I brought him up and he was completely uninjured, except for his pride. And we are so lucky he didn't run away. I don't know if he fell or jumped. And that's at least 25 feet straight down. Imagine a person falling that distance. When we go out on the balcony now he does like to come out with us. But we make damn sure he comes back in.
An old gray beard with an attitude. I don't bite.....sometimes
So today I'm putting up a curtain rod. Blondie comes into the lab holding one of the wall anchors I need. Found on the kitchen floor. I keep forgetting that I can't leave small parts on the lab benches unattended. 
