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25 CPS wrote: ↑Thu Nov 28, 2024 4:30 pm This friendly hungry cat came around while I was cleaning the barbecue up the other night. ... This sweetheart of a cat wanted attention feeding.

FTFY.

People are often blind to other people's intentions, so it isn't surprising they misinterpret other species' intentions.

My daughter's dog is remarkably clear about its intentions: it wants you to provide things to chase (where appropriate it returns them to you, rinse and repeat), sufficient food (it isn't a greedy labrador), and to provide warmth and shelter when sleeping. In return it will defend you against things that it can sense worry you, e.g. unwanted attention from dogs, motorbikes, bicycles, people.

Indeed. Cats will go wherever instinct drives them. The ex wife is having problems with a neighbour's cat. The neighbour is a piece of shit and kicks their cat out and does not have a cat flap etc. So it spends all day standing outside her door meowing. Her cats have got fed up of this. They are house cats so this leads to a war being waged through the letterbox. It's like a middle ages fort with swords coming out of it.

But yeah the only reason it is standing there meowing is it knows there's cats in there and they're getting fed and it is hungry. And the other two are reminding it that it's their food and domain so it can piss off.

Seasonal cat picture.

Specmaster wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 9:50 pm Seasonal cat picture.

cat and tree.jpg

Ain't that the truth. Harley has already broken several.

I thought I'd posted this before, but don't see it in the thread.

Cat resistant Christmas Tree:


-Pat

MED6753 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 12:43 am

Specmaster wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 9:50 pm Seasonal cat picture.

cat and tree.jpg

Ain't that the truth. Harley has already broken several.

Arh, yes, but he's still a young kitten at heart, give him a couple of years and that will be a thing of the past.

Specmaster wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2024 12:45 am

MED6753 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 12:43 am

Specmaster wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 9:50 pm Seasonal cat picture.

cat and tree.jpg

Ain't that the truth. Harley has already broken several.

Arh, yes, but he's still a young kitten at heart, give him a couple of years and that will be a thing of the past.

Exactly! Once he's got some experience, he'll start knocking the whole tree down.

(I keed, I keed!)

-Pat

How about a seasonal cat picture?

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18Gft6139t/

Cubdriver wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2024 3:23 am

Specmaster wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2024 12:45 am

MED6753 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 12:43 am

Ain't that the truth. Harley has already broken several.

Arh, yes, but he's still a young kitten at heart, give him a couple of years and that will be a thing of the past.

Exactly! Once he's got some experience, he'll start knocking the whole tree down.

(I keed, I keed!)

-Pat

Last night Harley got a crazy case of the 'Zoomies". Running at top speed back and forth and room to room like a maniac with a wild howl. One of his zooms knocked over our 4.5 foot Christmas tree. Blondie was not amused.

MED6753 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 4:18 pm Last night Harley got a crazy case of the 'Zoomies". Running at top speed back and forth and room to room like a maniac with a wild howl. One of his zooms knocked over our 4.5 foot Christmas tree. Blondie was not amused.

Harley resistant (note I did not say PROOF) tree mounting suggestion:


-Pat

How I'm feeling on a Monday morning:

https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/113635770009344241

Destroying a Christmas tree sounds like work. Why do that when you can crash out in front of a nice, warm fire instead?

Comfy.



Comfier.



Comfiest.

BU508A wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:37 amxbox_xboxbox.jpeg

I don't know about Germany, but in the UK a traditional "joke" is that young kids spend longer playing with the box than the present.

Do cartoon pictures count? According to one last minute present list...
"We buy Exploding Kittens or Wreck this Journal for all the children we know. Exploding Kittens keeps my three kids (12, 10 and 7) entertained on train journeys, holidays and trips to the dentist. The game is reasonably simple to pick up, doesn’t take too long to play, and the pictures – and name – are very silly and engaging. We’ve given it to most of my children’s friends."

Apparently kickstarter funded, ages 7yo and up, and Amazon classes it as "family friendly party games".

tggzzz wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:52 am

BU508A wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:37 amxbox_xboxbox.jpeg

I don't know about Germany, but in the UK a traditional "joke" is that young kids spend longer playing with the box than the present.

I had a colleague whose brother wanted a bike for Christmas when they were kids. The parents were hard up but made the effort to buy him the bike. After he opened it and had ridden the bike a bit, he turned to the box, which he turned into a fort for toy soldiers, and he spent the rest of Christmas playing with that. Their dad said, "We could have saved all that money and just given him a cardboard box".

Zenith wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2024 11:43 am

tggzzz wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:52 am

BU508A wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:37 amxbox_xboxbox.jpeg

I don't know about Germany, but in the UK a traditional "joke" is that young kids spend longer playing with the box than the present.

I had a colleague whose brother wanted a bike for Christmas when they were kids. The parents were hard up but made the effort to buy him the bike. After he opened it and had ridden the bike a bit, he turned to the box, which he turned into a fort for toy soldiers, and he spent the rest of Christmas playing with that. Their dad said, "We could have saved all that money and just given him a cardboard box".

I spent many many happy hours building things with cardboard boxes and egg cartons and toilet roll centres, etc.

Supermarkets used to have a section by the tills with cardboard boxes for customers to use to take purchases home. That's where you could occasionally find meta-egg boxes, i.e. the large boxes that contained 6-egg boxes. "Large" meant big enough for me to fit inside

Nowadays I raid the shelves of supermarkets for cardboard boxes[1], rather than pay 10p for a plastic bag. As far as I'm concerned, the "large" amount of cardboard I throw out is an "externality" a.k.a. an SEP.

[1] one young till attendant thought it was a nifty idea, and was surprised when I told him that's what everybody used to do

tggzzz wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:52 am

BU508A wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:37 amxbox_xboxbox.jpeg

I don't know about Germany, but in the UK a traditional "joke" is that young kids spend longer playing with the box than the present.

Yes, it is the same here.

BU508A wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2024 8:26 am

tggzzz wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:52 am

BU508A wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:37 amxbox_xboxbox.jpeg

I don't know about Germany, but in the UK a traditional "joke" is that young kids spend longer playing with the box than the present.

Yes, it is the same here.

Mensch ist mensch - the whole world over

The King watching over his domain.

Specmaster wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 1:12 am I think that Ginger would have a bit of a problem with a TV these days.

mnem
that's bloody brilliant...