Oh I hear you about the ripped up liners. I sometimes miss having an indoor cat, but I tell you I do not miss the shredded furniture or the litter duty. No sirree.
Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.
'Potential'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
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javachik - Mar 09, 2011 5:47:01 pm PST #17094 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Zenkitty - Mar 09, 2011 5:52:06 pm PST #17095 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Leo has agreed to only shred the one chair and footstool that are old and crappy anyway. He will be sad when I replace them with things he cannot scratch. Percy is still working out what's His To Scratch and what's Mine Leave It Alone, but he's learning. You'd think scent-marking would work. I may have to spit on all my stuff.
javachik - Mar 09, 2011 5:54:51 pm PST #17096 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I may have to spit on all my stuff.
I am going to blame Buffistas for the first thought that came into mind when I saw this: you could make a home movie of this and charge for hits. Surely there is a spit-fetish clan out there somewhere.
omnis_audis - Mar 09, 2011 8:20:49 pm PST #17097 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Hello!
Um. I forgot what I was going to Meara. Dang it.
I found a place just under my price range. The kicker is, it has a high land/lease amount. A unit in the same building, same rough size has half the lease amount. Seems fishy. If that was a typo on the MLS listings, I'll be a happy camper. I asked my Realtor to get a look-see.
WindSparrow - Mar 09, 2011 9:06:50 pm PST #17098 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Leo has agreed to only shred the one chair and footstool that are old and crappy anyway. He will be sad when I replace them with things he cannot scratch.
You are probably already employing this strategy, but just in case - I often recommend having several scratching posts/thingies made of different types of materials, different sizes. Sisal-wrapped ones seem to be my cats' favorite, but plain wood, burlap, and cardboard also get some use. Those cheap ones made of sisal on either cardboard or small wood planks that are made to hang off door knobs are great to have around, because you can put them anywhere. Then when a cat scratches furniture or carpet or woodwork that you want to not get utterly destroyed, you can place the scratching thingy right where the tempting item is. And once he gets used to scratching the scratching thingy, you can gradually move it to a more convenient location.
Zenkitty - Mar 10, 2011 12:14:01 am PST #17099 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I am going to blame Buffistas for the first thought that came into mind when I saw this: you could make a home movie of this and charge for hits. Surely there is a spit-fetish clan out there somewhere.
I bet I could make a decent living off catering to such odd fetishes.
WS, we have lots of different acceptable scratchy things. They loooove cardboard. There are two cardboard boxes of books in my office, and since I never keep cardboard boxes around anymore, I'm letting Percy shred them. (The books are fine. So far.) The thing that hangs off doorknobs got completely ignored. Except for rugs Leo's mostly good about my stuff/his stuff, & Percy's learning to tell the difference between stuff that's meant for them to scratch on and stuff that feels good but isn't. Wrapping interesting things in plastic or tinfoil for a bit seems to work best. (I make it sound like my house is just destroyed, but it isn't really. There are only a couple points of contention.)
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Mar 10, 2011 2:13:21 am PST #17100 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Apartment~ma, omnis!
I am sickly. The Girl has been expertly looking after me, and has now gone to my uni to collect all my books. She is star. I am watching Mighty Boosh Live. Good stuff.
brenda m - Mar 10, 2011 3:12:36 am PST #17101 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The kicker is, it has a high land/lease amount.
What does that mean?
billytea - Mar 10, 2011 3:13:51 am PST #17102 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Something I've been meaning to post: Ryan's grandparents looked after him all day on Tuesday, the first time they did so since returning. It was a complete success, he apparently accepted them as his carers very happily, and gave them both kisses. We have unsubstantiated reports that he took his Grandpa by the hand and led him into his room to show off his radio/CD player. Which he then turned on so he could demonstrate some styling dance moves. Ther are further reports that his Grandpa joined in.
So the reintegration of our little family unit looks pretty successful. Ryan is a very lucky little guy. .
Sparky1 - Mar 10, 2011 3:20:37 am PST #17103 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
What does that mean?
The land is owned by one person, and the structure is owned by another. IOW, you buy the house but rent the land underneath.
We just got word that the father of one of the librarians I work for passed away yesterday. That means that *every* professional librarian I supervise here has had a parent die while I've been supervising them. Oi.