This morning after he'd eaten his fill and I'd completed my walk, the one friendly alley cat (I shall name him Thomas O'Malley) hopped up on the steps next to me and meowed until I started petting him. One of the restaurant guys on my block says he's been living in the alley since he was a kitten, but he was clearly socialized with people early on if he wants affection as well as food/water.
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
Mal ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 25, 2013 4:19:10 pm PDT #346 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Sheryl - Jul 25, 2013 4:26:08 pm PDT #347 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Friend of ours from Boston was in town visiting people and organized(sort of) a dinner mission tonight. He's staying with us through tomorrow.
sarameg - Jul 25, 2013 4:26:49 pm PDT #348 of 30000
Uh-oh. One of these days, Mister O'Malley'll follow you inside....
Jesse, do you have a fan you could put in one window to draw air through? That's how I cool things off when it gets cool enough at some point in the day. Leaving it in last night, it was actually chilly in my house in the morning.
ION, I found Pumpkin's chip in one of her intense cuddling sessions. I figure Loki's is buried under fat...
Jesse - Jul 25, 2013 4:29:38 pm PDT #349 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse, do you have a fan you could put in one window to draw air through?
The problem overnight is that I only like to have one window (of four in the apartment) open. One is on the fire escape, and the one by my bed has a super loud compressor or some shit outside. The other one has the a/c in it. A day like today is no problem, but 75 degrees are sad because I end up with the a/c on half the time.
Consuela - Jul 25, 2013 4:30:05 pm PDT #350 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Jesse, that's a really sweet story. One of the things I really regret about the way my folks retired is that they left the area where they had some friends and moved a couple of times. And then my sister & I insisted they come out here, where the only people they knew were us.
As a result, they were almost completely socially isolated, as we hadn't realized how impossible it was for even Dad to connect with people, given how difficult Mom was. It's really lovely to see that your father continues to have social interaction with a lot of people.
Speaking of Dad, we got a lot of paperwork and medical stuff done today, and now I have book club but I'm exhausted. Bah.
sarameg - Jul 25, 2013 4:39:03 pm PDT #351 of 30000
I'm hoping my parents can stay in their city for as long as possibly as they've got a huge community there. Duh, they've been there 39 years!
eta: And they really love it there.
But it is nice knowing that I have senior apartments that are really community-driven, as well as higher levels of care, nearby, should they need to be closer to one of us. I figure my SIL will call dibs, and she's such a people person, she wouldn't let them isolate either.
I do think my parents are very good at socially engaging. Probably better than their daughter; I'm much better at it than I used to be, but sometimes their social calendar just sounds exhausting to me!
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 25, 2013 4:41:22 pm PDT #352 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Uh-oh. One of these days, Mister O'Malley'll follow you inside....
I'm fine with that as long as he's OK with remaining an indoor/outdoor cat whose litter box is the great outdoors. I have exposed brick walls, hardwood floors, and mostly wood furniture, so my apartment has relatively little that's vulnerable to feline destruction.
sarameg - Jul 25, 2013 4:42:23 pm PDT #353 of 30000
If he does, you'll want to get him fixed. It'll cut down on the inclination to mark.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 25, 2013 4:46:24 pm PDT #354 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
In that case, outside he stays. I want him to continue fathering broods of feral and predatory little kittens that will keep mice far, far away from my building.
meara - Jul 25, 2013 4:53:28 pm PDT #355 of 30000
Jesse, adding on to the yay your dads friends thing. Dang, I hope I've got friends like that when I'm old.
Also, y'all with the heat issues should move to Seattle.