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| Chat - Saturday, August 22nd, 2009.; Have a great weekend Cruzers! | |
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| catM | Aug 22 2009, 10:36 AM Post #16 |
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Pam, Happy Birthday!![]() |
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| catM | Aug 22 2009, 10:39 AM Post #17 |
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| peppermint | Aug 22 2009, 10:41 AM Post #18 |
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It's actually been RAINING here for the last hour and a half!! Well, I guess you can call it rain...it's evaporating as quickly as it hits but at least it's nice to listen to...hope some of it gets up into the fire areas! |
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| silveregal | Aug 22 2009, 10:45 AM Post #19 |
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Happy Birthday Pam.
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| cdn-cdn | Aug 22 2009, 11:58 AM Post #20 |
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Best wishes on your special day, Debi!
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| ojailala | Aug 22 2009, 12:01 PM Post #21 |
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Harpo, thought of you and Gary today while watching the weather channel... they showed the story of the scouts that got caught in a tornado.. had no warning, much like Gary without his cell phone for a week or more... it was Nebraska.. Sioux Ranch.. I'm sure you know the story.. they lost 4 scouts... but so many were heros, helping others... |
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| cdn-cdn | Aug 22 2009, 12:02 PM Post #22 |
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Pam, enjoy your day with family and friends!
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| ojailala | Aug 22 2009, 12:02 PM Post #23 |
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Wow Cheryl, Hula's card is beautiful.. mind if I add my name to it???
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| ojailala | Aug 22 2009, 12:03 PM Post #24 |
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and Pam too??? Beautiful... |
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| LeicaEagle | Aug 22 2009, 12:04 PM Post #25 |
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For those of you with cats who like to tangle with skunks: Cat Bathing As A Martial Art A. Know that although the cat has the advantage of quickness and lack of concern for human life, you have the advantage of strength. Capitalize on that advantage by selecting the battlefield. Don't try to bathe him in an open area where he can force you to chase him. Pick a very small bathroom. If your bathroom is more than four feet square, I recommend that you get in the tub with the cat and close the sliding-glass doors as if you were about to take a shower. (A simple shower curtain will not do. A berserk cat can shred a three-ply rubber shower curtain quicker than a politician can shift positions.) B. Know that a cat has claws and will not hesitate to remove all the skin from your body. Your advantage here is that you are smart and know how to dress to protect yourself. I recommend canvas overalls tucked into high-top construction boots, a pair of steel-mesh gloves, an army helmet, a hockey face-mask, and a long-sleeved flak jacket. C. Use the element of surprise. Pick up your cat nonchalantly, as if to simply carry him to his supper dish. (Cats will not usually notice your strange attire. They have little or no interest in fashion as a rule.) D. Once you are inside the bathroom, speed is essential to survival. In a single liquid motion, shut the bathroom door, step into the tub enclosure, slide the glass door shut, dip the cat in the water and squirt him with shampoo. You have begun one of the wildest 45 seconds of your life. E. Cats have no handles. Add the fact that he now has soapy fur, and the problem is radically compounded. Do not expect to hold on to him for more than two or three seconds at a time. When you have him, however, you must remember to give him another squirt of shampoo and rub like crazy. He'll then spring free and fall back into the water, thereby rinsing himself off. (The national record for cats is three latherings, so don't expect too much.) F. Next, the cat must be dried. Novice cat bathers always assume this part will be the most difficult, for humans generally are worn out at this point and the cat is just getting really determined. In fact, the drying is simple compared with what you have just been through. That's because by now the cat is semi-permanently affixed to your right leg. You simply pop the drain plug with your foot, reach for your towel and wait. (Occasionally, however, the cat will end up clinging to the top of your army helmet. If this happens, the best thing you can do is to shake him loose and to encourage him toward your leg.) After all the water is drained from the tub, it is a simple matter to just reach down and dry the cat. In a few days the cat will relax enough to be removed from your leg. He will usually have nothing to say for about three weeks and will spend a lot of time sitting with his back to you. He might even become psychoceramic and develop the fixed stare of a plaster figurine. You will be tempted to assume he is angry. This isn't usually the case. As a rule he is simply plotting ways to get through your defenses and injure you for life the next time you decide to give him a bath. But at least now he smells a lot better. |
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| KarenTX | Aug 22 2009, 12:17 PM Post #26 |
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Debi and Pam...Best Wishes for a wonderful day!
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| sandie | Aug 22 2009, 01:28 PM Post #27 |
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Hula Birdy Hope you are having the bestest birthday as ever there was!!! Hope your weather is also better than what we are having stateside. I am exhausted!!! I cut the sale short cause most people were not coming by from about 1pm on so I shut it down. I guess I did ok. I haven't checked it out. As Peppermint stated we had heavy drizzle this AM. I thought it was really going to pour for a little while. But not that bad by about 11am. Some clouds now but sunshine out there now too. Poor little Bell. You don't think about german shephard's being afraid too much. They are always the ones that work so much. But any of us can be frightened. I know I don't like those storms I saw on the weather channel where Bill is coming and causing a lot of rough surf. Hope Harpo and ES are not out there looking for a eagle. |
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| catM | Aug 22 2009, 02:06 PM Post #28 |
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George, Now I remember why I don't bathe my cats! Sandie, if you got rid of some stuff, your sale was a huge success! |
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| sandie | Aug 22 2009, 02:35 PM Post #29 |
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yup Cat that's how I feel too!! There were four empty boxes that I had left. So that was good. I counted 7 garage/yard sales on our street alone. So lots of competition but also drew more people down here. |
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| Cricket | Aug 22 2009, 02:39 PM Post #30 |
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Just got home from Church, and the sky's looking threatening once again. I'm going to start building an Ark if this doesn't stop! I have never seen Storms so severe, but in the movie 1212 it was a little worse. Now I realize it was only a movie, but the Maya predict that the World will cease on 12/21/12. That's only 3 years off. |
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