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Popular Post TT-Pete Posted November 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2020 Our two are very appreciative of the changing of the seasons... You know it's the only way to spend a wet and grey blustery lockdown Saturday afternoon whilst mummy and daddy polish off the white wine watching Inspector Gently and Midsomer Murders... They also like model railways, Just like my beloved and much-missed Minnie who I got from Cats Protection aged 3 in 1999 and who shared my life for the next 17 years they leave paw prints on your heart... 15 2 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cravensdmufan Posted November 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2020 Benjy (14 years old) checking if my new lift out section is structurally sound. 14 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cravensdmufan Posted November 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2020 15 hours ago, cravensdmufan said: Benjy (14 years old) checking if my new lift out section is structurally sound. Benjy has always been an avid train spotter - sneaking in through the depot door when the supervisor isn't looking! 18 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post didcot Posted November 15, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2020 All five in front of the fire. 15 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Dagworth Posted November 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) She's 14 now but Pandora - and her sister Emily who was with us until she went to her furever home - used to do clearance testing for me when I was building the multi level areas of Ravensclyffe. Andi Edited November 15, 2020 by Dagworth 14 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted November 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 14 minutes ago, Dagworth said: She's 14 now but Pandora - and her sister Emily who was with us until she went to her furever home - used to do clearance testing for me when I was building the multi level areas of Ravensclyffe. Andi Good way to get the cobwebs out ! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT-Pete Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Phoebe demonstrating the principle of Life imitating Art... 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 On 09/11/2020 at 22:38, PenrithBeacon said: David, that is so like my long-deceased family cat. Harvey, aka Knickers, Nicky, H, that cat. The mutt was a Jack Russell. Toddy, aka Nuthingbuta, T, that dog. (My father was hopeless with names, I was that boy, my sister was that girl.) Bill 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 1 hour ago, bbishop said: David, that is so like my long-deceased family cat. Harvey, aka Knickers, Nicky, H, that cat. The mutt was a Jack Russell. Toddy, aka Nuthingbuta, T, that dog. (My father was hopeless with names, I was that boy, my sister was that girl.) Bill Those two, Flo and Bowie, belong to my daughter's family. Flo is lovely Bowie is a pain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted November 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) A friend's cat liked to sleep on the trolley layout; oddly, he never bothered the overhead: EDIT: I just remembered the cat's name was TIP. I used to call him "The Speaker of the House" referring to the late Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives, "Tip" O'Neil" He was really named for the white tips on his paws and tail. Edited February 25 by J. S. Bach To edit the post 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I'm not entirely convinced that the normal rules of space and time apply to cats. Only this morning I have seen Olly disappear from the garden in one direction, only to appear in a different part in the opposite direction minutes later. Then, when I walk into the living room, there she is curled up on the sofa. (We have cat flap but is currently sealed up.) steve (baffled) 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 1 hour ago, steve1 said: I'm not entirely convinced that the normal rules of space and time apply to cats. Only this morning I have seen Olly disappear from the garden in one direction, only to appear in a different part in the opposite direction minutes later. Then, when I walk into the living room, there she is curled up on the sofa. (We have cat flap but is currently sealed up.) steve (baffled) No doubt about it mystical and mysterious animals, who seem to operate by different laws of nature and science (and any other law you can think of). I think they can also be pretty sneaky. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted November 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2020 1 hour ago, steve1 said: I'm not entirely convinced that the normal rules of space and time apply to cats. Only this morning I have seen Olly disappear from the garden in one direction, only to appear in a different part in the opposite direction minutes later. Then, when I walk into the living room, there she is curled up on the sofa. (We have cat flap but is currently sealed up.) steve (baffled) I blame Schrodinger. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 3 hours ago, steve1 said: I'm not entirely convinced that the normal rules of space and time apply to cats. Only this morning I have seen Olly disappear from the garden in one direction, only to appear in a different part in the opposite direction minutes later. Then, when I walk into the living room, there she is curled up on the sofa. (We have cat flap but is currently sealed up.) steve (baffled) When my old Honey was alive, there was a cat called Austin who lived two doors up and was almost exactly like her (including somewhat portly girth). Caused utter confusion! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Gizmo is convinced he's not the same cat that we fed half an hour ago. 1 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted November 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2020 8 hours ago, steve1 said: I'm not entirely convinced that the normal rules of space and time apply to cats. Only this morning I have seen Olly disappear from the garden in one direction, only to appear in a different part in the opposite direction minutes later. Then, when I walk into the living room, there she is curled up on the sofa. (We have cat flap but is currently sealed up.) steve (baffled) So true. We had one that would scowl at rain, and it would stop raining...... 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted November 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Edwin_m said: Gizmo is convinced he's not the same cat that we fed half an hour ago. Ours are like that, the usual trick is getting one of us to feed them, then trying to persuade the other that they've not been fed. They've come very close to succeeding a few times too! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: So true. We had one that would scowl at rain, and it would stop raining...... Sykes gets quite upset if it is raining. We open the back door to let him out (and Hattie too, if she wants to go), but if it is raining, Sykes stops and looks at us, looks out again then turns around and demands to be let out of the front door - he seems to think the weather will be different if he goes out at the front. Edited November 17, 2020 by SRman 5 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted November 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2020 43 minutes ago, SRman said: Sykes gets quite upset if it is raining. We open the back door to let him out (and Hattie too, if she wants to go), but if it is raining, Sykes stops and looks at us, looks out again then turns around and demands to be let out of the front door - he seems to think the weather will be different if he goes out at the front. When I lived in sub-tropical South Florida, I saw a few instances of rain on one side of the street but not the other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: When I lived in sub-tropical South Florida, I saw a few instances of rain on one side of the street but not the other. I have seen a slow moving wall of water (heavy tropical downpour) coming down my street's hill in Rockhampton (in Central Queensland, right on the Tropic of Capricorn), so it would have been possible to have different weather between the front and the back of the house for a few minutes. It doesn't seem to happen here in Melbourne, so I think it is wishful thinking on Sykes' part ... if, indeed, he thinks at all. Edited November 18, 2020 by SRman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted November 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 hour ago, SRman said: Sykes gets quite upset if it is raining. We open the back door to let him out (and Hattie too, if she wants to go), but if it is raining, Sykes stops and looks at us, looks out again then turns around and demands to be let out of the front door - he seems to think the weather will be different if he goes out at the front. A demarcation problem. It's the cats duty to demand, it's your problem to comply with the demand! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted November 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2020 8 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: When I lived in sub-tropical South Florida, I saw a few instances of rain on one side of the street but not the other. You don't have to be in the Tropics to experience this. I recall it happening once in Surrey, heavy rain in the front garden but still dry in the back garden. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 5 hours ago, Joseph_Pestell said: You don't have to be in the Tropics to experience this. I recall it happening once in Surrey, heavy rain in the front garden but still dry in the back garden. Many years ago when I was at school, I watched a wall of rain advancing rapidly across the yard drenching everyone caught in it in 5 seconds flat. I only just made it indoors and it was only about 10 yards from where I'd been standing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted November 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2020 Here's a clever little app.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54991693 ..wait a minute. Perhaps not so clever. I could have come up with "Please feed me" ! Quite an interesting article and I wish the developers luck ! Kev. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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