John Buck 41: UnspokenVoice: John Buck 41: UnspokenVoice: John Buck 41: Update--still in motel. Contractor is a worthless POS. Oh, and the insurance co. (VERMONT MUTUAL) is trying to fark us out of what we have coming to us.

This is how Wifey and I feel.

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Wait... What? Err... Anything I can do?

Hey! Don't recall seeing you in Caturday threads, fellow Mainah. Thanks for the offer, but at this point it's a waiting game. The contractor finally rocked in the wall this morning so now pellet stove guy can do his job. Was hoping to be back in tomorrow night but unless he's there now or coming tomorrow that's not gonna happen.

I only look once in a while. I'm not much of a cat person but I do like the humor and reading about all the cats. I looked today and noticed your post. Insurance covering your hotel? If you need anything than gimme a yell.

I will see if my email will let me into it. My ultrafark email has always been problematic. There's also webslaver *at* that hotmail.com site which has always looked funny since I made it. *sighs* It doesn't mean what one might think. It means a slave to the web. I keep using it because it amuses me.


We are ok, pets, too. House is still (mostly) in one piece. A spark between the pellet stove and the outside vent got caught in the wall. The fire started Tuesday morning 2/21. We have a gaping hole about 3' by 7' in the living room (facing the driveway). FD showed up about 7:40 and were there for about 90". They did a great job not trashing the living room too badly, just some water damage and a few knick-knacks/dog toys wet and/or nasty from plaster. Insurance is all current and paid up and they are paying for us to stay in a local motel, as well as the house repairs.However, it's been 2 1/2 weeks and a half and things are going slow with the contractor., who is married to my wife's boss, so it's a delicate situation..

It's been a rough stretch. In less than a month we've had the fire, my daughter broke up with her b/f of 6 years (who we all loved), my father-in-law's 1-month old Toyota Tundra was totaled by a log truck and he busted his arm to smithereens, our dogs got nailed by a skunk at 5am one morning, and the last sibling (out of 15) that my Mom had passed away. That's well more than a years worth of drama.

Yes. Yes it is. If you need financial assistance or the likes the email is there. No questions asked, even if it is just to buy beer. You can either pay it forward or back.

Oh, use the hotmail. Ultrafark still doesn't like my password. I once tried to get an admin to change it but I think they were drunk. Replies to my posts actually automatically ping my phone. (I am sometimes annoyed by that but I leave it set to do so. Mostly out of self loathing.)

;)

And, really, even if ya just need an extra fifty spot for a dinner with the missus or something.

John Buck 41: OlderGuy: Alien: if you are lurking, please be well and drop in.. we miss you....

Ditto.

double ditto...with bait:

TsarTom: Hi everyone. My first time posting in a Caturday thread, but I made this last night to illustrate an event at our house, and I wanted to share with someone who'd understand

All to common here!

Zoot S. Riot and I are participating in the Richmond SPCA's 5k and Dog Jog.

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Okay, I'm participating and using her likeness to raise awareness. The treadmill is still disgusting, but she's lost some weight since this picture was taken.

laulaja: Barely get to type twice on Lucky Pg 7; guaranteed 2x already appearance on Lucky Pg 7. Ginger's not yet in a forgiving mood, so guess the leg sock will wait a little longer.
John Buck 41, at least the fire didn't get the flamingoes -- or did it?
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for future postings. Upload cue was "roll over", continuing in a musical vein.


Aww.. thanks for the credits laulaja... while I did bring that pic (last July 4th I believe?) It was just something I found in a GIS... not the originator, merely a "sharer" ;)

Happy Caturday all!

I volunteer at the mall adoption center on Saturdays, so there are usually lots of good stories for Caturday. Today's exploits, however, take the cake IMO.
A woman and her daughter came in to pick up a very nice cat named Windy that they had been waiting over a MONTH for, since she had ended up in sickbay with a nasty upper respiratory infection. While they were waiting for the final check-up last week, the mom said that the kid (maybe 5 or so?) could pick out a new name for Windy when they took her home. The daughter was super excited, and insisted on telling everyone in the adoption center her new kitty's name.
Windy's new alias: Buttermuffin. NO idea how she came up with it, but Buttermuffin was THRILLED to see her new family and now has a very happy forever home :)

Hello, my kittens and puppies! Sorry I'm AWOL this weekend. My students shared the lovely Norovirus with me. Woo hoo!

Also: My vet found a heart murmur in Pokey (Apostrophe--the wonder Siamese) this week. After MANY hundreds of dollars worth of tests, she discovered the cause is "old age". He's 15. Why didn't I see that coming?

Thanks, you guys, for the warm welcome. I posted and then had to hit the road, took mom out shopping. She has two fluff balls as well and I think between them and my retired-after-60-years-and-now-doesn't-know-what-to-do-with-himself father, she needs a break out of the house. :)

I look forward to many more Caturday posts!

Herro Caturday friends! I'm supposed to be studying for a big test on Monday, but I just snapped this a few minutes ago and had to share! I imagined a domestic scene in which Sumi was telling Wembley to get off his fat ass and go get a job, and Wembley telling Sumi to go get him a beer. ^_^

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OMG, that's my Milky...I haven't posted any cat pics in months. That was after she had cracked her top fangs somehow and had them pulled.

micromedic: KKSimone Hello! i too will be at the Richmond SPCA walk and 5K! EIP if you wish! : )


Are you dog and/or human jogging? Or volunteering? I'm lazy, but dogless, so I'm walking the 5k.

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Not Ginger, but resembles him. Credit to spinach gunk.
Not really apologising to makewhatis for Caturday in the Park credit; not room for entire posting history in titles. Also, didn't have a clue whether it was his work at ICHC or he'd found it somewhere on the Interwebz (as he said above he did).
Ginger came & walked around on my keyboard for a bit, then left again. Still haven't slipped that legsock onto left hind where the wound is. But there are plots & plans to do so, later if not sooner. He keeps licking it, which isn't that good for the healing process. It'll take both of us to manage that, almost certainly.
Need to go make some more transcribing progress; still have Canada & DX (foreign) to do. Supplies on back cover I can merely copy from last time. Once that's finnished (sic), so will the new issue be.

Oh laulaja no apologies required! Just didn't want to take credit where none was due... and I have to say - along with many others, I really appreciate your record keeping! You're certainly one of my Caturday faves! :)

/also - not a "He" LOL
//should've picked a girlier login - heh

predle: Ruv You Rong Time:

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AHHHH THANK YOU!! I love it!!! hahahaha :D

laulaja: ....Feline takeover of our premises began in Apr 2007, when very gravid part-Maine Coon queen chose our garage in which to have her last (maybe even first) litter of 3, on a wkend we were both away. She & they weren't discovered until mid-wk (taking out of used litter & other rubbish). Dtr kitten was placed when old enough, Mom fixed when all weaned & sons when old enough (no one wanted them). Then in early Aug 2009 after distant vacation, within minutes of return from redeye flight home, found 5 wee kittens, 3.5 wks old our vet said, lurking under an evergreen bush. Raptors were out that day, so we took them in. Never ever did see their mom. All are syndactyl, some fused toes & wonky claws. Our vet figured Mom got into some insecticide or similar. 2 males, 3 females in Gang Of 5, no one wanted any of them either. So now with sr cat we adopted as kitten 12 yrs ago, & 1 other cat who let herself into garage, there are 10. & they Are In Charge!

Wow, so that's how you ended up with so many cats!! You are awesome, BTW, to take in so many felines.

The Ice Queen

ferfer72: Hello, my kittens and puppies! Sorry I'm AWOL this weekend. My students shared the lovely Norovirus with me. Woo hoo!

Also: My vet found a heart murmur in Pokey (Apostrophe--the wonder Siamese) this week. After MANY hundreds of dollars worth of tests, she discovered the cause is "old age". He's 15. Why didn't I see that coming?

You live in Central Ohio? Going around bad here. I had it Wednesday-Thursday and my mom caught it Thursday night and was down Friday. There were some schools closed here becuase so many people were out with it :(

Nope. I teach in NC. This is apparently a national epidemic.