HIJACK THIS THREAD!

Anonymous
Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
edited June 2014 in Bonded by Breast Cancer
This thread has no official topic.  Its a general chat thread for anything and everything.  Don't like the current topic?  Then hijack this thread.  Laughing
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2008

    Well, the morning after Christmas.  Bleary eyed, I stumble to the kitchen and crank up the Mr. Coffee, hop in the shower and come back to.....the hottest, clearest pot of plain water you ever saw.  I forgot to put coffee in the filter.  :)

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  • twink
    twink Member Posts: 1,574
    edited December 2007

    I saw a red fox sauntering through my yard yesterday morning so when I heard one of the cats meowing at the door late last night, I thought I'd best get up and let her in. Cats don't understand the concept of gratitude.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2008

    I think cats think they own us.  Your service I'm sure was appreciated. LOL

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited December 2007

    Ellen had a fox on her show the other day, along with other "wild" animals. It was the most adorable little thing, but the animal expert accompanying it claimed that it's one of the most ferocious fighters in the wild.

    Cats have no capacity for gratitude. They have a HUGE sense of entitlement!

    ~Marin

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2008

    I think I see a show shaping up here.....'Cats and their sense of Entitlement'.  :)

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  • BMD
    BMD Member Posts: 1,492
    edited December 2007

    I am having my septic tank cleaned out right now. Who does this for a living? Yuck!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2008

    Nobody that I would want to invite for dinner!  ROFL!

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  • karol61
    karol61 Member Posts: 128
    edited December 2007

    yes,Always Hope, cats KNOW they own us, I have one huge 14 lb cat. He came from Wisconsin with his crock pot,lol. He is very cuddly when I'm sick and that is a blessing.

    Karoline 

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  • SISKimberly
    SISKimberly Member Posts: 762
    edited December 2007

    But thank goodness someone does do that job. The alternative is just too yucky for words.



    My dear Peja-a quirky cat found in the dumpster behind my school over 5 years ago disappeared a year ago. She never went outside...would run the other way when someone came to the door...a schizo cat... but the door wasn't closed tightly and the wind must have blown it open...she never returned. We looked everywhere for her...put up flyers...talked to neighbors. We have coyotes in the fields...so I'm afraid she was some Coyote's dinner. So, I guess her curiosity did kill the cat. ;-(



    I made coffee a good hour ago and have forgotten to pour myself a cup. Caffeine is calling.

    Your SIS(Sister in Survival)

    KImberly

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  • JustOne
    JustOne Member Posts: 226
    edited December 2007

    My cat, Miss Gabby got totally stoned on her catnip toys, tore her stocking to shreds and ruined Christmas for all. I hated that the grandkids had to see her like that.

    Know of any good Re-Habs? Wink

    ~Pam

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited December 2007

    What a great thead!!!...

    The septic tank thing?....YUCK!!!!! My daughter lives in the country and in turn has a septic tank...this past summer it backed up and flooded their yard....she and the kids came to stay a few days as the odor was AWFUL!!!!!!

    They had the septic guy out and he informed her that she uses WAY TOO much Tide powered laundry soap....first Ive heard this, but guess its possible.....so beware of powdered laundry soaps!!!!!

    On the other hand I cant imagine the aftermath of not using ENOUGH laundry soap as my daughter has 3 kids....ages 9, 4, 2......does tons of laundry per day so has changed to liquid soaps in hopes that he is right...

    Jule

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited December 2007

    I totally forgot this, but as kids, we were absolutely fascinated by septic tanks and whenever we or a neighbor was having it cleaned, all of the neighborhood kids would hang around and peer terrifyingly into it, imagining all sorts of horrors. It was deliciously scary and so much fun to tease the scaredy cats that they will surely fall in and never make it out! Aren't kids cruel???!

    My cat, Sasha, has decided that obsessively jumping smack into the middle of my Christmas tree is of the utmost fun! I now have a rather large gaping bald spot in the center and, needless to say, all of the ornaments are clustered in crazy patterns elsewhere on the tree (or being batted around the house by both my cats!)!

    ~Marin

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  • twink
    twink Member Posts: 1,574
    edited December 2007

    I should tell the story of my last camping vacation with DH and our young children....beside the septic field which was drained every couple of days.  I believe I recall threatening a divorce if we ever camped together again! 

    Now...for a sure fire cure to those Holiday Blues...

    3 shots Van Gogh Espresso Vodka

    1 shot Starbucks Coffee Liquour

    1 shot fresh brewed espresso

    Shake vigorously

    Serve in chilled martini glass (or two, depending on size of glass)

    Wink

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  • BMD
    BMD Member Posts: 1,492
    edited December 2007

    I had a huge black cat when I was a kid. His name was Abner. He was the only cat I ever liked and he hated everyone but me. My mom worked late at the hospital so she would bring home the day old baby formula for the cat. He was almost as big as our beagle and none of him was fat.

    Siamese cats give me the creeps. My uncle had a couple once that would just sit on the stairs and stare at you all day long. It was like they were planning to kill you or something. Once I was at a friends house and I dropped my pencil from the kitchen table. When I put my head down there to get it I was attacked by 2 siamese cats. They scratched the crap out of my head.

    I prefer big dogs.

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  • twink
    twink Member Posts: 1,574
    edited December 2007

    Yes...big dogs!  I'm a fan... Here's my boy (and me, before my hair fell out from chemo -- I buzzed it before the chemo got it).

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2008

    OH MY!  He's huge!!!!!  Look at the size of his head.

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  • twink
    twink Member Posts: 1,574
    edited December 2007

    Oh my AlwaysHope, don't get me going on my baby dogs... I could brag for hours Smile. 

    And the girl dog...

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  • BMD
    BMD Member Posts: 1,492
    edited December 2007

    Twink are they bull mastiffs? My neighbor has one and it looks like a hippo walking around. It is huge and grace is not how I would describe it's walk. I will have to post a picture of my dog from my other computer. I don't have pictures on this one.

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  • JapanLynn
    JapanLynn Member Posts: 471
    edited December 2007

    What great dogs!  I have a cat, Oz, that I adopted about ten months ago.  He's almost 3 and has to be the most spoiled animal on the planet.  We're having a little test of wills right now...I'm on vacation for the holidays, and he still wants me to get up at 5 a.m.  So far, I'm winning...he tried to wake me at 4:30, but he backed off at my stern voice.  I got up at 7...woohoo!

    I saw a quote somewhere...so true:  "Dogs have masters; cats have staff."

    What a fun thread...pets and septic tanks.  There's a song in there somewhere...:-)

    Lynn

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2008

    Yup, throw in a train whistle and I think its a country and western hit!  Trains, cats, and septic tanks..... do we need a gun rack too?!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited December 2007

    Hate to have to buy dog food for him. Bet he gets dog treats, too. Think about giving him his bath. It could turn out the other way around.

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  • twink
    twink Member Posts: 1,574
    edited December 2007

    We've got to fit momma and jail in there for this to have all the makins' of a country song, don't we?

    Mmmhmm...they're bullmastiffs.  Yep, they eat plenty.  They're the most lovable creatures though.  They follow cats' orders to a Tee...we have three.

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  • ravdeb
    ravdeb Member Posts: 3,116
    edited December 2007

    Twink..I'm CRAZY about your dogs! How Beautiful! I love dogs. I have an old, cranky, deaf small dog. She's 14 years old. I love her but she acts like a baby now and prefers to pee in the house. My kids grew up with her. She takes care of our kittens when we have them...usually have several every year, but the cats live outside..dh won't allow them inside and my dog barely gets to stay in the house cuz of my dh who doesn't like indoor pets. Yell

    My dh fell in the septic hole in their yard when he was a kid.

    But..our neighbor...when they were building their house the plumbing people dug the hole outside and didn't put anything around it. She walked out there when it was dark. She fell in and it took her hours to climb out of it. She is very strong. Don't like big holes dug in yards...

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  • twink
    twink Member Posts: 1,574
    edited December 2007

    Ewww...imagine if the septic hole was in use?  Oh, never mind...

    Thanks for the laugh ravdeb...I kinda like referring to you as fluffy though Tongue out

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  • ravdeb
    ravdeb Member Posts: 3,116
    edited December 2007

    You can call me Fluffy, you can call me ravdeb...just don't call me late for dinner!!!!!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited December 2007

    Dinner? What are we having tonight? This cold, foggy, rainy day calls for beef stew, chili, I know...baked potato soup. Perfect.

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  • sahalie
    sahalie Member Posts: 2,147
    edited December 2007

    Twink, Your doggies are adorable.  Big Ole lovable puppies.  One of my friends has one and she loves her to pieces and her pup is the most gentle big baby.

    We have revolving dogs in our family.  It's great.  All together we have five.  Plus a ranch.  So I usually have one or two at a time but Christmas they were all here with respective kids of course.  You all should have seen their faces mushed up to the door as we ate our dinner.   Priceless.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2008

    Someone gave me a great potato soup recipe that you make with frozen hash browns.  I tried it once and it was pretty good.  Potota soup sounds perfect for a day like today.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited December 2007

    One of my daughers friends had a female bullmastif when they were growing up.....I could tell the second I walked in the door from work that she had been for a visit......BMD is correct that dog took up ALOT of room when she walked and it definately wasnt the most graceful thing Ive ever seen!!!! and the slobber!!!! Twink, do yours slobber like that??? this dog had MAJOR issues with it and the smell was awful!!!!!

    The septic tank thing reminded me of a story my dad told us...he and his brother and some friends were at the local town fair but had gotten bored so decided to make thier own fun...back then they had outhouses (YUK!!!) Since it was dark he and his buddies decided to move the outhouse behind the hole and wait for this one kid to come us it.......Im sure you ladies can imagine the rest of the story!!!! Only it wasnt thier teenage buddy that came along and before they could stop him my grandfather took the plunge!!!!!

    Dad said that it is the only whippen he can ever remember from his dad and it was a doozy!!!!!

    Sahalie, I hope you took a pic of those faces against the window!!!! How precious....

    Jule

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  • sahalie
    sahalie Member Posts: 2,147
    edited December 2007

    Side note on septic tank guys . . .

    Living on a ranch they can be your best friend when it comes to two houses with septic tanks when clogs occur.   What job they have.

    We usually have ours cleaned once a year.  Ugh.  The guy is always happy and has a smile on his face.

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