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Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait
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There's a cat here that I;d like to call over and stroke, but it's a bit of a nuisance at the neighbours as I always see it climbing all over their roof and fence, turning their security light on a lot .... and I know if I encouraged it it'd be coming over and letting itself in if I left the patio door open .... and I just want a "cat on demand" that'll come over when |I fancy stroking a cat and s0d off when I don't. The sort that'd sit outside the patio door and never be curious enough to enter.
But I know this one'd be trouble, so I can't encourage it, cute as it is.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »and I just want a "cat on demand" that'll come over when |I fancy stroking a cat and s0d off when I don't. The sort that'd sit outside the patio door and never be curious enough to enter.
Cats please themselves, in general, rather than people, I reckon....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I think dogs have owners (that's us)neverdespairgirl wrote: »Cats please themselves, in general, rather than people, I reckon.
and cats have staff (you've guessed who that is too).;)There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
well, the pollen count is certainly impressive this morning!0
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And i may just have a spare house in a few months...St Albans? They could rent a room from Michaels
(other Herts NP are available)I see the NPs have esteemed guests in their midst what with the Bilderberg group coming to conspire against their illuminati rivals or whatever-it-is they get up to in their secret huddles.;)
Nothing should be read in to the fact that that is where we had our last company away day...I think....0 -
I think dogs have owners (that's us)
and cats have staff (you've guessed who that is too).;)
Dogs have family;), cats have staff. Mind you even the most loved of family don't follow you to the loo just in case there is a recently built secret door for you to escape from.
Nikkster, if it's of any interest, Icould never get on with the 5:2 diet, though I found the fast 5 diet far easier, and it's has a free downloadable book
http://www.fast-5.com/0 -
If you Google for it, you will find that that has been done. There seem to be a number of Arduino projects for it.
In practice, there is often a delay in texts being transmitted onwards to the end recipient, by which time the visitor either has been savaged by the dogs or has left.
There are wireless doorbells you can carry around with you.
Clever idea, but I don't need anything that fancy. A loud bell in the vicinity of the stairs is all I need, as long as it carries on working for a decent length of time instead of dying after a few days. Nothing wireless is going to work - wireless signals don't go through metal very well, and the front door is shielded by the cooker from anywhere I might want to put the bell. I'm sure a wired system is the way to go, and have no idea why the three most recently installed wired systems have each failed completely within a week of being put in. Will post updates as and when I have any.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
I fell asleep shortly after 3am. When I woke up I got up and pottered about ... brushed my teeth ,... sat down .... and realised it was 5.20am. And, as it was raining I just "rested my eyes" for a moment .... and only just woke up again
Thunderstorm and it's raining.0 -
This whole "5 a day" lark - they've always hidden what a "5" is, so you had to really go looking for it. Well, last night, about 2am, I did go looking for it - and it's not too unachievable. e.g. I had no idea that "1 of the 5 a day" could simply be a tablespoon of dried fruit. I always thought it was "5 portions" and took that to mean the sort of portion of things I'd put on a plate. So I'd imagined that 5 a day would have been HUGE.
I was surprised to discover I'd had 3 yesterday .... I had 7 cherry tomatoes, 1 banana and some chocolate covered raisins!0 -
Not sure that chocolate covered raisins *ought* to count, really.
When I researched it, NHS told me that a portion is 80 grams. The WWW told me that in Australia it's 75 grams. Anyway, portions are not that huge, so it's doable.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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