Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

Doozergirl

Pyxis wrote: »

Catnip! :rotfl:


The first time I saw a cat meeting some catnip, I couldn't believe it! I was quite jealous! :rotfl:

What is it that catnip does to a cat's brain?


Trots off to google .........




............ah! It's thought to mimic cat pheromones. Also thought to produce a high in cats similar to marijuana or even LSD, but it's supposed to be safe for cats! Not all cats are sensitive to,it.....only about 50%, and if exposed frequently to it! they can lose that sensitivity.

Apparently it's useful for humans, too, producing a sedative effect a bit like chamomile. Just so long as it doesn't make you go all squirmy and rubbing up against people! :rotfl:

There were three packets of catnip in the cupboard at a house I just renovated for people. They don't have a cat. Please don't let catnip be for making people go squirming and rubbing up against each other!

chris_m

GDB2222 wrote: »

I feel really sorry for people stuck on a cable car at 12000 feet on Mont Blanc overnight.

All rescued now, apparently.

Pyxis

Doozergirl wrote: »

There were three packets of catnip in the cupboard at a house I just renovated for people. They don't have a cat. Please don't let catnip be for making people go squirming and rubbing up against each other!

Well. Yes! :eek:



..............:think: Although it does depend on who said people are! :rotfl:






I wonder if there's a CA society.........Cats Anonymous...........for cats who are catdicted to catnip?

Pyxis

Ooooh! By the way, as regards the Montenegrin, I found a couple of sites that seemed to be specifically for that language, one offering a translation, but when I entered the sentence, it wouldn't do it!

Weird!

As Montenegrin is so similar to Serbian, and they speak that there as well, I will have to assume that the specific sentence I need is the same in Serbian and Montenegrin.

I will soon find out, as I'm off out there in a couple of weeks.

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

I will soon find out, as I'm off out there in a couple of weeks.

If they ignore you or, worse, thump you - then you'll know that you got it extremely wrong :rotfl:

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

If they ignore you or, worse, thump you - then you'll know that you got it extremely wrong :rotfl:

:eek: :eek: :eek:

I'm hoping our tour manager will be a native, so I'll try it out on them first! :rotfl:

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

I feel really sorry for people stuck on a cable car at 12000 feet on Mont Blanc overnight.

Being stuck isn't the problem.

Realising you have to pee/poo with strangers ..... and/or have personal medical issues to attend to .... and you didn't eat before you got on as you were using the lift to go for lunch.

Plus, you've paid for a nice hotel bed/breakfast you'll never enjoy.



Just being stuck .... and safe ... not an issue.

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

Being stuck isn't the problem.

Realising you have to pee/poo with strangers ..... and/or have personal medical issues to attend to .... and you didn't eat before you got on as you were using the lift to go for lunch.

Plus, you've paid for a nice hotel bed/breakfast you'll never enjoy.



Just being stuck .... and safe ... not an issue.

I thought of the going to the toilet thing before anything

Doozergirl

I am overwhelmed today. House stuff is more stressful than work!

Having finally filed every invoice in the house and thoroughly tidied the company accounts, I was left with a small pile of personal things to attend to, which I thought would do today.

My lounge has been a tip since I started using it as an office. So it's very nearly there but there's random stuff that needs somewhere to live. The cleaners are coming today so they can make it sparkle too.

That is the worst thing. I'm now trying to find places for things to live so at least my lounge is nice on my husband's return tonight and it looks like I did something.

What is actually happening is that I am tearing the house apart on some mission to find storage without actually emptying all the other places I still need to clear and the washing baskets are now overflowing and every other surface in the house is covered in clutter. Every storage facility is full and a mess, so those few little items have nowhere to go. The spare room os a storage facility itself and I can't move. And nothing in there has anywhere to live either.

I think this is why I go to work. I didn't notice it when I was on site.

I could really do with the weekend to sort stuff out but am supposed to be visiting my friend in London while she is in the country.

I may just decamp to the M&S deli.

oldandhappy

9th September 1967.......................... OMG.........:beer: