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Thanks for sharing your stories and experiences. It gives me some reassurance that tending to them as outside cats isn't the worst thing that could happen to them. That's not to say that I'm not going to pursue/consider any other options, but I've felt a lot of guilt as it is about them.
The reason I STOPPED socializing feral kittens for the cat rescue group was that it disturbed Enza and my other former feral so much! YOU really do have to look out for your own cats first.
Absolutely. Believe me, Henry is at the forefront of my mind, especially since he's been having health issues lately as it is. He's about to turn 13, and while I'm hopeful he'll be with us for several more good years, I am bracing myself for what's to come. Emotionally and financially, he's my priority.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
And I'll be honest, the problems he's had over the last few weeks have reminded me of just how upset and worked up I get when one of my cats isn't doing well. I wish I could remain calmer about their health issues, but I historically have not been able to.
Again, thank you. Your perspectives are most helpful.
Also wanted to chime in. Both of mine were ferals, though I did not socialize either of them (answered posts from foster moms).
I have a feral community in my yard now. I water but don't feed unless it's REALLY cold (the dumpster is in the alley behind my house & they seem quite well-fed), but I do let them in the garage with a space heater when the weather gets terrible. Like when it hit -30 last winter. All of the ones that I was watching out for then made it.
I'm pretty sure they have a "home" inside an old truck cap that is in my neighbor's yard, too, but I don't think he knows about it.
I have taken my Skunk-kitty out on a harness and run into Mama cat - I didn't let them touch but they wanted to be friends, so I think I might be ok if I end up taking one or more of these guys in someday.
Dear grad school--
Screw you. I don't want to live with unknown undergrads, especially ones who don't seem to have anything to do but drink. Or eat my food, or party from Thursday to Sunday, or don't clean, or are just generally rude and inconsiderate. I had enough of that in college.
Off to begin the futile search for an apartment.
You can find a place! Isn't there student apartments, or do they make you share?Quote:
Originally Posted by Owlie
Dear lovely employer. It's just wonderful that you have now decided to look at hiring and promotion practices. Too bad it will not benefit me, as you think your "study" will take a year, and I'll be gone in 6 months.
snap "underpaid for her job specs for 4 years" dragen
Snap, are you coming to Australia post retirement?
Dear body,
I know i've treated you poorly in terms of diet for all these years. Making the next step will not be a bad thing as folks you know have done the same.
May this be the beginning of a wonderful, healthy gut/body etc. Sometimes this stuff happens at odd times and you just have to trust you're doing the right thing. See, de Physio & trainer aren't full of sheep kapoopies...
It's on my list of places I want to go....so you never know!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
Just remember you're always welcome at our abode :D
I found out today that part of what i've done to myself is...i've really really aggravated my sternalis muscles..
I have to self massage my sternum(amongst other stuff) :eek: which is going to be..interesting...:eek: When the physio did it today it was...owwww..
Dear Camping,
We used to be so close, we spent endless nights together and wandered the wilds of the world together. I'm sorry to say I have to break up with you now; it's not you, it's me.
Signed,
Seeking Marriott
That's actually what I'd applied for, but apparently they have a shortage of campus housing and I ended up on a waitlist for a studio/1BR. The housing guy's suggestion was to contact the appropriate person to get into the multiple-occupancy campus housing. Just as well, because I found a couple places around 3mi out that are significantly cheaper. Not bikeable, unfortunately--roads are busier (and hillier, in one case!) than I'd like, but the apartments are about six miles from a bike trail, and only a little further from the Yellow Springs end of the little Miami trail.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
Uh oh! What happened?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
50 years worth of orthopedic injuries have made it more torturous than fun, so I don't sleep and I hurt... and I paid for the privilege. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
Ugh; that sounds awful. We sleep on cots when we car camp, and we've never backcountry camped. I'm not sure my hips/back could take it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
I was sitting at our campsite, exhausted and hurting, I looked at my honey and asked "tell me again why we do this" she just laughed and agreed with me that is was more fun to stay at a Courtyard Marriott. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
You newlyweds are so cute!!! :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Pax
We really are!! LOL :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
Congratulations!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
We need to find you two some luxury camping spots like:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
http://norcalhostels.org/pigeon/features/
Tempurpedic beds, in one of our favorite spots on the CA coast, hot tubs, lots of cycling options ....
I really love Big Basin Redwoods park:
http://www.bigbasintentcabins.com/index.php
And Point Reyes National Seashore :D hey, a luxury yurt is camping:
http://www.windsongcottage.com/
That's some quality camping right there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
Well? There's camping, there's the Hilton ... but it's not either/or. We've got to find some luxury outdoorsey spots for you and your honey :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
Design a motorcycle yurt to yurt tour of Oregon :)
http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/PARKS/rustic.shtml
Camping is a hotel without room service or cable. :)
Welcome to the Princess club Pax, I'm the president. :rolleyes:
Dear BAHA,
Please approve Paisley's application to enter Belize ASAP. I will not sleep well until you do.
P.S. We will be there in three weeks.
Camping for me is a hotel room without a big bathtub. I'll do it, but I don't like to.
It's been a long time since i slept anywhere NEAR the ground!
To whom it may concern
Sometimes it really IS worth it to pay 250 dollars for a plumber to replace
your toilet's wax ring and clean up what leaked out.
It's the first time I ever felt sorry for a plumber.
The plumber's daughter.
Dear People on my about to start bike tour,
Please, I don't want to hear about G-d, Mary Kay Cosmetics, or how many races you won this season. Don't tell me your political views, and please don't suggest I join you for drinks at the lunch stop. And hopefully, there won't be any wives doing lap dances on their DH's lap as we listen to the orientation.
I wish DH hadn't googled all of the participants. He thinks it's funny, but now I know too much. And the lap dance thing really did happen when we went to Quebec. As well as the triathletes from Indiana who managed to ruin dinner on my first tour in Vermont by trying to talk to me about pro-life stuff.
Yes, Virginia, you're in the northeast now...
Just to be clear, not all of us in Indiana are anti-abortion or socially inept.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
Maybe you ought not not to participate in ridings with others like this if you are already fretting about how miserable you could be, and if it's a sentiment you frequently feel. By developing a negativity (early on or not) it is toxic to you which then might become toxic to others.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
Dear Newbie Seattlites,
It's Sea Fair weekend.
The Blue Angels are here. It's traditional. We like them. Yes, they are LOUD.
They are loud enough to make your car alarm go off. Hear it? Yes, and you run outside to stop the alarm. Then the Blue Angels go over again. And your car alarm goes off again. And you run outside again.
Rinse. Repeat. Ad nauseum.
They'll be at it all day. Just like they were yesterday when they were practicing, and the day before when they were learning landmarks.
Please, for the love of Mt. Rainier, turn OFF the car security system for the day.
Thanks,
Seattle Native.
LOL. They show up at the Cleveland air show too, which is over Labor Day weekend. Classes are already in session by then. My alma mater's campus is directly below the flight paths. It's actually pretty funny if you're on campus the Friday before, because you can watch the freshmen freak out. DBF says he saw one girl dive into the bushes and then try to pretend nothing had happened...Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
And here I thought this was supposed to be a supportive forum...aren't we ever allowed to b*tch here without getting a lecture? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by mudmucker
to whom
it may concern. yes, i did giggle when they mentioned that the blue angels show in Seattle might go by by because of budget cuts.
my house gets dive bombed by them for a week every year. Yes i can live without that!
Of course you can b*itch on this forum - happens all the time. Many people even get very offended or personalize posts even when it isn't directed at them. Sometimes there are lectures too, offering a myriad of opinions such as a forum is.Quote:
Originally Posted by emily_in_nc
:confused:
So I can't call someone out on it reminding/illustrating that mindframe in and of itself can be impactful to others? If you disagree or are too offended by what I say, then maybe put me on ignore?
My comment wasn't made in a vacuum. This person has admitted to a dislike of group rides and has appeared to not have had fun on many of them.
Indysteel offered a reminder too, that not all people in Indiana are anti-abortion or socially inept. Is that a lecture, an opinion, supportive, unsupportive, just merely a statement?
ROFLOL. My neighbors came over, could they please watch the Blue Angles on my TV as the don't subscribe to a TV service? Sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
After watching on TV, I'd rather see it live. I did get to watch them fly over my office when they were practicing earlier in the week.
During the show I didn't get buzzed by the Blue Angles, but by all the commercial aircraft who had to change their landing and take-off patterns at SeaTac.
I love the smell of jet fuel in the morning. Reminds me of my AF base days. :cool::D
The Blue Angels split the space-time continuum above my house every October, too. Oy, the sound, but how cool the sight and the soul-deep rumbling.
Regarding feeding feral cats, I heard an NPR story a few days back about a township north of us that has approved shooting coyotes because they've been driven down into the community because of the drought and they're in search of food - namely feral cats and small pets let out into yards, and the food people leave out for feral cats. The mayor of the community said in the interview that they'd tried all kinds of other interventions, but last week two elderly women were dragged and injured when coyotes attacked their small dogs out on leashes while they were walking!
He said the coyotes have become fearless and people have not been following the no-feeding-the-feral-cats sanctions, so the problem has escalated far beyond what was manageable when both communities (coyote and human) respected each other's space.
Roxy
What could possibly be toxic to someone doing a lap dance during the orientation?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by mudmucker
Ha! I bet they're offended by Keens, the antithesis of the clear heel stiletto.Quote:
Originally Posted by PamNY
As I sit here looking at the Keens I'm wearing -- I'll bet you are exactly right!Quote:
Originally Posted by redrhodie
I'd have to read more about that issue in your community, but it strikes me that the issue has more to do with unrestrained land development than feral cats or the food people put out to feed them. So, too, does the solution. Those coyotes aren't likely to just go away because the kittie food is removed.Quote:
Originally Posted by channlluv
In my former urban community, feral cats are used to curb the rat population, which is one of the main reasons the county doesn't prohibit people from caring for managed and controlled feral colonies.
As for Crankin's post and the response thereto: IMO, when people share something on a public forum, they invite comments. Sometimes, the comments aren't what they anticipated or wanted, but that's the risk you run when you share something with people of divergent views and backgrounds. I imagine each of us has posted something that drew a bit of criticism or dissent at one point or another. Of coures, we're also free to defend ourselves, share additonal information or ignore what others say. Mudmucker's comment didn't strike me as terribly unsupportive. Crankin shared that she doesn't always care for the people she tours with. If that's the case, then Mud's suggestion that she rethink the tours isn't really off base IMO. Certainly, Crankin generally speaks her mind, so I don't know that any of us needs to intervene on her behalf (although I could say the same for Muck, and here I am intervening). As for my own comment, it wasn't intended to be supportive. In truth, I bristled a bit at Crankin's "Virginia, you're in the northeast now." It sounded a bit elitist to me. Now that may have not been her intent, but either way, I felt within my rights as a forum member to commment on it.