(07-01-2025, 03:46 PM)popeye333 Wrote:

(07-01-2025, 02:35 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Oh Olive, that's awful, poor wee thing - but at least he isn't suffering. Its always really hard to get over the death of a pet.


There was nearly a dead cat here this morning; that fiend from hell disguised as Madame Le Cat didn't come in this morning when I headed out to do dreaded groceries & still no sign of her when I came back. Called & called the little sod but nothing, not a sign of her all morning.

Eventually she came strolling nonchantly in, with a brief glance in my direction before taking up a post next to her saucer & looking meaningfully at the fridge.
I did not kill her on the spot,instead I picked her up & explained how worried I & Madame Le Dog had been (I had no idea dogs could laugh!  ) & told her never to do it again & she did a bit of perfunctory purring, which I hope means she'll never do it again...don't think I'd better hold my breath though.

Tell Sad Madam that next time she messes you about than saunters in like nothing is wrong, that when she looks at her dosh and the Fridge, you will Consider feeding her after you Laugh at her.. 

It worked for me when I told my madam not to touch the Christmas tree.

(07-01-2025, 05:05 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: You mean - STARVE HER??

Oh how cruel. I had no idea you ladies had such a dark side.

(08-01-2025, 11:19 AM)kiwimade64 Wrote: arggg the two power banks we have died.  I use them with the lightbox for tracing my designs onto tracing paper with the heat pencil.  A blimmen nuisance for both of them to go at the same time.

Bella and Max sound pretty stressed, popeye.  Have they been in kennels before?

An empty birds nest fell out of a tree this morning and it was lined with some Furry Feind fur.  The birds must be following the Furry One lol.  I bet the baby birds were nice and cosy.

(08-01-2025, 07:37 AM)popeye333 Wrote: ..... Or maybe a battery one, but the size of the yard might mean its a 3 day job. The neighbour takes two days to do hers.

(08-01-2025, 03:22 PM)harm_less Wrote:

(08-01-2025, 07:37 AM)popeye333 Wrote: ..... Or maybe a battery one, but the size of the yard might mean its a 3 day job. The neighbour takes two days to do hers.

We've got over 1/4 acre of lawns and gardens which are mowed with a battery Stihl lawnmower. Too many trees, shrubs and other obstacles to make a ride-on practical so invested in a commercial grade battery mower when our last petrol one wore out. Two batteries and a reasonably fast charger so by swapping back and forth there's always a fully charged one ready to go, all charged from our solar so we're now strangers to our local petrol station, and to pushing a mower around in a cloud of exhaust fumes. Batteries also fit our weed whacker, and our next chainsaw when the old Husqvarna next throws a wobbly.

(08-01-2025, 05:34 PM)popeye333 Wrote:

(08-01-2025, 03:22 PM)harm_less Wrote: We've got over 1/4 acre of lawns and gardens which are mowed with a battery Stihl lawnmower. Too many trees, shrubs and other obstacles to make a ride-on practical so invested in a commercial grade battery mower when our last petrol one wore out. Two batteries and a reasonably fast charger so by swapping back and forth there's always a fully charged one ready to go, all charged from our solar so we're now strangers to our local petrol station, and to pushing a mower around in a cloud of exhaust fumes. Batteries also fit our weed whacker, and our next chainsaw when the old Husqvarna next throws a wobbly.

Thanks Harm_less.  I am blessed with the fact that I have no gardens to go around. Just the house and fences.  But my little 12 inch cut makes it a long job for this creaky chick. 

I will be getting a larger size cut for a start lol. Have always had double ups on batteries for MrPs tools etc. So thats something I would also do. 

Gotta win lotto or save first. but Ill get there eventually. 

In the mean time there is bound to be a lot of bad language as there was last night. Worked fine in the morning, but not later in the day lol

(09-01-2025, 08:42 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I was down at the chemists yesterday and as I came out there was a cat inspecting the scoot. Not just any cat but an incredible full grown long limbed dark skinned Sphynx of the once was masculine variety. What a stunning beast he is too. He is a local, living in one of the big villas on the hillside above our supermarket and apparently he considers that part of the commercial area part of his territory with regular inspections required. How he hasn't been catnapped I have no idea, maybe he's just too fast, but oh he's beautiful. And I thought I didn't like the hairless beasties. He has fuzz though rather like the rexes, and the same slightly alien face with huge eyes, very very unusual. He did deign to come to me and gave me a head butt when I chirped to him so obviously he speaks rex but oh... put one of those on my Want list, right next to Abyssinians...