What is pissing you off this time? - Page 30

ZenGum · 12-08-2011, 01:35 AM

Why post, when you could catapult?

zippyt · 12-08-2011, 02:03 AM

thats why cats have tails

Sundae · 12-08-2011, 10:08 AM

I've fond the most effective way to correct behaviour in a cat is hissing.
You can get cans of compressed air to do it for you, but I have a pretty effective impression anyway.

None of my cats have chewed cables, but Diz loves cardboard or paper (I have handed in numerous forms with cat teeth marks in) and Dylan used to love plastic. He would pierce the handles of my Bag For Life - lots of tiny perforations that would make the handles snap once the bag was full. Thanks babba. Damn, I still miss him.

Okay it doesn't belong in this thread because it is a success story of a kind, but I have finally trained Diz not to come and snuggle until I am ready to wake up. This is either when the alarm has gone off or when the light is on. He does chance it sometimes if he hears me stirring, but he hasn't actually woken me up for a good while now. Yay Diz!

No doubt I have jinxed this now and he will wake me up at 06.30 again tomorrow.

ETA this might have more to do with the mornings still getting darker rather than my training...

BigV · 12-08-2011, 11:43 AM

yes, bonkers. yes I love them. the plastic bag/covering chewing is merely weird and annoying. biting the cables and or power cords. very not cool.

technically, they're not my cats, they were given to my BD back in the day. I told the story around here somewhere, I'm sure. The upshot is that they stayed at the natal home whilst she galavanted off to college, graduated, boomeranged home, moved out again. She insists they're her cats. Ha. Sure, they're her cats, and the poop and pee and hair and clawing and shredded chewed household is mine, but the cats are hers. Riiiight.

I dare you to come get them. I did mention that BD's graduation present from me was a Rottweiller, didn't I?

infinite monkey · 12-08-2011, 11:50 AM

Out of my four cats, two had a plastic allergy. I found out soon when Toonces started looking like Mick Jagger, his lips so swollen from eating from his plastic bowl. Doc H told me that many cats are allergic to plastic. I bought metal dishes, or used glass.

However, same cats were attracted to plastic too (eating plastic wrappers when they found one, etc.)

Dunno if this is relevant.

ZenGum · 12-08-2011, 06:58 PM

Sometimes a kitteh has just got to chew, you know.

BigV · 12-09-2011, 03:37 PM

Please. Don't encourage them, m'kay?

Nirvana · 12-14-2011, 03:42 PM

I ordered 5 x mas gifts a week and a half ago and wondered why no shipped email etc. Well I called and was told oh yah that will ship on Jan 4th? WTF?

Yah no it won't, cancel that order then the lady tells me to have a nice day, again WTF?

how is that possible now grumble ^&^&^*%$

Sundae · 12-14-2011, 04:07 PM

I feel your pain.
I ordered something on 04/12/11. Christmas themed baking item.
It arrived today.

I wanted it to make goodies for the staff room.
No point now, only 2 days to go and on Friday we finish at midday (ie no staff having lunch at school).
Tomorrow we'll still be eating leftovers from the buffet today, so my efforts just wouldn't be appreciated in the same way.

I contacted the company mid-week last week and was told "Oh no, our standard shipping is 7 working days." Of course I was a fool for not checking, but you'd think they'd make it a bit more obvious at this time of year at least.

So I have to sit on this for A WHOLE YEAR NOW.
I won't send back because 1) I'd have to pay postage and 2) it's paid for now, and I'll still want it next year.

Disappointed though.

infinite monkey · 12-14-2011, 04:17 PM

You ordered it in APRIL? That's crazy!

monster · 12-14-2011, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

You ordered it in APRIL? That's crazy!

Are you just arseing around or did you not know dates are written day/month/year in the UK?

Sundae · 12-14-2011, 04:41 PM

Oops - I usually write dates in words to save confusion.
I can't comment on Shawnee's arse though...

infinite monkey · 12-14-2011, 04:46 PM

Oh you wacky people!

Yeah, I did think of it later but it took me awhile. Funny how we get so used to a certain way it's hard to see it any other way. Especially when you have a day that could easily be a month (1-12)

Gotcha.

Actually my ex and I ordered online in the early days of being able to do so. We were so disappointed that nothing was coming on time we never did it again. So April didn't seem too farfetched. Of course, things have completely turned around since then.

HungLikeJesus · 12-14-2011, 05:08 PM

This is why we should all be using ISO 8601 date standard.

regular.joe · 12-14-2011, 05:45 PM

So, we are buying house with our VA loan. Should be a simple process. The processor calles me yesterday, three days before we close and says we need to give them another 1200.00 to close and they won't approve the loan if they don't see the money to cover the amount in our accounts. I said "WHAT"?! To make a long story short, they are trying to charge me for a transfer tax that does not exist in NC. So, I have a great realtor who says horse hockey, he does this stuff all the time. USAA is fucked up and now the process may not be able to close on Friday. We have friends and trucks lined up to move..etc....there is no reason to not be able to close. Man oh man, I'm sitting here right now waiting on a call from the processer to let us know the underwriter has approved the loan and can then send it to the lawyer in time to close on Friday. If it were not for the last minute nothing would ever get done. Yes this is really pissing me off right now.

12-08-2011, 01:35 AM	#1
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Why post, when you could catapult? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-08-2011, 02:03 AM	#2
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	thats why cats have tails __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-08-2011, 10:08 AM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I've fond the most effective way to correct behaviour in a cat is hissing. You can get cans of compressed air to do it for you, but I have a pretty effective impression anyway. None of my cats have chewed cables, but Diz loves cardboard or paper (I have handed in numerous forms with cat teeth marks in) and Dylan used to love plastic. He would pierce the handles of my Bag For Life - lots of tiny perforations that would make the handles snap once the bag was full. Thanks babba. Damn, I still miss him. Okay it doesn't belong in this thread because it is a success story of a kind, but I have finally trained Diz not to come and snuggle until I am ready to wake up. This is either when the alarm has gone off or when the light is on. He does chance it sometimes if he hears me stirring, but he hasn't actually woken me up for a good while now. Yay Diz! No doubt I have jinxed this now and he will wake me up at 06.30 again tomorrow. ETA this might have more to do with the mornings still getting darker rather than my training... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 12-08-2011 at 10:23 AM.

12-08-2011, 11:43 AM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	yes, bonkers. yes I love them. the plastic bag/covering chewing is merely weird and annoying. biting the cables and or power cords. very not cool. technically, they're not my cats, they were given to my BD back in the day. I told the story around here somewhere, I'm sure. The upshot is that they stayed at the natal home whilst she galavanted off to college, graduated, boomeranged home, moved out again. She insists they're her cats. Ha. Sure, they're her cats, and the poop and pee and hair and clawing and shredded chewed household is mine, but the cats are hers. Riiiight. I dare you to come get them. I did mention that BD's graduation present from me was a Rottweiller, didn't I? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

12-08-2011, 06:58 PM	#6
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Sometimes a kitteh has just got to chew, you know. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-08-2011, 11:50 AM	#5
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Out of my four cats, two had a plastic allergy. I found out soon when Toonces started looking like Mick Jagger, his lips so swollen from eating from his plastic bowl. Doc H told me that many cats are allergic to plastic. I bought metal dishes, or used glass. However, same cats were attracted to plastic too (eating plastic wrappers when they found one, etc.) Dunno if this is relevant.

12-09-2011, 03:37 PM	#7
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Please. Don't encourage them, m'kay? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

12-14-2011, 03:42 PM	#8
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	I ordered 5 x mas gifts a week and a half ago and wondered why no shipped email etc. Well I called and was told oh yah that will ship on Jan 4th? WTF? Yah no it won't, cancel that order then the lady tells me to have a nice day, again WTF? how is that possible now grumble ^&^&^*%$ __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

12-14-2011, 04:07 PM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I feel your pain. I ordered something on 04/12/11. Christmas themed baking item. It arrived today. I wanted it to make goodies for the staff room. No point now, only 2 days to go and on Friday we finish at midday (ie no staff having lunch at school). Tomorrow we'll still be eating leftovers from the buffet today, so my efforts just wouldn't be appreciated in the same way. I contacted the company mid-week last week and was told "Oh no, our standard shipping is 7 working days." Of course I was a fool for not checking, but you'd think they'd make it a bit more obvious at this time of year at least. So I have to sit on this for A WHOLE YEAR NOW. I won't send back because 1) I'd have to pay postage and 2) it's paid for now, and I'll still want it next year. Disappointed though. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-14-2011, 04:17 PM	#10
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	You ordered it in APRIL? That's crazy!

12-14-2011, 04:41 PM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Oops - I usually write dates in words to save confusion. I can't comment on Shawnee's arse though... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-14-2011, 04:46 PM	#13
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Oh you wacky people! Yeah, I did think of it later but it took me awhile. Funny how we get so used to a certain way it's hard to see it any other way. Especially when you have a day that could easily be a month (1-12) Gotcha. Actually my ex and I ordered online in the early days of being able to do so. We were so disappointed that nothing was coming on time we never did it again. So April didn't seem too farfetched. Of course, things have completely turned around since then.

12-14-2011, 05:08 PM	#14
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	This is why we should all be using ISO 8601 date standard. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

12-14-2011, 05:45 PM	#15
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	So, we are buying house with our VA loan. Should be a simple process. The processor calles me yesterday, three days before we close and says we need to give them another 1200.00 to close and they won't approve the loan if they don't see the money to cover the amount in our accounts. I said "WHAT"?! To make a long story short, they are trying to charge me for a transfer tax that does not exist in NC. So, I have a great realtor who says horse hockey, he does this stuff all the time. USAA is fucked up and now the process may not be able to close on Friday. We have friends and trucks lined up to move..etc....there is no reason to not be able to close. Man oh man, I'm sitting here right now waiting on a call from the processer to let us know the underwriter has approved the loan and can then send it to the lawyer in time to close on Friday. If it were not for the last minute nothing would ever get done. Yes this is really pissing me off right now. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

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