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[HockeyKat]

However, I feel worse for you, having to sit through the temper tantrum - those situation drive me to drink (well, more of a putt than a drive). I can appreciate the fact that the little freaks have to be society trained somehow - just wish I could opt out of the program.

Okay, both the putt and the society trained comments made me practically spit water all over my desk.

 

[Bushmills]

Okay, both the putt and the society trained comments made me practically spit water all over my desk.

Thanks Kat, and sorry to have caused any work related water accidents. I meant to ask you before, are you familiar with assembly language, and if so, would it be hard for a programming newbe like me to learn it?

I'm in the mood today for humorous pet anecdotes - as I think most of us are "furry kid" owners, there must be a virtual cornucopia of funny / embarrassing / frustrating pet stories out there. How ‘bout it - anyone have a story to share?

 

[TKDizneyluver]

Okay I know I've been MIA, busy, busy, busy!!!

BUT..............I heard our fav male CF'er is back!!! Welcome back Bushy, we missed ya!!!

I have lots of catching up to do with you peeps, bear with me please....... Were any of you aware that adult virtual websites are very addictive????

 

[HockeyKat]

Thanks Kat, and sorry to have caused any work related water accidents. I meant to ask you before, are you familiar with assembly language, and if so, would it be hard for a programming newbe like me to learn it?

I'm in the mood today for humorous pet anecdotes - as I think most of us are "furry kid" owners, there must be a virtual cornucopia of funny / embarrassing / frustrating pet stories out there. How ‘bout it - anyone have a story to share?

Hmm, assembly language? I learned it in college and haven't used it in the 15 or so years I have been doing this professionally. It isn't used very much anymore unless you are a really low-level programmer. What would you be using it for? (assuming you aren't kidding around )


I would love to hear pet stories as well. My two are pretty boring indoor cats, and the youngest is very cute, but, well, not so bright. She brings a toy downstairs every morning and dunks it in her water bowl, plays with the water in the sink, and has been known to roll around on tables until she falls clear off.

 

[zima-cheryl]

I'm in the mood today for humorous pet anecdotes - as I think most of us are "furry kid" owners, there must be a virtual cornucopia of funny / embarrassing / frustrating pet stories out there. How ‘bout it - anyone have a story to share?

This is funny to me... others may not think so, but just to prove our Ginger is dumb as a brick some times....
We have a sliding door in the kitchen that goes out to the deck - glass door + screen door. To this day (15 years) she doesn't get that there are TWO doors. Open the glass slider to go out & she goes head first into the screen. If you are coming in & open the screen she goes head first into the glass. Then she gives you this look like she is saying "HEY, who put that there?"

Fortunately what she lacks in IQ she makes up for in personality & love!
(that is her pix in my siggy)

 

[zima-cheryl]

and has been known to roll around on tables until she falls clear off.

Then does she give you the "I meant to do that" look?

 

[maddhatir]

Okay I know I've been MIA, busy, busy, busy!!!

BUT..............I heard our fav male CF'er is back!!! Welcome back Bushy, we missed ya!!!

I have lots of catching up to do with you peeps, bear with me please....... Were any of you aware that adult virtual websites are very addictive????

Well, well, wellllllll....look what the cat dragged in from the adult virtual world!

Bushy- I don't have a pet anecdote just a quick story.

A few months back, mom's cat decided to try and eat a stink bug He kept running around the house shaking his head and sticking his tongue out- I think I heard him screaming "for the love of god, someone help!" One of DH's friends is a vet. He checked with him and he said it would not hurt the cat and just try and rinse out his mouth with the spray hose in the sink. Yeah- like that worked

 

[TKDizneyluver]

This is funny to me... others may not think so, but just to prove our Ginger is dumb as a brick some times....
We have a sliding door in the kitchen that goes out to the deck - glass door + screen door. To this day (15 years) she doesn't get that there are TWO doors. Open the glass slider to go out & she goes head first into the screen. If you are coming in & open the screen she goes head first into the glass. Then she gives you this look like she is saying "HEY, who put that there?"

Cheryl, Veda used to do that too!!! One time she came running through the house when she heard the door open and literally ripped through the screen. I'm surprised she didn't break her neck!!!! DH was NOT happy about putting a new screen on either!

Speaking of Veda, the one year anniversary of her death is coming up (5/22) and we are actually thinking of finally adding some furry kids to our family. We are waiting for 2 females kittens that will hopefully be born within the next couple of months. I will keep you all posted....

 

[TKDizneyluver]

Well, well, wellllllll....look what the cat dragged in from the adult virtual world!

What can I say????

 

[KRIS10420]

I'm in the mood today for humorous pet anecdotes - as I think most of us are "furry kid" owners, there must be a virtual cornucopia of funny / embarrassing / frustrating pet stories out there. How ‘bout it - anyone have a story to share?

The younger of my two cats is the one with all the personality (& medical problems, but that's another story) He is a very vocal cat so at a young age I taught him to say Mama. At first he would only say it on his terms and very sporadically. Now I almost regret teaching him as he uses it all the time especially early in the morning when he wants breakfast
One day when I lived at my previous house, I came home from work to find this cat outside conversing with a little deer. That was very cute.

Another time, same cat had to be taken to the vet on emergency and stayed the weekend. MIL's dog saw him leave in the carrier and was very worried about him. When we left the cat at the vet and brought home the empty carrier the dog searched and searched it looking for the cat. For two days he sat infront of it keeping guard and waiting for the cat to come out. And when the cat came home the dog was constantly checking up on him until he was feeling better.

The latest antics of this cat was in December when early in the morning he was yelling to go outside. DH told him he couldn't cause he is black and he would get ran over. Apparently this wasn't the right answer so he turned and peed on my Mickey Christmas tree

How about you Bushy, any stories to tell?

 

[Kennywife]

Yay! Didn't need a root canal!!!! Just a filling. Much cheaper than I thought. Plus, I am getting a mouthguard to help with my teeth grinding.

Soo relieved!

Anna

 

[Bushmills]

Okay I know I've been MIA, busy, busy, busy!!!

BUT..............I heard our fav male CF'er is back!!! Welcome back Bushy, we missed ya!!!

I have lots of catching up to do with you peeps, bear with me please....... Were any of you aware that adult virtual websites are very addictive????

Thanks TK! It's great to be back - I've truly missed you guys (or ladies as it were, but you know what I mean). Actually, I think I'm the only make CF'er, but I'm not too proud to take a win by default.

Adult virtual websites? Man, I've missed a lot on these here new fangled interwebs! Glad you're back too!
Cheers!

 

[Bushmills]

Hmm, assembly language? I learned it in college and haven't used it in the 15 or so years I have been doing this professionally. It isn't used very much anymore unless you are a really low-level programmer. What would you be using it for? (assuming you aren't kidding around )


I would love to hear pet stories as well. My two are pretty boring indoor cats, and the youngest is very cute, but, well, not so bright. She brings a toy downstairs every morning and dunks it in her water bowl, plays with the water in the sink, and has been known to roll around on tables until she falls clear off.

Next order of business is to re-learn how to multi-quote on here (once I'm done padding my post count ). Thanks Kat, and yes, as sad as it is, I was serious. Assembly language is still used for electronics firmware - I'm a geek when it comes to this stuff, and am interested in learning how to mod firmware, but was curious to see how intensive a process it is to learn assembly. Yeah, I know, 1992 called and they want their programming language back.

Great story, I can totally see your cat doing that, and was chuckling like an idiot (actually I'm quite adept at doing a multitude of things like an idiot) when I read that! Cats are ridiculously funny animals - all that feigned dignity.

 

[Bushmills]

This is funny to me... others may not think so, but just to prove our Ginger is dumb as a brick some times....
We have a sliding door in the kitchen that goes out to the deck - glass door + screen door. To this day (15 years) she doesn't get that there are TWO doors. Open the glass slider to go out & she goes head first into the screen. If you are coming in & open the screen she goes head first into the glass. Then she gives you this look like she is saying "HEY, who put that there?"

Fortunately what she lacks in IQ she makes up for in personality & love!
(that is her pix in my siggy)

LMAO - great story too Cheryl! Sometimes the "thicker" pets are the most fun, and most endearing. Certainly a constant source of entertainment. Reminds me of something off the lolcats website (used to be addicted to that site).

 

[Bushmills]

Well, well, wellllllll....look what the cat dragged in from the adult virtual world!

Bushy- I don't have a pet anecdote just a quick story.

A few months back, mom's cat decided to try and eat a stink bug He kept running around the house shaking his head and sticking his tongue out- I think I heard him screaming "for the love of god, someone help!" One of DH's friends is a vet. He checked with him and he said it would not hurt the cat and just try and rinse out his mouth with the spray hose in the sink. Yeah- like that worked

Too funny Maddi. I could never figure out how the prey drive can outweigh common sense. Our dog does something similar - he loves eating bees, and gets stung at least once a season. Every year, same thing, every year, same yelp, every year, same "godfather" swollen cheek impression.

Though I've never encountered a stink bug - are they as rancid smelling as people say?

 

[HockeyKat]

Next order of business is to re-learn how to multi-quote on here (once I'm done padding my post count ). Thanks Kat, and yes, as sad as it is, I was serious. Assembly language is still used for electronics firmware - I'm a geek when it comes to this stuff, and am interested in learning how to mod firmware, but was curious to see how intensive a process it is to learn assembly. Yeah, I know, 1992 called and they want their programming language back.

Great story, I can totally see your cat doing that, and was chuckling like an idiot (actually I'm quite adept at doing a multitude of things like an idiot) when I read that! Cats are ridiculously funny animals - all that feigned dignity.

Actually, we have a firmware group here. I work for a company that makes their own hardware and has a group that writes custom firmware for it. They mostly write in C. My group mainly takes all of their data and displays it, as well as administrative screens and the like. It's all RF stuff, for real time location tracking in hospitals.

Assembly language isn't too far off binary. It also depends on the flavor that you want to learn. In some ways it is easier to learn than a higher-level language like C or Java, since it is more procedural and linear. In other words, each instruction is read and executed in sequence, allowing for jumps here and there but they are spelled out.

Okay, back to your regularly scheduled non-geek thread.


Cats. One of mine is so prissy (the 9 yr old), and the 2 yr old is almost like a dog - comes when called, likes water, and will sometimes even fetch. The prissy one can't STAND being wet or dirty. She will actually purr if you get something out of her fur or eye.

Both are super sweet though.. would never bite, total lap cats. Love them to pieces.

 

[Bushmills]

The younger of my two cats is the one with all the personality (& medical problems, but that's another story) He is a very vocal cat so at a young age I taught him to say Mama. At first he would only say it on his terms and very sporadically. Now I almost regret teaching him as he uses it all the time especially early in the morning when he wants breakfast
One day when I lived at my previous house, I came home from work to find this cat outside conversing with a little deer. That was very cute.

Another time, same cat had to be taken to the vet on emergency and stayed the weekend. MIL's dog saw him leave in the carrier and was very worried about him. When we left the cat at the vet and brought home the empty carrier the dog searched and searched it looking for the cat. For two days he sat infront of it keeping guard and waiting for the cat to come out. And when the cat came home the dog was constantly checking up on him until he was feeling better.

The latest antics of this cat was in December when early in the morning he was yelling to go outside. DH told him he couldn't cause he is black and he would get ran over. Apparently this wasn't the right answer so he turned and peed on my Mickey Christmas tree

How about you Bushy, any stories to tell?

Great stories Kris, and with pictures! Love the one with the dog laying in front of the cat crate - I crack up when dogs lay like that - legs splayed out behind them. Am I reading too much into the "420" in your nick? You are from BC

Well, Mrs Bushy and I are the proud parents of two cats and two dogs, each has seemed to develop many names for some reason. Our caramel cat is named The Professor, Moe, Mr Moe, Mr Moe Diddler, Fat Boy. He got the "Moe" names as he used to prop himself up on the back of our couch with one front "arm" hanging over a partition, making him look like a bartender. He'd sit that way and greet us when we got home.

The tortoiseshell cat (has some mancoon - short tiny little legs), is named Bones, as she was a rescue and just a little bundle of bones when we found her (she weighed A pound). She's my baby and is also known as Oodie Boodie, much to Mrs Bushy's chagrin.

Our Border Collie is Named Hannah (Hannah Banana, Banana Head, Wiggles, and the German variant, Dos Wiggos Bum). She's my wife's baby and is untouchable.

Last but not least is our other rescue, Dyson the Weimeraner. He had 3 homes in his first year of life, and had very bad separation anxiety when we got him. He's also known as Mr Hazar Budds (note the two "d's"), Spudley, Little Lord Fontleroy (long story, with hazy details at best), and Murph (that's the sound he makes when he wants something - that dog is too smart for our own good).

Sorry to babble on, just thought I'd properly introduce everyone to our "kids".
Cheers!

 

[zima-cheryl]

Sorry to babble on, just thought I'd properly introduce everyone to our "kids".
Cheers!

Do we get to see pix of them?

 

[maddhatir]

Love everyone's pet stories!! Thanks for the laughs.

I love the way we come up with these obscure names. Mom's female cat's name is Patches. I call her, Squirrel, Squirelly, Squirelly girl, Baby Squirrel, Little Squirrel, Baby Girl, Little Girl. I named mom's male cat. I went to Borders and found a Garfield "cat name book" a settled on Katzenjammer. He is now referred to as, Jammer, Little Guy, Baby Boy and mom's "pet" name for him is Tubby. Yes, he is a big boy.

Tammy- yay on thinking about getting a new baby!!!

 

[KRIS10420]

Speaking of Veda, the one year anniversary of her death is coming up (5/22) and we are actually thinking of finally adding some furry kids to our family. We are waiting for 2 females kittens that will hopefully be born within the next couple of months. I will keep you all posted....

2 Babies!! That is exciting, double the fun....... and trouble

Great stories Kris, and with pictures! Love the one with the dog laying in front of the cat crate - I crack up when dogs lay like that - legs splayed out behind them. Am I reading too much into the "420" in your nick? You are from BC

You would be correct there, It is my patriotic duty to do my part to hold up BC's reputation