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I'm having new neighbour problems OT
Ha! He is like Biskit. When *anyone* comes in she hides. She is the cat
I've talked about, have pictures of, but no one ever actually *sees* her. My daughter calls her The Uncat. Sherry Years ago, when we were still living in California, Nancy and I went on vacation for a few days. We arranged for my mom and brother to come over twice a day to check on the cats, put out cat food and water, clean litters, etc. At that time we had 6 kitties. When we returned home both of them insisted that we had only 1 cat. Amelia would come out to visit with my brother, Ranger would come out to visit with my mom, everybody else hid. |
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I'm having new neighbour problems OT
"Sherry" wrote in message
... On Dec 27, 7:06 am, "Christina Websell" wrote: He won't even allow himself to be seen by strangers, let alone be picked up. He is a disappearing cat as soon as he goes out, even I can't find him if he has a head start of less than a minute. He's asleep upstairs on his duvet. Don't worry. Ha! He is like Biskit. When *anyone* comes in she hides. She is the cat I've talked about, have pictures of, but no one ever actually *sees* her. My daughter calls her The Uncat. Sherry *** Waffles is like that, although sometimes people approaching the house see him sitting in the bedroom window. Otherwise, they never see him. Pickles is pretty leery of people other than me, but others have seen her, and if approached right, she will let some people pet her briefly. My daughter and her husband have two cats. One of them is so good at making himself scared that when they went away for a week, the pet sitter sent them an email suggesting he might have gotten out, since she never saw him. He was there, just hiding. Joy |
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I'm having new neighbour problems OT
"Sherry" wrote in message ... On Dec 27, 7:06 am, "Christina Websell" wrote: He won't even allow himself to be seen by strangers, let alone be picked up. He is a disappearing cat as soon as he goes out, even I can't find him if he has a head start of less than a minute. He's asleep upstairs on his duvet. Don't worry. Ha! He is like Biskit. When *anyone* comes in she hides. She is the cat I've talked about, have pictures of, but no one ever actually *sees* her. My daughter calls her The Uncat. ___ most visitors believe he is a figment of my imagination. Tweed |
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I'm having new neighbour problems OT
As they have no idea I have a cat he is perfectly safe. Guns are no-no
here. "Storrmmee" wrote in message ... poisioned food, if he will not eat from strangers or "found food" i would think he is very safe, iirc guns. "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... And what is that? Tell me. Anyone cannot touch him Lee, the boy is not stupid "Storrmmee" wrote in message .., pellet guns aren't allowed in UK? Lee. i went through every scenerio in my head that could be done to him, and since he is so shy i could only come up with one, Lee "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... There is no danger to Boyfriend, Lee, so don't worry about that. "Storrmmee" wrote in message ... i hadn't thought about the possible danger to boyfriend, which is now a major concern, after boyfriend, tweeds safety is next then the money needed to fix the situation, i have for the most part decent next doors and except for the forgetfulness of the one guy i am pretty lucky, Lee "Yowie" wrote in message ... In , Christina Websell typed: Strictly speaking they have the dropped kerb in front of their property that allows me to get my car out. They continually block it and get annoyed if I ask them to move their car so I can get mine out. On Wednesday I asked them once again and I had to hop with my bad foot around to their house to ask. They went crazy. They shouted at me and I had to tell them not to do so. It seems that they think they can block it as much as they want, I said but I can't get my car out if you do and they said that's too bad for you isn't it? I said I've been here 25 years and never had a problem with it with my previous neighbours and they said "we arent your previous neighbours, are we?" They have to get my permission to build a wall they want and to take down two trees that they cannot get to except if they do it on my land. Strangely enough, I am going to say no. We have things here that you can put over your curb so as to be able to drive up and down without needing hte curb to be remodelled and allowing the water to run down the gutter. The're metal plates and kinda look like this: _ / They'd be cheaper than having hte curb re-done. BTW, I am no expert on law, but if you've been using their curb to get yor car out for years andyears, then you may well have a 'common law' right of access over their property and they have no legal right ot block it. either way, I hope the situation resolves quickly, with the least expense possible. Yowie |
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I'm having new neighbour problems OT
i thought guns weren't in the mix, which in this case i am glad of, Lee
"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... As they have no idea I have a cat he is perfectly safe. Guns are no-no here. "Storrmmee" wrote in message ... poisioned food, if he will not eat from strangers or "found food" i would think he is very safe, iirc guns. "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... And what is that? Tell me. Anyone cannot touch him Lee, the boy is not stupid "Storrmmee" wrote in message .., pellet guns aren't allowed in UK? Lee. i went through every scenerio in my head that could be done to him, and since he is so shy i could only come up with one, Lee "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... There is no danger to Boyfriend, Lee, so don't worry about that. "Storrmmee" wrote in message ... i hadn't thought about the possible danger to boyfriend, which is now a major concern, after boyfriend, tweeds safety is next then the money needed to fix the situation, i have for the most part decent next doors and except for the forgetfulness of the one guy i am pretty lucky, Lee "Yowie" wrote in message ... In , Christina Websell typed: Strictly speaking they have the dropped kerb in front of their property that allows me to get my car out. They continually block it and get annoyed if I ask them to move their car so I can get mine out. On Wednesday I asked them once again and I had to hop with my bad foot around to their house to ask. They went crazy. They shouted at me and I had to tell them not to do so. It seems that they think they can block it as much as they want, I said but I can't get my car out if you do and they said that's too bad for you isn't it? I said I've been here 25 years and never had a problem with it with my previous neighbours and they said "we arent your previous neighbours, are we?" They have to get my permission to build a wall they want and to take down two trees that they cannot get to except if they do it on my land. Strangely enough, I am going to say no. We have things here that you can put over your curb so as to be able to drive up and down without needing hte curb to be remodelled and allowing the water to run down the gutter. The're metal plates and kinda look like this: _ / They'd be cheaper than having hte curb re-done. BTW, I am no expert on law, but if you've been using their curb to get yor car out for years andyears, then you may well have a 'common law' right of access over their property and they have no legal right ot block it. either way, I hope the situation resolves quickly, with the least expense possible. Yowie |
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"Joy" wrote in message
... ... Pickles is pretty leery of people other than me... In my part of the UK, "leery" means "aggressive, looking for a fight". "Wary", on the other hand, means "careful of, avoiding" (as in "beware"). Either you meant "wary", or this is another peculiarity of English (US) vs. English (British)! -- MatSav |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "MatSav" wrote in message ... I've got a mug with a 'thermal print' of a Cheshire Cat on it (of Lewis Carrol's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" fame) - said image disappears when the mug is filled with a hot drink, leaving just a grin. Aww, I'd love a mug like that. Where did you get it from? 'Twas a present, acquired during a visit to the Fitzwilliam museum shop in Cambridge: http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/. I don't know if they do online sales. -- MatSav |
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I'm having new neighbour problems OT
Ha! He is like Biskit. When *anyone* comes in she hides. She is the cat I've talked about, have pictures of, but no one ever actually *sees* her. My daughter calls her The Uncat. Sherry That's funny! I like it. My Fin was like that - He was with me for 6 years before anyone ever saw him. Rita, however, will greet anyone at the door and demand to be petted NOW. Jane - owned and operated by the Princess Rita |
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MatSav wrote:
"Joy" wrote in message ... ... Pickles is pretty leery of people other than me... In my part of the UK, "leery" means "aggressive, looking for a fight". That's probably only in your part of the UK, then. It seems most everywhere else "leery" and "wary" are synonyms. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/leery (Notice that your meaning is there, denoted slang.) "Wary", on the other hand, means "careful of, avoiding" (as in "beware"). Either you meant "wary", or this is another peculiarity of English (US) vs. English (British)! -- You'd be crazy to e-mail me with the crazy. But leave the div alone. * Whoever bans a book, shall be banished. Whoever burns a book, shall burn. |
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I'm having new neighbour problems OT
"Patok" wrote in message ... MatSav wrote: "Joy" wrote in message ... ... Pickles is pretty leery of people other than me... In my part of the UK, "leery" means "aggressive, looking for a fight". That's probably only in your part of the UK, then. It seems most everywhere else "leery" and "wary" are synonyms. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/leery (Notice that your meaning is there, denoted slang.) "Wary", on the other hand, means "careful of, avoiding" (as in "beware"). Either you meant "wary", or this is another peculiarity of English (US) vs. English (British)! Are you British, Patok? Do you live in the UK? Interested to know. Tweed |
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