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"Pat" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote | "Pat" wrote | Last Tuesday I ordered some herbal formulas online - one for Abelard who | is | scratching and pawing at his ears again | | Which suggests he has earmites. Whilst herbal formulas can be good for some | things, I advise you don't risk another vestibular attack for Abelard by | taking risks with his ears. Get something from the vet. | If he has another one, it might well be the end of him. They rarely survive | two except to be so disabled they need nursing forever or are so nauseous | they cannot eat for weeks and the vet says enough. | Please take notice. | Abelard does not have ear mites. None of my cats do. These Chinese patent meds have undergone over 5,000 years of testing and refinement, and they WORK. I have personally had MY LIFE SAVED using Chinese herbs when NOTHING ELSE worked. Antibiotics had their chance. He took two different drugs for a total of 6 weeks. It was clearly time to try something else. "Please Take Notice." Well, he's your cat and you've decided what you want to do. I don't agree with it. But anyway I have reached the breaking point financially and can afford nothing more. Without a heater in the house the cats and I will not survive this winter. I can live in the cold, so can they, but the house plumbing will freeze and I will have worse problems (not to mention no water, which is an absolute necessity to life). Stop wasting your money on Chinese medicine then. Use it to to get a heater for your house. Tweed |
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"Pat" gently shredded But anyway I have reached the breaking point financially and can afford nothing more. Without a heater in the house the cats and I will not survive this winter. I can live in the cold, so can they, but the house plumbing will freeze and I will have worse problems (not to mention no water, which is an absolute necessity to life) You have NO heat of 'any' kind in your house? Is there some kind of help you can get so your water won't get turned off? United Way? Salvation Army.? A church? There ARE agencies and people out there who will help you. Call around and get some kind of help, please, for your own sake and the sake of your cats. Call the water company and tell them what's going on. And if they let you keep it on, be sure to keep it at a slow 'cold' trickle so the pipes won't burst, We have to do that here, when it freezes. Call around and see if someone will donate a heater to you. There is NO shame in asking for help when you need it. I wish I could do something to help you, Pat, but advice is all I can afford. Purrs and hearty prayers lovingly sent your way. Kyla PS. PLEASE take my advice and make some calls so you and the kitties will be okay. |
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"Christina Websell" wrote | Stop wasting your money on Chinese medicine then. Use it to to get a heater | for your house. I already have the heater. I needed a few inexpensive parts today. When I ordered the meds I didn't know I was going to need these parts. |
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"Pat" wrote in message ... I have an idea for catching the thief that might work. Let me know what you think of it. I'll put a small package in the mailbox with a fake return label from some made-up pharmacy with a fake return address and a fake postage label from an old package. I'll put a few old empty pill bottles filled with beans in there so the pills will make noise when the package is shaken. This package will be my "bait". The pill bottles inside the package will be wrapped in paper and on that paper will be a note to the thief, to read as follows: "Hello! Thanks for taking this package! It was left in my mailbox as bait, and your theft was recorded on closed-circuit, night-vision video camera. "The package you stole from this mailbox on Monday, September 22, contained nothing that could possibly get you 'high', it contained only Chinese herbal formulas that were meant to help save a life and provide comfort for someone in great pain. We now have hard evidence of your identity. "If you wish to avoid prosecution, you have 24 hours to return the contents of the Sept. 22 package, or an envelope containing $100 in cash, to the mailbox where you found this note. Otherwise, wrap up your affairs in preparation for being arrested and charged with mail pilfering under USC Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 83, Sec. 1708, which is a federal crime and carries a prison term of FIVE YEARS plus a hefty fine." Although I do not own a security camera, this could put the fear into the thief and get me compensation for the theft and the trouble caused. Personally, I wouldn't take a chance on ingesting anything that a thief might return. You might find that the product has been adulterated, with the thief getting still more "jollies" that way. MaryL |
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"Kyla =^. .^=" wrote | You have NO heat of 'any' kind in your house? Not at the moment. But I don't need it just yet. I have a little time to get the heater re-installed, but I did want to do that before it gets any colder. I was able to borrow a flaring tool and a cutter, and bought the additional copper pipe and t-valve and nuts today. Hopefully I will be able to master the use of the flaring tool before I run out of copper to practice on! | Call around and see if someone will donate a heater to you. I have a heater. It just had to be moved (as I wrote in the 2nd post in this thread). | There is NO shame in asking for help when you need it. Yes, for me there is shame. But not enough to keep me from asking when it's a life-or-death matter. |
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MaryL -out-the-litter wrote:
Personally, I wouldn't take a chance on ingesting anything that a thief might return. You might find that the product has been adulterated, with the thief getting still more "jollies" that way. Eek, that's a good point! Still, the ruse might scare the thief from trying to steal from her in the future. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote | Personally, I wouldn't take a chance on ingesting anything that a thief | might return. You might find that the product has been adulterated, with | the thief getting still more "jollies" that way. I wouldn't use anything that didn't have the original seal intact. But thanks for bringing up that point. I will add it to the note. I thought of a few more things to include in the note as well. Here is my revised version: [This part will be in large bold print on the outside of the inner package] "Hello, and thanks for taking this package! Your act was recorded on closed-circuit, night-vision video camera on loan from authorities. See reverse for more info." [Now the "fine print"] "The package stolen from this mailbox on Monday, September 22, contained nothing that could possibly make anyone 'high', it contained only herbal formulas that were meant to help save a life and provide comfort for someone in great pain. Now there is hard evidence of your identity. "If you wish to avoid prosecution, you have 24 hours to return either the entire contents of the Sept. 22 package **with original seals intact**, or an envelope containing $100 in cash, to the mailbox where you found this note. Otherwise, wrap up your affairs in preparation for arrest and imprisonment for mail pilfering under USC Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 83, Sec. 1708 - a federal crime which carries a prison term of FIVE YEARS plus a hefty fine. "If you fail to return the stolen property or its cash value, I will not hesitate to press charges. You make my life difficult, I'll do the same for you. The minimum age for criminal responsibility in federal crimes is ten (10) years. Repent now!" |
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"Pat" wrote in message ... "Kyla =^. .^=" wrote | You have NO heat of 'any' kind in your house? Not at the moment. But I don't need it just yet. I have a little time to get the heater re-installed, but I did want to do that before it gets any colder. I was able to borrow a flaring tool and a cutter, and bought the additional copper pipe and t-valve and nuts today. Hopefully I will be able to master the use of the flaring tool before I run out of copper to practice on! | Call around and see if someone will donate a heater to you. I have a heater. It just had to be moved (as I wrote in the 2nd post in this thread). | There is NO shame in asking for help when you need it. Yes, for me there is shame. But not enough to keep me from asking when it's a life-or-death matter. I suspect I'm preaching to the choir here, but don't forget any left over copper, or any copper you take out when fixing stuff is worth a fortune now days when you recycle. Or at least enough to be worth the trip if you are going to be close to a recycle place anyway. Jo |
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"Jofirey" wrote | I suspect I'm preaching to the choir here, but don't forget any left | over copper, or any copper you take out when fixing stuff is worth a | fortune now days when you recycle. | | Or at least enough to be worth the trip if you are going to be close | to a recycle place anyway. Yes, I am aware of that and have quite a little collection of copper scraps here, waiting for the day (if it ever comes) when I can get to a recycle center that pays for it. Closest one I know of is about 40 miles, near the vet's office in Mtn. Grove. |
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I wouldn't try anything like that around here. With the drug problem in our
area, I would be afraid someone would take it seriously and, if I couldn't back up what I said, might do bodily harm to try and keep the matter from coming to the authorities attention. "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message . .. "Pat" wrote in message ... I have an idea for catching the thief that might work. Let me know what you think of it. I'll put a small package in the mailbox with a fake return label from some made-up pharmacy with a fake return address and a fake postage label from an old package. I'll put a few old empty pill bottles filled with beans in there so the pills will make noise when the package is shaken. This package will be my "bait". The pill bottles inside the package will be wrapped in paper and on that paper will be a note to the thief, to read as follows: "Hello! Thanks for taking this package! It was left in my mailbox as bait, and your theft was recorded on closed-circuit, night-vision video camera. "The package you stole from this mailbox on Monday, September 22, contained nothing that could possibly get you 'high', it contained only Chinese herbal formulas that were meant to help save a life and provide comfort for someone in great pain. We now have hard evidence of your identity. "If you wish to avoid prosecution, you have 24 hours to return the contents of the Sept. 22 package, or an envelope containing $100 in cash, to the mailbox where you found this note. Otherwise, wrap up your affairs in preparation for being arrested and charged with mail pilfering under USC Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 83, Sec. 1708, which is a federal crime and carries a prison term of FIVE YEARS plus a hefty fine." Although I do not own a security camera, this could put the fear into the thief and get me compensation for the theft and the trouble caused. Personally, I wouldn't take a chance on ingesting anything that a thief might return. You might find that the product has been adulterated, with the thief getting still more "jollies" that way. MaryL |
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