Boyfie has this trick

Which annoys me intensely.
If he realises I am going out, even if he's just come in - and had probably
intended to stay in for the whole day for duvet time - when I put my coat
on, he insists on going out again which means I have to leave the back door
open so he can come in again and atm (he did it today) it makes my house
cold.
I know he doesn't need to go out for toileting, as he's just been out for an
hour or more but of course I give in.
He's quite manipulative, I think, if that's possible for a cat. and he
keeps doing it.
So next time I go out and he does this, he'll have to wait in the
conservatory - he's taking the p...
No more open back doors - I've got his measure. Spoilt, very spoilt.
Tweed

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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Which annoys me intensely.
If he realises I am going out, even if he's just come in - and had
probably intended to stay in for the whole day for duvet time - when I put
my coat on, he insists on going out again which means I have to leave the
back door open so he can come in again and atm (he did it today) it makes
my house cold.
I know he doesn't need to go out for toileting, as he's just been out for
an hour or more but of course I give in.
He's quite manipulative, I think, if that's possible for a cat. and he
keeps doing it.
So next time I go out and he does this, he'll have to wait in the
conservatory - he's taking the p...
No more open back doors - I've got his measure. Spoilt, very spoilt.
Tweed

Have you thought about getting a cat flap? Leaving your back door open
sounds dangerous.


--
Joy

Frazer Island

Fairy penguins march
Out of the sea at sunset
Chatting as they come.
-- Australia Haiku by Joy Gaylord

"Joy" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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Have you thought about getting a cat flap?

Yes, but I have a very expensive oak back door so that's not an option

Leaving your back door open
sounds dangerous.

It's not very dangerous here, but it makes the house cold as it's getting
kind of nippy weather-wise.

It's still safe. I have a Jack Russell next door now and he/she will not
allow anyone near my house. Including myself :-)

Tweed

"Judith Latham" wrote in message
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wrote:

"Joy" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in
message ... Have you thought
about getting a cat flap?

Yes, but I have a very expensive oak back door so that's not an option

Leaving your back door open
sounds dangerous.

It's not very dangerous here, but it makes the house cold as it's
getting kind of nippy weather-wise.

It's still safe. I have a Jack Russell next door now and he/she will
not allow anyone near my house. Including myself :-)

Tweed

That's a good benefit of having that little dog next door.

I would never leave an outside door open and go out living where I do.
It's not a rough area but not a safe one to leave anything unlocked. in
fact both doors (front door and the patio door) are locked even when we're
in.

Judith

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Judith Latham
Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

I keep my doors locked all the time too, even though I live in a good
neighborhood. I certainly would never leave a door open, not only because
of the weather, but because insects could get in. We don't have mosquitoes
here, but we have flies occasionally, as well as wasps.

Joy

On 1/8/2014 5:23 PM, Joy wrote:
"Judith Latham" wrote in message
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In article , Christina Websell
wrote:

"Joy" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in
message ... Have you thought
about getting a cat flap?

Yes, but I have a very expensive oak back door so that's not an option

Leaving your back door open
sounds dangerous.

It's not very dangerous here, but it makes the house cold as it's
getting kind of nippy weather-wise.

It's still safe. I have a Jack Russell next door now and he/she will
not allow anyone near my house. Including myself :-)

Tweed

That's a good benefit of having that little dog next door.

I would never leave an outside door open and go out living where I do.
It's not a rough area but not a safe one to leave anything unlocked. in
fact both doors (front door and the patio door) are locked even when we're
in.

Judith

--
Judith Latham
Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

I keep my doors locked all the time too, even though I live in a good
neighborhood. I certainly would never leave a door open, not only because
of the weather, but because insects could get in. We don't have mosquitoes
here, but we have flies occasionally, as well as wasps.

Joy

When I lived in Tennessee I always kept the front and back doors locked
even when I was at home. Since I've been living in this gated community
(on an island) I leave the front door unlocked. The reason for that is
if the alarm goes off and I don't answer the phone they'll either break
down the door (good luck with that, it's a steel door) or break one of
the picture windows to get inside. I'd rather they didn't do that.

When I was cat-sitting for my neighbor and had trouble getting the cats
in at night, she'd sometimes tell me to leave a sliding door open a
little bit. Uh, no. Not with the raccoons and (in the summer) lizards,
snakes and bugs that might just come inside, too.

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 1/8/2014 5:23 PM, Joy wrote:
"Judith Latham" wrote in message
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In article , Christina Websell
wrote:

"Joy" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in
message ... Have you thought
about getting a cat flap?

Yes, but I have a very expensive oak back door so that's not an option

Leaving your back door open
sounds dangerous.

It's not very dangerous here, but it makes the house cold as it's
getting kind of nippy weather-wise.

It's still safe. I have a Jack Russell next door now and he/she will
not allow anyone near my house. Including myself :-)

Tweed

That's a good benefit of having that little dog next door.

I would never leave an outside door open and go out living where I do.
It's not a rough area but not a safe one to leave anything unlocked. in
fact both doors (front door and the patio door) are locked even when
we're
in.

Judith

--
Judith Latham
Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

I keep my doors locked all the time too, even though I live in a good
neighborhood. I certainly would never leave a door open, not only
because
of the weather, but because insects could get in. We don't have
mosquitoes
here, but we have flies occasionally, as well as wasps.

Joy

When I lived in Tennessee I always kept the front and back doors locked
even when I was at home. Since I've been living in this gated community
(on an island) I leave the front door unlocked. The reason for that is if
the alarm goes off and I don't answer the phone they'll either break down
the door (good luck with that, it's a steel door) or break one of the
picture windows to get inside. I'd rather they didn't do that.

That makes sense. I don't live in a gated community, but I do have a
Lifeline emergency button. My next door neighbors have a key to my house,
and that is registered with Lifeline, so I'm hoping they wouldn't break into
my house if I needed help.

When I was cat-sitting for my neighbor and had trouble getting the cats in
at night, she'd sometimes tell me to leave a sliding door open a little
bit. Uh, no. Not with the raccoons and (in the summer) lizards, snakes
and bugs that might just come inside, too.

Jill

Right!

Joy

"Judith Latham" wrote in message
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In article , Christina Websell
wrote:

That's a good benefit of having that little dog next door.

I would never leave an outside door open and go out living where I do.
It's not a rough area but not a safe one to leave anything unlocked. in
fact both doors (front door and the patio door) are locked even when we're
in.

Judith

I've been doing it for over twenty years, since I had dogs and got a job too
far away to come home at lunchtime so they could toilet.

It's quite difficult to get to the back of my house from the front and it
would have to look like it was worth it - it doesn't. Plus it's on a road
to nowhere.

We did have a bit of problem a while ago, someone got a bicycle stolen from
their yard and another got their hub caps stolen from their car outside on
the street.
I hate to admit this (stereotyping) but I always suspected the scrap dealers
that were up here twice a week with their vans. Since they now have to be
licensed to do this and cannot take stuff to a scrapyard to get a cash
payment, they don't come any more and nothing metal has gone missing. I
lost my wrought iron side gate when I was in hospital.
The law was brought in after so many buildings (churches, especially) were
being stripped of the lead on their roof.
Now, the scrapyards can only pay you by cheque, which has had a brilliant
effect on opportunistic metal thieves here as has the licensing law. Now,
if they steal it, they can't get rid of it as the scrapyards get regular
visits from the enforcement agency and if they can't account for where it
came from with paperwork, they will get a massive fine. Seems to be working
quite well ;-)

Tweed











--
Judith Latham
Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

Christina Websell wrote:

We did have a bit of problem a while ago, someone got a bicycle stolen from
their yard and another got their hub caps stolen from their car outside on
the street.
I hate to admit this (stereotyping) but I always suspected the scrap dealers
that were up here twice a week with their vans. Since they now have to be
licensed to do this and cannot take stuff to a scrapyard to get a cash
payment, they don't come any more and nothing metal has gone missing. I
lost my wrought iron side gate when I was in hospital.
The law was brought in after so many buildings (churches, especially) were
being stripped of the lead on their roof.
Now, the scrapyards can only pay you by cheque, which has had a brilliant
effect on opportunistic metal thieves here as has the licensing law. Now,
if they steal it, they can't get rid of it as the scrapyards get regular
visits from the enforcement agency and if they can't account for where it
came from with paperwork, they will get a massive fine. Seems to be working
quite well ;-)

There's a similar problem over here with copper theft. People steal plumbing
from buildings (pipes newer than a certain time are made of copper). I wish
they'd try something like that here.

--
Joyce

The sun rose slowly, like a fiery furball coughed up uneasily onto a
sky-blue carpet by a giant unseen cat. -- Michael McGarel

On 2014-01-09 10:06 PM, Bastette wrote:
Christina Websell wrote:

We did have a bit of problem a while ago, someone got a bicycle stolen from
their yard and another got their hub caps stolen from their car outside on
the street.
I hate to admit this (stereotyping) but I always suspected the scrap dealers
that were up here twice a week with their vans. Since they now have to be
licensed to do this and cannot take stuff to a scrapyard to get a cash
payment, they don't come any more and nothing metal has gone missing. I
lost my wrought iron side gate when I was in hospital.
The law was brought in after so many buildings (churches, especially) were
being stripped of the lead on their roof.
Now, the scrapyards can only pay you by cheque, which has had a brilliant
effect on opportunistic metal thieves here as has the licensing law. Now,
if they steal it, they can't get rid of it as the scrapyards get regular
visits from the enforcement agency and if they can't account for where it
came from with paperwork, they will get a massive fine. Seems to be working
quite well ;-)

There's a similar problem over here with copper theft. People steal plumbing
from buildings (pipes newer than a certain time are made of copper). I wish
they'd try something like that here.


Employees at a local scrapyard recently started wondering if a bell they
had purchased might not have been acquired legally, so they called the
police. Sure enough, it had been stolen from a church.

Modern plumbing all seems to be plastic, but when copper prices go up,
the more stupid of the local thieves steal wiring from phone and power
installations. Sooner or later one of them will be electrocuted.

There is a small development where I used to live in which the old
buildings were torn down and the new ones built slowly, over a period of
just over 3 years. For long periods of time, the site was left
unattended and unsecured. I saw nothing myself, but I heard that
building supplies vanished from the site at an astonishing rate.
--
Cheryl

"Bastette" wrote in message
...
Christina Websell wrote:

We did have a bit of problem a while ago, someone got a bicycle stolen
from
their yard and another got their hub caps stolen from their car outside
on
the street.
I hate to admit this (stereotyping) but I always suspected the scrap
dealers
that were up here twice a week with their vans. Since they now have to
be
licensed to do this and cannot take stuff to a scrapyard to get a cash
payment, they don't come any more and nothing metal has gone missing. I
lost my wrought iron side gate when I was in hospital.
The law was brought in after so many buildings (churches, especially)
were
being stripped of the lead on their roof.
Now, the scrapyards can only pay you by cheque, which has had a
brilliant
effect on opportunistic metal thieves here as has the licensing law.
Now,
if they steal it, they can't get rid of it as the scrapyards get regular
visits from the enforcement agency and if they can't account for where
it
came from with paperwork, they will get a massive fine. Seems to be
working
quite well ;-)

There's a similar problem over here with copper theft. People steal
plumbing
from buildings (pipes newer than a certain time are made of copper). I
wish
they'd try something like that here.

Maybe you should suggest it to the powers that be ;-)
It's been a spectacular success here although it only came into force quite
recently
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/s...ome-into-force

Tweed