The Vent and Rant Thread

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

bluddy cat!

All the toys I buy for the cat end this way. He always just looks at me not the toy. Except the spinning musical top that he was afraid of and ran away.

rant finished!

Try again tomorrow. He might have really loved it but was too proud to show it. Tomorrow, make the dot again but without looking directly at the cat while you do it... That's the only way we can get Felicity to play with the light.

Stitchawl

[poohbear_nc]

Try putting the red dot on a paw or on his tail - that's how I get Sammy cat interested in playing with it. Goldie is terrified of it and runs away.

[SneakySnake]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Get a dog. Norton loves all his toys!

It was difficult enough to convince bloke to have a cat. It is most unlikely he will agree to a dog. I prefer cats anyway. dogs tend to poo and wee in all the wrong places, the cat burys his in the garden.

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Try again tomorrow. He might have really loved it but was too proud to show it. Tomorrow, make the dot again but without looking directly at the cat while you do it... That's the only way we can get Felicity to play with the light.

Stitchawl

Good idea I will try not looking at him next time.

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Try putting the red dot on a paw or on his tail - that's how I get Sammy cat interested in playing with it. Goldie is terrified of it and runs away.

I think it was when i put it on his paw he realised it wasn't tangible and started to look at me instead.

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Try putting the red dot on a paw or on his tail - that's how I get Sammy cat interested in playing with it. Goldie is terrified of it and runs away.

I lit up the tip of my late cat Bugsy's nose. Then I lit up other things.

It didn't take him long to figure out that I was responsible for it, and start bugging me to go out in the hallway with him and make the red dot he then could chase frantically. Bugsy was older and ordinarily very dignified, but in the presence of red dot, all inhibitions vanished.

I just assumed he viewed it as keeping in training and keeping his reflexes sharp for his primary profession as an exterminator.
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Dennis

[wyndslash]

hmm i wonder if amazon reads your credit card number. because apparently, ebooks cost $2.00 more here x.x; if they don't read my credit card number, then maybe i can retain a US billing address (they don't physically send invoices of purchases of ebooks, right?)

[natasha_fawn]

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

It was difficult enough to convince bloke to have a cat. It is most unlikely he will agree to a dog. I prefer cats anyway. dogs tend to poo and wee in all the wrong places, the cat burys his in the garden.



Good idea I will try not looking at him next time.



I think it was when i put it on his paw he realised it wasn't tangible and started to look at me instead.

Our boy is only really interested if the dot zips and wiggles like a mosquito on speed. It's fun to make him do circles.

[devilsadvocate]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Try again tomorrow. He might have really loved it but was too proud to show it. Tomorrow, make the dot again but without looking directly at the cat while you do it... That's the only way we can get Felicity to play with the light.

Stitchawl

Our Siamese will steadfastly refuse to play with any cat toy...unless he thinks no one (human or cat) is looking. You can see his frustration when he "acts like a cat" and suddenly realizes he can't do anything about it. It's like he consciously tries to be human; he even likes french fries, ranch dressing, pizza crust, and a few other nontraditional (for a cat) foods.

He's getting better with it though; he now insists on "drying" my hair if I sit down in my office chair after a shower. He also makes sure my nose is wet in the same way.

Originally Posted by natasha_fawn

Our boy is only really interested if the dot zips and wiggles like a mosquito on speed. It's fun to make him do circles.

Also considerably more fun than an actual mosquito on speed, I would imagine.

Now my rant: VZW wants $150 for an $80 microSD card. Not happening. Also discovered that in order to get a subwoofer box of the size and type I want I have to order it online. Downside: shipping costs as much as the box.

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

newly issued hands? just breaking them in?

look below. see the picture attached to Mortis' post? my 'work' used to be like that now I'm glad they seem less clumsy

Originally Posted by Mortis

Show off!

That is very cool, all I can make is this.

nope, that's a picture I found somewhere online 'cause I didn't have the camera to take a photo of mine Mine looks more like scraps, much more uglier than the thing in the picture

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

Okay. It's still one of the five convex regular polyhedra. It just uses a different construction technique.

There are four more regular polyhedra known as "star" or Kepler-Pionsot polyhedrons:


Perhaps you can try one of those next
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Dennis

let's see if I can find enough courage in the weekend

[Stitchawl]

Just had my shelves partially emptied by an earth quake... Do not... I repeat... Do not make Mother Nature angry!

I wonder what it did at the epicenter? I wonder where the epicenter was?

Stitchawl

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Just had my shelves partially emptied by an earth quake... Do not... I repeat... Do not make Mother Nature angry!

I wonder what it did at the epicenter? I wonder where the epicenter was?

Stitchawl

Not of the ground-shaking variety, and obviously not of the shelf-emptying level of disturbance, but Mother Nature here has just poured down buckets of water, rattled her pots and pans, and passed a bit of wind too. She's definitely in a state about something.

Cheers,
Marc

[dreams]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Just had my shelves partially emptied by an earth quake... Do not... I repeat... Do not make Mother Nature angry!

I wonder what it did at the epicenter? I wonder where the epicenter was?

Stitchawl

I hope all is OK. I just saw this recorded:
M5.0 - Near the south coast of western Honshu, Japan -
2011 February 21 06:46:10
33.8648,135.3621

Were you close to the epicenter?

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

I just finished 2 origami models. For the 1st one it took 1hr to complete 12 units and 1hr to assemble. But the 2nd one was bloody difficult. It took me all the afternoon and night: 2hrs to complete 30 units and 3hrs to assemble them all together. I think they're called dodecahedrons... When I have the camera I'll shoot them

Bah, only 30 units?

I just got a new book for my birthday, but I haven't had the room to make new figures yet...

[desertblues]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Just had my shelves partially emptied by an earth quake... Do not... I repeat... Do not make Mother Nature angry!

I wonder what it did at the epicenter? I wonder where the epicenter was?

Stitchawl

Are at least your teapots and cups allright?

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by desertblues

Are at least your teapots and cups allright?

All is secure... Nothing damaged, just a few odds and ends knocked over or off some shelves.

Looks like it was about a magnitude 5 quake ... the epicenter appears to be about 70miles (100k) south-east of me. I haven't turned on the news to see what damage has been done, but the area is coastal, and somewhat rural rather than urban. I'll check out the 7 o'clock news for the full story.


Stitchawl

[bjones6416]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

All is secure... Nothing damaged, just a few odds and ends knocked over or off some shelves.

Looks like it was about a magnitude 5 quake ... the epicenter appears to be about 70miles (100k) south-east of me. I haven't turned on the news to see what damage has been done, but the area is coastal, and somewhat rural rather than urban. I'll check out the 7 o'clock news for the full story.


Stitchawl

I'm about to sign off of here for a few days, and you leave me with this?! It's all over now, right, and you guys are okay?

I should be back around the end of the week. I expect everybody to be on their best behavior!