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  • May 1, 2010, 06:55 PM
    Alty
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by hheath541 View Post
    the kittens are DETERMINED to make it as hard as possible for me to give any of them to new homes. the past couple days, mop has attached himself to me. he climbs up the couch to be next to me and falls asleep curled up against me, purring.

    are four kitties so much harder to take care of than three?

    The real question is "Are 7 kitties so much harder to take care of then 4?" :)
  • May 1, 2010, 06:58 PM
    hheath541

    I know. I know. If I talk myself into having 4 kitties, then it'll eventually become 5, then 6, then 7. I just love them and wish I could keep all of them.

    Someone smack me in the head every time I think about keeping them all.
  • May 1, 2010, 07:00 PM
    Alty
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by hheath541 View Post
    i know. i know. if i talk myself into having 4 kitties, then it'll eventually become 5, then 6, then 7. i just love them and wish i could keep all of them.

    someone smack me in the head every time i think about keeping them all.

    I can't smack you in the head. I think you'd make a great "crazy cat lady". ;)
  • May 1, 2010, 07:15 PM
    hheath541

    I'm going to cry when they find homes.
  • May 1, 2010, 07:18 PM
    Fr_Chuck

    I have a sweet little old lady across the street, she lives there alone ( son there sometimes) my guess mid 80's or so. Had about 30 cats. Cats everywhere
  • May 1, 2010, 07:22 PM
    hheath541
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Fr_Chuck View Post
    I have a sweet little old lady across the street, she lives there alone ( son there sometimes) my guess mid 80's or so. Had about 30 cats. Cats everywhere

    My great grandma was like that. She fed all the neighborhood cats. My grandpa removed more then 2 dozen feral cats from the house when he moved my grandma closer to family. He got her a dog to keep her company, but she still fed the neighborhood cats.
  • May 1, 2010, 08:00 PM
    EmoPrincess

    We had a crazy cat lady at the top of the street... then she died. I heard the cats ate her
  • May 2, 2010, 02:46 AM
    QLP

    I just found your little corner Alty and thought I would come and say hello. Hi all :)
  • May 2, 2010, 02:48 AM
    Unknown008

    Hello QLP! Long time no see :)
  • May 2, 2010, 06:37 AM
    Cat1864
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by QLP View Post
    I just found your little corner Alty and thought I would come and say hello. Hi all :)

    I thought about giving you a link, but I wasn't sure if you were ready for the crazy side. :)

    Welcome to the Discussion Boards, QLP. Before Alty gets a chance to rename you, would you like to chose your own nickname or stick with QLP? :D
  • May 2, 2010, 07:47 AM
    QLP

    I'll be brave (or is that foolhardy) and see what Alty comes up with. :P
  • May 2, 2010, 07:50 AM
    Cat1864
    QLP, how are you doing today?
  • May 2, 2010, 07:57 AM
    QLP

    I'm good thanks. Son is home, daughter is home, daughter's boyfriend is here. Hubby is bringing some friends home. Apart from the fact that I seem to be cooking enough to feed an army it's very nice to have them all here.

    And how are you today?
  • May 2, 2010, 08:01 AM
    Cat1864
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by QLP View Post
    I'm good thanks. Son is home, daughter is home, daughter's boyfriend is here. Hubby is bringing some friends home. Apart from the fact that I seem to be cooking enough to feed an army it's very nice to have them all here.

    And how are you today?

    Put the troops to work. It's the Army way. :)

    Doing pretty good. Trying to decide if I like the latest version of 'Weather Alert' our local TV station has switched to. So far it is annoying me.
  • May 2, 2010, 08:03 AM
    QLP

    I'll happily set the troops on with a lot of things, but when it comes to the cooking I like my kitchen too much to let them loose - I have seem the results before!
  • May 2, 2010, 08:06 AM
    Cat1864
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by QLP View Post
    I'll happily set the troops on with a lot of things, but when it comes to the cooking I like my kitchen too much to let them loose - I have seem the results before!!

    I can imagine the results.:)
  • May 2, 2010, 08:07 AM
    Catsmine
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by QLP View Post
    I'll happily set the troops on with a lot of things, but when it comes to the cooking I like my kitchen too much to let them loose - I have seem the results before!!

    Having just started the dishwasher from son's card game and daughter's prom night last night, I'm having a Kool-aid moment: OH YEAH !!
  • May 2, 2010, 08:15 AM
    QLP
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Catsmine View Post
    Having just started the dishwasher from son's card game and daughter's prom night last night, I'm having a Kool-aid moment: OH YEAH !!

    What is kool-aid (not something I'm familiar with in the UK)?
  • May 2, 2010, 08:20 AM
    albear

    Something about a large jug of red liquid bursting through a wall and shouting 'OH YEAH'
  • May 2, 2010, 08:46 AM
    Catsmine
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by QLP View Post
    What is kool-aid (not something I'm familiar with in the UK)?

    A powdered fruit juice mix. They had a huge ad campaign in the 80s.

    Here's one of the commercials:

    YouTube - Hey Kool-Aid!
  • May 2, 2010, 10:13 AM
    QLP

    Ah, makes sense now. Hope you enjoyed your kool-aid moment.
  • May 2, 2010, 11:27 AM
    Alty

    Hi QLP, glad you found us.

    So you're being brave and letting me come up with a nickname. Seeing as your username is only three letters long, this isn't going to be easy.

    Why do I want to call you Kewpie, but spelled QP?

    Hey, I shortened it! That wasn't easy! ;)
  • May 2, 2010, 11:42 AM
    Unknown008

    Lol, souds good :D

    Hi! Actually trying to find arguments against:

    Images enslave us, words free us.

    Any suggestions? :(
  • May 2, 2010, 11:51 AM
    albear

    I was having a discussion with a friend last night about false idols, and as an example was that there was an image of jesus, so when people with about worshiping jesus or god they have an image in their mid, even though that might not be what they looked like (if they lived) - along the right lines or did you have something else in mind ?
  • May 2, 2010, 11:57 AM
    Unknown008

    Um... what I have now are:
    Images do not confine us, but help us to push our imagination
    Reading a book encloses us in a world, where we are 'forced' to follow what the author is telling us
    With now abstract paintings, we cannot say that images enslaves us, but to think wider
    Psychologists use abstract images which may have multiple interpretations, and hence are not confined.
  • May 2, 2010, 12:01 PM
    albear

    Oh, yeah, sorry I misread what you said before and thought you were 'for', my mistake :(
  • May 2, 2010, 12:13 PM
    Unknown008

    It's OK, I'm chatting with friends at the moment on MSN... it's a hard task that topic :(
  • May 2, 2010, 12:27 PM
    albear

    Agreed I think you have the harder task, if I were your opposition id say something along the lines of you read the words and use your imagination to picture it and your imagination is limitless.



    On your side maybe a picture (image) is worth a thousand words, hence a word is only worth 1/1000 of a picture, therefore images have more capability than words,

    Am I making any sense or just waffeling bull crap? :)
  • May 2, 2010, 12:30 PM
    Unknown008

    Not at all, thanks for your input. I'll see how they react to this point :)

    EDIT: Great many thanks! :)
  • May 2, 2010, 12:41 PM
    albear

    Probably provoke somekind of reaction :D
  • May 2, 2010, 12:45 PM
    Unknown008

    It's the second round for debate. My team passed the first one quite easily, but this one, we'll have to work seriously...
  • May 2, 2010, 12:55 PM
    albear

    Good luck :)
  • May 2, 2010, 12:57 PM
    Unknown008

    Thank you Bear :)
  • May 2, 2010, 01:17 PM
    Catsmine
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Unknown008 View Post
    Lol, souds good :D

    Hi! Actually trying to find arguments against:

    Images enslave us, words free us.

    Any suggestions? :(

    Images communicate more precisely than words. The perfect example is the diagram that goes along with the assembly instructions for anything.

    Another example: A Renaissance painting of a moderately pretty lady seated with her hands in her lap and a half-smile on her face is a description of the Mona Lisa and totally inadequate.

    There's your first point.
  • May 2, 2010, 01:20 PM
    Unknown008

    I'm worn out... I'm glad to have seen your post Cats.

    Now I must go to sleep or I'll fall asleep in front of the monitor...

    Cya guys! :)
  • May 2, 2010, 01:24 PM
    Catsmine
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Unknown008 View Post
    I'm worn out... I'm glad to have seen your post Cats.

    Now I must go to sleep or I'll fall asleep in front of the monitor...

    Cya guys! :)

    G'night, my friend.
  • May 2, 2010, 02:44 PM
    albear

    Night unky
  • May 2, 2010, 04:05 PM
    QLP
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Altenweg View Post
    Hi QLP, glad you found us.

    So you're being brave and letting me come up with a nickname. Seeing as your username is only three letters long, this isn't going to be easy.

    Why do I want to call you Kewpie, but spelled QP?

    Hey, I shortened it! That wasn't easy! ;)

    Kewpie/QP is fine lol. In case you are wondering QLP stands for Quiet Life Please - coined when I joined a forum for dealing with noisey neighbours, thankfully something that has quietened down now (fingers crossed it stays that way). How about just Q then I can pretend to be a James Bond genius :P? Mmm only thing is if the James Bond thing caught on someone might end up as P. Galore..
  • May 2, 2010, 04:34 PM
    BlackVY

    Hey you... :)
  • May 2, 2010, 04:39 PM
    hheath541
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Catsmine View Post
    Images communicate more precisely than words. The perfect example is the diagram that goes along with the assembly instructions for anything.

    Another example: A Renaissance painting of a moderately pretty lady seated with her hands in her lap and a half-smile on her face is a description of the Mona Lisa and totally inadequate.

    There's your first point.

    Actually, I find that more than adequate.

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