L. Marcus Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Silly cat. Get long-johns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Not an option for him now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Oddly, the long-haired cat seems to have the least tolerance for cold. He doesn't have much of an undercoat. It's always critical to apply a good coat of primer before applying the topcoat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Yeah, but this one arrived fully assembled and finished. And if you think you're going to be able to sand and refinish a cat.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 ...then PLEASE don't mention it to Cygnia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 She's posted several pics of sand cats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 I wonder if you could strip a cat using Pine-Sol, the way I did with all those minis I mispainted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 It would probably be a very confused cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 I had to help wash a cat with mineral spirits once, and that was NOT an easy or pleasant task. Fixing a cat's coat is, I think, not generally possible. Worse than a battlemat that has been written on with a permanent marker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 I had to help wash a cat with mineral spirits once Stop. Explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Hammer Time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 About a decade ago, late evening (circa 2100 local time, IIRC) stupid cat brought in a rat that was not quite dead. Profane amazement by human in the room. Rat escapes and vanishes behind the stove. Doing what we could to prevent access by the three cats, we put down a glue trap for the rat. (The glue trap can be washed off, but a mechanical trap was likely to break bones of a cat that managed to get into it.) Sure enough, about midnight the stupid cat got past our barriers and got mired in the glue trap; sounds of feline flailing from the kitchen. Capture the cat (easier task than usual due to trap). The glue is soluble in organic solvents; the label on the trap recommended mineral spirits (which we had on hand from some painting in the house) for this. So here we were at midnight-thirty washing the glue off idiot cat in the kitchen sink. He is making a hell of a racket because mineral spirits on any kind of nick or wound stings like crazy, and he has several since the rat put up at least token resistance when he caught it. Kids (age late single digits) wake up and wonder what's going on. Other two cats wake up and groggily complain to us, both vocally and psychicly, to stop torturing poor cat #3. After a few minutes get all the glue off. Start second bath for idiot cat, this one in warm water and dish detergent to get all the mineral spirits off, since that stuff is poison (literally) and the very first thing he's gonna do when we let go of him is run-hide-lick himself. Cat does not approve of this bath either, loudly. This bath goes quicker. Dry cat with towel (again, disapproval by cat). Finally let him go. Cat vanishes per expectations. Wash out our wounds. Get ourselves back to bed by about oh-one-fifteen. Never saw the rat or any sign of him again. No rat poo, no gnawed stuffs, no stench of dead rat, no dead rat parts scattered around. No idea what happened to him. If I'd known that was what was gonna happen, I'd not have bothered with the trap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 If the rat was wise, it probably vacated the premises post haste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Well, I tend not to attribute wisdom to rats, especially after one built the nest on my car's engine and gnawed wires in the engine compartment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Sounds like it was a bachelor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 No, some of the wires were moved around and put in different places. Bachelors never move furniture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Sorry, I was invoking a stereotype with satiric intent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Ah -- satire is like a mixed metaphor to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 We will burn the bridge when we cross it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 If not sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I like the option Bazza mentioned. You can have a weenie roast. I have a list of several who need roasting badly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Finding a perfect metaphor is like trying to balance a muffin on a pencil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 ... made easier by the pointyness of pencils and the inherent penetrability of muffins. Unless it's the one that has sat forgotten in the breadbox for three months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 ...at which point it's really more a pharmacology experiment than an actual muffin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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