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Message 1497740 - Posted: 31 Mar 2014, 6:04:22 UTC

Angela! Those pictures are getting too cute now!!! I'm going to do something foolosh soon :) Or maybe foolish... depending on how I feel :)

Suzie-Q PC so sweeet! So sorry he's not still with you :(
My cats like to sit on top of the tv to watch it. Not all of them, though there are frequent cat avalanches if several want to watch the same program. I have one cat that the minute there are any birds on the screen likes to lay flat on his back on the floor to watch them. He also tries to catch helicopters. :)
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Message 1497759 - Posted: 31 Mar 2014, 6:47:45 UTC
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Grace is anything but small, The plate in the pic is 10.5" in diameter, Her feet are two fingers wide, She's a B&W Maine Coon cat that weighs about 15lbs.

Her on top of the aquarium thanks to some boxes, now the boxes are put away and She jumped from on top of some bookshelves and landed on top without breaking any glass, to the left of the pictured bookshelf is one that is as tall and is almost identical to the one in the pic.

The current arrangement of the 100 gallon aquarium(that's 768w of light under the hood, which's for a planted aquarium), TV and Bookshelves, I can't fill the aquarium here since I don't know if the stand is on two floor joists or just one joist, I'd put the tanks against the wall on the left, but I don't have 3 MAME base isolators(Pic below, Video at link shows an aquarium being shaken as in an earthquake, no water's spilled), I don't want the fiberboard floor to be broken that's under the off white carpet, Grace shows up good with very little light on that carpet.

MAME base isolator/Tank Saver, maximum weight capacity: 550lbs; Dimensions: 20"x20".

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Message 1497767 - Posted: 31 Mar 2014, 7:10:22 UTC - in response to Message 1497759.  
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Hi Zoom! :) I imagine she's difficult to get out from under her (does that make sense? Well it did in my head anyway :)) My fishtanks are titchy compared to yours! With them being on a solid ground floor I don't have to worry about their weight. I hope you find a secure situation for them, and that Grace doesn't fall in. My sister's cat has fallen in their tank several times. I have one cat that does occasionally fall in our pond. He never seems to remember that it's there :)
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Message 1497769 - Posted: 31 Mar 2014, 7:17:40 UTC - in response to Message 1497767.  

Hi Zoom! :) I imagine she's difficult to get out from under her (does that make sense? Well it did in my head anyway :)) My fishtanks are titchy compared to yours! With them being on a solid ground floor I don't have to worry about their weight. I hope you find a secure situation for them, and that Grace doesn't fall in. My sister's cat has fallen in their tank several times. I have one cat that does occasionally fall in our pond. He never seems to remember that it's there :)

Um, no actually that doesn't make any sense, but then I'm sleepy and I'm about to go to bed. Night.
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Message 1497803 - Posted: 31 Mar 2014, 10:13:14 UTC

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Message 1497890 - Posted: 31 Mar 2014, 16:52:06 UTC

Good Morning Julie, Vic and everyone in our SETI@home Community
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Message 1498363 - Posted: 2 Apr 2014, 1:12:46 UTC - in response to Message 1497769.  

Hi Zoom! :) I imagine she's difficult to get out from under her (does that make sense? Well it did in my head anyway :)) My fishtanks are titchy compared to yours! With them being on a solid ground floor I don't have to worry about their weight. I hope you find a secure situation for them, and that Grace doesn't fall in. My sister's cat has fallen in their tank several times. I have one cat that does occasionally fall in our pond. He never seems to remember that it's there :)

Um, no actually that doesn't make any sense, but then I'm sleepy and I'm about to go to bed. Night.

It made perfect sense on about the third read and thinking how cats react when the lap disappears...


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Message 1498367 - Posted: 2 Apr 2014, 1:24:09 UTC - in response to Message 1498363.  

Hi Zoom! :) I imagine she's difficult to get out from under her (does that make sense? Well it did in my head anyway :)) My fishtanks are titchy compared to yours! With them being on a solid ground floor I don't have to worry about their weight. I hope you find a secure situation for them, and that Grace doesn't fall in. My sister's cat has fallen in their tank several times. I have one cat that does occasionally fall in our pond. He never seems to remember that it's there :)

Um, no actually that doesn't make any sense, but then I'm sleepy and I'm about to go to bed. Night.

It made perfect sense on about the third read and thinking how cats react when the lap disappears...


Aaah! :) Thank you for taking so much time to work out what works in my head John! That's so sweet :)
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Message 1498953 - Posted: 3 Apr 2014, 4:51:15 UTC

Yawn!

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Message 1499622 - Posted: 4 Apr 2014, 9:02:59 UTC

Nice ending to this story :)


One eyed horse rescued from river

and there's a link on that page to a sloth story too :)
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Message 1499741 - Posted: 4 Apr 2014, 16:52:37 UTC
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Byron, thank you for all of your kind wishes of goodwill.


I must say I have to second that:)



Good morning ..... everyone!

Good morning ... or night ... or afternoon ... as the case maybe .... to all in our SETI@home community,

where ever you happen ... to be on our only home .....

tiny little planet Earth ..... _ :)

be kind and gentle to one another

and ... God Bless, all you all :)

I hope you all had or will have a wonderful Day

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Message 1500030 - Posted: 5 Apr 2014, 4:58:48 UTC

Hello Byron! It's always so nice to see you! :)
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Message 1500170 - Posted: 5 Apr 2014, 16:13:17 UTC - in response to Message 1500030.  

Hello Byron! It's always so nice to see you! :)

Byron, thank you for all of your kind wishes of goodwill.


I must say I have to second that:)


Good morning everyone!

Good morning ... or night ... or afternoon ... as the case maybe .... to all in our SETI@home community,

where ever you happen ... to be on our only home .....

tiny little planet Earth ..... _ :)

be kind and gentle to one another

and ... God Bless, all you all :)

I hope you all had or will have a wonderful Day

Best Wishes
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Message 1500463 - Posted: 6 Apr 2014, 0:51:46 UTC

I turned on the heater for a short time this morning and this little guy
crawled out of the vent in the living room ceiling. It's a Mediterranean
Gekko. There are zillions of them here in central Texas. They eat bugs.
This guy is about as big as they get - about five inches long.


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Message 1500467 - Posted: 6 Apr 2014, 1:01:22 UTC

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Message 1500570 - Posted: 6 Apr 2014, 6:52:36 UTC - in response to Message 1500463.  

I turned on the heater for a short time this morning and this little guy
crawled out of the vent in the living room ceiling. It's a Mediterranean
Gekko. There are zillions of them here in central Texas. They eat bugs.
This guy is about as big as they get - about five inches long.


Geckos are powerful spirit-creatures in Hawai'ian lore, bringing good lock to those they grace with their presence. It was definitely good to have them in our barracks rooms. They usually hung out around the refrigerator, and took care of the cockroaches and centipedes for us....
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Message 1500761 - Posted: 6 Apr 2014, 21:31:21 UTC - in response to Message 1500570.  

Geckos are powerful spirit-creatures in Hawai'ian lore, bringing good lock to those they grace with their presence. It was definitely good to have them in our barracks rooms. They usually hung out around the refrigerator, and took care of the cockroaches and centipedes for us....


Someone else told me something similar - that gekkos bring good
luck. If that were true I'd be very, very lucky. I'm not. So I can confirm
that this is not true.

Or maybe it's because I'm not Hawaiian. ;-)
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Message 1500765 - Posted: 6 Apr 2014, 21:39:46 UTC

Or because it's a Mediterranean gecko and not an Hawaiian one Suzie.

Cheers.
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Message 1500766 - Posted: 6 Apr 2014, 21:40:03 UTC - in response to Message 1500761.  

Geckos are powerful spirit-creatures in Hawai'ian lore, bringing good lock to those they grace with their presence. It was definitely good to have them in our barracks rooms. They usually hung out around the refrigerator, and took care of the cockroaches and centipedes for us....


Someone else told me something similar - that gekkos bring good
luck. If that were true I'd be very, very lucky. I'm not. So I can confirm
that this is not true.

Or maybe it's because I'm not Hawaiian. ;-)


Lizards, gecko's, chameleons... they used to be a regular part of my scenery. I really miss seeing them. I know Britain does have some indigenous species - but have only ever seen one teeny tiny lizard - down on the south Coast near Swanage. Chameleons indoors in particular were considered extremely bad luck in many African cultures. Just as well I'm not superstitious :) - because we had them frequently passing through... and snakes.
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Message 1501401 - Posted: 8 Apr 2014, 16:06:42 UTC

LOL!!! Great find Chris!
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