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Message 1554094 - Posted: 9 Aug 2014, 3:44:33 UTC - in response to Message 1554037.  
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LOL.
I do think that stapling THREE kitties into the bottom of the couch has to take an award of some kind....

This was a long time ago, the entry area to my manufactured home was not sealed properly at the factory causing the flooring to rot out. I hired a carpenter to fix the problem which took the better part of two days. My roommate had a three or four month old kitten and when the job was almost complete we heard the meow of the kitten but couldn't find her. We finally determined that it had crawled down below the floor before it had been closed with a new piece of plywood. After debating what to do about it for a while we finally realised that all we had to do was cut a slit in the bottom board (heavy cardboard material) underneath the house. The problem was locating the kitten. We finally determined which two floor joists she was trapped between and cut a hole for her to escape. She wouldn't come to us but when mama got home the cat came right out. I hadn't planned to tell my roommate about the incident but fortunately she understood what happened.
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Message 1554095 - Posted: 9 Aug 2014, 3:47:04 UTC - in response to Message 1554094.  

LOL.
I do think that stapling THREE kitties into the bottom of the couch has to take an award of some kind....

This was a long time ago, the entry area to my manufactured home was not sealed properly at the factory causing the flooring to rot out. I hired a carpenter to fix the problem which took the better part of two days. My roommate had a three or four month old kitten and when the job was almost complete we heard the meow of the kitten but couldn't find her. We finally determined that it had crawled down below the floor before it had been closed with a new piece of plywood. After debating what to do about it for a while we finally realised that all we had to do was cut a slit in the bottom board (heavy cardboard material) underneath the house. The problem was locating the kitten. We finally determined which two floor joists she was trapped between and cut a hole for her to escape. She wouldn't come to us but when mama got home the cat came right out. I hadn't planned to tell my roommate about the incident but fortunately she understood what happened.

There is not much I would not do to save a kitty in distress.
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Message 1554126 - Posted: 9 Aug 2014, 5:08:50 UTC

I will graciously accept any award with the word "Dumb" "Stupid" or "Idiot" in it's title :) (although I do vaguely recall telling my family that I would only answer to the formal address of "you ARSEHEAD!!" for the rest of my life... so one of those awards would also be most acceptable :)

@Bob - your floorboard tale reminded me of the following... I'm currently looking after a friend's hairless Sphinx cat (she's SO CUTE!! although I have to be careful not to mistake her for a small portion of raw chicken when she's asleep :)) for whom they have pulled up most of their upstairs floorboards on two occasions in order to retrieve her. (Her ability to get through small gaps is amazing to watch!) At that point, they decided a collar with a bell on it might help them pinpoint her more accurately in future. It sort of worked. The next time they heard her miaowing from beneath the floor they set to work but couldn't find her even though they could hear her and her bell. That was when they discovered she'd got herself stuck in the top of a kitchen cupboard downstairs :)
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Message 1554129 - Posted: 9 Aug 2014, 5:13:16 UTC - in response to Message 1554126.  
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I will graciously accept any award with the word "Dumb" "Stupid" or "Idiot" in it's title :) (although I do vaguely recall telling my family that I would only answer to the formal address of "you ARSEHEAD!!" for the rest of my life... so one of those awards would also be most acceptable :)

@Bob - your floorboard tale reminded me of the following... I'm currently looking after a friend's hairless Sphinx cat (she's SO CUTE!! although I have to be careful not to mistake her for a small portion of raw chicken when she's asleep :)) for whom they have pulled up most of their upstairs floorboards on two occasions in order to retrieve her. (Her ability to get through small gaps is amazing to watch!) At that point, they decided a collar with a bell on it might help them pinpoint her more accurately in future. It sort of worked. The next time they heard her miaowing from beneath the floor they set to work but couldn't find her even though they could hear her and her bell. That was when they discovered she'd got herself stuck in the top of a kitchen cupboard downstairs :)

Given your sleepwalk ending with kitty spoons and tins about you, I should hope you do not awaken to find you have mistaken kitty for a portion of raw chicken and put her in the pot for the next day's meal....OMG....
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Message 1554132 - Posted: 9 Aug 2014, 5:16:16 UTC - in response to Message 1554129.  

Given your sleepwalk ending with kitty spoons and tins about you, I should hope you do not awaken to find you have mistaken kitty for a portion of raw chicken and put her in the pot for the next day's meal....OMG....


Fortunately she is a very hot cat! :) Never known anything quite like her - and she purrs very loudly on being touched... so hopefully it's enough to keep her safe :)
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Message 1554138 - Posted: 9 Aug 2014, 5:29:33 UTC - in response to Message 1554132.  

Given your sleepwalk ending with kitty spoons and tins about you, I should hope you do not awaken to find you have mistaken kitty for a portion of raw chicken and put her in the pot for the next day's meal....OMG....


Fortunately she is a very hot cat! :) Never known anything quite like her - and she purrs very loudly on being touched... so hopefully it's enough to keep her safe :)

LOL...I hope so, gurl.
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Message 1554451 - Posted: 10 Aug 2014, 1:09:39 UTC

Not something I did, but I did witness it.

One of the guys I was working with had the toes on his boots separate. Now, being a bright guy, he came up with a plan. First he asked the framer if he could borrow the framer's nail gun (20d nails loaded). The framer handed it over without thinking at all. My co-worker then proceeded to drive a half dozen nails vertically through the toe of each boot while standing on a wooden sub floor. He then proceeded to try to walk and fell flat on his face when his feet failed to move.


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Message 1554525 - Posted: 10 Aug 2014, 6:57:19 UTC - in response to Message 1554451.  
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Not something I did, but I did witness it.

One of the guys I was working with had the toes on his boots separate. Now, being a bright guy, he came up with a plan. First he asked the framer if he could borrow the framer's nail gun (20d nails loaded). The framer handed it over without thinking at all. My co-worker then proceeded to drive a half dozen nails vertically through the toe of each boot while standing on a wooden sub floor. He then proceeded to try to walk and fell flat on his face when his feet failed to move.


:))))))))))))))))))))))) oh dear :))))))))))))))) ooh... that was a bit unexpected... generated all manner of apocalyptic snorts I didn't know my nose had the capacity for :)))))))))))))

oh.. um... edit: Do hope he was alright :)
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Message 1554527 - Posted: 10 Aug 2014, 7:02:33 UTC

I think that John McLoed VII's friend has nailed it for dumbest thing to do. LOL
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Message 1554529 - Posted: 10 Aug 2014, 7:14:12 UTC - in response to Message 1554527.  

I think that John McLoed VII's friend has nailed it for dumbest thing to do. LOL


+1000 :)
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Message 1554699 - Posted: 10 Aug 2014, 20:32:45 UTC - in response to Message 1554525.  

Not something I did, but I did witness it.

One of the guys I was working with had the toes on his boots separate. Now, being a bright guy, he came up with a plan. First he asked the framer if he could borrow the framer's nail gun (20d nails loaded). The framer handed it over without thinking at all. My co-worker then proceeded to drive a half dozen nails vertically through the toe of each boot while standing on a wooden sub floor. He then proceeded to try to walk and fell flat on his face when his feet failed to move.


:))))))))))))))))))))))) oh dear :))))))))))))))) ooh... that was a bit unexpected... generated all manner of apocalyptic snorts I didn't know my nose had the capacity for :)))))))))))))

oh.. um... edit: Do hope he was alright :)

He did fall flat on his face, but it was mostly his pride that was hurt. Everyone that witnessed the feat was either doubled over or rolling on the floor.

BTW, this was not exactly recently (1981), but I thought the thread was sort of appropriate.


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