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  • L Lost User

    The mouse probably was left over from last night and he just wanted to go out and get it for you. ANd our old cat wanted to go out into bad weather as well. Strong wind and 'horizontal' rain. Cat stops at the door. Hesitates. Thinks it over and runs straight to the back door. Actually not a bad idea. Chances are good that you don't have bad weather at two doors at once :)

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    :laugh: Cheered up a dull day! We have a portable cat flap: it is in a plank, and routed to fit into the sliding double-glazed patio door. That way, the cat can get in and out and the weather can't. Previous cat got the hang of it no problem - except when I took it out of the door. Then he found the portable cat flap leaning against a wall, went through it, and was most disgruntled to find he was still indoors... Took him about an hour to work it out!

    Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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      It's wet, windy and unpleasant out there today, but Bill the Cat insists: "I wanna go out" - ok, so I open the door. Hurtle! Thirty seconds later he's back, and drops something at my feet. The bottom half of a mouse. Thanks mate! Just what I needed on a Sunday morning... What I want to know is, where did he get half a mouse that quick? There is no way he could locate, catch, kill and eat half a mouse in that time, so...why didn't the other cat / fox / pterodactyl eat that bit? :~

      Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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      The local garage, good for more than flowers on her birthday. :)

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        The local garage, good for more than flowers on her birthday. :)

        Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^] "Program as if the technical support department is full of serial killers and they know your home address" - Ray Cassick Jr., RIP

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        That's it! I am going to cancel his pocket money!

        Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          It's wet, windy and unpleasant out there today, but Bill the Cat insists: "I wanna go out" - ok, so I open the door. Hurtle! Thirty seconds later he's back, and drops something at my feet. The bottom half of a mouse. Thanks mate! Just what I needed on a Sunday morning... What I want to know is, where did he get half a mouse that quick? There is no way he could locate, catch, kill and eat half a mouse in that time, so...why didn't the other cat / fox / pterodactyl eat that bit? :~

          Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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          Henry Minute
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          Consider yourself adopted.

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            It's wet, windy and unpleasant out there today, but Bill the Cat insists: "I wanna go out" - ok, so I open the door. Hurtle! Thirty seconds later he's back, and drops something at my feet. The bottom half of a mouse. Thanks mate! Just what I needed on a Sunday morning... What I want to know is, where did he get half a mouse that quick? There is no way he could locate, catch, kill and eat half a mouse in that time, so...why didn't the other cat / fox / pterodactyl eat that bit? :~

            Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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            Waqas Ahmad Abbasi
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            May be Cat already saved that half mouse out there,? just saying

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              It's wet, windy and unpleasant out there today, but Bill the Cat insists: "I wanna go out" - ok, so I open the door. Hurtle! Thirty seconds later he's back, and drops something at my feet. The bottom half of a mouse. Thanks mate! Just what I needed on a Sunday morning... What I want to know is, where did he get half a mouse that quick? There is no way he could locate, catch, kill and eat half a mouse in that time, so...why didn't the other cat / fox / pterodactyl eat that bit? :~

              Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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              wizardzz
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              If you really don't want him bringing home prey, put a bell around his neck. If he still brings it home, he's a fucking ninja! My girlfriend's cat would still catch prey with a bell, she was merciless and would disappear for months at a time on what I consider hunting trips, that or she had another family.

              Craigslist Troll: litaly@comcast.net "I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson

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                If you really don't want him bringing home prey, put a bell around his neck. If he still brings it home, he's a fucking ninja! My girlfriend's cat would still catch prey with a bell, she was merciless and would disappear for months at a time on what I consider hunting trips, that or she had another family.

                Craigslist Troll: litaly@comcast.net "I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson

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                Beldin - our previous cat - had an extra bell added every time we changed his flea-collar. He used to break or lose them occasionally, but he had no trouble moving silently or hunting with half a dozen or so round his neck. They adapt very, very quickly. I don't mind dead things, it's the half-a-dead-thing or a live-thing-under-the-washing-machine that get to me! :laugh:

                Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                  Beldin - our previous cat - had an extra bell added every time we changed his flea-collar. He used to break or lose them occasionally, but he had no trouble moving silently or hunting with half a dozen or so round his neck. They adapt very, very quickly. I don't mind dead things, it's the half-a-dead-thing or a live-thing-under-the-washing-machine that get to me! :laugh:

                  Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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                  wizardzz
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                  Agreed, the cat I am talking about would fully dissect everything. There would be a mouse head and front legs, then no fur for about a foot, just entrails and organs spread out in a line, then mouse back legs, tail, butt. It looked pretty serial killer.

                  Craigslist Troll: litaly@comcast.net "I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson

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                  • W wizardzz

                    Agreed, the cat I am talking about would fully dissect everything. There would be a mouse head and front legs, then no fur for about a foot, just entrails and organs spread out in a line, then mouse back legs, tail, butt. It looked pretty serial killer.

                    Craigslist Troll: litaly@comcast.net "I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson

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                    I trust that is "pretty" as in "quite a bit" rather than "attractive in a delicate way". If not, then I am not visiting your place...

                    Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      I trust that is "pretty" as in "quite a bit" rather than "attractive in a delicate way". If not, then I am not visiting your place...

                      Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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                      wizardzz
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                      I meant the previous, though there is a certain aesthetic to it... :suss:

                      Craigslist Troll: litaly@comcast.net "I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson

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