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  • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

    Where your cat can find rats???

    Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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    OriginalGriff
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    Next door. I hadn't seen a rat in 10 years when we moved here - then new neighbours moved in and they decided to get ducks. And suddenly, he's bring in around 5 rats a week...fortunately all recently dead so far, unlike his mice, shrews, voles, moles, and birds.

    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

    "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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      Does your cat deep fry the rats and adds some tabasco and nacho on them? :D No but I am seriously wondering why rats would give your cat the squits, I mean the meat alone shouldn't be a problem. I am only wondering this because I have pets myself - not cats though, not any more.

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      Not sure - I suspect it's a form of gastroenteritis that the rats are carrying, since when he manages to partially eat them he gets the squits that night. And he's fairly indiscriminate what parts he eats since he really doesn't want me taking them off him. He's not too bad with smaller stuff, but the bigger the prey the more he wants to eat it. I'm hoping it's that, and not a reaction to any rat poison they have eaten (and I know there are people round here who have called in the rat man)

      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

      "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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      • C chriselst

        So I've had an email from someone who says they are a Business Analyst within our organisation asking for a diagram to do with the systems I work on. I sent him what he needed. He replied to say that is not what he wanted. Now I have sent him exactly what he asked for. Just waiting for him to realise it is of no use to him at all.

        Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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        W Balboos GHB
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        I've been discussing with my (the IT) director about having a monthly sacrifice of a user. The logic being they'll fall all over themselves to not get chosen for the honor. And if not, we still cull the herd and reap the long-term benefits.

        "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

        "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

        "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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        • C chriselst

          So I've had an email from someone who says they are a Business Analyst within our organisation asking for a diagram to do with the systems I work on. I sent him what he needed. He replied to say that is not what he wanted. Now I have sent him exactly what he asked for. Just waiting for him to realise it is of no use to him at all.

          Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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          PIEBALDconsult
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          Could you have down-voted his request?

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            I've been discussing with my (the IT) director about having a monthly sacrifice of a user. The logic being they'll fall all over themselves to not get chosen for the honor. And if not, we still cull the herd and reap the long-term benefits.

            "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

            "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

            "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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            Gary Wheeler
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            W∴ Balboos wrote:

            we still cull the herd and reap the long-term benefits

            I like it! :-D

            Software Zen: delete this;

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            • J Johnny J

              Sander Rossel wrote:

              I prefer to work with cats. It's much less of a hassle...

              Unless you're a professional Cat Wrangler[^] of course! :doh: But in essence, I agree... ;)

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              Me, all the time

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              Sander Rossel
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              :thumbsup: :laugh:

              Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.

              Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

              Regards, Sander

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                Sander Rossel wrote:

                I prefer to work with cats. It's much less of a hassle...

                Do you want to borrow mine? He's taken to hunting rats and trying to eat them. Which gives him diarrhea. Which he explosively ejects only in the litter tray in the bedroom, not the one downstairs. At 04:00. X| And then he sulks and gets stroppy because he gets locked in for a few days until he's over the squits...

                Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                OriginalGriff wrote:

                only in the litter tray in the bedroom

                Get the litter tray out of the bedroom. Problem solved :thumbsup: :D

                Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.

                Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

                Regards, Sander

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                • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                  OriginalGriff wrote:

                  only in the litter tray in the bedroom

                  Get the litter tray out of the bedroom. Problem solved :thumbsup: :D

                  Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.

                  Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

                  Regards, Sander

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                  OriginalGriff
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                  Carpet, remember? :laugh:

                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                  "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

                    Carpet, remember? :laugh:

                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                    Sander Rossel
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                    You blame your cat for the carpet? ;p

                    Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.

                    Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

                    Regards, Sander

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                    • W W Balboos GHB

                      I've been discussing with my (the IT) director about having a monthly sacrifice of a user. The logic being they'll fall all over themselves to not get chosen for the honor. And if not, we still cull the herd and reap the long-term benefits.

                      "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                      "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

                      "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                      Daniel Pfeffer
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                      To whom will the monthly (l)user be sacrificed? :)

                      If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

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                        To whom will the monthly (l)user be sacrificed? :)

                        If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

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                        Not relevant - just so the charred bones remain piled up and distinctly visible as a reminder until the next full moon.

                        "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                        "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

                        "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                        • C chriselst

                          So I've had an email from someone who says they are a Business Analyst within our organisation asking for a diagram to do with the systems I work on. I sent him what he needed. He replied to say that is not what he wanted. Now I have sent him exactly what he asked for. Just waiting for him to realise it is of no use to him at all.

                          Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                          webatxcent
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                          Sounds like an old Management-IT story I heard, it goes something like this. Man #1 is walking along the desert. Man #2 appears overhead in a hot air balloon. Man #2 calls down to man #1 asking "Where am I?" Man #1 calls up to man #2 replying "You are in a balloon, about 50 feet above the ground." Man #2 calls down "You must be in IT, the answer you gave me is correct but of no use to me." Man #1 calls up "You must be in Management. You ask a vague question, and blame others when the answer is not what you wanted."

                          -Bill

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                            Carpet, remember? :laugh:

                            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                            David H Walker
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                            Carpet Diem -- today the carpet, tomorrow the bed covers.

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