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highplainsdem

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16. Same here. Cats for decades...and with the last one I'd actually turn off the stove's breaker

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #15)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 12:31 PM

Feb 2022

before going out for any length of time, since I couldn't trust him to stay off the stove (including when I was cooking anything in an open pan). So I couldn't hang things up at heights he could reach, if it might be difficult to secure them. (And then there were the years I had a parrot whose wings weren't clipped, who loved to chew picture frames...and books, and any clothes left out, etc.)

But I haven't had a cat, or any pet, for a year now...

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Someday I'll remember [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2022 OP

I bought one about 3 or 4 years ago PJMcK Feb 2022 #1

It had never even occurred to me to get one that could be stuck on the fridge. Though that's highplainsdem Feb 2022 #8

Our tuxie girl loves to peel magnets... 3catwoman3 Feb 2022 #20

or you could stop eating meat Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #2

I did try to become a vegetarian once. That lasted a week. These days my diet highplainsdem Feb 2022 #9

I made a little hanger on the wall above the stove, so it's always visible and within reach. nt Binkie The Clown Feb 2022 #3

Good idea...and I'm guessing you don't have cats. highplainsdem Feb 2022 #10

I've had cats all my life, but sadly, no furry companions at this moment. nt Binkie The Clown Feb 2022 #15

Same here. Cats for decades...and with the last one I'd actually turn off the stove's breaker highplainsdem Feb 2022 #16

I'd love to get another cat, but at my age the cat would outlive me, and that's not fair to the cat. Binkie The Clown Feb 2022 #18

You are probably targeted by a variation of... ret5hd Feb 2022 #4

LOL! Never saw that before. Love it! highplainsdem Feb 2022 #11

With me, it's checking to see if the clippers are charged before I give myself a buzzcut. Iggo Feb 2022 #5

Never had a buzzcut, but I can imagine what a problem that could be. highplainsdem Feb 2022 #12

At this point, it's more like mowing the lawn than getting a haircut. Iggo Feb 2022 #17

Just a variety of that problem the other day dhol82 Feb 2022 #6

Argh, how frustrating! Now you just have to hope you can find that attachment next highplainsdem Feb 2022 #13

f*** Skittles Feb 2022 #7

I hope you didn't have a roast in the oven. Mine ended up nearly 10 degrees above the temp I'd highplainsdem Feb 2022 #14

naw I wasn't cooking anything Skittles Feb 2022 #19

...... dhol82 Feb 2022 #21