The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

[Wodrick]

Good Morning All

18°c, Nearly Dome just high wispy stuff
19°c predicted with a glance at the tealeaves.

All sorts of mayhem for the weekend, won’t happen of course.
Haven’t had a decent thunderstorm for years.

Going for an ear lowering now then Dentist for a filling this afternoon.

[Ex-Ascot]

Afternoon folks. Broken Cu, Hot. Pool pump is now working after 'erbert fixed the seal. No idea how he did it after I failed so many times. Massive loss of water now topped up and green.

[CharlieOneSix]

Final visit to the physiotherapist this afternoon some four months after my knee op. To paraphrase Larry Grayson, what a grey day - 8/8 at about 400ft, half a mile vis with a constant drizzle.

[k3k3]

Nine years ago we were living in Germany near a NATO base where most of the military personnel were on four year tours, some of them abandoned their cats at tourex with the result there was a group of seven or eight stray cats prowling around. One of them took a liking to my wife, always appearing when she went out into the garden and following her around, as winter approached my wife asked if we could take her in, I thought she might be one of these cats with many homes so I put a collar on her with our phone number, after three weeks with no calls we took her in as the temps went down below zero.

She looked just like Postman Pats cat, we called her Puzzel, because we don't know where she came from.

We got her jabbed and chipped etc., she became the most affectionate cat I've ever seen, appreciative of our efforts. At first she was terrified of feet but she soon learnt that ours were just there for tummy tickles. The vet thought she had had a hard life including feline herpes which neccessitated having most of her teeth removed.

Seven years ago we moved to Devon having got her her passport. While having her annual jabs five years ago we had some blood tests done as we'd noticed her losing weight, it turned out she had hyperthyroidism and the values were off scale high, so began the twice daily administration of Thyronorm liquid and things settled down.

Two years ago she had breathing difficulties so off to the vet we go again, this time she was diagnosed with heart failure / heart block where the signals from the top of the heart don't reach the lower part so everything goes into standby mode, but can be managed with Cardiovet to prevent platelet aggregation.

Last Friday she was off her food so we went to the vets again, he said heart and lungs are good and she's got an attitude, he gave us some special food and tablets to boost her appetite.

Last night she was in my wifes arms being stroked when she left us at 21:30.

I am about to go to her favourite place in the flower bed between the rose bush and red lipped sage and make a place for her to be comfortable for the last time.

[Opsboi]

Aaaah, so sorry

Nos da, Puzzel

[Groundgripper]

Think of it as "see you in a while", I'm sure she'll be waiting for you when you shuffle off this mortal coil.

GG

[Ex-Ascot]

Sorry K3K3.

Just had a phone call from a very good friend who lives just the other side of town. She is 75, frail, and an invalid with MS. Born in Tanzania from British stock.

On Saturday morning 3 black bastards jumped over her wall and attacked her. They threw her to the ground on her bad side causing a back injury and then found her electric iron and put it on her stomach to torture her for pin numbers and bank details. Locked her in the bedroom.

She is very stoic. But what sort of people do this. She is white and therefore assumed to be rich which she certainly is not.

They have one of them. He will probably blab about the other two. They don't like to go down alone.

[PHXPhlyer]

K3K3:
Sounds like you gave her the best possible life.
All any pet, especially a rescue, could ask for.

PP

[Karearea]

k3k3 - Puzzel was loved to the end and beyond. Sympathy to you and your wife from across the miles.

Ex-Ascot - poor lady, what a terrible thing to happen. I hope she recovers and is well cared-for and safe for the future.

[Wodrick]

Got grit in my eyes.

[Boac]

Talk TV (a UK 'chat' channel) has announced it is closing its TV channel and going 'on-line' only. Hospitals are said to be preparing for a huge influx of depressed viewers.................

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

More likely "an influx of huge, depressed viewers"

[Karearea]

10/15 in this morning's quiz, Wednesday March 6th:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/quizzes/3501604 ... rch-6-2024

[Wodrick]

Going for an ear lowering now then Dentist for a filling this afternoon.

Dentist has put up her prices ! [to pay for the BMW I expect] now 50€ per filling.

[OFSO]

K3k3, commiserations from us both. Yes, bury in a favourite spot.

[G~Man]

I am about to go to her favourite place in the flower bed between the rose bush and red lipped sage and make a place for her to be comfortable for the last time.

Sending you good vibes.....

[tango15]

My sympathies k3. Strangely enough, I had a similar experience before I moved to the East Midlands. Not long before I was due to move, a cat appeared in the garden, and wasn't keen to leave. With a move imminent, I called all the usual rescue organisations, but none of them would take her. In the end, I had to take her with me, and had her checked over by a vet, and she settled down very well. As soon as she went off her food, I took her to the vets, who diagnosed a liver problem. There was little that could be done, and I didn't want her to suffer, so the vert agreed to put her down. I had her cremated and buried the ashes in the garden, which she loved so much in the summer.

This house has not been very unlucky for me. In the ten years I've lived here, I've lost a much-loved cat, a much-loved son, and a much-loved wife. Time to move, I think...

[1DC]

9/15. 9 good years for you both K3.. Hope your friend recovers and gets decent justice Ex-A.. been a half decent day on the Humber rained until midday and then the sun came out. T got up to 8C.Managed to squirrel a nice bacon sandwich out of Mrs 1DC on our way to Aldi for eggs, they sell large eggs. I wasted a good minute of my life trying to persuade Mrs 1DC to buy a small pipe cutter for £7.99 but she wasn't interested, clearly I wasn't cut out for a career in sales and it is just as well that I did something else.Amazing what they sell in Aldi.

[Hydromet]

Morning all, 9/15. Clear blue skies, currently 19C, forecast max 32C. Sympathy for you & Puzzel, K3.

[PHXPhlyer]

9 AM
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PP