A note to cats:

[rgraham666]

Well, it's not nearly as much fun as stealing it off your plate.

 

[Guest]

Well, it's not nearly as much fun as stealing it off your plate.

Jonesey has too much class for such a thing.

He just waits, patiently. He knows the food will be his.

 

[Guest]

I agree! Though I actually WAS trying to share some of my food with the lil' stinker last night (I dropped a few crumbs of my dinner on the floor), and Ms. Picky sniffed at it and walked away. *sigh*

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b318/sweetsubsarahh/funny-pictures-fail-cat-paw.jpg

 

[rgraham666]

With two kids, that's probably true.

 

[Guest]

With two kids, that's probably true.

Kids, hell.

Jonesey is 18 years old. He can have whatever he wants.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I always thought that the 'gift' rodents, birds, large insects, etc. were the cats' way of proclaiming their superiority. "Here, clumsy human, since you're too stupid and uncoordinated to find you own food, I've brought you something to eat."

 

[shereads]

Ah yes, the joys of selling a house.

"Selling" a house must indeed be a joy. Showing one to an endless parade of enthusiastic strangers who either can't get financing, or are biding their time until prices bottom out? Not so much.

The last time someone actually completed the sale of a house comparable in size to mine, in this and the adjacent zip-codes, was FEBRUARY 2007. And this is considered a highly desirable neighborhood - close to downtown, walk to restaurants and shopping, lots of mature oak trees, etc. Plus, free dead rodent!

sigh

"I demand that you shoot me now."

~ Daffy Duck

 

[jomar]

"Selling" a house must indeed be a joy. Showing one to an endless parade of enthusiastic strangers who either can't get financing, or are biding their time until prices bottom out? Not so much.

The last time someone actually completed the sale of a house comparable in size to mine, in this and the adjacent zip-codes, was FEBRUARY 2007. And this is considered a highly desirable neighborhood - close to downtown, walk to restaurants and shopping, lots of mature oak trees, etc. Plus, free dead rodent!

sigh

"I demand that you shoot me now."

~ Daffy Duck

You are correct Madam. I should have said 'showing' and keeping a house 'show ready' is a false way to live.

From pictures I've seen here of your garden/landscaping it certainly give the appearance of a home in the country - lots of privacy.

A double dose of positive selling energy your way.

 

[rgraham666]

Eh. Just burn the damn thing down and collect the insurance money.

 

[shereads]

Eh. Just burn the damn thing down and collect the insurance money.

I couldn't live with myself if I let my lingerie collection burn, and renting a warehouse for it would look suspicious.

 

[curiositykitten]

My oh my - it seems to have gotten a bit "catty" on this thread today - live and let live. For every issue, there are two sides - but information itself is not dangerous; what we do with it can be.
CK
(from somewhere in my invisible happy world)

 

[Guest]

I couldn't live with myself if I let my lingerie collection burn, and renting a warehouse for it would look suspicious.

I love your Valkyrie-themed attire.

 

[Edward Teach]

I couldn't live with myself if I let my lingerie collection burn, and renting a warehouse for it would look suspicious.

Put that orange thingy in a vault.

 

[curiositykitten]

I couldn't live with myself if I let my lingerie collection burn.QUOTE]

I agree wholeheartedly - some things are just too pleasurable to part with!

 

[JagFarlane]

You are correct Madam. I should have said 'showing' and keeping a house 'show ready' is a false way to live.

From pictures I've seen here of your garden/landscaping it certainly give the appearance of a home in the country - lots of privacy.

A double dose of positive selling energy your way.

-groans- keeping a house show ready is one of the biggest pains in the ass ever created...

 

[Guest]

-groans- keeping a house show ready is one of the biggest pains in the ass ever created...

And next to impossible with children and cats.

We decided we won't be moving for years.

 

[glynndah]

I couldn't live with myself if I let my lingerie collection burn, and renting a warehouse for it would look suspicious.

This just seems to belong here.

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/funny-pictures-cat-naps-underpants.jpg

 

[voluptuary_manque]

And next to impossible with children and cats.

We decided we won't be moving for years.

In the first 13 months I was in the Army I was in 9 different companys. I moved so often and sometimes so far that I couldn't keep track of myself! Finally, we bought our own house here in SoCal. We've been here 33 years. We might retire somewhere else but chances are good that the only way I'll ever leave this place is feet first! Not only is selling a house a pain but packing up your stuff and moving is worse! I'd have to throw away soooooo much stuff . . .

 

[Weird Harold]

In the first 13 months I was in the Army I was in 9 different companys. I moved so often and sometimes so far that I couldn't keep track of myself! Finally, we bought our own house here in SoCal. We've been here 33 years. We might retire somewhere else but chances are good that the only way I'll ever leave this place is feet first! Not only is selling a house a pain but packing up your stuff and moving is worse! I'd have to throw away soooooo much stuff . . .

Is it two move or three moves that equals one fire?

I spent 21 years 3 months and 3 days in the USAF and moved 22 time at government expense!

 

[shereads]

-groans- keeping a house show ready is one of the biggest pains in the ass ever created...

Just finished boiling and buffing the house again for today's Open House. We should charge admission for these things.

Sometimes I remember with sweet nostalgia the freedom of tossing a towel on top of the washing machine or leaving dishes unwashed in the sink. It was almost as if I lived here and could do as I pleased.

Good times.

Must go inspect the yard now. Mandatory check for rodent parts.

 

[shereads]

Put that orange thingy in a vault.

Done.

 

[JagFarlane]

Just finished boiling and buffing the house again for today's Open House. We should charge admission for these things.

Sometimes I remember with sweet nostalgia the freedom of tossing a towel on top of the washing machine or leaving dishes unwashed in the sink. It was almost as if I lived here and could do as I pleased.

Good times.

Must go inspect the yard now. Mandatory check for rodent parts.

Heh I've been there done that twice. Worst thing is when you get people that are only viewing the house because the realtor is showing it, with no real intention of being able to buy the house...or they have bored kids/teens with them. We had one family come to view the house I grew up in...as they were leaving, mom realized there seemed to be less [something like 2 parents, and 5 kids], when she went down to the basement, there were the two teen sons. They had gotten bored of walking through the house, found my dads stash of Playboy and helped themselves.

 

[SlickTony]

This reminds me of the time that my ILs were looking at houses in their town, and I and my family happened to be with them. After touring the whole place, my daughter, who was 13, suddenly began a lecture on how it ought to be decorated. Of course she didn't know about the rule that if you're showing a house, it should be as plain as possible, so as to leave something to the potential buyer's imagination. OTOH, obviously the strategy worked. It just so happened that my daughter had neither the resources nor the credit to buy the place, nor was she interested in living in a small town in North Louisiana.

BTW, she went on to obtain a PhD in art history and is teaching at the University of Houston. It was meant.

But at the time, my MIL wanted to sink into the floor.

 

[JagFarlane]

This reminds me of the time that my ILs were looking at houses in their town, and I and my family happened to be with them. After touring the whole place, my daughter, who was 13, suddenly began a lecture on how it ought to be decorated. Of course she didn't know about the rule that if you're showing a house, it should be as plain as possible, so as to leave something to the potential buyer's imagination. OTOH, obviously the strategy worked. It just so happened that my daughter had neither the resources nor the credit to buy the place, nor was she interested in living in a small town in North Louisiana.

BTW, she went on to obtain a PhD in art history and is teaching at the University of Houston. It was meant.

But at the time, my MIL wanted to sink into the floor.

LOL I bet!

Yup guilty of a few incidents like that though.