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  JW in Wal-Mart Parking Lot - I couldn't believe it

  by RubaDub in

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  i'm on my way home from work and had to detour due to an accident on the highway.

  i passed a wal-mart and instead of just sitting in the traffic, i pulled in to get some stuff i needed for the garden.. on my way out, i spot someone who appears to be selling something (rather common in parking lots here in south florida).

  anyway, as i got closer, here was a brother sitting in a lawn chair under a tree on one of the little grassy areas where they plant the trees in the parking lot.. at his side, he had pulled a wal-mart shopping cart up on the grass.

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  blondie:

  Based on the new policy, he could have taken them back to the KH, no questions asked

  Is this a policy after dec 2006? I dont remember a specific policy saying bring them back to the KH...but I do remember we had announcements made at the local kh...local policy...bring them back.... we ended up with a couple of thousand back issues stretching back a decade or more. I ended up carting several boxes to a recycling bin in town..... and going through and sorting the rest...after awhile, the remaining few hundred "back issues" followed their fibrous brethren to that great recycling bin in the sky (or at the local store).

  tm:

  But having the mags all stacked in a shopping cart seems a bit tacky to me ,but maybe that's how they do it in Florida ?

  dunno about the shopping cart thing, but I know my mom and her friends used to have litterally (misspelling on purpose) hundreds of mags in their car trunks....they would go out early morning witnessing (aka, easy field service time), and hit the immigrants...apparently the immigrants used the free reading material to brush up on their English.... the sisters would place 15-25 English language mags at each bus stop with spanish speakers...I guess some of them must have become dubs because the Spanish congos grow like crazy in S. FL while the English are consolidating.

  Snakes (Rich )
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  New kitten has a tumor? WTF!

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  is that a tumor?

  i know that wasn't there yesterday.

  no, maybe the cats got into it while were gone for a couple of hours....resident cat swipes at the kitten (whose name is adventure) and this is a blood blister and/or infection.

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  TM:

  pulled a long piece of yarn right out of his butt

  ewwwwwwWWWWWdouble YOU wwww! lol

  reminds me of guinea worm...wrap it around a pencil and let it wind itself around as it exits...ewww...lol

  so far...kitty hasnt eaten anything...chews on everything....climbs on everything... lives up to his name of "Adventure."

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  New kitten has a tumor? WTF!

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  is that a tumor?

  i know that wasn't there yesterday.

  no, maybe the cats got into it while were gone for a couple of hours....resident cat swipes at the kitten (whose name is adventure) and this is a blood blister and/or infection.

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  shooter...sorry about that...we were horrified at first...we really did think it was something serious.... not a freaking piece of candy...lol

  I put the question mark in there because we didnt know... and it does get your attention...heh heh..

  and yeah...kitty is fine and honery (sp?)

  Snakes (Rich )
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  New kitten has a tumor? WTF!

  by SnakesInTheTower in

  1. jw
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  is that a tumor?

  i know that wasn't there yesterday.

  no, maybe the cats got into it while were gone for a couple of hours....resident cat swipes at the kitten (whose name is adventure) and this is a blood blister and/or infection.

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  sb:

  The New Yorker awaits you!

  Unlikely but thank you...kitten is in the window right now...not even sitting on Max's (resident cat) cat perch...just on the closed window sill looking out at the world.

  by:

  That's gross and hilarious

  it was just plain weird.... and yeah..happy ending.

  5G:

  What flavour was the juju bee? Was it still fresh? Hope you didn't waste it

  I didnt taste it, are you kidding? it was blood red.....no it wasnt fresh, though it was still soft (ugh)...and it went right into the wastebasket....though it stuck to my finger after the first flick. (blech)

  Snakes (Rich )
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  new kitten in the house...how to get the resident cat to accept?

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  as some here may know, i got a cat at the local shelter a couple of years ago.

  max (short for maxine)...is a very good natured, loving cat...as much as a cat can be.

  lately she has really been trying for my attention.... why?.

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  UPDATE...

  We have been leaving the kitties out together at night and during the day when we are here. No major issues.

  Here they are together yesterday (the pic is a bit blurry...it happened so fast I almost did not get the camera out...this tranquility did not last long...lol

  We worried about the new kittie and his tumor though....WTF? read about it here....

  Snakes (Rich )

  
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  New kitten has a tumor? WTF!

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  is that a tumor?

  i know that wasn't there yesterday.

  no, maybe the cats got into it while were gone for a couple of hours....resident cat swipes at the kitten (whose name is adventure) and this is a blood blister and/or infection.

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  So yesterday my fiancee and I get home, its our only day off together minus the nine year old terror boy....just kidding...

  ...She and I are in the kitchen....and we are about to head for a nice soaking bubble bath together and a couple of hours of alone time.... when one of us picks up the new kitten....and on her ass something looks kinda funny ....on her hind end there was this dark red, berry looking thing...what is it? Is that a tumor? What the F*ck? I know that wasn't there yesterday. No, maybe the cats got into it while were gone for a couple of hours....resident cat swipes at the kitten (whose name is Adventure) and this is a blood blister and/or infection.

  I tug gently, much to the kitten's dismay as she began to whine.... we could not see where it was attaching itself to her...maybe its not...sure looks like it..and the kitty seems to be in pain every time we tug.... Toni went to get some scissors (not that I think this is a good idea if it is indeed a tumor or blister).

  Meanwhile I am looking at it closer...not really wanting to touch this pulsating thing...and the kitten is struggling.. Finally, I swallow my revulsion welling up in my throat....I was already negotiating with Toni the vet's bill for tumor removal...figuring out how to guilt her mom into paying for the surgery.... and I roll this thing in between my fingers. Kitty is not liking this at all. I persist...and finally I realize, with great relief, that there is hair stuck to this red berry thing....and not skin.

  I remove the berry thing...damn if it isn't a red juju bee candy that apparently the kitten had laid upon under the nine year old's bed. That place is a wasteland or a landfill, not sure which.

  With much relief we laughed...but by then the "mood" had passed...there would be no play time for us that afternoon. We took a quick shower and realized that it was getting time to pick up the nine year old. Sh*t. We would have to try again another day for some alone time. Not today it seems either, because apparently she is working over today..... Maybe tonight.

  Meanwhile.... kitten and resident cat are, if not getting along, also not killing each other.

  Snakes (Rich )
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  new kitten in the house...how to get the resident cat to accept?

  by SnakesInTheTower in

  1. jw
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  as some here may know, i got a cat at the local shelter a couple of years ago.

  max (short for maxine)...is a very good natured, loving cat...as much as a cat can be.

  lately she has really been trying for my attention.... why?.

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  outlaw...I have some video from last night kinda like that....it was too dark and grainy...i have to use better lighting and figure out how to post it on you tube

  Snakes (Rich )
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  new kitten in the house...how to get the resident cat to accept?

  by SnakesInTheTower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as some here may know, i got a cat at the local shelter a couple of years ago.

  max (short for maxine)...is a very good natured, loving cat...as much as a cat can be.

  lately she has really been trying for my attention.... why?.

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  heaven:

  Can you post some pics, Snakes?

  a quick pic... trying to figure out how to edit video (or more likely...the video i took last night was grainy and dark...still learning the camera)

  sleeping in my lap....just now..

  Snakes (Rich )

  
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  new kitten in the house...how to get the resident cat to accept?

  by SnakesInTheTower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as some here may know, i got a cat at the local shelter a couple of years ago.

  max (short for maxine)...is a very good natured, loving cat...as much as a cat can be.

  lately she has really been trying for my attention.... why?.

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  I left the two cats alone for a couple of hours while I ran errands, free to interact or not. No blood, no tufts of fur.....lol

  When I came home, the kitten was behind the rocker where he likes to hide out...the resident cat Max was lying on the bed in our bedroom. Little cat followed me, and Max could hear it..her ears twitched...I took the kitten out before the hissing started. I figure kitten is banned from our bedroom.... giving Max a safe haven away from the honery little cat.

  Snakes (Rich )
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  new kitten in the house...how to get the resident cat to accept?

  by SnakesInTheTower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as some here may know, i got a cat at the local shelter a couple of years ago.

  max (short for maxine)...is a very good natured, loving cat...as much as a cat can be.

  lately she has really been trying for my attention.... why?.

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  my thinking too.... I think the two will be fine... we left for a 4 day vacation a few weeks ago and Max was by herself, except for daily visits from my fiancee's parents...when we got home Max went crazy.... and she has been extra affectionate since...

  ..now a month later this interloper appears on her scene....

  ....right now the kitten is kept in the bathroom if we leave. I went and dropped the 9YO off at school and left the kitten out in the house.... only gone about 15 min.... both cats were fine...except for the hissing and growling...lol

  ..on another note...the 9YO is actually afraid of animals....cats and esp dogs. took him awhile to warm up to Max... I am having to teach him how to properly handle and pick up a kitten so as not to hurt it....

  ..ironically, the 9YO actually wants to clean the litter box...gross stuff and all....but other things he is finding out that a new kitten (like any baby) is a lot of work...and not just a stuffed toy to play with...and like any kid...not so much into hard work.

  ...we thought about keeping the kitten in his room at night...he wants that......I need to get him to declutter it before that can happen. Lots of things that the kitten can get into... but we will see...

  on another cat front... my cat Max actually bangs her body against our bedroom door if it is shut...we only have a sliding latch right now to keep it locked when we need to...the cat banged it so hard the other night she blasted the screws out of the frame and came right on in as if no big deal...not the first time...and she wakes us up because she wants to look outside through the blinds... Max is a big kitty.

  ...the cats waking her up is really causing a problem with my dear fiancee....having trouble sleeping as it is... dont know if we can actually lock the door anyway....the 9YO comes in occasionally at night (as opposed to 3 times a night at first) because of growing pains....

  ahhh... maybe I should video the two cats...post it online...lol....

  Snakes (Rich )

  ...I am off to meet my fiancee at her job for coffee...and then I have yard work to do before the rain...