Diabetes Talking

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A couple of weeks ago, I succumbed to an ill-begotten urge to purchase an electric cat box. That’s right, an electric cat box. You heard right. Here’s the concept: the cat box is equipped with a disposable container, a sensor, a timer & a mechanized "rake". When the cat makes a ‘deposit", the sensor recognizes the event, the timer allows a respectful interval to elapse, and the rake then drags itself through the cat litter and deposits the waste in the disposable container. Every few days, one replaces the disposable container and the kitty litter chores are done. Now, just to get this out of the way, yes, it was expensive. $80 for this bit of frivolity, but I figured I was darn well worth it. It did, however, present a bit of a learning curve for the kitties, who had been used to one sort of litter; the new kitty box required clump-able litter. This stuff is rather like sand, but when in contact with litter, a clump is formed. Initially, however, Ling thought it was some sort of a spa: he leaped into the litter box and rolled around in it like he was trying to cover every atom of his fur with litter. He then promptly curled up in the box and took a nap. Not to be daunted by this, however, I decided to help the cats to learn the true purpose of the electric litter pan. Being a nurse – and a resourceful one at that – I produced a small urine sample in a disposable dixie cup and poured this in the pan to the amazement of the kitty crew. They stared transfixed at the lump as it coalesced there, and watched in total awe as the mechanical arm drug the rake through the litter and deposited my sample into the disposable bin. Thereafter, the cats were totally enthralled by this new device and quickly began to use the pan exclusively. We rarely saw them after that. If by chance their attention spans waned before the raking process started, they would run from any portion of the house after hearing the motor begin and stare in rapt glee as the evidence of their potty habits vanished into the bin. And yes, you are correct, there IS more to this tale. The "rake" is attached to the mechanical arm that powers it back & forth through the litter by means of a snap-in attachment that, after the second "sweep", neither snapped in nor attached on one side of the box. At first this was a fairly minor irritation, but over time, it became more and more of an issue. Initially, small bits of cat litter were gently deposited on the other side of the bin, i.e. on the floor outside of the box. Soon the level of enthusiasm generated by the rake escalated, however. And now we had a new form of entertainment for the feline family members: The great American shit toss. Yes indeed, soon the rake began to drag so badly on one side of the box that it would lag well behind the rest of the process until rounding the corner to (allegedly) deposit the turds in the bin. As a result, it became the kitty litter equivalent of Babe Ruth. The cats were endlessly fascinated by this new permutation. They determined ONLY to poop on that side of the box, and to poop in petite amounts. I think they were taking bets on distance before this whole sad event concluded. And they are in DEEP mourning now that we switched back to the old manual system. [By Sue Roth - 12/19/02] — Tom Hennessy has kill filed *me* because I annoy *him*! <preen> Msg-ID: 20020730200523.26388.00000…@mb-bd.aol.com

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>Tom Hennessy has kill filed *me* >because I annoy *him*! <preen> >Msg-ID: >20020730200523.26388.00000…@mb-bd.aol.com

A most unusual and funny story. The real laugh out loud experience was the Tom Doe- nut Kill file comment. Please post exactly how you annoy him. I know many people would pay you for this badly wanted and urgently needed information. Finally we are getting somewhere. If we all annoy him and he kill-files all of us and we normal people all do the same to him we will have achieved our ultimate desire. There will be no point in the clown posting his iron man crap in this NG. Hooray I can finally see a way forward for our Christmas and New year dreams. I can just imagine the amount of ciber dollars you will collect with this idea. You could collect even more if we did more than just annoy him. Go on do your worst and let’s really P#ss him off. Now no cheating here don’t hold back be as nasty as you like!

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On 24 Dec 2002 17:56:42 GMT, barryd…@aol.com (BarryDdly) wrote in alt.support.mult-sclerosis: >Please post exactly how you annoy him. I know many >people would pay you for this badly wanted and urgently needed information.

I wish I knew how I did it!  He passed the message through Joan because he had me killfiled.  Having to pass the message through another person because he had me killfiled makes as much sense as spinach, I know, but it is Tommy’s well known logic.  Merry Christmas to all.  Here is Tommy’s message: ========================================================= From: doe (ironjust…@aol.comdoe) Subject: Re: Diabetes and MS View: Complete Thread (42 articles)   Original Format Newsgroups: alt.support.mult-sclerosis Date: 2002-07-30 17:06:28 PST >Subject: Re: Diabetes and MS >From: Joan Carter jecar…@gmx.net >Date: 7/30/02 5:55 PM Mountain Daylight Time >Message-id: <3n9ekucgmkkamriuhk66i2srqoq2r8p…@4ax.com> >On 30 Jul 2002 23:27:34 GMT, ironjust…@aol.comdoe (doe) wrote: >}Oh yeah .. take a hike .. and since your old man is killfiled .. tell him for >}me the same .. >So just tell me what you want me to pass on to him, and what I should >pass on to you. He got under your skin, didn’t he? ROFL. There is that >temper again, Twit.

No .. he didn’t .. Just recognized the mental state .. and so I killfiled him .. Gotta love the internet .. Who loves ya. Tom http://www.angelfire.com/rebellion/watchman ================================================ <shrug>  I suppose I must be forgiven because the screwball is talking to me again.  Damnit. — Tom Hennessy has kill filed *me* because I annoy *him*! <preen> Msg-ID: 20020730200523.26388.00000…@mb-bd.aol.com

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