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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2004Blissful morning
Frank has been waking me up at 4.30 lately. Not this morning. It was nearly 6 when I awoke to bright sunshine and birdsong outside. I'd left the balcony door open overnight because it was a hot day yesterday (OK, hot by Finnish standards; it was 20 C). Frank came up to me and sat down on my face, then he turned around and put his head upside down and purred at me and patted my nose with a soft paw. Then he wriggled closer so he could headbutt me. Nikki usually lies at my feet, but now she came up and settled by my chest, purring all the while. So there I lay, amidst a bed of fur and purr and sunshine. What a blissful mosning! They lay in my way so I couldn't get up, so I just had to lay there and enjoy it. What a shame. ;o) I wish all Saturday mornings were like this!  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", "Marina" <frankiennikki@yahoo.co.uk> artfully composed this message within <news:2id090FlrtmvU1@uni-berlin.de> on 05 Jun 2004: > Frank has been waking me up at 4.30 lately. Not this morning. It > was nearly 6 when I awoke to bright sunshine and birdsong [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > to lay there and enjoy it. What a shame. ;o) I wish all Saturday > mornings were like this! ok, Now I know it is time to go to bed. I've been on the verge of falling asleep all day, here it is half past midnight and I'm still up. I need snuggling like that! :) night night SignatureCheryl >Frank has been waking me up at 4.30 lately. Not this morning. It was nearly >6 when I awoke to bright sunshine and birdsong outside. I'd left the balcony [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Frank came up to me and sat down on my face, then he turned around and put >his head upside down and purred at me and patted my nose with a soft paw. UPSIDE-DOWNY HEAD!!!!!!! Plus nose-patting! The BEST! Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ >Frank has been waking me up at 4.30 lately. Not this morning. It was nearly >6 when I awoke to bright sunshine and birdsong outside. I'd left the balcony [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >mosning! They lay in my way so I couldn't get up, so I just had to lay there >and enjoy it. What a shame. ;o) I wish all Saturday mornings were like this! That sounds like Paradise. -- CATherine > Frank has been waking me up at 4.30 lately. Not this morning. It was nearly > 6 when I awoke to bright sunshine and birdsong outside. I'd left the balcony > door open overnight because it was a hot day yesterday (OK, hot by Finnish > standards; it was 20 C). 20 C = 68 F. Oh. My. God. It's nearing summer in the Southern US. At the risk of ripping off Monty Python, we DREAM of a high temp of 68 F during the summer down here. We'd probably be wearing sweaters. People would be CLOSING the windows and checking the pilot lights on furnaces. We'd be brewing hot chocholate and starting the car early to let it warm up. :-) It's amazing how we learn to accept the weather wherever we live as the benchmark of how it's *supposed* to be. > 20 C = 68 F. > > Oh. My. God. You took the words right out of my mouth... :) Today was mild. Very mild. The high was 86 F (about 30 C). The low was 74 F (23.3 C). SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > > 20 C = 68 F. > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Today was mild. Very mild. The high was 86 F (about 30 C). > The low was 74 F (23.3 C). Yep, same here. I would absolutely *love* 20C for a few days. But the only times it gets that low is during the night from late November until early February. This time of year it's usually 36-39C. I usually can't even get it below 25C inside my house with the aircon on! Speaking of blissful mornings (Marina, your morning sounded absolutely *wonderful*!), I didn't have one this morning. Another storm started at 6:30 am. Had to jump out of bed again and unplug the phone. When will I ever remember to unplug it before bed??? I fed Vino and went back to bed during the storm, which was a bad one again. Vino came back to bed too and snuggled with me. I got up at 8 and noticed that he had hardly eaten the food I'd given him. I guess he wanted to stick close to me during the storm! I gave him a new breakfast which he gobbled down :-) -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album "badwilson" <BW@yahoo.com> wrote in message > Yep, same here. I would absolutely *love* 20C for a few days. But the only > times it gets that low is during the night from late November until early [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 6:30 am. Had to jump out of bed again and unplug the phone. When will I > ever remember to unplug it before bed??? Does your phone line to the computer go thru a surge protector? I don't really know what I'm talking about here as we almost never get thunder storms, buy I do see that many of the surge protectors for sale now also include protection for the phone line. Anyone out there know if they are any good at protecting the modem? Jo > "badwilson" <BW@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > Yep, same here. I would absolutely *love* 20C for a few days. But the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Anyone out there know if they are any good at protecting the modem? I do have a UPS and it has a phone protection thing on it, but that died last year so I can't use it anymore. The rest of the UPS works great and since they cost over $100, I don't really want to buy another one just for the phone. I think I'll tape a note on the bathroom mirror to remind myself to unplug before bed. Nobody ever calls my home phone anyway, they only call my cell. -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >I do have a UPS and it has a phone protection thing on it, but that >died last year so I can't use it anymore. The rest of the UPS works >great and since they cost over $100, I don't really want to buy >another one just for the phone. I think I'll tape a note on the >bathroom mirror to remind myself to unplug before bed. Nobody ever >calls my home phone anyway, they only call my cell. You can get small surge protectors that protect just the phone line for $5 to $10. They plug into the wall, but only in order to connect to the grounded pin in the electric outlet. Some such designs also protect a single power outlet, and are intended for use with laptop computers, fax machines, etc. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > protect a single power outlet, and are intended for use with laptop > computers, fax machines, etc. Hmmm, well here in Thailand there is no grounded pin in the electrical outlet :-( Seems kinda dangerous to me, especially with it being 220V over here, but what can you do? So I've never seen such a surge protector around here. In fact, the entire electrical situation around here is pretty shoddy. I just counted the number of electrical outlets in the house. It's 10. That's for a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house. And that's not 10 of those double ones where you can actually plug 2 things in. No. Just 10 single plug-ins :-( Needless to say, I have a ton of power bars everywhere, the computer area is a disaster. There are only 2 phone plug ins too and one is upstairs in the bedroom. The one in the living room is 20 feet away from the computer, so more extension cords. Waaaah! -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album Surge protectors and surge protection are two completely different items. Surge protectors are only effective when they make the less than 3 meter connection to surge protection - earth ground. Obviously the plug-in protector (on phone line and in plug-in UPS) are not effective. They claim to protect from surges that don't typically exist so that you will *assume* they are surge protection. This is explained elsewhere: "RJ-11 line protection?" on 31 Dec 2003 in pdx.computing, or http://tinyurl.com/2hl53 "Thunder and Lightning" in alt.support.sleep-disorder on, before and after 24 June 2001 at http://tinyurl.com/3boef "strange problem after power surge/thunderstorm" in comp.dcom.modems on 31 Mar 2003 at http://tinyurl.com/2gumt Find that earth ground rod? Every utility that enters a building must first connect to that rod or something equivalent - the single point earth ground. Earthing connection made via a dedicated wire (cable TV and satellite dish) or via a 'whole house' protector (AC electric and telephone). A third safety ground prong on wall receptacles is not necessary for effective protection. That third prong is a safety ground; not earth ground. Even power strip protectors connected to that receptacle safety ground have all but no earth ground connection. The effective protector is located where utility wires enter the building. Those power bar protectors can even contribute to damage of an adjacent and powered off computer. Why do you think they avoid all discussion about earthing? Its too profitable to be fully honest. > Hmmm, well here in Thailand there is no grounded pin in the > electrical outlet :-( Seems kinda dangerous to me, especially [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > one in the living room is 20 feet away from the computer, so more > extension cords. Waaaah! >> 20 C = 68 F. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Today was mild. Very mild. The high was 86 F (about 30 C). >The low was 74 F (23.3 C). Right now its in the 50'sf (don't do C) in the AM. And heatwave starts its supposed to get up to the 90's, but cooler on the (Cape Cod). I'm a bit northwest of Boston. Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= Waiting for inspiration. Please hold while I contemplate my navel. |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") > 20 C = 68 F. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > windows and checking the pilot lights on furnaces. We'd be brewing > hot chocholate and starting the car early to let it warm up. :-) Yes, but then we Finns go out and roll in the snow naked in winter when we want to cool off after the sauna. ;o) It's not quite hot summer weather yet, but I would definitely call this warm weather. In July and August it gets up in the 30s, and that is as hot as it ever gets here. OTOH, in winter, it can go to -30 C (-22 F), and I've even experienced -40 C (-40 F). And there's no closing down of schools or staying home from your job, everything is business as usual, however cold it gets. I think I would get a heat stroke if I lived where you are. ;o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > > 20 C = 68 F. > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Yes, but then we Finns go out and roll in the snow naked in winter when we > want to cool off after the sauna. ;o) Wow. I think I had heard that about people in Sweden, but I sort of thought it was an urban legend. I think I'll have to schedule a trip there in the winter-I need to go where all the cute guys take their sauna. :-) > It's not quite hot summer weather yet, but I would definitely call this warm > weather. In July and August it gets up in the 30s, and that is as hot as it > ever gets here. 30 C = 86 F, which is pretty warm. You have a real big range of temperatures there. OTOH, in winter, it can go to -30 C (-22 F), and I've even > experienced -40 C (-40 F). And there's no closing down of schools or staying > home from your job, everything is business as usual, however cold it gets. Like I said, people generally come to accept the weather where they live and deal with it. OTOH, you would laugh your head off at how people in the Southern US react to the tiniest bit of snow or ice-an inch of snow and all the businesses and schools will shut down. Of course, to some extent this is because we have so little of it that no one knows how to drive in it when it does happen and the roads get all clogged up with car wrecks. I > think I would get a heat stroke if I lived where you are. ;o) IME, people from northern Europe have some trouble adjusting to the summer weather here, as much due to the high humidity as the heat. One thing that bothers them, oddly enough, is the universal use of air conditioning in the summer. I've met persons from Europe who claim that they constantly got colds and sore throats from continually going from air conditioned buildings to the heat outside and back inside again. In my case, it would take me quite a while to adjust to going out in -20 F. I'm afraid I could never get to the point of rolling naked in the snow. BRRRR.! > IME, people from northern Europe have some trouble adjusting to the > summer weather here, as much due to the high humidity as the heat. One [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > from air conditioned buildings to the heat outside and back inside > again. I caught pneumonia from that when we first moved here from Idaho. Idaho was hotter than here, but for some reason the dryer humidities made it easier to cope with. We got here and within a month I was in the hospital with the stuff. Pam S. Hot here in Norfolk today. Yesterday the thermometer got up to 29 degrees C, that's 84.2 F and today it's forecast to get up to about 32 C which is 89.6F and I can quite believe it, having just dropped Nathan off at school as he's got a mathematics paper to sit this afternoon! Not bad for UK in June :-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > IME, people from northern Europe have some trouble adjusting to the > summer weather here, as much due to the high humidity as the heat. One [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > from air conditioned buildings to the heat outside and back inside > again. I only had to go to Germany to experience that. I attended a conference in Aachen in what happened to be a very hot week, but inside the university, they had very effective air conditioning, and I got a sore throat there. It was so cool inside, you had to put on a jacket, and take it off when you went outside in the heat. Oh, and I have to admit that it's not very common for people to actually go out and roll in the snow after the sauna. But some do. I did it as a kid. I'm quite sure Swedes don't do it, the wimps ;o) <grin, duck and run, hoping Lena and Lisa are too busy to read this> SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >> IME, people from northern Europe have some trouble adjusting to the >> summer weather here, as much due to the high humidity as the heat. One [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >was so cool inside, you had to put on a jacket, and take it off when you >went outside in the heat. I live in the capital of hot, sticky, nasty summers, but I still hate air conditioning, or rather, the way it's always used. I have to carry a sweater around with me because it's always freezing inside buildings, and on public transportation in the summer. I always pray it's not going to get hot enough for me to need the AC overnight, because sleeping with it always makes me wake up with stiff joints, and I like to go for a run in the morning. Of course, OTOH, it's always overheated indoors in the winter. I always say I suffer more from heat in the winter, and am freezing cold all summer. :P Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ > >> IME, people from northern Europe have some trouble adjusting to the > >> summer weather here, as much due to the high humidity as the heat. One [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > [snip] Make no mistake, I'm glad to live in a time when air conditioning is pretty much universal in the warmer places in the US. I don't know how people lived in places like New Orleans and Houston before air conditioning became widespread. But I also don't understand why buildings like you refer to set their thermostats so low that you have to wear a sweater in them in the middle of the summer. I once worked in a building that was like that-everyone had sweaters in their offices in the middle of the summer because at certain times of the day it was just freezing even when it was 95+ F outside. You would feel really weird going downstairs to the lobby of the building with a sweater on and seeing people come in from the parking lot with their clothes clinging to them just as a result of the short walk from their cars to the building entrance. We would constantly call the firm that ran the building to get them to do something about it, they would come in and doodle in the room that held the temperature controls, and the situation would stay the same. OTOH, if you had to work on the weekends when the air conditioning was turned off, you appreciated what it would have been like to work in an office building in one of the high heat/high humidity areas of the US in the summer before air conditioning became widespread. It was hard to really accomplish anything on the hot days after about 10:00 AM. In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", 2004: > But I also don't understand why > buildings like you refer to set their thermostats so low that [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > just as a result of the short walk from their cars to the > building entrance. This is the building I work in!! lol SignatureCheryl >Frank came up to me and sat down on my face, then he turned around and put >his head upside down and purred at me and patted my nose with a soft paw. Frank can sit on me anywhere he wants. Purrs, Waffles (with a dirty grin) --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > Frank has been waking me up at 4.30 lately. Not this morning. It was > nearly 6 when I awoke to bright sunshine and birdsong outside. I'd left > the balcony door open overnight because it was a hot day yesterday (OK, > hot by Finnish standards; it was 20 C). > Frank came up to me and sat down on my face, then he turned around and > put his head upside down and purred at me and patted my nose with a soft [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > to lay there and enjoy it. What a shame. ;o) I wish all Saturday > mornings were like this! Sounds absolutely heaven to me. Judith SignatureJudith Latham Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK. |
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