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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2004[OT] A Virtual Tour of My House - Please Come Visit Me
As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post inspired me to take tons of pictures and put up a "virtual tour" of the house. [Besides, it's always a good idea to get a complete set of pictures of your house for insurance purposes in case, heaven forbid, anything should happen and you need to make a claim (ok, that's my story and I'm sticking to it ;>).] For those folks who can't join us this Saturday night, please feel welcome to come take a peek at where I and my DH, CatNapped, live (and for those coming, this will help you recognize the house when you get here). http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/House/ Hugs, CatNipped > As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and > the work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > CatNipped LOVELY! Thank you so much for the tour! I wish John and I could have hooked up with you when we were in Kingwood. Maybe if he does the show next year (which is looking doubtful as it wasn't very profitable) we can meet then. Jill > LOVELY! Thank you so much for the tour! I wish John and I could have > hooked up with you when we were in Kingwood. Maybe if he does the show next > year (which is looking doubtful as it wasn't very profitable) we can meet > then. > > Jill Thank you! Oh, I would love to meet you and John, and as you can see, with just me, DH, and the four cats, there's plenty of room for visitors to stay, so no need to pay for a hotel! Do definitely call me if you're ever this way again (I'm *SO* bummed that I was stupid and missed you last time!!). Kingwood is just a few miles north of me (I'm in Spring, which is just north of Houston, and then comes Kingwood, then The Woodlands, then Conroe). Hugs, CatNipped > As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the > work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post inspired [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > CatNipped That's lovely. You should get a great deal of pleasure from this house (and so should your furbabies). It looks like you are only about 135 miles from me. MaryL > That's lovely. You should get a great deal of pleasure from this house (and > so should your furbabies). It looks like you are only about 135 miles from > me. > > MaryL Thanks. Kewl, maybe we can get together if you're ever in Houston! Hugs, CatNipped Thanks for the tour CatNipped - you have a really lovely house - looks so peaceful and cosy! Lois  Signaturehttp://zeotropeburmese.kiwiwebhost.net.nz -- Burmese are like potato chips, you can't just have one. > As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the > work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post inspired me [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > CatNipped > Thanks for the tour CatNipped - you have a really lovely house - looks so > peaceful and cosy! > > Lois Thank you Lois. We do love it a lot - we are very happy here, it's a very calming, peaceful place. Hugs, CatNipped > As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the > work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post inspired me [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/House/ My goodness, its *huge*!!!!!!! Gorgeous, of course, but *HUGE*!!!!!! How on earth can you think its shabby? Its a stunner. Yowie Wondering if all houses in the US are that huge and spiffy. > My goodness, its *huge*!!!!!!! > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Yowie > Wondering if all houses in the US are that huge and spiffy. Thanks Yowie. Well, as I was telling Karen, fortunately all the shabbiness doesn't show up on camera - the stains on the carpet, the peeling wall paper, the chipped paint, the rotting wood on the deck stairs - that all gets glossed over and it looks much nicer in pictures than in person. That's not to say it isn't nice - it is, it's just that it's over 30 years old and needs a little "face lift". We're willing to put in the work (if not the money we no longer have) because it's where we want to live for the rest of our lives. The size and the charm are the reasons we bought it in spite of the work it needs, it's a sprawling, comfortable place, very homey and it has a serene atmosphere that is a joy to live in. Our first house, even though it was a three bedroom, was *tiny* and cramped and stressful to live in - although my daughter and her family (DH and three daughters) are living in it now and they like it. So no, not all houses are this large, but I think they do tend to be larger here - it's such a huge state in such a huge country and it's still fairly "new" are far as population, so I think houses tend to be bigger than overseas and elsewhere (the houses there tend to be a lot older, i.e. centuries old, and didn't humans used to be much smaller centuries ago?). The really good thing is that where we live has one of the lowest cost-of-living in the entire country (well, good as far as housing costs - *not* good in terms of getting a good job). This house, in LA or the East Coast would probably have cost over a million, but we got it for a song! Hugs, CatNipped >> As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the >> work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post inspired [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Yowie > Wondering if all houses in the US are that huge and spiffy. I think most are ;) Higher standard of living. More money to live on, if 2 in work. Tweed (who has hidden the foties so Kitty & BF can't see them. They have to be satisfied with two downstairs rooms, and three upstairs, which, mainly they aren't allowed in anyway! BF sometimes sneaks up and snuggles down on the spare bed for as long as he's not discovered. Kitty likes to get upstairs and watch me on the toilet. Too bad she hasn't learnt yet to use it herself ;-) ) They do have acres outside to roam in safely though at the back of the house. Not all mine, I hasten to add. It's a nice space for kitties, reasonably safe, road-wise. So many hunting possibilities too. Tweed >>> As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the >>> work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post inspired [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > in work. > Tweed I don't know about all, but I think a lot of them are bigger than in other countries (I just get that impression from people who post from all over). We have plenty of little houses as well, but most are the older ones. It seems like 1500 to 2200 sq ft. is about normal for midrange income people anymore. My mom's house (the one I grew up in) is only 926 sq ft. though. I think in the 70's is when the bigger ones started becoming more afforable or something. (I have no scientific info backing up this thought however.) > I don't know about all, but I think a lot of them are bigger than in other > countries (I just get that impression from people who post from all over). [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > think in the 70's is when the bigger ones started becoming more afforable or > something. (I have no scientific info backing up this thought however.) I live in an old (no certain date, but 100 years +, probably), and don't start imagining a Victorian mansion because it was probably thrown together to house a working man's family and is, ahh, showing it's age much more than that lovely house. Actually, it's falling down around my ears, but I love it anyway, and besides, if it were in good condition, I couldn't afford it. However, it's very undesireable by modern standards for other reasons: Bits were added on so there are three bedrooms upstairs, two quite small. That's barely tolerable for a modern family; the problem really arises with the bathroom. There's only one, very small, probably added by walling off the end of the upstairs hall as a kind of afterthought, when privies because unfashionable or illegal within city limits. Downstairs, there's a lovely big room facing the back, but the livingroom itself is small, and opens onto the street. No porch, no foyer, coat closet inconveniently located in the dining area, which is all part of the same room. Kitchen; not bad (barring the ancient appliances and old-fashioned but not antique cupboards. The back porch which houses the hot water heater, washer, dryer, and all the gardening tools I can't store anywhere else, needs to be bigger. Underneath is a cellar and crawl space. Mud, basically. No rec room, no place for an office or extra bedroom or hobby room. Outside, no parking. So, yes, modern North American families expect considerably more in a house. And less than a century ago, a family would have raised half a dozen kids or more in that house! SignatureCheryl > Yowie > Wondering if all houses in the US are that huge and spiffy. Partly it depends upon WHERE in the U.S., Yowie. Although the major urban areas may still have some, they are priced so high that only the wealthy can afford them. You can bet there's not much like that (and affordable) anywhere near Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago or Washington D.C.! The Southwest isn't quite so bad, yet, and you can still find lovely big homes on big lots in the Midwest and parts of the South, but more and more, to have a house as nice as that and work in the city, you must expect a long daily commute. My doctor decided to leave the joint practice he had here in Los Angeles, move to a small town in Louisiana and go into private practice. He showed me a picture of the house they bought (for $280,000, which is not considered high for something much smaller, in the L.A. area). Big, with lots of rooms, on an acre of land! I don't blame him for moving, but I sure miss him! His replacement is okay, but it's always difficult to "train" a doctor to your specifications. > As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the > work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post inspired me [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > CatNipped It think it is a great house! I love that pic looking up the stairs to the great room and you see a tiiiiny kitty face peeking around the corner :) > It think it is a great house! I love that pic looking up the stairs to the > great room and you see a tiiiiny kitty face peeking around the corner :) Thanks Karen! LOL - that tiny face belongs to Jessie, when she sees me with the camera she thinks it because I want to take her picture so she follows me around ahead of me and "poses"! Hugs, CatNipped > It think it is a great house! I love that pic looking up the stairs to the > great room and you see a tiiiiny kitty face peeking around the corner :) I noticed that too :-))) Beautiful house, CatNipped! And so much space. And I'm lovin' that HUGE TV....wow. Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield Karen Chuplis <kchuplis@alltel.net> wrote: > It think it is a great house! I love that pic looking up the stairs > to the great room and you see a tiiiiny kitty face peeking around > the corner :) That's Jessie, isn't it? She seemed to insert herself into quite a few of the pictures - I saw her in a number of the kitchen photos. And looking up the stairs from your sitting room, who is that sitting on the landing at the top? Is it Sammy, or Bandit? (I can't tell unless they're in the same shot!) I'm thinking it's Sammy, because the cat in your bedroom pics is Bandit, isn't it? Where's... blanking on name... your gorgeous white kitty... is it Demi? Looking at these photos, I'm having a case of SPACE ENVY! You have such wide expanses of space in every room - it's really wonderful. Do the kitties spend much time in the garage, in their own luxury accomodations? Joyce > Karen Chuplis <kchuplis@alltel.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > That's Jessie, isn't it? She seemed to insert herself into quite a few > of the pictures - I saw her in a number of the kitchen photos. Yep, as I said before, I think Jessie was a model in a previous life - every time the camera comes out she manages to bet in front of it - LOL. > And looking > up the stairs from your sitting room, who is that sitting on the landing > at the top? Is it Sammy, or Bandit? (I can't tell unless they're in the > same shot!) I'm thinking it's Sammy, because the cat in your bedroom pics > is Bandit, isn't it? Right again - you're good! Yes, Sammy is just a bit differely colored than Bandit, but otherwise they look much alike (except that Sammy is not BIGGER than Bandit and Bandit's nose is seriously out of joint because of it - Bandit used to be the big cat of the house). > Where's... blanking on name... your gorgeous white kitty... is it Demi? Right still again - boy are you good! Demi, the most gorgeous cat I've ever seen in my life, never lets herself be seen. She hides all day long and only comes to snuggle with me when I get in bed and she figures that when I'm wrapped up in blankets I can't jump up and eat her! ;> > Looking at these photos, I'm having a case of SPACE ENVY! You have such > wide expanses of space in every room - it's really wonderful. Yeah, this is the biggest house I've ever lived in and I'm loving it! > Do the kitties spend much time in the garage, in their own luxury > accomodations? The door from the sitting room to the garage has a cat door in it so they can come and go as they like. Their litter boxes are in the garage, so is there cat motel and their clubhouses. They like sleeping in the cat motel because they feel secure there. Hugs, CatNipped >Karen Chuplis <kchuplis@alltel.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >That's Jessie, isn't it? She seemed to insert herself into quite a few >of the pictures Isn't that little Jessie face a scream? She has such round eyes, like a little owl. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > > It think it is a great house! I love that pic looking up the stairs to the > > great room and you see a tiiiiny kitty face peeking around the corner :) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Beautiful house, CatNipped! And so much space. And I'm lovin' that HUGE > TV....wow. Thanks Deb. Yeah, the TV is my only competition with DH - it's the second love of his life and I hate it because you can't hide it away when company comes! ;> Hugs, CatNipped > Deb. > -- > http://www.scientific-art.com > > "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; > He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield > It think it is a great house! I love that pic looking up the stairs to the > great room and you see a tiiiiny kitty face peeking around the corner :) That was my favourite part about the tour - the occasional cat here and there, usually gracefully poised to enhance the surroundings. A lovely house, and the cats make it a home. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Thank you for inviting us for a tour of your beautiful home. BTW a 30 year old house isn't old. My house was built in 1932. Now there is a house with a lot of character! There isn't a level floor in the entire house. Nan > Thank you for inviting us for a tour of your beautiful home. BTW a > 30 year old house isn't old. My house was built in 1932. Now there > is a house with a lot of character! There isn't a level floor in the > entire house. > > Nan HAH. I gotcha beat. Our house was bouilt in 1925. Only reasonably level floor is the enclosed back porch (I think it was added in 1950-60's) that has concrete flooring. When we moved in it had this gawdawful psychadelic green (puke green, at that) carpet on it (cats even showed their disapproval of it by liberally applying stinky-cat-pee LOL). We recently removed that and found even uglier green lineolium tile underneath. Scraped *that* up and have since replaced it with nice ceramic tiles. My knees are still sore ;) Oh, and the only squared openings (doors/windows) are the bedroom windows we replaced last year. BTW, Catnipped, your home is *BEAUTIFUL*. Beats the heck out of anything in BH&G because it is a *living* space, not a showroom. Also, the cats do make excellent decorations ;) --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > HAH. I gotcha beat. Our house was bouilt in 1925. Only reasonably level > floor is the enclosed back porch (I think it was added in 1950-60's) that [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > BH&G because it is a *living* space, not a showroom. Also, the cats do make > excellent decorations ;) Yep, that's what I was trying to express - it's not picture perfect, it's livable! Guests are welcome, kids can jump on the beds and spill things on the sofas - cats can climb on whatever they will. Hugs, CatNipped >Thank you for inviting us for a tour of your beautiful home. BTW a >30 year old house isn't old. My house was built in 1932. Now there >is a house with a lot of character! There isn't a level floor in the >entire house. > >Nan Oh, but Nan, the houses built in the 30's IMO have the coolest architecture, if you can find on that hasn't been remodeled too exensively. I'd trade this house for wide baseboards, French doors, big porches with shoulders. So what if the floors aren't level? All the better to roll kitty-balls!! Sherry >>Thank you for inviting us for a tour of your beautiful home. BTW a >>30 year old house isn't old. My house was built in 1932. Now there [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Sherry I love my old house uneven floors and all, although I've had to put shims under various pieces of furniture to level them up a bit. If I'm not careful when I push back from the computer I end up rolling into the wall. Nan >> Thank you for inviting us for a tour of your beautiful home. BTW a >> 30 year old house isn't old. My house was built in 1932. Now there [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Sherry My most favourite apartment in my entire life was built in the 1920's. It was one of those places where you had to do a walk-up from the outside (most more modern apartments/flats here have exterior entrances). It had high ceilings, lovely french doors off the living room to the bedroom. The tub in the bathroom was a deep claw-foot tub. There was a butler's pantry off the dining room with a small door at the back which opened onto the hallway. This was for the milk-man to push the weekly order of milk and cheese through. The kitchen appliances were all circa 1950-something but in good working order. I didn't have a cat at that time but I know the hardwood floors weren't level so it would have been fun for Persia! I could also walk to the store. IF I have to move I'm definitely going back to someplace where I can get that old-world charm again. Jill > Thank you for inviting us for a tour of your beautiful home. BTW a > 30 year old house isn't old. My house was built in 1932. Now there > is a house with a lot of character! There isn't a level floor in the > entire house. > > Nan LOL - yeah, our upstairs bathroom leans to the left. You feel like you're going to fall off the toilet if you don't hold on! LOL Hugs, CatNipped > Thank you for inviting us for a tour of your beautiful home. BTW a > 30 year old house isn't old. My house was built in 1932. Now there > is a house with a lot of character! There isn't a level floor in the > entire house. > > Nan I have a 30's house too, it's quite small. But more importantly, Boyfriend wants to know why his girlfriend Tortie hasn't written for weeks. Has she lost interest in him, he says, has she got someone else? If so, although he would like to be faithful to her, there is someone very impressed with him who is waiting in the wings. Please write Tortie, his first love. Tweed >> Thank you for inviting us for a tour of your beautiful home. BTW a >> 30 year old house isn't old. My house was built in 1932. Now there [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Tweed Dear Boyfriend, Tortie hasn't been around this week, but when she does show up I'll have her write you if you're still interested. I'm afraid that she may have found someone else, and doesn't know how to tell us. Tortie's Meowmie >>> Thank you for inviting us for a tour of your beautiful home. BTW a >>> 30 year old house isn't old. My house was built in 1932. Now there [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Tortie's Meowmie Oh, dear Where can she be? Does she usually go missing like this? I now feel quite worried about her. If she has indeed found another, she just has to say. There is another American cat that seems quite impressed with me. I'll hold on a while for Tortie. Boyfriend >>>> Thank you for inviting us for a tour of your beautiful home. BTW a >>>> 30 year old house isn't old. My house was built in 1932. Now there [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >Boyfriend It's not unusual for her now to show up for several days. I think that someone in the neighborhood is probably feeding her since she always looks well-fed when she comes back. I'll tell her that you were asking about her when she comes back. Tortie's Meowmie very nice house! Very nice kitty kats all over the house! Wish I could visit you. Jazz & his mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the > work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post inspired [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > CatNipped > very nice house! Very nice kitty kats all over the house! > Wish I could visit you. > Jazz & his mama Thanks! Those "kitty kats" are mostly just Jessie - LOL. I think in another life she was a model because whenever she sees my camera she comes running to have her picture taken. Bandit, on the other hand, curses me out every time I point a camera at her - her version of "Don't take a picture of me, my hairs a mess and I look fat!" Hugs, CatNipped I quite enjoyed the tour, CatNipped! Looks beautifully kept and comfy to live in at the same time! Christine > As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the > work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post inspired me [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > CatNipped >As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the >work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. As well you should be. It's lovely. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com I just *loved* this tour of your house, it's great. I don't see any "shabby." I don't suppose you have room for a lodger, a couple of cats, 50 chickens and two geese?? <joking> Tweed > As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the > work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post inspired [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > CatNipped WOW!!!!! I can't remember where you live, but it's clearly not Southern California! (Not unless you're multi-millionaires.) All that wonderful SPACE - I can't tell you how I envy you. > As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the > work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post inspired me [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > CatNipped > WOW!!!!! I can't remember where you live, but it's clearly > not Southern California! (Not unless you're > multi-millionaires.) All that wonderful SPACE - I can't > tell you how I envy you. No, not hardly. We live in Spring, Texas - which is just north of Houston. I work just south of Houston so I have a *very* long commute through the worst traffic outside of Los Angeles, but it is worth it. We got the house for a song. In this area of the country we have one of the lowest cost-of-living indexes in the U.S. which is good for when you want to buy a house, but bad when you want to find a good job (believe me, I know). Hugs, CatNipped >> WOW!!!!! I can't remember where you live, but it's clearly >> not Southern California! (Not unless you're [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >cost-of-living indexes in the U.S. which is good for when you want to buy a >house, but bad when you want to find a good job (believe me, I know). Cost of living is the main reason I stayed here in Oklahoma rather than going back to my home state of California when I retired from the Army. My retirement check pays all my basic bills here, while in Calif it woulldn't begin to pay rent and utilities. Course, like CN says, the pay is higher out there - so I guess it balances out for those getting a paycheck. My Army retirement is the same irregardless of where I live. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >>>WOW!!!!! I can't remember where you live, but it's clearly >>>not Southern California! (Not unless you're [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > getting a paycheck. My Army retirement is the same irregardless of > where I live. Problem is, anyplace I'd WANT to live (with regularly available "live" opera and classical music events) wouldn't be that much cheaper than L.A. - not if you factor in the cost of concert tickets, etc., which are pretty much the same price everywhere the events are available. (And at least here, I have a good part-time job working for the company for whom I worked full-time for about 25 years.) > As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the > work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post inspired me [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > CatNipped Your home is lovely. I loved the little Jessie face popping up here and there. :-) ------ Krista > As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and > the work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > CatNipped It looks beautifull, I'm envious of the TV in the great room. Is it Hi-Def.? SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > It looks beautifull, I'm envious of the TV in the great room. Is it > Hi-Def.? Thanks Adrian. Yep, the monstrosity is 63" of Hi-Def and DH has cable with HDTV, and every other bell and whistle it comes with (did you know that when you have cable you can find a sporting event to watch, in high definition, every single hour of the day, seven days a week and 352 days each year???!!!! There's only me and DH living here, and I don't watch TV, but we have the 63" TV, 2 36" TVs, a 17" TV, two stereo systems attached to two of the TVs, *THREE* DVD players, and a VCR!!!!!!!!!! *SIGH* Hugs, CatNipped > There's only me and DH living here, and I don't watch TV, but we > have the 63" TV, 2 36" TVs, a 17" TV Didn't I see a tv set on your desk in your office? :) Joyce > > There's only me and DH living here, and I don't watch TV, but we > > have the 63" TV, 2 36" TVs, a 17" TV > > Didn't I see a tv set on your desk in your office? :) > > Joyce Yep, but it isn't turned on - this was the TV that was in DH's room before he got his 36" flatscreen. It got stuck on my desk because I couldn't find any place else to put it (I didn't put it in a closet because when the grandkids are in town they have one more place to go if they're fighting over what to watch). I do watch the TV, but usually just DVDs while I'm exercising (which is why there is one in my sitting room - but it's hidden in the cabinet in the corner). The only TV shows I watch (when I can remember to put them on) are "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" - oh, and "Star Trek, Enterprise". I generally just like to read - I'm not trying to act highbrow, what I read is science fiction, not great literature - but I just can't stand most things that are on TV and I'm *NOT* a sports fan. Hugs, CatNipped >>> There's only me and DH living here, and I don't watch TV, but we >>> have the 63" TV, 2 36" TVs, a 17" TV [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > CatNipped Doesn't Enterprise ROCK this year?? I also love LOST. I am catching up on episodes this weekend. Just saw the "Charlie" ep. It was great. >> > There's only me and DH living here, and I don't watch TV, but we >> > have the 63" TV, 2 36" TVs, a 17" TV [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > CatNipped I bet "Star Trek, Enterprise" looks great in Hi-Def. Unfortunately it's unlikely to be available in the UK for a few years yet. :-( SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > I bet "Star Trek, Enterprise" looks great in Hi-Def. Unfortunately it's > unlikely to be available in the UK for a few years yet. :-( > -- > Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) > A house is not a home, without a cat. Gotta admit it, it does - that's the one time each week I enjoy the monstrosity. We have a cable channel here that is nothing but "nature shots" for hi-def TVs with just a muzak background - very pretty, but how long can you watch something like that? Of course, having ADHD, it's hard for me to sit still and watch anything for any length of time, so I can't go by me. Hugs, CatNipped > >> > There's only me and DH living here, and I don't watch TV, but we > >> > have the 63" TV, 2 36" TVs, a 17" TV [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > I bet "Star Trek, Enterprise" looks great in Hi-Def. Unfortunately it's > unlikely to be available in the UK for a few years yet. :-( I wonder what will happen if they do ST:New Generation in HD? According to the "Technical Manual" (i.e., the writers' guide on the technology), there are a lot of in-jokes that are visible on the set, but not on a conventional TV. For example, you can see on TV that there are a number of bar graphs over the medical bed. What you can't see is that the bottom one is labeled "medical insurance remaining." >> > There's only me and DH living here, and I don't watch TV, but we >> > have the 63" TV, 2 36" TVs, a 17" TV [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > act highbrow, what I read is science fiction, not great literature - but I > just can't stand most things that are on TV and I'm *NOT* a sports fan. We share the same taste in literature, and I agree that there's not much worth watching on TV anymore. However, unless I luck out and find a sci-fi movie, I generally watch "Law & Order" repeats on TNT and USA, or re-runs of British sit-coms and "Mystery" on PBS. > Hugs, > > CatNipped > We share the same taste in literature, and I agree that > there's not much worth watching on TV anymore. However, > unless I luck out and find a sci-fi movie, I generally watch > "Law & Order" repeats on TNT and USA, or re-runs of British > sit-coms and "Mystery" on PBS. I know. I was all excited when they put the "SciFi Channel" on cable, I thought, "Oh boy, a whole channel with nothing but the stuff I love". NNNNNNCCCCCCHHHH - wrongo! They have the cheesiest movies, the lamest "original" shows, sheesh, how could they get it so wrong!!! Stupid horror movies (i.e. "Sasquash") is *NOT* science fiction!!! Hugs, CatNipped >> We share the same taste in literature, and I agree that >> there's not much worth watching on TV anymore. However, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > CatNipped I have hopes for Battlestar Galactica though. Ronald Moore (of DS9). > I know. I was all excited when they put the "SciFi Channel" on cable, I > thought, "Oh boy, a whole channel with nothing but the stuff I love". > NNNNNNCCCCCCHHHH - wrongo! They have the cheesiest movies, the lamest > "original" shows, sheesh, how could they get it so wrong!!! I know what you mean. I hardly ever watch SciFi because it has such schlocky, BAD shows. I mean, Lexx?? <BARF!> Once in a while I'll watch a Twilight Zone episode, but that's about the only thing worth seeing. Joyce >> It looks beautifull, I'm envious of the TV in the great room. Is it >> Hi-Def.? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > TVs, > *THREE* DVD players, and a VCR!!!!!!!!!! *SIGH* For once I;m most grateful that DH does not use the computer. His passion for televisions is bad enough. If he saw those and was thinking in terms of possibility we would be in big trouble. He is already giving our almost new televisions dirty looks and spending an inordinate amount of time looking at the Best Buy sales book. Jo > For once I;m most grateful that DH does not use the computer. His passion > for televisions is bad enough. If he saw those and was thinking in terms of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Jo Oh let him get one. I bought my HD set a year ago and I love it. I have a HD satellite service called Voom and there's always something to watch. Voom has 39 HD channels and most of the SD cable channels. If he gets one of these TV's he'll stay out of your hair longer. Tell DH I'm pulling for him! Bob >> For once I;m most grateful that DH does not use the computer. His >> passion [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Bob I found out today where he has been going on his long trips to the "store" Seems he has been up at Sears watching one. Says it make our nearly new 36" Sony look grainy. An that it would be a much better fit in out bedroom than the even newer combination unit we bought. (He is right It does have much too large a footprint for where it is.) Jo > I found out today where he has been going on his long trips to the "store" > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jo Go on do it. Do it. I'm sure DH is worth it. <G> Bob It's a beautiful home, Catnipped. Thanks for sharing it with us. Sam > As I told Karen in another post, despite the touch of shabbiness and the > work needed, I'm quite proud of our new (to us) home. That post inspired [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > CatNipped You're welcome, Sam, thanks for "visiting" - I just wish every single one of you could come visit for real! Hugs, CatNipped > It's a beautiful home, Catnipped. Thanks for sharing it with us. > Sam [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > CatNipped Catnipped your home is quite beautiful where's the 'shabby'? my daughter has a beautiful home which is being renovated starting in a few weeks,and the plans make it look like a hollywood mansion to me, between you and Dianne, my home {modest little 3 bed; unit} just turned into the equivelent of a cardboard box!!!!! I love older homes with no four sqare walls, that look like something a kid could build, so I've decided I'll swap you, I'm afraid Diannes will be too modern for my tastes, besides I love your grounds, its beautiful Catnipped Jean. > You're welcome, Sam, thanks for "visiting" - I just wish every single one of > you could come visit for real! [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > > > > > CatNipped Thank you, Jean! The "shabby", fortunately, doesn't show up in the pictures (stained carpets, peeling wallpaper, rotting wood on the deck, chipped paint, etc.). However, all that is secondary to me - the feeling of "home" is so strong here that it overcomes all those relatively minor defects. It will probably take us the rest of our lives to fix up this old house, but then we don't plan on going anywhere anyway! Hugs, CatNipped > Catnipped your home is quite beautiful where's the 'shabby'? > my daughter has a beautiful home which is being renovated [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > > > > > > > CatNipped Something you can spen the rest of your life doing and enjoying it Dianne's will be all done in about 6 months once they start but I guess since she's pregnant and has two other littlies, well the eldest is 7 and the next four, they're babies to me, and her Husband is a workaholic she'll be happy to get it done fairly quickly. Jean.P. > Thank you, Jean! The "shabby", fortunately, doesn't show up in the pictures > (stained carpets, peeling wallpaper, rotting wood on the deck, chipped [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > > > > > > > > > > CatNipped >Something you can spen the rest of your life doing and enjoying it >Dianne's will be all done in about 6 months once they start >but I guess since she's pregnant and has two other littlies, well the eldest >is 7 >and the next four, they're babies to me, and her Husband is a workaholic >she'll be happy to get it done fairly quickly. Jean.P. Jean, my daughter is also building a house. It's an exciting time for them. I try not to offer unsolicited advice on her decisions, except I did tell her I learned "Harvest Gold is not forever." And your daughter is pregnant, too! That's even more exciting. (all I have are grandcats) Sherry It is very exciting Sherry, and no you can't be pushing your own Ideas down their throats. One of the TV gardeners is doing the garden, he's been in one of Michaels short films, I forget his surname Jame's -ah yes -Drury so the garden should be nice Hope your Daughters house building goes well its ok for us sitting on the sideline. Hugs Jean.P. > >Something you can spen the rest of your life doing and enjoying it > >Dianne's will be all done in about 6 months once they start [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Sherry I wish I had been able to visit with you guys, but we'll have more chances I'm sure. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > I wish I had been able to visit with you guys, but we'll have more > chances I'm sure. > > -- > Victor Martinez > Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Well, we haven't visited quite yet. One of Bonbon's babies pulled a bast*rd cat trick last night and she and DH were out looking till late. We're doing it tonight instead. I can't wait to meet Bridget and Bonbon! Hugs, CatNipped |
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