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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2005Little Theif in the Night!
Like probably most of you, I feed strays and ferals (in fact I think cats come from miles around to our "kitty spa" - eight foot fence to keep out d*gs, food and clean water, a deck they can crawl under in winter and snuggle up to the heater on the hot tub). There's on little black and white girl who's a real sweetie (I think she actually belongs to the neighbors across the street, but she likes the food we put out better). She comes right up to me to be petted and weaves around my feet as I bring the food to the end of the deck. However, tonight there was a *HUGE* raccoon waiting for me at the top of the stairs on the end of the deck. And *HE DIDN'T RUN AWAY*!!! I stamped my foot and shouted but he just sat there looking at me, waiting for me to put the foot down for him. Little black and white cat hissed at him to go away and I stomped my foot harder. He moved down three steps and as soon as I put the food down he came back up and tried to shove little Miss B&W out of the way. She hissed some more and I threw a little of the water from the water bowl at him. He retreated down the stairs but them climbed up the side of the deck and tried to get to the food bowl from the side. I went back inside to get a broom to keep him at bay while Miss B&W ate her fill. As soon as she had enough and moved away from the bowl he was instantly there chowing down. Here's a couple of pictures I snapped of this cheeky little rascal: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/ He's almost tame (of course I wouldn't try to test that theory by getting close enough for him to bite me - I don't fancy going through rabies treatment any time soon!!). -- Hugs, CatNipped http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > cheeky little rascal: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/ I get a "page not found" error.  SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> cheeky little rascal: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/ > > I get a "page not found" error. Me, too. And I so want to see the cheeky little critter! > > cheeky little rascal: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/ > > I get a "page not found" error. Oops, I spelled raccoon wrong in the URL, try http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Raccoon/ Hugs, CatNipped > -- > Victor M. Martinez > Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) > Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov > Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > Oops, I spelled raccoon wrong in the URL, try > http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Raccoon/ Awww... he's a cutie!!! SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com Sorry, typo! http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Raccoon/ It helps if one knows how to spell!!! ;> Hugs, CatNipped > Like probably most of you, I feed strays and ferals (in fact I think cats > come from miles around to our "kitty spa" - eight foot fence to keep out [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > CatNipped > http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > Sorry, typo! > [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] >> CatNipped >> http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ He's a cute little rascal... er, raccoon :) Jill > Sorry, typo! > > http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Raccoon/ He is beautiful, but I'm glad you shooed him away while the cats eat. They are fierce fighters and susceptible to rabies around here. > Like probably most of you, I feed strays and ferals (in fact I think > cats come from miles around to our "kitty spa" - eight foot fence to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > However, tonight there was a *HUGE* raccoon waiting for me at the top > of the stairs on the end of the deck. And *HE DIDN'T RUN AWAY*!!! I > stamped my foot and shouted but he just sat there looking at me, > waiting for me to put the foot down for him. > > Little black and white cat hissed at him to go away and I stomped my > foot harder. He moved down three steps and as soon as I put the food > down he came back up and tried to shove little Miss B&W out of the > way. She hissed some more and I threw a little of the water from the > water bowl at him. He retreated down the stairs but them climbed up > the side of the deck and tried to get to the food bowl from the side. > I went back inside to get a broom to keep him at bay while Miss B&W > ate her fill. As soon as she had enough and moved away from the bowl > he was instantly there chowing down. Here's a couple of pictures I > snapped of this cheeky little rascal: > http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/ > > He's almost tame (of course I wouldn't try to test that theory by > getting close enough for him to bite me - I don't fancy going through > rabies treatment any time soon!!). Great pics! I love those critters :-) We used to have an outdoor cat when I was a kid and the raccoons would always come to the deck and eat the cat food. It's so neat how they use their hands. Your link needs another c in raccoon: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Raccoon/ Also, it's thief not theif. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Great pics! I love those critters :-) We used to have an outdoor cat > when I was a kid and the raccoons would always come to the deck and > eat the cat food. It's so neat how they use their hands. > Your link needs another c in raccoon: > http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Raccoon/ > Also, it's thief not theif. LOL! I can program like a MF, but apparently I can't spell!!! ;> Hugs, CatNipped > -- > Britta > "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > LOL! I can program like a MF, but apparently I can't spell!!! ;> That's what spell-checkers are for! :) SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> LOL! I can program like a MF, but apparently I can't spell!!! ;> > >That's what spell-checkers are for! :) Of course, spell-checkers won't catch the error if you accidentally substitute another word that is also in the list. That is why spell-checkers are nicknamed spill-chuckers. 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 >> LOL! I can program like a MF, but apparently I can't spell!!! ;> > >That's what spell-checkers are for! :) Do you know what........wether its theif or thief I still knew what the poster was talking about......when I am at work I worry about being proper in spelling and grammar and all the rest........this is a place I relax and read posts of interest to me.....is spelling really that important that we need to point out errors in spelling......?? Actually I am really happy that misspelled words don't bother me, it must be a bummer having that bother you..... Brad LIFE'S JOURNEY IS NOT TO ARRIVE AT THE GRAVE SAFELY IN A WELL-PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDEWAYS, TOTALLY WORN OUT, SHOUTING... " HOLY @#$%... WHAT A RIDE!" > Do you know what........wether its theif or thief I still knew what > the poster was talking about......when I am at work I worry about [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Actually I am really happy that misspelled words don't bother me, it > must be a bummer having that bother you..... Actually Brad, I have invited and continue to invite people here to correct my spelling (there are at least a couple of professional proof-readers in the group, I think, gawd bless them) on the web pages I create (which is what we were taking about). I'd rather a friend point out my mistakes (and good gawd, do I make mistakes - I'm a horribly sloppy typer and I always forget to spell check in my eagerness to get web pages posted), than let it sit there so the rest of the world sees me looking dumb. In just posts, yeah you're right, it really doesn't matter as long as we can understand what's being communicated. In fact some typos can be really funny as in "my Freudian slip is showing"!!! ;? Hugs, CatNipped > Brad > > LIFE'S JOURNEY IS NOT TO ARRIVE AT THE GRAVE SAFELY IN A > WELL-PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDEWAYS, TOTALLY WORN OUT, > SHOUTING... " HOLY @#$%... WHAT A RIDE!" >Like probably most of you, I feed strays and ferals (in fact I think cats >come from miles around to our "kitty spa" - eight foot fence to keep out [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >close enough for him to bite me - I don't fancy going through rabies >treatment any time soon!!). What a little Visigoth! ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Here's a couple of pictures I snapped of this > cheeky little rascal: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/ Bummer I can't see him! > Here's a couple of pictures I snapped of this >> cheeky little rascal: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Racoon/ > > Bummer I can't see him! Change the link to say raccoon Jill > However, tonight there was a *HUGE* raccoon waiting for me at > the top of the stairs on the end of the deck. And *HE DIDN'T [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > down the stairs but them climbed up the side of the deck and > tried to get to the food bowl from the side. Ooh, be careful! Raccoons are fearless. I used to feed stray cats but for one, I haven't seen any around lately (thank God!) and two, it always attracted other wildlife. Mainly possums, but also ants, bees, mice, birds that were attacked by said stray cats, and the odd raccoon. SignatureCheryl He's a cute thing, for sure! Here's hoping he and the cats coexist peacefully, if he's going to pay visits to the feline feeding station. Donna, Captain, and Stanley > He's a cute thing, for sure! > > Here's hoping he and the cats coexist peacefully, if he's going to pay > visits to the feline feeding station. > > Donna, Captain, and Stanley Little B&W cat hisses at him, so she doesn't seem like she's afraid of him. The only worry I have is that rabid bats have been reported in our neighborhood and raccoons are very likely candidates for trasmission of the disease - which is why I stay well away from them no matter how tame they seem. This big guy, however, seems to be *VERY* healthy, so it's not a serious concern in this particular case. In any event, I'm staying away from even healthy looking raccoons because I don't want to go through rabies shots which one would have to do unless the animal is caught and tested (and how would you do that - a humane trap might catch a raccoon a day or two after a bite, but could you be sure it was the *same* raccoon that bit you??!). After seeing "Their Eyes Were Watching God" last night, it reinforces the fact that rabies is *NOT* something you want to mess around with. Hugs, CatNipped I didn't see the movie, but I remember learning about Rabies in my Animal Diseases class. NOT PRETTY Kristi > After seeing "Their Eyes Were Watching God" last night, it reinforces the > fact that rabies is *NOT* something you want to mess around with. How was the movie? I remember reading the book in high school, but I'm pretty sure a lot of it went over my head. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> After seeing "Their Eyes Were Watching God" last night, it reinforces the >> fact that rabies is *NOT* something you want to mess around with. > > How was the movie? I remember reading the book in high school, but I'm > pretty > sure a lot of it went over my head. I liked it a lot. Well, I was predisposed to like it because Halle Berry is one of my favorite actresses (I even liked "Cat Woman" in disagreement with most of the viewing public! ;>) I think she is drop dead gorgeous! I'm not African American, but I was able to relate to the main character extremely well - there was a basic resonance in her (the character) to all women I think. Anyway, it was a wonderful story very well told. Hugs, CatNipped > I liked it a lot. Well, I was predisposed to like it because Halle Berry is > one of my favorite actresses (I even liked "Cat Woman" in disagreement with > most of the viewing public! ;>) I think she is drop dead gorgeous! I'm > not African American, but I was able to relate to the main character > extremely well - there was a basic resonance in her (the character) to all > women I think. Anyway, it was a wonderful story very well told. Cool. I wonder if I still have the book sitting around somewhere ... actually, I'm sure I do, but I wonder *where* it would be ... Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > > After seeing "Their Eyes Were Watching God" last night, it reinforces the > > fact that rabies is *NOT* something you want to mess around with. > > How was the movie? I remember reading the book in high school, but I'm pretty > sure a lot of it went over my head. Cute raccoon! > I deliberately read the book just a few days ago, so my pitiful short-term memory could hold on to the story until I'd seen the movie. The movie followed the book quite faithfully, although, of course, it had to leave a lot out, for time. And oddly, in the movie, they said she wasn't married to Tea Cake, though she was in the book. Couldn't figure out why they would do that. > I deliberately read the book just a few days ago, so my pitiful > short-term memory could hold on to the story until I'd seen the movie. The > movie followed the book quite faithfully, although, of course, it had to > leave a lot out, for time. And oddly, in the movie, they said she wasn't > married to Tea Cake, though she was in the book. Couldn't figure out why > they would do that. I have some *very* vague memories of the book. I guess I'll have to refresh myself. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > > After seeing "Their Eyes Were Watching God" last night, it reinforces the > > fact that rabies is *NOT* something you want to mess around with. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca What an adorable marauder!! I love raccoons, they're so pretty. And I think I recall from visiting the Natural History Museum in Chicago that they are actually part of the same genus? family? as cats. So it's only natural we would love them ;-) I've never heard of this book - I take it there's something about rabies in it? Can anyone give me a gist? Kerrie It looks like raccoons are part of the same ORDER, Carnivora, that has the FAMILIES Canidae (dogs), Felidae (cats) and Procyonidae (raccoons), and several others. Under Procyonidae there are 18 SPECIES listed...the common raccoon, the crab-eating raccoon, etc. I like them too, but treat them with a healthy respect. Used to have a family that would come in the doggie door many mornings as dh and I were doing the coffee and paper thing. They were bold, cheeky fellows and of course we encouraged them which was a bad thing to do on so many levels. :) Our cats gave them (wisely) a wide berth! PatM Theif looks rather strange too, should be ie?Lol ,I find some of the typing errors really funnyI'd make a lot more if I typed fast but I can't, sometimes I imagine everyones fingers flying over the keyboard with incredible speed, while I jog along incredibly slowly Jean.P. > Like probably most of you, I feed strays and ferals (in fact I think cats > come from miles around to our "kitty spa" - eight foot fence to keep out [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > CatNipped > http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > I imagine everyones fingers flying over the keyboard with incredible > speed, while I jog along incredibly slowly Jean.P. I've done eith typing or data entry since I was 15 (38 years now) - almost every day of my life. I can type 120 WPM on a keyboard and 90 WPM on a typewriter (not that anyone uses those any more). I think the reason people type faster on a keyboard is because you have a "Backspace" key so you're not as worried about making a typo. The problem is, if you don't proofread your work well, all those typos that didn't get backspaced and corrected just hang out there exposed to the world like a fart in a room full of people! ;> Hugs, CatNipped >> I imagine everyones fingers flying over the keyboard with incredible >> speed, while I jog along incredibly slowly Jean.P. > > I've done eith typing or data entry since I was 15 (38 years now) - almost --------------^---------------- See! Phew, smelly!!! ;> Hugs, CatNipped > The problem is, if you don't proofread > your work well, all those typos that didn't get backspaced and corrected > just hang out there exposed to the world like a fart in a room full of > people! ;> Yes, but in a room full of people, you can always look accusingly at someone else, or blame it on the cat, who is usually staring back at you like the monster in your pants got loose again. Pam S. > Theif looks rather strange too, should be ie?Lol ,I find some of the typing > errors really funnyI'd make a lot more if I typed fast but I can't, > sometimes > I imagine everyones fingers flying over the keyboard with incredible > speed, while I jog along incredibly slowly Jean.P. I'm exactly the same way. I never learned to type, but email & Net have made me cosiderably faster. I zoom along at about 25 wpm now! And I still make quite a few errors. Katz I did , still do have a typewriter but never use it now, I am a *bit* quicker on the keyboard, but every now and againI get a block, and go so slowly as I said in an earlier post tonight. I do dometimes have my dumbtimes Jean.P. > > Theif looks rather strange too, should be ie?Lol ,I find some of the > typing [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Katz > I did , still do have a typewriter but never use it now, I am a *bit* > quicker on the keyboard, but every now and againI get a block, and go so > slowly > as I said in an earlier post tonight. I do dometimes have my dumbtimes > Jean.P. I taught myself to type with a typewriter, and worked a bit with typing programs on a computer to improve. I'm not professional in speed or accuracy with either a typewriter or a computer, but I can manage quite well enough to get by with. Last weekend I found myself with a form that had to be completed either by hand or typewriter, and as I had not thought fast enough to call up in office hours to ask for an electronic copy I could edit, I was stuck. I wanted something neater than I could produce by hand. There are a couple old electric typewriters where I work kept more or less going for just this situation - the increasingly rare work-related form which can't be done on a computer or with a laser printer. So I went in to the office last Saturday to complete my form on a typewriter. <shudder> Much of my speed on a computer is clearly due to being able to quickly correct my mistakes. This does not work on a typewriter, particularly as the better of the three available (if you count the one on a shelf in a storeroom/office with no ribbon) didn't have a correcting ribbon, which I found out the hard way. It took me *hours* to do the job! I love computers. SignatureCheryl >> I did , still do have a typewriter but never use it now, I am a *bit* >> quicker on the keyboard, but every now and againI get a block, and go so [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >I love computers. Not only that but to have something like google available to answer questions you may have is fabulous.....probably not a good example but the other nite we were watching the academy awards and someone wondered out loud how many movies Clint Eastwood had appeared in, boom hey google.......movies.....clint eastwood......its amazing to have so much information at our fingertips...... Brad LIFE'S JOURNEY IS NOT TO ARRIVE AT THE GRAVE SAFELY IN A WELL-PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDEWAYS, TOTALLY WORN OUT, SHOUTING... " HOLY @#$%... WHAT A RIDE!" > Theif looks rather strange too, should be ie?Lol ,I find some of the typing > errors really funnyI'd make a lot more if I typed fast but I can't, > sometimes > I imagine everyones fingers flying over the keyboard with incredible > speed, while I jog along incredibly slowly Jean.P. I'm dyslexic. If I didn't have spell checker, my posts would be really out there. It's not that I can't spell the words, it's that my brain tells my fingers to type them in different orders than the words are supposed to be spelled. I don't notice it most of the time, but when I'm in a hurry, or typing fast, the old brain switches into stealth mode and tells the fingers that they can do it "this way" just this once. I always feel totally mortified if a mistake gets past me, as I "know" better, but my brain snuck a fast one on me. Pam S. > I'm dyslexic. If I didn't have spell checker, my posts would be really out > there. It's not that I can't spell the words, it's that my brain tells my [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Pam S. I'm really anal about spelling, but I find two things that occasionally trip me up -- one is that I will type so quickly that I will get letters from opposite sides of the keyboard (I'm a touch typist) reversed, like "hte" instead of "the" .... the other is that sometimes, words just look wrong to me. I'll type some really simple word, and then I'll stare at it and it just looks ... wrong. Like, how on earth could that word be spelled that way? I'm not talking about weird words like "rhythm"; I mean really basic words. Like staring at the word "mean" and wondering if that's right. It's almost like the letters are swimming in front of me and I can't focus. Is that latter situation anything like what you experience, or do your hands just misbehave and type something other than what you know to be the right spelling? Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca "Monique Y. Mudama" <spam@bounceswoosh.org> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Little Theif in the Night!: >I'm really anal about spelling, but I find two things that occasionally trip >me up -- one is that I will type so quickly that I will get letters from [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >just misbehave and type something other than what you know to be the right >spelling? I get all of the above :-) [I'm also a touch typist, and can type the backspace key as well as I can any letter or number (and better than some punctuation (grin))] Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL <snip> > just misbehave and type something other than what you know to be the right > spelling? I have great difficulty typing the word "bread" at speed. I don't know whether it's my brain or my fingers that insist that "a" followed by d must have a n in the middle of it. Breand.. a loaf of breand.. <g> Tweed > I have great difficulty typing the word "bread" at speed. I don't know > whether it's my brain or my fingers that insist that "a" followed by d must > have a n in the middle of it. Breand.. a loaf of breand.. <g> Isn't it funny how one word can constantly trip you? I have to be very careful when typing "people." Katz, who types "cats" more than "people," anyway >> I have great difficulty typing the word "bread" at speed. I don't > know [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Katz, who types "cats" more than "people," anyway What do your fingers/brain tell you to type instead of "people"? Tweed > What do your fingers/brain tell you to type instead of "people"? Some scrambled mix of the word. My dominant fingers want to type first. > I'm really anal about spelling, but I find two things that occasionally trip > me up -- one is that I will type so quickly that I will get letters from [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > just misbehave and type something other than what you know to be the right > spelling? A bit of both, actually. But I usually have a problem with my mind telling my hands to type letters out of order. Pam S. >Like probably most of you, I feed strays and ferals (in fact I think cats >come from miles around to our "kitty spa" - eight foot fence to keep out [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >close enough for him to bite me - I don't fancy going through rabies >treatment any time soon!!). Too funny! The one time I wish I'd had a camera of some sort available involved a raccoon. I, too, leave out food for the strays and ferals. At one point, I decided it was easier to keep the food in an old margarine bowl with the lid on, so I could just pour it into the dish while I was out on the porch. One night, I heard a noise on the porch. I looked up just in time to see a racoon, margarine container firmly in mouth, trotting across the street. Now *that's* a cheeky little beggar! Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/glsummer/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) >>Like probably most of you, I feed strays and ferals (in fact I think cats >>come from miles around to our "kitty spa" - eight foot fence to keep out [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > >Now *that's* a cheeky little beggar! Take-out! Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > The one time I wish I'd had a camera of some sort available involved a > raccoon. I, too, leave out food for the strays and ferals. At one [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Now *that's* a cheeky little beggar! TAKE OUT DINNERS!!!!! Pam S laughing at the raccoon accepting delivery What a determined little guy! I can't believe he waited around for the food with you shooing him away!
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