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icenine 07-17-2013 01:02 PM

We Better Stock Up On The Catfood Now While We Have the $$
 
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...2211926.column

One reason why I was dead set against Paul Ryan getting so close to the cockpit.

merrylander 07-17-2013 03:45 PM

Having three feral cats to feed catfood is not that cheap.

Oerets 07-17-2013 03:52 PM

Not funny but all to true.

On a side note worked with a girl who for years fixed her husbands meals with cat and dog food. She was a vegan. Waited until after the divorce to tell him her recipe for spaghetti and meat balls or tuna salad. Lotta hate in that one.....



Barney

bobabode 07-17-2013 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Oerets (Post 165129)
Not funny but all to true.

On a side note worked with a girl who for years fixed her husbands meals with cat and dog food. She was a vegan. Waited until after the divorce to tell him her recipe for spaghetti and meat balls or tuna salad. Lotta hate in that one.....



Barney

That'll learn him...:D

Oerets 07-17-2013 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by bobabode (Post 165130)
That'll learn him...:D

He wasn't a nice guy. Liked putting the hands on, if you know what I mean.



Barney

bobabode 07-17-2013 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Oerets (Post 165131)
He wasn't a nice guy. Liked putting the hands on, if you know what I mean.



Barney

He's lucky it wasn't ground glass or a pinch of arsenic.;)

Charles 07-17-2013 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by icenine (Post 165076)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...2211926.column

One reason why I was dead set against Paul Ryan getting so close to the cockpit.

Someone has to pay to keep the big banks solvent.

Chas

BlueStreak 07-17-2013 05:15 PM

And, just think, many of todays retirees have pensions, SS and Medicare.

Imagine the mess we'll have if the far right succeeds in finishing off the "so(c)ialist beast".

Might as well just kill yourself on your 70th birthday if that happens.

Dave

Oerets 07-17-2013 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueStreak (Post 165157)
And, just think, many of todays retirees have pensions, SS and Medicare.

Imagine the mess we'll have if the far right succeeds in finishing off the "so(c)ialist beast".

Might as well just kill yourself on your 70th birthday if that happens.

Dave

Naw They will get that free meal at MCiiiiiDee's for working four hours!:D



Barney

icenine 07-17-2013 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Oerets (Post 165165)
Naw They will get that free meal at MCiiiiiDee's for working four hours!:D



Barney

don't go there they might get the idea to do just that.....
do you want that as your legacy?;):D

Oerets 07-18-2013 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by icenine (Post 165185)
don't go there they might get the idea to do just that.....
do you want that as your legacy?;):D

Take the time to ask a few of the working elderly when out, "why they are working"? Most I know it's not because they are bored and wanted to stay busy! It's because of expenses like health care and needing to eat.

The local McDonald's gives a voucher for a meal after four hours work. I have given rides to a couple of the workers in there seventies that do not drive any more. They walk over a mile one way rain or shine to work in the mornings. Had to go back to work to pay bills.


Barney

merrylander 07-18-2013 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Oerets (Post 165232)
Take the time to ask a few of the working elderly when out, "why they are working"? Most I know it's not because they are bored and wanted to stay busy! It's because of expenses like health care and needing to eat.

The local McDonald's gives a voucher for a meal after four hours work. I have given rides to a couple of the workers in there seventies that do not drive any more. They walk over a mile one way rain or shine to work in the mornings. Had to go back to work to pay bills.


Barney

Barney I just thank God that I worked for an honest company that still stands behind my pension. Paying $11,500 a year for Medicare and supplemental keeps us out of bankruptcy court. I did work until 73 because I honestly enjoyed teaching because I believe knowledge is to be shared. But then the company was bought out and reverted to big U.S. corporate theology and that was it.

Those poor people walking to work were tha same ones that built the scools the following generation were taught in, though not very well apparently.

piece-itpete 07-18-2013 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by merrylander (Post 165127)
Having three feral cats to feed catfood is not that cheap.

Agreed! I figure dog food. Gravy Train, makes its' own gravy :D

Pete

merrylander 07-18-2013 12:11 PM

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Her are the three we have left, Mother cat and two daughters, in orrder Freckles the Calico, Missy the Tabby Tuxedo, and Momma the Tabico.

bobabode 07-18-2013 12:55 PM

Good on you, Rob.

Oerets 07-18-2013 01:01 PM

Since I live in the woods people drop cats and dogs off a lot it seems. Out of sight out of mind I guess. We have taken in a few but now just feed them on the porch. Used some old speaker cabinets and straw for homes last winter. I'd like to catch the $0B's when they drop an animal off.



Barney

merrylander 07-18-2013 01:18 PM

We originally had five and had them spayed and neutered and all their shots. But we had to trap them in order to do that. It has taken two years to gain their trust. Being out in the country I guess people believe they will become barn cats and salve their conscience with that thought as they push them out of the car.

bobabode 07-18-2013 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by merrylander (Post 165329)
We originally had five and had them spayed and neutered and all their shots. But we had to trap them in order to do that. It has taken two years to gain their trust. Being out in the country I guess people believe they will become barn cats and salve their conscience with that thought as they push them out of the car.

We started with eight in the current crop. Spayed/neutered 'em all and rehomed a couple. Current list Katie, Greta, Goldie, Turtle, Jiminy and Barnaby. They were all captured from a neighbors feral colony at five weeks for the first three (girls) and three weeks for the boys. All turned out socialized pretty well. Goldie's a bit stand offish but the rest have to shoved over to find room on the bed.;)

merrylander 07-18-2013 02:49 PM

Well ours cant come in or else Florence will sound like a Canada Goose inside of a week.

piece-itpete 07-18-2013 02:59 PM

LOL!

My dad has a bunch of outdoor feral cats too, same thing, he has them fixed.

Pete

d-ray657 07-18-2013 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by piece-itpete (Post 165365)
LOL!

My dad has a bunch of outdoor feral cats too, same thing, he has them fixed.

Pete

Did he ever threaten you with the same thing during your wilder days?

Regards,

D-Ray

piece-itpete 07-18-2013 07:29 PM

LOL! Not quite...

Pete

Zeke 07-18-2013 07:36 PM

Iams is better food then what lots of poor folk are able to eat.


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