Lol thanks. I thought I’d ever use an allen key again when I stopped playing guitar. Fuck those things.
Wait, ok, let me see if I’m understanding this correctly since I’m trying to stop the fucking fighting and shit.
You throw those Christmas tree ball ornaments into an empty bathtub, as in the old school type (same as mine) which is concaved at the bottom? Is this right?
Like those empty swimming pools you see at skate board parks?
I’m gonna try that out lol.
Oh man! That is going on this afternoon! Thanks!
I put this channel on for them sometimes:
Derpy is trained to the whistling in the intro now. He’s actually pretty smart when I think about it.
That way I can watch the cats watch the birds, and its easy for me to sleep to nature sounds.
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Yep. Exactly.
Throw one of those in and they’ll play themselves silly. Its pretty small, like 1 inch across.
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Those bird watching videos have NOTHING on that string video. If your cats go nuts, let me know and I’ll give you the ones at the top of my playlist for them. One fucker will do a fucking drum roll on the screen lol. Lucky these LED screens are scratch proof when it comes to cat claws.
I certainly will. We’ll try them out a little later on.
I need to hit the sack now. Ive been up for about 40 hrs. Anxiety was acting up a bit the last couple days, but I’m starting to wind down now.
Let me know how the ball/bathtub trick works too.
This little Floof is gunning for top spot on the home team.
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I’m going to pop in and say that the cat conversation is so cute!
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If I have the time to edit vids to remove the sound and blur out the surroundings and post them on a private YouTube playlist, you’ll really get a kick out of it. One of my cats starts standing vertically while doing a drum roll (actually, real drum rolls aren’t done like that technic-wise but I can’t think of another term to describe it). He only does that when I play the “chase the string” video I posted above.
Damn, I have one that spends 10min trying to “bury his food” if he can’t finish up his bowl of wet food lol. I have no idea if there are any vids on YouTube showing how cats do this but it cracks me up immensely,
The thing about cat behavior that’s so interesting and absurd, as that Galaxy guy puts it, is that their current state of evolution is still just a little bit different from wildcats. All feline species other than lions are solitary hunters.
Shit, if you go read up on cats and how humans started keeping them as pets, you’ll see that, unlike dogs which were used for lots of stuff like pulling sledges and hunting, we NEVER domesticated cats. I’ve had 7 dogs over the years. The shittier you treat them, the more they try to kiss your ass. Better to be a pariah than getting kicked out of the pack. Try doing that to a cat and see how fast it leaves the home lol.
This is because the fuckers just decided to hang around us. We didn’t domestic them. They found a way to make us serve them lol. You throw a cat in a non-urban area with ample prey and it will easily survive on it’s own even to this day when it’s innate survival instincts kick in.
It’s why my cats are fighting just because one fucker has been spraying. They’re edgy because in their heads the strength of the smell attracts predators (they groom themselves so fastidiously because of this) and is an official announcement of ownership of the territory. You read my example of one of my cats “burying his food”? Instinct. Predators can smell it. One bum decides to not properly cover the dump he just took in the litterbox, another one will end up doing it. All instinct.
These assholes don’t need us. We are literally their servants when it comes to feeding and all lol.
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I AM NOT DISSING DOGS for you dog-lovers who get triggered by this shit. I already wrote that I have had 7 and everything I wrote about pack mentality is true IME since I lived beside a rubber plantation when I was a kid and fucking 3 MONKEY troops were frequently fighting for territory. I can easily tell which level most fuckers are on the hierarchy list just by watching their mutual grooming behavior because that shit intrigued me so much. They are almost EXACTLY LIKE HUMANS just that we do not display our primal instincts so conspicuously. And for the negative shit, this is why we have both statutory and common law, with the latter evolving as society develops which leads revisions to the former, so we don’t end up killing each other.
And here’s something really interesting. These fuckers, which have a higher IQ than dogs, have a fucking system where the infant of a high-ranking female can fuck with a lower ranking adult and the adult has to take his shit even if it starts biting him. Don’t get started on the gender stuff or lots of others will get triggered. Hint: Females NEVER leave the troop. Their rank is determined by how much the Alpha like to fuck them. Males will more “alpha” characters ALWAYS leave to find a new troop where the fucker can fight his way to the top. The balless ones stick around and take all the shit from higher ranking infants lol.
I’m only talking about Marques here. But I can see the similarities between dog behavior even though we domesticated them a longass time ago.
And again, I don’t dislike dogs at all. I just don’t like being around them because I have bums kissing my ass all day at work. I don’t want a bloody pet that does the same shit lol.
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Damn, dude, I never knew there were so many types of handheld drills. I mean, I originally thought they are all more or less the same and it was the voltage that made the difference.
There is a ton of variation available.
I like Dewalt, Milwaukee & Bosch, then getting into industrial use would be Hilti and Fein.
Sometimes they try to get too slick with a novel feature of function, but I kinda hate that.
½ inch capacity on the chuck is important though, an adjustable clutch, and hammer feature for masonry drilling are nice too.
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If I was going to go out right now and get a new one (was looking at a bunch yesterday) it would be this-
In fact, I’ll probably be getting one soon enough for a few things coming up.
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Hey man, thanks for the recommendations. I boiled down my selections on one of my local platforms to something similar.
Only 2 things I plan to do. Or 3, I think.
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Use it as a hole cutter for those old shelves so the cats can “explore” them. I’m serious. This is considered “exploring” for them if the shelf is high lol.
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Maybe drilling holes in the walls - ALL our housing walls are made of concrete by law (applies only to the construction companies).
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Drill shit in instead of using screwdriver. I kid you not: I bought a new TV a couple of months ago. You may remember me mentioning that I broke an old one while trying to put a fucking semi-waterproof full encasement cover over a mattress in the flame free thread. I could not screw in the fucking screws connected to the stand. I was still in lifting at the time. Got a friend who’s a lot stronger than me. Same shit. Called the service dudes since I had a warranty. One fucker came over and used a drill. No effort. Took him less than 5 min lol.
And I’m seriously trying to find a substitute for the FUCK VERTICALLY PLACED MATTRESS. Shit I spent an hour looking through instagram for ideas yesterday lol.
Couldn’t find anything but there are some really creative people there.
Here’s something funny. The chat box used for communicating with vendors only allows English to be used so the China dudes need to use a translator which isn’t from google (FOOLS). It’s by Aliibaba (Jack Ma). I keep getting addressed as “dear” and I have no idea why because I can’t think of any way the translator could have translated any relevant word to this lol.
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nice post
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Thanks!
They did have a pretty good time. Derpy decided it was time to show off with his favorite trick too. 
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Power Tools and Puddy Tats - new title for your log.
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Dude. are there cheap, hollow ottomans for storage in the US?
They’re available here for around 7USD (small) and 12USD (large). I got some for additional storage and they’re CHEAPER THAN CARDBOARD SCRATCH BOARDS LMAO.
So, they arrived 3 days ago.
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They’re VERY scratch resistant. I’ve sent the vendor a msg asking what material they’re made of because they’re even more scratch resistant than the sofas which I paid extra for because the material was the most scratch resistant ones available.
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They can support my bodyweight even though they’re hollow and foldable. I am, however, only 155lbs (described the reasons why in the Flame Free Thread). However, I stood on one of the small ones and did some a little “bouncing” to stress test them and they’re pretty damn solid despite being hallow.
The only problem is that they don’t look very good from an aesthetic POV since the top portion is too thin.
And then I thought of an idea yesterday.
Since these are so damn cheap, I can just cut 2 holes, add in a small, fluffy rug or something and they now have a lol.
Then I thought of the “catification” products and there’s always a corner box at the ceiling for lazing in and realized I can just use this and put a couple of cheap wall mounted shelves to get to them.
And, if I don’t ever want to use these or anything that looks like them as furniture, I can cut a hole on 2 sides so these fuckers can see outside while they do their business and I can keep put them in the living room arranged in a way that “hides” the litterbox part.
The only problem is (this is just me guessing, may not happen since cats identify stuff more by scent than vision) I may not be able to use anything similar for the sofa area as real furniture since there’s a possibility the fuckers may associate them with a place to piss. But the small ones don’t look good anyway. The large ones that look fantastic, though.
Just a couple of ideas. The thing is I’m REALLY FUCKING surprised at how tough these 7 dollar items are. The only litterboxes made for pets I have at the moment are the ones that have covers but there are front and top entrances. The rest are translucent storage containers because the sides are higher so litter doesn’t get all over the floor. They’re 50% cheaper than the ones made for pets anyway lol.
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I’ve never really looked but it turns out that there are, they just cost a little more. Around $22.00.
Those are some really cool ideas. I’m going to show that to my wife too, and she’s probably going to flip her lid! She will also probably be more familiar with whats available.
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Yeah no problem. Actually, I JUST GOT AN IDEA!!! Holy crap. Just when I typed the first sentence lol. I’ll use the long ones as a replacement for that climbing mattress!!!
OMG this is why I keep talking about that zettelkastern stuff. You do it long enough you subconsciously find connections to everything and then they pop up while you’re writing…
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Checked my local amazon page (the real amazon) and the local fuckers are selling the stock they have here for 2x the price for the same sizes lol. Assholes!
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