He’s the only cat we’ve had that doesn’t really mind the car. He just stands up on the seat and looks out the window and other drivers laugh…
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Those are good. Ok, well not good but better than the other options.
When this thread was split, I talked a bit about the worms that our “Wild Animals” have when this thread was split.
Reminds me, I found this just before the snow started to fall a few months ago.
ETA, so this parasite is so bad, it enters your gut, then travels to your brain. The culprit is a cute little racoon.
I thought it was gross enough when I introduced the worms into the thread. You’ve just taken it to the next much grosser level. 
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By the way, I just scrolled way, way up in the thread, to look for the original spark of this thread.
Little Ollie looked a lot different on day one, nice progress on your part. You are going to heaven.
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Where is the Eeeewwww! emoji when you need one?? 
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Some people you just don’t want to take on a field trip with you …
Inquiring minds want to know
How often do you change your walking stick?
This little guy has been a challenge and not one we knew we were facing.
We fell victim to the old switcheroo with the person who found the litter outside.
The picture my daughter was sent was of Ollie’s brother who was in much better shape. They kept him (ironically named Charlie, which was my old deceased cat’s name) and gave us Mr. sickly here… Ollie’s brother is below.
All good, he probably would not have faired as well with anyone else. The fact that I work when I want to made me very available for the intensive care he needed the first couple weeks.
They tried to hand me Ollie in the carrier and give me the carrier to keep. I had my own, so I made them take him out and was like WTF… Didn’t realize it wasn’t the same cat until a day or 2 later. Ollie is 100% Orange other than a white spot on his upper chest / lower belly. Charlie has lots of white (paws, face, etc.).
Ollie’s brother is not a true Tabby like Ollie is. He doesn’t have a well formed and distinctive M on his head like Ollie does.
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Well I will tell you I don’t lick it!!!
When they dry out they look like Tootsie Rolls. Now the Racoons are kind enough to establish a latrine in the house, walls, attic, barn etc…
Problem is the kids eat them. Yes Eww.
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Apparently the vet thought they were talking to @dogtamer… 
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Sending warm wishes to Ollie for a rapid recovery.
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Thank You! 
This is totally off topic but figured I would share 
We just took our Christmas Tree down. LOL 
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As I once mentioned some years back, in reply to @SallyAnne’s post of an image of one our furry feline friends peering out between the Yuletide branches in our well-missed friend @To_Your_Health’s original OSFE “Lighten Up” thread, there’s a cure for that, but it involves a cat.
In my childhood experience, seems it works better if ya actually have a cat in the household (like the well-loved unofficial mascot of the SAS, Ollie) than it does otherwise.
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Growing up in the South, it was quite common for people to have their Xmas trees up for an extended time; some considered it bad luck to take it down before New Year (and some thought the exact opposite!), and I knew more than a few who insisted it stay up past “Little Christmas” (Jan 6). IIRC, garbage pickup for Xmas trees usually started the second week of January.
So a bit of a shock buying a house in northern NJ, and seeing on the town trash/recycle calendar that “Xmas Tree Pickup” is Dec 26. (and yet Xmas lights tend to stay on the houses until the next holiday, which for lights, is Halloween).
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So early?? LOL. There have been a few years when I didn’t take down my tree until February. Lots of ornaments to remove and pack and couldn’t find the time. Happy that you have yours down now.
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Me! Christmas Day is the first day of Christmas. Jan 5th is the twelfth day/Twelfth Night, and Jan 6th is Epiphany (Old Christmas). Some years I have kept the tree up and switched out monthly decor.
For outdoor holiday lights, personally I love to keep/see the less-obviously-Christmas ones up through January and February! It just makes the cold, dark, gray weather a little cheerier, and they were a lot of work to put up for just a short time. Not saying keep your blow up Santas, life size nativities, or LED projector house reindeer lights–but maybe keep porch and tree lights, y’know? Even wreaths, which are seasonal and not Christmas-specific.
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I live in an extremely diverse area; Mosque, Buddhist center, Christian Scientist, and Ethical Cultural Center all within walking distance, along with the typical Catholic and Protestant churches, and more Jewish houses of worship than I can count; a three minute walk from my house can put you in the local eruv, just after you pass the house with the Sikh family. And Juneteenth is big around here.
So there can be decorations up any time of year; often hard to tell what they might be for.
For me, we sell used items sourced from yard sales, rummage sales, etc., along with the vast qty of books (Amazon is not our biggest store), so when the yard sale season ends, there can be 50-100 boxes of stuff to go through stacked up in the house, so one big benefit of spending Xmas with the in-laws is that I don’t have to worry about putting up a tree. Downside, of course, is spending the holidays with the in-laws. 
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That’s an extremely well-played segue, to be sure - but may I ask if you’d be interested in purchasing a pair of these when Nisha sees your post?
No need. Nisha totally understands any ongoing issues with various in-laws (and in fairness, most of them are great).
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Today’s goal is get the C9’s off the gutters.
And I am eco minded, cause if I used original C9’s my meter would spin off the back of the house, TRU-TONE bulbs, Google Em!
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