The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

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[g'nad]

and now if only I could spell traffic...I need more coffee or maybe I should just go to bed.

Mrsnad

[HairOfTheDog]

Wow...fun trafic. Is it legal to eat and take pictures while driving? :-)

Eh - at least I was between phone calls when I took the picture....

[g'nad]

damn...wish I'd thought of that.

So, now we have a story of a flying skunk and a chicken/dog better known as chog.

Mrsnad

[ExGeeEye]

Yep...sounds like what I'd do...

I have XP...any time I go to install some new gadget, I put in a system restore point so that if I find it necessary to uninstall I can go all the way back, registry and all.

Right now the HD from my last computer is in a USB-connected enclosure, and I use it as a 40GB mass storage :)

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Yeah, and that's how we upgraded Rose's system to XP... installed a second HD and made it a dual boot system.

Incidentally, Rose has the new video card in her system now. One of the things we tried was taking the video card out of her system and putting it into mine (since it was identical to the one that went bad in my system). It didn't work, since it was the driver that was the problem, not the card itself.

[ExGeeEye]

I need an antenna ball :)

[Ramius]

The coolest thing about the launcher would be the satisfying and loud "Phhooont" sound it makes. :-)

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I put in a system restore point so that if I find it necessary to uninstall I can go all the way back, registry and all.

Yep, that's one of the nice things about XP!

We've been pricing hard drives, and we can get an 80 Gb drive fairly cheap. That's twice what I have in my system right now.

[ExGeeEye]

Somebody set up us the bomb.

[Ramius]

You know anything about this new USB 3 standard coming out? I've just heard some asides and haven't researched it yet. Sounds like it is going to be lots faster. Fast enough maybe to boot and run from.

That changes some things, if true.

[Ramius]

Phooont. :-)

[HairOfTheDog]

Hey all - Kitty question. We'd like to get a couple kittens to help with mousing, and there's a litter available that will be ready in a few weeks.

I have never had good luck introducing another cat into a house that already has a cat, but I did have a good experience with our old orange Tom (neutered) and a lost kitten that was here for a few days awhile ago... so I became hopeful that he might accept a kitten, maybe better than adopting an another adult cat.

Though there was a certain amount of friction....

At other times he seemed almost maternal.

They'd be indoor/outdoor on our little farm, but encouraged to spend time in the barn, where the mice are, once they grow up.

If we have a choice, would you suggest that two females might be better than trying to bring in another male? Or does it make a difference?

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Haven't heard anything about it here. Rose says she heard some rumblings about it some time back, but at that time the specs hadn't been decided yet.

[RMDupree]

IMHO, it doesn't make much of a difference if they've been spayed/neutered.

And the cost of neutering a male cat is much less than a female.

And never the worry of an unexpected early litter!

[ecurbh]

we can get an 80 Gb drive fairly cheap. That's twice what I have in my system right now.

'Zat all? Wow, I have about 280 Gb on mine right now.

[SuziQ]

You could do some investigation. Ask the fence guys. ;o)

[HairOfTheDog]

How young can you spay/neuter?

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Yep, all I have is 40 Gb right now... it's what we put in the systems when we built them three years ago. It's been enough until now, but I'm getting to the point where I could use the extra space.

[RosieCotton]

I can't remember but one instance where we absolutely failed in getting two cats to at least tolerate one another, and that was an adult unneutered maie that was really territorial being brought into a house that already had a cat that thought he was tops.

What's worked for me, personally, is to put the new cat in one room of the house with their own litter box and all for a few days. The cats can smell one another, but not fight. And after a few days, I'd bring the new cat out to explore the house and put the other cats in the room the new cat had been occupied for an hour or so to sniff around.

And then eventually they meet face to face and there's usually a certain amount of posturing, and in the case of Halvah and Cleo, they were never friends...but they did get along. And that was an adult on adult deal. Usually when it's been kittens, they learn to get along pretty well.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

snaig?