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BlueGreenLady
(2,823 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,450 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(23,810 posts)ceremony played out in different cultures. Always a good idea to know local business customs when meeting your supply chain partner for the 1st time. Cards are still an important business currency in much of the world.
Rhiannon12866
(202,959 posts)csziggy
(34,119 posts)If you have not found Owlkitty's YouTube channel, go there! It is hysterical!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpLQXR116cLVUa1LRY8KS4w
A sampling:
Rhiannon12866
(202,959 posts)I have had 4 cats in my life and 3 of them turned out to be black. And they find me. I found Felix as a kitten one night on my way home in a supermarket parking lot and he's grown up to be a beautiful cat.
csziggy
(34,119 posts)When I met my now husband he and his then wife had a long hair black cat - though not really black since he had a brown ruff and fringes. Over the years the most common color pattern we had were tabby point Siamese.
But this last time around starting over on owning cats we ended up with no Siamese cats at all. We now have a brown tabby, a grey with subtle stripes, and a solid black kitty. None are fluffy though we kind of wanted at least one long hair cat. So this black kitty, Sabra, really is our first.
Rhiannon12866
(202,959 posts)The sweetest cat I'll ever know was one of my uncle's two cats who I adopted when he died. I knew the other one - gray tabby - since my cousin had rescued her as a kitten. But I knew nothing about the other one except she was "friendly." Understatement. After riding with my cousin all the way from my uncle's in New Jersey to me in New York, she did this delicate leap out of her carrier and immediately made friends with my two dogs. She came when she was called, I could take her everywhere. And she was also completely black, long haired, with a big puffy tail and a snip of white on her chest.
And when I found that little kitten in the parking lot, all I could see were eyes in the dark. And I don't think I could have caught him without the help of a guy who worked in the store and his wife who came to pick him up. They were really good, she had a basket and he had gloves. And Felix's personality hasn't changed all that much since 2014, LOL. He's one assertive cat. But he can also be very sweet and I love him, too.
csziggy
(34,119 posts)And it is so fun to learn them. These three were all rescues but all have completely different characters.
Lucas the brown tabby had been adopted about a year before we got him and was used to being a solo cat. He's still learning how to socialize with other kitties. The grey kitty, Maya, is the oldest but the smallest at 7+ pounds and she is the feistiest. She is only now learning to like being petted. I have little pinpricks on my right arm since she likes to sleep on my desk but enforces no petting with her very sharp claws.
Sabra, the black kitty was the hardest to adjust to us. She had been found as a kitten, raised until old enough to spay, then adopted. Whoever adopted her returned her, stuffed in a box and dumped on the doorstep of the Humane Society. She was obviously traumatize and is still very leery of most people. She loves being petted but only when she is in certain areas. She runs away from feet, people carrying long objects, and particularly does not like me with loud voices.
It hurts me to see her frightened but she is getting better. The first month we had her, we didn't see her at all. She hid under the bed all the time. We knew she was eating, drinking, and using the litter box so was OK, but it took that long for her to trust us enough to not hide.
Rhiannon12866
(202,959 posts)That's one thing I do not understand, people who can give up a pet. I have adopted older dogs in my life. I grew up with a cocker because my Dad did so I have since adopted 3 more, all older. And the smallest one was little Sam who I adopted at age 8. I hadn't had her all that long when she had a seizure. I had no idea what was going on and I was scared to death. I talked to her wonderful foster Mom who placed 2 cockers with me and we determined that was the reason she was given up - at age 8. I researched and did everything I could to learn how to help her. She was my dog.
And I can identify about the kitty hiding under the bed. The other kitty that I adopted when my uncle died did just that. Poor thing had belonged to my aunt who died and then was with my uncle (her brother) and then came to live with me when he died, so she was obviously traumatized. Fortunately, I come from a family of animal lovers.
And I hope that poor little Sabra learns to adjust. The other black cat that I adopted, I rescued from outside. I eventually found out that she had belonged to a neighbor who moved and had been on her own for awhile. I had to get a friend who has caught cats for the SPCA to catch her in my house so I could bring her to the vet. Turns out that she had serious dental issues and she must have been in pain. So after dental surgery she felt better and calmed down a lot. What we do for our animals,,,
csziggy
(34,119 posts)Most of ours were found or came to us here on the farm.
But all this current group would have been hard to place - too old to be cute, too distinct personalities to be an easy fit. The local Humane Society was so happy we took the two girl kitties. Maya was aloof and would not be handled. Sabra hid under the furniture - she was at a cat cafe - and it took four people a half hour to get her out and into our carrier.
Then we made the Humane Society even happier and took two barn kitties that are basically feral. Our barn cat had disappeared and the people running the barn needed a barn cat. These two were bonded and came from another barn, so they fit right in.
I sort of dread when these kitties get old. We're nearly 70 so will be in our eighties by the time they start to really age. I'll probably need a home care person so will have to find someone who can take care of the cats as well as me and my husband!
Rhiannon12866
(202,959 posts)I've now had 2 dogs with seizures - and two of my dogs found me after their owners died. So I've had that thought, too. The dog I have now I adopted as a puppy. He's a Brussels Griffon, a pretty unusual breed. I adopted my other Brussels Griffon when I called about an 8-year-old cocker, but that dog had been placed and the wonderful girl in rescue who became my friend told me about another dog she knew who was in real trouble. He'd belonged to an older woman who died (at 97!) and ended up with a guy - but he was not fond of men. So I ended up with a 9-year-old 8 lb. Brussels Griffon who I took everywhere. He was obviously used to it and was very good.
And a vet tech who used to work for my vet was helping to foster another Brussels Griffon - a "pet shop rescue." She knew my other dog so she contacted me. So I adopted my Jack at 5 months old - and puppies are hard, LOL. We went to doggy class twice. And he's 15 now so I know I don't have another puppy in me. Two of my dogs have lived past 18, so I'm hoping that I'll have Jack for a long time to come...
Jack
North Shore Chicago
(3,253 posts)Yes, the kitties are cute.
This movie is amazing! You need to watch it twice to get the full affect, the first time you will watch in horror and say "What the ever-loving fuck?!" The second time, you will laugh out loud.
Movie has it all.
ps. you will learn factoids about 80's pop music as well.
pss. No cats were harmed in the making of the movie.