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  #11  
Old March 18th 04, 04:26 PM
kilikini
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"IBen Getiner" moronically said:

(snip)

If you continue to demonstrate this kind of negligence regarding your
pets, there are people here who will see to it that the proper
authorities come and take them away from you.


I can't believe that you just said that! The OP didn't leave the window
open, the repairmen did. She frantically found all of the kitties. Why was
she negligent? What did *she* do wrong besides let those imbeciles into her
apartment, but sometimes you don't have a choice.

Why is Usenet all about arguing with other people? I've been on Usenet for
about 7 years now and have met some wonderful people, have shared some
excellent ideas and advice, but it's getting a little petty. (I'm sure
there will be plenty of flaming going on telling me to just get out.)
Lighten up!

kilikini


  #12  
Old March 18th 04, 04:37 PM
MaryL
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"kilikini" wrote in message
...

"IBen Getiner" moronically said:

(snip)

If you continue to demonstrate this kind of negligence regarding your
pets, there are people here who will see to it that the proper
authorities come and take them away from you.


I can't believe that you just said that! The OP didn't leave the window
open, the repairmen did. She frantically found all of the kitties. Why

was
she negligent? What did *she* do wrong besides let those imbeciles into

her
apartment, but sometimes you don't have a choice.

Why is Usenet all about arguing with other people? I've been on Usenet

for
about 7 years now and have met some wonderful people, have shared some
excellent ideas and advice, but it's getting a little petty. (I'm sure
there will be plenty of flaming going on telling me to just get out.)
Lighten up!

kilikini



No, I don't think anyone is going to flame you and tell you to get out
(except possibly for a troll ...which sometimes happens). The person you
just responded to occasionally provides some useful information, but if you
will check back on some of his previous messages, I think you will find that
he gets his pleasure out of posting deliberately provacative (and
nonsensical) messages.

MaryL


  #13  
Old March 18th 04, 04:37 PM
MaryL
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"kilikini" wrote in message
...

"IBen Getiner" moronically said:

(snip)

If you continue to demonstrate this kind of negligence regarding your
pets, there are people here who will see to it that the proper
authorities come and take them away from you.


I can't believe that you just said that! The OP didn't leave the window
open, the repairmen did. She frantically found all of the kitties. Why

was
she negligent? What did *she* do wrong besides let those imbeciles into

her
apartment, but sometimes you don't have a choice.

Why is Usenet all about arguing with other people? I've been on Usenet

for
about 7 years now and have met some wonderful people, have shared some
excellent ideas and advice, but it's getting a little petty. (I'm sure
there will be plenty of flaming going on telling me to just get out.)
Lighten up!

kilikini



No, I don't think anyone is going to flame you and tell you to get out
(except possibly for a troll ...which sometimes happens). The person you
just responded to occasionally provides some useful information, but if you
will check back on some of his previous messages, I think you will find that
he gets his pleasure out of posting deliberately provacative (and
nonsensical) messages.

MaryL


  #14  
Old March 18th 04, 04:41 PM
Cat Protector
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This sounds like burglery. Did you even call the police to have them come
out an investigate? They could have taken fingerprints and thus caught
whoever did this.

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"Kalyahna" wrote in message
...
Okay. So I get home from work today, looking forward to having a

functioning
kitchen light for the first time in a couple of months. I was a little
confused because it was a ceiling fan, not a replacement of the

fluorescent
thing that had been up there. And then I looked around and notice

something
exceedingly odd. My window was open. WIDE open. So were the blinds. And I
could only see the one cat, sitting on the bed, watching me. What's the
first thing I do? Tear around the apartment hunting for my other two, and

my
absolutely petrified foster cat. None of them to be found. I flung open

the
window and yelled 'here kitty kitty kitty' several times, and to my great
relief, my orange tabby Pandora pops up and meows at me, running toward

the
window. By this time, I had called my landlord because I had requested
maintenance on the light. The receptionist calls back to tell me that both
the maintenance man and the maintenance manager insist THEY didn't open

any
windows. At that point, I'm outside digging my shaved-a-week-ago new cat

out
of one of those odd gutters built into the ground to keep the earth and
runoff away from the basement windows. I told the woman my cats don't have
opposable thumbs, so getting the window open is impossible for them, and
then hung up on her. I found the foster cat smashed against the wall,

under
the bed, too afraid to move. Everybody's alright, though I'm still ****ed
off about it, and wondering how far I take this. I'll talk to the complex
manager on Monday (I don't have any choice, between office hours and my

work
schedule, that's the first day I have off that they're open). I don't know
if I want the stupid ******* fired or reprimanded, or just to admit that

he
did, in fact, leave the window open.

What makes me so angry is that I work for a humane society... yes, I know

I
should have them all collared and tagged, but collars and tags help people
contact the owner, they don't prevent the cat from getting into all the
trouble they can get into when allowed outside in an admittedly bad
neighborhood... so I'm aware of all these risks... but there were inches

of
snow on the ground this morning! It was below freezing on my way to work,
and not much better than that on my way home. I'm so grateful they're okay
and they were smart enough not to go far and they were smart enough to
respond when I called (all Peaches did was meow loudly, but it was enough

to
find her)... but I'm SO furious that they lied! I mean, the window has a
latch that you have to lift and hold while you're opening the window. My
cats, smart as they are, don't tend to cooperate to get into the cabinets,
much less open a friggin' window. Any cat that wants out is going to

squeeze
through the smallest space, not open it three feet wide first. Plus, I

have
those lovely venetian blinds that only open or close or rotate if you use
the hangy-turny thing to do so, and my cats can't open the blinds or

rotate
them the opposite direction of the way -I- always turn them (so that the
slits of light don't reflect on the computer screen). AUGH! I want to

pummel
the man into a leaking mass of bloody goo.




  #15  
Old March 18th 04, 04:41 PM
Cat Protector
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This sounds like burglery. Did you even call the police to have them come
out an investigate? They could have taken fingerprints and thus caught
whoever did this.

--
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www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek

Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time!
www.catgalaxymedia.com
"Kalyahna" wrote in message
...
Okay. So I get home from work today, looking forward to having a

functioning
kitchen light for the first time in a couple of months. I was a little
confused because it was a ceiling fan, not a replacement of the

fluorescent
thing that had been up there. And then I looked around and notice

something
exceedingly odd. My window was open. WIDE open. So were the blinds. And I
could only see the one cat, sitting on the bed, watching me. What's the
first thing I do? Tear around the apartment hunting for my other two, and

my
absolutely petrified foster cat. None of them to be found. I flung open

the
window and yelled 'here kitty kitty kitty' several times, and to my great
relief, my orange tabby Pandora pops up and meows at me, running toward

the
window. By this time, I had called my landlord because I had requested
maintenance on the light. The receptionist calls back to tell me that both
the maintenance man and the maintenance manager insist THEY didn't open

any
windows. At that point, I'm outside digging my shaved-a-week-ago new cat

out
of one of those odd gutters built into the ground to keep the earth and
runoff away from the basement windows. I told the woman my cats don't have
opposable thumbs, so getting the window open is impossible for them, and
then hung up on her. I found the foster cat smashed against the wall,

under
the bed, too afraid to move. Everybody's alright, though I'm still ****ed
off about it, and wondering how far I take this. I'll talk to the complex
manager on Monday (I don't have any choice, between office hours and my

work
schedule, that's the first day I have off that they're open). I don't know
if I want the stupid ******* fired or reprimanded, or just to admit that

he
did, in fact, leave the window open.

What makes me so angry is that I work for a humane society... yes, I know

I
should have them all collared and tagged, but collars and tags help people
contact the owner, they don't prevent the cat from getting into all the
trouble they can get into when allowed outside in an admittedly bad
neighborhood... so I'm aware of all these risks... but there were inches

of
snow on the ground this morning! It was below freezing on my way to work,
and not much better than that on my way home. I'm so grateful they're okay
and they were smart enough not to go far and they were smart enough to
respond when I called (all Peaches did was meow loudly, but it was enough

to
find her)... but I'm SO furious that they lied! I mean, the window has a
latch that you have to lift and hold while you're opening the window. My
cats, smart as they are, don't tend to cooperate to get into the cabinets,
much less open a friggin' window. Any cat that wants out is going to

squeeze
through the smallest space, not open it three feet wide first. Plus, I

have
those lovely venetian blinds that only open or close or rotate if you use
the hangy-turny thing to do so, and my cats can't open the blinds or

rotate
them the opposite direction of the way -I- always turn them (so that the
slits of light don't reflect on the computer screen). AUGH! I want to

pummel
the man into a leaking mass of bloody goo.




  #16  
Old March 18th 04, 06:31 PM
whayface
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Get someone to stay at your place when repair people or anyone has to enter the place!!
Very simple.


Okay. So I get home from work today, looking forward to having a functioning
kitchen light for the first time in a couple of months. I was a little
confused because it was a ceiling fan, not a replacement of the fluorescent
thing that had been up there. And then I looked around and notice something
exceedingly odd. My window was open. WIDE open. So were the blinds. And I
could only see the one cat, sitting on the bed, watching me. What's the
first thing I do? Tear around the apartment hunting for my other two, and my
absolutely petrified foster cat. None of them to be found. I flung open the
window and yelled 'here kitty kitty kitty' several times, and to my great
relief, my orange tabby Pandora pops up and meows at me, running toward the
window. By this time, I had called my landlord because I had requested
maintenance on the light. The receptionist calls back to tell me that both
the maintenance man and the maintenance manager insist THEY didn't open any
windows. At that point, I'm outside digging my shaved-a-week-ago new cat out
of one of those odd gutters built into the ground to keep the earth and
runoff away from the basement windows. I told the woman my cats don't have
opposable thumbs, so getting the window open is impossible for them, and
then hung up on her. I found the foster cat smashed against the wall, under
the bed, too afraid to move. Everybody's alright, though I'm still ****ed
off about it, and wondering how far I take this. I'll talk to the complex
manager on Monday (I don't have any choice, between office hours and my work
schedule, that's the first day I have off that they're open). I don't know
if I want the stupid ******* fired or reprimanded, or just to admit that he
did, in fact, leave the window open.


  #17  
Old March 18th 04, 06:31 PM
whayface
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Get someone to stay at your place when repair people or anyone has to enter the place!!
Very simple.


Okay. So I get home from work today, looking forward to having a functioning
kitchen light for the first time in a couple of months. I was a little
confused because it was a ceiling fan, not a replacement of the fluorescent
thing that had been up there. And then I looked around and notice something
exceedingly odd. My window was open. WIDE open. So were the blinds. And I
could only see the one cat, sitting on the bed, watching me. What's the
first thing I do? Tear around the apartment hunting for my other two, and my
absolutely petrified foster cat. None of them to be found. I flung open the
window and yelled 'here kitty kitty kitty' several times, and to my great
relief, my orange tabby Pandora pops up and meows at me, running toward the
window. By this time, I had called my landlord because I had requested
maintenance on the light. The receptionist calls back to tell me that both
the maintenance man and the maintenance manager insist THEY didn't open any
windows. At that point, I'm outside digging my shaved-a-week-ago new cat out
of one of those odd gutters built into the ground to keep the earth and
runoff away from the basement windows. I told the woman my cats don't have
opposable thumbs, so getting the window open is impossible for them, and
then hung up on her. I found the foster cat smashed against the wall, under
the bed, too afraid to move. Everybody's alright, though I'm still ****ed
off about it, and wondering how far I take this. I'll talk to the complex
manager on Monday (I don't have any choice, between office hours and my work
schedule, that's the first day I have off that they're open). I don't know
if I want the stupid ******* fired or reprimanded, or just to admit that he
did, in fact, leave the window open.


  #18  
Old March 18th 04, 06:40 PM
MaryL
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"whayface" wrote in message
...

Get someone to stay at your place when repair people or anyone has to

enter the place!!
Very simple.



Not always so simple. When I was renting, I worked and *every* onwe of my
friends also worked. I had no relatives closer than 1300 miles away. There
were some people who lived in the apartment buildings who did not work --
but I did not know them well enough to give them access to my apartment. I
don't have that problem any more because I own my home. Ironically, now I
have a number of friends that I would trust in my home; but please don't be
so quick to assume that it's "simple." It may be in the OP's case, but not
necessarily. We don't know the circumstances.

MaryL


  #19  
Old March 18th 04, 06:40 PM
MaryL
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"whayface" wrote in message
...

Get someone to stay at your place when repair people or anyone has to

enter the place!!
Very simple.



Not always so simple. When I was renting, I worked and *every* onwe of my
friends also worked. I had no relatives closer than 1300 miles away. There
were some people who lived in the apartment buildings who did not work --
but I did not know them well enough to give them access to my apartment. I
don't have that problem any more because I own my home. Ironically, now I
have a number of friends that I would trust in my home; but please don't be
so quick to assume that it's "simple." It may be in the OP's case, but not
necessarily. We don't know the circumstances.

MaryL


  #20  
Old March 18th 04, 07:12 PM
Tracy
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I'm really glad the cats are OK and sorry for your mental anguish, but
really, again, get something positive out of the situation and collar
and tag the cats. Stuff happens. When we lived in an apartment in
Chicago, one of my neighbors had her indoor cat (young, about a year)
slip out the door unnoticed when she went away for the weekend
UNCOLLARED. The little cat was smart enough to cling screaming to the
stairway, and we followed the noise and brought it into our apartment
before someone else shooed it away into the night. It lived in our
spare room for three days (where our kitten made goo-goo eyes at it
through the glass door LOL) till she finally came home and saw our
sign and came to get him in tears. If the cat had not been found or
found by someone less patient than us,
it wouldn't have gone well for the cat as there is no space in any
Chicago no-kill shelters AT ALL. With a collar, we would have known
the cat belonged to her and could have left a message on her machine.
It's just the sensible thing to do.
 




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