I Aten't Dead*

vienna · 11-10-14, 01:25 PM

Welcome back, Frau! You've been missed...

Now a couple of questions:

Pot rack? Is that legal where you live or are you adopting a counterculture lifestyle a' la the 60s?

Stud finder? Are there no single bars in you area?

Enquiring minds want to know,,,

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u crank · 11-10-14, 01:35 PM

Welcome back Frau K. Good to hear from you.

Tango589 · 11-10-14, 01:45 PM

Also, how are the cats? Are they full-grown house wreckers by now?

Pisces · 11-10-14, 01:59 PM

Welcome back Frau.

Herr-Berbunch · 11-10-14, 02:12 PM

Remember who?

Oh, the old* lady with the cats. Thank goodness you're back, Steve's been spending extra at Amazon to cover your absence.

Welcome back Frau, we missed you.

*not too much older than me but enough for me to be a cheeky young whippersnapper!

frau kaleun · 11-10-14, 02:14 PM

@Vienna: lol, the only ones getting high around here are the cats, on catnip. And I'm sure there are singles bars, but I wouldn't go to one. I have a job, a home, and two feline dependents. The last thing I need is another something/someone to do for and worry about.

The kitties are doing fine, we celebrated their first birthday on July 4th and they have their yearly vet checkup for shots and stuff next week. They are as big as they are going to get, I hope, and seem healthy and happy. They still come running to meet me every day when I come home and spend most of their time hanging out wherever I am, or where they can keep tabs on me from a comfy napping spot.

vienna · 11-10-14, 02:47 PM

Catnip is almost as much fun for a cat's human as it is for the cat. A friend of mine had a cat named "Meow" (my friend is smart but not very imaginative) and every Xmas, I would buy my friend a gift and include a little something for Meow. One year, I gave a box of catnip to my friend for her cat. My friend wasn't quite familiar with catnip, so I told her to just take a bit of the 'nip, put it in an old sock and tie off the end to make a little 'nip ball. She was amazed and amused to watch her normally serene cat go a bit wild over the 'nip. Some days later after Xmas, my friend arrived home to find Meow had found the 'nip box and knocked it off the shelf. There was Meow, on the floor, rolling around on the floor in the pile of 'nip, in state of sheer bliss...

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Rockstar · 11-10-14, 02:55 PM

Welcome back Frau. You haven't missed much here same ol' polarizing subjects. Islam, not islam, londonstan, democrats, neener, neener, republicans, troll, islam, dems, gop, ukraine, more about islam. Oberon trying hard to bring calm and reason.

Btw, the studfinder could have detected a big rat taking a nap. But if you found one joist you could measure from that and find the next one over. Spacing between floor joists are standard could be 12 or 24 inches between them, sometimes 14.5 inches. All depends upon building codes for your area. My house built in 1894 has 24-ish inchs of space between rafters and 12-ish inches for floors.

frau kaleun · 11-10-14, 10:42 PM

Picture time! Here's the pot rack:

What you see hanging from the ceiling is the entirety of my successfully completed projects from the past few months.

Other than hanging a couple little decorative things on a small bit of wall, and all the rearranging I've done in the cupboards since I got the pot rack up and had extra cabinet space to play with, that's about all I've accomplished.

Of course I *did* manage to raise two happy, healthy, very sweet kitties.

Oberon · 11-10-14, 10:45 PM

Good to see that you've trained them with small enclosed spaces already. Box, laundry basket (those are the most fun because they can put their fur all over the humans clothing), I'm surprised that you haven't had one of them in the bread bin already.

11-10-14, 01:25 PM	#1
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,721 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Welcome back, Frau! You've been missed... Now a couple of questions: Pot rack? Is that legal where you live or are you adopting a counterculture lifestyle a' la the 60s? Stud finder? Are there no single bars in you area? Enquiring minds want to know,,, <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

11-10-14, 01:35 PM	#2
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,748 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Welcome back Frau K. Good to hear from you. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

11-10-14, 01:45 PM	#3
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,377 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	Also, how are the cats? Are they full-grown house wreckers by now? __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

11-10-14, 02:12 PM	#5
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Remember who? Oh, the old* lady with the cats. Thank goodness you're back, Steve's been spending extra at Amazon to cover your absence. Welcome back Frau, we missed you. *not too much older than me but enough for me to be a cheeky young whippersnapper! __________________

11-10-14, 02:47 PM	#7
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,721 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Catnip is almost as much fun for a cat's human as it is for the cat. A friend of mine had a cat named "Meow" (my friend is smart but not very imaginative) and every Xmas, I would buy my friend a gift and include a little something for Meow. One year, I gave a box of catnip to my friend for her cat. My friend wasn't quite familiar with catnip, so I told her to just take a bit of the 'nip, put it in an old sock and tie off the end to make a little 'nip ball. She was amazed and amused to watch her normally serene cat go a bit wild over the 'nip. Some days later after Xmas, my friend arrived home to find Meow had found the 'nip box and knocked it off the shelf. There was Meow, on the floor, rolling around on the floor in the pile of 'nip, in state of sheer bliss... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

11-10-14, 01:59 PM	#4
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	Welcome back Frau.

11-10-14, 02:14 PM	#6
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	@Vienna: lol, the only ones getting high around here are the cats, on catnip. And I'm sure there are singles bars, but I wouldn't go to one. I have a job, a home, and two feline dependents. The last thing I need is another something/someone to do for and worry about. The kitties are doing fine, we celebrated their first birthday on July 4th and they have their yearly vet checkup for shots and stuff next week. They are as big as they are going to get, I hope, and seem healthy and happy. They still come running to meet me every day when I come home and spend most of their time hanging out wherever I am, or where they can keep tabs on me from a comfy napping spot.

11-10-14, 02:55 PM	#8
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Welcome back Frau. You haven't missed much here same ol' polarizing subjects. Islam, not islam, londonstan, democrats, neener, neener, republicans, troll, islam, dems, gop, ukraine, more about islam. Oberon trying hard to bring calm and reason. Btw, the studfinder could have detected a big rat taking a nap. But if you found one joist you could measure from that and find the next one over. Spacing between floor joists are standard could be 12 or 24 inches between them, sometimes 14.5 inches. All depends upon building codes for your area. My house built in 1894 has 24-ish inchs of space between rafters and 12-ish inches for floors.

11-10-14, 10:42 PM	#9
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Picture time! Here's the pot rack: What you see hanging from the ceiling is the entirety of my successfully completed projects from the past few months. Other than hanging a couple little decorative things on a small bit of wall, and all the rearranging I've done in the cupboards since I got the pot rack up and had extra cabinet space to play with, that's about all I've accomplished. Of course I did manage to raise two happy, healthy, very sweet kitties.

11-10-14, 10:45 PM	#10
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Good to see that you've trained them with small enclosed spaces already. Box, laundry basket (those are the most fun because they can put their fur all over the humans clothing), I'm surprised that you haven't had one of them in the bread bin already.