[LRflex] Re: Too Bright!
- From: William Abbott <bill2301@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 16:56:11 -0700
David,
Thanks, that's a nice story and a very nice photo of her. I wish L.B. well.
Bill
> On Mar 28, 2015, at 16:45, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Andy! You wrote:
>
>> From SWMBO and I quote "aww that's so mean are you getting her a halogen one
>> again?"
>
> Yes, I am mean, and no, I'm not going to get her another halogen.
> (Electricity costs being what they are, we've converted virtually our entire
> house to LED.) She'll just have to learn to cope.
>
>> Now about the Lard Butt?
>
> Now, therein lies a tale... one, I hope, that SWMBO's everywhere, will
> appreciate.
>
> Some 3 or 4 years ago, Rose and I were heading out to Alberta, to spend
> Canadian Thanksgiving with our kids. It was about -25C (about -13, if you
> speak Fahrenheit) as we headed down to the barns to feed the horses. The
> house was locked up and we were to head from the barns, directly to the
> highway and Alberta.
>
> While Rose was feeding and I was checking the water, I heard a small "mew".
> Behind me, in the snow, was a tiny (and I do mean tiny), not quite purebred
> Siamese. She was about 1 pound (~455 grams), if that, and had lost nearly
> all the hair off her back, due to starvation. I would have placed her at no
> more than 18 to 36 hours from death, by either starvation or freezing - it
> was hard to tell which would have come first. I tucked her into my jacket to
> get her warm, she purred and the rest, as they say, is history.
>
> We took her back to the house, made her a warm place to be in the garage, put
> out food, water & fresh litter; and made arrangements with our cat sitter to
> make sure she was OK.
>
> When we returned home, 5 or so days later, we undertook the delicate task of
> socializing her with the other three cats and the dog. She was already
> familiar with the horses.
>
> She became known as "Little One", but we quickly discovered that starvation
> has it's effects. She would eat anything that even remotely looked like food
> ... cauliflower, broccoli, cheese, pickles, you-name-it.
>
> She ate, and and ate and she ate ... and gained 3 or 4 pounds, very rapidly.
>
> Thus, her name quickly changed from "Little One", to "Lard Butt".
>
> She's happy and healthy, but interestingly enough, she is now an inside cat
> by her own choice. She will go outside, but only for very short periods,
> only in warm weather, and only if Rose and I are working in the garden, as
> happened earlier today. Otherwise, she'll sit in an open doorway, in a
> sunbeam and sniff the fresh, outside air. But that's close enough. I think
> she's had her fill of the great, cold, outdoors.
>
> She is again, asleep on the towel to my left, as I type.
>
> Now, aren't you sorry you asked?
>
> David.
>
>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Mar 28, 2015, at 3:07 PM, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> One of our cats loves to sleep on my desk, on a folded up towel, basking in
>>> the heat from my halogen desk lamp.
>>>
>>> After years of faithful service, the lamp died, and yesterday I replaced it
>>> with a newer, LED model.
>>>
>>> Lard Butt (yes, that's her name! I'll explain, if you want.) is disgusted,
>>> for there is not enough heat... and far too much light!
>>>
>>> http://www.furnfeather.net/Look/TooBright.html
>>>
>>> David.
>>>
>
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