Good Thursday Morning, Everybody!

[Clintmax]

:donut::hi:
I hope you've had a good nights rest! Or if you're a Nighthawk, I hope you had a good time last night! I'm doing just fine. Waking up, having some coffee and ready to get this day started! :bounce:

My cat did fine for his dental cleaning, but BOY was he mad at us when we got him home! :rofl: But his teeth are all cleaned and polished now and his bad breath is all gone, which is a good thing, dont'cha know! :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

1. Hello Clintmax

fresh cat breath is the best thing. Enjoy it as long as it lasts :rofl:

All this talk about cats and the pictures make me want a cat again. I just don't have the time and it would be unfair to the cat if I am gone over the weekends so often.

[Clintmax]

2. Hello, Miss Honey!

:hi::hug:
It was very tough having him rubbing up against your face or something so you could smell his breath. Now, it's not a problem, thank goodness!

It's good to see you this morning...how is work going today?

[MissHoneychurch]

3. work is good

I am about to have my lunchbreak :rofl:

[Clintmax]

12. That's good!

Lunch breaks are good! It gives you a chance to get away for a little while and get your mind off the tedium and recharge!

[MissHoneychurch]

40. yes

and it gives me the chance to give you my undivided attention :)

[Clintmax]

44. *smile*

I'm happy I can be a part of your *YOU* time during work! :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

47. of course you are

there is nothing more relaxing than talking to you. That is except napping :)

[Clintmax]

50. I'm glad.

I have such a good morning every day talking with you as I get my days started. It's very special time, my dear! :hug:

[Mutley]

4. Morning Clint!

Yeah, cats don't usually like that kind of abuse. :rofl:

[Clintmax]

7. Hello, Miss Mutley!

:hi:
Well he certainly THOUGHT he was abused yesterday! :rofl: He's all better now. How are you doing this morning?

[Mutley]

10. Good. Tired. As usual.

My dog threw up in the middle of the night. x(

[Clintmax]

13. Eeeewww! YUCK!

I hate it when animals throw up in the house. When DOGS do, it's usually a huge freakin mess! Cats aren't much better. Hairballs are gross too. :rofl:

[Mutley]

14. Yeah...

:puke:

One of my parents cats has mad hairballs. And she sneaks out every chance she gets to eat grass,then throws it up.

[Clintmax]

*shudders*

Mine hasn't in a while...I started him on this Indoor, weight maintaining, hairball control food from Iams. He hasn't had any hairballs since he started eating it, thank all the gods! :rofl:

[Mutley]

30. Iams, no good.

They test on animals. http://iamscruelty.com/

[Clintmax]

32. WHAT??

Oh, shit.

[Mutley]

39. I didn't now that myself until about a year ago.

I used to feed my dog iams.

Check the pet group for a lot of good suggestions but some good foods are, Nutro (which donates to republicans, but they have good food), Royal Canin, Wellness, some others. If you want to go the cheaper route Purina One isn't too bad, but I'm not sure if they have a hairball formula. I think they do.

edit: and Eukanuba is another Iams company, so they're no good.

[Clintmax]

42. Thanks for all the information...

I had NO idea. I've seen that Nutro in the pet store and wondered about it...in the end I dismissed it as a generic brand because I hadn't ever heard of it. I don't know which to go with now...I guess some investigating is in order.

[Mutley]

43. Just ask at whichever pet store you go to for

recommendations. Beware, though, they are instructed to push their store's brand on you (as you can imagine :D ) which is not always that great.

[Clintmax]

45. Well, the one we go to has a sign in the window that says...

"We Feed And Recommend Nutro" so I KNOW what THEY are going to say. :shrug:

[Mutley]

67. Lol, yep, that sums it up.

:D Nutro is a good food. Unless you have a problem with the republican thing I'd recommend them, too.

http://www.nutroproducts.com/cat.asp

Oh, and so you don't think I'm obsessed, I worked at a Pet Valu during Christmas last year for some extra money. That's how I know all this. :rofl:

[Clintmax]

68. I don't know...

I'll have to check out their selection and see what they have for cats. Thanks for the link!

[NMMNG]

5. Good morning Clint!

Poor kitty :rofl:. It's all for his benefit though.

Same old, same old here. :shrug:

[Clintmax]

8. Morning, Miss Buffy!

:hi::hug:
Good to see you this morning! Nothing exciting going on at ALL?

[NMMNG]

11. Not today

:shrug:

But maybe you'll find this good for a chuckle

[Clintmax]

15. LOL!

BOY isn't THAT the truth! :rofl: Did you create that, or did you find it on the internet somewhere?

[NMMNG]

17. I found it on the Internet

Along with this one

[Clintmax]

18. ROFL!

Another good one! I'm going to have to save those! Thank you for sharing them with me!

[NMMNG]

21. My pleasure

One more

[Clintmax]

23. Another good one!

I was SO mad when that happened, Miss Buffy. Here those poor people were after that hurricane, and that fucker was playing a guitar (or more likely PRETENDING to play) like there was nothing wrong in the world. :grr:

[NMMNG]

25. Well, it was only a bunch of poor people that got harmed

So as far as he was concerned nothing was wrong in the world. :eyes:

[Clintmax]

26. I know...

The man has absolutely NO redeeming qualities. He needs to go. NOW.

[NMMNG]

31. Someone should tie a bag of cocaine and a bottle of whiskey to a string

Then when he tries to grab it, pull it towards a cliff. Naturally he'll keep running after it until he goes over and KABOOM! No more GWB. :rofl:

[Clintmax]

34. ROFL!

There you go! :rofl:

[NMMNG]

36. Of course, I must state for the record that I was just joking

I don't want anyone to actually do that then claim I *told* them to. I'm not going to prison for criminal conspiracy over that jagoff.

[Clintmax]

38. Duly noted.

Although, I have heard MUCH worse than THAT in the past. Worry not, Miss Buffy. :hug:

[tjwmason]

6. Good morning Clint

:hi:

Just getting started here.

Glad that everything went well with Josephus.

[Clintmax]

9. Hello, hello, TJ!

:hi:
Thank you...I'm glad everything went fine too. You get attached to your animals...I'm not sure WHAT I would have done if something HAD happened.

Good to see you this morning! :hug:

[tjwmason]

16. No pets here - but I can see that folk do get very attached.

It's always good to see you of a morning :hug:

My office is starting to give me a headache though - and I've only been here for about half an hour. :grr:

[Clintmax]

20. Why is it giving you a headache?

I'm sorry your head is hurting, my friend. Have you got some Aleve around?

[tjwmason]

33. It's just the people around.

Made worse by no caffeine until nearly 11.

There are usually 4 people in my office, plus one other in a room which leads off. Myself and two of the others are usually like the 3 witches of Macbeth, but they are both off today. When I arrived the third office-mate was chatting with the chap in the small room and somebody from another part of the office - very loudly - about accountacy exams).

I was already in mood to get grumpy because of my cold, so it just fed my morning's misanthropy.

[Clintmax]

35. Aww...well, I hope it gets better for you.

:hug::loveya:

[tjwmason]

46. Things are getting better.

Caffeine is now flowing into my blood-stream - and seeing you makes everything much better. :hug: :loveya:

[Clintmax]

48. I'm glad!

If I can make someones day a little brighter, I'm happy! :loveya:

[swimboy]

60. Hello TJ--

I hope your caffeine dosing takes care of your headache, but it won't make your colleagues vanish. (unless you seriously doctor it)

This morning I'm like a puppy whose eyes haven't opened yet. I need to get the coffee going. I have a morning meeting and then too much to do at work. If you see me posting today, you will know that I shouldn't be!

They are promising us some ice falling from the sky later on today :scared:. We live on the fabled rain/snow line so we rarely get a beautiful fluffy snowfall. More often we get a slurry of ice pellets or rain freezing on our power lines. We have an additional rehearsal tonight for Sunday's service of Advent Lessons and Carols and I don't want the weather messing us up!

Good to see you this morning! :loveya:

[tjwmason]

65. I bet that you look adorable as a puppy.

:D :loveya:

The caffeine is working, as are the biscuits and sweets that I bought for myself ( :spank: ).

My Bach marathon is coming to an end, I'm now onto the last C.D. - I've brought in the Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle with me to cheer me up as well. Though most of it is ultra-naff trashy fun, I do think that the O salutaris is quite sublime - doubly interesting as it's not technically part of the Mass, just a common addition which was made in France.

Though I do bitch and moan about the weather, English winters are incredibly mild. If we get any more than 2 inches of snow that counts as severe, and it will probably be gone within a couple of days anyway (hurrah for living on an island, and hurrah for the Gulf Stream). Getting loads of ice is just nasty though. :hug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Aw, I *like* kitty breath

When I'm in bed, Lucy sits on my chest and washes my beard. Her breath smells like Friskies. :7

[Clintmax]

22. Hello, Rex!

:hi:
MY cat had breath that could kill! :rofl: He doesn't now, though. Cats are so interesting and the things they do sometimes are strange. I've never heard of a cat cleaning someone's beard. :shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

24. I hadn't either

Had a Siamese years ago who'd bite me on the nose to wake me up, but this beard-washing thing is new to me, too.

I asked some of the Cat People here about it. The consensus is that she's following her grooming instinct, like she'd do with her kits if she had any, and also showing me affection. :loveya:

[Clintmax]

27. Yes, I agree with that assessment

Grooming is a very big cat thing. Sounds like she loves you, Man.

[Oeditpus Rex]

28. It's mutual

I adore that cat. :loveya:

[Clintmax]

29. I adore mine too!

Any big plans for today?

[Oeditpus Rex]

37. Not if we get the rain they're talking about

Can't I just sleep until baseball season? :shrug:

[Clintmax]

41. Me too, me too!

ZZzzzzz. :boring: That would be cool, huh? Go to sleep and when you wake up, it's summer again! :woohoo:

[Oeditpus Rex]

49. Yeah, and another chance

San Diego's killing itself with bad deals. The Giants don't look to be improved much. Dunno about Arizona.

But if the Dodgers can get through the year with just half the injuries they had last year, they'll be in the playoffs. Well, if Grady Little doesn't screw 'em all up with American League junk. :eyes:

Gawd, I got baseball fever already. :cry:

These are the gladdest of possible words:
'Pitchers and catchers report'

[Clintmax]

51. I can tell.

Hopefully the winter will pass by at warp speed, Dude, and the season will be on us again! :woohoo:

[ashling]

52. G-g-good a-a-and c-c-c-c-c-cold

th-th-th-at is. I w-w-w-as g-going t-t-t-to put up th=th=the evil gr-gr-grin sm-smilie, b=b=b=but his t-t-t-teeth are ch-ch-cha-cahattering.

[Clintmax]

55. LOL! Hello, Ash!

A little chilly are you? :rofl: Grab a blanket, wrap it around you and warm up a little!

[ashling]

57. G-g-g-g-going t-t-t-to g-g-g-get

back un-d-d-d-er t-the c-c-c-c-cov-v-vers.

[Clintmax]

61. LOL!

You poor thing. I hope you get all warmed up soon!

[swimboy]

53. Good morning, Mr. Max--

I haven't been able to get out of bed in time to chat with you. It has gotten too cold and the bed is sooo nice and warm in the morning. How are you doing? :hi:

I'm glad your cat is feelin' fresh! I don't have any pets but I've heard that no matter what you do, you just can't get a cat to floss regularly.

I hope you have a great day today! :hug:

[Clintmax]

56. SWIMBOY!!

:hi::hug:
I've missed seeing you in the mornings lately, Dude! You're going to have to get your little butt outta bed a little earlier so you can be here with me more often! It's good to see you, Man. I'm doing fine...working a lot and spending time with my peeps her on DU in the early mornings. You're right about getting an animal to floss. They just can't get it through their thick skulls that they need to do that, or they are going to have dental problems. :rofl:

Do you have any big plans for the day today?

[swimboy]

62. It will be a busy day.

I have a morning meeting, then a deadline at work that will keep me offline (if I can be disciplined about it). Then tonight I have an additional rehearsal with my church choir for a special service of Advent music we are offering Sunday. Plus we are watching the weather because they are talking about ICE! BRR. And you in Florida! :rofl:

It's great to see you this morning! :hug:

[Clintmax]

63. SO good to see you too!

I remember the ice thing. One year on Christmas night, no less, we had an ice storm in Missouri that knocked the power off for over two weeks! Good gods THAT sucked, let me just tell you! I hope you don't get that much so you don't have the same problem.

Move down here to Florida, Dude, and put that shit behind you!

[tjwmason]

59. Good morning swimboy.

:hi:

I know exactly what you mean about cold weather vs. warm bed. But am glad that you managed to see us today. :hug:

[newyawker99]

54. Good morning everyone!

:donut: :hi:

[Clintmax]

58. There's my Miss NewYawker!

:bounce::hi::hug:
How's every little thing, my dear? I hope you're doing good!

[Callalily]

64. Just thought I'd

stop by and give a good morning to all.
Glad to hear that you cat survived the dent Clintmax. Ah, the things we do for our pets.
It's really cold here and I've decided to fore go my coffee until I get to work. Now I'm regretting that decision, oh well.
Wishing everyone a good Thursday!

[Clintmax]

66. Good morning, SimplyF!

:hi:
Good to see you today! Cold though it MAY be!

[Cannikin]

69. Good morning Clintmax!

Going to work late today thanks to a little ice on my hill

[Clintmax]

71. Hello, Cannikin!

:hi:
Everybody is talking about all the ice they have on the ground. Just one more reason I'm glad I live in Florida. :bounce: Not that I'm bragging or anything. Good to see you today!

[AirmensMom]

70. Good morning, Clintmax!

:donut: :hi: :hug:
I have the feeling I'm too late again this morning.

:woohoo: Glad the kitty did fine! What a relief! (You know me, the nervous kitty mom!)

I'm off to a late start today. Hope you have a great day!

[Clintmax]

72. Morning, Miss Airmens!

No, you're not too late! I'm still here. I close the store today so I don't have to go in until this afternoon. It's good to see you today! I think lots of people are getting late starts today. Mostly because of ice on the ground which you and I don't have to worry about. :woohoo: Do you have any big plans for the day?

[AirmensMom]

76. Oh, wow, you're here!

:bounce:

No plans ... well, maybe I'll clean out the tupperware cabinet. I still have papers to go through, but I'm burned out on that. Time to tackle the kitchen clutter. First, I should have some breakfast. I'm procrastinating this morning.

How's the store holding up?

[wildhorses]

73. Good morning Clintmax

I never had a cat with bad breath!?!? I read your last post the other day but, I have not gone back to photobucket to do the thumbnails thing...

[Clintmax]

74. Hello, WildH!

:hi:
Good to see you again! My cats teeth really needed a good cleaning. That was the reason he had bad breath. But it's all fixed now.

Once you do the thumbnail thing, it will be easy to see which picture you want to upload. Let me know once you do that I'll explain how to post them in your posts!

[wildhorses]

75. okay...I have successfully uploaded one pic...now what?

[bigwillq]

77. Hey you!

:hi: