How’s your Monday going?

[aussieman57]

I love cats, waayyy better than dogs! You don't want to be encouraging it to scratch and bite at the carpet like that though.

I'll drink the blood from your cats. Dog Count Dracula.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

I love cats, waayyy better than dogs! You don't want to be encouraging it to scratch and bite at the carpet like that though.

I was just surprised when it started to bite it. I had to take a video. Then took a squirt bottle to her head.

 

[jjohnwm]

I love cats, waayyy better than dogs!

You've got to be kidding! Cats vs dogs is like loaches vs catfish, i.e. not a bad alternate if you can't get the first and clearly superior choice, but hardly in the same league, really...

Dogs rule!

fishhead0103666 , all joking aside, you have go to be careful around raccoons. Aside from the very real risk of rabies, there is a potentially dangerous infection that can be contracted from their feces. Sorry, I forget the name, but it is taken very seriously in Toronto, a city that has a very high raccoon population right in the downtown core, with a population density per square mile which is several times that of nearby rural areas.

 

[esoxlucius]

Cats vs dogs is like loaches vs catfish,

You are absolutely right, loaches all day long! Well, clown loaches at least, all the other loaches I'll put with the catfish....and dogs!

I may have to prepare myself for a barrage of abuse from M MultipleTankSyndrome now!

 

[jjohnwm]

I'm not fond of loaches, mainly because their opercular spines pose a risk to catfish and other proper fish trying to swallow them...

 

[Hendre]

Lol. The top monkey's gone for the healthy option, but the bottom one will probably have a heart attack tomorrow, lol.

I sure hope he's lactose tolerant!

 

[esoxlucius]

I'm not fond of loaches, mainly because their opercular spines pose a risk to catfish and other proper fish trying to swallow them...

Well if catfish, with their big mouths and matching appetites, which hide most of the time anyway, want to try it on with the little guys with spines, I say bring it on, lol.

 

[esoxlucius]

You've got to be kidding! Cats vs dogs is like loaches vs catfish, i.e. not a bad alternate if you can't get the first and clearly superior choice, but hardly in the same league, really...

Dogs rule!

fishhead0103666 , all joking aside, you have go to be careful around raccoons. Aside from the very real risk of rabies, there is a potentially dangerous infection that can be contracted from their feces. Sorry, I forget the name, but it is taken very seriously in Toronto, a city that has a very high raccoon population right in the downtown core, with a population density per square mile which is several times that of nearby rural areas.

Wow, I've just been reading up on raccoons. They're absolutely riddled with diseases apparently. I'm very thankful now that over here in blighty we've "inherited" the cuddly little grey squirrel from you guys, and not the appalling raccoon instead!

 

[jjohnwm]

They're cute when small, very intelligent, very inventive and adaptable when figuring out ways to raid garbage cans and birdfeeders. I have very few where I live now, at least compared to Ontario; can't say I miss them much.

I have one large individual who is learning how to catch fish out of my stock tanks. I've started covering them with wood each evening at dusk, which will probably help me extend the pond season by retaining more heat at night than an open top. The smallest tanks have relatively small, lightweight covers and the coon has started sliding them aside and then standing on them, holding them with its hind legs while feeling in the water with his dexterous "hands". I suspect he may fall victim to a "workplace accident" soon unless he mends his ways...

Esox, were the squirrels intentionally introduced, or did they get there as stowaways in some kind of shipping container? You are correct, squirrels are at worst a somewhat charming nuisance; raccoons are another matter entirely.

 

[fishhead0103666]

No Tom, I believe the raccoons will be perfectly safe.....I don't think fishhead0103666 has rabies! Lol.

I positively do not have rabies, just ignore the foam around my mouth, it’s from… uh.. root beer! Yes, I had root beer earlier and that’s what it’s from…..

And anyway fishhead0103666 , aside from the vermin, I'm not particularly impressed with the recycling policy which your company has adopted.

You don't mix metals (old tape measure) and plastics (used bottles) in the same bin!!!

As a matter of urgency can you please bring this extremely important issue up at your next works meeting?

Thanking you in advance. Lol.

If I ever brought that up in all seriousness at our next meeting either they’d take away my bonus for a while or they wouldn’t let me have any of the food at the meeting. Equally horrible if you ask me.
Hendre Monkeys are evil little savage creatures and I refuse to ever interact with them.