24 Apr
2001
24 Apr
'01
8:52 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Bradford <mrbill(a)mrbill.net>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, April 23, 2001 11:38 PM
Subject: Free: PDP parts & VMS "Orange Wall" - Austin, TX
Does the drive come with or without the cat ?
Jos Dreesen
24 Apr
24 Apr
10:36 a.m.
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 07:52:46PM +0200, Marian Capel & Jos Dreesen wrote:
Does the drive come with or
without the cat ?
Without. He likes to step on keyboards, you dont want him.
Bill
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Bill Bradford
mrbill(a)mrbill.net
Austin, TX
11:25 a.m.
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12:40 p.m.
On Tue, Apr
24, 2001 at 07:52:46PM +0200, Marian Capel & Jos Dreesen wrote:
Want to bet? A cat is the only creature that can jump on my workbench,
knock screws and other small components all over the place and still get
loved by me :-). Does the drive come with or
without the cat ?
Without. He likes to step on keyboards, you dont want him.
1:07 p.m.
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1:41 p.m.
Want to bet? A cat is the only creature that can jump
on my workbench,
knock screws and other small components all over the place and still get
loved by me :-).
My cat has a basket in the corner of the computer room. He 
3:03 p.m.
New subject: Felines (was: RE: Free: PDP parts & VMS "Orange Wall" - Austin, TX)
Tony wrote:
A local cat here will sleep on anything made by HP.
[snip]
My lab actually exists purely as a home for experimental cat
furniture. There are five that frequent the lab (well, six
if you count the Incredibly Dumb Dog that Things It's A Cat).
Getting anything done usually requires relocating one or more
felines, usually accompanied by much grumping and "I'll see you at
0500" looks.
Tempest, the Worlds Smartest And Most Mercurial Tabbycat, used
to nest exclusively on Sun monitors, until I removed them all in
favor of multihead PC's running Xwin32, at which point she started
to hang out inside a jumbo Nova 840. Noelle the Chaos Kitten used
to sleep inside the fax machine. Kamali is in charge of shredding
important documents, Glitch periodically appears to howl and shed,
and Bobo, the Stray who Came and Stayed, is just a large lump in
the middle of whatever I'm working on.
It's true. Can't don't have owners, they have servants...
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Chris Kennedy
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3:56 p.m.
New subject: Felines (was: RE: Free: PDP parts & VMS "Orange Wall" - Austin, TX)
My lab actually exists purely as a home for
experimental cat
furniture. There are five that frequent the lab (well, six
if you count the Incredibly Dumb Dog that Things It's A Cat).
Getting anything done usually requires relocating one or more
felines, usually accompanied by much grumping and "I'll see you at
0500" looks.
I've got a cat that thinks it's a dog. What's
even more strange is we've had the cat since
it was a kitten and it was never around any
dogs until recently. It gets along very well
with our neighbor's dog.
What I think is funny is working on my laptop
in bed and having one of the cats see the
cursor moving around. They'll swat at it
trying to catch it.
Of course nothing beats a cat and a laser
pointer.
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Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
4:27 p.m.
New subject: Felines (was: RE: Free: PDP parts & VMS "Orange Wall" - Austin, TX)
Rumor has it that Eric Dittman may have mentioned these words:
Of course nothing beats a cat and a laser pointer.
Yes, there is - a dog & a laser pointer. My cousin trained his dog to chase
a laser pointer (food was a strong motivator to learn this particular
activity).
Imagine a 135 pound Chocolate Labrador chasing a little red dot with
reckless abandon (and no regard to the laws of physics it seemed)...
;-)
Prost,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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4:12 p.m.
New subject: Felines (was: RE: Free: PDP parts & VMS "Orange Wall" - Austin, TX)
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 17:03:24 -0700, Chris Kennedy wrote:
#Tony wrote:
#
#> A local cat here will sleep on anything made by HP.
#
#[snip]
#
#My lab actually exists purely as a home for experimental cat
#furniture. There are five that frequent the lab (well, six
#if you count the Incredibly Dumb Dog that Things It's A Cat).
#Getting anything done usually requires relocating one or more
#felines, usually accompanied by much grumping and "I'll see you at
#0500" looks.
#
Interestingly, my cats really do have an affinity for the computers.
Sitting at the computer, cats that will never otherwise sit in my lap
insist on it. In fact, they have jealous competitions. Jumping onto
the top of the scanner became such a serious problem I had to put a
pillow there to stop the crashes. Penny uses the table of old
computers as a maze for staging ambushes. I think it is something
about the 60 Hz buzz.
Louis
25 Apr
25 Apr
8:42 a.m.
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1:16 p.m.
Want to bet? A cat is the only creature that can jump
on my workbench,
knock screws and other small components all over the place and still get
loved by me :-).
Our small cat Pretzel is like having a crow in the house, anything small
and shiny gets picked up and carried around. Fortunately she doesn't
swallow anything, but she doesn't leave them anyplace special either. The
big cat Mikado is so fond of carrying my wifes watch around she has to hide
it at night.
24 Apr
24 Apr
11:16 a.m.
It looked, to me, that was just the "tail/hind quarters kit", not a
complete cat. Maybe you could find the rest in usenet...
alt.pets.cat.kits.forsale I have seen cat "front end" and "head"
kits
forsale occasioanlly. If you can't find a matching color, for that
older mdel, dyeing the outer covering can be done. Although it may up
the cost enough to make it cheaper to just go ahead and buy a new one.
YMMV
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Marian Capel & Jos Dreesen wrote:
Does the drive come with or without the cat ?
Jos Dreesen
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