Thorry84

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[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nah I don't think I'm fully charged yet, just one more quick little nap, then I'm good to go.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 6 points 5 months ago

The look on his face tells me you walked in on him mid-poop

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I remember when I was 15 living at my father at the time and my girlfriend was visiting for the weekend. I had to work on Saturday, but she wanted to stay over the entire weekend and would find something to do whilst I was gone. I told her to be free to use my computer.

We also had a couple of cats and one of them would always hang out in my room. Now this wasn't your regular cat, this was a big boy. Not fat, just a huge bundle of muscles, big claws and huge teeth. We're talking dog sized cat here. He was very sweet, but could be a bit playful and use his claws and teeth whilst playing. He was very careful with humans and tried to be gentle, but it could be intimidating for people who didn't know him.

When I got home I found the cat sleeping on my desk and my girlfriend on my bed reading a book. I asked her how her day went, she pointed to the cat and said: "I wanted to use the computer, but that asshole over there didn't let me." Apparently what happened was the cat lay down in front of the keyboard, easily blocking the whole thing. And every time she wanted to type he would try to grab her hand and play with her. Being so large, she got scared of him and just didn't use the computer. The cat declared victory and slept in front of the keyboard to celebrate, thus blocking the computer all day.

After she got to know him better, they got along just fine. He was such a sweet boy and never hurt anyone on purpose. You did need to be careful giving hem treats tho, T-Rex chomping off a hand comes to mind with that one.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 18 points 6 months ago

I used to have a cat with a very long tail. He would be laying around and his tail would wrap around and hit him in the face. He would get pissed off about it, so he starts waving his tail like cats do when they get annoyed. But that would just make it worse because he would hit himself in the face with his tail even more. So he would get really pissed off, grab his tail and bite into it. Only then he would realize it was his own tail and start cleaning it, pretending he was cleaning it the whole time and didn't just bite into his own tail like an idiot.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Wow that's kinda sad.

We had one that did that as well, but he was just dumb as nails. He would be laying down with his tail around him so it's at his face (looong tail). Then he would hit himself in the face on accident with his tail, this would piss him off so his tail would start wagging in his face. This pissed him off even more so he would grab his tail and bite it, but as soon as he felt that he would realize what he just did and start grooming his tail. Playing it off like he didn't just do something stupid, but was just grooming normally. He did this a lot, because he wasn't always the smartest of the bunch.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 15 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Well they do that with their own tails as well, it's just hardwired for cats to become chaos

 

She died about 10 years ago. I love and have loved all the pets I've ever had, but Pyxel was something special. She was very headstrong and did whatever she felt like, getting pissed off if you did something she didn't like. But when she was in the mood she would be the sweetest thing in the world.

She was saved from the dumpster, along with her mother and brother. The mother had to be put down and a lot of the brothers and sisters didn't make it from being dumped in a trash bag. But Pyxel and her brother made it and we adopted them from the rescue when they were very young still.

I remember Pyxel sleeping for hours in my lap, or in the cat bed on my desk. When I was working from home, she slept in the cat bed, till she got fed up, went for a drink and a snack only to get back and jump in my lap because it was her time and she would let me know it.

Still miss her every day.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can't help but notice your excellent taste in books. However I'd feel remissed if I didn't yell at you in the voice of Homer Simpson.

NEEEEEEEEEEEERD

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Disagree, if you need a custom big machine made, there are some really good people on AliExpress.

I have had a couple of customized CNC machines custom built for a fraction of the price it would have cost to have it done over here. Even with the shipping costs it came out cheaper. And the people were really helpful, they use machines like mine all the time so they know their stuff. They offered really good advice and were excited to work with me. It's a bit butt clenching to fork over a lot of cash and hope a big ass pallet shows up 4 months later, but they've come through for me every time. YMMV.

Temu on the other hand can fuck off. It's just a scam site like Wish.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

It's pre-cooked for your convenience

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The cat you can move out of the way at least some of the time. That light up clock would be annoying in my field of view whilst watching something on the TV. But then the phone is in front of the TV as well? That's just bonkers.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

The lights are on, but there's nobody home

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