That is the best story to come across Cf-Comm in quite a while. Very entertaining. =)
Glad that the kitty is OK, though. I used to really abhor cats - they just were not at all fun, IMO. Since getting one, I love the crazy shit that they sometimes do, get themselves involved in, etc. A source of daily entertainment. On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just realised I never posted this, it happened about a week ago :-) > > I woke up one morning..and no kitty. I have two cats, one common short > haired, and an Oriental (black with copper eyes). > The Oriental is a little kitty of about 5 months, the common short > haired is about 4 years old now. > > The kitty is a bit....reckless, his name is Shadow. > > This morning Shadow was no where to be found when I clattered around > in the kitchen putting food out, so I knew immediately something was > wrong. > I have a very practical view to my two pets, being that there is a > high probability that they won't make it to the ripe old age of 15 as > they are supposed to, simply because they're indoor/outdoor cats. > > So, I felt a twinge of fear and worry, but I went about my morning > ablutions as normal. > > Then I was ready to head to the office, and he still had not appeared. > With a heavy sigh, I started the whole stand up at the outside > staircase and going " Shadowwww...Shaaaaadooowww...shadow.SHADOW! > Shaaadow." > And feeling like an utter and complete idiot. As people passed below I > was torn between asking ," Did you see my cat? " and pretending that > it wasn't me who five minutes ago had been invoking some strange > Shadow demon in an odd, childish, sing-song voice. > > At any rate, he did not show up. > > So I ventured out into the wider community. He was nowhere near the > pool, nor in the carpark. I ventured over to a 4 story apartment > building recently constructed and set into a hill. Well there was no > way he would be around there! But maybe I should look anyway, I > thought. > > After calling for a bit, I heard a familiar "MEEoooowww" , followed by > a deep and very forlorn "WRAAWWwwwRRRrr". > I looked all around, but couldn't see the damned cat. More insistently > I continued my shadow litany, and each time was answered by a > poor-me-one meow. > > Eventually...i felt I had isolated the source of the sound, but found > myself standing next to the wall of the building. No openings > anywhere, but that echoing meow sounded like it was coming from > straight ahead....I looked up. > 4 stories up I saw two little slanted, copper eyes set into a fuzzy > black furred head looking down at me. Somehow the cat had gotten onto > the roof of the building, and was stuck in one of the PVC Gutters! > > There was access to the 4th floor from the hill side. I had to place a > ladder against the side of the building, the base set on a balcony > area on the fourth floor. I then had to coax the cat to come around > the gutters to the left edge of the balcony...then had to extricate > him from the guttering. My girlfriend held the ladder, but I couldn't > shake the feeling that if I got into trouble she wouldn't really be > able to steady it, which just added to my anxiety. > > It was insane. > > The ladder didn't reach the top of the roof. I had to rest it against > some sort of flimsy awning. It was about a 12 foot drop straight down > and to the right onto the balcony, but to the left the entire side of > the building dropped about 40 feet to the hard, concrete ground > below.I don't particularly like heights. It was shaky.I'm not talking > about some nice modern ladder, all of stainless steel and properly > polished with rubberised feet and stuff. This thing had seen some use, > and had dried cement and paint all over it. > > But I eventually got him down. > > I believe what happened is he got onto the balcony from the road, then > hopped onto the roof. Puttered around a bit on the galvanise, then got > into trouble and literally slid down the tin surface to end up in the > gutter. I guess if the guttering had not been there he would have > dropped 40 feet to the concrete below. > > Took him home,gave him a bath in the kitchen sink- the gutters had > been filthy- fed him and he curled up and went to sleep. It was quite > an experience! > > I hope he has learnt his lesson and this little climbing phase is > over, because rescuing cats stuck on roofs is just not the way to > spend a morning! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:273828 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
