Jim, How utterly wonderful that a cat has consented to sharing her life
with your own. ;) I predict that Joan Roberta will not be a disappointment.
I tend to agree that a cat's gotta go where a cat's gotta go. Deanna Ivy
the Wonderkitty, bless her, tends to behave in ways that seem to endanger
neither herself nor property. I don't have much in the way of experience in
guiding cats, and I'm not sure how good I'd be at it. Which is to say that
I'm powerless before Deanna.
But.
I've read that at least some cats will do all they can to avoid sticky
stuff, and that double-sided tape works wonders with these kitties when it
comes to discouraging them from jumping on counters, etc. So it might be
worth trying a few strips of tape before moving to the steel.
Deanna, BTW, is blissfully curled up on a comforter on the couch, quite
restful despite the Janet Reno interview playing on PBS at the moment.
Deanna's a hopeless slut when it comes to Janets.
Cheerz,
Janet and Deanna, both of them staying close to home today and avoiding the
Ricky Martin-George Dubya gridlock down the hill
At 01:40 AM 1/18/2001 -0500, Jim L'Hommedieu wrote:
>First I apologize for breaking a JMDL rule about posting "from within the
>ballpark."
>
>I get my new cat, Joan Roberta, tomorrow so I have some questions for the
>feline experts on the list. Is Janet still lurking? Catgirl? Colin?
>
>I want to discourage her from jumping onto the tops of the speakers and the
>turntable. (I don't want the tonearm to go skipping because of cat impacts
>on the cover.) Can I just cover the tops with sandpaper or plastic wrap or
>steel? Is there a texture that will lose interest? Is this a case of
>"Nothing Can Be Done?"
>
>Am I being a bad host? Should I just give her permission and instead put a
>towel on each top to keep scratches off the speakers' black lacquer, piano
>finish? A felt and plywood sandwich? A sloping "roof" for the turntable
>cover?
>
>"Lama and his feline,
> each of charm to sway,
> are staring eye to eye.
> They dare not look away.
> 'Ya know they dare not loooooook awayeeeeeee."
>
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You've got to shake your fists at lightning now
You've got to roar like forest fire
You've got to spread your light like blazes
All across the sky
Joni Mitchell
