eeesh....cats

ohskigod
ohskigod Posts: 6,502
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
my wife tolerates my Audio hobby, I have to tolerate Cats.....such is the way of things.....................dammit
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2006
    well, on a positive note, you won't need to dust it...kitty hooked you up.

    What you're witnessing here is called "animal synergy" kitty is comfortable with your purchase, thats a good sign.
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited February 2006
    LMAO!

    Kitty probably likes the warm coming off the amp inside.
    No excuses!
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited February 2006
    Isn't that illegal?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,663
    edited February 2006
    steveinaz wrote:
    What you're witnessing here is called "animal synergy" kitty is comfortable with your purchase, thats a good sign.

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited February 2006
    Jesse has the BEST (or at least funniest) cat repellent that I've seen...

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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited February 2006
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! :D How cute! Boo Boo is just keeping warm! It's cold outside!! :D WAAAAAAAAA!!!

    You forget, it is HER (the cat) house & she allows you live there!!! :D
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2006
    Nice cat warmer! :)
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  • gshisme
    gshisme Posts: 1,038
    edited February 2006
    Damn Lou, that's just plain all wrong!!
    suds, suds and more suds!
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited February 2006
    hey, I'd rather her sleep on the pre/pro then scratch the Carver Amazing drivers (since been replaced). This is her new hangout since I banned her from my basement.

    If anyone remembers the tale, this is the cat that climbed on the carvers, scratching the allready very weak foam surrounds (they would have broken anyway). the other cat is the one that peed on the Carvers in retaliation to this cat's presence (in the process of changing grill cloth). hence, all cats banned from the basement.

    like I said, wife takes my crap, I have to take hers. its only fair :)
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited February 2006
    the cats name is Dakota, and yeah, she likes the heat the Outlaw throws out.
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited February 2006
    My wifes cats were banned from the house on day one.
    They now live in my shop (garage) and the neighborhood cats come and eat the food.
    Now they (some cat) have begun to "mark" (pronounced "piss on stuff") in my garage.
    Not cool but better than using my speakers as a scratching post or sleeping on my components.
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited February 2006
    funny thing is, the have only scratched my old Polk RTA 12's back in the day, and the Carver's. every speaker inbetween really wasnt an issue. I guess there finicky cats. eh, grill cloth on the Carvers were a horror before the cats anyway, it put a foot in my keester to change the drivers (it needed it) and the cloth (needed that too)

    I recently pulled them out of the rotation since I plan on putting more time into them. rewiring, along with the grill cloth repair.
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    Prometheus Ref. TVC passive pre, SAE A-205 Amp, Wiim pro streamer and Topping E50 DAC, California Audio Labs DX1 CD player, Von Schweikert VR3.5 speakers.

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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    Hmm...I'd be getting out my BB gun.

    I can certainly understand having to take your wife's 'crap' since she puts up with your hobby, but I still wouldn't let them get on my equipment. I mean, she isn't convinced the cats have to sleep on your components, is she?
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited February 2006
    I pick my battles. I had a friggin caniption fit at the Carver incident. The wife took it like a trooper as I was screaming bloody murder. I was more pissed at the other cat that peed than this one for climbing. she was a small kitten at the time, I blamed myself for not being careful.

    the sleeping thing? eh, whatever. aint worth a fight with the wifey. I'm protective of my theater equipment, but not as nuts as I am with the 2 channel stuff. the pre pro is the only thing exposed (rest is in an enclosed rack)

    My wife returns the favor by only picking the fights that are worth it with me.
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    Prometheus Ref. TVC passive pre, SAE A-205 Amp, Wiim pro streamer and Topping E50 DAC, California Audio Labs DX1 CD player, Von Schweikert VR3.5 speakers.

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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    ohskigod wrote:
    I pick my battles.
    I guess that's something I'll learn is necessary.
    ohskigod wrote:
    the pre pro is the only thing exposed (rest is in an enclosed rack)
    Well, that makes it a lot better. I could live with that. :)
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    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited February 2006
    The day that thing spits up a furball instead of a dust bunny is the day you put an end to the cat.
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2006
    I love my cat more than I probably should, but he knows better than to pull something like that.
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited February 2006
    Shizelbs wrote:
    I love my cat more than I probably should, but he knows better than to pull something like that.


    Pssst......no it doesn't.
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited February 2006
    find a .wav of a cat hissing, burn it on a cd. anytime the cat gets too close, crank the volume, hit that track. Works like a charm.
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited February 2006
    When the cats I have started going up in the attic part of my garage I put mouse traps up there. It is just enough to scare them and they quit going up there.
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    Center CS1000p (Bi-Wired) (under the television)
    Center RT2000p's (Bi-Wired) (on each side of the television)
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2006
    unc2701 wrote:
    find a .wav of a cat hissing, burn it on a cd. anytime the cat gets too close, crank the volume, hit that track. Works like a charm.

    I'm going to do just that, and mix it into a dts surround track. He won't know where to run.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    ^^ ROFL You'll have to get his reaction on tape!
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    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited February 2006
    Here is a couple of pics of a well trained audiophile kitty......

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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited February 2006
    Mine don't eff w any gear. I trained them to posts.

    I also vacuum them regularly to get alot of the hair off of them.

    If I could only train them to dust...
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited February 2006
    Here are our 3 cats that disrespected my audio gear. Its alot quieter around the house now too.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited February 2006
    LMAO! :D Mangy little ****....that'll teach em! LOL!
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited February 2006
    Cats make a good stew as well, so there's always that...
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2006
    the only speaker my cat has any interest in is the subwoofer... she's not scared of it either. She will lay on top of it and be there for a while. she'll go up and sniff the grills on the other speakers.

    she has NEVER scratched the grills on any speaker.

    although she does like to lay on the cable internet modem, it's warm... so she likes it.
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited February 2006
    Shizelbs wrote:
    I love my cat more than I probably should, but he knows better than to pull something like that.



    brotha, no one knows what cats do when your not home :p
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited February 2006
    I do! They are pulling ALL of the stuff that you don't want them to do & don't do when you are there.

    Once you walk out the door...PLAYTIME!!!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE! :D:D
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