ADs and their gratuitous pussy pictures

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Welcome in ADs. Snuggle up hygge-style 'cause there ain't much going on out there for a while... except rain.

I haven't got a pussy of my own for gratuitous showing off, so I shall pretend to be Dr Evil with Mr Biggleswade

Link to previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4138531-ADs-and-their-pampered-poodles?pg=40

Just want to echo that the vets seem to have a good system. It's a bit weird not being allowed to go in with the pet, but it' very efficient. Mine came out purring (cat, not the vet). Friends have had to take cats for surgery recently.

That report is such sad reading. "Any mention of mental health issues concerning children and teenagers seems to bring out a particularly nasty group of people shouting comments about snowflakes, it’s not WW2 and it’s just bad parenting. Makes me really angry."*
Yes, me too. My grandmother was a teenager during the war, they weren't evaccuated & lived in a frequently bombed area. Yes there was a lot of hardship & fear, but she used to talk about going out with friends, being allowed to go to the cinema, etc, "It was good for morale," as she put it. I know she would have hated lockdowns for the lack of social contact & lack of opportunity to go out.

Is it almost tortoise-time?

Sorry pressed send too soon.
Also DH was channel hopping last night and heard the words "and now for a public health message from the UK government" with a backdrop of a hospital....and promptly muttered "piss off" at the television and kept going. This is quite the turning point as last spring and going into autumn I did worry he was starting to stray into dementor territory.
He then said he doesn't understand all the blatant propaganda around hospitals at the moment when infections are falling, admissions are falling and people in hospital is going down.

@TheOrchidKiller

Just want to echo that the vets seem to have a good system. It's a bit weird not being allowed to go in with the pet, but it' very efficient. Mine came out purring (cat, not the vet). Friends have had to take cats for surgery recently.

That report is such sad reading. "Any mention of mental health issues concerning children and teenagers seems to bring out a particularly nasty group of people shouting comments about snowflakes, it’s not WW2 and it’s just bad parenting. Makes me really angry."*
Yes, me too. My grandmother was a teenager during the war, they weren't evaccuated & lived in a frequently bombed area. Yes there was a lot of hardship & fear, but she used to talk about going out with friends, being allowed to go to the cinema, etc, "It was good for morale," as she put it. I know she would have hated lockdowns for the lack of social contact & lack of opportunity to go out.

Is it almost tortoise-time?

Any minute now!

So glad he got his school place, Loki, really pleased for you. Weekly applications is mad - the admin time will be huge! Can only assume they are trying to make it a pain in the arse to put people off and get their numbers down?

Someone I know keeps getting their holiday abroad cancelled. They said the country they are hoping to go to publishes a daily cases rate, a daily death rate, but also a daily cases who have got better from covid rate.

That makes sense to me. Yes acknowledge that this disease does kill & is dangerous, but please give us some positive information. I know that telling us how many people are recovering doesn't suit the stay at home messaging though.

Thanks for the advice everyone I’m going to ring ASAP, I’ve been a bit anxious to cal in case I get shouted at for being a time waster... lock down has made me an anxious mess.

So glad to hear of school place Loki

Hope everyone is doing well, kids are off to their dads this weekend so I get a childfree wild time!!! What shall I do? Go clubbing? Expensive meal out? Oh wait..

Just called and got him booked in for the 9th, they were really lovely, my anxiety is relieved!

Glad you got it sorted, @DWPmisery1972. Anxiety is such a bastard!

Hello, everyone. Just wanted to say again how much I appreciate these threads- I don’t post much, but I read every one.

The WW2 comparisons from the Ds particularly annoy me, because the one common thread in every single account you hear of how people got through the war is “at least we had each other”. Family, friendship and community was a massively important part of the blitz spirit and the fact that however frightening and uncertain things were, they could still go to the pub, and have parties, and support each other and bolster each other’s spirits. Look at the sing songs when they were sheltering in the Tube stations! And that’s one of the biggest things that people are struggling with now, so to draw a comparison that ignores that huge difference is completely missing the point. And makes you an idiot, imo.

Today I am so bored that I am cutting cardboard boxes into little square for horse bedding. But I've had to stop because I'm getting a blister on my thumb.

I've been out for a run. Bailed out at 10k and arranged for DH to pick up. I was bored, cold and not very energetic.

And she's here! Plug for comparison, she's tiny, only 3 months old. Still not got a name yet!

Awwwwww. She's so little.

What beautifully patterned shell! I have pet envy. I’d love a cat but DH is seriously allergic. I’m reading Olga da Polga to DD and now she’s desperate for a guinea pig.

Good post Doobigetta, I completely agree.

Awwwww @Curlygirl06 so tiiiiiiiiny.

Curlygirl that is so cute. Have you got one of those amazing tortoise houses in mind for outside in summer? 😄 I get adverts on my fb for them for some reason. Lovely but £££?????😲

SSDD here. Bored and no motivation but need to do something constructive. Cant spend all day killing zombies😄😄

Oh that is so cute @Curlygirl06! She looks like a Priscilla to me - no idea why though!

Just persuaded the dog to go for a walk and was talking to a few random people on our travels. Everyone seems completely fed up at the moment. Even real dementors who thought we should be Wuhan welded into our homes are saying they are sick of lockdown and it needs to be eased as soon as possible. Just wish Boris would listen.

Priscilla is nice. She also could be a Clare or a Felicity.

Oh she's tiny!! So cute.

Lovely tortoise! Feel a bit silly, I was expecting her to be huge! Maybe Curlygirl should start a baby names thread?

It's cold & windy here today. More snow forecast, which makes me think we should stock up on some basic food just in case. I hate all this planning ahead for just in case we can't get out, which is ironic because there is so little to go out & do anyway.

I've been banned from calling her Twinkle 😔 by my girls. Jury is still out on names yet, we've got a few but it's likely to be Indie (Indianna if it's a boy) though I'd prefer Twinkle! She's very very cute, a bit shell shocked (no pun intended!) from the trip here so is sitting under her heat lamp at the moment. Just off to buy some food and forage some weeds for her. Exciting times!

@Willow2017

Curlygirl that is so cute. Have you got one of those amazing tortoise houses in mind for outside in summer? 😄 I get adverts on my fb for them for some reason. Lovely but £££?????😲

SSDD here. Bored and no motivation but need to do something constructive. Cant spend all day killing zombies😄😄

I've got a big hard plastic sandpit shell that she'll be outside in in the summer. Gotta plant it up with turf and weeds for her when we get nice weather. I wouldn't let her wander about loose as I'd lose her! She's so lovely x

@Curlygirl06 Ahhh she’s lovely

I immediately thought of Shelley but that’s probably a bit cliche

@Curlygirl06 oh she’s so cute 🥰

Am I allowed to post a horse photo here? Here’s DD’s new horse - she’s very cuddly

@TheOrchidKiller

Lovely tortoise! Feel a bit silly, I was expecting her to be huge! Maybe Curlygirl should start a baby names thread?

It's cold & windy here today. More snow forecast, which makes me think we should stock up on some basic food just in case. I hate all this planning ahead for just in case we can't get out, which is ironic because there is so little to go out & do anyway.

The bigger they are the more expensive, as they're older. If I had a full grown one they'd be hundreds, if not £1000+