Chez Ollie - All welcome especially Not My Cats. General Cat chat thread

[TheLongRider]

Time for a new thread.
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_litter_tray/4176669-Cat-chat-thread-the-umpteenth-the-Caf-is-open-all-welcome

I hope the cat hand over goes well.

@coastergirl

What would you all do on a night like tonight if your cat refused to come in?

Walter does this every now and again. He was asleep on my lap from maybe 9-10 then went off playing. I've left the door open because it's warm. I needed to go to bed so I called him in. He sat in the garden looking at me, edged towards me then stopped. Then as soon as I moved towards him, he ran away. He won't come in and I really need to sleep, so I've locked him out. There's a window that he could get in through if he used his brain! I feel awful every time this happens but he's always ok.

I hate the guilty feeling!

Dh stayed-up till 4am one morning as Bertie was refusing to come in.

Ivy is a lazy so and so and is always home and asleep by 8pm at the latest. The one time she didn't come home we followed the meows and found her locked inside the neighbours garage.

Betsy is the biggest scaredy cat ever. She is just a year old and the closest she has got to the great outdoors is popping her head out of the window then hiding under the coffee table when someone walks past.

Thanks all. I've stayed up until ridiculous times in the past, worrying over them. Wish I could have a cat flap here but it's rented so I can't.

With us it's usually only Basil who's a dirty stop out. He demands a constitutional at about 10.30 and is very persuasive. He's usually back by about midnight - if he doesn't appear by then he's out for night, unless of course he chooses to wake us up at 2.30 having a shouting match with somebody else..

All the cats are very pleased I'm doing a 'proper job' working from home. Despite my initial intentions they now sleep in the office (library) all day, a room they previously were very rarely able to access.
I've currently got a very relaxed Basil & Lenny for company.

I think I can see 'Jingo' and 'Thief of Time' (Pratchett) as well as Roget's Thesaurus.

Why are your books not alphabetical by author surname and what else is on that shelf?

@coastergirl

Thanks all. I've stayed up until ridiculous times in the past, worrying over them. Wish I could have a cat flap here but it's rented so I can't.

Same here. Like a fool waiting up for Tom or sleeping on the couch leaving the kitchen window open. He was out until 6am the other morning. Doesn't do it every night but occasionally.

@YetAnotherSpartacus
Why are your books not alphabetical by author surname and what else is on that shelf?

The focus was meant to be a photo of Lenny
We have a library, alas I'm not a librarian, and I'm afraid all the bookcases in our house are fairly chaotic (and frequently two books deep). Fortunately though, I have the kind of visual memory which means I can usually find a book I'm after fairly quickly.
Karl has now joined me, so here's a more ordered backdrop for him - hope it better meets your approval

Oh my! A real Oxford English Dictionary!

They've all got a bit of a tan! Gorgeous auburn tints to the fur.

Lovely room, Grumpy.

Capn's passed out in a wine box under the sofa. Classy, me.

You can learn an awful lot about people by the content and order of their bookshelves.

You can learn an awful lot about people by the content and order of their bookshelves.

Oh dear

I’ve got a kobo I only download library books onto one at a time 🤨

I’m glad my dh isn’t the only one who can’t sleep if the cats out. Cats sleep just fine if we go out though.

I think I can see 'Jingo' and 'Thief of Time'...

Why are your books not alphabetical by author surname and what else is on that shelf? - I assume in L-Space they are perfectly normal. Just looks odd to a non-wizard.

alas I'm not a librarian... ...I have the kind of visual memory which means I can usually find a book I'm after fairly quickly. - then clearly you are a librarian. Ook?

@YetAnotherSpartacus Are you so sure?

I don't have bookshelves any more - anything with my name on the spine vanishes cos people always want a free copy, and the state of the rest of them beggars belief - coffee stains, biro marks, cat paw prints, flyleaf ripped out to use as shopping list, etc. A fringe of postits for reference is, frankly, showing off.

As I type Ezra Pound and his mates are holding up the door of the cupboard under the sink. His other mates got rehomed thanks to the communal book swap in our block.

EM Forster's most deliberately rude remark about a pompous colleague he didn't like 'He has a familiarity with the outside of books'.

As I type Ezra Pound and his mates are holding up the door of the cupboard under the sink. - How funny - I had a kitchen cupboard door held up by books not that long ago! I can't remember which ones though 🤔

I stand in the garden shaking Dreamies at stupid o'clock, Coaster. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.
Matt is sat out the front washing himself. Socks was out the back an hour or so ago, shouting that she couldn't get down from the fence, and has now vanished.

It's dead highbrow, this thread.

Perish the thort a precious Stephen King would end up on the kitchen floor - even tho I can only manage the short ie thin ones. That suits Capn cos he doesn't like a chunky hardback hassling him in bed.

This twat hasn’t come home yet 😫
Normally will come after a minute or two of calling/treat shaking.

Gunna be a long night

Matt is now in, and promptly grabbed the open bag of Dreamies in his mouth and ran off up the hall with it, scattering them in all directions. It was then a race to see which one of us could pick them up fastest.
Socks apparently made it safely down from the fence as she briefly appeared in the garden - but promptly vanished again.
It's a warm night and clearly cats want to party...

Matt in frisky mood!

@Newhousehope domino delight, what a lovely face.

Karl is out at the moment - I'm giving him.another 10 minutes then I'm off to bed.

It's a warm night and clearly cats want to party
This

Leroy escaped once. That was a traumatic wait up 'til 3am. With the door open. He came back absolutely soaked, I assume someone threw water over him and whoever he was arguing with (probably Blackie).

These days I think if he got out he'd come back and insist I went out with him 🤷🏼‍♀️

Socks back yet? And Domino?

If you mean the prat in the basket - Thor - he’s not in yet 😫 I have one DD crying 😢 because he’s not home. he went missing for 4 days last year and it was awful. It feels like it’s happening again, but I’m hoping it’s just the warm air keeping him out. I’ve been out with the treats, wandered around, nothing. He got out a window last night and stayed out all night, maybe he’s got a taste for the local night life!

Oh shit - yes I did mean the prat in the basket! Sorry! It really is the weather for staying out and worrying one's mum shitless unfortunately.