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TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 26/06/2025 12:09

Come and join us.
All cats welcome.

Even bitey ones.
🤣

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Esgaroth · 07/07/2025 23:13

Soggy cat returns. I am honoured to serve as his towel.

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 07/07/2025 23:41

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 07/07/2025 22:48

I'm going to London to see my older children, DD1 and DS1.

I'm staying with DS1 and we're going to Mozart's Requiem at Cadogan Hall.

It's literally years since I went to a concert.

And Haydn's Nelson mass too. Should be a good evening 👍.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 08/07/2025 02:07

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 07/07/2025 23:41

And Haydn's Nelson mass too. Should be a good evening 👍.

Yes, we're both looking forward to it very much.

It was either that, or The Great Gatsby musical.

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TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 08/07/2025 02:44

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 07/07/2025 23:41

And Haydn's Nelson mass too. Should be a good evening 👍.

Yes. Are you going?

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EmpressaurusKitty · 08/07/2025 04:58

HumanToCatBeasties · 07/07/2025 21:55

Oh Kitty! She's such an elegant cat except when she's face down in a pot of cat nip or exposing herself on the balcony. Is the big city London life leading her into bad lifestyle decisions? Linney and Lexter seem to be demonstrating that Welsh and Scottish cats have a more wholesome lifestyle, but Gizmo seems to have brought his bad cat TC vibes up to Scotland.

Well, I have to admit to feeding Kitty’s crack habit, and we’ve recently heard a rumour about catnip soup….

Her years of consorting with the local riff-raff are definitely over, though.

Pianoaholic · 08/07/2025 07:38

Enjoy the concert @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne .
Although I did say Mozart leaves me cold, the Requiem is an exception!

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 08/07/2025 07:45

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 08/07/2025 02:44

Yes. Are you going?

Probably not I'm afraid - but we do go to a few things there.
If I change my mind I'll let you know and will wear a pink carnation or more likely a cat tshirt😁-

Allergictoironing · 08/07/2025 08:14

You can wear t-shirts to classical concerts these days???

Last time I went to one, it was posh dress up all the way. Last Night of the Proms was the only casual wear concert back in the day.

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 08/07/2025 08:25

Allergictoironing · 08/07/2025 08:14

You can wear t-shirts to classical concerts these days???

Last time I went to one, it was posh dress up all the way. Last Night of the Proms was the only casual wear concert back in the day.

I'm afraid standards have slipped terribly. 😁

From the venue's website FAQ section.
What should I wear?
There is no dress code for Cadogan Hall. Wear whatever you feel most comfortable in.

PollyCreo · 08/07/2025 08:47

I had an unexpected NMC situation in my kitchen yesterday 😱😱😱

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Pudmyboy · 08/07/2025 08:50

PollyCreo · 08/07/2025 08:47

I had an unexpected NMC situation in my kitchen yesterday 😱😱😱

Escaped food or do you live by the seaside?

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 08/07/2025 08:50

PollyCreo · 08/07/2025 08:47

I had an unexpected NMC situation in my kitchen yesterday 😱😱😱

😲 That's a seriously ugly cat 🦀..

Being serious - what did you do with it?

PollyCreo · 08/07/2025 09:05

I live about a mile from the sea! 'Pinchy' as I affectionately name him kind of lives in my garden but I got a hell of a fright when I found him at 6.30am - in my uncaffeinated state I thought he was an exotic tarantula 😂

The cats came in and stared at him in disbelief, I grabbed the broom to try to sweep him outside but he scuttled down the side of the dishwasher 😳 I had to wait until my neighbour came home for lunch and explained to him in Greek that there's a crab behind the dishwasher 😂 Neighbour kindly extracted Pinchy and chucked him back in the garden 😅 He went on to tell me he's a freshwater crab and they get washed down in rivers after heavy rain, just as well I didn't take him to the beach then 🦀

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 08/07/2025 18:27

Pianoaholic · 08/07/2025 07:38

Enjoy the concert @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne .
Although I did say Mozart leaves me cold, the Requiem is an exception!

Same!

DS1 loves the Mozart Requiem though, so we'll both enjoy ourselves.

When I lived in London, Pa and I went to lots of concerts.

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RumNotRun · 08/07/2025 20:39

Raven is sulking on her chaise longue tonight after I told her off for attacking Ghostie.

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Pudmyboy · 08/07/2025 20:48

I envy Raven, I would love a chaise lounge, though I would never look so elegant on it

HumanToCatBeasties · 08/07/2025 20:57

I love Raven's pose on her chaise longue. I think she is currently the most elegant cat on the thread after Kitty's most recent photo put her out of the running.

HumanToCatBeasties · 08/07/2025 21:11

Not entirely sure what Boris was doing here, but it definitely wasn't elegant.

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RumNotRun · 08/07/2025 21:13

Raven's poses are usually more like Kitty's.

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EmpressaurusKitty · 08/07/2025 21:23

Kitty’s sure Raven would agree with her that you can’t be elegant all the time. I think she wants a chaise longue now.

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RumNotRun · 08/07/2025 21:39

I think I got it from Amazon. It's made from corrugated cardboard so madam likes to scratch heck out of it and then pose.

HumanToCatBeasties · 08/07/2025 21:44

I think I went for the boring option of a corrugated cardboard scratcher with a box. I should definitely have gone for a chaise longue or I think Kitty's skateboard was similar.

Kitty has definitely gone back to her usual elegant self in that photo.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 08/07/2025 23:36

Ha ha ha - Pa Broon has asked me to cook a chicken the day before I go to London "to last him six days".

Where can I obtain a specifically MN chicken for this purpose?
🤣

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EmpressaurusKitty · 09/07/2025 08:25

The skateboard was passed on from a friend whose cats weren’t interested in it, funnily enough. We swapped it for a wand toy.

Kitty does have her stool to be elegant on though. It doubles up as my footstool when she’s not using it.

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TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 09/07/2025 09:21

Gizmo has just caused four magpies to become enraged, so they decided to menace him.

We heard them making a lot of noise and saw Gizmo running for his life back to the house, tail between his legs and clearly startled.

He now wants to go back out, of course.

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