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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Ela on November 23, 2006, 15:09:42 PM
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I have just received a phone call asking if we had any kittens, I said that we have they are not old enough yet but they are all spoken for.
Caller: What do you have then?
Me: Up to what age would you consider?
Caller: 8 weeks
Me: Sorry we don't have any that age.
Caller Well up to 2 months then.
Me: That is about 8 weeks
Caller: Well I cannot work those sorts of things out.
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It must be me as I should have written 'Is it me who is thick'
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thats pretty bad ela !! :rofl:
my maths is not very good as its my weakest subject but hells bells even i can work that out :rofl:
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Defo me cracking up, I was looking at the New Poll Logo and thought blimey my ink has gone down a lot today and I can't remember printing anything. Then I realized the amount of ink is shown on the bottom task bar. Thick or what?
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now i'm being thick...whats a new poll logo ?
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You should have told that you don't have any that are 8 weeks old or 2 months old, only some that are 56 days old.
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You are not going to believe me but in all honesty that did cross my mind but thought she may think me daft then, more importantly would she have understood, I think not.
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Some people!!!
I had an odd phone call last night, someone asking about Tom. I said he had gone, and asked if she was looking for an older cat, so she said yes. I said I had a 13yo and she said 'not one that old' - I wonder where she saw Tom, as he was 12 on some and 13 on others, although after getting some info off Ela, I have stopped putting ages on, but she wanted a 1-2yo male - looking at Tom's pic, dont know how anyone can think he would be that young!!!
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When people ask for a young cat usually because they want it to live longer, I always advise them that about 9 yrs ago I homed a 12 year old and it is still alive and well yet kittens and young cats homed last year and earlier this year are now sadly dead.
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I wonder if a cat would be safe with someone that daft!
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Oh ela, that just cracked me up :rofl: can't believe there are people out there who are really that dense ... scary :scared:
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I'm glad you didn't have any Ela (they'll prob. get one elsewhere tho',yikes!!!!!) ;D
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Mind you, talking of thick, I did spend a good ten minutes yesterday looking for my towel...then realised it was on my head :scared:
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Don't worry I've been looking for my glasses when I've actually been wearing them on my eyes :doh:
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Oh well I feel better now :yayyy:
I'm always doing ditzy stuff like that. Guess I'm a typical scientist with no common sense!!
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what kind of scientist?!?!?!?!?
want to give me a job in a year and a bit?!?!?!?!?!?
(cos of course you run the whole thing!!)
;D
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I'm a biochemist by degree but am in more of the molecular biology field now - specifically matrix biology as I'm doing a PhD involved in bone regeneration within the mandible.
Are you a scientist too??! ;D
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well i'm trying to be!! in final year of forensic science bsc, but is basically an analytical chemistry degree. planning to do masters next year. was thinking of a phd but apparently its not very done in forensics field at the mo!! hows yours going?
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Don't worry I've been looking for my glasses when I've actually been wearing them on my eyes
I ofen put the glasses on my head then sometimes I go to lift glasses on my head and find there are some there already.
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well i'm trying to be!! in final year of forensic science bsc, but is basically an analytical chemistry degree. planning to do masters next year. was thinking of a phd but apparently its not very done in forensics field at the mo!! hows yours going?
Its going well but hard work. In my field you need a PhD to progress anywhere so it was something I was always gonna do. The worst but is the crap stipend I get but my boss is great and the department lovely so I shouldnt moan. I have just under two years left and then I have to think about my future - again! Its alla bit scary.
Forensics, oooh, I wanted to do forensics but not many places do it. As you said most of them are just analytical chem degrees. Good luck with it tho! And if a PhD isnt done in your field at the mo - well, if you do one you'll have an advantage over other people!
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did think that!!!!
but apparently is so hard to implement anything new cos it just has to be sooooo watertight and taking evidence to court on new analysis methods can be tricky.
i love my degree, feel i'll be leaving (hopefully) with a really good qualification so thats good.
to be a soco you need GCSE's and a little training so... saying forensics can mislead sometimes.
all good fun!
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Crikey we have scientists here ....Dam no bulging brain emoticon :)
People are dim Ela i am quite sure that they are still wondering what you were actually on about ..trying to work out the month to week difference..
Bless !
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I just wondered how we have gone from me being thick to forensic science bsc, as I cannot work that out I must be thick.
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Just read back down the thread abd a casual mention of the word was enough :rofl:
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...sorry :(
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Well I'm thick too 'cos I've lost the plot Ela - what happened? :Crazy: :rofl:
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Crikey we have scientists here ....Dam no bulging brain emoticon :)
No bulging brain emoticon.....will an egghead do instead? (http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/ruinkai/conehead.gif)
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:rofl: is this another classic case of yet again another thread gone off on a tangent !! and best bit is...it wasnt me - i wasnt there :rofl:
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I think the original question was answered ages ago - it's Joe Public that's thick! :rofl:
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But I am a part of Joe public
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Sorry just had to but in......Im a scientist too! Bit of a mixed lot tho me...I graduated with a bsc in biology, worked in chemistry labs most of my time but am a microbiologist at the mo (loving it I may add) trying to musle in on another chem lab though!! hehehe confused yet? I sure am....
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Hi Ela I think if those people who phoned and asked that shouldnt get a kitten cos they obviously a bit simple, poor kitten having to go and live with them. Or maybe they were just a bit confused? :doh:
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I am sure that I can confuse anyone.
Very often a conversation does not get off to a good start anyway as when I answer the phone I always say my number, a few people then just put the phone down, it rings again and I say my number again then they say I want Cats Protection, I say this is Cats Protection and they say why didn't you say when you picked up the phone, I then say well this is my private number and also my husbands business number.
Also I am sure you have all had it the phone rings you say your number and someones says I want xxxxxxxxx, you say sorry you have they wrong number and then it is your fault because they have the wrong number.
Lastly sometimes someone will ring and you know who it is before you answer, I sometimes will say I knew it was you and they say how, I will say I heard you dialing, it is surprising how many people say 'did you'. I first did this on mum (now sadly no longer here) she lived next door but one.
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I have a degree in the science of life :) ...
Rather funny today as someone knocked at my door to tell me that there was a cat in her garden and she thought that it might be mine as she heard i had lost mine I did try to explain to her mine was found a while back (RIP SNARF) she then preceeded to say it was injured and thought i could help ( here we go) i asked her what was wrong and she said it was injured and needed help...
Anyway she told me it was a tabby when i got there it was a black and white cat and what she had said was injured was actually trapped ....anyway when i said i would get a box and take it to the vets to make sure it was okay she turned around and said no it is okay the cat actually belongs to my son but i was so scared it was injured i did not want to near it in case it attacked me!!!!
Why is that i walked away feeling very confused ?
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littlebobo,
That is confusing but also worrying will this lost and confused soul know what to do with this cat to get it untrapped and cared for in the right manner?? I wonder...........
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To be honest i am not sure she was all there herself the cat looked to be in very good condition and generally happy and content otherwise i would have done something about it..I have also got her 'Sons' address and have contacted the CP and RSPCA ..not sure what else i could do apart from take the cat in myself i also have contacted son well left a message on his mobile ..
Have to say i am a bit concerned by it all ...feel a little mucky fuddled ..
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I have a degree in the science of life
I think that a degree from the university of life is very important and often is better than paper qualifications. I had a young lady PA when I worked in the pensions section of the Post Office , she was delightful and had loads of O & A levels, yet absolutely no common sense, e.g. one lunch time she said I am going into town and she said do you need anything, I said Oh! yes please we are decorating and have run out of striped paint can you call in at Sharps and get me a pot. She came back and said in all innocence they didn't have any. Her car was always breaking down and one day she described what was wrong with it this time, one of the lads said to her its your toggle washer that has gone just phone up and order one and I will do if for you. Xext minute she was on the phone to the garage asking for a toggle washer. It was like that almost daily.
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LOL Ela!!!
I am a bit daft but not quite that bad!!
I am a computer scientist though, does that count in the whole science thing? I dont wear a white coat though ;)
My sisters bf is a forensic scientist and we always make fun of him (in the nicest possible way!) He emailed my sister he was cold and she told him to put another white coat on, we always ask if he watches brainiac etc.. lol