jackhammer

As one of the more senior members on the forum and now a widowed father of two and holding down a job as a chef I feel it is only fair to dispense some of my wisdom to help in your day to day life. Some tips will be extremely beneficial and some tips will be a complete waste of time if you are a pot noodle eating student.

No pictures of me in an apron or frilly gloves luckily as that only occurs on a Sunday with the curtains closed

Does your abode smell like cat's pee/last nights pizza/days old underwear or a dutch café in summer? Then fear not, the cure is here. Spray air fresheners, cheap liquid gel air fresheners or Neutradol block air fresheners not doing the job? Then get yourself some tumble dryer sheets. They are cheap, plentiful and don't smell like lager. Place them in discreet places such as underneath sofa's, wardrobes, behind the T.V or on top of high shelf's.

You don't have to spray supermarket flavour of the month spray air fresheners that cost far too much and you don't have to scrub and clean last weeks drink stains out of the carpet. You may have a problem if the other half/mother in law finds strategically placed white tissues around the place and wonders what the hell you have been up to but the pleasant aroma should more than make up for this.

Of course if you like the smell of stale alcohol and week old kebabs then you are a dirty slob and no amount of free beer will make me want to visit your home.

New tip coming soon so please tune in.

__________________

The Batlord

Dude, my cat peed on my bed the other day. How the hell do you get that **** outta the mattress?!

__________________

Burning Down

Get a litter box

FRED HALE SR.

Get rid of the mattress, buy a new one and get rid of the cat.

On a side note, Jack you can put the laundry sheets in the end of a toilet paper roll and tape it in place and blow out the end of it to create a spray like effect. I do that when i wanna smoke out cause my girlfriend hates the pot smell.

The Batlord

Unfortunately the cat is sick (renal failure and possibly cancer), so he's sorta going loopy, so he pees and ****s pretty much everywhere.

Oh, we got a millionaire up in here.

__________________

ribbons

I have Bounce dryer sheets placed all over our apartment -- inside pillow casings, in drawers, in between couch seat cushions, on shelves. I also have a liking for liquid fabric softener and use it to excess in the wash. Our house smells like a strange combination of fabric softener and Shanthimalai Nag Champa incense (which I burn in an incense holder encased in large ceramic bowl, on top of the refrigerator!).

+

VEGANGELICA

Nice thread idea, Domestic God.

And I agree absolutely about never rubbing a cat's face in her urine. One of my sad memories is that when I was a child, my cat starting peeing in corners of the basement and my mom rubbed the cat's face in the urine. I can remember my poor cat trying to pull her face away and my mom holding her around the neck and body, forcing the cat's nose down into the urine. My mom thought she was doing the right thing to "train" the cat, but it obviously wasn't.

In retrospect, I think my cat may have had a urinary track problem and/or I wasn't cleaning her kitty litter box enough when I was a child and it was my responsibility to do so. Poor little cat. I failed to protect her.

I'm sorry your cat died last night, Batlord. It sounds very sudden. I hope he didn't suffer. I still miss my cat years later. Her name was Sunshine.

Nag Champa incense smells wonderful, Liz! I never burn it, but I have some stored in a closet where I keep financial files.

I've found out that this is a good way to make bill paying more pleasant. Whenever I have to pay a bill, I think, "Groan!"...but when I open up the closet, I think..."Ahhh!" I've actually started to look forward to paying bills (just a little) because it is an excuse to open up the closet and let that marvelous "Nag Champa" scent and the associated nice memories of the giver wash over me. He called it "Good stuff" and it really is.

__________________

mr dave

Side note to your side note. Do not ever -EVER!!!- use a dryer sheet to try masking the smell of your fresh (not yet smoked) pot. I had a bag of really stinky stuff once, I took a separate ziplock bag, placed a dryer sheet in it, placed the stinky bag into that. So there was still a layer of plastic between the dryer sheet and the pot. Does not matter, your pot will smell and taste like dryer sheet

__________________
i am the universe

Trollheart

The sad reality is that if your cat is beginning to lose control of his bodily functions you probably need to get one of those cages and let him out only when feeding and changing. I know it's horrible and your heart will break, but I had to do it with our cat --- admittedly, there were four other cats in the house, but still, you can't cope with them going to the toilet everywhere. Ours lasted six months approx then we had to take the heart-rending decision to end it for her. Toughest six months for a long time.

But you don't have to make it like a prison for the cat. Play with him through the bars, let him out for exercise (garden?) and always give him attention as you go by the cage, so he doesn't think he's being punished.

Alternatively, you could just make the Big Decision now. The point to bear in mind is what quality of life your cat has at the moment? Is it worth prolonging his life, suffering even, if he's suffering, or just bite the bullet and do what's best for the cat? What does your vet say?

__________________
Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

LoathsomePete

@ Batlord

I have to agree with Trollheart on this one. Once your cat starts to lose control over their bodily fluids you either need to contain them, or euthanize them. It's fucking hard, but if you let it continue you can kiss your damage deposit goodbye, and may even get hit with the fees to replace the carpet. That's what happened to my mum and I once back in Vancouver and it was a really bad time.

__________________
Last.FM
101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too