Ha...thanks Hank....if it were a matter of MY cat ( which was indoor only before he dies at 14), I wouldnt hesitate....the car would go.....but sheez....these arent my cats....they are cats from around the neighborhood.....my car is my passion...I love it...I put alot of $$'s and sweat and time into her.....she is one bad firebird......not only in looks, but performance as well....she'll suck the paint off a viper, and looks good enough to be in car magazines, which she has been. So, do I sell my passion for a MAJOR LOSS, because of neighbors that let their cats roam?? I have a hard time doing that....if it were my cat, there wouldnt be a question, because my animals are like my children......I'd take a second martgage if it meant helping them....but damn, I refuse to sell my car because of other people's pets......that just doesnt seem right or fair.....nope, I'll try the pepper thing, or I guess I can hook up the device my wife made which is a motion dector activated spraying device...maybe I can rig it inside, so it wont actually spray the car, just spray whatever or whoever enters.........But I must admitt...the pepper thing sounds decent.......put it all over the place...make it so the cat will have to walk thru it in order to get to my car.......wont hurt them, but surely they wont like it and will hopefully go find another house more appealing to them.........Me personally, I can't see folks letting their animals roam free unless they are in the country...my good friends cat just got run over about a month ago....2 years old....but I do understand that many people let theor cats out.....I'm just one that believes they should be kept inside unless your out in the boon docks where they will be safe and not cause trouble....my neighbor, also an animal lover ( indoors of course ) has a really nice boat.....worth about $20k....well, he went to take the cover off the other day to clean it and get it ready with the weather warming up....seems the neighborhood cats found a way in, and were using his boat as a litter box all winter long.....man, the smell was horrendous...he cleaned all day...using ammonia, lemon, bleach everything........he had to strip out the flooring and seats and everything because everything was destroyed......he re-did the floor and all cushions and etc, but the funk is still there......He cannot sell it.....he offered it to me for $5k, and this was after he cleaned and re-did everything......No way...the funk is just too bad....why pay $5k for something I wouldnt even want to get in....so far he has offered the boat to many people....for pennies on the dollar...nobody, not even a dealer would touch it...........what a shame!!! Luckily, the top to my car does not let anything permeate to the inside, and high pressure hot water gets the urine smell out of the outside.....but, I am getting tired of spending the money to wash my car everyday, and then not even be able to take the damned top down most of the time, because it is either muddy or wet from being washed.......hopefully the pepper will work....soundslike it would...If I were a cat, I wouldnt want to walk thru a field of pepper and get it all in my paws....I'd eventually find a more cat friendly place...we'll see how it works.....right now, I bought some stuff yesterday at home depot called animal away....granular stuff, smells like cinamon....supposed to keep cats, dogs, rabbits and etc away....but it does say "harmful" if swallowed.....I would imagine if animals are repelled by it, they wouldnt want to eat it.....but nonetheless, now that I know about non harmful pepper and chili powder and citrus peels....I will give that a try.....
Thanks.......
keith.......anybody with other idea's.....I'm all ears!!!
TIA
Keith.....Elaine Garzerelli thinks we are fixing to find the bull again......I think she is full of bull$hit<ggg>.....but hope she is correct....in fact, I know she is....the bull will be back, just dont know if it will be now, next month, next year or ten years from now....but I'll buy some quality techs like sunw, orcl, atml, intc and etc, etc, at these low prices and sit on them for awhile If I have to......and the longer they stay down, the more I can buy...cost dollar my way in.....buy sunw at $18...again at 410 - $14 and again at $5 if necessary...same with other quality beaten downs.,.......eventually they go up...and cost averging in now at $14, $8, $4 and etc....beats the hell out of doing what i did last year....elon at $100, again at $80, again at $60, again at $40, buying more shares each time...only to sell at $30....and now look at elon....so averaging in now, at low prices makes much more sense and makes it alot easier to keep your aberage cost basis reasonable, so bailing with a profit is more possible....
Good week to all
keith |
