| Nancy's Lodger - 08.23.05 |
| submitter: | Nancy Dumpling |
| location: | Nancy |
| There is a story here. Can't believe I haven't submitted this before....There was a man living in my garage for 5 weeks without me knowing about it (my neighbour had moved him on once but then found out weeks later he had come back straight away...). It took the police rather a long time to move him on the second time and as you can see he had made quite a home in there! My kindly neighbour took this photo and passed it on to me. |
| category: | Tainted |
| comments: | 47 |
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| wim commented on 06.25.11 | | it is fine to have good neighbours, they pass on their sleepers and pictures of matts and mates |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | Only my seven-year-old daughter remains interested in pointing. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.28.05 | | Goodnight SS! You now have a new mission (sans matts)....what with a teenage daughter and all that..... She's gonna be too cool for pointing duty. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | G'night, Nancy, g'night, John Boy etc. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.28.05 | | Goodnight fellow hunters. Nancy needs her bed. |
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| noel commented on 09.27.05 | | yes |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.27.05 | | Are you a teacher, noel? |
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| noel commented on 09.27.05 | | at least teens this day and age don't have to live with a band called a flock of seagulls |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.27.05 | | Ahhh...to be a new teen again. Actually maybe not. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.27.05 | | I'm back. Didn't have to make a meal - ordered pizza. It's my eldest daughter's 13th birthday today - she of the Woo-hoo! jump 'n' point. |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.27.05 | | We could just call it a style like the Flock guy. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.27.05 | | Little bit of ear missing. AHHH! |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.27.05 | | Yeah they snipped his ear too, to identify him for future reference, but then now that he's all tame we wish they hadn't done that. But who knew? Oh well, he'll never be a movie star like Heidi. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.27.05 | | I never heard it before! Nice that he is now transformed. Having the snip helps! |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.27.05 | | Did I already tell that whole story? Forgive me if I repeat myself sometimes. |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.27.05 | | Cassius was living under the house and for a long time we couldn't even get close enough to tell if he was a boy or a girl. We trapped him with help from a local agency who runs a "trap, neuter and release" program for feral cats. Then, one day almost a year after he first came around, he suddenly walked in the house one day and started purring and rubbing up against Jeff's leg, for all the world like he'd just changed his mind and decided to become domesticated. Amazing. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.27.05 | | Show off. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.27.05 | | No time for puns now. Gotta go. I'll be around later. Hoping my #1000 goes up tonight... |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.27.05 | | Under the house?! Dusty was in a cardboard box in the front garden. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.27.05 | | No way!! I never saw him so no name springs to mind...any good puns??!! |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.27.05 | | If you had adopted him, ND, what would you have called him? |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.27.05 | | Probably not fuzzy enough. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.27.05 | | Does that mean ND should have adopted her garage-dweller? |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.27.05 | | We found Cassius living under the house. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.27.05 | | We got our two cats from Battersea Dogs' Home. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.27.05 | | I don't think they ever forget! I'm sure she is eternally grateful that you saved her life! I have just fed the cats fresh chicken to stop them climbing up my leg when I try and work.... |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.27.05 | | Thanks. :) It started as a joke but she was so eager for us to call her something, she learned it after only a couple of times and so it stuck. I still wish I had some "before" pictures but at first, she was so happy to be with us that if I ever said her name (to get her attention) she'd come running to me so fast that all I could catch with the camera would be a blur. Of course now she's forgotten where she came from. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.27.05 | | Ha ha!! Cool name! |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.27.05 | | Yes, I'm big on the whole rescue thing. The funny thing about Heidi is, she loved us right away but later they told me that they thought she couldn't be socialized because she was so wild and scared. That's not how she was with us at all. She seemed totally well-adjusted until some other people came around and then it was *whoosh* under the bedcovers! That's how she got her name. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.27.05 | | Ahhh, bless them. Good to rescue the poor blighters. Tony was nearly put to sleep but I said I wanted to give him a chance and his dermatologist is so please we didn't now - he's a cheeky little sod but totally gorgeous. |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.27.05 | | We never quite figured out what Cassius's problem is...his fur is still kind of thin and he gets some dandruff. We suspect it could be as simple as a severe flea allergy. Heidi also has sensitive skin and was covered with awful sores when we got her...I found out later she might have been euthanized if we hadn't adopted her. She was such a mess but now she's a little movie star. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.27.05 | | I seem to have mistyped that - D is next to the S - HAD scratched his fur out, HAD no fur on his head...groan...can't type |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.27.05 | | Poor little Tony has scratched all his own fur out - he has no fur on his head at all and a big patch on his back too - all his whiskers had been scratched out too. He was most unpleasant to touch - just one big scab!!! I thought he'd been set on fire when I found him. He is much better now though! Hope Cassius can keep his lovely long fur! |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.27.05 | | Oh, sounds kind of like Cassius with his hair loss. He's a beautiful big black kitty as long as he has fur. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.27.05 | | He is called Tony Montana because when I found him he was a scarface...from his terrible allergies! He has less scabs/scars now but still wears the freaky lampshade collar! |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.27.05 | | Er, no offense I hope, sometimes I'm prone to saying stupid things in the morning. |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.27.05 | | I think I saw one once but I forget what he looked like. I remember thinking, "I'm sure Salinger's better-looking." |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.27.05 | | I've just found a photo of Salinger's dad on the internet. |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.27.05 | | Hahaha Tony Montana...is he a nasty, crazy kind of cat? |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.27.05 | | They are all ok - Big Frank's getting on a bit now and his skanky eye and smelly ear can not be sorted at his age! Nancy Dumpling is as porky as ever but happy. Dusty Springfield is getting braver by the day - has even started going out a bit. And Tony Montana...well, he's still in lampshade collar and likely to continue to be for the forseeable. He has got so clever at finding nice things to scratch his face on! He's grounded at the moment because he seems to have a girlfriend (too far) down the road. Mum and I caught him a fair old way away the other day - chasing his girlfriend down another road away from the house. Little sod! So aside from the high maintenance nature of them all, they are good!! |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.27.05 | | Nancy, please tell us about your cats - you've heard all about mine. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.27.05 | | Didn't you ever notice that the garage light was on, say, when he was reading in bed? |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.26.05 | | They did indeed! I fancy this guy may have started to hunt my cats had he got REALLY hungry! And, my oh my, is there some juicy meat to be had there.... |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.26.05 | | That's pretty funny but they did list it as being in the UK. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.26.05 | | Apparantly this mattress is in the Kingdom of Nancy. It's actually in my garage, in my back garden in Bristol.... |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.26.05 | | You may have noticed the wealth of weapons....if I had tried to even go in there who knows what might have occurred! (baseball bat behind "bed" and a selection of woods!) In his defence, that is a four pack of cherryade (or similar) - not some cheap turbo cider. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.26.05 | | Good job you didn't reverse your car in without really looking. |
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