The Tool Gods Are Angry With Me

Lee Michaels · 2009-11-01T22:22:36+00:00

I was doing some fall type things around the house and needed my loppers to trim some bushes and trees. They were nowhere to be found. We were going to go out and buy a new one to keep a path clear to our front door.Then my love asked me about the infamous cat on the neighbor's garage roof incident of three weeks ago.We got a cat, originally called meesha, who we refer to as THE BITCH. She is half siamese and half hellion. She got on the roof and couldn't get down. So at great risk to myslef, I trimmed some branches to a tree and ran a big board over to her so she could get down. She wouldn't have anything to do with my makeshift bridge. So I trimmed some more and put some nails in the board to stabilize it. This was all done in the dark.After 3 hours, the brat decided it was time to come home. I picked up everything, I thought. I went and looked just now and there were my loppers, sitting in a bucket of water. They looked mad at me. Not only some rust and pitting going on, but they were covered in some kinda black slime. I sprayed liberally with WD-40 and will repeat at least a couple more times. Maybe a little sandpaper and oil to follow.I think leaving tools out in the rain should be a capital offense. My excuse is the cat made me do it. After all, it is my wife's cat. And she certainly doesn't care about tools. I feel guilty everytime I look at the loppers. But I will clean them up and put them to work in time for yard waste day.And if I had anything to do with it, I would have just left the damn cat up there!

Nov 01, 2009 29 Replies

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J. Clarke 16 years ago

Spent enough time exploring alternative lifestyles to appreciate the value of a good flogging.

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Rick Samuel 16 years ago

Dogs have families, including you. You have to be the top dog.

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Luigi Zanasi 16 years ago

You bein' homophobic again?

Luigi

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CW 16 years ago

True. I have five.

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upscale 16 years ago

The loading basket for a catapult?

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upscale 16 years ago

Obviously, he hasn't been trained properly as a cat slave. When my can Mrows, I rush over with the cat food. *IF* I don't get there fast enough, I'm subjected to a number of verbal reprimands.

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Tom Watson 16 years ago

Not I. Some of my favorite shop mates are fagus's.

Regards,

Tom Watson

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Dave in Houston 16 years ago

Ah, yes, my personal favorite; hot lead injection.

Dave in Houston

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Dave in Houston 16 years ago

I thought I was cataphobic.

Dave in Houston

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Steve 16 years ago

"Lee Michaels" wrote in news:005f566d$0$8200$ snipped-for-privacy@news.astraweb.com:

I hear you. We have a "Tortie" (tortoise shell colored calico). These cats are known to have an attitute. We named her Cleo, but now we just call her "bitch" or "booger bitch".

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