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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1865.1 | | WEFXEM::COTE | It was a dark and stormy night... | Wed Oct 12 1988 21:43 | 4 |
| She's only doing what I wish *I* had the nerve to do everytime
"Wheel Of Fortune" is on...
Edd
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| 1865.2 | | AIMHI::OFFEN | | Thu Oct 13 1988 09:50 | 4 |
| Thanks, Edd. I needed that....
Sandi
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| 1865.3 | Huh???? | MYVAX::LUBY | DTN 287-3204 | Thu Oct 13 1988 09:53 | 8 |
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I don't get what happened?? I reread the note twice, looking
for where she had chewed the cord! But from what I could figure
out, she hadn't touched the cord.
How did the fire start??
Karen
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| 1865.4 | MORE INFO PLEASE! | USMFG::SMONTANARI | | Thu Oct 13 1988 11:28 | 14 |
| RE. 3
My question also! I guess I don't understand how a cat can actually
start a fire just by going behind the TV unless as .3 said by chewing
on them. Are you sure it's not your electrical wiring behind the
wall? Please tell us more because my new kittie goes behind the
TV. I scold him but I know he does it when I'm not home!!!
Sorry I couldn't help the situation but I too am curious how to
handle that situation.
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| 1865.5 | My guess | SQUEKE::WARD | I leave Trouble behind | Thu Oct 13 1988 11:38 | 9 |
| Since she said Thunder is not fully litterbox trained, I would assume
(yes, I know that's dangerous) that she meant he urinated on something
behind the TV, probaby the extension cord, causing a short which
would cause a fire.
Just my guess,
Bernice
Mother_of_Trouble
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| 1865.6 | ...Just a thought... | BRUTWO::SOBEK | | Thu Oct 13 1988 12:02 | 14 |
| Our living room is ..well, let's say "quaint". (I had to decided
between a new living room and a horse barn six years ago when Bob
and I were married. ...three barns and five horses later the living
room is still "on the list"!) The only outlet in the living room is
built into the floor under the sofa! So, in the meantime, I use
extension cords. To help prevent the worry about wiring and extensions,
etc., I use those heavy duty extensions with several outlets and a
built in circuit breaker. That way if something should ever short out
the breaker trips before a larger problem develops. Perhaps something
like that would be of help until Thunder is fully trained.
Linda
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| 1865.7 | | VAXWRK::SKALTSIS | Deb | Thu Oct 13 1988 14:15 | 6 |
| A cat spraying into a live outlet CAN cause sparks and even fire.
There was an article about this in the past year in one of the cat
magazines. Basicly, the woman wound up haveing the outlets disabled.
Deb
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| 1865.8 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, & Holly; in Calif. | Thu Oct 13 1988 16:29 | 7 |
| This isn't quite the same problem -- my guys chew. I have found
that Tabasco sauce, reapplied occasionally, fixes this. Contrary
to what one would believe, Tabasco dries invisibly and non-stickily.
Some day some one will figure out a solution to the thousand-wire
messes behind tv/vcrs etc and computer terminals and make himself
a fortune.
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| 1865.9 | | AIMHI::OFFEN | | Fri Oct 14 1988 10:09 | 16 |
| Yes, Bernice, Mother of Trouble, you hit it on the head. She
definitely did urinate right on the heavy duty extension outlet
(which apparantly does not have a breaker) which caused the fire.
BRAT!!! BRAT!!!! BRAT!!!!
There no longer is an extension cable behind the TV area. Next
time, I'm going to nail it to the wall somehow so this won't happen
again. It was scary!!!! I'm just glad it happened when we were
home (AND AWAKE). Mobile homes have a tendency to burn down VERY
FAST. I would hate to come home to no Lightning, no DejaVu & no
Thunder (BRAT that she is).
Sandi
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| 1865.10 | Plastic babyproof plugs | TOPDOC::TRACHMAN | E.T.'s ZhivagoCats....DTN: 264-8298 | Fri Oct 14 1988 10:43 | 12 |
| re: 7
Deb, I think that we probably all should use those plastic plugs
that folks use to baby--proof outlets - I just gave some to a
friend at a baby shower. Then you could still use the outlet
when you needed to.
Yurii got a smack this morning for chewing cord - I really have
some super-chewers - every cord in the house has teeth marks!
E.T.
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| 1865.11 | *YYYYEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHH* | AIMHI::OFFEN | | Wed Oct 26 1988 14:03 | 17 |
| I know I shouldn't be typing this because it will jinx me but I
just wanted to let you people know how Thunder is doing.
Since the day of the fire, she has been using the cat box. both
of them. I am *so proud* of her. She has only had one mistake
but that was partially my fault. I hadn't gotten to the kitty-box
on time.
Maybe the fire scared her as much as it did me.
We're on the road to a *Fantastic Kitty*. Maybe she isn't such
a *brat* after all.
Sandi (Lightning, DejaVu & Thunder's mom)
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