One of mine would have a field day with that tree. He’d probably go right up some of the branches.

Good luck!

My recommendation is to cover the top of the trap with an old towel or blanket and leave it open (at both ends) with the bait food in it for a few days so Bread gets used to going into it for the food. Then close the trigger end and move the food towards the trigger. Once he’s comfortable going right into the trap for the food, you can arm it.

Keep in mind that you probably only get one shot at this - if he gets out of the trap, he’s probably never going to go near one again. I lost a couple of strays that way before I realise that the trap I was using had a hidden flaw (a strong male cat could push against the spring-loaded end enough to bow the bottom of it and squeeze out). I’ve since reinforced it to prevent that issue.

That’s really neat. If it’s your work, how long did it take you to draw?

Wow, 16! That’s an amazing effort and it’s great to hear that they all get along. 👍️

We only kept two of the eight that we rescued (I live in the suburbs of an Australian city where there is a low level of stray cats) but there have been two that I wish I’d been able to catch.

Thank you for putting in all the effort to save these kittens. It’s heartbreaking to think somebody dumped them in a garbage bag like that.

Are you planning to keep them all or will they be rehomed now that they’re older and healthy?

I’m sure these idiots have no concept of the future. They want to burn everyone out in months to years for the sake of boosting their profits in the here and now. Doesn’t matter that if you treat your workers well (and pay them well) you often get greater productivity over a longer period.

Yes, the author is stupid to be advocating for chicken pox.

Even setting aside the discomfort of chicken pox, catching chicken pox (particularly as a young child) increases the risk of shingles. Nobody in their right mind wants shingles.

If only it were so easy…

This needs to be on a t-shirt.

There’s something to be said for consistency!

What’s a little scope creep between friends?

Well, if we’re saving DB space, why not just use the generate_series function (assuming you’re running PostgreSQL…)?

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You just had to remind me, didn’t you?

That’s my point. I feel like they have been sitting on this for a while and didn’t release it ages ago because it would be one more thing to reduce the odds of people shifting from 10 to 11.

Right, so they wait until just after Windows 10 reaches EOL to release the patch for this annoying bug. Typical. They’ve probably had the solution ready for ages.

Somebody used the wrong data type for the Hour column…

It was definitely one of those holodeck adventure stories. I was disappointed that the Hirogen didn’t show up as much in the later seasons (the extent of their communications relay network suggested that they used to have a vast territory), although they did come back to the fallout of “The Killing Game” in Season 7’s “Flesh and Blood”.

I would agree that Enterprise’s first season was generally better than TNG’s, but I mostly enjoyed Season 3 of Enterprise.

Really? I quite enjoyed “The Killing Game”… The Hirogen made an interesting addition to the series.