Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Hank Rogers Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Way OT: Cleo the Kitten Update! Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 21:14:52 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 89 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:14:53 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="587683f503e666085ad2c021d8397f4f"; logging-data="855283"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+6Y8OsN7j5EtG1+RoAFvUI40ZZuiSUnJo=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.19 Cancel-Lock: sha1:g3f7zqDIOTGJR5XhvatfjRCbwS0= In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4842 Jill McQuown wrote: > On 12/9/2024 5:25 PM, Carol wrote: >> Jill McQuown wrote: >> >>> On 12/8/2024 5:43 PM, Carol wrote: >>>> Jill McQuown wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 12/7/2024 5:48 PM, Carol wrote: >>>>>> Jill McQuown wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> It's been a week since I adopted her and Cleo has settled in >>>>>>> beautifully!  She's still a tad skittish and needs her own >>>>>>> space, which is fine with me.  But she's turning into a love >>>>>>> bug.  She loves to get scritches and she sleeps on a pillow >>>>>>> behind my head.  She now joins me on the couch when I am >>>>>>> watching TV or reading a book.  She "kneads" me and purrs. >>>>>>> So sweet! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> She loves playing with the fishing-wand toy and I use that to >>>>>>> work out her excess kitten energy.  I have a carpeted cat >>>>>>> tree with a barrel and if I dangle the little mouse from the >>>>>>> wand in front of it she leaps through the barrel back and >>>>>>> forth like a little circus cat.  :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> She gets the "zoomies" and runs from one end of the house to >>>>>>> the other. She loves looking out the windows at the birds >>>>>>> (and NO, Graham, she will never be allowed outside so she >>>>>>> won't be killing them). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> She's eating well, loves her kitten food, wet & dry, and no >>>>>>> problems using the litter box. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> She also doesn't seem to have a problem being left alone when >>>>>>> I'm at work during the week.  I come home and find toys in >>>>>>> the living room have been moved around.  But she sleeps a >>>>>>> lot, as cats do. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'd share a picture of her but I can't figure out how to get >>>>>>> this damn Win11 computer photo import feature to let me save >>>>>>> pics from the SD card to someplace where I can actually find >>>>>>> them.  Technical learning curve. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> All this just to say, Cleo is a happy and fun kitten!  I'm so >>>>>>> glad I adopted her. :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jill >>>>>> >>>>>> PowderDVD seems to have a feature for that.  Me, I just plugged >>>>>> my SD into the computer slot and copied it from that drive to my >>>>>> pictures directory.  Looks like they didn't install the right >>>>>> drivers? >>>>> >>>>> Sorry, what is PowderDVD?  At any rate, I have figured out how to >>>>> use the photo import feature and save the images from my camera's >>>>> SD card where I want them (it's painful).  But now I cannot >>>>> upload the images to postimages.org.  The site is blocked saying >>>>> my connection is not secure.   Damn I hate new computers. >>>>> >>>>> Jill >>>> >>>> Apologies, powerDVD.  You may not want it but if having problems >>>> watching a DVD (and seems to have picture stuff too), it's good. >>>> Apparently not free forever but I'm just testing that. >>> >>> This laptop doesn't have a CD/DVD drive. >>> >>> Jill >> >> I just got an external USB one because of that.  Works fine.  It was >> 39$ but was a 'black Friday' type sale.  I just looked, seems still on >> sale? >> >> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5CFWHPL? >> >> Nicely sturdy unit. >> >> Not adding internal CD/whatever is getting more common.  Even desktops >> are skipping them to cheap out. > > You totally missed my point.  I'm transferring images from an SDHC card > in my digital camera via SDHC card slot on the computer.  Nothing to do > with CD's or DVD's or your external whatever. > > Jill Your computer, and your cat cleo haven't got a goddamn thing to do with cooking, your Highness!