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From: "Carol" <cshenk@virginia-beach.com>
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Subject: Re: Way OT: Cleo the Kitten Update!
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 23:26:09 -0000 (UTC)
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Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2024-12-09 4:43 p.m., 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.
> > 
> 
> Mine does. The laptops I rejected did not. At least if you have
> enough USB ports you can get a external CD/DVD drive.

Lately laptops have been getting so thin, they can't fit an internal
CD/DVD drive in there.