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WITandWISDOM(tm) - October 27, 2000 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: "I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end." - Abraham Lincoln Source: Inspiration A Day!, inspiration_a_day- subscribe@listbot.com via http://www.witandwisdom.org ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: What A Friend Should Be . . . - Author Unknown A Friend should be Radical; They should love you when you're unlovable, Hug you when you're unhuggable, And bear you when you're unbearable. A Friend should be Fanatical; They should cheer when the whole world boos, Dance when you get good news, And cry when you cry too. But most of all, a Friend should be Mathematical, They should multiply the joy, Divide the sorrow, Subtract the past, And add to tomorrow. Calculate the need deep in your heart, And always be bigger than the sum of all their parts Submitted by: Sharon Hamel ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: BASIC RULES FOR CATS WHO HAVE A HOUSE TO RUN CHAIRS & RUGS: If you have to throw up, get into a chair quickly. If you cannot manage in time get to an Oriental rug, shag is GOOD. DOORS: Do not allow closed doors in any room. To get a door opened, stand on your hind legs and hammer with your forepaws (screaming like you are being injured helps, too). Once the door is opened, it is NOT NECESSARY TO USE IT. After you have ordered an outside door opened, stand halfway in and halfway out and think about several things. This is particularly important during very cold weather, rain, snow and mosquito season. GUESTS: Quickly determine which guests hate cats the most. SIT ON THAT LAP. If you can manage to have Friskies Fisk n' Glop on your breath, so much the better! For sitting on laps or rubbing against the trouser legs, select a fabric color that contrasts well with your fur. For example, white furred cats go to black wool clothing. For a guest who claims "I love kitties," be ready with aloof disdain, apply claws to stockings, or use a quick nip on the ankle. When walking among dishes on the dinner table, be prepared to look surprised and hurt when scolded. The idea is to convey: "But you allow me on the table when company is not here." Always accompany guests to the bathroom. It is not necessary to do anything, just sit and stare. WORK: If one of your humans is sewing or knitting or writing and another one is idle, stay with the busy one. This is called helping, otherwise known as hampering. When supervising cooking, sit just behind the left heel of the cook. You cannot be seen and thereby stand a better chance of being stepped on and picked up and consoled. For book readers, get in close under the chin, between the eyes and the book (unless you can lie across the book itself.) For knitting projects, curl quietly in lap of the knitter and pretend to doze. Occasionally reach out and slap the knitting needles sharply. This can cause dropped stitches or spill the yarn. The knitter may try to distract you with a scrap ball of yarn - ignore it! Remember, the aim is to hamper work. PLAY: It is important, get enough sleep during the daytime so that you are fresh for playing catch-mouse or king-of-the-hill on your human's bed between 2:00 and 4:00 am. Begin people training early. You will then have a smooth running household. Humans need to know the basic rules. They can be taught if you start early and are consistent. ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: Being a newspaper photographer, my husband would often get home late with the excuse "I had to shoot a car wreck," or "I had to shoot a football game." Once, some unexpected company dropped by and asked how late my husband would be. "I don't know," I replied, not intending to shock them. "He has to shoot the governor." Source: Kitty's Daily Mews, Copyright (c) 1997-2000 All rights reserved worldwide, kittysdailymews-subscribe@topica.com via http://www.witandwisdom.org ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: Isn't That Little Character Special? Have you ever been working on a document and had to insert a special character that's not found on your keyboard? You know, stuff like a degree symbol, a small square (checkbox), or copyright symbol (a small list, but it gives you the idea). Here's How: Click the Start Button, Programs, Accessories, System Tools - Select Character Map. (If you don't see "Character Map", you may need to install it from the Windows CD through start, setting, control panel, add/remove programs, Windows Set-up, System Tools, Character Map) You'll be presented with a screen that has lots of different symbols. When you click (and hold) a symbol, it gives you an enlarged preview of it. To actually select the symbol: 1. Click the symbol you want 2. Click the Select button, then the Copy button. This will copy your symbol onto the clipboard where you can then paste it into any word processor. Some word processors give you direct access to the character map. In Word for example, click the Insert menu and select Symbol... You will be given a "customized" screen that can automatically insert a symbol into your current document. In WordPerfect you can use it's character map by pressing Source: Computer Tips, www.coolnewsletters.com via http://www.witandwisdom.org |