[sdiy] Feline synthesis problems

[The Peasant]

Now why can't I get this kind of response to my ON TOPIC 
posts? ;-)=

> Um, I don't want to worry you, but if you love your
> cat you should
> probably
> take her to the vet. 

Well, she belongs to my wife, who loves her dearly but 
refuses to take her to the vet unless she shows obvious 
signs of distress. I'm really a dog person myself, but love 
all animals. But I'm not sure how much the vet would do in 
this case anyways, induced vomiting is not good as they 
could become lodged in her esophagus, and I'm not sure that 
surgery at this point is required.

> the X-Ray).  I
> generally keep the door to my workroom shut. 

I don't have any way of blocking access to my work stuff, 
so this is a problem, but she hasn't gotten herself into 
trouble before. Anyways, the breadboard and associated 
parts are upstairs in the living room, where it's more 
comfortable to work. ON-TOPIC section: The drum synth is 
coming along well, front panel #1 is painted, labelled, and 
has 90% of the parts mounted. I have a nice new DIY drum 
pad setup that I like. Just a bit more work on the trigger 
input circuit and it's time to etch pcbs!

> But both never touched a power cable that was 
> plugged in the poweroutlet in the wall. It seems the > 
animals have a sense 
> for the electrical field. 

I have seen a few cats without that "sense", with severe 
injury including major brain damage from chewing live power 
cords.

I think the poor cat is just suffering from boredom. My 
favorite cat game is to tie a bag of catnip or a toy to the 
end of my fishing line and to go "catfishing". She just 
loves this and it gets me in good shape for the fishing 
season. But my wife isn't very mobile and cannot play much 
with the cat, so when I go to work the cat suffers. Playing 
with her with the laser pointer helps, but she seems to be 
getting a bit too fanatical about that game. This morning 
she abruptly woke us up by suddenly tearing across the head 
of the bed, bruising my lip and scratching my hand. I think 
she may have been chasing a light reflection on the wall. 
Animals are so much fun ;-)=

Take care,
Doug 
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