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No frozen dinners? No microwave? Stove top percolator coffee? Powdered milk?
Meh... We do not eat frozen dinners. We rarely use a microwave. We do not even drink coffee... or milk.
No biggies.
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Originally Posted by TamaraSavannah
As it is, most have never experienced my 60's living.....the smells of living with cats scare them off.
What?
Cat odor has nothing to do with 60s living. W\ill you be doing something about that, or are you content with the odor and with the 'scaring off'?
My family knows how I live, because they come for dinner!
And while people may do their own thing when they're by themselves, when they're expecting guests, most people will make sure that their homes are clean and comfortable and that there is appropriate food and drink available. If you're expecting company to brush aside your dirty laundry to sit down, and the house smells like cat pee, there are bigger issues at hand.
The lack of a microwave or frozen dinners isn't anywhere on my list of deal breakers when staying in someone's home. To each their own. Doesn't bother me. Offensive cat odor? Completely different story.
Your house should not smell like cats. A clean home does not smell like cat urine. Do you use scoopable cat litter? Do you scoop daily?
I have 2 cats, and my home does not smell like cats. I scoop my scoopable litter daily.
It's often not just a matter of the litter. Cats often spray, or they urinate in odd places. And it has to be cleaned with an enzymatic cleaner or the odor will not go away. It will only get worse as it ages.
I'd like to nominate the OP as having the oddest posts on CD, and that's saying something.
I second that emotion.
Don't want to come down hard on the dear woman (surely, it is not a man), but honest to Pete. Blaming your family's standoffs attitude on you lack of TV dinners is a stretch.
Could this be someone just having a good time with us?
My brother came to visit me. I fixed up the place so he could stay. He walked in, took one sniff, declared he couldn't live where the cats were, started looking for a hotel room..........it cost him some. This is a weekend tourist town and rooms aren't that easy to find.
But I just picture a niece or nephew coming into town, check the frig, and declaring there is nothing to eat.....because my ice box is stuffed with frozen meat and fish, not instant dinners. Usually my bread for dinner are croutons. My milk is in reusable containers.
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Originally Posted by zentropa
I am getting a hoarder vibe here...anyone else?
YES! An "ice box" should not be "stuffed" with anything. Neatly organized, yes. Using croutons for bread?!? Rather hard to make a pbj with croutons, isn't it?
Milk in reusable containers? And powdered milk? No, thanks.
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Originally Posted by apexgds
It's often not just a matter of the litter. Cats often spray, or they urinate in odd places. And it has to be cleaned with an enzymatic cleaner or the odor will not go away. It will only get worse as it ages.
True. If this is happening, she should be cleaning thoroughly immediately as it happens (and throwing out unwashable/uncleanable items that may have been sprayed), and then immediately taking the cat(s) to the vet to find out why this is happening....are they not spayed or neutered? Are they suffering from UTIs or crystals?
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