# Beckdawrek is a bad, bad, bad Nana! (The big birthday weekend!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590 "2019-08-13T02:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/21 "2019-08-14T07:30:22Z")
Beck is a good, good, good Nana, and don’t let anybody tell you, Beck, otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/22 "2019-08-14T13:21:15Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > But for some reason I have an odd premonition that this is gonna bite me in the butt. You’re thinking of Bear. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/23 "2019-08-14T17:35:19Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/24 "2019-08-14T18:10:57Z")
Our Siamese seems to be different then the standard. She is completely silent and quite affectionate if you let her. I don’t encourage it because she is a real “kneader” with those sharp claws. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/25 "2019-08-14T18:18:59Z")
Meeko is a ‘kneader’, I have spots on my thigh she has put tiny holes in. If I wear a certain pair of pj pants she gets to me fast. Bear only shows affection by blinkie eyes. Or he’ll come and sit close to me on the arm of my chair. Unless it’s cold. Then I have Velcro cats. I’m their personal ‘warming’ hooman. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/26 "2019-08-16T01:04:00Z")
Well, big news bump. The Junior-Wrek family is going to see kittens at the breeders house this weekend. Granddaughter is ecstatic. Son-of-a-wrek is happy-ish. DIL is decidedly un…un…something about it. I asked her did she dislike cats. She relayed that her favorite pet as a kid was a tuxedo cat. So I have high hopes this will be successful. Yay!! Baby kitties!! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/27 "2019-08-16T01:30:20Z")
You know we need pictures, right? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/28 "2019-08-16T01:35:56Z")
Yes. My first grand-kitties. I’m over the moon! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/29 "2019-08-16T05:49:09Z")
Agree with **Leaffan** : photos are necessary. Heck, they are mandatory. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/30 "2019-08-16T06:37:42Z")
no, see beck you did it wrong … what you were supposed to do is buy them and keep them hidden and on the day of the birthday put them in a cute basket wrapped and hand it to her in a room full of relatives my mom did this for my step sister after my dad’s new wife said no to her getting guinea pigs it was a response to dad and stepmom giving me a kitten she didn’t want to me to have mom never went inside she just honked the horn for me to come outside and handed me a big wrapped basket and had a card from me and my 2 brothers as she “forgot” to buy a present with us (grandma says that was intentional) she opened it with about 30 relatives on both sides of the family… stepmoms side of the family thought it was nice and adorable "isnt it ice your ex bought her a present? " my relatives knew better they knew my mom could be the nicest bitch in the world when she wanted to get back at you … Funny thing was it was a male and female pair…lets just say by the time they sent them to their real dads they had almost a dozen… mom won that one … my stepsister didnt realize the subtext until grandma told her some things she asked about before grandma passed ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/31 "2019-08-16T14:35:29Z")
Bear bit me last night. I was trying to keep him from stealing Meekos treat. And I moved his around alittle, he nipped my thumb. Didn’t break the skin. Oh!, He knew immediately he had done a bad thing. Flew up to the beam. I left his treat on his plate and Meeko stole them. Serves him right. Bad, bad, bad kitty! I’m thinking I might recommend the Jr.-wrekkers choose a less snooty, finicky breed. I’d hate granddaughters first cat experiences be horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/32 "2019-08-16T14:55:12Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > But for some reason I have an odd premonition that this is gonna bite me in the butt. > [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > You’re thinking of Bear. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Bear bit me last night. One or both of us need to play the lottery, because we’ve got some mad future-predicting skills. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/33 "2019-08-16T15:43:08Z")
I shoulda paid more heed to your warning, Steve. Send me some numbers and I’ll buy a Powerball ticket.🙂 I’ll share if I win, I promise. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/34 "2019-08-16T17:26:12Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Agree with **Leaffan** : photos are necessary. Heck, they are mandatory. Don’t hold your breath. **Beck** is pretty stingy with the pics. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/35 "2019-08-17T00:56:42Z")
The trip to the breeder is still on. She has kittens and some on the way but they are spoken for, apparently. I talked the Son-of-a-wrek and DIL about maybe setting their sights on a low key kitten of dubious parentage. And they like the sound of ‘cheaper’, I’ve called around to a couple of shelters in neighboring counties. Lots of cats, less kittens. But there are some. The have a 4yo dachshund. High energy and crazy. I think an older cat might find that unnerving. A kitten, not newborn, but young should suit. Yay! Nana to the rescue! Granddaughter had her 1st day of school today. She told me it was awful. But she got to tell the class she was getting new kitten. She said that was the only good part. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/36 "2019-08-17T12:50:51Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I shoulda paid more heed to your warning, Steve. > Send me some numbers and I’ll buy a Powerball ticket.🙂 > I’ll share if I win, I promise. Okay, these came to me in a dream last night: 3, 17, 24, 38, 56 and pi. That last one might be there because I haven’t had breakfast yet. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/37 "2019-08-17T14:04:25Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > Okay, these came to me in a dream last night: 3, 17, 24, 38, 56 and pi. That last one might be there because I haven’t had breakfast yet. Ok. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/38 "2019-08-17T15:26:33Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > Okay, these came to me in a dream last night: 3, 17, 24, 38, 56 and pi. That last one might be there because I haven’t had breakfast yet. You are not sounding rational. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/39 "2019-08-17T16:04:53Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > You are not sounding rational. 😉 Yes, he does sound like the square root of -2 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-a-bad-bad-bad-nana-the-big-birthday-weekend/838590/40 "2019-08-17T17:07:49Z")
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