# Hey, it's October SOMEWHERE. Bitchtoberfesterama **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224 "2011-10-01T03:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/401 "2011-10-23T12:49:02Z")
Was it his property? Or was he renting it? If he was renting it, then he likely didn’t know that it wasn’t part of the property he rented and was worried that he’d be accused of and charged for any damages. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/402 "2011-10-23T12:58:06Z")
He’s renting it. If he was worried about damage to the retic system he would have been worried about his friends cars being parked in the same spots. He was just using it as an excuse to go off his brain. I guess he didn’t get the irony of him trespassing on my property to bitch about the mower man trespassing on property that wasn’t his. And if he wasn’t aware that the verge is not attached to the house he has failed the test of proofing his facts before going nuclear. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/403 "2011-10-23T13:26:23Z")
So he’d be fine in my other pit thread then. 😛 _sigh_ My cat still can’t get the message that peeing on the carpet is bad. If I give her up, they’ll put her down. Damn, I wish I could talk to cats so I could explain “Look, if you keep doing this, I can’t keep you and you’ll in fact be killed. So your life depends on you figuring this out.” ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/404 "2011-10-23T13:47:36Z")
If I take my cat to the vet, he will piss on something of mine. It is his form of payback. Sometimes I hate my cat. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/405 "2011-10-23T15:58:14Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > As I said, i have no idea why he was ina filthy mood- whether had a fight with his wife and wanted to take it out on someone else. It was quite weird. Maybe he was jealous because you never invite HIM over to scoff a brew… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/406 "2011-10-23T16:02:42Z")
Totally broken now. I think I have to let this cat go, knowing that if I surrender her, they’l put her down. I just cannot live in a world of urine, and she won’t stop it. An utterly horrible thing, thinking of getting rid of a loved one, knowing you’re sending them to their death. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/407 "2011-10-23T17:20:55Z")
SPIDERS!!! About a month ago I’m driving along and this 1/2 inch grass spider is suddenly running across my dashboard. Squishy! Dead! A week later I’m driving along and one about the same size runs up my driver side window, which is slightly open. Helped it out the window. Friday night I’m driving home and something light in color drops down past my face. It takes me a couple of seconds in traffic to check other things and then look for what fell and I see nothing. Today went to the grocery store. A grass spider almost an inch across goes running across my passenger seat. :eek: _Big spiders in my car. \_ ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/408 "2011-10-23T17:29:29Z")
My hint as far as stopping pets from pissing on things: You have to completely remove the smell. I mean COMPLETELY. Is it always the same spot on the carpet the cat pisses on? Same area? Different areas? Use some of that Woollite Oxy something carpet cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/409 "2011-10-23T17:33:05Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Totally broken now. > > I think I have to let this cat go, knowing that if I surrender her, they’l put her down. > I just cannot live in a world of urine, and she won’t stop it. > > An utterly horrible thing, thinking of getting rid of a loved one, knowing you’re sending them to their death. Assuming you’ve done all the vet check, behavioural stuff, and spot cleaning, I’m sorry to hear that. I had a cat that peed and pooped in everything; I had to let him go, too. I was able to find a new home for him where they were willing to deal with his behavioural problems; do you think you could try to re-home her? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/410 "2011-10-23T17:38:01Z")
About four different spots. My home formula is about 1 tablespoon of oxyclean in a plant sprayer bottle with about 2 ounces of febreeze (you can buy the big refills at Walmart) and if I have it, an ounce of whatever other shampoo cleaner liquid or cat smell liquid I have. Works very well. Hell, I even rented a Rug Doctor about 6 weeks ago and cleaned the entire apartment, going over those key spots about 4-5 times each. The other day she walked past one box, went to the other, pooped in it, then ran out into the hall and peed on the carpet. Never did it before this apartment, and it seems to happen a lot about this time of year. We used to live in a second floor apartment with a lot of windows and 5" wide ledges on all of them. We were right next to the complex rental office and she could sit in the windows all day watching people come and go. Now we’re on a third floor apartment and the only window she has access to is a sliding glass door onto a deck. Since it is getting cold outside, I can’t have it open as much, and I think she’s letting me know how unhappy she is living in this apartment. But I can’t do anything about that right now. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/411 "2011-10-23T19:01:17Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Now we’re on a third floor apartment and the only window she has access to is a sliding glass door onto a deck. Since it is getting cold outside, I can’t have it open as much, and I think she’s letting me know how unhappy she is living in this apartment. But I can’t do anything about that right now. Cat flap so she can go out as she pleases? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/412 "2011-10-23T19:07:47Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > Cat flap so she can go out as she pleases? Out of a sliding glass door? In Minnesota, in what will soon be winter? ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/413 "2011-10-23T19:15:10Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Out of a sliding glass door? In Minnesota, in what will soon be winter? There are things that are as tall as the door and about three? feet wide, that are made out of aluminum and have a pet flap in them, like [this](http://www.petco.com/product/111434/Perfect-Pet-Modular-Patio-Panel-Pet-Door-in-Mill.aspx). It has a solid piece you can slide over the flap - now, since I no longer live in a place that has weather, I don’t know if that would be enough to keep the cold out, but it’s an idea. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/414 "2011-10-23T19:21:08Z")
Thanks for the thought, at very least. You got me thinking about WHY this happens, which means I have more of a chance to alter the trajectory of events. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/415 "2011-10-23T19:59:57Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > There are things that are as tall as the door and about three? feet wide, that are made out of aluminum and have a pet flap in them, like [this](http://www.petco.com/product/111434/Perfect-Pet-Modular-Patio-Panel-Pet-Door-in-Mill.aspx). It has a solid piece you can slide over the flap - now, since I no longer live in a place that has weather, I don’t know if that would be enough to keep the cold out, but it’s an idea. FYI, on my Firefox, that link both opens a new tab for the object linked to, and takes over the original tab away from SDMB to Petco. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/416 "2011-10-23T20:18:40Z")
Have you tried kitty-prozac? It helped with one of my stress-pee-ers. They compound it into a gel or lotion that you rub into an ear once or twice a day. A vet can prescribe it for you. Also, you may need to get an enzymatic cleaner to digest the source of the smell. Just because you can’t smell it doesn’t mean they can’t. I’ve had good luck with [Anti-Icky Poo](http://www.antiickypoo.com/). Hellaciously stupid name, great product. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/417 "2011-10-23T20:26:19Z")
I bought some of the de-stress spray. She crinkled her nose at it and started avoiding the places I sprayed it. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/418 "2011-10-23T22:03:46Z")
[OTRNow](http://www.otrnow.com/otrnow/index.htm), don’t tell me I’m listening “commercial free with our Live365 Player!” when I have to hear a _fucking Progressive ad_ every time it starts up. _sigh_ At least it comes with a mute button. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/419 "2011-10-23T22:11:46Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > FYI, on my Firefox, that link both opens a new tab for the object linked to, and takes over the original tab away from SDMB to Petco. FWIW, I just tested it on Pale Moon 7.0.1, Firefox 7.0.1, and Chrome 14.0.835.202 m (Windows 7). None of them exhibited that behavior. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224/420 "2011-10-23T23:11:18Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > There are things that are as tall as the door and about three? feet wide, that are made out of aluminum and have a pet flap in them, like [this](http://www.petco.com/product/111434/Perfect-Pet-Modular-Patio-Panel-Pet-Door-in-Mill.aspx). It has a solid piece you can slide over the flap - now, since I no longer live in a place that has weather, I don’t know if that would be enough to keep the cold out, but it’s an idea. **Chimera** , I used to have one of those. They do leak around the flap, but that’s to be expected. The rest of it seals as well as your glass door. It bites when a beloved pet starts peeing out of the boxes. Sometimes you try everything and it doesn’t work. My suggestion is that you get another litterbox, some cats want to pee in one box and poop in a different one. My anti-rant: A friend was over and noticed the broken top on the fountain. I thought about lieing to her and saying that I had taken the top off because Spike likes drinking out of the top, but I embarrassed myself by telling her how I broke it. As it turned out, her teenaged son had managed to break the bowl part of her fountain while they were moving. (That’s some thick plastic, it takes a super idiot to manage to accidently break it…I’m speaking more about myself than teenager) She replaced the fountain, but kept the unbroken parts just in case. She even knew where they were and now I have a complete fountain. Whooo, just in time. I was going to take **kaylasdad99’s** suggestion, but now all is good. Geeze, I’m easy to please aren’t I? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224.md?page=22)