we bought a 12 foot artificial tree. Swore we would never buy an artificial tree, but we did. Then had to by air fresheners that smelled like evergreen. Getting back to the story..... I brought the tree, in 4 sections, into the dining room, with intentions of putting the tree up the next day. Plugged each section into the socket to make sure they all worked. Left the top section plugged in, but turned off, when I was done. The next day rolled around and Carol and I put the bottom three sections together and when we attached the top section and plugged it in, the top section wouldn't light. "Now what?" I yelled. "Now don't get all upset," Carol said. I took the top section off, plugged it in and starting to look for the answer to our problem. "Otis, what did you do to the tree?" I said. "What do you mean?" was Carols response. I held up the two wires that he had chewed through. After a quick repair, the tree looked great again. And....Otis will live to see another cord. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy. PS - pix of Otis, "The Chewer"
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The "Cat That Lites Up" Story
It was an ordinary day. I had my old eMac computer at school to see if the tech guys could do anything with it. I has been giving me trouble for a few months. Freezes up more often and I have trouble restarting it. Randy is a whiz with Mac computers. I have taken in the power cord, keyboard and mouse. "You didn't have to bring in any of those items," he tells me. "We have plenty of them here." Oh, well. He puts the computer on his work desk and for some reason looks at MY power cord. "Who's been chewing on this?" he asks. "On what?" I reply. Then he holds up my power cord and I see all the teeth marks on it. "Must be my cat Otis," I tell him. Randy then says, "Is he still alive?" he responds. "That's a full 110v going through that line. He must have gotten a charge out of that!" he tells me. "I can't believe it didn't kill him." Otis likes to chew on wires of all sorts. Has enjoyed it for most of his 16 years. Many a problem with our appliances were solved by looking at the power cords. Too numerous a list to tell you here. But, one of the most recent is pretty funny. We were getting ready to put our Christmas Tree up for the season. A few years ago we bought a 12 foot artificial tree. Swore we would never buy an artificial tree, but we did. Then had to by air fresheners that smelled like evergreen. Getting back to the story..... I brought the tree, in 4 sections, into the dining room, with intentions of putting the tree up the next day. Plugged each section into the socket to make sure they all worked. Left the top section plugged in, but turned off, when I was done. The next day rolled around and Carol and I put the bottom three sections together and when we attached the top section and plugged it in, the top section wouldn't light. "Now what?" I yelled. "Now don't get all upset," Carol said. I took the top section off, plugged it in and starting to look for the answer to our problem. "Otis, what did you do to the tree?" I said. "What do you mean?" was Carols response. I held up the two wires that he had chewed through. After a quick repair, the tree looked great again. And....Otis will live to see another cord. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy. PS - pix of Otis, "The Chewer"
we bought a 12 foot artificial tree. Swore we would never buy an artificial tree, but we did. Then had to by air fresheners that smelled like evergreen. Getting back to the story..... I brought the tree, in 4 sections, into the dining room, with intentions of putting the tree up the next day. Plugged each section into the socket to make sure they all worked. Left the top section plugged in, but turned off, when I was done. The next day rolled around and Carol and I put the bottom three sections together and when we attached the top section and plugged it in, the top section wouldn't light. "Now what?" I yelled. "Now don't get all upset," Carol said. I took the top section off, plugged it in and starting to look for the answer to our problem. "Otis, what did you do to the tree?" I said. "What do you mean?" was Carols response. I held up the two wires that he had chewed through. After a quick repair, the tree looked great again. And....Otis will live to see another cord. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy. PS - pix of Otis, "The Chewer"
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