Steve and I kid a lot about our infamous home inspection Assistants, Nutsy and Raven. The other day I actually did have a home inspection assistant of sorts. It is pretty unusual to have any company in the crawl space with me. In fact, I really discourage it because of the liability involved. You never know what you are going to run into down there, from electrically energized ductwork, exposed hot wires, plumbing leaks, hazardous materials, vermin, structural problems etc.
But this assistant didn't really give me any choice as he jumped right in and started without me. He seemed a little distracted by the obvious rat infestation however. As we traversed through the crawl space he was able to get into a lot of places I had no chance of getting into. Now if I could only get him to communicate what he saw.
What I need is a good "cat whisperer."
Charles Buell
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Yeah what about us folks that like cats !!! Good point and good blog. Has the moview Cta people tarnished cats reputations. But then again Cats was one of the longest running plays on Broadway
I love cats..I think you need more than a cat whisperer because no matter how they love us...they got secrets..I know they party when I am at work..they can do some damage and neither will fess up or snitch on the other! I tell my cats everything..
I see another assistant coming onboard. That's a pretty cute cat, better looking than......no not better looking than Nutsy but possibly better behaved.
Charlie, cats and humans have had an interesting history. I think it may stem from ancient times when we were "lower" on the food chain and the big cats considered us food:) Didn't the Egyptians depict their gods as cats?
Hi Charles,
this is my assistant-Marci. She assisted me yesterday while putting up the christmas tree.
Since then she is slowly making the needles fall off. I saw several of them on the floor this morning
Good Day Charles - that is a cute kittie. I might be able to help you - I am definitely a cat person..and talk to mine all the time, lol.
Angelia reminds of the days when all the directions were placed just out of the reach of the kids-----made for a funny looking tree:)
Kara, yes I have heard of that "condition":)----but do they listen?
Time to put a cam on that cat and put him to work! You can change the name of your business to
"Inspect-a-cat" and make it work for you!
Angelia- That is priceless! That's why we don'y have an X-mas tree....
Kim there is a tool called an "Boroscope"----a kind of remote camera----perhaps this could be a "Catscope"
iF MY CAT CAT HAD A SCOPE, she would probably only scope out... food, mice, birds, and other cats in her yard.
The monkey is a different story... he scopes out everything... and then tries to eat it.
Kevin, so true----cats would make pretty lousy inspectors:)
My new office assistant is willing to help. Send the cat up here.
I would be glad to help, send him up.
By the way, bag all the crowing about Raven. She is NOT a home inspection assistant. Raven is a figment of your imagination as a result of your blind rage over Nutsy's success in the field.
Seems to me that the cat could be a good "rabbit" for you - sounding alerts or shooing away rats, snakes and other interesting creatures.
So Steve----what you are saying is that you are at able to talk to your office assistant and will then be able to get the information to me? I knew you and Nutsy were both "tanked."
Sharon---sounds good to me. If the cat goes all quiet, would that be a good sign or a bad sign?
James, cats are ok---but can they bring you your paper?:)
Cats will tell you to get it yourself.
James, that is for dang sure----and you wouldn't want to go near a dog that would say that:)
As we finished putting the last things in the car during one of our many moves, the cat went missing. She found the only opening into the crawl space, and we could see her eyes glowing. Hubby had to go find some balogna to entice her out, but was not successful until he had crawled under the house with her, getting dirty and sweaty in some Texas heat!
Cheryl---don't you hate when that happens----your husband probably hates it worse:)
Hi Charles - It looks like the cat is out of the bag. They love crawl spaces, under porches, etc.
Charles, I don't whisper to my cat however we do have occassional conversations. :-)
Charles, great blog! fun and well, cute :)
Margaret, cats are as mischevious as humans:)
Erol, do you let people hear you?:)
Judith, thanks!