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Over here Halloween is getting more and more popular, today we biked past Walibi and were amazed how busy it was, more info here: Halloween Fright Nights | Walibi Holland[^]
All in all we were amazed at the amount of attractions in this quiet eastern part of our province of Flevoland in the Netherlands, there's even an artificial ice skating rink "Flevonice" (not opened yet for skating, but there are other attractions).
If you have kids, the pancake restaurant "Hans&Grietje" is recommended too, but watch out for the witch, the tables can behave strangely too 
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The day before Halloween we have Municipal Elections - the same effect, but last longer... 
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Ooooh, scary
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Do your candidates knock on your door offering trick or trick? (You'll get no treats from that lot.)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Do your candidates knock on your door offering trick or trick? (You'll get no treats from that lot.)
?? I thought it was polies always promise treats then deliver tricks, or if you're really really lucky on occasion deliver nothing.
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Yup. it's treat, THEN trick.
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We have always done Halloween in the UK, it is an old tradition. Apple bobbing, carving skulls out of turnips, scaring the sh*t out of our siblings.
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Does "apple bobbing" mean that you throw your Mac into the water 
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The dish of freshly cooked salmon in the Have-A-Heart trap was just too tempting for him! Some time in the wee hours of the morning he took the bait. ![Jig | [Dance]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif)
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I think the Skunk may have informed the cat about the delicious Food 
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Yay! Excellent news - Herself goes into worry mode if Dij is out for an extra hour, so ...
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With salmon, I would have taken the bait 
Have you considered a pet-safe? Goedzo has a collar with batteries and can go into the garden unsupervised - if he comes near the fence, the collar will emit a beeping and if he tries to cross it, it will give a small shock (like electrical fences do).
So, he can go out and play - just not outside the garden. Too many cars outside the garden to take that risk.
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u use a shock collar! r u serious?
I'm even surprised they are legal over there. Should never be allowed.
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Lopatir wrote: u use a shock collar! r u serious?
So, after finding a three-year old to translate this into English so I could understand your gibberish;
Yes, I am serious. The shock is something that doesn't hurt, it's more a scare-thing. The cat associated the collar with "going outside", not with "getting shocked" - he'll purr whenever the collar is presented and wait for the door to open. Does that sound like a scared cat that is being shocked to death? What sick basterd are you for even implying such?
Lopatir wrote: I'm even surprised they are legal over there.
Yeahyeah, and electrical fences for cows should be banned too; it was soooo much better when the cows where bleading from the barbed wire
Lopatir wrote: Should never be allowed.
Yeah, waay better to find your cat on the street in parts 
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Lopatir wrote: u use a shock collar! r u serious?
I'm even more shocked that you are using txt-speak here! 
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If we didn't have radio collars, which beep before the dog gets too close to the fence.
Beep first and if he keeps going a small shock (You get to adjust it) the beast would jump the fence. The neighbors don't like dogs running loose.
We have them inside the house too. No wire in the house but we don't want the 80 pound dog going upstairs and killing the cats. (The cats were here first)
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Cats are not top of my list of favorite animals. Feral cats | Department of the Environment and Energy[^] However I can sense the relief you are experiencing and that can't be bad.
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pwasser wrote: Cats are not top of my list of favorite animals.
pwasser wrote: I can sense the relief
pwasser wrote: that can't be bad
Cat == bad
Cat == relief == good
Bad == good
Did you just short-circuit?
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Feral cats are a big problem here too -- not just feral ones, but even domesticated ones that people allow to roam around outside -- they are (among other things) responsible for the decline of many bird species.
Which is why our 2 cats are indoors, and also why we adopted this one -- he was a stray and compatible with our other adopted cat, and is now no longer an outdoor cat. Except when he escapes. Which thankfully is only the second time on a couple years, due to our own error.
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Well done, sigh of relief
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Great news!
Nika once "escaped" out the front door just before I headed out.
She's scared of people and she's very wary in strange places.
And when I got home after five hours she was gone
Searched the block, stressed out of my mind, but I couldn't find her, so I know how you feel.
Luckily she came back after a few hours.
She usually goes out in to the garden, but she never leaves it.
Sometimes she sniffs around at the front door when it's open, but she never goes far.
I like it that way, no traffic to worry about 
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Had pets on the lamb. Very stressful. Glad puss-a-puss is home. (little rascal)
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... and I've started on Christmas already.
The turkey breasts have been prepped with butter, sage, and lemon, and are vacuum sealed and ready for the sous vide. I think I've worked out what to get Herself for christmas / birthday.
And I've started on the family Christmas card[^] - I'm not happy with the bottom bit, but I'm playing with Paintshop Pro's Text presets, so that won't make it into the final cut. All I gotta do is get it past Herself and out to everybody ...
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