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sucks for you!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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I found with one cat that the best place was my Epson scanner / printer.
Of course, that meant I couldn't use it as a scanner or a printer because:
1) You can't raise the lid to scan when the cat is sleeping on it.
2) As soon as it starts to move the paper the cat attacks it, and shredded paper doesn't print well.
and
3) It won't print anymore because it is gummed up with fur, flea droppings, and cat dribble. 
The current one has his own cat bed on a table next to my desk, which he is very happy with, provided it has one of my jumpers in it...
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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OriginalGriff wrote: flea droppings
That's curable these days! 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Gawd I wish it was! Trouble is he's a predator, so he gets bird fleas, mouse fleas, squirrel fleas, dog and fox fleas...I suspect he has had a few pterodactyl fleas as well on occasion judging by the size of the buggers.
The cat gets flea-drops-on-the-back-of-the-neck once a month (a couple of days after his worm tablet), he gets groomed with a flea comb once a day, and the house gets sprayed with anti-flea insecticide (RIP Flea) twice a year.
Last summer I still had to hoover my office chair every morning before I say down because I replaced it with a brown leather one which showed all the eggs where he slept on it for an hour or so each night...
I finally abandoned the flea drops from the vet (Frontline Combo) and went to internet bought (Advantage) and not only saved £100 a year but brought the problem down to manageable proportions - a couple a day at most, mostly dead already.
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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When my cat got fleas, I tried the drops behind the neck, but they did absolutely nothing.
What worked for me was a product that's a moist towelette soaked in insecticide. I wiped her down one or two times, and she was completely free of fleas!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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The only reason I don't use that is grooming: my family always used flea powder which is much the same effect and a few of the cats had a bad reaction when they swallowed it. The drops are absorbed by the skin from an area the cat can't groom and continue to poison the blood sucking elephants for a few weeks after application.
But Frontline was as useless as you say - I switched to Advantage after advice from the purveyor of flea combs that it was working this year while the other wasn't.
But...if it works for you! 
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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OriginalGriff wrote: he's a predator
Ours brings the best prey to my wife... She loves it 
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Picture this: Christmas Day, and I'm running to schedule for getting the dinner done: Turkey in Sous Vide, Potatoes in the fridge, one of the stuffings ready, other in progress, pudding ready to go on to steam, starter not started, loads left to do.
In comes Dij looking very happy with himself. And drops his prey in the kitchen. A mouse. A live mouse. Which (understandably) runs away as fast as it's little legs will carry it...
After an exhaustive search it was located inside one of the wheels of the carpet cleaner and firmly ejected from the house...
Just what I needed, really!
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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1. Shave 1/2 of cat; it doesn't matter which 1/2
2. Saturate furry parts with kerosene
3. Ignite kerosene
4. As fleas flee across shaved parts to escape flames, stab them with an icepick
Problem solved. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote: stab them with an icepic
Man!  Do Native Americans really have ice that small?
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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You could post this as a tip - it's a sure fire winner!
speramus in juniperus
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The only good cat is a dead cat.
Unless there is a need for a moving target.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Do you at least like dogs?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I love hot dogs. Does that count?
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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PJ Arends wrote: Unless there is a need for a moving target.
Rabbits make better targets, and better stew.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I really wonder why people would like such a selfish and ungrateful animal. Cats are evil.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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I was expecting sunshine, and I got rain! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Be careful - "sunshine" and "elephant" are words with special meanings round here...
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Sorry, just an observation of the local forecast.
Not much happening in the lounge today.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Sure, why not?!? 
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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So, every now and then I get this urge to be helpful. Pretty soon, each time, I realize I am quite useless. But, each time, in this little duration I notice few things that I don't like.
I know ranting about SO is, well, customary here. But still, there is one thing I noticed which I think is blatantly wrong. People there just answer what is asked for. Rarely you get a response stating, "Why not do it this way, it's better?".
Question is, is it just a matter of website culture or the good being lurk here? Regardless of fact that Q & A here is beyond compare to SO.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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Culture, I think.
They seem to not actually care much about what the user is trying to do - just that they get "upvotes" for the answer they give - so giving an alternative solution that the user didn't ask for is less likely because it won't get the votes they want. And besides, if you don't "toe the party line" and you have the temerity to disagree with the clique by (for example) presenting a better solution than they did, your posts somehow mysteriously disappear from time to time...
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Well, it is evident that I am not a genius nor I am an average guy. But, I have posted few times stating what you want is not what is correct and I my response or comment was never dealt with. As stupid as I am, I know I was right.
It is very interesting that I told someone here at CP that you shouldn't be doing this and OP came up with response that he already knows that but he is being forced to do things a certain way. what I like here is that people don't blindly tell you how to tip a cow. They tell you it's difficult if not impossible.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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