Any cat lovers here?

[ARC Tech-109]

I've always liked the National Panasonic of those days and I have a Model 911 AM/FM table top stereo with a dozen vacuum tubes and swing out speakers.

The Magnavox got two extra wheels on the bottom center to support the sagging cabinet. The stressing pulled out the side supports and cracked the CRT mask, now my square shows everything is straight & true and eventually I will pull up the CRT and repair it using wood dowel and polyurethane gorilla glue down in the back channel and a light strap clamp.


Screws go all the way thru.

 

[Celadon]

That Magnavox reminds me of the Zenith my Grandma had, with the Space Command remote -which was mechanical and used something like a tuning fork kind of affair… Of course it was a color set, as pretentious as she was…

Don’t remember the principle of how that remote worked, but still remember in made a sort of ding, and you could feel it in your hand.


Saw that Fatso’s approval in his eyes in the last shot of your post!

Here’s Rowan, yesterday morning, she sure has been a good girl lately.

 

[ARC Tech-109]

A well fed Rowan.

So how those ultrasonic remotes worked is they had a little spring loaded "hammer" that was cocked back when the key was pressed then popped forward to hit the backside of an aluminum bar that was cut & tuned to a specific frequency. This was received by a small ceramic microphone on the set that had good ultrasonic response and after being amplified and filtered slightly was fed to a set of Hi-Q coils, the one that resonated at the frequency of the particular bar that was hit triggered a circuit be it a transistor that in turn cycled a relay for the particular command be it channel, power or volume/mute. My Magnavox also had an ultrasonic remote but instead of little aluminum bars it had an actual oscillator and ran on two 9-volt batteries... it also worked great on the dog.

Zenith had a number of Space Command models and the earliest I remember was my great-grandmother had a mid-50's Space Command 300 upright in a beautiful cherry cabinet. It worked quite well up until the late 80's when she had to move into a care facility, the set was moved into the garage where it got rained on and destroyed... I was so bummed out. There was also an earlier RCA color roundie combo but I don't know what happened to it.

 

[RickeyM]

We got a cat fountain for our kitties and both Noodles and the late Princess like(d) them. I say "them" because during a short hospital stay I had my wife informed me that somehow the first fountain "got" broken. The fountain that replace it is stainless steel which is easier to keep clean and unbreakable. The filter is a joke tho'. It lets a good portion of the water bypass the filter element which defeats the purpose. It also takes these little carbon and filter element cartridges which is a recourring cost. Looking for a better way I sealed the opening that lets water bypass the filter element and just fill the filter chamber with rinsed activated carbon like you get for aquarium filters. This works leagues better than the crap original setup. The water in the fountain stays cleaner longer and a jar of activated carbon lasts several months. I replace the water every two or three days and no more slime or bits of food in the reservoir.

 

[YY1]

We tried one of those cat water fountains and found the filter to be a joke to ay the least.

It lasted about 3 days.

Tedious as hell to change, too.

NO WAY am I going to stock and replace that every 3 days.

 

[ARC Tech-109]

None of my cats would go near a power fountain.

 

[Copanel]

I wanted to buy a 3.7 gallon fountain but I doubt the reliability of the pump, plus I would need 5 pieces. Another drawback is that it doesn't cool the water and cats are used to getting cold water twice a day, they certainly wouldn't be thrilled with the fountain.

 

[Celadon]

A well fed Rowan.
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Yes, Rowan has gained quite a bit of weight, in fact she needs to drop a few pounds. When I first got her I wasn’t sure if she was even 10 lbs, and needed to weigh her for flea meds, just over 10, she was. Now she has turned into a very thick cat, and heavy too.

Thanks for your clear, concise description of the workings of the Space Command remote system, greatly appreciated.

I have 2 Trinitrons, one bit the dust, weak pic tube, thing is huge, was planning on making an aquarium out of it… but.
The other one is smaller, but both are heavy as hell. Had a beautiful picture, but it has sat for a long time- Last time I fired it up it was wonky. so it sits.

=-=

 

[Celadon]

She and I say thanks! She is our diabetic cat that we give a syringe of stuff to down the hatch in place of an insulin shot, she and us no like but better than the shot!

@fanghorn Just a thought for you about the syringe down the hatch thing…
I remember that medicine Talk I used to have with a few of my cats…

Gypsy needed to have long term meds, and no way was that going to work out, her doc suggested transdermal medication.

Which Chewy does make. It is applied to the pinna of the ear, (the inner part at the top). I never had an issue with Gypsy, and 2 Medications.
“Come get your ears rubbed” and all was well.
YourDoc issues the prescription, and Chewy does the rest. Relatively inexpensive vs getting bit and scratched.

=-=

 

[ARC Tech-109]

I have 2 Trinitrons, one bit the dust, weak pic tube, thing is huge,

Bet it's a KV-27xx... the big trinitron tubes had really small electron guns that provided for a very sharp picture they ran really hard to light up the large screens and died young. Too bad really as they were some of the most pleasing CRT's in the big sets.

 

[fanghorn]

@fanghorn Just a thought for you about the syringe down the hatch thing…
I remember that medicine Talk I used to have with a few of my cats…

Gypsy needed to have long term meds, and no way was that going to work out, her doc suggested transdermal medication.

Which Chewy does make. It is applied to the pinna of the ear, (the inner part at the top). I never had an issue with Gypsy, and 2 Medications.
“Come get your ears rubbed” and all was well.
YourDoc issues the prescription, and Chewy does the rest. Relatively inexpensive vs getting bit and scratched.

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Thanks but the Senvelgo is not available as a transdermal med...

 

[egellings]

You may be a dog's owner, but with a cat, you are staff.

 

[Copanel]

In fact, we are engaged regardless of the being that lives next to us.

 

[init4fun]

Kitty, resting having finished her daily "tenderizing" of her favorite scratching post.......

 

[fanghorn]

Glad you provided her with such a convenient spot to scratch AND sleep on

 

[RickeyM]

Here's the fountain we have.
https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Water-Fo...i=B0C6Y3KCCL&ref_=pd_basp_d_rpt_ba_s_3_t&th=1
I change the water every couple/three days to keep it fresh and that also helps the filter medium last longer.
This is the filter housing showing the big opening that allows most of the water to bypass the filtering. For the filtering to work this must be sealed up.

Instead of the cheesy filter elements just fill it with activated carbon. A jar of that lasted be over a year. Just rinse and add a couple of tablespoon fulls and you're done.

 

[Copanel]

I found this but I won't take it because my cats family is used to cold water twice a day and the fountain doesn't cool the water. However, it remains in the plan, maybe to see how they play with the water jet, I'm still thinking about it.

 

[ARC Tech-109]

maybe to see how they play with the water jet

Lets the games begin.

 

[Cubdriver]

I currently have four of these IPettie 'Tritone' fountain bowls, and my lot seem to love them.

Bought the first one in 2019, another in 2020 when the first of the Egyptians came, then another in 2024 and a final one this past fall. I clean the coarse filters about three times a month, and change the carbon filter along with a thorough scrubbing monthly. The foam filters get cleaned, and eventually replaced when they get grungy. So far I've replaced one pump (probably shouldn't have said that as they'll now probably start failing...)

They weren't cheap at about $60/ea, but have been reliable and the kids seem to like them.

Edit to add Marconi getting his chin wet:

-Pat

 

[RickeyM]

CB continues to recover. Until last night he was sleeping on a cat bed under the bench on the porch. On this morning's check in he hopped up on the bench to a smaller, cozier cat bed. At first his paws must have hurt too much because he actually ate laying down now he's up to sitting up and sometimes standing to eat. He's still favoing that left front paw tho'. This morning he even laid on the porch steps catching some rays. He even took a short walk down the alley where I found him relaxing in some shade before I brought him back home. He's not back 100% yet but getting there.
In case anyone was wondering, CB stands for Cry Baby. Whenever he sees me he's always "crying" for pets and scritches and food