Don't really like it though as it is a bs expression used by employers to discredit workers that do exactly what they were employed for and don't gift the employer their free time. You know, just like most employers don't do anything but to pay you the bare minimum that they can get away with all while expecting you to hand out gifts to them.
pretty high
ba dumm tss.
Thank you very much for your kind words. I hope she'll be as happy in her new garden when I move even if it is smaller. It'll definitely be a better apartment for her as I'm moving into my hometown (small city of 13k people), as she'll have by far more visitors then currently.
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When I first let Miez into the garden she was afraid my landlord (who lives below). Even though she loves meeting new people inside my apartment it took her over a year to befriend him.
Meine (sonst reine) Wohnungskatze traut sich viel mehr seit sie in den Garten darf
Anfangs hatte Miez große Angst vor meinem Vermieter (der im Erdgeschoß wohnt). Obwohl sie sich in der Wohnung jedem neuen Besuch anbiedert hat sie draußen über ein Jahr gebraucht sich mit ihm anzufreunden.
Also after now two years of almost daily garden time she just started climbing trees. She meows a lot at me and I talk to her reassuringly so that my old gal of almost 11 years of age doesn't panic.
Nun nach zwo Jahren fast täglicher Gartenbesuche fängt sie sogar an von alleine auf Bäume zu klettern. Sie maunzt dabei oft und ich rede ihr ermutigend zu damit sie schön ruhig bleibt.
You're completely leaving out why they are doing this and that the €XU are the ones trying to fish votes from far right by doing exactly the same thing: Taking the far right talking points as their own and making a policy trying to "fix" those issues. So then SPD is trying to fish votes from right next to them and become more rightwing themselves. Etc. In the end there is no real left wing party anymore, just dumb Putin worshippers and guess who wins? Still the far right, and everybody is like: How could this have been prevented? My point being: All the established parties play the same game not realizing that if you play by the far rights rules you cannot win at all. It's not at all unique to the current government.
English/German as always
As an in-house + garden cat, she never caught a bird outside (only one plus a bat that were unfortunate enough to fly into my apartment), which I'm quite happy with. There are tons of mice in the garden and she got quite good at catching those. In October I'll move to a new place in my birth town (small city). Hope she'll be happy with the new garden. If not, then there's always my sister's garden about 100m further so I can take her there on foot.
Miez hat ein neues Lieblingsversteck neben dem Vogelfütterungshaus meiner Nachbarn Als Hauskatze mit Gartenzugang hat sie zum Glück draußen noch nie nen Vogel gefangen (innen schon nen Vogel plus ne Fledermaus die unglücklicherweise in meine Wohnung geflogen sind). Es gibt eine Flut am Mäusen, bei denen sie sich schon gut bedient hat. Anfang Oktober ziehe ich in meine neue Bude in meiner Heim-Kleinstadt. Ich hoffe der neue Garten gefällt ihr. Wenn nicht kann ich die jederzeit in den größeren Garten meiner Schwester bringen die ca. 100 Meter weiter wohnt.
Today he went back to his home, I'll miss this big cuddly softy dearly. His sister Miez is glad she's the ruler of my flat again.
My all time favourite is Lord of war. Perfect song, nice way to show the bullet production and then in the end when it hits its target... Could not imagine a better opening to this movie. Especially once you get to know that it is based on some real russian arms dealer.
They're on the same ground actually, not a hill or anything. I just took the pic on the very top of the ride.
Thank you very much
From Wiki:
The Wiener Riesenrad (German: [ˈviːnɐ ˈʁiːzn̩ˌʁaːd]; 'Vienna Giant [Ferris] Wheel'), or simply Riesenrad, is a 64.75-metre (212 ft) tall Ferris wheel at the entrance of the Prater amusement park in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Austria's capital Vienna. It is one of Vienna's most popular tourist attractions, and symbolises the district as well as the city for many people. Constructed in 1897, it was the world's tallest extant Ferris wheel from 1920 until 1985.
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English/German as always.
My cat doesn't like the sound either but isn't afraid at all while my sister's cats Timmy (left) and Lucy (right) are very much so.
Staubsaugen ist angesagt - meine Katze Miez gegenüber den Katzen meiner Schwester. Meine Katze mag zwar die Lautstärke auch nicht, hat aber keine Angst. Die Katzen Timmy (links) und Lucy (rechts) hingegen haben sehrwohl Angst.
August is cat sitting time due to various vacations. My parents are currently sittng the brother and sister pair Timmy...
Im August ist urlaubsbedingt Katzen hüten angesagt. Meine Eltern passen gerade auf das Bruder-Schwester-Paar meiner Schwester Timmy...
...and Lucy. Since my sister isn't great at training cats, so they are allowed on the kitchen counter which mine isn't. My parents aren't happy about this but gave in.
...und Lucy auf. Da meine Schwester nicht gut im Katzen erziehen ist, dürfen ihre auch auf die Küchenablage während meine dies nicht darf. Meine Eltern sind darüber nicht glücklich aber was willste machen... Was Hänschen nicht lernt lernt Hans nimmer mehr.
My mom's tripawd Franka is perfectly comfortable in tight spaces only, so she doesn't mind having only one room to herself. Franka gets along with Miez but not the others.
Die dreibeininge Katze meiner Eltern fühlt sich in engen Höhlen am wohlsten also macht es ihr auch nichts aus nur einen Raum zur Verfügung zu haben. Franka kommt mit Miez gut aus aber nicht mit den anderen.
My cat Miez is ususally free to roam the house, but Lucy attacks her, so right now she has a room to herself if nobody is there to watch them. Timmy is totally chill towards all and everything, maybe over time this could work out like it now does with Miez and Franka (it took them a few years and visits).
Meine Katze Miez darf im Normalfall durchs ganze Haus stöbern aber da Lucy sie attackiert geht dies nun nur unter Aufsicht. Timmy ist ganz gelassen allen gegenüber, also würden mit mehr Zeit vermutlich auch alle miteinander auskommen wie Miez und Franka nun (nach einigen Jahren und Besuchen).
Miez is staying at my parents as I'm currently sitting her brother Koda...
Miez muss gerade bei meinen Eltern bleiben da ich gerade ihren Bruder Koda...
...and his little companion Lilly. They are both my former cats as well but Koda and Miez didn't get along anymore while Lilly totally loves Koda so I had to give them away. Luckily I found them a new home with friends of mine so I can visit them from time to time.
...und seine kleine Kunpanin Lilly hüte. Sie waren beide Mal meine Katzen aber Koda und Miez haben sich nur noch gezofft also musste ich sie trennen. Lilly liebt Koda über alles und ich bin froh darüber dass Freunde von mir die beiden bei sich aufgenommen haben. Abseits vom Hüten kann ich sie so ab und an besuchen.
Edit: Bonus:
! Since Miez is such a good girl that she doesn't stroll away even if she could, I let her into my parents garden. Lucy was not happy about Miez's privilege.
Da Miez so brav ist und nicht abhaut obwohl die könnte habe ich sie heute in den Garten meiner Eltern gelassen. Vor allem Lucy war von der Bevorteiligung nicht begeistert.
Mostly black and white picture of a Flak tower with green ivy next to the words never again. IMO it's kind of fitting that the words never again are a bit grown over when FPÖ and AFD are on the rise. Plus I've found this clear answer sprayed on a shopping parking lot next to the question "Nazis vote FPÖ, you as well?" !
Oh yeah it's even her preference. When she lays besides me she lays down exactly the way that my hand is on her belly
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Does anybody know what the paw resting on my arm means? She usually doesn't do this.
ich bin gerade krank zu Hause. Meine Dame Miez passt gut auf mich auf. Ton an für ihr sanftes Schnurren.
Weiß jemand was ihre Pfote auf meinem Arm bedeutet? Sie macht das normalerweise nicht
Thank you very much. I actually took two really beautiful pics that morning. Hope you enjoy a swan spreading its wings in the morning mist:
I actually took two really beautiful pics that morning. Hope you enjoy a swan spreading its wings in the morning mist:
Luckily my boss does encourage us to take care of our health including taking breaks from screen time (those 10 minutes every two hours as proposed by doctors), which are not added to our break time. He also knows I don't take such breaks often enough which actually causes my stress level to be too high. Smokers do have some advantages regarding this I guess.
I guess it's like a little soap opera haha. Reminds me of a reddit user that did continued stories on IIRC r/TalesFromTechSupport a few years back
I need to clear my head from time to time during work to be able to focus again. The cats are a welcomed and welcoming distraction :-)
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Usually my mom's tripawed cat Franka keeps to herself and hides under the blanket on my mom's bed. When she wants some attention she switches to the couch.
Zwei Katzen und ein Platz an der Sonne Franka, die dreibeinige Katze meiner Mutter, lebt normalerweise sehr zurückgezogen indem sie sich unter der Bettdecke versteckt. Wenn sie Aufmerksamkeit braucht wechselt sie auf die Couch.
In the sun she even tolerates some vincity to my cat Miez.
In der Sonne lässt sie sogar zu dass Miez ihr etwas näher kommt.
However when Miez saw a butterfly (zoom in) and rushed to the terrace door right next to Franka that was a little too close for her comfort so she jumped up and hissed at Miez.
Als Miez jedoch einen Schmetterling (reinzoomen!) sah und an nahe Franka vorbei zur Terassentür rannte wurde es Franka zu eng. Sie sprang auf und fauchte Miez an.
Miez and the butterfly
Miez und der Schmetterling
Miez didn't care though and happily took advantage of the free space in the beam of sunlight.
Miez war das egal und erfreute sich an dem freien Sonnenplatz.
Franka hopped back to the couch.
Franka hoppelte zurück aufs Sofa.
I moved the rocking chair so that the both of them can enjoy the sunlight. However Franka did not return.
Ich hab' den Schaukelstuhl beiseite geschoben um beiden einen Sonnenplatz zu ermöglichen. Franka ging jedoch nicht zurück.
Even though I brush Miez regularly her thick fur gets warm really quick so she abandons the sun for her favourite box.
Obwohl ich Miez regelmäßig bürste wird ihr dickes Fell schnell zu warm und sie zieht sich aus der Sonne zurück in ihren Lieblingskarton.
Pic taken at the river Altmühl ("old mill") in Wasserzell ("water cell" more likely from cellar/storage room) near Eichstätt ("oaktown"), Bavaria, Germany (at about 6 a.m.)
This is exactly why I'm doing most of my posts bilingual: It's a fun way to learn such things. I also tend to translate location names, such as Oaktown for Eichstätt.
Here is the full album that I created this way if you're interested: Today I went on a walk with my dad in my hometown https://imgur.com/gallery/z1ddA72
Pic taken in the Altmühl valley in Bavaria, Germany
Pic taken on top of the Frauenberg (hill of our dear lady, the chapel carries the same name) in Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany. Hope you enjoy. AlexSlapnuts on imgur painted my pic in watercolor, which is very pretty, too:
Sometimes they protect trees with some chain-link fence or something similar wrapped around the tree trunk
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I had the issue that when giving Miez her medication, it would not work properly as she was only breathing superficially. Didn't help either that she mostly starts purring once I pick her up, as according to the vet that is only superficially as well. She said we could give her a different medication first to expand her airways so that this medication can reach where it should. To avoid this, I had an idea: Get her worked up a little beforehand by throwing treats down the stairs.
Ich habe endlich rausgefunden wie ich Miez dazu bringe ihre Asthma-Medizin richtig zu nehmen. Ich hatte beim Verabreichen das Problem, dass es nicht richtig wirkte, da sie sie nur oberflächlich einatmete. Es war auch kontraproduktiv, dass sie meist anfängt zu schnurren, sobald ich sie hoch nehme. Die Tierärztin hat mir erklärt dass Schnurren nur sehr oberflächliches Atmen ist. Sie hat in Erwägung gezogen, eine Atemwegs-erweiternde Medizin zusätzlich vorab zu geben, damit das eigentliche Spray dort wirken kann, wo es soll. Um dies zu vermeiden kam mir eine Idee: Ich könnte Miez etwas sportlich beanspruchen, indem ich Leckerli die Treppe runter werfe.
Then I'll give her the spray as usual. Notice how she now breathes in with some effort? I can see through a little green flap that works as a valve that she now breathes in deeply, as I was aiming for.
Dann gebe ich ihr das Spray wie üblich. Bermerkt ihr wie sie nun mit etwas Anstrengung einatmet? Ich sehe über eine kleine grüne Klappe die als Ventil dient dass sie nun tief einarmet. Genau das wollte ich erreichen.
Afterwards she gets her other treat, a multi vitamin paste (currently with some digestion medicine mixed into it) as a thank you.
Danach bekommt sie als Dankeschön noch ihre Multivitamin-Paste (zur Zeit noch mit Verdauungs-Medizin vermischt) als Dankeschön.
Sound on for purr tax
Ton an für die Schnurr-Steuer
Pic taken next to the Frauenberg chapel in Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany. The official path/avenue is too far on the right to be included in the pic, hope this still counts
A tree about to fall into the backwater of the river Altmühl in Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany.
Edit: Link to full album, hope you enjoy it as much as imgurians do: https://imgur.com/gallery/z1ddA72
English/German as always
I try to make her digestion medicine as appealing as possible by mixing it with some of her favourite treat (some light brown multi vitamin paste). I'm glad her overall health improved a lot but I still have to continue her medication to keep it this way.
Zeit für Miez ihre Medizin. Ich versuche ihre Verdauungs-Medizin so ansprechend wie möglich zu machen indem ich etwas von ihrem Leckerli (hellbraune Multi-Vitamin-Paste) untermische. Erfreulicherweise hat sich ihr Gesamtzustand gebessert. Damit das auch so bleibt bekommt sie weiterhin ihre Medikamente.
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Luci präsentiert ihren Flausch
All while keeping a lookout for Miez. Her brother Timmy is chilling as always.
Währenddessen bleibt Miez stets in ihrem Blickfeld. Ihr Bruder Timmy flackt wie immer lässig da.
Finally I got a nice pic of all three of them. Good news, also finally, Miez got rid of her digestion isses after quite a while.
Endlich hab ichs geschafft ein nettes Bild mit allen dreien zu knipsen. Auch endlich gute Nachricht: Miez ist ihre Verdauungsprobleme losgeworden!
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My parents are currently sitting my sister's cats Timmy and Luci. Since I'm in town a lot, too, I decided to bring Miez with me to best ensure her medication schedule. Timmy is such a cool guy.
Timmy spielt Vermittler zwischen seiner Schwester Luci und Miez. Meine Eltern hüten gerade die Katzen meiner Schwester Timmy und Luci. Da ich ständig in der Stadt bin, habe ich beschlossen, Miez mitzunehmen, um sicherzustellen, dass ich ihr regelmäßig ihre Medikamente geben kann. Timmy ist so eine coole Socke.
Miez and Luci are both used to having their way, so they are hissing at each other a lot. When Miez got her medication, which is mixed into a treat, Luci took notice and tried to take it away from Miez. I intervened, so Luci withdrew and kept watching.
Miez und Luci sind beide gewöhnt, den Platzhirsch zu spielen, also feinden sie sich viel gegenseitig an. Als Miez ihre Medizin gekriegt hat, die mit Leckerli vermischt ist, wollte Luci es Miez abluchsen. Nachdem ich eingeschritten bin, hat Luci sich hinten auf die Lauer gelegt.
Soon.
Bald.
To play fair, I gave Luci some of the treat, too.
Fairerweise hat Luci dann auch was abbekommen.
Afterwards Timmy went between them to stop them from hissing, which worked pretty well. He has done so several times already, usually first carefully approaching Miez, then his sister and finally lying down right in the middle.
Danach hat sich Timmy zwischen die Streithähne gelegt, damit das Fauchen aufhört. Das funktioniert ziemlich gut. Er hat das schon ein paar Mal gemacht: Üblicherweise geht er erst vorsichtig auf Miez zu, dann zu seiner Schwester und legt sich dann mittig zwischen beide.
This way, Miez can fully relax. I'm convinced Timmy likes her, even though at the very beginning he hissed at her as he was intimidated when Miez approached him. This amuses me as he weighs 7 kg and she only 3.5 kg. Miez simply doesn't care about other animals' size. She's very friendly if the other animal is so, too. Just a few days ago at the vet's she sat on my lap right next to a Yorkshire Terrier and both were fully relaxed.
So kann sich Miez total entspannen. Ich bin mir sicher dass Timmy sie mag, obwohl er anfangs eingeschüchtert war und sie anfauchte als Miez auf ihn zu ging. Ich find das witzig, da er 7 kg wiegt und sie nur 3,5 kg. Miez ist die Größe anderer Tiere einfach egal. Solange das andere Tier freundlich ist, ist sie es auch. Erst vor ein paar Tagen saß sie beim Tierarzt auf meinem Schoß direkt neben einem Yorkshire Terrier und beide waren komplett entspannt.
Even when she met my mate's dog Nala, both were really friendly.
Sogar als sie Nala, die Hündin meines Kumpls traf waren beide friedlich.
And this is why we have to separate them when nobody can watch them.
Und hier zeigt sich warum wir sie separieren wenn keiner aufpassen kann.
Bonus: The view from the vet's office.
Bonus: Der Ausblick von der Tierarztpraxis.
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You can climb a real tree...
Gartenzeit ist aufregend für Miez. Man kann auf einen echten Baum klettern....
...to watch birds while perfectly hidden...
...um Vögel aus perfektem Versteck zu beobachten...
...or look at mice through the fence...
...oder Mäuse durch den Zaun beobachten...
...until the neighbours dog comes and growls. Then it's time to run as fast as you can to hide (even passing the open front door).
...bis der Nachbarshund kommt und knurrt. Dann ist höchste Eisenbahn ins Versteck zu rennen (an der offenen Haustüre vorbei).
But soon after enough reassurance, one can eat some grass.
Aber nach ausreichndem Zuspruch kann man kurz darauf wieder Gras fressen.
Now she's as happy as can be and in need of some scritches.
Nun ist vollends glücklich und möchte Krauleinheiten.