Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Yesterday, I left my home office computer for a minute.
I usually leave a text editor opened so my cat don’t climb on the keyboard and mess stuff up.
As I was in the little boys room, my phone rings: a colleague explained me the group was called for a video conference by me and all they could see was my cat rubbing her back on my laptop.🥳
I then realized these HP piece-of-junk have a touch screen.
How do I deactivate…. That yet is another question.🤓
u/Mary911 👉🏻 you may enjoy the anecdote 🤗💐
Now that's funny. My desktop has a touchscreen too but I don't use it. Thank God Izzy is too old to reach it. Haha. She'd probably be emailing her doggie friends.
I’m sorry but this is hilarious. Cat zoom meeting.
Don’t be sorry, Fren: this made everyone’s day.🤩
I laughed out loud, thank you for sharing. This is why I like general chat, it makes me feel like I'm having coffee with my frens.
🤣 That story is hilarious!
It really is. 😅
He even got around the open text editor trick. Dannnnng. I can relate.
No idea on the touchscreen OP - shouldn't be difficult.
We always suspected that clever cat to be intelligent rather than deaf: she notices sounds but only reacts if it’s in her interests. Really mischievious but also really loving. She’s be 13 in October, as her twin sister which is more like a baby in need of arms to carry and pat her.
Sounds like part of an insidious plot, keep an eye on that feline.
We had a dog that actually did go deaf in his old age. He could read lips and would always keep turning his head around to make sure you were still behind him.
But a cat that pretends to be deaf? That's just too funny!
Chonchon is one in a billion, you can catch a little of her here: https://youtu.be/4DaL_qggxpQ 🤓
A cat can be deactivated by various means - some more effective than others. But the Greek philosophy is not to allow an animal inside the house in the first place. This solves a lot of potential problems before they happen.
Churlishness checks out. 😁🤗