The Batty Man Cat
Dec. 12th, 2025 08:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smokingbootI have been up since 7, during which time I have had breakfast, emptied and refilled the dishwasher, put all the bottles in the bottle bank, used the juicer and put together a piecemeal recipe for bread because we have run out and all I have is a random mixture of flours. One and three-quarter hours. And I am tired.
Every day I think maybe I should just chance it and drop the letrozole. And then I remember: it cuts the risk of cancer returning by half. So, yes, ongoing irritating fatigue but eh, half a battery is better than none. Still. Every day I have this conversation with myself because this is ridiculous. And speaking of ridiculous...
I lived many years in south London. It has some gorgeous areas but in general, south London is a little wilder than north London, and god knows we're talking a low bar. It has its, let's call them quirksters, and many of these seem to find their way to my brother's orbit.
Last night he telephoned me because of an ongoing issue with a neighbour who lives in a one bedroom flat. In that flat also live her two kitten-cats. She's going to be visiting Jamaica again soon, and this time for something like 8/12 weeks. In that time, it is quite likely that she-kitten will get knocked up, assuming that it hasn't happened already. The neighbour would like Bro and mates to come in and take care of the cats, feed them and pet them while she is away. But Bro has no idea of what to do if he faces a pregnant cat, let alone ignore the neglect involved in getting two cats, refusing to have them done, and then leaving them alone in a flat for two to three months.
Bro and his tenants* have been trying to persuade her to neuter them, especially the tom, because while they'd gladly take the cats in and look after them, the male sprays everywhere and it really is disgusting. She's been weird about this. She says it's healthy for a female cat to have one litter of kittens at least, and anyway, she wants those kittens. She finally lost her temper, lifted her crutch to strike my brother, and said she wasn't going to let them turn her pet into a 'batty man cat.' She doesn't want to have the cat neutered because as far as she is concerned, this would make the cat gay. She is felinahomophobic, who knew this was a thing? He closed the door on her and she stood there shouting for a while. Then she sent threatening messages to my brother's friend, claiming Bro wasn't safe, and that bad things might happen to him. I don't think she'll bring business to local roadmen, cos it sounds like she lacks cash, but on the other hand she goes to Jamaica a lot, which isn't cheap. So while I get the absurdity of it all I think it does him no harm to be mindful.
What I actually think is that he should sell up his house and buy somewhere a bit less interesting. Cos this is a special end of town.
* who don't pay anything and aren't actually tenants, a long story...
Every day I think maybe I should just chance it and drop the letrozole. And then I remember: it cuts the risk of cancer returning by half. So, yes, ongoing irritating fatigue but eh, half a battery is better than none. Still. Every day I have this conversation with myself because this is ridiculous. And speaking of ridiculous...
I lived many years in south London. It has some gorgeous areas but in general, south London is a little wilder than north London, and god knows we're talking a low bar. It has its, let's call them quirksters, and many of these seem to find their way to my brother's orbit.
Last night he telephoned me because of an ongoing issue with a neighbour who lives in a one bedroom flat. In that flat also live her two kitten-cats. She's going to be visiting Jamaica again soon, and this time for something like 8/12 weeks. In that time, it is quite likely that she-kitten will get knocked up, assuming that it hasn't happened already. The neighbour would like Bro and mates to come in and take care of the cats, feed them and pet them while she is away. But Bro has no idea of what to do if he faces a pregnant cat, let alone ignore the neglect involved in getting two cats, refusing to have them done, and then leaving them alone in a flat for two to three months.
Bro and his tenants* have been trying to persuade her to neuter them, especially the tom, because while they'd gladly take the cats in and look after them, the male sprays everywhere and it really is disgusting. She's been weird about this. She says it's healthy for a female cat to have one litter of kittens at least, and anyway, she wants those kittens. She finally lost her temper, lifted her crutch to strike my brother, and said she wasn't going to let them turn her pet into a 'batty man cat.' She doesn't want to have the cat neutered because as far as she is concerned, this would make the cat gay. She is felinahomophobic, who knew this was a thing? He closed the door on her and she stood there shouting for a while. Then she sent threatening messages to my brother's friend, claiming Bro wasn't safe, and that bad things might happen to him. I don't think she'll bring business to local roadmen, cos it sounds like she lacks cash, but on the other hand she goes to Jamaica a lot, which isn't cheap. So while I get the absurdity of it all I think it does him no harm to be mindful.
What I actually think is that he should sell up his house and buy somewhere a bit less interesting. Cos this is a special end of town.
* who don't pay anything and aren't actually tenants, a long story...
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Date: 2025-12-13 02:50 pm (UTC)Oh. I can see how leaving after a quarter of a century might prove difficult. Argh.