http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchTooAimoo CityAimooen-USAimoo http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/It-is-that-time-of-year-again-1-663594.html auntieCtheM 2011-11-13 19:43:57.587 Ouch Cafe space-ship-shaped Christmas light display.  http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Ebby-was-infested-with-fleas-1-659466.html Yvettea 2011-11-10 21:58:53.23 Ouch Cafe This morning I discovered that Ebby was covered in fleas!!!   They are both Frontlined every month without fail, but obviously his immune system is down and he succumbed.   Ivy had a couple but only a couple.  I found an old nit comb in the bathroom cabinet from when my http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Be-a-lamp-unto-yourself-1-658395.html SirCumference 2011-11-13 19:19:28.18 Ouch Cafe    Be a lamp unto yourself and seek your own liberation with diligence. BUDDHA Last words  This is on the BBC's home page today. Where would we be without the BBC?How to be free? http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Guess-the-Book-Title-1-656914.html UUrbanblues 2011-11-13 23:51:52.333 Ouch Cafe This game is a bit like charades, but with word clues. For instance 'fish packing din' would be 'Cannery Row', or 'chivalrous Godfather' would be 'Don Quixote', or 'tough occasions' would be 'Hard Times'.Who can guess: 'The renaissance man's protocol'? http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Ebs-probably-has-IBS-not-pancreatitis-1-656169.html Yvettea 2011-11-07 05:07:46.62 Ouch Cafe The Vet phoned this afternoon.One of the blood tests will take another week or more to come back but Ebbby does *not* have pancreatitis.She thinks Ebby *may* have feline IBS or a type of feline Crohns Disease but the only way of telling for definite is a biopsy.I'm not keen on Ebs having a biopsy if http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/There-s-a-mouse-in-my-aspidistra-1-655250.html Ditchdwellers 2011-11-03 21:45:46.94 Ouch Cafe A mouse has taken up residence in my aspidistra.  It's not the first time we have had rodents living in the houseplants.  This time, there is a burrow in the middle of the compost and a lot of compost has been flung around out of the pot!Good job I don't too much.  He's company for th http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Halloween-1-652836.html Yvettea 2011-11-11 09:01:03.44 Ouch Cafe I wish Halloween could be banished.  I really do not like it.To get away from the door ringing, I am going shopping late afternoon and then round to a friend's for dinner afterwards.My curtains show some light at the edges, so it isn't as if I can draw them and pretend I'm out.I don't mind http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Silly-Joke-1-652597.html Yvettea 2011-11-07 05:22:30.977 Ouch Cafe Montana Bear A bear walks into a bar in Billings, Montana and sits down. He bangs on the bar with his paw and demands a beer. The bartender approaches and says, "We don't serve beer to bears in bars in Billings." The bear, becoming angry, demands again that he be served a beer. The bartender te http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Yes-Virginia-1-650940.html IronicJohn 2011-10-28 17:48:05.493 Ouch Cafe A few days ago I was doing some family history research and came across the name Francis Pharcellus Church so I googled him and as Christmas is not so far away now I thought I would share what I found if thats ok.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aevy8jIBZmMJohn http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Ebs-may-have-chronic-pancreatitis-not-heart-disease-1-649763.html Yvettea 2011-11-02 16:07:55.497 Ouch Cafe Ebs had his cardio scan today.  Plus an abdomen scan.  Everything looked good, which is a huge relief.But, the Vet thinks he *may* have chronic pancreatitis as it fits all his symptoms.  So it is back to our own vet later this week for another blood test for pancreatitis.  H http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Proposal-ideas-1-648972.html madorwhat 2011-10-31 01:27:02.15 Ouch Cafe Hi everyoneAt the moment I'm trying to think of a way to propose to my partner. As I'm online looking at possibilities and reading Ouch at the same time, i thought I'd combine the two :) Does anyone have any romantic (and reasonably affordable!) suggestions? Or stories of your own proposals? I' http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Cats-not-to-be-outdone-by-each-other-1-646893.html Yvettea 2011-10-26 16:58:35.27 Ouch Cafe My two cats are not to be outdone by each other.Ebs is off to the feline cardic specialist next week, so Ivy has had to go to the vet today too.She has feline acne.  Yes, feline acne.   Apparently it can be caused by plastic bowls, over-active sebaceous glands, allergy, but terri http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/snails-pace-1-646872.html myrtlemaid 2011-10-22 07:57:24.72 Ouch Cafe At the moment it seems often pages on ouch are loading slower than a snail on sedatives...is there a known problem or is it just a case of someone forgetting to feed the hamster that drives the wheel that provides the energy for the site.. ill hapily give it a carrot or two if thats of any help ! http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/The-Cat-Cam-1-645863.html Yvettea 2011-10-21 23:47:26.287 Ouch Cafe http://www.photographercat.com/http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelbenjamin/sets/72157602652072917/ http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Kitty-Big-Brother-1-643903.html catspjs 2011-10-22 02:15:54.75 Ouch Cafe   Some cute cat  theraphy.   with lots of AWW   http://www.ustream.tv/ffrc  Freinds of Felines is a no cage cat rescue centre in Defiance Ohio.  they have a web cam set up in the shelter that   runs 24/7.   real calming to watch the kitties play http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Where-are-you-Pete-In-your-cellar-1-643820.html Yvettea 2011-10-17 21:41:51.36 Ouch Cafe Hi Pete, where are you and what are you up to these days?You and your kittehs are missed.        http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Quotes-of-today-that-we-love-1-642587.html hossylass 2011-11-13 00:38:54.137 Ouch Cafe Thought I'd start a quote thread with a difference, the difference being that they must be quotes from people who said them recently.So no historical qoutes, passages from cards, poems, quotes from books of quotes etc, just stuff you read or heard that was said or written in the last few days or wee http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Reverse-word-game-1-641077.html SirCumference 2011-11-08 04:23:45.733 Ouch Cafe The rules are simple.1. Reversals are mandatory2. Overtaking at any point is strictly forbidden3. Anyone found guilty of overtaking / cutting up will be promoted4. Using the a-z we always begin with 'z'5. The first one to 'a' will be banned.6. Bonuses will be given for imaginative use of minuses -I' http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Cafe-explained-1-639342.html SirCumference 2011-10-25 06:24:46.17 Ouch Cafe I just read the introduction to the cafe on the main page and think that it is very good. Well done all. In recent weeks, I have found myself longing for the good old days of BBC Ouch! with its rules and regulations, as it seemed that the bar there was much more free and able to tolerate bad taste, http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Age-Assessment-Quiz-1-638610.html Yvettea 2011-10-12 19:53:32.54 Ouch Cafe This was sent to me.  Quite funny.The following was developed as an age assessment by the School of Psychiatry at Harvard University .Take your time and see if you can read each line aloud without a mistake.The average person over 45 years of age cannot do it!1. This is this cat. &nbs http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/My-cat-has-to-have-surgery-1-637713.html Yvettea 2011-10-16 00:24:19.527 Ouch Cafe My boy cat is very ill indeed and has to have surgery because of an enlarged heart and over active thyroid. He has been unwell for several months and although he has been eating,  he has been comsostently losing weight.  I've been to the vets with him twice before this http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Rab-C-Nesbit-kidnaps-Tory-MP-BBC2-SCotland-10pm-5-10-11-1-635169.html Monic15 2011-10-06 17:17:07.347 Ouch Cafe This might give you a laugh, without seeing it I think it will be based on Iain D Smith's visit to Easterhouse in Glasgowhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015r55rRab returns home to find that his wife Mary has kidnapped Chingford Steel, the government minister for work, who is on a goodwill tour of G http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Both-cats-have-ear-mites-1-633695.html Yvettea 2011-10-13 22:07:12.04 Ouch Cafe To add to my general misery with my back being so painful, both cats have ear mites.   A cat I had many years ago had them, so I recognise the 'coffee grounds' appearance of their ear wax.I cannot get them to the vets in the state I'm in and the vets won't prescribe ear mite treatment unle http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Even-newer-word-game-1-633673.html SirCumference 2011-10-15 07:50:33.057 Ouch Cafe The even newer word game will be launched as soon as the rules have been written.Please post your suggestions below:Rule 1.Words must be used at all times. Photographs, bits of film, recipes, horoscopes or links to YouTube are unacceptable and will not be tolerated under any circumstances.The Thread http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Cat-Magnet-Sayings-1-633613.html Yvettea 2011-10-03 23:04:50.933 Ouch Cafe Home is where your cat is.People who don't like cats were probably mice in an earlier life.I'm easily Purr...suaded.I may not be purr...fect but I'm pretty damn close. http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Speaking-of-avatars-1-633154.html standardCindy 2011-10-03 08:22:41.637 Ouch Cafe Dear SunshineMeadows, your avatar is very pretty but I cannot, for the life of me, see what it is.Is it just a pretty picture or am I being my usual thick as two planks self again? Thank-you for Ouch too !!!!!xx  http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Computer-Poem-for-Grandpa-1-632548.html Yvettea 2011-10-02 03:45:00.607 Ouch Cafe This is from an email sent to me.  I couldn't resist posting it here.The computer swallowed grandpa. Yes, honestly it’s true! He pressed 'control and 'enter' And disappeared from view.   It devoured him completely, The thought just makes me squirm. he must have caught a virus Or b http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Beachy-Head-1-632542.html SirCumference 2011-10-02 18:29:13.07 Ouch Cafe <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para- http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Connections-1-632120.html stalwart 2011-11-07 22:46:46.257 Ouch Cafe ConnectionsPost two wordsFind the connectionRulesThis is for funPost two words that don't seem to have a connectionThe person who finds a connection (even if it isn't the original but better)has to post the next twoOnly words in common English usage, no words only used by scientists etc(This was Sun http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Big-Brother-2011-1-631415.html KizzyKazaer 2011-11-12 05:22:14.257 Ouch Cafe This is a thread for watchers of this year's 'Big Brother' to discuss the programme, as it seems there are a few of us  - I'll kick off with, Who would you like to see evicted tomorrow night;  Heaven, Aden or Aaron?  I'd like to see Aaron go so we needn't be bored further with his lov http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Three-Word-Story-1-631405.html UUrbanblues 2011-11-08 04:52:39.587 Ouch Cafe You know how this works; each poster adds three words to the previous post to continue a narrative. Any words will do, as long as they fit in with the previous offering. For instance:Once upon a...hill far away...and near to...Get the picture?I'll begin:I was born http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/smiley5-1-628494.html SirCumference 2011-09-28 04:54:35.26 Ouch Cafe As some of you will know, this theory faces opposition.We must all pull together to save the smiley - er, bit of science that we all hold dear to ourselves. Much depends on it.For me, hearing this terrible news was as bad as hearing that Bob Beamon's world record for the long jump had been broken af http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Wunderland-1-625515.html Yvettea 2011-09-22 02:24:46.247 Ouch Cafe This is the world's biggest train set.  Please do watch the 4 minute video at the end of the post even if you are not a train set enthusiast.  I was absolutely amazed.The 'wunderland' overs 1,150 square meters / 12,380 square feet.  It features almost six miles of track and is sti http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Age-Activated-Attention-Deficit-Disorder-1-624930.html Yvettea 2011-09-23 05:38:49.993 Ouch Cafe This email was sent to me and I couldn't resist sharing it - A.A.A.D.D. -  Age Activated Attention Deficit  Disorder.(Thank  goodness there's a name for this disorder.Somehow I  feel better, even though I have  it!!)This is how it manifests  itself:-I decide to water my http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Made-me-smile-1-623828.html SunshineMeadows 2011-09-21 05:00:42.517 Ouch Cafe Made me ~smile~ http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Shall-I-keep-my-avatar-Please-vote-1-620386.html Yvettea 2011-09-22 02:28:23.487 Ouch Cafe I was intending to change my 'bad hair day' avatar once I had had my operation and would (hopefully) be feeling less frazzled at the edges!But, I have come to like my avatar.  I think s/he is very cute.If I do change my avatar the following are some suggestions, so please do vote for which http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Sloe-time-1-619854.html Ditchdwellers 2011-10-17 11:45:51.687 Ouch Cafe My lovely PA has picked me some sloes to start off this years sloe gin.So please line up your glassesand form an orderly queue.***I should point out that it won't be ready for a couple of months, so you may wish to drag your bed along to the queue with you*** http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/International-Space-Station-Virtual-Tour-1-619026.html Yvettea 2011-09-26 05:33:43.04 Ouch Cafe Take a tour - you'll never see it in person! This is incredible – well worth the watch. I never imagined that the ISS was this big.  It's a wonder they can keep tabs on all the stuff stored inside the tunnels and know where everything is kept.  An amazing documentary.&n http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Bedford-slave-ring-smashed-1-618602.html SirCumference 2011-10-13 23:49:36.693 Ouch Cafe KK, this is good news. I spent 14 years making Bedford Clangers in the dark, shackled to the oven. And I never got so much as a half-day holiday at xmas. Until I was emancipated.I think we should raise a glass in memory of the late great ThomasApp1. Thomas. Thomasco    http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/The-really-important-news-today-is-1-617943.html auntieCtheM 2011-09-16 04:01:50.517 Ouch Cafe Today I counted up all my single socks waiting to be re-united with their partners.I have 17.What is your important news? http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Mathematical-challenge-1-617274.html SirCumference 2011-10-02 05:43:26.69 Ouch Cafe Dear SashaI have been wondering about something for the last few days and wonder if you would don your mathematician's helmet, assuming you ever take it off, that is, and advise me. I am concerned about the likelihood of my being banned from Ouch2 and wonder if you could help me avoid this. I was so http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Christmas-1-617158.html Guest 2011-09-19 18:57:39.163 Ouch Cafe anybody started christmas shopping yet we will have to get some christmas smilies on here http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/AT-LAST-1-616926.html myrtlemaid 2011-09-12 19:13:04.603 Ouch Cafe At last my computer is in working order and i can post easily again..Im not to well at the moment so dont expect  too much but I will be around and hopefully will be back on form before very long ! hugs to those whod like one ...jox http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/I-think-I-ve-finished-Hossylass-1-615596.html JLRRAC 2011-09-13 06:30:29.033 Ouch Cafe I hope you'll like the painting Hossylass. It's changed a wee bit from the last picture you saw of it. http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Who-am-I-1-614959.html Dark_Divinity 2011-09-06 22:29:20.93 Ouch Cafe I could be a real person or a character from a book, film or other fictional work."My soles cut open and pebbles sewn inside to keep me from running away!"I killed my own daughter who I previously didn't know and I helped to make her a drug addict. http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Inspector-George-Gently-new-series-starts-tonight-1-613664.html Yvettea 2011-09-05 21:55:44.19 Ouch Cafe Will anyone else be watching the delectable Martin Shaw?He isn't quite as gorgeous as my fave heart throb Brian Cox - but Martin isn't to be missed all the same.I'm still waiting for a re-run of Judge John Deed as he was even better in that.I'm not so keen on his accent as George Gently - but hey ho http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/New-word-game-1-613643.html SunshineMeadows 2011-11-14 19:00:20.93 Ouch Cafe The old word game has got out of hand so here is the new one.The thread rules are :To have fun for it's own sake and not at the expense of the game.We have varied levels of vocabulary, if you use a word you think people will not know the meaning of please add a definition. If asked for a definition http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Calling-Hossylass-1-613582.html JLRRAC 2011-09-05 16:08:18.44 Ouch Cafe I'll again to post the pic, Hossylass, hopefully it'll work this time. http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Anyone-watch-Mrs-Brown-s-Boys-1-613226.html Yvettea 2011-09-05 09:55:38.417 Ouch Cafe The series is showing again on BBC1 on Friday evenings.It will not be to everyone's taste but I love it.   It makes me laugh so much it hurts my belly.My Gran was Irish Catholic and had 10 children and although she was absolutely nothing like Mrs. Brown whatsoever; lots of things in t http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Who-would-your-celebrity-friends-be-1-613223.html Yvettea 2011-09-29 17:06:55.093 Ouch Cafe I would like Brian Cox to be my celebrity friend. GammaGirl used to work with Brian and eat her lunch with him.  I am sooo envious.  And Dolly Parton.  I  love her music and find it cheers me up no end. I would love her to take me to the Tenessee mountains and introduce me to all