This MF has 2 water bowls and a swanky ass stainless steel cat fountain but he’ll still wade out in 40°F mud puddles for a drink.

I thought it was James May.

I will never not upvote turkish vans. Such sweet smart cats.

plumbing-safe wet wipes

That’s usually a lie. But as long as it’s a rent house, it’s fine.

Wet wipes, one of those foam wheel cleaners that goes on a drill, the neighbors dog. Your imagination is the limit.

Neither dry paper nor a stream of warm water is going to clean human shit off. If you aren’t using soap and some sort of scrubbing action, it still smells like shit.

Pre-shower poopers unite!

The second toy I trained one of the cats to fetch and bring back. That’s fun.

I made a DIY cat hammock out of pvc pipe and feed sack so they can lay and look out the window. That’s been used almost daily for ~4 years now.

Edit: if you have the room for it, these are cheap fun: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Sakrete-Common-10-in-Actual-9-5-in-48-in-Concrete-Tube-Form/3037270

All cats are going to have their own personalities/preferences that you’ll just have to observe and work out. But probably the most universally loved cat toys are going to be empty cardboard boxes. Put a couple different sized ones around the house and swap them out for different ones every few weeks. They’ll usually love that more than any toy you can buy them.

The wand toys like this: https://www.jacksongalaxy.com/collections/toys/products/da-bird-collapsible-wand-toy-by-go-cat are great for kittens with excess energy. As are these: https://smartykat.com/products/instincts-soarin-squirrel-happynip-launch-cat-toy/ Jackson Galaxy and Smartykat are both brands my cats love.

As far as cat trees go; I saved and bought a huge floor to ceiling one. The cats went nuts on it, for about 2 weeks, now they couldn’t care less about it. So your mileage may vary.

and my engine has hemispherical combustion chambers!

Not even that anymore. HEMI is just a marketing term.

Fresh outa boot camp.

Kagi is pretty good. But not free.

…littering the ground. Ankle deep in places.

Laugh now. But when the hoveround army comes for you…

As the owner of a 20lb shoulder cat. I feel you. So many destroyed shirts.

I doubt these cameras can sustain that kind of uninterrupted use,

I had an old HTC phone that I used as a garage security camera for 2-3 years straight. It had to be restarted every couple months, but otherwise worked fine. Now you can get a $20 IP camera that surpasses it in every way tho.

I think “Who is still using them?” is a better question.

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That should be the installed price. There’s 100-200 in equipment and 1-2 hours shop time. Finding a competent shop is sometimes the tricky part tho.

Hell, I’d bet a local car audio shop would put you in a hidden ignition kill switch for less than $200. I installed thousands of them in the 90’s before immobilizers were semi-standard.

I don’t really know an affordable way to make it more secure

Basic car alarm goes a long way. Not only will it make a racket if they break in, but if it’s installed properly, it will also disable the ignition, making it take much longer to get started. Most joyriders and opportunistic thieves will move on. Decent alarm should be in the 200-300USD range and it may reduce your insurance by that much or more.

Nothing is going to protect it 100%, you’re just trying to make it harder to steal than the car across the street.

Duly noted.