28 Feb 2009

SMILEY SATURDAY - Hard work for retired men

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It is well known that retired men are overloaded with work. Much more than what they had to do when they were working !

This is also the case of Mr. Gattino. After 2 months of intensive consideration, he finally found a place and the necessary tools to hang up this sign I have got as a Christmas gift from our son. After many Italian swears and one hour later he finally collapsed in the next armchair and was out for the whole day. Fortunately such a work doesn't happen very often. He would be burnt out.

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To the daily occupations belongs checking behind me if I have left lights on, and switch them off with a deep sigh, in case I had forgotten.

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another important occupation is to settle cat fights. As the cats are only playing, the one who gets scratched is Mr. Gattino because the cats don't like when a human interfere in their business. Therefore he always has hands full of scratches and a reason to complain.

Yesterday finally he had some time left and used it to count all the cats of my cat collection which are in our house.

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This is the paper he handed me over with proud, I know now that I have 438 cats distributed in our home ! (Please note that he wrote in English, French and German !)

10 comments:

  1. I love your cat collection. It's amazing how many you have collected over the years.

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  2. No wonder Mr. Gattina is a busy man and I guess the list is constantly increasing :-)

    Wishing you a great weekend!

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  3. 438 items of cats! Mr Gattino must be exhausted! It's tiring work. :)

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  4. 438 is a very impressive number. You have to watch us retired men. We are always thinking up new projects.
    Lots of luck with the collection.

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  5. You sure do love cats!!!! :) Happy Smiley Saturday.

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  6. Some projects demands a lot of thinking before actually doing, to get the best results :-)

    Great work of Mr Gattino and nice xmas gift from your son, it looks welcoming.

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  7. I laughed and laughed! Funny!

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  8. For a minute there I thought you had been holding out on us! I thought you had 89 LIVING cats! But then I realized it meant in the LIVING ROOM! LOL! Mr. Gattino was really bored he wasn't he?

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  9. It is interesting that Mr. Gattina write in three languages, not his first, and saves Italian for his swearing.

    He seems a very orderly man. I thought that was a German characteristic. You have trained him well.

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  10. And some husbands don't do anything. You have a real cat counter!

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