I actually came here today to ask this same question, but I realized I already did last year! Same cat is still doing the same routine. Which makes me feel better as I'm now certain it's not a health problem or I would have seen other issues by now. He scratches and howls at the door if I close it, and if I open it he runs in circles around the room. Jumping up on my bed, purring madly then jumping down, running into the bathroom and yipping, making yowling noises at the window, jumping back on the bed. Almost always between 2 and 4 AM. So frustrating!!! I wonder if it's related to the cooler temperatures as it didn't seem to be such an issue earlier this year. He's 5 now. No other issues at all. It must just be his personality but the thing is, he KNOWS he's being bad. If he cries and scratches at the door enough that I have to get up at 3 AM, he turns and runs from the door like a bat out of hell so he doesn't get in trouble. I usually find him acting all cute in the living room where he'll wrap around my legs and purr and act all innocent then when I stumble back into my room, he'll dart in. Little brat. He sure has me trained! Good thing he's cute!

I've been a member of a big switch of a group that was much more tightly tied together than this one. About half the group didn't make the switch. Only a few stayed on both. Both groups thrived, but the cultures changed vastly. One thing that I think is good about this system is that we don't actually have an archive of really good threads. People generate new conversations when they come in and ask the same old question. That way they're brought into the fold, and made welcome. And new opinions are added. Example: cast iron vs. stainless steel sink. I've personally answered this at least a dozen times, each a little differently, targetted to the specific way the question was asked. If we just had sticky topics, or different topics with subthreads for sinks, we wouldn't have that kind of immediate welcome to the big ol' group. Instead, if a thread is good enough, someone will have it saved or something and provide a link, but people will still answer the question. I think it's also good that our social questions are mixed in with the Rixi tile questions and floorplan reviews. More modern software wouldn't do that. BUT...I wonder if the page losses happen when people make coding errors using HTML in their messages. I did that once where it affected how the preview page posted. I wonder if it's possible for something to get through and screw up the works?

I'm so glad that the animals were found safe and healthy. However, I wonder about the zoo that transports animals in a trailer pulled by a pick-up truck. When the Waco zoo transports a large animal, it is in a special enclosed trailer, air conditioned or heated as needed, pulled by a semi and accompanied by at least two zookeepers, usually three. One of the zookeepers stays with the animal at its new home until it is settled in and its new keepers are familiar with any personality traits it has.

When you go to the log in or sign in page, down at the bottom it says: Don't have an account yet? Join Now>. Just click there. It offers you the chance to use your established account with facebook or google, but you don't have to. If he doesn't choose to he can just type in the email and password he wants to use and hit enter. Shirl, no the same email can't be used twice because that's the unique identifyer for your account. You can change your password and even your name all you want because those are filed under that email address.