Heating season is coming

wa8yxm wrote:
First where I'm at, the first wintger I used 4 space heaters, Last winter 2.5 and this winter remains to be seen (I have one I'll turn on but it's the Mini-Electric Fireplace.. I'll turn on the "Fire" but the heat is on a thermostat)

As for the Heater in the O/P's story. I'm assuming it was either on a table or a tower type (the little cubes I use would not crush a toe)

The following Christmas Story may help.....
a bit over 13 years ago a kitten wandered into my life from the wild. She was 7 weeks old and when it came time to set up the Christmas Tree. Wife and I both agreed that she would find it irresistible. (And so she did) so I got a short tree (4') and a very heavy (Cast iron and marble about 40 lbs) Plant stand..

Sure enough.. She pushed it over (We figured it was her boyfriend, a Big Maine Coon about 2-3 times her size but the 3rd time he had ye old iron clad alibi (He was on the bed where we could see him)

Well I had a swag hook near the tree so I moved it a bit and tied it to the swag hook.

Next hear I found a way to bolt it to the floor so that it could not be turned over.

Well no sooner did I have it set up, Had not even added lights yet when She comes over and tries to push it over (no joy) so she tried again (Same result) so she looks to the big boy as if to say "Get your behind over hear and help". which he does (And researches say cats are stupid, she showed long term memory, problem solving and communications skills) Still no joy though. Tree remined upright. Turns out I'm not so stupid either :).

Love that story.

I once had a barn cat that figure out how to flip up the metal latches on the lid of a trash can the cat food was in. Then pry the lid off of it. I couldn't believe she was doing it until I found scratch marks from her claws on the edge of the lid. A cement block on the lid is the only thing I found that could keep her out.