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(Lima, Sacred Valley, Aguas Calientes, Cusco)
As you look down onto Machu Picchu, the sun turning its ancient stones a luminous gold, you'll find it hard to believe such a place exists.
Explore Peru and behold its massive peaks, fertile valleys and extraordinary pre-Columbian archaeological sites. Looming 2,430 miles above the cerulean sea, Machu Picchu sits imposingly in the middle of a lush, tropical mountain forest. Explore its giant walls and terraces cut naturally in the escarpments and listen for the secrets they hold. In the evenings, unwind in well-appointed accommodations that offer an air of tranquility and relaxation.
Visit the extraordinary Maras and Moray salt production centers built by the Incas. Journey by train through sublime scenery and arrive in the historical city of Cusco. Trek to the famous Inka Sanctuary of Chachabamba, a beautiful Inca palace, then continue on to Wiñaywayna, an impressive archaeological site second only to Machu Picchu itself. Cross a mythical cloud forest on your way to the Inti Punku (Sun Gate) and take in the incredible view of the sacred city. You've never had a photo-op like this one before. Descend into Machu Picchu and, with your private guide, wander the breathtaking ancient ruins and learn of the amazing empire that built them.
Enjoy a personalized vacation that best suits your needs, developed by one of our experienced destination experts. Relax during your trip with our 24/7 support and expert local guidance.
Upon your arrival you will be met by a local representative who will help you locate your vehicle.
A welcome package with your vouchers, a city map, and any other touristic information that we deem you may find useful will be waiting for you upon your arrival at your first hotel on your trip.
Our local representative will meet you at the airport, walk with you to the lobby of the hotel and assist you with airport check-in.
Conveniently located beside the Jorge Chavez Airport, Lima, the Ramada Costa del Sol is a great choice for travelers. The 130 guest rooms include mini bars and climate control. Breakfast offers a lovely range of options, with all the necessities required to start the day off. Try the hotel restaurants which feature items from across the world. Spend time using the sauna and massage services for a relaxing stay.
Our local representative will meet you in the lobby of the hotel, walk with you to the airport, and assist you with airport check-in.
Fly from Lima to Cusco. Flight duration is approximately 1 hour 15 minutes.
Our local representative will meet you for a transfer, with private vehicle and professional driver to your hotel in the Sacred Valley. Transfer time is approximately 2 hours
Take the rest of the day to acclimatize and enjoy time at leisure surrounded by the natural beauty of the Sacred Valley.
The Sacred Valley's most complete hotel: a mountain chalet-styled retreat with panoramic Andes views from every room and every angle. On more than 8 landscaped acres, it breathes an air of tranquility and relaxation. Unique among Sacred Valley hotels – most of which remain isolated in the valley, offering precious little for guests to do – it contains an extraordinary, full-service "Sacred Spa", a domed Planetarium & Observatory for stargazing in the massive Southern Hemisphere sky, and gourmet restaurant and bar. Casa Andina organizes a wide range of activities for both families and adventures, including trekking, mountain biking, white water rafting, visits to Andean markets and Inca ruins, and ceramics, textiles, yoga and cooking classes.
Enjoy a half day excursion to Maras & Moray. Maras is the principal salt production center of the area since Inca times and it is an extraordinary spectacle to observe the terraced white salt mines. At a short distance towards the west, are the circular terraces of Moray built by the Incas in order to create different micro-climates for agricultural purposes.
Includes tourist ticket and entrance fees.
In the Andean village of Chinchero, resides Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez, a true embodiment of the Andean female force. Nilda learned to weave as a child while tending the flocks in the fields of her village. When she was a teenager, Nilda worked with researchers on preserving the traditional themes and techniques of weaving in the Andean community. As an adult, Nilda traveled extensively to the U.S. to organize weaving exhibits and workshops in several universities and the Textile Museum of Washington D.C. Nilda offers an indigenous, multi-faceted perspective on the arts, as well as excellent facilitation and communication skills. She is truly a one of a kind artist. She will be happy to lead a relaxed, fascinating workshop on traditional back strap weaving techniques and a discussion on the role of weaving in a contemporary Andean culture. Nilda is the founder and director of the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco. This organization is dedicated to preserving ancient textile designs and weaving techniques from all over the Andes".
You will be met at the hotel lobby by our local representative, and transferred by private vehicle and professional driver from your hotel in the Sacred Valley to the Ollantaytambo train station.
Board the train that will take you to Km. 104 on the Cusco – Machu Picchu Railway. It is from here that you will meet your guide and start our trek! You will reach Km. 104 at around 10:00 am.
*Note: Bring only a small bag with you. Due to limited storage space on the train, passengers are asked to bring only one small piece of luggage. The rest of your luggage will be stored safely at your hotel and returned to you either in Cusco or Sacred Valley.
Here we will start our journey crossing the Willkamayu River (Urubamba River) through a cable and wood bridge. We start the trek visiting the famous Inka Sanctuary of Chachabamba, a beautiful Inca palace with nice rooms and walls. After having a proper introduction of Inca History, we will climb up a trail of roughly 8 km.(3 hours), and afterwards we will reach the archaeological site of Wiñaywayna (2700 m), second only to Machupicchu in beauty. This fantastic site is a perfect example of Inca terrace farming, and it was probably an experimental laboratory for agricultural purposes in Inca times. The name Wiñaywayna comes from a name given to a beautiful orquid typical in the zone, and it means "Forever Young".
Later on, we will continue our trek crossing this cloud forest section though a narrow path untill we reach the Inti Punku (Sun Gate). At this spot, you will have a great view of the most beautiful Inca Citadel of Peru, "Machu Picchu". This is indeed a special point where most of the hikers gather to get the best photo of this sacred city. Afterwards, we descend towards Machu Picchu for a first glance at the next day's exploration!
We will then go down to Aguas Calientes by bus, where you will spend the night at your chosen hotel. This evening, hikers have the option of visiting and relaxing at the hot springs located in the upper section of the valley, or just walking around the small village.
The total distance for the hike only is about 13 km (8,08 miles) while the Maximum altitude point is 2,650 m (8,692 ft).
The new luxury accommodations at Sumaq Hotel in Machu Picchu are remarkable, with unparalleled natural surroundings and solitude. The 60 rooms offer stunning views of the river flowing below, as well as private balconies. Enjoy high-quality toiletries and bath products. The hotel's considerate staff are willing to go to all lengths to ensure guests are pleased with their stay. Chefs whip up mouth-watering cuisine, with ingredients and methods taken from across the world. Local specialties are also available. Test out the hotel spa, or take a short walk to the train station, where more restaurants and markets are available for the guests to enjoy.
We wake up early and board a bus to Machu Picchu where we begin a complete guided tour of the Inca citadel that will take approximately two hours. You will then have free time to walk around, climb up the Huaynapicchu Mountain, where one can experience spectacular views of all of Machupicchu, the valleys and mountains that surround it (please note that there are only 400 visitors allowed per day), or visit the Temple of the Moon or the impressive Inca Bridge.
Take train from Aguas Calientes to on the Vistadome service on your own. The train departs from Aguas Calientes at 3:25pm* and takes 2 hours to return to Ollantaytambo. Snacks are served on board. *Note train times and schedules may vary based on availability.
Enjoy a private transfer with a local representative from Ollantaytambo train station to your hotel in Cusco. The approximate transfer time is 2 hours.
The Palacio del Inka Hotel is located opposite to the Temple of the Sun or "Koricancha", and walking distance to the main square. From here, you can visit one of the new wonders of the world, Machu Picchu, a place that will be steeped in the memory of every traveller. A stay at Palacio de Inka Luxury Collection is more tan a refined visit; it's the key that unlocks authentic locales for today's seasoned global explorers.
Our local representative will meet you for an airport transfer, with private vehicle and professional driver.
Direct flight from Cusco to Lima. The flight duration is approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes.Please note: Flights' rates and availability are subject to change until booking.
Welcome to Peru!
Start your day with a sightseeing tour of Colonial and Modern Lima in the company of your private vehicle, driver and English speaking Guide, passing by outstanding monuments such as the Government Palace, the City Hall and the Cathedral (closed on Sundays) at the Plaza Mayor. Visit the 17th century San Francisco Convent. Take a short tour of the modern districts of San Isidro and Miraflores where you will enjoy a magnificent view of the Pacific Ocean.
After lunch at "La Rosa Nautica" (included in tour) visit the Larco Herrera Museum. Since 1926 this museum holds the world's largest private collection of pre-Columbian art with a unique assortment of erotic pottery, genuine and rich jewels in gold, silver and semi-precious stones. With more than 45,000 pieces of ceramics plus genuine mummies and marvellous Paracas textiles, this is a great place to visit.
Return to your hotel at day's end.
Private airport transfer in Lima with a driver and guide.
Please note that the airfare quoted in your itinerary is being quoted based on LANTAM South American Pass rates. These rates are only offered when international airfare is booked on one of the following airlines: LANTAM Airlines (LA/4M/4C/LP/XL/JJ), American Airlines (AA), United Airlines (UA), Air Canada (AC), Iberia Air (IB) Delta (DL).
You will need to provide your international ticket numbers in order for us to issue the domestic flights at the special rates. Without international ticket numbers on above mentioned airlines, special rates do not apply. If you purchase your international ticket on one of the above mentioned airlines with points or mileage the special fare in this itinerary will not be applicable.
Please note that rates are always subject to change until purchased.
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Laura Iyer ,
January 10, 2014
We just returned last night from our Patagonia adventure and wanted to tell you we had the time of our lives! Everything turned out perfectly. Guides were fun, on time and informative. The excursions were great for an active family and, of course, amazing.
I can't tell you what was our favorite. The boys enjoyed exploring the mountains in El Chalten (they called it Mountain running) while Mohan and I relaxed in the beautiful hotel. I thought after the glacier trek it can't get any better - but it kept surprising me and amazing me. My personal favorite was the horseback riding. I thought afterwards after everything we have seen the bike tour would have to be a let down - NOPE - it also was so exciting and our guide was a hoot! We had great weather for each activity (I know there is a bit of luck involved with that one).
Meals were amazing and after so many active excursions no guilt in pigging out.
I am so happy we took a little risk and went out of the way with our vacation this year. We will have this with us for a life time.
Thank you again,
Laura, Mohan, Ryan, and Nathan
South America
Catherine Dudley ,
January 10, 2014
"Hi Brandi,
GREAT trip! We were very pleased with every aspect that you set up for us including the tour of Quito and environs. Our guide spoke excellent English, the driver was courteous and we felt safe and well-informed throughout the day. We're still going through the 500+ photos that I took and the 1700+ photos that my son took. Galapagos was a fabulous trip and the Eclipse was a terrific way to navigate the islands.
Thanks again!
South America
Mark Dornfeld ,
November 11, 2013
"My wife and I had a wonderful trip, we really enjoyed ourselves. All the accommodations that you booked for us were exceptional and our drivers and guides were lovely. We had great weather the whole trip and only lost one activity due to high winds. As you know this is a beautiful part of the world so my camera was snapping all the time. We would definitely use your services in the future for this type of travel. Thanks for all you help and expertise........be well.....m.d."
South America
Jack Gregory ,
November 11, 2013
"Dear Sofia
I wanted to give you a little feedback on our recent trip to Peru.
In a word – EXCELLENT – especially the high quality people you work with in Peru. We have taken tours all over the world, S. Africa, France, England, Vietnam, China to name just a few, and the service we received in Peru was far beyond and of the other experiences we have had. The attention to detail was very much appreciated, picking us up at the airport, taking us back to the airport and complete, hassle free, handling of all our details truly made this a stress free experience.
Special thanks to:
-The entire reservation system and the people I came in contact with that process...every detail accounted for
-The people that looked after us in Lima
-Andre, the young man in Cusco who faithfully phoned every night just to make sure the day went well, my wife was well and that we knew what we had to do the next day.
-The Sumaq hotel in Aquas Calientes...you can tell the level of service by the details...I watched a waitress hold a high stool for a lady to prevent her from tipping backwards as she got on the stool, the lady didn't even know the waitress did it....that's client care.
-Especially Mariela, the tour guide in Cusco...highly knowledgeable, passionate, personable and shows great care for the people she guides.
South America
Hainsworth Sherry ,
November 05, 2013
Clients were very impressed. Guides were amazing and accommodation was beyond expectations. They will definitely travel with you again and they have highly recommended Kensington Tours.
Hope I can work with you again the in the near future.
South America
Scott Parks ,
November 05, 2013
"Dear Matt
Sandy and I are back from Peru and had a wonderful time. Kensington seems to have the best contacts in each country and Peru was no exception. I wanted to take the time to give you some specific feedback on each segment of out trip.
The "Hotel B" in Lima is fantastic. It's an old house that has been turned into a small Hotel. The people are great and the location in Barranco is just what we like.
The Inkaterra Amazonica is probably the best place place to stay in the Amazon region. The rooms give a real feel of the sounds of the rain forest.
The hotels in both Cusco and Aquas Calientes were perfect with great locations. We added an additional day in Aquas Calientes which gave us three days in Machu Picchu. For us, this was well worth it and gave us the time we wanted to see all aspects of Machu Picchu. Pictures did not do justice to the site, although we got some great pictures.
The trip to see the Nasca Lines was, also, worth the time. Our guide added some side trips including lunch at a local winery which we really enjoyed. The Hotel Paracas was an unexpectedly high quality resort and a great way to end our trip.
Thanks for your help we look forward to next year
South America
June Murray ,
August 20, 2013
"Buenas Noches Brandi-
I filled out the survey but I wanted to send you a note to say thank you. Our trip was the stuff lifelong memories are made of and I mean every part of it. From our time spent in Quito, to the Safari Camp and Isla Isabela. I cannot say enough about the professionalism of the staff at our accommodations and the expertise of all our guides (most especially Tanya Helmig at the Safari Camp). We hope to go back for an extended stay.
I have attached 2 photos for you of Bart and I. I think the joy is clearly evident- thank you for making it possible.
South America
Barbara Mackey ,
July 22, 2013
"We just completed a family trip to Costa Rica, with three families traveling from different locations. All the coordination efforts were made easily and efficiently by our Kensington representative, Brandi Merchant, who was wonderful; an absolute delight to work with. All the accommodations were first class and the guides knowledgeable and very punctual. We will be using Kensington again!
South America
Cindy Thoene ,
July 22, 2013
"Hi Brandi!!
What an AMAZING trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously…the trip of a lifetime!
We returned late on Thursday and had out of town visitors through the weekend and we are just now unpacking and getting back to non-vacation reality.
I will share my feedback and get pictures sent to you soon.
Thanks for everything….truly a perfect trip!
South America
July 24, 2013
"Dear Nella,
Our trip was wonderful, we had a great time, wish we could have spent more time. In fact, I now know I would have spent more time in Cuzco and the Machu Picchu area.
Machu Picchu was fabulous.
Margot, our guide, and the driver, were absolutely wonderful, low key, very personable, very accommodating, really good. We didn't end up with enough time on the last morning in Cusco to finish the tour, but got a feel- of Sacsayhuman, Qengo, Koricancha. We saw Ollayantatambo, and went to Moray and Maras, and Wayra ranch which was also outstanding, on the next day, but did not do Pisac and the market. We got tired and ran out of time so cut a couple things. Louis the coordinator was good as well.
Would love to go back and learn more some time.
The coordinator in Lima was extremely nice too, and very helpful.
In fact, we loved the food, the people and everything. The Libertador Palacio , the Tambo del Inka and the Sanctuary were indeed outstanding hotels. LAN was all on time, great service.
Thank you again for all your help.
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Lake Forest and Stevenson place second, Warren third at state
News-Sun staff report January 27, 2013 12:08PM
Lake Forest's competitive dance team executes its routine during the Class 2A preliminaries Friday. | Clark Brooks~for Sun-Times Media
STATE FINALS Smaller Schools
Smaller Schools
2) Lake Forest 89.88
3) Highland 88.50
4) Vernon Hills 84.16
5) Grayslake North 82.60
6) Troy Triad 81.46
7) Morris 81.06
8) Eisenhower 80.80
9) Deerfield 75.26
10) Lin,-Way W. 71.,46
Big Schools
1) Maine South 98.36
2) Stevenson 96.46
3) Warren 95.12
4) Neuqua Valley 83.90
5) Glenbrook S. 83.24
6) Sandburg 82.16
7) D. Grove S. 78.46
8) Mundelein 76.24
9) O'Fallon 74.04
10) Elgin Larkin 67.62
Note: Also qualifying for state but not finishing in the top 10 during Friday's preliminaries and thus not competing on Saturday were Libertyville and Lakes. Libertyville was in the big-school division and Lakes in with the smaller schools.
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Updated: March 1, 2013 7:15AM
How's this for starters?
At the first-ever IHSA-sanctioned poms/dance state tournament, three area teams brought home big trophies from state and a total of five area schools finished in the top five in their division.
That will be a tough act for next year's squads to follow.
Stevenson (big schools) and Lake Forest (smaller schools) brought home second-place trophies from state, while Warren (big schools) earned the third-place trophy.
Vernon Hills (smaller schools) finished fourth and Grayslake North (smaller schools) fifth, giving Lake County four of the eight top efforts in the two bigger classes at the state — and three of the state trophies awarded.
The tournament format had each of the state-qualifying teams competing on Friday, and the top 10 scorers in each division returned on Saturday to vie for state titles.
Unlike cheerleading, where a pyramid can collapse or a tumbler can twirl out of bounds and cause a huge scoring change, in poms/dance, a team is pretty much what it is.
So, Warren, Stevenson, Lake Forest, Vernon Hills and Grayslake North all figured to contend for trophies, and that's exactly what happened.
This was an unusual competition in that it pitted different styles of poms/dance against each other.
For example, Lake Forest was tremendous with its poms routine, Stevenson was great with lyrical dance and Warren was outstanding with a hip-hop routine.
Vernon Hills did a poms routine to finish fourth and coach Beth Richards was thrilled that the Cougars were part of the inaugural IHSA competition.
"The team had solid performances on each day, and we are honored to have been a part of the first-ever IHSA dance state series," she said.
Vernon Hills will be a force next year as only seniors Brianna Perl and Delaney Leber graduate.
There were nine juniors, five sophomores and two freshmen on the squad.
Maine South won the big-school title and Crystal Lake Central prevailed in the smaller-school class.
Lake Forest coach Nikki Lazzaretto was thrilled with her team's showing, and their team will continue with a national competition this coming weekend.
"The girls performed the strongest I have ever seen, with athleticism, energy and confidence," the coach said. "I am more than proud of these girls and we are ready to move forward as we leave for Nationals on Friday.
Warren coach Sarah Stepek said it was a weekend her squad will never forget.
The team and I are very proud to have placed in the top three at the first IHSA state finals, ranked with two extremely talented other teams — The Maine South Hawkettes and The Stevenson Patriettes," Stepek said. "The awards ceremony is something that I know my team won't forget."
Stepek said the Devils hit their stride on Saturday in the final round.
Saturday, the girls were less nervous and more comfortable. They were familiar with the layout, the floor, the lights and they were ready to compete for the last time together," she said. "The Devilettes had a great performance on Friday. Watching it back (on tape), the team felt proud of their performance and at that point, everything was in the hands of the judges. On Friday, watching the 30 3A teams, there were so many outstanding performances that I couldn't tell where we would fall, and we just hoped that we would hear our name called to continue on to the finals."
Which, of course, is e actly what happened.

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My dad wanted to name me Babe and my brother Beauford. Luckily my mom said, "No!" LOLLLL. They did have a cat named Beauford though .
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My husband likes:
Girls names to be artsy word names. Raven, Luna, Indigo, Winter, Marigold, Saffron, Briar. The un-word names that get consideration are generally gothic and elaborate: Annabel, Lucasta, or Gaelic like Saoirse and Siobhan. He adores Siobhan and I don't know why.
He really wants girls. For boys names it's mostly staid and traditional - Aidan, Isaac, Emmett, Sebastian, Jonathan, Owen. I don't hate all his boys OR all his girls but the two sets don't combine at all!
My dad likes Naomi, which I can't use, but do like. He mostly suggests names to be funny rather than actually expecting or even wanting us to use them. Last one was Impala, as in the Chevrolet.
July 17th, 2013 01:44 AM #22
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I asked Chad (my boyfriend) this yesterday, although without thinking, I did alarm him a bit.
Me: What names do you like?
Chad: What do you mean?
Me: What names do you like, you know, baby names?
Chad: WHAT?!! Are you trying to tell me something?!
Me: NO WAY - I'm just asking if it's something you've ever thought about - because there's a thread on Nameberry about it, what names the men in our lives like."
Chad: Oh thank God for that!
Anyway these were his answers:
Ezekiel (purely for the nn Zeke, he thinks Zeke is "so cool")
Sidney (as Sidney Crosby is his idol!)
I'm pretty happy with most of them, so if he is who I end up having babies with, I'm kinda happy. He won't get to use Ruby and Chloe though, cannot stand them.♥ Margaret Mary ♥
19. Name nerd. College freshman.
Proud auntie to Lucy Helen and Theodore Levi
~ Eliza Constance ~ Harriet Aurelia ~ Nora Josephine ~ Pearl Violet ~ Rose Georgina ~ Sarah Margaret ~ Tess Christabel ~
~ Gabriel Walter ~ James Benedict ~ John Constantine ~ Noah August ~ Reuben Alexander ~ Samuel Ernest ~ Timothy Jack ~


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Find out what records are kept in the IET Archives to help you with your family history.
Are you tracing your family history? Perhaps you have discovered that a family member was an electrical engineer. Or are you interested in the history of engineering and how engineers' education has developed? If so, the records at the IET Archives might be able to help you.
The records we hold that relate to family history include membership application forms (1871-1901); member obituaries and biographies, photographs and films. For more information about all of these please see the links below.
A guide written to identify the relevant source material held at the IET Archives for family historians to help with their research.
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If you would like to know whether someone was a member of the Society of Telegraph Engineers or its predecessor the Institution of Electrical Engineers take a look at the membership forms index from 1871-1901.
The lists of member obituaries have been compiled and recorded by the IET Archives. They refer to a printed obituary that has been published in one of the IET's various journals.
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Quick, name two things that Atlantic City, N.J., Detroit, Mich., and Youngstown, Ohio have in common. OK, time's up.
First, each appears on a Forbes.com list of "America's Most Miserable Cities."
And the second? The per capita income in each is higher than per capita income in Metro Orlando.
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In Youngstown, it's $33,100, in Atlantic City, it's $32,400, and in Detroit, it's $35,700. In Orlando, a new Commerce Department report says, it's $31,700.
Let that sink in. Communities notable for their misery have higher per capita incomes (adjusted for inflation) than Metro Orlando.
And before you start railing about how much more expensive those places are, the Commerce Department says that's true only of Atlantic City. Youngstown's cheaper than Orlando and Detroit's about the same.
Yes, I'm cherry picking. But the thing is, I don't have to.
If I threw a dart at a U.S. map, three out of four times I'd hit a town with higher per capita income than Orlando. Of 366 metro areas included in the Commerce Department report – which is based on 2011 data — we finished 278th.
Look out, Sherman-Denison, Texas (Number 277). We've nipping at your heels!
I wrote about the numbers last week in a story that focused on Florida cities. But I was so struck by Orlando's under-performance – last among the state's big metro areas – I wanted to dig around the data a little more. Every shovel-full was more troubling than the last.
I started with the six cities most similar in size to Metro Orlando – three smaller, three bigger – and found our real per capita income was lower than all of them.
Cincinnati's per capita income was $38,700, for example, and Kansas City, Missouri's was $40,800. San Antonio was closest to Orlando with per capita income of $34,300.
Then I picked five areas often cited as Orlando's peers – places that elected officials and policy makers single out as our civic classmates. That list included Austin, Tampa, Charlotte, Nashville and Raleigh.
If we're in the same class with those cities, we're the one dozing in the back row and drooling on our desk.
All five of our peers have higher per capita incomes, with Nashville leading the pack at $39,200. Raleigh and Charlotte came in at $37,400, Austin was $36,100 and Tampa was $35,400.
Now typically, when someone brings up Central Florida's low incomes, we point to our relatively low cost of living. But the Commerce Department numbers suggest that security blanket is getting a little ratty.
The Commerce geeks produce something called Regional Price Parities, which reflect – and account for – price differences across the country. They plot them on an index, with 100 representing the national average.
Metro Orlando's index is 98.5, meaning prices here are a little lower than the national average. But they're generally not lower than prices in the peer cities I mentioned or the metro areas of similar size. Of the 11 metro areas I looked at, only two – Sacramento and Portland – were more expensive.
So to recap, prices here aren't especially low, but our real per capita income is. Sweet.
In large part, this is the fallout from an economy built on an army of theme-park attendants, hotel maids and bartenders.
Some 216,000 people work in Central Florida's leisure-and-hospitality industry, which accounts for more than 21 percent of our total workforce. Las Vegas has a similar economy and similar numbers. It ranked 280th in the Commerce Department report, with a real per capita income of $31,600.
Leisure and hospitality jobs typically offer low wages and few benefits, but anemic pay is only part of the reason Metro Orlando ranks so low. Rollins College economist Bill Seyfried points out that there's also less income here from investments, dividends and rental properties.
He's not sure why, but I can take a guess: Many of those low-end jobs barely pay the bills, so they certainly don't create wealth. Put another way, hotel maids don't typically own rental properties or extensive investment portfolios.
Officials have talked for years about the need to broaden our economic base and attract better-paying jobs. But maybe it's also time for our existing employers to take a look at their pay scales. It's great to be the No. 1 tourist destination in the world, but on income, can't we do a little better than No. 278?
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When my wife and I bought our first home. We had to buy a "fixer upper" that was within our price range. We have just about changed everything in our home now, but the first thing we noticed on our home that needed fixing was the tiny cramped washed out plain kitchen, and so that was our first of many projects with Ryobi. The Ryobi tools that we used for this project were 18volt drill, circular saw, miter saw, hand sander, corded drill, router, rotor hammer.


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The Cotswold Line Promotion Group, which represents passengers on the rail route through West Oxfordshire, is looking for a new treasurer.
Andrew Wilkins, 74, from Long Hanborough, who has held the post since 2000, has announced that he will step down at the group's annual meeting in May next year but hopes to find a replacement soon, so that there can be a smooth handover.
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Must Sees
New and old stuff to see.
Check out the "new kids" on the block—two museums taking the city by storm—and don't miss Utah's plethora of tried-and-true attractions.
The Natural History Museum of Utah (301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, 801-581-6927, NHMU.Utah.edu) features life-size dinosaur mounts, local Indian artifacts and eye-popping demonstrations of Utah geological history, in a brand-new building with a copper skin.
The Leonardo (209 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City, 801-531-9800, TheLeonardo.org) is a contemporary science, technology and art museum, a place to immerse yourself in exhibits, labs and community workshops that inspire a sense of wonder about the world.
Clark Planetarium
Experience daily star shows, 3-D music concerts and 3-D IMAX movies.
110 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City, 801-456-7827, ClarkPlanetarium.org
Discovery Gateway
"Hands-on" discovery museum with interactive exhibits including a 30-foot-tall beehive, a media center and a "Saving Lives From the Sky" life-size helicopter.
444 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City, 801-456-5437, ChildMuseum.org
Gardner Village
Gardner Village preserves the old Gardner flourmill, listed on the National Historic Register. Surrounding the mill is a cluster of vintage structures restored into charming retail specialty shops, a restaurant, bakery, a meeting facility and a day spa.
1100 W. 7800 South, West Jordan, 801-566-8903, GardnerVillage.com
Hogle Zoo
Established in 1931 at the mouth of Emigration Canyon, this zoo is home to 1,100 animals, representing more than 250 species.
2600 E. Sunnyside Ave., Salt Lake City, 801-582-1631, HogleZoo.org
Living Planet Aquarium
More than 100 animal species are on display in the Marine Hall and Utah Waters Hall exhibits that include a bio-facts station, coral reefs, a shark tank and a "touch pool."
725 E. 10600 South, Sandy, 801-355-3474, TheLivingPlanet.org
Museum of Church History and Art
Exhibits on the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, artwork by LDS artists and, usually, interactive exhibits for children.
45 N. West Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-240-3310, LDS.org/ChurchHistory/Museum
Pioneer Memorial Museum
Operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, this museum features memorabilia from when the earliest settlers entered the Salt Lake Valley until the joining of the railroads at Promontory Point, Utah, on May 10, 1869.
300 N. Main, Salt Lake City, 801-532-6479, DUPInternational.org
Red Butte Garden
This nonprofit botanical garden and arboretum has more than 150 acres of flowers, trees and shrubs, with walking and hiking paths available year-round.
300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, 801-581-4747, RedButteGarden.org
Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron Park
The campus site of the Olympic Ceremonies for the XIX Olympic Winter Games includes the cauldron that held the Olympic flame. The visitors center includes an interactive theater where moments of the games are captured.
457 S. 1400 East, Rice-Eccles Stadium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Thanksgiving Point
Includes Museum of Ancient Life, a championship-caliber golf course, Thanksgiving Point Village, the Farm Country, dining and shops.
3003 N. Thanksgiving Way, Lehi, 801-768-2300, ThanksgivingPoint.com
This Is The Place Heritage Park
Site of the Mormon pioneers' entry into the Salt Lake Valley, the park features Old Deseret Village, This Is the Place monument, the Brigham Young Forest Farmhouse and picnic areas.
2601 Sunnyside Ave., Salt Lake City, 801-582-1847, ThisIsThePlace.org
Tracy Aviary
Located in Liberty Park, Tracy Aviary houses some 400 birds of 135 species and cultivates about 100 varieties of plants.
589 E. 1300 South, Salt Lake City, 801-596-8500, TracyAviary.org
Wheeler Historic Farm
Historic demonstrations and exhibits are just a few of the things that will take you back in time. Discover the old-time farm lifestyle, once common for most families in Utah, but now largely past and gone.
6351 S. 900 East, Salt Lake City, 801-264-2241, WheelerFarm.com
Cathedral of the Madeleine
A recent $10 million renovation project has restored this wonderful Catholic cathedral to its original splendor, complete with magnificent stained-glass windows and elaborate artwork. Free tours and concerts.
331 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-328-8941, SaltLakeCathedral.org
Gilgal Garden
Hidden in the middle of the city, Gilgal is known for its eccentric handcrafted stone art. There is a 25-ton sphinx with the visage of LDS Church founder Joseph Smith, depictions of biblical stories and a tribute to Masons.
749 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City, 801-328-8941, GilgalGarden.org
Salt Lake City Main Library
At 240,000 square feet, this state-of-the-art library holds more than 500,000 books and materials. Facilities include multilevel reading areas, a rooftop garden, amphitheater and public plaza.
210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City, 801-524-8200, SLCPL.org
Salt Lake Masonic Temple
Built in 1927, the landmark includes Egyptian, Gothic, Moorish and Colonial rooms. Free tours available by appointment.
650 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-363-2936
Temple Square
The Thursday evening rehearsal and Sunday 9:30 a.m. broadcast of Mormon Tabernacle Choir are open to the public.
South Temple & Main Street, Salt Lake City, 801-240-1000, VisitTempleSquare.com
Utah Capitol
Designed after the nation's Capitol and built in 1915.
350 N. Main, Salt Lake City, 801-538-3000
Antelope Island
Hikers, horseback riders and cross-country skiers enjoy a variety of trails on the popular island in the Great Salt Lake. Picnicking, camping, and boating facilities are also available. The island is home to a roaming herd of 600 bison, pronghorn antelope and bighorn sheep. A visitor center offers information on the island's unique biology, geology and history.
Antelope Drive Exit on Interstate 15, 26 miles north of Salt Lake City
Eccles Dinosaur Park
See life-size creatures and hear them roar in the park's six acres. Watch technicians prepare fossils or visit the hands-on exhibits.
1544 E. Park Blvd., Ogden, 801-393-3466, DinosaurPark.org
Heber Valley Railroad
Utah's historic steam passenger railroad is a tourist attraction based in Heber City. The track follows the Provo River to Vivian Park near Sundance Resort in Provo Canyon. Don't miss the Polar Express and Tube 'n' Train that operate in December.
450 S. 600 West, Heber City, 435-654-5601, HeberValleyRR.org
Kennecott Bingham Canyon Copper Mine
One of the largest human-made excavations ever dug. The visitors center displays photographs, exhibits and more. Located in the Oquirrh Mountains approximately 25 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.
12800 South, State Route 111, Bingham Canyon, 801-204-2025, Kennecott.com
Lagoon Amusement Park
The state's largest amusement park features one of the nation's oldest wooden coasters, as well as kiddie rides, games, a water park and more. Open April through October.
375 Lagoon Drive, Farmington, 801-451-8000, LagoonPark.com
Ogden Union Station
Built in 1924, Ogden Union Station was the center of transcontinental rail traffic for more than 50 years. Today, it is home to train and art museums, a visitors center, a model-train shop and a restaurant.
2501 Wall Ave., Ogden, 801-393-9886, TheUnionStation.org
Olympic Park
The 389-acre Utah Olympic Park was built for the 2002 Winter Games for Nordic jumping and the sliding sports of bobsled, luge and skeleton. Now used for national and international competitions, it also serves as a year-round training ground for development and high-performance athletes. Visitors can tour the Alf Engen Ski Museum and take a bobsled ride of their own.
3419 Olympic Parkway, Park City, 435-658-4206, OlyParks.com


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Let the Light Shine In: A Look At the Iris
The eye is made up of several parts: the cornea, pupil, iris, lens, and retina. Each has an important function.
Have you ever seen a picture of yourself where your eyes are red? This happens when the camera's flash reflects off the retina - or back wall - of your eye.
The iris is the muscle that lets the proper amount of light through the pupil and into the eye. It opens when there is little light and closes when there is a lot. You and a partner can illustrate this for one another.
Have partners face one another. Let one close his/her eyes for a count of 10 seconds, then open them. What does the partner observe?
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The pupil is large, then becomes small. When the eye was shut, the iris relaxed trying to get more light into the pupil. When the eye opened, there was a flood of light - the iris shut the pupil down, trying to limit the light coming in.


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Senate Bill 919, enacted on September 1, 1997, and City Ordinance #65690 enacted on September 10, 1987, decriminalized the adjudication of parking violations. These laws changed the filing and adjudication of parking violations to an administrative hearing rather than a criminal process. If the defendant is found liable, a fine will be assessed.
To contest a citation you must appear in court between 8:00am to 10:00am or 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Parking citation(s) are a
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|Will some bleach get this out? I want to be on the safe side.
Follow-Up Postings:
- Posted by prairie_rose (My Page) on Thu, Oct 31, 02 at 23:18
|Ok, I have to ask. What was the cat doing IN the washing machine to start with?
Having never owned a cat, only a dog, and a couple of dumb kids, I would think that running the machine through a wash and rinse cycle on the hot water setting will get rid of any unpleasantness left by your feline friend.
|And next time give him a Dramamine before you put him in.
|and use the gentle cycle...
- Posted by graciecraft (My Page) on Sat, Nov 2, 02 at 22:15
|Ginger is very good for nausea, give him a spoonful of powdered ginger, it's great as a tea too!
Thankfully you knew they should only be air dried. Doing them in a dryer is not only quite noisy; but hair and hurl plug the lint filter pretty quickly . . . .
|wash the load twice if it will give you peace of mind.
|Clarify: she jumped in there and threw up. She was NOT washed. LOL She's fine now.
- Posted by prairie_rose (My Page) on Mon, Nov 4, 02 at 20:58
|At least she did her nasty busines where the cleaning could be realitively easy. Could have been worse, she could have gotten sick on the rug. Wondermutt, my dumb dog, will only get sick on my rug, not on the kitchen floor three feet away. LOL
- Posted by Momma_Bird_OH (My Page) on Tue, Nov 5, 02 at 14:20
|People, your response have me ROTFLMBO!
Roberta, my cat, will only puke on the hardwood floor in the dining room or carpet in the living room, never on the vinyl floor in the kitchen. Aren't cats just that way?
. . . and aren't they good at doing it ONLY around meal times . . .
or when someone is visiting who doesn't like cats . . ...
and they seem to have multiple false alarm hacks . . . . warming up for the final blessed event . . . .
|Thank you all. I feel better. I thought it was only my catS that puked all the time. Bless their little hearts! And yes, they also prefer the carpet to a smooth surface. Bless their little hearts again!
- Posted by brodysmom1 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 6, 02 at 0:04
|I would love it if my cats would use the hardwood or even the carpet. My little dears will make the effort to jump up on the couch and upchuck all over the throw pillows. Once in a while they will vary it with the spot right in front of the bedroom door so that when we get up in the morning... You can imagine the rest.
- Posted by Prettyphysicslady (My Page) on Wed, Nov 6, 02 at 18:39
|Thank you, that was great.
I would just run through a load with no clothes and soap and bleach. that should clean out the machine.
|Just run the machine again, some bleach in it, it'll be fine. Oh heck, I'd take our cat, Cleo, barfing in the washer anyday compared to her doing that on the living room carpet; course for whatever reason, as she's hurling she bounces herself backwards, usually half-way across the room. Sigh, I dunno, I've never seen any other cat do that before.
|Ours seem to prefer puking on the Oriental rug, the sofa, or the bed to the hardwood. It's always great to come home from work & discover that the comforter has to be washed & dried before you can use it that night. Ours also have a knack for the spot right outside the bedroom & also just outside the bathroom.
|A thousand years ago or so, a roommate's Siamese was lounging on the corner of the TV when the "warning hacks" commenced. It then performed the aforementioned "backing up spew" across the TV top, fell off when it got to the end, and just stood there like it was thinking "what the *&^%?"
- Posted by Fireraven9 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 20, 02 at 14:00
|One of our cats threw up on top of the TV (ick!) and it was a real pain to clean out of all the little groves in the back. I have put double sided sticky tape all over the top of the TV now. They are learning not to jump up there now that it sticks to their feet. I am doing the counters and stove also because cat puke (and hair) on those surfaces is more annoying than cleaning it off the TV! Just chasing then off every time I saw them up there was not working. Good luck with getting them to hack in a "better" spot.
Lee AKA Fireraven9
|I'd have to suggest digging out the chunks with a paper towel before running the machine!
My cats like to blow chunks in the food bowl, in the window sills, and on the dining room table but never, ever on the floor. I had one barf in the back of a television and that was the end of the television.
I woke up the other night to heaving noises just in time to see our miniature daschound heaving over my husband's head! I got him off the bed in time to save my husband from getting an ear full.
I'd rather deal with critter barf than dirty diapers any day!
|This is the most humorous thread I have ever read! I am laughing so hard I can hardly type and tears are streaming down my face!!! Who would ever think cat puke could be so funny! Luckily my cat rarely hurls. However, I did have a puker a few years ago. She could only eat a teaspoon of food at a time, so that I literally fed her dozens of times a day. The cat I have now eats a full can of fancy feast and keeps it where it's supposed to be...in his tummy. Thanks for all the laughs!
- Posted by darkeyedgirl (My Page) on Thu, Nov 21, 02 at 14:01
|I have a hurling cat at press time.
My cats (all four of them) whether it be hairballs or just overeating, always choose the piece of the carpet that they've never puked on before and they even choose the spots that DD has never spilled anything or was not destroyed by the bunny rabbit.
This morn as I was heading downstairs, I slipped on fresh watery puke on the ceramic tile. Did not see it.
Never heard of a cat barfing in the washing machine, this is a new one! wow!
- darkeyedgirl
- Posted by Blueridgeroses (My Page) on Thu, Nov 21, 02 at 17:14
|You all are too funny!
One time my dog blew chunks under the bed while DH and I were...you know. Then, in true canine form, she proceded gobble it back up very loudly. Not the most romantic background music. They do have incredible timing. :^)
|One of my cats is a puker. She always seems to do it in my hallway on my hardwood floor or on my bed. She usually does it after I leave for work so that it has all day to sink into my hardwood floor and then when I come home from work and walk down the unlighted hall, I get a surprise slide when I step in it. Her other favorite place in on my bed. I have had to take her to the vet two or three times for a shot to calm her tummy when she goes through one of her vomiting spells.
I gues everyone who has indoor pets can relate to this topic. Judith
|I have a recording of a cat puking on my computer... It plays whenever Windows crashes, or a program freezes...
|Not a cat, but---my friend's mini daschund gave the warning heave, and he grabbed her up and help her over the toilet---just in time! She spewed for what seemed like hours---I wouldn't have thought she could hold that much! When she finally stopped, he put her down---and she hurled on his feet!
On a different occassion, my boyfriend's pit bull, Max (Because he's of MAXimum size, lol!) started heaving, and of course I wasn't about to grab HIM up and hold him over the toilet! I was running after him, trying to hold a towel under his mouth, to protect the carpet. He kept slinging his head from side to side, avoiding the towel, looking at me as if to say "You nut! I'm about hurl! Get that nice clean towel out of my way!"
|oh my god, i am laughing SO hard. i have no pets (just a very allergic DH) but can remember all this fun from my childhood. thanks for the gut-busting reading!
|Lucky to have it in the washer. I remember the time I reacted to the warning heaves by placing a couple paper towels under his chin as he was convulsing. Much to my chagrin, on the final lunge, the hariball launched 2 feet past the towels and the cat launched a foot backward from the recoil. His hairball sucessfully shot from the kitchen right onto the familyroom carpet.
Now, I just let him do his business and resort to cleaning up the aftermath.
|Just had to add my story - last year my ex-boyfriend (big Detroit Redwings fan) purchased a really cheap, ugly Detroit Redwings blanket. The day he brought it home, he spread it out on the bed, our kitten jumped up on it, sniffed at it, and puked all over it. Good kitty!
|Did you appropriately rename the kitten "Patrick Roy"? :)
- Posted by tanner2135 (My Page) on Mon, Dec 16, 02 at 4:44
|ROTFLMAO! Reminds me of the time we were inducing our beagle because we left a box of Count Chocula out, which the food machine of course had to eat. She packed it in so tight, she looked like a pack mule.
Anyway, we get ready to make her puke, set up newspaper all over the kitchen floor, get some towels to clean up...she start heaving, then takes off into the living room to puke behind a couch! ARGH!
|Does that mean that the canine corollary to "a watched pot never boils" is "a watched pup never pukes"? ;)
- Posted by FlamingO_in_AR (My Page) on Fri, Dec 27, 02 at 10:00
|Our late calico cat, Tess, was truly the master-puker. We renamed her Wyatt Urped. She would vomit on average at least once a day, sometimes 2-4, always in inconvenient places. Once, she was sitting up on her 5 foot high scratching post and decided to do a little projectile vomiting in front of friends, and Gabby doesn't even like cats to start with. "Linda Blair" was her new name after THAT! lolol
I would have THANKED her for urping in the washer, and cutting out the middle man, the paper towels!
- Posted by Backintheyard (My Page) on Fri, Jan 3, 03 at 22:48
|Was the cat agitated?
|Probably in a lather.....
- Posted by fancypants2 (My Page) on Mon, Jan 6, 03 at 14:04
|Never wash a cat in the wash machine. You can get arrested for that sort of behavior. As for a barfing cat, bread works well to cure that. Now barfing in the wash machine is sort of strange... but that sort of thing happens.
|Wonder if the cat had the spins...
- Posted by katclaws_MO (My Page) on Mon, Feb 3, 03 at 14:59
|This thread is too funny. I have 3 cats now. Is that called a herd yet?
One of my cats has thrown up in my houseslippers at least twice. One time it was still warm when I put my foot in it as I got up to go to the bathroom....eewwwww
Like Flamingo, I would Thank my cat for throwing up in such a nice tidy place to clean up. LOL
- Posted by Talley_Sue_NYC (My Page) on Mon, Feb 10, 03 at 17:48
|we had a cat that liked to sleep in the washer--it was cool in there, she had the curved side to lean against, and of course they like playing "cave."
Her cohort liked to sleep in the dryer.
We were always panicked about starting either one of them up!
We bought an Oriental to hide cat puke stains, and he wouldn't throw up on it. Except once, when he threw up on the part of the design that was the exact color of the cat puke!
|This thread is simply priceless!
Would that I was able to share some of our funnier stories.
- Posted by Elisabeth_pinelake (My Page) on Fri, Apr 11, 03 at 10:07
|If it were only a recording of a cat puking on the computer - one of mine did this when I stupidly left my open laptop on the floor. Mine throw up a fair amount (especially after they've been let out for a little R&R, the grass thing) but fortunately almost always on the floors. When I got new floors I got laminate just because it is impervious to whatever the cats can throw at it.
|Must revive this thread. Our late cat "Phantom" was also kmown as "ack, ack" as she always "machined gunned" her hurl around the room,preferably the light carpet. Never knew another cat who could make so many spots in such short order. Also had a cat who did throw up in my husband's ear!
|Just had to add to this. I have four cats, two who do the master hurl. I cut out the middle man by getting two dogs. Nothing left but a little stain on the rug.
|If the cat barfs frequently, take it to a vet. The cat,not the barf. Barfing can be from something treatable (like worms) or serious (kidney or liver failure).
- Posted by socks12345 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 4, 06 at 13:58
|My cat goes outside, eats grass, then hurries back in the house to upchuck on the carpet. If I hear her gagging, I run with a piece of newspaper to catch it. She has gotten used to my frantic actions when she is gagging.
|who would think that cat vomit was so amusing.
My cat decided to start gagging over the keyboard one day as I typed, I grabbed her and ran for the door. She was kind enough not to get any on the carpet, no it all landed in my husband's soccer bag.
- Posted by housenewbie (My Page) on Mon, Apr 17, 06 at 12:56
|I'm so very, very grateful that I'm too allergic to have pets!
- Posted by talley_sue_nyc (My Page) on Tue, Apr 25, 06 at 21:47
|If the cat barfs frequently, take it to a vet. The cat,not the barf. Barfing can be from something treatable (like worms) or serious (kidney or liver failure).
You know, I need to get my cat in to the vet somehow. bcs she's barfing more than the normal hairball setup.
- Posted by boopadaboo (My Page) on Wed, Apr 26, 06 at 22:48
|ROFLMAO at this thread. I have 4 cats. three just go throw up on the floor or the rug. One of them however just never seems to know when he is going to puke. Drives me nuts! He has thrown up under the covers while I was sleeping. On my shoulder while I am sleeping. I did catch him the one time he was just about ready to throw up on DH's head. This cat likes to sleep on my pillow and must have made some noise that woke me up so I was able to move him enough that it didnt land on DH's head. He has no idea how lucky he was. If that had happened none of them would have been allowed in the bedroom again! :)
- Posted by callieandkarin (My Page) on Thu, May 4, 06 at 8:35
|Indeed a funny thread! No matter where he is, my cat will always make a beeline straight for an area rug to puke on, avoiding hard surfaces like the plague. Occasionally I catch him mid-heave and try to move him onto the tile, and then I feel badly about grabbing him. :)
|OK OK OK, I have not laughed so hard in YEARS!!!!!!
So, I laughed at how funny these posts are, but also because of a school project my first grader did last year with his wet cat in the washing machine.
I dug around for the 3 photos he used for a school project and then added some that we did not use.
Enjoy the show!!
Here is a link that might be useful: Wet Cat in Washing Machine
- Posted by socks12345 (My Page) on Sun, May 14, 06 at 19:36
|Cute pictures, petemich1.
|our birman, who usually sleeps with my teenage daughter, was kind enough to yack under her covers one night while she was sleeping. thats a great thought to know you have been rolling in puke all night. that cat caught the wrath of a "pms"ing 14 year old girl. poor thing.
- Posted by socks12345 (My Page) on Mon, May 22, 06 at 23:59
|Poor thing? Who? The cat or the pmser? LOL?
|Yall are great I don't think that I have ever laughed so hard in my life. I have literally been doubled over with tears running down my face.....trust me I have been getting some really odd looks from others around the office.
My cat tends to like to through up in odd places too (this is only part of the reason she is now an outdoor kitty) I think the worst though was when Punkin barfed in the middle of my comforter while I was asleep so that when I woke up in the morning I put my hand in it.......definately not as bad as it could have been though....at least it was on top of the covers not under them. Tell you what though I have never seen the cat move as fast as she did that morning when I started hollaring:)
|I'll probably take cat puke over dog diarrhoea any day, for the past two nights (she's fine during the day) our 5 month old Labradoodle puppy has had 'explosive' diarrhoea - middle of the night, a whimper - a splat - then a very bad smell, last night my wife was woken by the smell which had been incorporated into a dream she was having -
Fortunately we're crate training the dog, and last night we had the presence of mind to carry crate, dog and all, outside and just left her out, poor thing had more to do - the first night, wife let dog out of crate, which meant she tracked diarrhoea all over the place...not a good look or smell
Many years ago I was staying at a girlfriends house when I got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, I encountered a bad smell and a squeching between my toes, their cat had diarrhoea...just lucky I guess. As a house guest, I declined cleaning it up, just settling for washing my feet and heading back to bed....
If cat puke in your washer is the worst of it, then half your luck :)
As others have said, if it isn't chunky, just run a hot cycle....
- Posted by socks12345 (My Page) on Sat, Jun 17, 06 at 2:03
|What is it about squishy stuff on the floor? You always find it with a bare food in the dark.
- Posted by bill_vincent (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Jun 24, 08 at 19:29
|I was just going thru some old threads in the Kitchens conversations forum, and someone had linked this thread over there because this made for such riotous reading. I thought it only proper to bring it back to life before it disappeared, and let some new people have the chance to bust a gut!!
|..... for not having cat(s) or dog(s). Kids were bad enough when they were little!
|I have barfing cats too. One had what I would call an eatting dis-order. Gobble up food then throws up. This new crazy cat I have has a hair ball problem. Not just her hair but she actually goes around and eats those little clumps of hair on the carpeting all cat owners are blessed with. My other cat has long hair and you would think she would have the hair ball problem but no...I just don't understand. When I got her she was 2yrs old and didn't understand the cat scratching post. I put double sided tape on all furniture, cats hate tape right? Not this one, she likes to chew on it. Comes a runnin when she hears me take tape off of packages...she is just plain strange in many other ways.
- Posted by prairiefox (My Page) on Fri, Jun 27, 08 at 22:05
|Izzie, I read about this hint on some thread and it worked for my binging cat. We put several golf balls in his food dish so that he has to pick around them to get the food. Now if we can only get him to quit eating grass outside... Oops, I just reread your post, I guess you don't have that cat anymore. Well, I can't help you on the other quirks, cats are just wired weird!
|I've read, re-read, and triple re-re-read this thread since 2002....it is PRICELESS!!!!! It should be preserved in the Library of Congress under Comedic Literature, certainly!!!!
Make sure no one ever deletes this!
|I laughed and laughed as the proud owner of six cats and two dogs I've had animal puke everywhere but the washer.
|My husband and I had a cat that once peed in our electric frying pan!
|Great thread! Izzie, our cat loves to eat tape, too. It's nice to finally meet someone else whose pet has the same weird addiction. Our vet has never heard of a cat doing that.
We had a cat many years ago who would have her kittens in strange places. The worst were beside my pillow one night - I was groggy and couldn't for the life of me figure out where those strange sounds were coming from - and under the covers, at the foot of my parents' bed. DDad came home from work at 3AM, got undressed, got into bed with no socks... those were some impressive yells. This was about the time the Alien movies were coming out.
Also, some friends' dog somehow eliminated inside one of her socks, which then got folded up, put away, and you can fill in how she found out about that one.
|Not a puking story but a cat story. In the middle of the night my husband started screaming. I turned on the light to see blood spurting from his eye. It seems the cat had tried to jump up on the headboard and missed but her claws caught my DH across one eye. I grabbed a towel to stop the bleeding and rushed him to the ER. Fortunately the eye was fine but the eyelid was slit completely open. I took a long walk when the needle came out so they could do stitches. Every day his eye looked worse. He was finally sent to an infectious disease specialist because it was thought he had cat scratch fever. The doc said he was just over medicating it with too much cream from the ER. He missed 2 weeks of work. No one could believe he wasn't mad at the cat. We had her for 6 more years until a very large bird carried her off the deck one summer day.
- Posted by sleeplessinftwayne (My Page) on Sat, Jul 26, 08 at 5:44
|We try to overlook any faults of our kitties but sometimes it does get hard to do. Most of my kitties have been indoor outdoor cats and only chased the outdoor critters for the exercise. The bad part was that they would bring those little critters inside to show to momma after a bit more playtime. I had the garden club coming for a meeting and just as the first car was pulling up our tom dropped a mouse at my feet. I grabbed the mouse by the tail and tossed it out the nearest door not realizing the sliding screen was closed and slammed the sliding glass door closed. As I let the last elderly woman inside, our female kitty dropped her mouse at the lady's feet. In a total panic I grabbed that mouse by the tail and threw it out the same door I had used for the first mouse, hoping no one saw. It didn't take long for the giggles to start and nicely manicured fingers to point. I turned to see both mice climbing the screen in full view of everyone with the cats batting at the totally safe mice. The ladies took a vote and said I had to get the mice outside because they kept starting to giggle all over again.
The door was one of two that went into the greenhouse, so I got a bucket with a lid and went inside the greenhouse to get to the screen side of the other door. I didn't notice the cats behind me. I got one mouse by the tail and dropped it into the bucket and had the second one by it's tail when the cats attacked and the bucket, mice and I went flying. I never found the mice again and the cats spent the rest of the afternoon in the greenhouse looking for them. It was a good thing most of the women were from the country so they weren't shocked but it never failed to start new giggles when some one asked about my cat's pet mice. Sleepless
|After having finally caught my breath and stilled my aching, shaking sides from the hilarity contained within this thread, I can only say... as a 25 year plus veteran canine breeder who raised three children and put up with a plethora of other pets, besides the 20-40 odd dogs that we normally had at a given time... I hope this thread never dies! I can relate to it in so many ways!
I can't count the times I've stepped right in the middle of a fresh warm squishy puddle or pile and had it ooze through my toes... I can't begin to recount the strange places I've found upchuck or excrement, sometimes a bit of both... and I can't begin to imagine my life without all the mess and melee associated with puking children and pooping pets! I've loved every minute of it, and I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat!
When you love someone or something, you have to take the bad with the good... having a strong stomach and a good sense of humor are absolute musts when you're a Mom and a breeder!
And now... I'm having a blast changing the foul smelling diapers that my Grandchildren lovingly fill for me! And I'm happily wearing the crusted shirts that my Grandbabies have aimed projectile vomit at! The cycle continues, and I continue to bust a gut whenever I look back and recall all the time I spent, rag and cleaner in hand, on my knees, cleaning up whatever spewed out whichever end of my cherished children and beloved pets!
Keep this thread alive... please!
- Posted by lazypup (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Fri, Sep 5, 08 at 6:38
|I am a commercial plumber and one of my best clients is a chicken processing plant. I could not tell you how many times I have had to don my knee high boots and wade through a room that was 18" deep with chicken blood to repair the blood pump or to put on my chest waders and climb down in a pit to repair the spray nozzles on the gut separator.
Never mind the cat spewing chunks in the washing machine, my wife has spewed in it a couple times when washing my work clothes.
|The one incident that stands out in my memory is the afternoon when my daughter, 6 or 7 at the time, came to me and said, "I don't feel good... my stomach hurts."
I just happened to be making a huge pot of homemade chicken soup at the time, and thought that a nice warm bowl might be just what she needed. I served, she ate.
A short while later, she came to me again, and this time said, "I really don't feel good... I think I'm going to..."
And before she could finish her sentence, she clasped both hands over her mouth and began running toward the bathroom. She stopped short in the kitchen doorway, and proceeded to spray the entire lower half of the kitchen, the floor covered in indoor-outdoor carpeting, with partially digested chicken soup, chunks and all!
I watched in horror as my poor little girl, tears rolling down her cheeks, emptied her stomach in the largest vomit pattern I've ever seen! I didn't think that bowl of soup was that big! I didn't think her stomach was that big!! She was just a little girl!!!
My husband came toward the kitchen, and just as quickly backed up, holding his hands over his mouth. He's never been very good at the whole "keeping a strong stomach around the kids" thing. The sight, sound, smell or thought of vomit makes him vomit.
After assuring my daughter that it was perfectly ok... and after calming her, and her stomach, down for the night... guess who spent the rest of that evening trying to remove chicken soup from kitchen carpeting?
The moral of this story is... never fill an upset stomach with chicken soup... but if you do, have plenty of towels and carpet cleaner handy!
While this story may not seem very humorous to some, I laugh very hard every time I think about it... perhaps you had to be there, but the kitchen I speak of was huge, and there was vomit sprayed in every conceivable corner and crevice, nook and cranny, cabinet door and wall, table and chair leg, appliance... you name it! It took be the better part of a night to completely clean the mess up, in between bouts of my own stomach rolling and heaving... but we Mom's are a tough bunch... I managed to keep my cookies down throughout the entire cleaning process, although, I'll never know how!
|I laugh out loud every time I open this forum and see the title of this string "Cat threw up in washing machine" that is the funniest title I've ever seen!
jodik I think your story is HILARIOUS! When my oldest son was 5, we were at church on a Sunday evening for Christmas pageant practice. He started saying, "Mommy my tummy hurts." My best friend took one look at him and said, "he's going to puke in the car on the way home." Well, I decided she was wrong so I sped home about 50 MPH in a 35 zone.
He preceded me through the back door. He'd taken one step into the kitchen when WHAM - same spray vomit you described. I have heard a kid's stomach is the same size as their fist, but he must have had 10 gallons of vomit packed in there!!!
At least we have vinyl floor, no carpet, so the clean up wasn't that bad, but I did have to wash all the coats that were hanging on the kitchen coat rack because they were in the line of fire.
And I couldn't wait to tell my best friend the next day that she'd been wrong - he didn't puke in the car...he waited to go off like a fire hose in the kitchen!
Now why didn't he do it in the DRIVEWAY or YARD before we got into the house? Kids!
|This is the funniest thread on the Web!!
I have 3 cats and 1 likes leaving his hair-balls in our bedroom. Wakes me up when I hear him.
But I have to tell the story of my niece when she was young. She was helping dig out the pumpkin for Hallowe'en. The smell of it was too much for her and she brought up inside the pumpkin! She doesn't live that one down.
|Better put my shoes one before I get up. while I was laughing at this thread, I heard the tell-tale signs of a pile being hacked up in the kitchen. LOL EWWW!
|I live about an hour from the city and DD23 lives in the city. On occasion I stay overnight with DD, especially if I have a temp job there.
Recently on an overnight stay, DD came into my room about 1am and wailed "Ranger [cat] threw up on my floor." Ranger looked a little off colour when we had gone to bed so I wan't surprised. Sure enough there was a long trail of projectile vomit across the bedroom carpet, which I quickly cleaned up while DD stayed well clear, saying "I want to puke." Afterwards she asked "How can you do that?" and I told her you got used to that sort of thing when you were a Mom, to which she replied that she was NEVER having kids :-) Funny, I seem to recall saying the same thing when I was young.
At work the next day they teased her and asked what she would have done if her Mom hadn't been there to clean up the mess. "Slept on the couch and called a cleaning service," she replied.
Ranger was fine, I think he had eaten something that didn't agree with him.
- Posted by silversword (My Page) on Thu, Oct 23, 08 at 13:55
|OMG people - this is the first time I ever saw this.
I have all sons and was married to a redhead for a time. I can take anything, or so I thought.
Son #5 would suck down his 8oz of formula inhumanly fast if you didn't slow him down. If you didn't burp him at 4oz (gently!) and again at 8oz., you'd get to see the formula again. All of it.
Having learned from sons #1 thru #4, I always sat in the choir loft at church so that if (when) one of the little rascals acted up, I could make a fast getaway. So it was on a beautiful Sunday morning, I was feeding burpy son in the loft.
My attention was diverted by the sermon and I lost my concentration. The next minute I had an empty baby bottle in my hand. My son got 'the look' and then projectiled the used formula over the loft. The whole damn bottle's worth. Time was suspended for a moment as it seemed to hang there in midair for one horrifing instant before it's plunge into the congregation below.
The kids and I, diaper bags and all moved as one and sped down the steps and out of that church and avoided the mini-riot that surely ensued.
I heard it was quite the talk for many years.
|This thread reminded me of once, many years ago when we lived in the country, a consequence being that we would get mice every fall, I got up in the early morning, walked down the hall to the kitchen without turning on the lights, ate breakfast, and started walking back to the bedroom, this time turning on the hall light. There, strewn all over the carpet, were the bloody remains of a mouse our dear Kitty had caught and dismembered and probably eaten a little of. How I avoided stepping in any of it is something I was never able to figure out. Just lucky, I guess.
Our Kitty was a good mouser, something I appreciated (except for that one time).
|I woke up one night feeling very nauseous. I knew I was going to up-chuck. I ran to the bathroom and nearly made it to the toilet, but stopped and used the sink. It was horrible green, I had eaten salad with spinach. I turned on the faucet and proceded to push the vomit down the sink. Of course, it clogged. I managed to remove the clog and get the sink working. I told my husband about it the next morning. He did not feel sorry for me,being sick, and he wasn't pleased I had cleaned up my mess. He called me stupid for not roarking in the toilet bowl. I never use my head, according to him.
|Jannie, go over to the Stepfamily Forum and ask to borrow the lamp. Then whack your husband upside the head with it. Next time you fell ill in the middle of the night, see how he feels when you throw up on his side of the bed. The sink will look like a pretty good option then.
- Posted by silversword (My Page) on Wed, Dec 3, 08 at 16:49
|excellent advice colleen!
- Posted by timberframe4us (My Page) on Sun, Jan 4, 09 at 0:25
|OMG, and to think this came up when I searched for "greenhouse." the search engine must be set on "entertain me" mode tonight!
|Doc8404 - did you find another church right away? :) I'm sure you never went back to that one!
|this is too too funny
gotta be bumped
|This is a very entertaining thread!
I've got 2 female cats and one of them is a puker. She threw up on the top of the TV one time, and I cleaned it up, but some must have dribbled down inside the back of the TV. Next time I turned it on, it hissed and crackled, so that was the end of that TV. She needs to eat small meals and pretty plain food - no fish, dairy, table food (a little chicken with no seasoning okay). One time my son fed her a piece of pepperoni, and as I explained to him that her stomach can't tolerate food like that, she threw up the pepperoni on the floor in front of him. Wish making a point with a teenager was always that easy!
The other cat has an iron stomach - BUT she has a very temperamental personality. When she's irritated (sometimes with very little provocation), she liberally uses her claws and teeth. She has sent me to the emergency room not once, but twice! Both times for blood infections, one from a scratch and one from a bite. The bite was pretty serious, it was infected in less than 12 hours - the saliva of a cat must rival the Komodo dragon. Of course, it was a Sunday, 2 days before Christmas, and the on call doctor would not prescribe antibiotics over the phone for a cat bite. Both the lady who did the intake and the doctor at the ER looked at me oddly and asked the same thing - "WHAT did you do to your cat???" (I was scratching her back!!)
- Posted by truckinncat (My Page) on Fri, Apr 24, 09 at 17:17
|I agree...this is TOO FUNNY...I found this thread by accident when searching for vinyl cedar shake siding. I drive a semi and have a Snowshoe Siamese that rides with me. He barfed in the air conditioner vent one day! Emergency roadside stop required!!. And if you think cats are revengeful, I had a Schnauzer with me years ago and he didn't want me to leave him in the truck while I had to go check with a receiving clerk so he pooped on my driver's seat which had a rug on it and then COVERED IT UP...guess what I sat in when I got back. Sigh...That's when I discovered Resolve carpet cleaner.
|too funy not to bump to top
|after I wash my cat i dry him like this:
|This is sooo funny. I've never had cats only because I always worked and won't declaw a cat. But, when my oldest was about three his daddy brought home a puppy for him. We lived in an upstairs apartment with the front door at the bottom of the stairs. This pup soon made it clear that he hated me. Anything that belonged to me that was left lying on the floor, this little dog would poop on. My glass cases that the kid liked to play with as well as car keys, etc. If he couldn't find anything of mine on the floor he would poop on at least half the steps down to the front door and stood at the top watching while I cleaned it up.
|This thread about cats reminds me of two male cats we had, both very loving and always used the litter box. One morning, I emptied the litter before taking the garbage to the curb before going to work. Since that delayed me, I went off to work right away and forgot to refill the litter box. Two days later, I was in our closet and there was a little cat turd on DH's shoe. Oh, no! I ran to the litter box and the cats had been using the empty box to urinate and just held the poop for as long as possible and then pooped in a very discrete place. The litter box got filled right away. I felt terrible. Poor kitties.
|Ok since they were peeing in the right place, maybe they were being 'nice' but another way to look at it?
"Forget my litter box? I'll show you!" LOL.
|I had an Abyssinian cat that liked to throw up in my open dishwasher. I stopped scratching my head over that one and learned to walk away QUICKLY. If I walked fast enough and quietly enough DH would chance upon it and do the right thing and clean it up. But I had to be very quick in my walking!
"Oh - did she do that AGAIN?" I'd say as I walked into the kitchen again. "What is wrong w/ her?! Thanks!"
- Posted by angela12345 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 3, 10 at 9:34
|Cat washing machine ...
|Shall we bring this one up top again?
|...ROFL! omigosh thank you thank you thank you all!
Partly for the practical reminder that double-sided sticky tape can make warm machinery less comfie.
Best though, for the reminder that even if there's no fix, there's a funny side to it all. My cat's just spewed all over my tv AND router, and now the tv's doing its own hissing and spitting.
I'm sure at least one of the machines will have to be replaced... but after almost 9 years this thread's still a keeper!
|We had a cat but my husband was much more trouble when he decided to change the car oil and put it in a laundry detergent bottle and leave that bottle right near the washing machine and YES the inevitable happened. My daughter was a teenager then and most of her clothes were in the machine. His life was made miserable for days. I would have preferred your cat!
|I can't tell you ho comforted I am to read that I am not the only one with a cat that likes to throw up. I only wish I had found this thread years ago when I posted on the pet forum regarding my cat. Instead of support or humor, I got berated by some woman who thought I fell off the turnip truck or something because there MUST be something wrong with my cat - "cats don't throw up for no reason," she said. Despite having had cats all my life and having taken said cat to the vet and had a battery of tests run, she still thought I was an idiot and didn't know what I was talking about.
I knew my cat was a vindictive up-chucker when he was about 5 years old and started doing it when I took care of a family member's cat now and then. He didn't throw up for the entire three days the cat was in our home, but did manage to throw up in the 10 minutes we were gone to take the cat back to its home. Then the next time the other cat came for me to watch him, MY cat vomited three times in an hour - he didn't even wait for the cat to go home that time.
And if THAT was not enough to convince me that he was being vindictive then there was the time when my husband was working very late hours. I would come home every night for a week to find, in the same spot, vomit on our flokati rug. He did it because my husband, the love of his life, was not around much. My cat loves him so much that he likes to lick his hair.
But my kitty, as much as I love him, is a big dummy. He loves to go outside, eat grass, then go through the vomit dance. He can also never throw up in one spot - it always has to be a minimum of three! I can't keep flowers in the house because he will try to eat them and forget about Easter grass!!
In the morning he will look for a dust bunny to eat if I take too long in getting him some milk or a snack. He knows it ticks me off, but he does it anyway.
My cat once urinated in my husband's shoe (we were coming back from a vacation and had clothes in the back) in a moving car (I would have loved to have witnessed his acrobatics in straddling that shoe. Nevertheless, my cat has NEVER (knock on wood) thrown up on or in a TV - thank goodness!
- Posted by cearbhaill (My Page) on Thu, Sep 8, 11 at 15:05
|One of my three kittie boys threw up into the washing machine not two weeks ago and managed to get vomit inside the drum, between the drum and the outside wall, as well as down the bleach dispenser.
A trifecta.
|When I was 14 yrs. old, I went to France on a school trip. Since there is no drinking age in France, you can guess what we did one night - sneak out of the hotel to go to the local bars in Paris. The next day, I was too sick to participate in the tours. Feeling better in the afternoon, some friends and I went to Champs Elysees for late lunch. I asked the waitress for water, as I was severely dehydrated. She was a TERRIBLE waitress and obviously did not like us. She never brought the water. She DID bring me an empty glass at the end of the meal (?!). I promptly vomited into the glass (my friends were impressed at my skill in not spilling a drop), handed it back to her, and walked out of the restaurant (leaving money for the bill of course). Needless to say, I did not drink anymore for the rest of that trip!
- Posted by rustico_2009 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 18, 12 at 2:50
|Dog adoption story...no worries it ends in a big mess.
I took on a rescue dog many years ago. For days....maybe weeks the poor thing was constipated. I probably should have taken him to a vet.
Anyway, you understand that dogs do not like the ruckus of Fourth or July fireworks, so as I was ready to go out, I put the dog and my other dog in the kitchen and shut both doors. All I can say is good thing both dogs had not been constipated. Needless to say I do not have a strong stomach.
I almost cried it was that bad. The Fourth of July is my birthday too.
Luckily, the place, which I was renting had linoleum and was not very nice. After a while, and several bottles of bleach, you couldn't really tell that, at midnight on my birthday, trembling and gagging, I opened the back door and drug a hose through the front of the house and at full flow and pressure blasted out the worst of it...
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Enjoy listening to music and stay connected by answering cell phone calls while working out. the Yurbuds Inspire Pro features a water resistant 3 button control and microphone on the wire for easy control of music and calls on the iPhone, iPod, and iPad. Yurbuds creates high end ear buds for high intensity workouts. TwistLock technology secures earbuds into place for a comfortable fit that never falls out, even during the most intense workouts. Yurbuds are much more comfortable than competing brands because they are ergonomically designed to avoid nerve rich areas of the ear. They are also sweat and water resistant.
Jenson USA ships worldwide, including APO/FPO addresses. For a quote, simply add the items you are interested in to your shopping cart and look for the "Shipping Options" box. You don't have to login or create an account to see shipping charges.
Some manufacturers restrict where we can ship their products. If this item has shipping restrictions, they are listed below. If you'd like to buy an item that we cannot ship to your preferred address, we can accept your foreign credit card and ship to a USA address for you.
Get free shipping with your $50 purchase today when you choose Standard Shipping at checkout. Please note this offer is only available to physical shipping addresses in the 48 continental United States (no PO Boxes), and oversize charges still apply on some heavy/large items
Get free Standard Shipping with your $50 purchase today! Just choose Standard Shipping during checkout.
Please note this offer is only available to physical shipping addresses in the 48 continental United States (no PO Boxes), and oversize charges still apply on some heavy/large items.