Today in the workshop .....

[Cato]

Speaking from experience I can tell you similar rules apply when cat sitting

I was house & cat sitting, fed the 2 cats at 8am (their usual feed time) and went back to bed for a couple of hours.
House owners came home 9am. Cats said they'd been ignored and starved for several days! Owner believed them so gave them 2nd breakfast.
Lesson learned: If a cat tells you something, double-check it before you believe it !

Dogs are no better, I'm dog-sitting a lovely elderly hound this week.
If I go out for an hour he forgets. When I get back he tells me some tall tails and waits for his reward for protecting the house.

yes deliberate typo to see if anyone is paying attention ...

You can tell a dog "No" and while they may sulk they get the message. Cats on the other hand just assume you're a little slow on the uptake even for a shaved monkey and carry on with whatever it is.

As I've said in the past, I admire a dog's attitude and loyalty, but I aspire to a cat's attitude to life.

 

[Beanwood]

So I've got to sort out some electrical related pics for the bloke doing it to use which is frankly a PITA but a necessary evil in today's online world.

SEO is your friend here- Mrs B has been doing the ranking improvements for a little while now, and as well as making sure all the keywords and phrases are covered, name your photos appropriately as Google prefers them that way?

 

[Cato]

SEO is your friend here- Mrs B has been doing the ranking improvements for a little while now, and as well as making sure all the keywords and phrases are covered, name your photos appropriately as Google prefers them that way?

It's about striking a balance with SEO, and things online generally really. You can spend a working week keeping on top of it, or pay someone to do it, but either way it ends up taking away from what you're actually doing to earn.

So keeping it simple with (as you say) the right key words but not having too many, naming photos, regular (ish) updates word text and pics. It also helps to have the domain name as descriptive as possible hence separating out the electrical side of things onto its own domain so that I have one site found for motorcycle maintenance/repairs and one for electrical work.

 

[addjunkie]

It's about striking a balance with SEO, and things online generally really. You can spend a working week keeping on top of it, or pay someone to do it, but either way it ends up taking away from what you're actually doing to earn.

So keeping it simple with (as you say) the right key words but not having too many, naming photos, regular (ish) updates word text and pics. It also helps to have the domain name as descriptive as possible hence separating out the electrical side of things onto its own domain so that I have one site found for motorcycle maintenance/repairs and one for electrical work.

Insta and tiktok is where its at for growing business…though good websites to go-along with anti social media do make a big difference!

 

[Cato]

Insta and tiktok is where its at for growing business…though good websites to go-along with anti social media do make a big difference!

I use Twitter and Facebook with facebook posts automatically repeated on Instagram. Social media is helpful in getting the word out but it can suck up a lot of time to keep up with regular posting.

The other issue is that there's no minimum IQ requirement to have an account on there so it provides a daily reminder of just how long overdue a good scrubbing of the gene pool is.

 

[Dapph2]

Jasper the cat has learnt to ask to go out for a p & poo. in the early days of cat training we'd wait for him to sound off , grab some Dreamies in his stainless steel feed bowl , open the door , let him out . As soon as he got down the garden we'd shake his bowl , whistle him and call his name. He soon picked up on it and was back at the door in minutes for his reward of Dreamies.

His latest trick is to appear on the outside window cill of the room we are in , sound off asking to come in and when let in via the window ,go straight to his food cupboard and try and get the Dreamies packet , totally ignoring any fresh cat meat stuff in his bowl .

This has progressed , now almost as soon as he's had 10 or so Dreamies he jumps on the settee , walks along the back ..on to the window cill & meow's to go out . A few seconds later he's on the outside asking to come in and if let in goes straight to the food cupboard . Early last month he repeated the exercise five time. After getting the fifth issue of Dreamies he jumped up on to his cat bed totally stuffed and didn't move for 15 hours .


Info on the Dreamies packet " No more than 15 or so Dreamies a day " The little bugger must have had a big catnip style trip because of getting 40 or more Dreamies that day . He was "Catamose " dead to the world as so rigid you could have used him as a hammer

 

[oldbikedavey]

Today, I think that I shall move forwards on the prototype of the 'BAFCO Fluffinator', a hopefully useful device for the mechanical processing of foundry sand over the moulding bench.
Fun, games, and A & E , possibly.....

 

[Cato]

Today, I think that I shall move forwards on the prototype of the 'BAFCO Fluffinator', a hopefully useful device for the mechanical processing of foundry sand over the moulding bench.
Fun, games, and A & E , possibly.....

For those of us with a 'Play-Doh at infant school' level of casting knowledge, what does processing foundry sand involve?

 

[oldbikedavey]

For those of us with a 'Play-Doh at infant school' level of casting knowledge, what does processing foundry sand involve?

More complex than imaginable, most of the time.
Friability, tensile strength...
Horticultural expertise on seedbed preparation and things like lower plastic limits helps a lot......
As, I think, may peculiar rituals at the full moon.....

 

[Cato]

More complex than imaginable, most of the time.
Friability, tensile strength...
Horticultural expertise on seedbed preparation and things like lower plastic limits helps a lot......
As, I think, may peculiar rituals at the full moon.....

Fair enough, I can imagine it's one of those things where "sand cast" sounds simple but is a blend of knowledge, skill and artistry.

 

[Mart63]

More complex than imaginable, most of the time.
Friability, tensile strength...
Horticultural expertise on seedbed preparation and things like lower plastic limits helps a lot......
As, I think, may peculiar rituals at the full moon.....

I'm glad you cleared that up.

 

[badabec]

And I thought the Fluffinator was for your cat.