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Kil
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 Posted - 01/17/2011 : 16:40:40
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I just rented the room that my ex moved out of yesterday (whew!!!) to a 20 year old Saudi Arabian Shiite Muslim named Yaya, here learning english before he goes to Indiana to attend the university he has already been accepted to.
I usually split utilities but he upped the rent a few dollars to cover them because he just can't afford much more than I'm asking. He lives in an international "homeshare" now in Culver City but he goes to school in Santa Monica. He has no furniture and normally sleeps on the floor so he doesn't need a bed, (the room is unfurnished) and wants to have conversations with me to help him improve his english. He also doesn't buy food he says, except for tea, and subsists on snacks from places like 7/11. No deposit accept for part of his first months rent.
I had to ask him if he cares that i am of Jewish descent and he said from the part of Saudi Arabia he is from and the kind of Muslim he is that he was brought up to respects all faiths. I told him I'm an atheist, and he said that doesn't matter to him either. He will pray quietly in his room. I told him that if I am to help him learn english, he must teach me about his faith.
So there you go. Really. Am I nuts?
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 01/17/2011 : 17:46:55 [Permalink]
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I was chatting with the superintended of my building, who is a young immigrant in his early twenties with a wife and newborn, and he mentioned that he was a Muslim, although not a particularly fanatic one. He says he often gets grief from family and friends because he likes to drink and gamble, both things frowned upon in Islam. I mentioned that I was an atheist and he seemed similarly nonplussed. It's important to remember that, like for the majority of Christians, most Muslims are not especially fanatical, perhaps more so for those Muslims who choose to live abroad.
But, yeah. An atheist and a devout Muslim living together? Sounds like you have the makings of a screenplay for the next "Odd Couple," Kil.  |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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 Posted - 01/17/2011 : 19:07:04 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by H. Humbert
But, yeah. An atheist and a devout Muslim living together? Sounds like you have the makings of a screenplay for the next "Odd Couple," Kil.
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Yeah. I know... The bummer is that I must find a roommate to start in July. So I have to go through this again. But I will get some time to recover from the last year of living with my ex wife who became my ex wife for a reason. That part is a good thing. It's been pleasantly un-naggingly quiet around here. And my cat is now free to roam around outside of my room. And the cat box and his food is out of my room too!!! I might even move a couple of my guitars back to their homes in the living room.
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Dave W.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 01/17/2011 : 21:42:42 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Nuts? No. Sounds fascinating.
But you really need to learn that "except" is not spelled "accept."
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What are you talking about?
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 01/17/2011 : 22:32:25 [Permalink]
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Not to pick on Kil's writing, which I very much enjoy, but I had to read the first sentence a few times before I understood that his ex-wife hadn't just moved out yesterday, which I found perplexing...
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
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the_ignored
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Posted - 01/17/2011 : 23:42:39 [Permalink]
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That's Kilbonics for you.
In relation to this topic, kind of, here's a link to a good ol' Canadian show: Little Mosque on the Prairie.
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>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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Posted - 01/17/2011 : 23:55:47 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by H. Humbert
Not to pick on Kil's writing, which I very much enjoy, but I had to read the first sentence a few times before I understood that his ex-wife hadn't just moved out yesterday, which I found perplexing...
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Well. There you go. I see what you mean. But here's the thing. My ex-wife really did just move out yesterday. (Michelle is not my ex-wife. She was my girlfriend. And I'm happy to say that we are still very good friends. When she moved out I did my ex a favor by allowing her to move in because she needed a place. That turned out to be a mistake that I will not soon make again). Had I gone over my post a few times, I'd have caught it. When I write something like a Kil Report, I not only read them many times on the computer (usually in word) but I also print them out because I catch more errors or sentences that are unclear, or even simple grammatical mistakes that way. Sometimes, I just don't like the way it reads and I go back and write a paragraph or sentence over again. And after all of that, I give it to Michelle or Tim to look at before it goes to Dave for a final edit and if needed, he corrects any spelling errors too. I'm a hopelessly poor speller...
But here on the forum you pretty much get the raw me, which this time meant a spelling error and a very unclear sentence.
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sailingsoul
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Posted - 01/18/2011 : 15:51:20 [Permalink]
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| This could be a good thing or not. Time will tell. If it turns out to be a bad idea, then maybe you should not be the one who chooses your third roommate. this would make it two in a row. However it sounds intriguing. Good luck. SS |
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perrodetokio
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Posted - 01/18/2011 : 21:27:54 [Permalink]
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I agree with Humbert. "...like for the majority of Christians, most Muslims are not especially fanatical"
At least that has been my experience over time, living in three continents and various countries.
I think it's a really good opportunity to leran from each other.
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Bill scott
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Posted - 01/19/2011 : 11:06:58 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
And my cat is now free to roam around outside of my room. And the cat box and his food is out of my room too!!!
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You are nuts. When I got married my wife already had a cat. I could not stand having a litter box in the same house as I was living in, let alone in my bedroom. I ended up cutting a hole in the garage door and installing one of those swinging doors so we could put the litter box out in the garage. Worked great for 9 months and then the cat died. Even out in the garage it still annoyed me. Maybe my smeller is more active than is yours but I don't know how you lived with that box in your room. |
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 01/19/2011 : 16:16:40 [Permalink]
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Spend $2 more on dust free, ordor eliminating, scoopable litter.
I have a cat, one litterbox (I do scoop it at least once daily, mostly two times), and there is no detectable odor because of the better cat litter.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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Posted - 01/19/2011 : 18:56:56 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dude
Spend $2 more on dust free, ordor eliminating, scoopable litter.
I have a cat, one litterbox (I do scoop it at least once daily, mostly two times), and there is no detectable odor because of the better cat litter.
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I do all of those things. But still, the bedroom isn't the place for cat food and a litterbox. |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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Posted - 01/19/2011 : 18:58:31 [Permalink]
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Looks like my roommate to be flaked out on me. Didn't show up with the deposit and didn't return my call or my email to him. So the room is still for rent.
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Bill scott
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Posted - 01/20/2011 : 05:42:03 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dude
Spend $2 more on dust free, ordor eliminating, scoopable litter.
I have a cat, one litterbox (I do scoop it at least once daily, mostly two times), and there is no detectable odor because of the better cat litter.
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We did. It was better but still did not make it as though the box was not in the house. And even with the better litter the option of having it in a bedroom was that is was not an option.
| I have a cat, one litterbox (I do scoop it at least once daily, mostly two times), and there is no detectable odor because of the better cat litter. |
I never cleaned the litter box once. It was my wife's cat and I think she realized she had accomplished a small victory with me by just getting me to allow the cat to come live with us in the first place, so she never asked me once to clean the box. She was pretty good at keeping it clean. When it was out in the garage it was OK but I still knew it was there. You could have an industrial strength ventalation unit hooked up to that box and I will still not settle easy with the concept of that "material" sitting around in my house waiting for someone to come clean it up. Now I have seen on tv people who toilet train their cats. That's an interesting option to consider if you want to live with cats.
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I guess the part that bugged me the most was finding small pieces of litter throughout the house that had been tracked in by the cat. Think about it. The cat is in the litter box and does it's business. It then buries the deposit using it's paws. It probably steps in a previous deposit on the way in and/or on the way out of the box. And then with this smelly stinky litter still embedded in it's paws it leaves the box and proceeds to jump on all the furniture, beds, kitchen table and counter-tops etc... Yuck! I see people who get freaked out if their kid forgets to wash his hands after taking a wiz who then allow a cat, who has just walked out of it's litter box, and still has dirty litter in it's paws, to walk all over the kitchen counter, or table, or their beds and not even bat an eye. WTH! |
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 01/20/2011 : 11:32:46 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Bill scott
Originally posted by Dude
Spend $2 more on dust free, ordor eliminating, scoopable litter.
I have a cat, one litterbox (I do scoop it at least once daily, mostly two times), and there is no detectable odor because of the better cat litter.
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Spend $2 more on dust free, ordor eliminating, scoopable litter. |
We did. It was better but still did not make it as though the box was not in the house. And even with the better litter the option of having it in a bedroom was that is was not an option.
| I have a cat, one litterbox (I do scoop it at least once daily, mostly two times), and there is no detectable odor because of the better cat litter. |
I never cleaned the litter box once. It was my wife's cat and I think she realized she had accomplished a small victory with me by just getting me to allow the cat to come live with us in the first place, so she never asked me once to clean the box. She was pretty good at keeping it clean. When it was out in the garage it was OK but I still knew it was there. You could have an industrial strength ventalation unit hooked up to that box and I will still not settle easy with the concept of that "material" sitting around in my house waiting for someone to come clean it up. Now I have seen on tv people who toilet train their cats. That's an interesting option to consider if you want to live with cats.
http://www.citikitty.com/
I guess the part that bugged me the most was finding small pieces of litter throughout the house that had been tracked in by the cat. Think about it. The cat is in the litter box and does it's business. It then buries the deposit using it's paws. It probably steps in a previous deposit on the way in and/or on the way out of the box. And then with this smelly stinky litter still embedded in it's paws it leaves the box and proceeds to jump on all the furniture, beds, kitchen table and counter-tops etc... Yuck! I see people who get freaked out if their kid forgets to wash his hands after taking a wiz who then allow a cat, who has just walked out of it's litter box, and still has dirty litter in it's paws, to walk all over the kitchen counter, or table, or their beds and not even bat an eye. WTH!
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Bill, I have some bad (and good) news for you. (good first) The number of pathogens that cats carry that also are active in humans is very small. You could, potentially, be exposed to some parasites that use cats as part of their life cycle, but those are rare and limited to cats who go outdoors. You have a higher chance of contacting those parasites by walking barefoot in your yard. Cats are, generally speaking, clean animals. Especially indoor cats. Sure, the poop stinks, but it isn't causing you any harm.
Now the bad- I assume you keep your toothbrush in your bathroom? Do you keep it sealed in a container or do you leave it out (or even inside your medicine cabinet)? Unless you seal your toothbrush between uses then you are placing human fecal and urinary tract material (from anyone who uses your bathroom) into your mouth every time you brush. When you flush your toilet some of the stuff in it becomes aerosolized (a small amount to be sure) and then lands on surfaces nearby. Human fecal material can cause many diseases in other humans.
You are more of a danger to yourself, by shitting in proximity to your toothbrush, than an indoor cat.
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