Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 14 Mar 1998.
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How to build a scratching post for your kitties
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· 11 messages · 14 Mar 1998 - 21 Mar 1998
How to build a scratching post for your kitties
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Text: Michael Doherty
Illustration: Veronica Karlsson
I built a good, durable post for my cats for $12. All you need is a
square piece of plywood for the bottom. Buy 2 feet (or taller if you
want it) of 4 x 4 posts used for fencing. Buy a bolt to attach 4 x 4
to plywood through the bottom. You now have a post. Buy 100 feet of
1/4 inch twine. This next part is hard to explain so I'll illustrate
with some pictures. This is what you want to build:
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Drill a hole in the direction of the arrow all the way through the
post.
Thread the sting through it and tie a knot at the end. This gives
you one end that is attached.
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Spread wood glue over entire post (Thin layer).
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Then start tightly wrapping twine around post. Wear gloves because
this part is a little tough.
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When you are near the top, again thread string through a predrilled
hole and tie a knot as close to the wood as possible. Then what I did
is extend the string out another 8 inches...tie a knot....leave
another inch. This gives them a toy.
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I forgot....go to the carpet store and purchase one of their 2x2
samples for $2.00. Cut a hole in the middle and place of post and
push down to base. This prevents injuries from landing on plywood.
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Veronica Karlsson wrote in message <350...@on.spammer>...
>How to build a scratching post for your kitties
>===============================================
>
>Text: Michael Doherty
>Illustration: Veronica Karlsson
>Then start tightly wrapping twine around post. Wear gloves because
>this part is a little tough.
>
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>
aardvarko wrote: > > Nice! :) That rope must have been difficult... > Difficult? Why? -- _ _ __ ___.--'_`. __ __ _ .'_`--.___ __ ( _`.'. - 'o` ) \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ ( 'o` - .`.'_ ) _\.'_' _.-' \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | `-._ `_`./_ ( \`. ) //\` \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| '/\\ ( .'/ ) \_`-'`---'\\__, ,__//`---'`-'_/ \` `-\ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/hfref/ix/ /-' '/ ` _____________________ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr ____________________ ' LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
>Difficult? Why?
Well, it'd be difficult for _me_.... :)
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Veronica Karlsson wrote in message <350...@on.spammer>...
aardvarko wrote: > > >Difficult? Why? > > Well, it'd be difficult for _me_.... :) > What do you mean??? -- _ _ __ ___.--'_`. __ __ _ .'_`--.___ __ ( _`.'. - 'o` ) \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ ( 'o` - .`.'_ ) _\.'_' _.-' \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | `-._ `_`./_ ( \`. ) //\` \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| '/\\ ( .'/ ) \_`-'`---'\\__, ,__//`---'`-'_/ \` `-\ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/hfref/ix/ /-' '/ ` _____________________ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr ____________________ ' LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
Veronica Karlsson <dre...@on.spammer> wrote: >aardvarko wrote: >> Well, it'd be difficult for _me_.... :) >What do you mean??? The rope you drew, _.-' _.-' .-' in addition to being a diagonal straight line with a gentle slope, has some other nice properties.The way in which it is uneven sort of seems to suggest the way the strands in a rope are wound around each other. That may really have been an unavoidable consequence of doing your best to make a straight line in ASCII art, but if one assumes that you deliberately sought this effect - when it seems to be all one could do to make a line going in that direction at all - and achieved it could well seem miraculous. John Savard
John Savard wrote: > Veronica Karlsson <dre...@on.spammer> wrote: > >aardvarko wrote: > > >> Well, it'd be difficult for _me_.... :) > > >What do you mean??? > > The rope you drew, > Are you aardvarko? (just curious) > _.-' > _.-' > .-' > > in addition to being a diagonal straight line with a gentle slope, has > some other nice properties.The way in which it is uneven sort of seems > to suggest the way the strands in a rope are wound around each other. Try this: 3/1 2/1 1/1 2/3 1/2 | | / / .' .' | | | / / .' | / / / .' .' 1/3 | | | / / .' .-' | | / / .' .' .-' | / | / / .' .-' 1/4 | | / / .' .' .-' _.-' | | | / / .' .-' _.-' 1/5 | / / / .' .' .-' _.-' _.--' | | | / / .' .-' _.-' _.--' 1/6 | | / / .' .' .-' _.-' _.--' __.--' 1/7 | | | / / .' .-' _.-' _.--' __.--' __..--' _.-' _.--' __.--' __..--' 1/8 _.--' __.--' __..--' __..--'' __.--' __..--' __..--'' __..--' __..--'' __..--'' -------------------------- 0 and this: ; ,` ,-` ,-~` ,--~` ; ,` ,-` ,-~` ,--~` ; ,` ,-` ,-~` ,--~` ; ,` ,-` ,-~` ,--~` ; ,` ,-` ,-~` ,--~` ; ,` ,-` ,-~` ,--~` ; ,` ,-` ,-~` ,--~` ; ,` ,-` ,-~` ,--~` ; ,` ,-` ,-~` ,--~` ; ,` ,-` ,-~` ,--~` ;,`,-`,-~`,--~` and this: 5/1 4/1 3/1 2/1 1 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : and this: /0 5/1 4/1 3/1 2/1 3/2 1 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : > That may really have been an unavoidable consequence of doing your > best to make a straight line in ASCII art, but if one assumes that you > deliberately sought this effect - when it seems to be all one could do > to make a line going in that direction at all - and achieved it could > well seem miraculous. > Then there are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * .-. .-. / \ .-. .-. / \ / \ / \ .-. _ .-. / \ / \ -/-------\-------/-----\-----/---\---/-\---/---\-----/-----\-------/-------\-- \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / `-' `-' 1 _..--""--.._ 2 _,-' `-._ 3 ,' `. 4 ,' `. 5 / \ 6 / \ 7| | 8| | 9| | 0| | 1| | 2| | 3 \ / 4 \ / 5 `. ,' 6 `._ _,' 7 `-._ _,-' 8 ""--..--"" .-""""-. /` `\ / \ 7 ; ; ; ; \ / \ / `'-....-'` .-"""-. /` `\ ; ; 6 | | ; ; \ / `'-...-'` .---. / \ 5 | | \ / '---' .--. 4 / \ \ / '--' .-. 3 ( ) '-' 2 /^^\ \__/ 1 () o O 0 .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.- / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ `-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' .''..''..''..''..''..''..''..''..''. . ' . ' ' ' ' . . ' . ' ,,ggddY""""Ybbgg,, ,agd""' `""bg, ,gdP" "Ybg, ,dP" "Yb, ,dP" _,,ddP"""Ybb,,_ "Yb, ,8" ,dP"' `"Yb, "8, ,8' ,d" "b, `8, ,8' d" "b `8, d' d' ,gPPRg, `b `b 8 8 dP' `Yb 8 8 8 8 8) (8 8 8 8 8 Yb dP 8 8 8 Y, "8ggg8" ,P 8 Y, Ya aP ,P `8, "Ya aP" ,8' `8, "Yb,_ _,dP" ,8' `8a `""YbbgggddP""' a8' `Yba adP' "Yba adY" `"Yba, ,adP"' `"Y8ba, ,ad8P"' ``""YYbaaadPP""'' * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * d=3 .--. | | `--' d=3 .--. | | `.__.' d=4 .---. .' '. : : `.___.' _ .-. .--. (_) ( ) : : '-' '--' _.-""""`-._ ,' _-""""`-_ `. / ,'.-'"""`-.`. \ | / / ,'"""`. \ \ | | | | | ,'"`. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _.-"""" ,' _-"""" / ,'.-'""" | / / ,'""" | | | | ,'"` | | | | | Credits? Well... can you copyright a basic curve or line? I doubt it! -- _ _ __ ___.--'_`. __ __ _ .'_`--.___ __ ( _`.'. - 'o` ) \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ ( 'o` - .`.'_ ) _\.'_' _.-' \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | `-._ `_`./_ ( \`. ) //\` \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| '/\\ ( .'/ ) \_`-'`---'\\__, ,__//`---'`-'_/ \` `-\ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/hfref/ix/ /-' '/ ` _____________________ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr ____________________ ' LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
Veronica Karlsson wrote:
VK> Try this:
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Thanks Veronica, this is great refference. :) Just what I needed.
Grtz,
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>Are you aardvarko? (just curious) No, I'm Chris in real life... (and no, I don't really want to give out my last name :) Thanks for explaining, Veronica... I hadn't thought of using some of those chars for lines... :) [off to doodle in Notepad] -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a a r d v a r k o @ g e o c i t i e s dot com ._______. __ __ o \| Ant | _. _..__| _.._| _ / \/\/ \/ | KRUNCH| (_|(_||(_|\/(_|| |<(_) \__/\/\__/\o | .*@., | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /\ . ./\ rdv .@*. | \=/ | http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/2672/ '"""""""' icq 8435513 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Veronica Karlsson wrote in message <351...@on.spammer>... >John Savard wrote: >> Veronica Karlsson <dre...@on.spammer> wrote: >> >aardvarko wrote: >> >> >> Well, it'd be difficult for _me_.... :) >> >> >What do you mean??? >> >> The rope you drew, >> > >Are you aardvarko? (just curious) > >> _.-' >> _.-' >> .-' >> >> in addition to being a diagonal straight line with a gentle slope, has >> some other nice properties.The way in which it is uneven sort of seems >> to suggest the way the strands in a rope are wound around each other. > >Try this: [snip]
You've got it exactly. :)
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John Savard wrote in message <351...@news.prosurfr.com>...
>Veronica Karlsson <dre...@on.spammer> wrote:
>>aardvarko wrote:
>The rope you drew,
>in addition to being a diagonal straight line with a gentle slope, has
>some other nice properties.The way in which it is uneven sort of seems
>to suggest the way the strands in a rope are wound around each other.
aardvarko wrote: > > >Are you aardvarko? (just curious) > > No, I'm Chris in real life... (and no, I don't really want to give out > my last name :) > I didn't think so either, but he did answer a question that I asked you... (I mean, how could he know what you were thinking about...?) -- _ _ __ ___.--'_`. __ __ _ .'_`--.___ __ ( _`.'. - 'o` ) \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ ( 'o` - .`.'_ ) _\.'_' _.-' \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | `-._ `_`./_ ( \`. ) //\` \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| '/\\ ( .'/ ) \_`-'`---'\\__, ,__//`---'`-'_/ \` `-\ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/hfref/ix/ /-' '/ ` _____________________ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr ____________________ ' LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
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