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16 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Thoughts on litter, used here in a Nature's Miracle electronic box:

 

1.  The two best are Paws and Paws & Claws, the latter available at Tractor Supply Co.

2.  If you're in Texas, HEB store-brand litter is also acceptable and reasonably priced.

3.  "Lightweight" litter is preferable, and I like scented.

 

The very worst litter is Everclean -- it turns completely into slimy mud that absolutely never dries.

 

I see no reason to overspend on fancy name-brand litters.

I'm going to sound ridiculous, but I've been importing my litter.

 

I think it can be found in the US, but with the exchange rate it's cheaper to grab a few bags when I visit family.  It lasts forever. 

 

It's this one, the blue bag. 

 

https://odourlock.com/en/

 

My cats insist on using the same litter box.  One of them has to eat high fiber food, so they both eat that... They 💩 like tigers, despite being 7-pound little cuties.  

 

All that to say, that litter CLUMPS, so that I can clean it daily, and then once a week, I clean the box, put back the used litter, and top it up with fresh.  Zero smell. 

Oh, and the cats like it too (one of them is picky about the texture).

 

Picture of the pooping machines: 

 

20250829-115013.jpg

 

Prior to that discovery, I was using Dr. Elsey's , the red box (again, one cat is picky - easier to get her what she wants than to deal with her trying to go elsewhere).

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TBoneTX   47,827

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7 hours ago, Lemonslice said:

https://odourlock.com/en/

We can tell that it's Canadian by seeing the superfluous "u," LS ma'am.

7 hours ago, Lemonslice said:

I've been importing my litter.

And precisely how does CBP react, LS ma'am?

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

Lil bear Mentor

Lil bear   4,622

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9 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

We can tell that it's Canadian by seeing the superfluous "u," LS ma'am.

And precisely how does CBP react, LS ma'am?

Some of us might consider it “essential” not superfluous !! 🫣

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TBoneTX   47,827

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15 hours ago, Lil bear said:

Some of us might consider it “essential” not superfluous !! 🫣

This is why the U.S. remains #1, LB ma'am. :P 

We get more accomplished because we don't waste time including any superfluous "u" in words, LB ma'am.

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In non-off-topic news, Cat T-B. insisted on a brushing session that completely filled up a previously clean brush.

Hardest area to get is the driver's-side paw.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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mam521   2,633

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12 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Hardest area to get is the driver's-side paw.

Driver's side in North America or driver's side in the UK, Australia or Japan? 🤭

Montreal IR-1/CR-1 FAQ

 

Montreal IR-1/CR-1 Visa spreadsheet: follow directions at top of page for data to be added

TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   47,827

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On 9/5/2025 at 12:40 PM, mam521 said:

Driver's side in North America or driver's side in the UK, Australia or Japan? 🤭

Wherever Texas is, mam ma'am.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

 

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