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I'm just going to point out that if Robert Heinlein chooses to believe in reincarnation he has only himself to blame for the results.

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LOL

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Engineering Cat. Thankfully he doesn't have thumbs. He's still a kitten, more or less, right?

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He's a year old, yeah.

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Wait until he learns to use that prehensile tail

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That brought a smile to face. Thanks.

Best of luck with the water

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What? Indy doesn't just turn on sink faucets, yet? Slacker. We have to have facet handles the cats can't lever on. We have to keep toilet lids down because otherwise Tj flushes the toilet. Doesn't use it (would that be wonderful). But likes watching the water swirl down. With the lid down he can't see the results so leaves handles alone. Dang smart ginger cats.

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So I've actually managed to talk him out of opening the faucets. He seems to get it. I also talked him out of cycling the liter boxes. Or if not, he has stopped confusing the cycle button and the empty button. (We were going through so much litter!)

Friends have suggested I teach him to flush the toilet, but I keep it closed precisely because I imagine the endless flushing!

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If a litterrobot, the buttons can be disabled. But then you have to be at the mercy of the app and its techie foibles.

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One is an OLD litter robot. No app yet. We just replaced the other litter robot with a knockoff. I haven't been impressed with the comments on the latest incarnations.

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I mean friends suggested I teach him to use the toilet and flush, but we'd spend a fortune in water.

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This does not surprise me in the least. Cats are masters of Physics!

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