Heard those commercials about how we're (in Albuquerque, NM) in some special "test market" for the McDonalds third pounders? If they're made correctly they're not bad. I kind of like the 1/3 pounder mushroom and swiss. The sandwich should really be renamed "canned mushrooms, mayonnaise, salt, meat & some more mayonnaise and salt".
Any way, anytime you introduce a new ingredient (/ component) to a complex system (the McDonalds assembly line)-- it presents new opportunities for interesting failures. The mushrooms in particular seem to have a tendency to turn into hard plastic discs, because... actually, I'm not sure how they managed to do this.
Therefore is seems McDonalds could turn the waste mushrooms in to plastic pellets and sell them to the Chinese manufactures that mass produce their toys.
Anyway, I encountered this not long ago, maybe I won't order the mushroom & swiss late at night.
A Few Comments on the Feliway Cat Pheromone Diffuser
A couple months ago we adopted two new cats from a friend of ours. A tabby named Taylor and a calico named Katsu. We had one existing cat that was already known for not really getting along with other cats.
Taylor (after several months) was very good about leaving the existing cat (Sydney) alone and letting her get used to him. Katsu on the other hand was combative and started fighting with Sydney.
We tried bathing them together (that worked with Sydney and a previous cat) but that only left my father with a cat bite. Several, places on the Internet suggest that some cats may never get along.
Lately we've been using the Feliway Diffuser filled with cat "happy juice". The product sounds wonderful, but since we put it in place a week or so ago it doesn't seem to have any effect since we've had several incidents since then.
The basic idea of the diffuser is that it emits synthetic pheromones that a mother cat would emit to calm her kittens. We may not have let our cats stew in it long enough (we have three of them in our 1300 square foot house, one is supposed to cover 750 square feet)-- or the relationship between the cats is just irreparable.
Behavior modification was kind of a last ditch effort so we may be looking to adopt out the problem cat in the next few weeks.
Taylor (after several months) was very good about leaving the existing cat (Sydney) alone and letting her get used to him. Katsu on the other hand was combative and started fighting with Sydney.
We tried bathing them together (that worked with Sydney and a previous cat) but that only left my father with a cat bite. Several, places on the Internet suggest that some cats may never get along.
Lately we've been using the Feliway Diffuser filled with cat "happy juice". The product sounds wonderful, but since we put it in place a week or so ago it doesn't seem to have any effect since we've had several incidents since then.
The basic idea of the diffuser is that it emits synthetic pheromones that a mother cat would emit to calm her kittens. We may not have let our cats stew in it long enough (we have three of them in our 1300 square foot house, one is supposed to cover 750 square feet)-- or the relationship between the cats is just irreparable.
Behavior modification was kind of a last ditch effort so we may be looking to adopt out the problem cat in the next few weeks.
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