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[Frank Cox]

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[Leo Enticknap]

Public health experts drafting the latest lockdown regulations:

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[Randy Stankey]

I've never read whether males have better hearing vs. females. I would guess that the hunting instinct would be stronger in females but males might be more outgoing and willing to investigate new things.

All four of the cats might be able to hear (if cats can, indeed, hear that sound) but the other three might shy away from it or else they just might not give a damn about it.

That's a cat, for ya'!

[Leo Enticknap]

I don't know if it's true but I can guess that your cat might be able to hear the ringing of the vacuum tubes as the filaments heat up and that might be a tempting sound to him.

If so, possibly a male/female cat hearing thing?

He's one of a litter of four. A pregnant stray showed up in our yard in September, and we adopted her. She gave birth a week and a half later: the kittens are now 12 weeks old. We're in the process of trying to find homes for them now. MommaCat is staying with us, but this'll make four resident felines here, which is both the practical and legal (per City of Loma Linda bylaws) limit.

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TubeAmpKit is the one with his back to the camera. The others have shown no interest in it whatsoever, and they're all female.

[Marcel Birgelen]

I've just checked if warming your fancy tube amp is part of his plot to kill you. I guess as long as he's not sleeping on it, it's still in premature stages, but I'd keep an eye on it...

[Randy Stankey]

You know, cats can hear into the ultrasonic or near-ultrasonic frequency range. They can hear the sounds of mice and other small animals that we can only perceive as faint squeaks or chirps.

I don't know if it's true but I can guess that your cat might be able to hear the ringing of the vacuum tubes as the filaments heat up and that might be a tempting sound to him. He might think it sounds like prey. I'm not certain of this but, from what I have read, I think that it might be possible. If it is true, that could explain why he seems so interested in your tube amp and it could also explain why he bolts when you play sounds through it.

He might be attracted to sounds he hears coming from the tubes then he might be startled by the sound of music playing unexpectedly.

[Leo Enticknap]

He likes to wrap his paws around the 6P15s, which supports your warmth theory. However, as soon as any sounds starts playing, he's outta there. He hasn't quite figured out that the tubes starting to glow orange means that the noise he doesn't like is imminent.

Meanwhile, Tarantino storyboards his first Shakespeare adaptation:

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[Randy Stankey]

I bet your kitten appreciates the fact that vacuum tubes get nice and WARM!

Our cat recognizes the sound of the thermostat clicking on and goes to sit next to the heater vent when he hears it.

Sometimes, pets can be smarter than we give them credit for!

[Leo Enticknap]

At least someone appreciates tube amps, even if the rest of my family think that this is a geeky fuss about nothing, and that cellphones sound just as good:

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[Leo Enticknap]

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[Leo Enticknap]

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Entertainment?!

[Frank Cox]

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[Van Dalton]

I came along this picture, which I wanted to call "Multiplex Dystopia". Long, empty hallways filled with nothing, leading to rooms, filled with mostly nothing.

Still wondering what movie is playing at the end of the hallway though...

"A large house made of concrete, surrounded by asphalt. The house is filled with many rooms, each alike. But they are occupied by different souls... night... after night..."

[Leo Enticknap]

Someone at the shipping company appears to have been having a bad day:

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[Frank Cox]

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I just saw this on one of the community notice boards.

That purple colour really jumps out and hits you in the eye.

We're having a municipal election in about a week and a prankster is apparently taking advantage of the opportunity.