Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for January 30, 2024

“Detective Juice” is vital to most things, in my experience.

What’s outrageous is the idea of going without Detective Juice! I bet Puck makes a mean cup of coffee though.

Uh oh, Elvis means business. His tail is… twitching? wagging?

Puck isn’t wrong.

Gather some clues, then it’s time for one-on-one interrogations. Good Cat, Bad Cat.

I’m going to get a French press because when you go from kitty beans to coffee beans, you need to be able to SQUEE ze those precious beans…

Ugh! I don’t like coffee. I don’t like the smell. I don’t like the taste. It’s tea for me!

Does anyone else know the American folksong with the line, "I see that you’re a logger and not a common bum, “Cause no one but a logger stirs his coffee with his thumb.” The Weavers. and many others covered it. I’m thinking that Goldie might be tough enough to do just that.

Every morning, hubby adds some blood to his caffeine stream.

Monroe has the evil chasies every AM, so I wonder if he drinks out of hubby’s cup.

Yes! Another image to add to the “BCN Cats Pouring Coffee” collection that lives rent-free in my brain!♥ (Seriously, it’s one of my very favourite BCN leitmotifs.)

Hmmm… Who could it be? Who’s got matching claws? They might have fibres trapped in them…

Whoever it was who done that terrible crime, they was quiet as a cat while they is does it.

This reminds me of a beverage that was invented one night at a coffeehouse I used to frequent. It was called the defibrillator. First they brewed 6 shots of espresso, and in that still piping hot espresso they brew some golden money tea, it has a nice kick of caffeine to it as well. This concoction was then poured over ice into a tall glass and topped with some cherry Torani syrup with two straws. The idea was to drink it down quickly. I had one and it was magnificent. The name was spot on too. A girl there drank two and was a bit sorry for the second. LOL She was in full Lupin mode! The ceiling was indeed a floor for her for an hour or two.

Some noirish detectives run on whiskey, of course. The other detective juice.

Wisely, they give Lupin DECAF ’ Detective Juice ’ !! … (Which is fine, I suppose. … For me, though, I’ll take the REAL stuff !!) … :)

Um, has OZ ever had coffee before? It might be a good idea to keep her away from caffeine. {Shudder}

Have we ever seen a one of the cats with a coffee pot before?

By the time Detective Goldie has enjoyed her cup (or two) of detective juice, the perpetrators may have had time to tamper with or destroy the evidence. Or, worse yet, Lupin will be taking over the crime scene!

As always, Puck proves to be the most essential member of the team!

Anything caffeinated is my “I love my job but I feel like a zombie” juice.

That’s funny, Goldie, because I call coffee- Middle Age Juice!

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Queen Catshepsut the Golden: Friends, Iron Glove has designed a new Comfy Chair for the library. You are all welcome to test out the prototype.

Beatrixia: We are glad to have Comfy Chairs in the library, but some have said it’s difficult to stay awake while reading in one.

Thomios: Some have said it’s easier to stay awake if they have a cup of coffee or tea with them. Although we do make sure to give Lupinium decatf.

Enter a multicolored tornado

Ora Z: It’s me, Little O, you know! Ooh, looks like there’s a new chair over there!

Puckmosis: Be careful, Ora Z. Watch out with your…claws.

Elvis-Anum: There’s the problem. How do we protect the chair from kitty claws?

Maat-Tilda: My fellow Artisans and I have thought of that. We’ve made some slip covers from space-time fabric. If one gets torn we just put on the next cover.

Elvis: How does that help?

Tillie: Simple. The original cover reverts to yesterday, before it was torn.

Elvis: Sounds good in theory, but how do we test it out?

Sophititi: We have Ora Z to help with that.

Detective Juice is a good name. Glad we know Elvis’ feelings about the situation.

Just like yesterday, there is a possible clue to the shredding of the big red couch. Today it’s in the third frame, lower right…a claw? a whisker? >.> <.<

Coffee? COFFEE??? That’s not detective juice. TEA is real detective juice.

Sherlock Holmes didn’t drink coffee, he drank Tea.

Hercule Poirot didn’t drink coffee, he drank Tea.

Miss Marple didn’t drink coffee, she drank Tea.

Tommy and Tuppence didn’t drink coffee, they drank Tea.

Inspector Morris didn’t drink coffee, he drank Tea.

Inspector Lewis didn’t drink coffee, he drank Tea.

Vera didn’t drink coffee, she drank Tea.

Miss Fischer didn’t drink coffee, she drank Tea.

Detective Inspector Edmund Reid didn’t drink coffee, she drank Tea.

Detective Inspector Richard Poole didn’t drink coffee, he drank Tea.

Detective Inspector John River didn’t drink coffee, he drank Tea.

Chief Detective Tom Barnaby didn’t drink coffee, he drank Tea.

Father Brown didn’t drink coffee, he drank Tea.

John Luther didn’t drink coffee, he drank Tea.

Detective Chief Inspector Cassie Stuart and Detective Inspector Sunny Khan didn’t drink coffee, they drank Tea.

Sam Spade didn’t drink coffee, he drank whiskey, which explains why his office was in a 5 story walk up with grimy windows and old beat up furniture.

No Tea is the real detective juice.

Elvis’ twitchy tail is a fantastic detail, but Goldie’s big smile blows me away! Nice to see her so happy.

So… Where is Lupin?

Cats? Coffee? You could expect more than a few shards in the couch with that combo

I like coffee, but I limit myself to one cup a day.

My money is on Ora Zella

or maybe Detectve fuel?

Puck filling in for Nick Yemana

Check the kittens’ claws for red thread, and your investigation will quickly conclude.

Project: Uplift Frodo

We have the RC trucks. My techs have been playing with the darn things all day yesterday. We did manage to open one up and check the PC board. It is a little different from Don’s truck (same make and model, but a few years older) but no issues. I have one EE who wants to custom print a PC board for the desk elevator based on the truck PC board. He makes custom programs and designs PC boards for other things, like durability testing seats or other Aircraft parts, so would be the right guy to consult when we get there.

PCB@ manufacturing in AZ does the fabrication based on specifications you give them. Usually, a week turn around for prototypes.

The tubes come next week, so that’s when it gets really interesting.

Coffee is vital to everything. When I was a supervisor, my team knew not to bother me until after I had had the first cup of coffee. I am actually embarrassed to admit to how much money I spend at Starbucks between mid-November and December 24.

Coffee oils get rancid when kept in the cupboard. Put it in the refrigerator.

As everyone should know, there was no civilization BC—Before Coffee. (Also stands for "Before Chocolate.)

Good luck solving the case, Goldie! We believe in you.

Unlike Lupin, caffeine is not a dangerous drug for her.

Dale Cooper right there

Either it’s the kittens……………..or Lupin.

Hope it’s decaf because…..Lupin

I’m convinced that Elvis’s twitchiness is based on guilt! He has been known to hang on to the fabric of the BRC to the breaking point. It’s in the archives. Some enterprizing Orb member will be able to cite the date!

CatMom please email me; I have info for you and currently can’t access my BCN Folks folder.