Hi Wil - i am a newish reader, well, i've been with you for about a year anyway awww i feel your noisy cat pain - my cat *screams* like a baby first thing in the morning for her breakfast every day. We are definitely her 'staff' - love that expression! Her weird noises can be cute though, like when she gurgles like a mogwai or even speaks to me - i shit you not, when i come in from work i always call 'hulloooo' and she pokes her head round the stairwell and says 'huwwooo' :)