Here's a pic, pre-2009, of Slick lying on me...and I ain't even sick!:eek:

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Your black cat reminds me of a friends cat, who every time I would go there would jump on my lap as soon as I sat down. He'd look me in the eye then press his forehead against mine as hard as he could, then wander off. I'm used to the normal scent marking rub their head on you but this was very different and very strange.

I had a cat that I trained to ride around on my shoulder, even when I rode my bike to the post office a block away. (Country, not city) When she was a kitten it was winter in VT and I had on a duofold union suit, wool pants and wool shirt and sometimes a sweater. She'd just climb up my leg, up my chest or back and perch next to my ear.

When summer came she got pretty good about not using her claws, instead, she'd hunch down, make eye contact as if to say, "Here I come!" then she'd leap from the ground to my shoulder in one spring. She was pretty cool. I also taught her from very very early, the Helicopter manuever, where I'd put one hand on the lfet sode of her near her chest and the other hand on the right side of her near her haunches, lift her slightly and giver her a twirl. She got up to being able to do 2 1/2 360s. She'd do several rounds of them. The trick is to start them young and they just assume that is what normal is.

Her cousin, on the other hand was a high strung airhead who was basically a salad spinner of razor blades.

Hi my name is Footfootfoot and today I'm 5 years. 6 months and 21 days cat-free...

Hi, Footfootfoot. I see you're a cat-holic.

This should be a cookie quote. It applies to so much.

done

What I have learned from this thread is that different people have had different experiences of cats - and that's just that.

I think it's more than that. Or less.

I confuse easily. Were we talking about tater tots? I like tater tots.

Wildlife, living next to nature
 

Tater tots are in the oven right now in the glatt household. And a sweet potato for me. But I'll have some tots too.

*scurries off to google tater tots*


Ahhhh. We have something similar. They're deelish.

"Napoleon, gimme some of your tots!"

This is more 'Surfing Next To Nature'...

A mammy humpback and her calf wave riding in Hawaii:

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WTF? Humpbacks are 40, 50 ft long.:eek:

it's in the hotwash by accident

One is a million shot.

Oh my, hector's loyalties would be so torn on that one...

That's a cool shot. I'm rooting for the eagle.

Apparently they both taste like chicken.

Damn straight.

OK Hector's rooting for Snakey

Snake-wrapped eagle with a watercress dressing?

Sorry you took my comments as 'rich vs poor', grav. I never said 'y'all got poor people's cats'; I shared my experience. I regret so much that I shared a pic of me with my cat when I was sick with chemo; I haven't shared any pics from chemo before. Not sure how that translated into your interpretation, or why Bruce saw it as fodder for more hostility, but it is what it is.

Never share, that's the lesson.

Be well, guys.

Eeeewwww, snake and eagle deserve something more ballsy, maybe Chestnut.

Why, we all know you've been there, done that, pictures make no difference.
Bwahahahahaha, you wussie. You ain't seen hostility from me, ask anyone what that looks like... it ain't pretty. :lol: Matter of fact, I haven't seen you receive any hostility, other than a couple of snide potshots from northern climes.

Thanks for the 10-4, I'll never reference it again. Fuck you.

I came here to learn, to engage in conversations with people I'd never otherwise have met. Didn't think that being a 'good sport' about taking shit in the eye was a prerequisite. Thought that was done with middle school. I was looking for adult conversation, not what you represent this place to be, stupid me.

I'm an Aspie. I don't always get the subtleties you and the others pride yourself on. You'll say you were just prodding/joshing/joking, or maybe you won't. I wouldn't know the difference, and it doesn't matter. Thanks for the experience, I think.

You know, you all know I'm no perfect person. I've whined, I've wept, I've cried and cringed and made a fool of myself over the past two years. I've been angsty, I've made myself vulnerable. People here have been kind and tolerant, for the most part. I appreciate that.

I'm moving forward, doing better, and I appreciate all the support that folks here have given. I'll be fine.

I have no idea what the fuck you're on about. Sounds like you posted the pictures to garner pity and are pissed because they didn't, at least from me. Like I said, we all know what you've been through and cheered you along. We've seen plenty of pictures of bald women wearing bandanas, why the fuck would yours be special to a bunch of people that have seen way too much of this shit?

Yes, stupid you, the world you describe doesn't really exist, they just pretend in polite company. Tea and sympathy? No, tea and treachery.

OMG, you acted like a normal human being, welcome to the club.
Of course you will, you're not going to fold because you got your ears pinned back for trying to be a cat know it all.

Oh, and another thing, I AM NOT the CELLAR. Nor do I play one on the internet.

Ortho, I hope you're feeling better this morning.

Was all this from a disagreement about cats? Cats?

As least get worked up about something important, like if vice grips are a hand tool.

And it's too bad you regret sharing something about yourself. I suppose it comes with age, but I don't regret anything I share about myself. If somebody doesn't like it, then screw them. That's their problem. My biggest concern, if you can even call it that, is sharing stuff that bores other people, but even then, I can't control what other people find interesting. I find it interesting and share it, and either others dig it, or they don't. It's up to them.

I don't know what I'm trying to say with this post other than it's all good. Keep on sharing.

Don't take it to heart Ortho. I've no idea why they're ragging on you like this. But it ain't nothing really.

Thanks, glatt and Dana, I appreciate it.
No, it wasn't about cats, nor was I looking for sympathy. It was a big deal for me, maybe not for some but for me, to post a pic from when I was sick. If some interpret that as messed-up I can't help that, but that's my reality. But the whole thing was my fault; the only point I originally intended was that my experience was not theirs. I should have left it at that.

No, it was about your refusal to admit that cats (read that as cats, not any one kind of cat, breed of cat, adopted cat or purchased cat, purpose-bred cat, or naturally conceived cats, just cats) scratch and bite. Which they do.;)

That's what this has been about from your first comment on the subject.

And just so you know, 99.999999% of what I post has humor as the motivating factor.

Also, I think absolutely no more or less of you than I did before this cat-astrophic series of posts.

That don't mean you get a pass when you step in catshit, though.:D

So you were not automatically believed* that you could breed out standard feline behavior... and instead of arguing your point, you were goaded into oversharing to try to teach an unwelcome, off-topic "lesson" in Humanity 101, that proved nothing and that everyone already knows...

...how terrible that must be for you?

The only worse thing would be having to play the victim card on it all.... you avoided that pothole

On the bright side, this thread is now about YOU YOU YOU! A thread about YOU! That's gotta be nice.



*otherwise an entitlement for all Cellar users

I know you're talking about me. I must've done something to merit that. Well, I am what I am. This isn't about me anymore than it is about everyone else's mistaken perceptions of facts. I was just trying to share. Everybody should have learned to share in kindergarten. That doesn't mean I don't still love you, XX Tony.

Grav gets it, so does UT, but when it's all said and done everybody's cool with everybody else... except Monster, but she's just a grouch. :haha:

wait while I extract myself from under this cat....


Just because I live in a trash can and collect things doesn't mean I'm not cool with everybody. it's true, but has nothing to do with my hoarding behavior.

As a fellow hoarder, I represent that.

Snapped this at The Shack:

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"Hello my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

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Better?

Hahahahah. Love it.

Mom is not impressed.

Nice one, Grav!

Bring it...

A family of chickadees nested near my front door. The wee ones were very friendly.






I hope they come back this year.

Cute!

Blackcap!

Squirrel Selfie Goes Terribly Wrong

One moment:

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The next:

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Nutkin FTW!

Here's my wildlife report.
Yesterday I was hanging out the washing when I hear a strange chuntery-growly noise behind me. I looked round and all I saw was a hare, and didn't think it had anything to do with him because it was too low in pitch for an animal that size. Back to hanging the washing and there's the noise again. I look round again and this time there's three hares chasing each other all around, boxing, and one attempted ... uh ... bonk. And the noise. That's the noise they make when they're feeling feisty, and they were so feisty they didn't care that I was just a few feet away, oh no!
This morning out of my office window I've been watching an epic stand-off between a hare and a crow (hooded crow). I presume there was a leveret (baby hare) somewhere (my cat has already brought one home this year :(), in fact I saw the hare return to the same spot in the field more than once, and so did the crow. It kept "buzzing" the hare, and the hare kept chasing it around, leaping up at it, standing on its hind legs to keep it at bay. At one point a second crow joined in, and I thought that they were going to succeed in wearing the hare out and that it, too, would become crows' breakfast. But second crow lost interest, and first crow eventually decided that there was easier meat elsewhere. And hare is now resting, presumably keeping little one warm.
Pictures of different hares, same field, probably grandparents to today's wee hero ... (the blob in the foreground of photo 3 is my garden fencepost).

Saw my first hare from your kitchen window.
Beautiful animals.
And beautiful photos.

Fingers crossed for the leverets in the forms this year.

RFtwenty mins ago:

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Having some fun...

@ 2:16:

I sent it to Leah, she said that's at the elephant park where she goes every year.

The bald eagle that soared overhead as we walked back to our car in the parking lot of Safeway went unphotographed but not unnoticed.

Wildlife, it's everywhere, even in the Safeway parking lot.

Eagles are a regular sight around here, and I always find them beautiful.

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Meanwhile, I found these two rascals in my driveway the other day. They were checking out something interesting in a pile of weeds and grass I'd recently dug up. Either that or the one on the left is taking a dump in my rosebed.


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Then, they moved away from the car, not a care in the world, enjoying the sunny day.


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There was some discussion in the middle of the street,


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Which was resolved as they decided to go check out the backyard of my neighbor across the street.

I've never seen a raccoon in the wild. I've only seen them in urban areas.

On Saturday I saw a black bear on the hillside maybe 100 feet from the road. It was pretty cool, I hadn't seen one in decades. This was in Shenandoah National Park. No pics, but it did happen.

I think raccoons like to be around foodstuffs, garbage cans and the like. I had one raid me until I got a better trashcan. I let him raid, I ain't messin' with those big mean mudderpluckers.

People are starting to see bald eagles around here. They're really making a comeback (like their latest album was really GOOD) and my brother saw one in his field. Someone says there have been sightings along the river, so I'm keeping my eyes open.

Raccoons are nocturnal. I'd be nervous seeing them out in the day, something's not right there.

I agree. I've seen them in my yard before, during the daytime. I wouldn't even go near them, not even to shoo them away unless it was some kind of emergency. No thanks. I took all these pictures from inside my house.