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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: daddog on September 02, 2001, 03:32:00 PM
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I really do, I just can't stand cats. Sorry hangtime, but as far as I am concerned they are good toys for my dog and that is about it.
That is what I would have said for many years, but in just the past few weeks we acquired on that is changing my opinion of cats. He is just a couple of months old and his name is "Lighting". What else would a dedicated P-38 driver call his cat? Almost called him "banana" after our head CM, but the kids preferred "Lighting". :)
It is all my wife's fault. She is the one who dragged me into the store, (with all the kids) thrust this bundle of purring fur into my hands and said "Isn't he cute"!? Thirty bucks and ½ hour later he is running around our house driving our "other" 4 year old cat nuts. :D That other cat loves my wife and kids, but just tolerates me as I do her. More than once I have given her flying lessons, but never to serious injury. Just to what ever pride cats think they inherently acquire.
Lighting though just keeps wanting to play with the older cat, but she will not. He will stalk her and then pounce! She will arch, hiss and chase, but only for a few feet. I watched this go on for 20 minutes this morning to my great pleasure. I think he will drive her crazy in a few months. :D Lighting would make a better dog that a cat, and I am considering raising him as one. I might as well. You see, those two will never get along. No way. Not possible.
Let me explain. Being the "daddog" in this little dog pound gives me the authority to name the animals in our home. That other cat never would have made it in our door had not I been able to name it. I remember telling my wife these words exactly, "You can keep him, but I get to name him". She agreed. I did not hesitate. Her name is "Zeke".
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35 bucks! I could have sent you one for free :)
I have many cats here. People get these things and when they realise that they grow up and crap all over, claw and scratch the house up they decided they dont want fluffy anymore. They then drive by my place and and see the barns and animals and decide that i like animals and would be glad to look after the little toejam. Of course they are never spayed and usually have kittins of thier own. Now haveing a family that watches too many disney movies I cant really do much about the situation. But sometimes there are so many of the little friggers crapping all over my barn, upsetting milk pails and running under cows scaring the living daylights out of them so that i get kicked in the kneecap that I have no choice but to get rid of a few.
I can see myself getting attached to one single cat, but on a whole I hate the little friggers. Almost as much as the butwipes that dump em off in front of my place.
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cats are cool..you turn a cat and a dog loose in the middle of the woods....which one do you think it most likely to starve????
the dog.
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Eventually yes, but only after he ate the cat.
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Ms. Pouncer R. Cat
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Daddog, there is no law that says you can't raise a cat to behave like a dog!
The girls "rescued" the last one when he was only 3 or 4 weeks old. Not even close to haveing eyes open yet. You know who was stuck bottle feeding that baby every 2 hours 24/7.
So naturally the little critter thinks I'm mamma, and takes after me. LOL drives the girls to absolute distraction sometimes. And he's strickly a one man cat too. While he may tolerate affection for a minute by the girls. He doesn't EVER jump up in their lap & purr like he does mine. Heheheheh Drives em nuts too!
Just keep reminding lighting that he's a dog in cat skin & you'll do fine daddog! :)
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Lightning and Zeke meet their cousins!!!
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Only good cat is a Hellcat.
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Denise my youngest cat acts like a little doggie . But she's one better , she doesn't bark :)
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If you want to see pic , click on the link below , I need some web space that lets you view it offsite :(
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http://www.geocities.com/sprocketrocket/spro/spro.html (http://www.geocities.com/sprocketrocket/spro/spro.html)
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So Many Cats;
So Few Recipes!
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I don't necessarily hate cats. I hate cats in the house.
For the life of me I can't figure why anyone would buy a cat, they just appear don't they? We had a couple cool cats on the farm when I was a kid (maybe 2 out of 20). They showed up on their own, killed enough mice in the feed bins to survive and I'd put some milk in an old pie tin when milking cows or goats. Any cat that couldn't kill enough pests to survive moved on and nobody missed them. IMO that's how cats ought to be, useful or gone
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Ok, I'm man enough to admit I'm a cat lover. My fat boy Oscar makes an excellent leg warmer when I'm on the computer.
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"Ahhh life is good..."
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LOL daddog i shoulda seen that one coming :D
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There are very few cats that I like. Come to think of it, the only ones that I like were made by Grumman.
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(http://www.naval-air.org/PlanePictures/F9F-2-Flight.jpg)
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i hate cats....but i love pu.......err nevermind :D
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Originally posted by daddog:
Eventually yes, but only after he ate the cat.
I need one of those cat eating dogs! That would solve a lot of my problems. My dog is a big wimp.
Still wouldnt trade him for a dozzen cats :)
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Originally posted by pugg666:
i hate cats....but i love pu.......err nevermind :D
:eek:
you reading creamo's mind again?
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Pugs?
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As long as people who hate cats don't treat em bad I am fine, treat them like living beings and not like something that can be conscructed and bought and sold like a freaking computer or something else. Be nice to them, don't give them flying lessons in any way, make them feel loved and make them feel a part of the family. Because they walk on all four doesn't mean they can't feel or can't be sad. They are worth sa much as any other living being, treat them like it.
If you can't full fill these easy things you should not have them at all and they are better left to someone who can.
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Rasmus "Wilbus" Mattsson
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Heh. Actually they can't feel or be sad. ;)
braise 'em, steam 'em up in a spicy tomato sauce, and voila`: coniglio alla romana.
Cats are simple critters. They've even got an on/off switch located in the scruff of the neck. Great party trick: switch 'em off, move 'em into a different room (or just slide 'em around a bit on the floor), turn 'em back on. They suddenly come to, confused as hell, sure, but they love you.
Ok. I knew one cat that could fetch superballs. Now that was a fine animal. It'd come up to you while you were watching TV, drop the ball in front of you. One chuck and she'd go sprinting off into the next room. The ball ricochets off a kitchen cabinet and all you hear is the sound of paws sliding on the lineolum, followed by a loud "thump". Ricochets again, and scampering noises follow. Another thump. Finally, the cat emerges with the ball, ready to go again.
Of course, she would wake up the residents at 6:45 AM by going into their room and dropping the ball on their chest.
Ok, so that cat I wouldn't mind. Solid, athletic entertainer. But they are simple animals, with animal needs.
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;) zapkin
Great pics guys! Had a good laugh with yours tac!
Mac9...you love cats eh? Well between you ghosth and nifty I better keep my mouth shut. ;)
Not to worry wilbus. I am a "big" animal lover, though I don't put them on the same plain as humans, (I know some do), I would never abuse an animal of any kind.
Hunting would not be abuse would it? I can serve up some quail that would melt in your mouth. ;)
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been there, done this place. Lots of nice cats here :) thats the pensacola naval air museum.
as far as the mammal named "house cat", they are OK I guess....naa, they are worthless. They only exist to become existent, no other value really. I tried out my brand new Ruger blackhawk in 44 mag on a stray one day. My brother didnt believe I could hit it :) The cat was 54 yds away and I busted it wide open... freehand...with that hand cannon. I know I may have just offended some of you cat lovers, sorry. a far as pets, I have had cats before..well my mother did when I was a kid.
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When I was a kid I made a 13' parachute out of Hefty bags, glass tape and twine. I sewed a harness for my cat out of long-johns and built him a fiberglass crash helmet. I lived not too far from an abandoned Nike missle site. At the site was a 50' radar tower. "Midnight" survived 13 "jumps" from that tower.
The day I met my wife, we were discussing stupid things that we did in our youths.
When she described how she flew the neighbors cat on a rather large home-made kite, I knew she was the girl for me.
eskimo
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This is my kitty Chispy.
She HATES me with all her guts, and will try to kill me anytime I get near her. Shes one FIERCE cat, she doesnt even have front claws, but NO cat will dare get near our house.
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What's the collective noun for kittens??
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LOL eskimo
You say he survived 13 jumps. Does that mean he didnt survive the 14th?
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Not to worry Daddog.. crouched over the top of my monitor (it appears to be an altitude monkey) this very moment is a lil black kitten, now 12 weeks old.. named Fuzzball.
Also added to her name is her Title... and she's known locally as "Fuzzball; Pirate Princess, Eater of Bugs, Climber of Curtains, Biter of squeakes."
Go ahead and raise it as a dog... I've already got The Fuzz fetching stuffed mice, swimming, (fell off the boat first time out) and it's seems it won't be real hard to get it to do guard duty.. had the ex come over to feed it and check up while I was out for this weekend.. that tiny lil black ball of fuzz sliced her up and bit her hard on the nose when she tried to pick it up. (hence the newest addition to the title)
When the Ex squeaked at me about how viscious it was I reminded her I asked her to FEED it, not scare the toejam outta it by sticking her ugly mug in it's face. She was not charmed or willing to cut The Fuzz any slack as my words seem to fall on deaf, scratched and red ears. She repeated her lament..
"But, just LOOK at my NOSE!!!! The horrid thing BIT me!!"
Non-plussed, (and holding the now loudly buzzing, obviously pleased to be held by me cat) I responded..
"Yah.... no real harm tho... yer still ugly."
Yah know, I wonder at what point the Ex decided to let go of the cat... it's a question I've asked myself before, tho last time it came up we were out at a buffet dinner and it was "When is she going to put down that fork??"
Hmmmmmmmmmmm... maybe I can train Fuzzball up on an attack role using the Ex's perfume, catnip, and a blonde wig on a Rosie doll for the next round.
Damn, ain't cats just the toejam?? :D
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ROFLMAO
Congrats Hangtime on the new addition!
And the little rascal already got it's first victory, outstanding!
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I like cats. We have 5 of them. Actually one of them is a pain in the ass, but the other four are socialized and well adjusted, and very entertaining. I can see how someone might not like them if they only dealt with non-socialized or feral cats though.
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Hunting no abuse for sure James, as long as you eat the meat and don't juyst throw it away. IMO, all lives wich have the ability to be feel feelings, be afraid, feel loved and love, should be handled the same way. We kill them for food (hunting) and they kill us, whenever they can if they need to protect them selves or their family.
We too are animals, and no more civalized in anyway, what makes us different is the ability to adapt thanks to our way of thinking and creating things.
Glad to hear that there are no people here who missabuse the cute little lives :)
Got a cat my self, 2 years old now, nice black furr and she loves me most of all in the family :D
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This is our cat, Daisy, about a year ago when she was 2 months old. There was some question as to who her father was, but since this picture was taken I have discovered that it was satan himself. I'm the proud owner of Rosemary's Kitten. The cat will grab our 75lb German Shepherd around the neck and try to gnaw a hole in her throat. I'm scared she might kill me in her sleep. Lord knows she's tried.
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Cats sux , slow so they make unchallenging targets and all they do once they reach 1-2yrs of age is eat and crap.
My phillipino neighbor likes em tho and after trying one off a spit I must say I do to now.
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Rest assured, Oki, there's a special place in hell for you, with plenty of room for anybody else that would harm a kitten.
Should I ever happen to see you do as you described, I will be pleased and proud to be the one to send yah there.
No joke.
Seems the more time I spend with a cat the less I like people like you.
Now, slide back into the filth you came from and darken my mood no more, yah nasty little tardboy.
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Darn, after that last post by Hang, I must say that I almost like him. (For a Fat Dumb Bastard :D , er Drunk.)
I too have furry co-pilots and they are fun to watch and the purring is real relaxing (Like after a FDB shoots me down :mad: :eek: :p )
To me, they are better than dogs.
Da Missile
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hey oki - when you sacramento, do you mean rio linda?
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cats and me are big no-no.... Have a terrible allergy... so yes I hate all cats that are near to 50 yards to me.... other I dont mind
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LOL, dogs RULE ! Nothing like the sport of watching 3-4 German Shepards tossin a kittykat around like a kat-n-mouse match and watch em go trottin off with each their own parts ! I also have a friend in SF that luvs to feed his pet - all 8 1/2 feet of it, kittys. c'mon lighten up there, they only kill over 11,000 kats in Sacramento yearly at the spca and pound, why not recycle them as food. :D As for goin to hell...been there, done that.