Cat People or Dog People

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kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51530 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 614458 - Posted: 4 Aug 2007, 0:28:19 UTC - in response to Message 614367. They can't fly ... They look like they are flying when they are in the water. Nah, bad science. Just because you haven't seen it, doesn't mean it ain't happened. Me, got a thingie. Not seen her fly yet. Sniff walks on keyboard, Check. Sniff jumps on my chest at 04:30 wanting Awwwwwt. Check. Demands Tuna. Check. Sits on windowsill waving tail at local fox. Check. Thinks keeping her bum cool on outlet fans is a done thing. Check. Conclusion - its a cat, and non-programmable. Cats are non-programmable. They are volatile RAM. Can be reset at any moment. Only their servants are programmable. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 614458 ·

TimeLord04 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23	Message 614854 - Posted: 4 Aug 2007, 16:56:47 UTC I am owned by three cats. Two presently live in Southern California; they are Einstein, (a Siamese, Tabby and miscellaneous/unknown mix), he's gray with yellow-green eyes. If you look closely at him, you will see the tabby stripe that runs down his back and the tabby stripes on his tail; however, at only a quick glance or if your not paying attention he looks gray. Cali, (a Calico), she is boss over Einstein. Cali is 3 years old, Einstein is 2.5 years old. Then there's my cat here in Northern California - she's a Domestic Short Haired Brown Tabby of 8 years old named Sheba. I rescued Sheba from San Jose in 2002; then, she began her spoiled life at my Parents' place. Cali was my ex-wife's sister-in-law's cat that they couldn't keep when moving from one apartment to another; so, we adopted her. Then, in 2005 I adopted Einstein from an Animal Rescue affiliate of PetSmart. Sheba has not yet met Einstein or Cali; however, once I'm in my own place again, I will be taking all three cats to live with me. (Oh yeah, that's gonna be interesting... It took Cali three and half weeks to "tolerate" Einstein... He loved her from minute one, though... I have no clue what's gonna happen when all three get together. Wish me luck when I take on that endeavor.) So, in close - I'm a Cat Staff Person for life. 8-D TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos ID: 614854 ·

Matthew Love Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0	Message 615089 - Posted: 5 Aug 2007, 0:45:10 UTC Dog person LETS BEGIN IN 2010 ID: 615089 ·

Philadelphia Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Feb 07 Posts: 1590 Credit: 399,688 RAC: 0	Message 615144 - Posted: 5 Aug 2007, 3:22:16 UTC - in response to Message 615089. Last modified: 5 Aug 2007, 3:36:01 UTC Dog person Matt, that's a great picture. ID: 615144 ·

Compukatt Send message Joined: 5 Oct 99 Posts: 26 Credit: 27,325,826 RAC: 13	Message 615146 - Posted: 5 Aug 2007, 3:32:42 UTC - in response to Message 613955. Don't sell the little buggers short. Even though they look clumsy on land, and are, I saw some several miles inland on some pretty tall spots that I would not care to climb. I would guess that some were up as much as 2000 ft. on some pretty rough ice clifs. All just for a little privacy. I don't think the kitties would climb 2000 ft., unless there was tuna on top. I think I know exactly how this would really work out in reality. msattler would carry the kitties up the rough ice cliff at their insistence. They would sniff the tuna and then turn up their noses and claim something was wrong with it. After walking a few steps away from the tuna, they would then insist on being carried back down to the bottom. And then they would complain because the tuna may not have been so bad after all. My cats have taught me another rule:- Compukatt's cat rule #438 - Whatever side of the closed door the cat is on, it is on the WRONG side. Bill Auckland, NZ ID: 615146 ·

ohiomike Send message Joined: 14 Mar 04 Posts: 357 Credit: 650,069 RAC: 0	Message 615196 - Posted: 5 Aug 2007, 7:13:46 UTC - in response to Message 615146. Don't sell the little buggers short. Even though they look clumsy on land, and are, I saw some several miles inland on some pretty tall spots that I would not care to climb. I would guess that some were up as much as 2000 ft. on some pretty rough ice clifs. All just for a little privacy. I don't think the kitties would climb 2000 ft., unless there was tuna on top. I think I know exactly how this would really work out in reality. msattler would carry the kitties up the rough ice cliff at their insistence. They would sniff the tuna and then turn up their noses and claim something was wrong with it. After walking a few steps away from the tuna, they would then insist on being carried back down to the bottom. And then they would complain because the tuna may not have been so bad after all. My cats have taught me another rule:- Compukatt's cat rule #438 - Whatever side of the closed door the cat is on, it is on the WRONG side. Carrying them probably isn't needed, msattler most likely has the kitties over-clocked also (although a lot of them come that way stock). Boinc Button Abuser In Training >My Shrubbers< ID: 615196 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 615461 - Posted: 5 Aug 2007, 22:03:51 UTC - in response to Message 615196. Don't sell the little buggers short. Even though they look clumsy on land, and are, I saw some several miles inland on some pretty tall spots that I would not care to climb. I would guess that some were up as much as 2000 ft. on some pretty rough ice clifs. All just for a little privacy. I don't think the kitties would climb 2000 ft., unless there was tuna on top. I think I know exactly how this would really work out in reality. msattler would carry the kitties up the rough ice cliff at their insistence. They would sniff the tuna and then turn up their noses and claim something was wrong with it. After walking a few steps away from the tuna, they would then insist on being carried back down to the bottom. And then they would complain because the tuna may not have been so bad after all. My cats have taught me another rule:- Compukatt's cat rule #438 - Whatever side of the closed door the cat is on, it is on the WRONG side. Carrying them probably isn't needed, msattler most likely has the kitties over-clocked also (although a lot of them come that way stock). LOL Even I think he would carry the kitties, they know well when it's nice not to have to walk on their own paws. They could get wet on the cold wet ice, and wet paws are not liked by most kitties. "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 615461 ·

SMR Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 13 Credit: 2,648,825 RAC: 0	Message 615499 - Posted: 5 Aug 2007, 23:10:45 UTC - in response to Message 612400. There are lots of cats and dogs showing as crunchers' avatars. I was wondering what the ratio of cat people and dog people might be. Two cats here. (Currently) Three cats here (one 18+!) SMR ID: 615499 ·

Compukatt Send message Joined: 5 Oct 99 Posts: 26 Credit: 27,325,826 RAC: 13	Message 615582 - Posted: 6 Aug 2007, 5:31:56 UTC Update: Latest Number Crunching reveals: Cat = 40 Dog = 32 Bird = 3 (Bonus addition of 1 for the penguins) Pet Rock = 1 Kitties rule by 20% Bill Auckland, NZ ID: 615582 ·

Gavin Shaw Send message Joined: 8 Aug 00 Posts: 1116 Credit: 1,304,337 RAC: 0	Message 615595 - Posted: 6 Aug 2007, 5:53:33 UTC - in response to Message 615588. Update: Latest Number Crunching reveals: Cat = 40 Dog = 32 Bird = 3 (Bonus addition of 1 for the penguins) Pet Rock = 1 Kitties rule by 20% Penguins aren't pets, Zoo animals in cases and wild otherwise, But not pets. Of course their not pets. Remember they are plotting to takeover the world and enslave us all. Thus making us the pets. :) Never surrender and never give up. In the darkest hour there is always hope. ID: 615595 ·

Carlos Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 31316 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157	Message 615686 - Posted: 6 Aug 2007, 13:51:05 UTC - in response to Message 615588. Penguins aren't pets, Zoo animals in cases and wild otherwise, But not pets. They can be. I have a friend, from a very weathly family, who lives on a 350+ acre estate in Montecito. In case you have not heard of Montecito, it's just south of Santa Barbara and home prices start in the 2 million range, and go way up from there. I belive Oprah paid $180 million for her house there a few years ago. In any event he has the only privately owned flock of penguins in the US. About 50 of them. He got all the permits and even built a chilled pond for them. He is a little strange, but they are his pets. They follow him around, do tricks and just about anything one would expect a pet to do. Now his famingos are a diffrient story. Now don't start getting ideas. Cooling a pond for them in Yermo would be a lot more work than cooling a cpu. ID: 615686 ·

champ Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Mar 03 Posts: 3642 Credit: 1,489,147 RAC: 0	Message 615694 - Posted: 6 Aug 2007, 14:08:02 UTC Please add me to the birds. ID: 615694 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51530 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 615737 - Posted: 6 Aug 2007, 16:06:19 UTC - in response to Message 615461. Don't sell the little buggers short. Even though they look clumsy on land, and are, I saw some several miles inland on some pretty tall spots that I would not care to climb. I would guess that some were up as much as 2000 ft. on some pretty rough ice clifs. All just for a little privacy. I don't think the kitties would climb 2000 ft., unless there was tuna on top. I think I know exactly how this would really work out in reality. msattler would carry the kitties up the rough ice cliff at their insistence. They would sniff the tuna and then turn up their noses and claim something was wrong with it. After walking a few steps away from the tuna, they would then insist on being carried back down to the bottom. And then they would complain because the tuna may not have been so bad after all. My cats have taught me another rule:- Compukatt's cat rule #438 - Whatever side of the closed door the cat is on, it is on the WRONG side. Carrying them probably isn't needed, msattler most likely has the kitties over-clocked also (although a lot of them come that way stock). LOL Even I think he would carry the kitties, they know well when it's nice not to have to walk on their own paws. They could get wet on the cold wet ice, and wet paws are not liked by most kitties. Yes Fuzzy, I would carry the kitties whereever they wanted to go. I would carry them up the mountain of ice to the tuna. I have never, ever seen my kitties turn their nose up at tuna however. I suppose that would be the day. As far as overclocking the kitties goes, that seems to be out of my control. Most of the time they are rather mellow, snoozing in their favorite spots on the waterbed or in the kitty tower. But they do seem to have an auto-overclock setting that kicks in at random sometimes and then you better watch out! "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 615737 ·

Wheel1 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9 Credit: 2,173,021 RAC: 0	Message 615815 - Posted: 6 Aug 2007, 19:03:27 UTC Definately cat-person. Currently owned by 2 norwegian forest-cats. They too have this random ultra-overclock. Otherwise they mostly sleep in their own favourite positions. ID: 615815 ·

dnolan Send message Joined: 30 Aug 01 Posts: 1228 Credit: 47,779,411 RAC: 32	Message 615854 - Posted: 6 Aug 2007, 19:50:44 UTC Cats here, too. 2 Norwegian's, 1 Maine Coon, 1 Mutt. Little guy in my Avatar is a Norwegian Forrest cat. -Dave ID: 615854 ·

TimeLord04 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23	Message 615981 - Posted: 7 Aug 2007, 19:39:27 UTC - in response to Message 615791. Don't sell the little buggers short. Even though they look clumsy on land, and are, I saw some several miles inland on some pretty tall spots that I would not care to climb. I would guess that some were up as much as 2000 ft. on some pretty rough ice cliffs. All just for a little privacy. I don't think the kitties would climb 2000 ft., unless there was tuna on top. I think I know exactly how this would really work out in reality. msattler would carry the kitties up the rough ice cliff at their insistence. They would sniff the tuna and then turn up their noses and claim something was wrong with it. After walking a few steps away from the tuna, they would then insist on being carried back down to the bottom. And then they would complain because the tuna may not have been so bad after all. My cats have taught me another rule:- Compukatt's cat rule #438 - Whatever side of the closed door the cat is on, it is on the WRONG side. Carrying them probably isn't needed, msattler most likely has the kitties over-clocked also (although a lot of them come that way stock). LOL Even I think he would carry the kitties, they know well when it's nice not to have to walk on their own paws. They could get wet on the cold wet ice, and wet paws are not liked by most kitties. Yes Fuzzy, I would carry the kitties wherever they wanted to go. I would carry them up the mountain of ice to the tuna. I have never, ever seen my kitties turn their nose up at tuna however. I suppose that would be the day. As far as overclocking the kitties goes, that seems to be out of my control. Most of the time they are rather mellow, snoozing in their favorite spots on the waterbed or in the kitty tower. But they do seem to have an auto-overclock setting that kicks in at random sometimes and then you better watch out! Oh Oh, Man the lifeboats, Kitties are on the waterbed. ;) Normally I'd think Kitties and a Waterbed don't go along, But I guess anything is possible. Declawed kitties perhaps or something else protecting the bed from being punctured? Actually; there is a more humane way to deal with cat claws and furniture rather than declawing the cats... Alternative: Soft Claws - Cat claw manicure sets. These are soft rubber tips that are adhered to the cat's claws by manicure adhesive. They do not interfere with the cat's ability to use a litter box, nor do they interfere with other daily activities; however, with these tips adhered to the cat's claws your furniture remains protected. I actually used these to protect Einstein from Cali while Cali "adjusted" to him being in our home. She was really stubborn about Einstein being added to the family, but came around after three and a half weeks - that's when I stopped using the Soft Claws on her. However; if you have a "destructive" furniture loving cat, these primarily are used on the cat to protect the furniture. They do fall off after awhile; so, repeated applications are necessary. Trimming the claws before applying the rubber tips seemed to work best for Cali. Sincerely, TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos ID: 615981 ·

Jdrasberry Send message Joined: 5 May 99 Posts: 5 Credit: 208,100 RAC: 0	Message 616136 - Posted: 7 Aug 2007, 23:26:29 UTC - in response to Message 612400. There are lots of cats and dogs showing as crunchers' avatars. I was wondering what the ratio of cat people and dog people might be. Two cats here. 4 Cats at this house ID: 616136 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 616178 - Posted: 8 Aug 2007, 0:59:55 UTC - in response to Message 615737. Last modified: 8 Aug 2007, 1:06:52 UTC Don't sell the little buggers short. Even though they look clumsy on land, and are, I saw some several miles inland on some pretty tall spots that I would not care to climb. I would guess that some were up as much as 2000 ft. on some pretty rough ice clifs. All just for a little privacy. I don't think the kitties would climb 2000 ft., unless there was tuna on top. I think I know exactly how this would really work out in reality. msattler would carry the kitties up the rough ice cliff at their insistence. They would sniff the tuna and then turn up their noses and claim something was wrong with it. After walking a few steps away from the tuna, they would then insist on being carried back down to the bottom. And then they would complain because the tuna may not have been so bad after all. My cats have taught me another rule:- Compukatt's cat rule #438 - Whatever side of the closed door the cat is on, it is on the WRONG side. Carrying them probably isn't needed, msattler most likely has the kitties over-clocked also (although a lot of them come that way stock). LOL Even I think he would carry the kitties, they know well when it's nice not to have to walk on their own paws. They could get wet on the cold wet ice, and wet paws are not liked by most kitties. Yes Fuzzy, I would carry the kitties whereever they wanted to go. I would carry them up the mountain of ice to the tuna. I have never, ever seen my kitties turn their nose up at tuna however. I suppose that would be the day. As far as overclocking the kitties goes, that seems to be out of my control. Most of the time they are rather mellow, snoozing in their favorite spots on the waterbed or in the kitty tower. But they do seem to have an auto-overclock setting that kicks in at random sometimes and then you better watch out! LOL Tell us again what happened when you watched the video with poor Burger. I think your kitties suddenly became quite overclocked then. :-D As for de-clawing cats, my Bouncer Jupiter has all her claws in the finest shape. She is so well-mannered that she only uses her climbing tree, her paws are so soft. Only when she's sleeping with me, she likes to touch me with the end of a claw so it feels a bit stingy. Also when she's lying on my lap, she likes to show her contentedness by crocheting with her claws. That stings also, when on bare skin... "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 616178 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51530 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 616250 - Posted: 8 Aug 2007, 6:41:43 UTC - in response to Message 616178. Last modified: 8 Aug 2007, 6:42:08 UTC Yes Fuzzy, I would carry the kitties whereever they wanted to go. I would carry them up the mountain of ice to the tuna. I have never, ever seen my kitties turn their nose up at tuna however. I suppose that would be the day. As far as overclocking the kitties goes, that seems to be out of my control. Most of the time they are rather mellow, snoozing in their favorite spots on the waterbed or in the kitty tower. But they do seem to have an auto-overclock setting that kicks in at random sometimes and then you better watch out! LOL Tell us again what happened when you watched the video with poor Burger. I think your kitties suddenly became quite overclocked then. :-D As for de-clawing cats, my Bouncer Jupiter has all her claws in the finest shape. She is so well-mannered that she only uses her climbing tree, her paws are so soft. Only when she's sleeping with me, she likes to touch me with the end of a claw so it feels a bit stingy. Also when she's lying on my lap, she likes to show her contentedness by crocheting with her claws. That stings also, when on bare skin... I do not believe in declawing cats either. I would however consider a rescue kitty that had already been declawed. All four of mine are fully clawed and make sure they stay sharp on their scratching post, occaisionally with slightly painfull consequences, such as the following.... Ooooohhhh, the Burger Kitty video... That was quite a scene. I had been listening to some blues on Live 365, and had the volume turned up. Went back to the Seti boards and found your post with the video link. Clicked on it, and all $#@%$&! broke loose. One of my precious ones had been peacefully sitting on the arm of the sofa to my right, where I have the computer mouse. When Burger cut loose with that first yowl, kitty went ballistic, launching from her position next to me, taking a nasty gouge out of my arm, and sending the mouse flying. This also resulted in the mouse cord becoming disconnected from the computer, making it impossible for me to hit the volume control right away. By this time I recovered my arm and the mouse, Burger was in full song, and the other 3 kitties had run into the living room from their slumber on the waterbed. The next minute or so was sheer bedlam, with Burger wailing, and my 4 Burgerettes howling at each other as well. When I finally got the video shut down, my brood was still running around hissing and yowling at each other. It took another half an hour to get them all settled down again. Overclocked kitties indeed! "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 616250 ·

kazman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Jul 99 Posts: 58 Credit: 24,873,897 RAC: 2	Message 616252 - Posted: 8 Aug 2007, 6:49:48 UTC Last modified: 8 Aug 2007, 6:50:29 UTC My two fuzzy beings were unphased by the burger video. My younger one was more interested in playing with her own tail. My other one was sleeping on the bed. I don't think my kitties are overclocked. I think they are in powersave mode. ID: 616252 ·

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