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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 26, 2015 11:52:18 GMT -5
Joking doesn't change cold, hard reality. Reality is: based on our income/education demographics, roughly 85% of YMAM members will have an IQ between 110-120. Ms. Palin is a businesswoman, upper-middle class, holds a college degree. Her IQ likely falls into the range of 105-115. You're confusing intelligence with erudition. Although the two correlate, neither strongly implies the other. From what I can tell, you are more learned and more articulate than Ms. Palin. Of course, in a grand bit of irony, neither intellect nor erudition correlate strongly with an individual's ability to govern well. All we can say for certain is that the more intelligent, more learned, and more world-wise an individual is, the less likely (s)he is to own a cat. Weltz is a nurse, Palin has a bachelor's degree in journalism. They are probably equally educated, but in different fields. Nope. I have two degrees.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 26, 2015 12:44:07 GMT -5
Some spiders bite, yes. But I'd guess the majority aren't venomous, and when they do bite, it's defensive rather than simply because they can. Indeed. But even non-venomous bites are a nasty bit of work. The worst I've ever had was like getting 15 mosquito bites all in one place. That spider I would have smashed if I'd caught him. He did it while I was sleeping and so he escaped my vengeance.
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 26, 2015 12:48:08 GMT -5
I love snakes and rats. Spiders ... meh. I'm fine with them as long as they can agree to stay off me and go about their spidey business elsewhere. Same with mosquitoes and ticks!
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Post by movingforward on Mar 26, 2015 13:10:14 GMT -5
I HATE spiders - creepy ass things... Scorpions are 2nd on my list of creepy crawlers I don't like. I am okay with most other crawling creatures.
I am more comfortable around bats now that I have been vaccinated for rabies. I was NOT thrilled when a sick one got into my house last summer (which is what caused me to get vaccinated in the first place). I still don't really want a sick bat in my house again but at least I have been vaccinated.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 26, 2015 13:12:34 GMT -5
I had a pet bat, once. His name was Count Floyd. He was adorable.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 26, 2015 15:30:13 GMT -5
I had a pet bat, once. His name was Count Floyd. He was adorable. You know... I can appreciate the eccentricity of people who keep pet rats, or bats, or snakes... but when it becomes obvious that a person's intent is to own as many unorthodox pets as they can find, it goes from "eccentric" to "creepy and fetishistic" pretty quickly. With rats, bats, and a wolf under your belt, you're near the "creepy hedge witch that eats children" red zone on the look-at-how-weird-I-am-o-meter. It probably delights you to know that.
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Post by Jaguar on Mar 26, 2015 15:38:47 GMT -5
Virgil I happen to know that wolves are gorgeous creatures, they ain't creepy. Now excuse me while I add some bat tails to my soup.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 26, 2015 15:48:56 GMT -5
I have had male friends hustle and lock themselves in a room while I caught a bat and tossed it out the window. I also yelp and have a heart rate spike when I see a worm, slug, or larva. I then skitter away from it as though it was some venomous hell-creature. If I don't run fast enough the little buggers will totally catch me. My husband tried desensitizing me by handing me an especially fat earthworm. I gently informed him it was not appreciated, and my best solution was to weed with my glasses off and doing my best not to focus my eyes on what I was doing. My father is afraid of spiders and my mother is afraid of roaches. People have all kinds of things that make their skin crawl. My cat does indeed poop on the carpet when she is irritated with me, but she also plays fetch....and by plays fetch I mean brings me a ball, watches me throw it, batting at it in the air, then stares at me and waits for me to get up and fetch the ball to throw again. My next-door-neighbor is a police officer. Handles tough criminals and has even been shot in the line of duty. Yet let him find a toad in his backyard or a mouse and his garage, he rings my door requesting I catch it because he is irrationally afraid of them. He even woke me up one time at 6:30 in the morning because there was a mouse in his car.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 26, 2015 17:31:34 GMT -5
I had a pet bat, once. His name was Count Floyd. He was adorable. You know... I can appreciate the eccentricity of people who keep pet rats, or bats, or snakes... but when it becomes obvious that a person's intent is to own as many unorthodox pets as they can find, it goes from "eccentric" to "creepy and fetishistic" pretty quickly. With rats, bats, and a wolf under your belt, you're near the "creepy hedge witch that eats children" red zone on the look-at-how-weird-I-am-o-meter. It probably delights you to know that. I don't go out of my way to get weird pets. The bat was a baby and I found it dying in the stairwell of my apartment building. I nursed it back to health. Ditto for the wolf. He was shot, crawled under our cottage to die and I nursed him back to health, as well. What do you expect me to do? Just leave them? It's not in my nature, sorry. You can call me creepy all you want. It doesn't bother me a bit.
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EEK!
How did this turn into the creepy crawly thread?! The only insect I can think of that i won't either run from or try to kill if it's in my house is a ladybugs. I can't even describe how much I hate and/or fear most bugs. Especially the ones with a bunch of legs and the ones that jump. Oh, and big ones.
I saw a frog in my flowerbed when I was trimming my shrubs and that was the end of my shrub trimming for that day. Im not really afraid of frogs, as long as I don't think it might hop on me. I'm scared of snakes. I'm scared of bats. I'm not really scared of mice but I don't want them in my house and I'm ok if I never see one anywhere for the rest of my life.
I wouldn't want to run into a wolf, but at least it's a normal animal with an appearance and qualities I can appreciate. From afar.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 26, 2015 20:18:14 GMT -5
You know... I can appreciate the eccentricity of people who keep pet rats, or bats, or snakes... but when it becomes obvious that a person's intent is to own as many unorthodox pets as they can find, it goes from "eccentric" to "creepy and fetishistic" pretty quickly. With rats, bats, and a wolf under your belt, you're near the "creepy hedge witch that eats children" red zone on the look-at-how-weird-I-am-o-meter. It probably delights you to know that. I don't go out of my way to get weird pets. The bat was a baby and I found it dying in the stairwell of my apartment building. I nursed it back to health. Ditto for the wolf. He was shot, crawled under our cottage to die and I nursed him back to health, as well. What do you expect me to do? Just leave them? It's not in my nature, sorry. You can call me creepy all you want. It doesn't bother me a bit.
Well... I can't criticize you if your weird pet obsession owes to animals flocking to your house to die. But if you claim you once owned a pet tarantula named Wiggles or a leech named Morgan Stanley, I reserve the right to point accusingly. ETA: Also, there are these places called "wildlife clinics". With vets and ecologists and everything. Canada's got about a million of them. When the wounded buffalo staggers onto your property... just a suggestion.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 26, 2015 21:53:28 GMT -5
I'll consider it, thank you.
In any case, I wouldn't mind having a Chilean Rose tarantula. They're very popular pets. I just don't trust Sushi, the Great Spider Hunter, to be around it.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 26, 2015 22:04:06 GMT -5
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 26, 2015 22:15:02 GMT -5
Never heard of it. I don't think I've ever played any online games. The only reason I named him Sushi was because his other name was totally unacceptable for an Oriental cat. It was Michael Jackson.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 27, 2015 4:27:09 GMT -5
I agree that "Sushi" is better than "Michael Jackson". Especially if he's a black, white, or black-and-white cat, each of which would elicit its own quota of Michael Jackson jokes. Regardless of what you've named him, I'll bet he's abusive and expensive. Like all cats, except for SL's.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 27, 2015 10:40:02 GMT -5
No, not a black and white cat. He can't even sing, although his moonwalk isn't too shabby.
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Post by lexxy703 on Mar 27, 2015 10:55:03 GMT -5
They named that beautiful animal Michael Jackson? Poor kitty.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 27, 2015 11:01:51 GMT -5
They named that beautiful animal Michael Jackson? Poor kitty. I know, eh? I'm his fourth owner servant, and I can't imagine what some of his other names were. Luckily, they adapt easily to name changes. He seems to like "Sushi."
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 27, 2015 11:22:12 GMT -5
He is a beautiful animal. It's too bad they're such terrible pets.
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 27, 2015 11:25:32 GMT -5
I had a pet bat, once. His name was Count Floyd. He was adorable. Had a pet crow named Wilbur. He was quite the gentleman. Used to bring me gifts. He loved shiny things and figured I did, too. We traded for several years.
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 27, 2015 11:26:47 GMT -5
Isn't Sushi beautiful? He reminds me a bit of my old Siamese, Charlie. Still miss the heck out of that old man. He was my bestest buddy!
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 27, 2015 11:31:38 GMT -5
This looks exactly like the Chooch. Same breeder. I really need to get some actual pictures of her that one can see! It's a little difficult to get a picture of something flying through the air, I'm afraid. If she's sleeping, she's quiet and I don't want to wake her up!
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 27, 2015 11:32:41 GMT -5
That can't be Sushi, though. The filename is shitakee1.jpg (suggesting the cat's name is Shitakee), and the image pops up all over the internet. Here, for example. I take it Sushi just looks a lot like that.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 27, 2015 11:44:06 GMT -5
Isn't Sushi beautiful? He reminds me a bit of my old Siamese, Charlie. Still miss the heck out of that old man. He was my bestest buddy! It's his saving grace. That's why he kept getting adopted from the SPCA again and again and again. "Oh, look how beautiful! We'll take him!"
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 27, 2015 11:45:21 GMT -5
That can't be Sushi, though. The filename is shitakee1.jpg (suggesting the cat's name is Shitakee), and the image pops up all over the internet. Here, for example. I take it Sushi just looks a lot like that. It's his doppelganger. You can't tell the difference. I can't post photos.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 27, 2015 11:46:23 GMT -5
This looks exactly like the Chooch. Same breeder. I really need to get some actual pictures of her that one can see! It's a little difficult to get a picture of something flying through the air, I'm afraid. If she's sleeping, she's quiet and I don't want to wake her up! Gorgeous! Typically lithe and graceful. Lilac point?
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Post by lexxy703 on Mar 27, 2015 11:55:38 GMT -5
OMG did you look at the adoptable kittens in Virgil's link? They are adorable. Not that I'd pay for a cat other than the adoption fee at a shelter, but they are soooo cute. But they are practically white instead of dark. Do they get darker as they age or do they come in a variety of colors?
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 27, 2015 11:59:55 GMT -5
Yes, the Orientals get darker as they age. Sushi, as dark as he is now, was probably almost white at birth. I wouldn't pay a breeder for a cat either. All my critters came from a shelter or people who were about to give them to a shelter.
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 27, 2015 12:20:44 GMT -5
This looks exactly like the Chooch. Same breeder. I really need to get some actual pictures of her that one can see! It's a little difficult to get a picture of something flying through the air, I'm afraid. If she's sleeping, she's quiet and I don't want to wake her up! Gorgeous! Typically lithe and graceful. Lilac point? Yep. She's a lilac point. I've always preferred the seal point, but this one was available (the breeder is a good friend) and mother had a little lilac she dearly loved who passed away years ago. I figured the Chooch fit the bill pretty darned well. Same basic size and personality as mother's beloved lilac.
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Post by midjd on Mar 27, 2015 12:25:17 GMT -5
Those are absolutely beautiful cats! I wish I had a picture of my little cat to post. I found him as a kitten in the middle of the road on the way back from my baby shower about a year and a half ago. I thought he was really dirty and gave him a bath, but no.. his fur is as brown as a grizzly bear. I had never seen a brown cat before. He's an annoying little shit, but DD absolutely loves him, and he follows her around the house like a bodyguard.
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