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Posted: February 15 2011 at 23:45
Slarti, many of us are cat lovers. To get traction, I'm thinking you need a sad and/or uplifting cat story. So here's a sad AND uplifting cat story.
I had to put our old pal Max down in January, after 19 years. I suppose he's in a better place now, though the Earth treated him pretty well. He was a good cat, albeit with an annoying tendency to puke frequently (birds will do that to the GI tract). Whatever, we tend to put up with rude behavior in this house, clean it up, and move on.
Max was also the most intelligent animal I've ever known (and we've had many), just wicked smart. He was being annoying one day. I sez, "Max, leave me alone and go find a mouse" and tossed him outside. Five minutes later he's at the door, with a mouse. This happened frequently.
Many a bird (like one a day) met its end with Max. He got a taste of the other side of that a couple of years ago, when he was in the jaws of a coyote until my wife got involved and said coyote decided to just go ahead and leave, minus Max. That was probably his ninth life, what with the punture wounds. I oughtta post a photo; he was quite professorial in his demeanor and was a good and dear friend, until the very end. My son and I took him to the vet that last day, about a month ago. She (the vet) knew him well, and asked if the gloves and towels and sedatives would be necessary, it being Max. I said, no, I don't think he's got any fight left in him, and he did not. We sent him on his way.
Some of our cats, at the end, I have whispered to them. "You are going to a place where you will catch birds every day and when you are done you will bask in the sun." (I don't know what bird owners say, probably the opposite.) With Max, I could not offer much in terms of the afterlife, as he had it all here, for 19 years. Maybe we should all take a lesson from this.
Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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Posted: February 12 2011 at 15:31
I was checking to see if we had a generic cat discussion thread here since we appear to have more than a few pet cat lovers and it had gone dormant after 2006, which I find kind of odd considering. So I'm not sure who to address this request to and since my thread here is still active... I'd like to request a reactivation of the original thread from the first admin that comes along.
Edited by Slartibartfast - February 16 2011 at 19:18
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Posted: November 17 2010 at 20:35
Mifesto wrote:
I have this old beat up guitar in my bedroom that doesn't have any strings on it and my cat used to sit in it with his head still protruding. Each time it would do this it would get stuck and begin meowing like some sort of banshee or something. And unfortunately this banshee scream while in the guitar was much better sounding than the guitar itself sounded.
You invented The Cat Guitar. Adrian Belew would be impressed.
Edited by Slartibartfast - February 16 2011 at 19:19
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Posted: November 17 2010 at 20:00
I have this old beat up guitar in my bedroom that doesn't have any strings on it and my cat used to sit in it with his head still protruding. Each time it would do this it would get stuck and begin meowing like some sort of banshee or something. And unfortunately this banshee scream while in the guitar was much better sounding than the guitar itself sounded.
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Posted: November 03 2010 at 20:36
NecronCommander wrote:
If I ever would pluck a string on my guitar or play a key on the piano loudly, one of my cats would start meowing oddly and making these weird clicking noises.
If they make weird clicking noises they might not be cats but aliens.
If they start making beep beep noises, run away as fast as you can.
Edited by Slartibartfast - November 03 2010 at 20:37
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted: November 03 2010 at 11:11
If I ever would pluck a string on my guitar or play a key on the piano loudly, one of my cats would start meowing oddly and making these weird clicking noises.
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 18:47
Cat lovers, I warn you. If you have amps with covered with carpet, them kittehs probably will use it as a scratch post.
BTW, my cousin's 17 year old cat or something pissed on his amp with that carpet cover, the smell just won't leave even after using thousands of chemichal stuff.
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Posted: September 25 2010 at 13:46
Contrary to all of you, cat lovers... my dog react when I put some Alux Nahual records on the stereo. Hi likes the tom drums and the progressive parts...
Then, I don't aloud any other living creature to play with my instruments... so, no pet interactions with my stuff...
Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
My cat Sparky appears to love the voice of Ian Gillan for some reason. He also displays a fondness for Arthur Brown and somewhat dissapointingly, the singer in Mrs L's favourite band (Smokie )
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Posted: September 24 2010 at 10:30
When I used to have Hammond lessons, I could guarantee just as I was playing one of my homework pieces to the tutor, one of my cats would decide to join in by walking up & down the keys...
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Posted: September 18 2010 at 00:47
My cats do like to walk up and down ( or is it for them down and up) the keyboard. I rarely leave the guitar out of it's case, which is impenetrable, which now I've said that one of those beasts will figure a way to open it up and get in and puke on it or some such.
Musically, they have their preferences. I have no idea what their hearing range is, but they do seem to enjoy bass heavy music. I suppose that's a virtual petting, when the fur is being moved. And they seem enjoy prog or I suppose they enjoy evem Mouth and MacNeil if they are sitting on the lap and that's what's playing. Lulu is enjoying Bloody Well Right even now. Max prefers Formentera Lady.
They are more or less lovable idiots: Max, Fritz, Lulu, Shadow aka The Shadman. No I'm not an old lady who collects cats, but my wife is getting there, and she ain't around tonight and I have the music cranking
Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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