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My Chinese buddy, and he is freshly from Red China, says that there men tend to prefer cats, and women dogs.
(No dog eating jokes, please.)
No, they don't, if you train them.
I have a set of weak spring mouse traps that I line the edge of counters with when I adopt a new cat.
Sure there are a few wakeups in the middle of the night, but they DON'T want to go there.
I have never known a cat to jump up on you and cover you in kisses because you have been gone for a couple of hours. Also nothing is cuter then when a dog's tail wags so hard his butt moves back and forth.
Cat where once worshiped as gods, and will never let you forget it.
Cats are cool.
Black cats are very affectionate, I'm not sure why. In my life, I've had about 2 dozen dogs and about a half dozen or so cats (dealt with oodles more of friends, family members' etc.). Dogs in general are more affectionate than a cat, but it's because they're pack animals, and cats are not. Indoors, I'll take a cat over a dog, any day. (Most/many dogs, for example, must roll in the foulest smelling substance they can find, it's part of the hunting instinct, no thanks; while cats clean themselves to not smell when catching prey; woohoo). A dog jumping up on you is a sign of an improperly socialized animal (which I know some people like), but their standard level of affection is rewarding to people who like to have a lot of nudging, contact, etc. Cats on the other hand, can be trained all the same, but require a higher level of discipline and devotion in dealing with them. Like I said, I've had a number of both, many at the same time, so I don't say one's necessarilly "better" than the other, just different.
"Also nothing is cuter then when a dogs tail wags so hard his butt moves back and forth."
I'm a bird guy. Never had a dog or cat for a pet. But.. can't understand why anyone would want a cat being as how their fur is pasted with dried cat saliva from the constant licking. Yuck!
Oh, but for balance, and to be fair, I may have never seen something (at least in a video) that made me laugh harder than the first time I saw this (Doggie vid):
Are oranges better than apples . . . ?
The Dog's Diary
8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 pm - Milk bones! My favorite thing!
1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 pm - Dinner! My favorite thing!
7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!
The Cat's Diary
Day 983 of My Captivity
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength.
The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet. Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates my capabilities. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am. Bastards!
There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of "allergies." I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage.
Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow, but at the top of the stairs.
I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released, and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded. The bird must be an informant. I observe him communicate with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe. For now ...
Same-old-debate ping.
I like cats better than dogs. It's easier and less mess. I had a black cat named Spooky. Best cat I ever had. We used to play monkey in the middle and that cat would do some amazing back flips to catch the ball. I sure do miss him.
This cat's dog is a cool kitty!
Cats are better survivors and I respect...most
Dogs make better pets
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cats are like women...quoire
Sure, in our modern-day world, detached from nature, you might call it a tie, after all, it's just a matter of preference. If you look at human history as well, though, dogs are the clear winners. We might not have gotten to where we are today without them. You can't even begin to make the same argument about cats. They might catch a mouse now and then, but a cat isn't going to guard your livestock, help you hunt for your food, or drive off large predators intent on killing you and your family.
I like watching my cat walk into a room, when everything is all quiet.... Then I'll clap my hands loudly and watch him jump a mile.
One would need to do a survey in china.
Absolutely hilarious (and probably quite accurate).
Funny that you mention dogs rolling in smelly stuff as a hunting instinct, I had never thought of that. It explains very nicely why my old dog, every time he we gave him a bath, would cry to go outside, and then immediately go rolling around in the grass. He needed to get that pretty shampoo smell off him so he could try and sneak up on the squirrels!
"Black cats are very affectionate..."
Funny you should say that!
We have our two still pretty new kitties who were both pretty scaredy when we got them.
After the loss of our beloved Holly we just couldn't deal with the empty house so we decided to go get more kittys.
Since we had let Holly go out and it led tragically to her demise (hit by a car oy veh) we decided to get 2 so they could keep each other company INSIDE.
Hubby and I independently had the thought we wanted a gray cat, so we went in search of a gray female cat with a sister of any color as part of the bargain.
And we found 2 sweeties - one gray and one almost totally black, just a faint white "diaper".
Lola (the gray) and Nikita (the black) were so shy I posted a vanity thread about them and got some good advice (thanks you guys!)
It's a few months later and Niki is our little lovey, she gets moody but she'll almost always let you pick her up, sit in your lap, sleeps in the bed, etc.
Lola (who is gorgeous, she has the sweetest movie star face, she's like the Clara Bow of cats - see that's how old I am!) is still sooooo scaredy. I've managed to pick her up about twice in three months.
Someone told hubby the other day that gray cats can be stand-off-ish like that.
So, I don't know and I'm rambling on. But I've always liked black cats (and I've heard people do shy away from adopting them), it's a root for the (excuse the expression) underdog thing maybe.
We love our two babies and they are getting quite comfortable with us.
I'm definitely a cat person, but I think hubby is still more of a dog person. Someday I hope to be able to get him a canine companion.
"Nothing like waking up in the morning, looking out the window, and seeing your dogs tossing a dead cat in the air while you're brewing the coffee. "
I'm sorry, but.....ROFLMAO!!!!!!!
As a teenager (16 or so), I was given, by a friend, a pair of kittens barely old enough to ween, (but his parents made him get rid of them), that I had for a few years. The one ran away promptly after a few months (My dad was the kind of guy who left the doors open on nice mornings and didn't care if the cat stayed or went, lol), so thereafter I just had the one, who had been named "Pablo."
I sometimes took Pablo for rides, which he hated, but in general took good care of him all around. I was in College at the time (I went very early), but still living at home, and had a lot of work to do everyday, and I held him while doing schoolwork and let him stay with me all of the time. When he was just a small kitten, I would keep him on the bed when I took naps (so as to not let him escape like his sister), and we became pretty close. I'm a stomach sleeper, and he would often sleep on top of the blanket between my calves, I guess because it was safe. But the funny thing is that I would sometimes roll over and trap him in the blanket without knowing. Sometimes I would wake up because he'd cry out. After a while I think he got used to it, thought because he never yowled anymore.
He was the kind of cat that if you talked to him, he'd "talk" back. We had a pretty good understanding of each other, even if we couldn't really talk. In my bedroom I had a sliding glass door that partitioned my room from the rest of the house. He learned to open it if he got shut out, which was a feat of strength! If that door was locked, he managed to learn to open the fireplace hatch in my fireplace (man was that a scary day!, I thought something was going to crawl out of the chimney and eat me, lol).
In the mornings, he would walk out with me to the car, and sit down next to the drivers side door, until I pulled away, and then go back to the house (as my dad left the doors open). At night if the door wasn't open and he heard my car coming (he could hear it from about 2 blocks away, as we lived in a less densly populated area) he would panic and meow to get someone to open the door. But he eventually learned to jump into the fireplace in my room and ram the ashe door, and get out if he couldn't get out another way. Then he'd run out to my parking spot and sit right next to where the front drivers door would be at its final position, and when I stepped out, he'd meow and meow.
Pablo was the best cat I ever had. Unfortunately, the neighbor, two plots down, would feed feral cats, who in turn killed the chickens of the neighbor between us. So the neighbor with the chickens took to baiting and poisoning all cats he could find. I moved out on my own just before turning 18, but Pablo stayed at home. Pablo was probably poisoned several times (he got sick off and on) before he finally succumbed (he was a large, strong, healthy cat). Dad thought he might have eaten a sickly bird or something a time or two, as he had always recovered, but oneday he found him on the doorstep. Dad later found out from the neighbor that it was the poison.
I'm not sure I'll ever have a pet that can come close to being as great as that cat was, but I do know this, God loves us, and that's why he gave us dominion over the Earth, animals included.
(I also have some great memories about my golden lab/pitt bull, who I had since I was a toddler and lived until my teens, but that's another long story, haha. Suffice it to say, dog are seemingly simpler creatures, but rewarding in a very different way, and very, very loyal.)
That's really good! Ha!
Haha, it's so true. I'm not an expert in the subject, by any means, but my understanding is that it comes from the pack method of hunting. A domestic or forest cat (basically all cats besides lions), are solitary hunters. So they rely on stealth to catch their prey. But a dog/wolf (same thing scientifically) is a pack hunter. And what they like to do is to get all smelly and putrid. Then, they all go downwind and set up an ambush. Then one or a few of the pack breaks off and goes upwind. The smell causes the prey to run away, and into the awaiting jaws of the rest of the pack. That's my understanding at least, think I saw it on some program or another. Makes sense to me!
"...a cat isnt going to guard your livestock, help you hunt for your food, or drive off large predators intent on killing you and your family."
That's what my grandmother, who grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland would say. She had such respect for the dogs they had. She would always talk about how the dogs would take the sheep out in the morning, watch them all day, and bring them home at night.
In the US I don't think she ever had a dog as a pet, but I know they had cats when my mom was young. Punjab was their great cat, he was almost killed by bluejays once and he could open a bedroom door by shaking it from the bottom.
But she didn't have much use for cats, and I guess she didn't really see dogs as pets.
Haha, I love the cat stories. I posted one just below your post, but it has a bit of a sad ending too. I hadn't specifically heard about the black cats being affectionate actually until last week (but have reflected upon it a lot since then). I'm moving soon, and will have room for a dog to run and play at the new place, so I was trying to decide between a dog and a cat. So I was looking through all of the animals at the shelter's website, and in the description for a particular black cat, it noted something like "Has the typical, affectionate personality, characteristic of black cats." And I thought back to friends' cats, my cats, etc. and all of the ones that would hop up and into my lap seemed to have been black.
Here's a little post I found about black cats from a search:
"I couldn't find any actual research to back up this fact but there is a lot of anecdotal research from vets and pet owners (myself included) that report black cats are the most affectionate colour of cats. Fuego, my black cat featured on the right when he was a kitten,doesn't leave my side when I'm sick and follows me everywhere."
I hate cats! People say they taste like chicken.
But they don't.
What a beauty! Thanks for posting.
That made my day too, thanks for the post. ;)
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Fighters like Austin Trout and Erislandy Lara are special breeds in that they both act upon claims of their willingness to take on all comers, when many others in and around the super welterweight division have avoided the two at all costs. In part, it would explain they've agreed to face each other on December 7 in Brooklyn, New York.
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Lara (18-1-2, 12KO) hasn't fought since his off-the-canvas injury stoppage win over Alfredo Angulo this past June. A major upset was in the works as the usually slick Cuban was down twice and caught up in a war, before forcing Angulo into submission due to a grotesquely swollen left eye out of which he could no longer see.
The bout was the closest that Lara came to a loss since his only actual defeat, a controversial decision in favor of Paul Williams in their July '11 encounter. Most had Lara winning comfortably that night, but he still views his official lone conqueror as his most dangerous opponent to date, or at least much better than the one in the on-deck circle.
Angulo was coming for him and Angulo was touching him. It was fight or flight. Him being a fighter, he fought some but he also ran. He did both and was able to beat him.
"Austin Trout is an OK fighter. He's nothing special and I believe he's on his way out," Lara views of Trout. "He says I have no heart. He will find out in the ring.
"The difference between Austin Trout and Paul Williams is that Paul Williams had balls. He was a big southpaw who would come out and attack you. Austin Trout just knows how to run."
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[QUOTE=PR ESQ.;13929514]Disgree![COLOR="Red"][B]Trout gets all due respects and credit for the schooling he put on Cotto.[/B][/COLOR] As to [COLOR="Red"][B]Lara getting dropped by Perro is not out of the ordinary. Its the beating that he served his ass following getting dropped that…Comment by PR ESQ. on 11-14-2013
[QUOTE=.:: JSFD26 ::.;13928620][COLOR="Black"]Whoever wins this fight will not get credit for it, from the haters anyway.[/COLOR] One was "beat" by Canelo. Even tho 50%+ had him winning.[COLOR="Black"] And the other one was dropped by a washed up Angulo.[/COLOR] [SIZE="1"][I]Posted from…Comment by BendOver on 11-14-2013
the hate is strong in this bunchComment by whoseyourdaddy on 11-14-2013
[QUOTE=Tobi.G;13927258]Trout zero power? I dont think so! Mayweather took Canelo to school but he couldnt really hurt him. Trout knocked him down! HA! But Lara beats him![/QUOTE] WTH are you talking about? Canelo Drop Troutin round seven....you aviously did not…Comment by .:: JSFD26 ::. on 11-14-2013
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Q&A/Joel Gordes; Insurers, Risk and the Global Climate
Published: April 19, 1998
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A. They've gone even further. They've started to invest in renewable energy. Swiss Reinsurance has put money into a fund to help people in the third world with photovoltaics. There are a number of English insurers joining the campaign called Solar Century.
Q. Why can't insurance companies simply not insure vulnerable areas instead of trying to mitigate global warming?
A. Then you don't have much of a business. And you are going to have to have the insurer of last resort take over, which is usually the government. In the long run that usually doesn't work too well. Somebody has to pay somewhere. If you're an insurer, you calculate the risks and do your business. There are a lot of other tools they are developing to manage those risks, financial tools mostly, but that ignores what may be the biggest threat.
Q. Why can't insurance companies simply raise their rates as their response to global warming?
A. They have been doing that -- in Florida, in certain other prone areas. But remember, it's a regulated business, and the minute you start raising rates, people start squawking to their state senators and representatives and insurance commissioners. It's a politically driven process.
Q. Are there precedents for the insurance industry advocating social policy changes that would reduce risks?
A. Absolutely. What about the support they've given to Mothers Against Drunk Driving? What about seat belt safety and air bag safety? In one case they took some pension funds and invested them in businesses that created jobs for union members from whose pension funds the money came.
Why should insurance companies, if there is a solid link to climate change from fossil fuel emissions, be investing in fossil fuel projects? It's like a health insurance company investing in tobacco.
Q. What has been the response of United States insurance executives to your arguments?
A. They are, as insurers usually are, very cautious. They want to see more ironclad links before they begin to take action. However, a few are starting to make some statements, one that will be putting something in their annual report.
We've come up with certain reasons why the United States insurers have not followed in the footsteps of the European Community. The Europeans have more global exposure to losses. The Europeans do not have a massive disinformation campaign going on by their fossil fuel industry, as we do.
United States companies don't want to scare their stockholders and customers by saying climate change is imminent. Many also sell auto insurance. And one of the things we're going to have to do, if we want to stop emissions, is get a lot of people out of their autos.
Q. How important is this issue for Connecticut?
A. Connecticut's economy is still heavily invested in the insurance industry. Some statements were made by Republican State Chairman Chris DePino about how Democratic Senator Joseph I. Lieberman's support for climate change legislation and the Kyoto treaty holds a risk for him. I don't think the Republican chairman has reckoned with the threat that climate change could present to the insurance industry in his home state. So I think he's barking up the wrong tree.
Photo: Joel Gordes, at home in Colebrook, is trying to convince insurance companies that it will indeed pay to pursue alternate energy sources. (Don Heiny for The New York Times)


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As for messaging, the XV6800 ships with Microsoft Direct Push Technology so you get real-time e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization with your Outlook calendar, tasks, and contacts via Exchange Server. There's support for a number of other e-mail solutions, as well, including Good Mobile Messaging and Verizon Wireless Sync. In addition, the device can be configured to access your POP3 and IMAP4 accounts. Unfortunately, there aren't any preloaded instant messaging clients, and it lacks Windows Live integration like the i760.
Phone features on the Verizon Wireless XV6800 include a speakerphone, voice dialing and commands, smart dialing, three-way calling, and text and multimedia messaging. The phone book is limited only by the available memory, and each entry can hold as many as 12 phone numbers, three e-mail addresses, addresses for home and work, a job title, and more. For caller-ID purposes, you can assign a contact to a category or pair it with any of 24 polyphonic ringtones or a photo.
The XV6800 is also an EV-DO handset, bringing data speeds of around 300Kbps to 600Kbps with the potential to hit 2.4Mbps. This means you'll enjoy faster Web browsing, downloads, and smoother media streams. However, concentrating more on the smartphone's business side, Verizon Wireless chose not to include support for its V Cast music and video services. We can understand this logic, but still find it a bit disappointing--all work and no play isn't much fun.
Another way you can take advantage of the EV-DO speeds is by using the XV6800 as a modem for your laptop, thanks to smartphone's Bluetooth 2.0 technology. This will, however, require that you subscribe to one of Verizon's BroadbandAccess plans, which start at $15 per month. Other supported Bluetooth profiles include those for mono and stereo headsets and hands-free kits. Unfortunately, it does not allow for object transfer (OBEX). Last but not least, the XV6800 also has integrated Wi-Fi, which provides you an alternative method for connecting to the Web on your phone.
The one area where the Verizon Wireless XV6800 ups the Samsung i760 is the camera. The XV6800 is equipped with a 2-megapixel lens (versus 1.3 megapixels) with flash, autofocus, and video-recording capabilities. For still images, you have your choice of five resolutions and four quality settings. You can adjust the white balance and add various effects, and there's also a self-timer and the option of adding a time stamp to your photo. As usual, your options are a bit more limited in video mode but you do get white balance settings, effects, and two resolution choices. Picture quality was mixed. We were impressed by the sharp definition, but the colors were a bit off and looked harsh. Video quality was OK for a camera phone--slightly pixilated by fine for short spurts.
And while you may not get Verizon's streaming media services, you can still enjoy your tunes and videos with Windows Media Player 10 Mobile. There's support for AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA, MPEG-4, and WMV files, to name a few. Plus, if you have TV shows recorded on your Windows Media Center PC, you can transfer them to your device for on-the-go viewing.
We tested the dual-band (CDMA 850/1900; EV-DO) Verizon Wireless XV6800 in San Francisco using Verizon service, and call quality was OK. On our end, audio sounded slightly garbled, but volume was fine and we were able to continue conversations with our friends and interact with our bank's automated voice response system. Meanwhile, our friends didn't have any major complaints, though they could tell we were using a cell phone. Unfortunately, things went south when we activated the speakerphone. Sound was soft even when we were in a quiet room and had the volume at its highest level, while callers said there was a slight hollowness on their side. On a bright note, we had no problems pairing the XV6800 with the Logitech Mobile Traveller Bluetooth headset or the Motorola S9 Bluetooth Active Headphones.
The XV6800 is powered by a 400MHz processor and for the most part the smartphone was responsive, but we ran into some typical Windows Mobile delays (lags between screen switches and when using multiple applications). The Web-browsing experience was swift thanks to Verizon's EV-DO network, and the phone had no problems finding and connect to our Wi-Fi access point. Multimedia performance wasn't the greatest we've seen. Again, because of the weaker speaker, songs sounded quiet and lacked any richness and turning up the system volume only made tracks sound shrilly and blown out. Video was synchronized with audio, but looked a bit blurry and choppy.
The XV6800's 920mAh lithium-ion battery is rated for 5.4 hours of talk time and up to 14 days of standby time. We are still conducting our battery drain tests but will update this section as soon as we have final results. According to FCC radiation tests, the XV6800 has a digital SAR rating of 1.3 watts per kilogram.


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