T i m wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 20:45:45 +0100, Chris Bartram
wrote:

On 16/04/17 17:28, T i m wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 15:56:02 +0100, ARW

snip what I assume to be cat crap unread/seen

Mark it OT ffs mate else real men might have their brains mushed.
;-)

Cheers, T i m

p.s. OOI, do you also spam everyone in your address book with
'jokes' and cat related / girly stuff? ;-)

We get it, you don't like cats.

'We' obviously don't as I have nothing against cats as an animal
species.

What I find strange is why what are supposed to be big d-i-y loving
blokes would act like 15 year old girls and feel the need to post
links to kitten pictures in a d-i-y group?

I would expect just the same response if I posed links to my own pet
animal young *here*.

The fact that I also find cats to be far from the 'companion animals'
they are supposed to be and have practical experience of them being
destructive to wildlife and a public nuisance for all sorts of reasons
means I can't see the point of them either.

Now, if you lived on a farm or the cat stayed indoors and didn't wreck
your furniture or scratch / bite visitors .. or actually provided any
other benefit to society ... then it could be a different matter.

I'm not questioning *your* choice of companion animal, I just wish you
would keep your animal to yourself (and not you personally of course).
In just the same way I'd expect you to comment on someone's dog
barking all night or crapping and damaging your property and the
'owner' not being held responsible.

Cheers, T i m

+1
Well said.

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 03:54:56 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

snip

That suggests they are somehow 'different'

Yes. But that's just as true of almost anything that interests anyone.

Of course, except people seldom post links to such things here,
whatever the subject and especially without marking it OT.

Well, not unless they are *especially* 'different' it seems.

Big hairy blokes and kittens ffs! ;-)

Cheers, T i m

"Bod" wrote in message
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On 17/04/2017 18:15, Rod Speed wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote
tim... wrote

to come back when called, not so

All the kittens with the exception of one now come when called.

They don't even recognise their own name.
It's a real rocket scientist cat that can do that.
They actually come when you make noises that indicate food is being
served.

Can dogs walk a tightrope?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlKYtLlvRlU

They don’t climb trees very well either.

"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 18:40:31 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 17/04/2017 18:15, Rod Speed wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote
tim... wrote

to come back when called, not so

All the kittens with the exception of one now come when called.

They don't even recognise their own name.
It's a real rocket scientist cat that can do that.
They actually come when you make noises that indicate food is being
served.

I have 5 cats. If I yell one of their names, that one and that one only
will run out of the cat flap. Mind you, maybe it realises it's the one
that was misbehaving.

Yep, nothing to do with its name, everything to do with
your tone of voice and what it knows its been up to.

You can prove that trivially any time by
shouting YOU ****ER instead of its name.

As for food, I leave food out 24/7, they come to get it whenever they're
hungry.

Can dogs walk a tightrope?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlKYtLlvRlU

They were holding them up!!

"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 06:30:51 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:



"tim..." wrote in message
news


"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 15:56:02 +0100, ARW

wrote:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:IMG_6427.JPG

just generally looking cute

One of them is litter trained

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:IMG_8884.JPG

And one of them is already trained for Pounders garden

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:IMG_8864.JPG

Coincidence. I've just had 5. Keeping one, the other four selling for
£50 each. They can pay for their own food.

OOI is 50 quid each an achievable price?

I thought that you're lucky if you can give them away

These are ones you can train as easily as a dog, stupid.

Nothing special about them, just bog standard cute kittens. There's a
shortage of cats, despite what rescue centres tell us.

Bet its all those unspeakable immigrants eating them.

I bought my first cat from a rescue centre, the first two centres had run
out, and the third only had one left. Shortage my arse.

Nar, that's your dick, not your arse.

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 08:51:37 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



"Bod" wrote in message
...
On 17/04/2017 18:15, Rod Speed wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote
tim... wrote

to come back when called, not so

All the kittens with the exception of one now come when called.

They don't even recognise their own name.
It's a real rocket scientist cat that can do that.
They actually come when you make noises that indicate food is being
served.

Can dogs walk a tightrope?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlKYtLlvRlU

They don’t climb trees very well either.

Luckily, dogs rarely need (or want) to do either ... nor therefore
waste the Fire Brigades time getting rescued when they get stuck.

They can find people on mountains and rescue people from the water
though ...

Cheers, T i m

"Bod" wrote in message
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On 17/04/2017 18:48, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 18:40:31 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 17/04/2017 18:15, Rod Speed wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote
tim... wrote

to come back when called, not so

All the kittens with the exception of one now come when called.

They don't even recognise their own name.
It's a real rocket scientist cat that can do that.
They actually come when you make noises that indicate food is being
served.

I have 5 cats. If I yell one of their names, that one and that one only
will run out of the cat flap. Mind you, maybe it realises it's the one
that was misbehaving.

As for food, I leave food out 24/7, they come to get it whenever they're
hungry.

Can dogs walk a tightrope?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlKYtLlvRlU

They were holding them up!!

What about cats taking on crocodiles/ bears/ goats/ dogs/ cobras etc.

Pure hollywood fakery.

One of the local cats just got eaten by a husky.

How many dogs would be brave enough to even try it.

Plenty of the appropriate breed.

Even you should have noticed what bulldogs were bred for.

Pig dogs in spades, tho likely you snowflakes
have never actually come across any of those.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B1DKszsMRk

On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 23:58:55 +0100, wrote:



"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 18:40:31 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 17/04/2017 18:15, Rod Speed wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote
tim... wrote

to come back when called, not so

All the kittens with the exception of one now come when called.

They don't even recognise their own name.
It's a real rocket scientist cat that can do that.
They actually come when you make noises that indicate food is being
served.

I have 5 cats. If I yell one of their names, that one and that one only
will run out of the cat flap. Mind you, maybe it realises it's the one
that was misbehaving.

Yep, nothing to do with its name, everything to do with
your tone of voice and what it knows its been up to.

You can prove that trivially any time by
shouting YOU ****ER instead of its name.

Dogs are just as stupid, they don't come to their owner if they don't feel like it.

--
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They are also questioning Bob Marley about the shooting of a sheriff.

"Nightjar" wrote in message
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On 17-Apr-17 6:28 AM, wrote:


"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:05:38 +0100, T i m wrote:

On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 18:54:33 +0100, ARW
wrote:

snip

Coincidence. I've just had 5. Keeping one, the other four selling
for
£50 each. They can pay for their own food.

You have trained 4 cats to go shopping?

He said 'cats' mate, not dogs. ;-)

"Trained cats ..." Bwhahahahaha!!!

They're as easy to train as dogs actually.

Then you wont have any difficulty posting video
of one of yours trained to round up sheep.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...th-Africa.html

Those arent trained pussy cats.

Lions routinely round up all sorts of herbivores
and pick out the weakest and kill and eat them.

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 00:10:03 +0100, T i m wrote:

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 08:51:37 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



"Bod" wrote in message
...
On 17/04/2017 18:15, Rod Speed wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote
tim... wrote

to come back when called, not so

All the kittens with the exception of one now come when called.

They don't even recognise their own name.
It's a real rocket scientist cat that can do that.
They actually come when you make noises that indicate food is being
served.

Can dogs walk a tightrope?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlKYtLlvRlU

They dont climb trees very well either.

Luckily, dogs rarely need (or want) to do either ... nor therefore
waste the Fire Brigades time getting rescued when they get stuck.

Why does the fire brigade respond to such calls, they're a FIRE brigade, the clue is in their name. The cat will come down of its own accord when it's ready, or the owner can climb the tree. I learned to climb trees when I was a child, are you saying an adult can't do so?

They can find people on mountains and rescue people from the water
though ...

Leave the Darwin candidates to drown.

--
What's a diaphragm?
A trampoline for dickheads.

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 00:01:55 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 06:30:51 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:



"tim..." wrote in message
news

"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 15:56:02 +0100, ARW

wrote:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:IMG_6427.JPG

just generally looking cute

One of them is litter trained

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:IMG_8884.JPG

And one of them is already trained for Pounders garden

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:IMG_8864.JPG

Coincidence. I've just had 5. Keeping one, the other four selling for
£50 each. They can pay for their own food.

OOI is 50 quid each an achievable price?

I thought that you're lucky if you can give them away

These are ones you can train as easily as a dog, stupid.

Nothing special about them, just bog standard cute kittens. There's a
shortage of cats, despite what rescue centres tell us.

Bet its all those unspeakable immigrants eating them.

Not too many in Scotland thankfully, they seem to prefer England. Manchester hardly has any Brits left.

I bought my first cat from a rescue centre, the first two centres had run
out, and the third only had one left. Shortage my arse.

Nar, that's your dick, not your arse.

Stop dreaming about my genitalia you warped old Aussie poofter!

--
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"T i m" wrote in message
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 08:51:37 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



"Bod" wrote in message
...
On 17/04/2017 18:15, Rod Speed wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote
tim... wrote

to come back when called, not so

All the kittens with the exception of one now come when called.

They don't even recognise their own name.
It's a real rocket scientist cat that can do that.
They actually come when you make noises that indicate food is being
served.

Can dogs walk a tightrope?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlKYtLlvRlU

They don't climb trees very well either.

Luckily, dogs rarely need (or want) to do either ... nor therefore
waste the Fire Brigades time getting rescued when they get stuck.

They can find people on mountains

And are much better for drug sniffing and finding corpses too.

and rescue people from the water though ...

We use humans for that. Works a lot better.

"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 23:58:55 +0100, wrote:



"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 18:40:31 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 17/04/2017 18:15, Rod Speed wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote
tim... wrote

to come back when called, not so

All the kittens with the exception of one now come when called.

They don't even recognise their own name.
It's a real rocket scientist cat that can do that.
They actually come when you make noises that indicate food is being
served.

I have 5 cats. If I yell one of their names, that one and that one only
will run out of the cat flap. Mind you, maybe it realises it's the one
that was misbehaving.

Yep, nothing to do with its name, everything to do with
your tone of voice and what it knows its been up to.

You can prove that trivially any time by
shouting YOU ****ER instead of its name.

Dogs are just as stupid, they don't come to their owner if they don't feel
like it.

Depends on the dogs. You'll never get cats to respond
to the commands of their owners like the best of the
herding dogs do. They don't ever ignore their owners.

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 01:01:14 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"T i m" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 08:51:37 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



"Bod" wrote in message
...
On 17/04/2017 18:15, Rod Speed wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote
tim... wrote

to come back when called, not so

All the kittens with the exception of one now come when called.

They don't even recognise their own name.
It's a real rocket scientist cat that can do that.
They actually come when you make noises that indicate food is being
served.

Can dogs walk a tightrope?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlKYtLlvRlU

They don't climb trees very well either.

Luckily, dogs rarely need (or want) to do either ... nor therefore
waste the Fire Brigades time getting rescued when they get stuck.

They can find people on mountains

And are much better for drug sniffing and finding corpses too.

What do you have against drugs?

and rescue people from the water though ...

We use humans for that. Works a lot better.

Yes, I can't really see a dog holding an unconscious person above the water.

--
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 01:03:44 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 23:58:55 +0100, wrote:



"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 18:40:31 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 17/04/2017 18:15, Rod Speed wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote
tim... wrote

to come back when called, not so

All the kittens with the exception of one now come when called.

They don't even recognise their own name.
It's a real rocket scientist cat that can do that.
They actually come when you make noises that indicate food is being
served.

I have 5 cats. If I yell one of their names, that one and that one only
will run out of the cat flap. Mind you, maybe it realises it's the one
that was misbehaving.

Yep, nothing to do with its name, everything to do with
your tone of voice and what it knows its been up to.

You can prove that trivially any time by
shouting YOU ****ER instead of its name.

Dogs are just as stupid, they don't come to their owner if they don't feel
like it.

Depends on the dogs. You'll never get cats to respond
to the commands of their owners like the best of the
herding dogs do. They don't ever ignore their owners.

My cats are about as obedient as the average dog. And they don't make a noise and attack strangers either.

--
If you lose your keys, attempt to drown yourself in a basin of water. Your life will flash before your eyes. Eventually you'll remember the part where you last had your keys.

"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 01:01:14 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:



"T i m" wrote in message
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 08:51:37 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



"Bod" wrote in message
...
On 17/04/2017 18:15, Rod Speed wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote
tim... wrote

to come back when called, not so

All the kittens with the exception of one now come when called.

They don't even recognise their own name.
It's a real rocket scientist cat that can do that.
They actually come when you make noises that indicate food is being
served.

Can dogs walk a tightrope?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlKYtLlvRlU

They don't climb trees very well either.

Luckily, dogs rarely need (or want) to do either ... nor therefore
waste the Fire Brigades time getting rescued when they get stuck.

They can find people on mountains

And are much better for drug sniffing and finding corpses too.

What do you have against drugs?

I don't. Its those who train the dogs to do that that do.

They also have currency sniffing dogs that somehow
manage to work out if you have a lot of currency or
whether its just sort of quantity that most have.

Dunno how well they work with our entirely plastic
currency now tho. Havent seen them used in any of
the footage of those reality TV shows that cover people
going thru customs, only in Britain and north america.

Never seen anyone using cats for that.

Or for pursuing criminals who are running away from
the cops either. Corse a ****ing great alsatian is likely
to be a seen as a tad more threatening by the average
running crim too.

and rescue people from the water though ...

We use humans for that. Works a lot better.

Yes, I can't really see a dog holding an unconscious person above the
water.

Yeah, can't say I have ever seen any dogs rescuing
people from the water. Hard to imagine a cat
managing it, because of its size alone.

"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 01:03:44 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:



"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 23:58:55 +0100, wrote:



"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 18:40:31 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 17/04/2017 18:15, Rod Speed wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote
tim... wrote

to come back when called, not so

All the kittens with the exception of one now come when called.

They don't even recognise their own name.
It's a real rocket scientist cat that can do that.
They actually come when you make noises that indicate food is being
served.

I have 5 cats. If I yell one of their names, that one and that one
only
will run out of the cat flap. Mind you, maybe it realises it's the
one
that was misbehaving.

Yep, nothing to do with its name, everything to do with
your tone of voice and what it knows its been up to.

You can prove that trivially any time by
shouting YOU ****ER instead of its name.

Dogs are just as stupid, they don't come to their owner if they don't
feel
like it.

Depends on the dogs. You'll never get cats to respond
to the commands of their owners like the best of the
herding dogs do. They don't ever ignore their owners.

My cats are about as obedient as the average dog.

Maybe, but not as obedient as the best of the working dogs.

In spades at long distances like the NZers do with their huntaways.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntaway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDOx_O5zb2Q
That has a clear example of just one dog recognising its name.

And they don't make a noise

Corse they do when ****ing each other.

and attack strangers either.

"Mike Tomlinson" wrote in message
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En el artículo , ARW aXXXwadsworth@blueyond
er.co.uk escribió:

Was the subject line not clear enough for you to understand?

It /is/ the clueless **** D i m after all. Too stupid to be able to
install Linux and is so insecure in his sexuality he has to display his
macho credentials at every turn.

ps. I've got a couple of even cuter pics, will email.

bona

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On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 03:54:56 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

snip

That suggests they are somehow 'different'

Yes. But that's just as true of almost anything that interests anyone.

Of course, except people seldom post links to such things here,
whatever the subject and especially without marking it OT.

Well, not unless they are *especially* 'different' it seems.

Big hairy blokes and kittens ffs! ;-)

Cheers, T i m

You're doing a fine job. Keep it up.

On 17/04/2017 23:51, Rod Speed wrote:


"Bod" wrote in message
...
On 17/04/2017 18:15, Rod Speed wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote
tim... wrote

to come back when called, not so

All the kittens with the exception of one now come when called.

They don't even recognise their own name.
It's a real rocket scientist cat that can do that.
They actually come when you make noises that indicate food is being
served.

Can dogs walk a tightrope?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlKYtLlvRlU

They don’t climb trees very well either.

Indeed :-)

On 17/04/2017 21:44, T i m wrote:

What I find strange is why what are supposed to be big d-i-y loving
blokes would act like 15 year old girls and feel the need to post
links to kitten pictures in a d-i-y group?

Because not just 15yo girls like kittens, and usenet is dying, so this
is one of the very few newsgroups with actual conversation?

I would expect just the same response if I posed links to my own pet
animal young *here*.


FWIW, please do.

On 18-Apr-17 12:16 AM, Rod Speed wrote:


"Nightjar" wrote in message
...
On 17-Apr-17 6:28 AM, wrote:


"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:05:38 +0100, T i m wrote:

On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 18:54:33 +0100, ARW
wrote:

snip

Coincidence. I've just had 5. Keeping one, the other four selling
for
£50 each. They can pay for their own food.

You have trained 4 cats to go shopping?

He said 'cats' mate, not dogs. ;-)

"Trained cats ..." Bwhahahahaha!!!

They're as easy to train as dogs actually.

Then you wont have any difficulty posting video
of one of yours trained to round up sheep.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...th-Africa.html


Those arent trained pussy cats....

It does demonstrate that herding sheep needs a larger cat than a house
cat. You wouldn't use a Yorkshire Terrier to herd sheep either.

If you look at some of the zoo programmes on TV, you will see that most
animals, including big cats, are remarkably willing to be trained to do
things like present a body part for inspection or to take a blood sample.


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On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 00:17:50 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
Why does the fire brigade respond to such calls, they're a FIRE brigade,
the clue is in their name.

Because they're a fire and rescue service, and because it's more fun driving the big nee-naw (especially when they know it's a nice easy call-out with no smoke or deaths) than sitting in the station polishing their nozzles.

The cat will come down of its own accord when it's ready, or the owner
can climb the tree. I learned to climb trees when I was a child, are
you saying an adult can't do so?

Cats and children can get to different parts of trees than adults - different power:weight ratio.

Owain

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 07:43:43 +0100, Chris Bartram
wrote:

On 17/04/2017 21:44, T i m wrote:

What I find strange is why what are supposed to be big d-i-y loving
blokes would act like 15 year old girls and feel the need to post
links to kitten pictures in a d-i-y group?

Because not just 15yo girls like kittens,

No, of course not, but that wasn't the point here.

and usenet is dying,

Really? I've not noticed this part of Usenet dying and certainly not
to the point where we need to clutter it with non OT marked kitten
crap? I'm quite happy uk.d-i-y has evolved to be a bit more open as
times have changed but *most people* (excluding the spammers, trolls
and cat_brain_mushed of course) have the decency to mark such a
blatantly off topic post as OT, even just as a courtesy.

so this
is one of the very few newsgroups with actual conversation?

No, there are still quite a few with 'actual conversation' and part of
the reason for that with all of them is that OT stuff is both marked
as such or simply not posted (by other than the trolls etc). Once the
noise overcomes the signal than *that* is when the n/g dies and
conversation amongst a tiny (strange) minority of mainly older adult
men about kittens (ffs) could be the start of that.

I would expect just the same response if I posed links to my own pet
animal young *here*.


FWIW, please do.

No, because it's way off topic and my brain hasn't been mushed by
contact with cats. ;-)

Anything d-i-y related or even stuff that isn't strictly d-i-y (in the
purest sense) but involves people actually doing or considering doing
(if the panel suggests it's viable etc) things, be it trying to sort
out their own network issues, or some project they have built but have
got stuck on ... or creating, modifying or fixing anything really
(unless there is a potentially better place, as with car related
stuff) is now considered acceptable here, but still some will mark it
OT out of respect for the original spirit of the group.

People who support OT threads about kittens when it's not even marked
as OT ether don't GAS about anything or are brain mushed (so they
can't see the bigger picture).

Of course, like anything it doesn't *really* matter if it only happens
once-in-a-while but accepting it without comment could be the opening
of floodgates and I'm pretty sure most people here wouldn't want that?

Plus 'some people' don't believe the (net)etiquette applies to them of
course. ;-(

Cheers, T i m

p.s. I am also on several other newsgroups and forums and in all cases
any OT stuff ... or threads that drift OT are pointed elsewhere (and
often there are more 'chat' related sub groups (cafes) just for that
purpose). That doesn't mean the rules are strict, just that there are
limits.

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 01:42:12 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword"
wrote:

snip

What do you have against drugs?


You. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 01:29:17 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 00:17:50 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
Why does the fire brigade respond to such calls, they're a FIRE brigade,
the clue is in their name.

Because they're a fire and rescue service, and because it's more fun driving the big nee-naw (especially when they know it's a nice easy call-out with no smoke or deaths) than sitting in the station polishing their nozzles.

I've seen such rescues on TV and the person doing the rescuing often
wears thick gloves as the ungrateful / stupid cat that has been stuck
and crying for 2 days doesn't understand it's being rescued.

The cat will come down of its own accord when it's ready, or the owner
can climb the tree. I learned to climb trees when I was a child, are
you saying an adult can't do so?

Cats and children can get to different parts of trees than adults - different power:weight ratio.

And the ability for the higher / thinner branches to support the
weight etc. Such things shouldn't really need explaining should they
unless someone has suffered 'brain mush' from contact with a cat. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 03:14:53 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:

Or for pursuing criminals who are running away from
the cops either. Corse a ****ing great alsatian is likely
to be a seen as a tad more threatening by the average
running crim too.

I'm pretty certain a similarly sized lion/tiger would be considered more threatening.

NT

On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 03:24:44 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 01:03:44 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:
"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 23:58:55 +0100, wrote:
"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
news On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 18:40:31 +0100, Bod wrote:
On 17/04/2017 18:15, Rod Speed wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote
tim... wrote

junk snipped. Last time I took part in a cat v dog debate I was about 9 years old.


NT

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 02:45:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 03:14:53 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:

Or for pursuing criminals who are running away from
the cops either. Corse a ****ing great alsatian is likely
to be a seen as a tad more threatening by the average
running crim too.

I'm pretty certain a similarly sized lion/tiger would be considered more threatening.


;-)

That could work as long as the handler wore armour, had the beast on a
(long / strong) lead and the laws on keeping dangerous animals was
changed to allow the Police animals to actually kill crims (as I'm not
sure the recall command would work as well on a lion as it would on a
dog). ;-)

Cheers, T i m

On 18/04/2017 11:00, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 02:45:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 03:14:53 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:

Or for pursuing criminals who are running away from
the cops either. Corse a ****ing great alsatian is likely
to be a seen as a tad more threatening by the average
running crim too.

I'm pretty certain a similarly sized lion/tiger would be considered more threatening.


;-)

That could work as long as the handler wore armour, had the beast on a
(long / strong) lead and the laws on keeping dangerous animals was
changed to allow the Police animals to actually kill crims (as I'm not
sure the recall command would work as well on a lion as it would on a
dog). ;-)

Cheers, T i m

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/10...rning-hug.html

"Mike Tomlinson" wrote in message
news
En el artículo , tim...
escribió:

why have you not set up a facebook page yet?

Because it irritates people like you and D i m ?

it doesn't irritate me

I just thought it would be a way to get the pictures up faster that this: A
sends the picture to B who sends it to C who posts it somewhere and then
tells B to tell everybody where it is

or whatever it is that you do now

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:05:19 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 18/04/2017 11:00, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 02:45:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 03:14:53 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:

Or for pursuing criminals who are running away from
the cops either. Corse a ****ing great alsatian is likely
to be a seen as a tad more threatening by the average
running crim too.

I'm pretty certain a similarly sized lion/tiger would be considered more threatening.


;-)

That could work as long as the handler wore armour, had the beast on a
(long / strong) lead and the laws on keeping dangerous animals was
changed to allow the Police animals to actually kill crims (as I'm not
sure the recall command would work as well on a lion as it would on a
dog). ;-)


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/10...rning-hug.html

Sorry, was there a point to that?

Cheers, T i m

On 18/04/2017 11:39, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:05:19 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 18/04/2017 11:00, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 02:45:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 03:14:53 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:

Or for pursuing criminals who are running away from
the cops either. Corse a ****ing great alsatian is likely
to be a seen as a tad more threatening by the average
running crim too.

I'm pretty certain a similarly sized lion/tiger would be considered more threatening.


;-)

That could work as long as the handler wore armour, had the beast on a
(long / strong) lead and the laws on keeping dangerous animals was
changed to allow the Police animals to actually kill crims (as I'm not
sure the recall command would work as well on a lion as it would on a
dog). ;-)


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/10...rning-hug.html

Sorry, was there a point to that?

Cheers, T i m

No ;-)

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:59:58 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 18/04/2017 11:39, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:05:19 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 18/04/2017 11:00, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 02:45:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 03:14:53 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:

Or for pursuing criminals who are running away from
the cops either. Corse a ****ing great alsatian is likely
to be a seen as a tad more threatening by the average
running crim too.

I'm pretty certain a similarly sized lion/tiger would be considered more threatening.


;-)

That could work as long as the handler wore armour, had the beast on a
(long / strong) lead and the laws on keeping dangerous animals was
changed to allow the Police animals to actually kill crims (as I'm not
sure the recall command would work as well on a lion as it would on a
dog). ;-)


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/10...rning-hug.html

Sorry, was there a point to that?

Cheers, T i m

No ;-)

Hehe. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

On 18/04/2017 09:47, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 07:43:43 +0100, Chris Bartram
wrote:


and usenet is dying,

Really? I've not noticed this part of Usenet dying and certainly not
to the point where we need to clutter it with non OT marked kitten
crap? I'm quite happy uk.d-i-y has evolved to be a bit more open as
times have changed but *most people* (excluding the spammers, trolls
and cat_brain_mushed of course) have the decency to mark such a
blatantly off topic post as OT, even just as a courtesy.


Usenet in general is dying, sadly. Here might not be but the number of
useable groups is dwindling and the support by most ISPs is too.

I'll agree that really it should have been OT, but it's pretty obvious
you'll find nothing of interest there, huh?

so this
is one of the very few newsgroups with actual conversation?

No, there are still quite a few with 'actual conversation' and part of
the reason for that with all of them is that OT stuff is both marked
as such or simply not posted (by other than the trolls etc). Once the
noise overcomes the signal than *that* is when the n/g dies

One could argue you're adding to the noise by repeating your views: I
think most people here know them very well by now, and while I disagree
with them you're entitled to them. Life would be boring if we all held
the same opinions, but yes, noise exceeding signal is the start of the end.

and
conversation amongst a tiny (strange) minority of mainly older adult
men about kittens (ffs) could be the start of that.

I don't think there's anything strange about grown men liking kittens.
Or puppies. or $cute_animal.


People who support OT threads about kittens when it's not even marked
as OT ether don't GAS about anything or are brain mushed (so they
can't see the bigger picture).

Hell, I just like the content. OK, it should have been OT, really.


Of course, like anything it doesn't *really* matter if it only happens
once-in-a-while but accepting it without comment could be the opening
of floodgates and I'm pretty sure most people here wouldn't want that?

Plus 'some people' don't believe the (net)etiquette applies to them of
course. ;-(

I don't see much of that here, as yet, but yes, we should all try to be
good netizens.

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:05:19 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 18/04/2017 11:00, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 02:45:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 03:14:53 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:

Or for pursuing criminals who are running away from
the cops either. Corse a ****ing great alsatian is likely
to be a seen as a tad more threatening by the average
running crim too.

I'm pretty certain a similarly sized lion/tiger would be considered more threatening.


;-)

That could work as long as the handler wore armour, had the beast on a
(long / strong) lead and the laws on keeping dangerous animals was
changed to allow the Police animals to actually kill crims (as I'm not
sure the recall command would work as well on a lion as it would on a
dog). ;-)

Cheers, T i m

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/10...rning-hug.html

Cool.

Is it just me, or do cameras mounted on someone so they stay still and the surroundings move seem rather odd?

--
All religions are part of Operation Mind****: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mind****

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:39:23 +0100, T i m wrote:

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:05:19 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 18/04/2017 11:00, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 02:45:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 03:14:53 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:

Or for pursuing criminals who are running away from
the cops either. Corse a ****ing great alsatian is likely
to be a seen as a tad more threatening by the average
running crim too.

I'm pretty certain a similarly sized lion/tiger would be considered more threatening.


;-)

That could work as long as the handler wore armour, had the beast on a
(long / strong) lead and the laws on keeping dangerous animals was
changed to allow the Police animals to actually kill crims (as I'm not
sure the recall command would work as well on a lion as it would on a
dog). ;-)


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/10...rning-hug.html

Sorry, was there a point to that?

Clearly it is possible to train lions.

--
All religions are part of Operation Mind****: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mind****

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:18:37 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword"
wrote:

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:39:23 +0100, T i m wrote:

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:05:19 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 18/04/2017 11:00, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 02:45:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 03:14:53 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:

Or for pursuing criminals who are running away from
the cops either. Corse a ****ing great alsatian is likely
to be a seen as a tad more threatening by the average
running crim too.

I'm pretty certain a similarly sized lion/tiger would be considered more threatening.


;-)

That could work as long as the handler wore armour, had the beast on a
(long / strong) lead and the laws on keeping dangerous animals was
changed to allow the Police animals to actually kill crims (as I'm not
sure the recall command would work as well on a lion as it would on a
dog). ;-)


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/10...rning-hug.html

Sorry, was there a point to that?

Clearly it is possible to train lions.

And you would be the perfect person to test just how reliable that
relationship becomes in the real world. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:18:22 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword"
wrote:

snip

Is it just me,

Inevitably, yes.

HTH

Cheers, T i m

On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 13:18:09 UTC+1, Chris Bartram wrote:

I'll agree that really it should have been OT, but it's pretty obvious
you'll find nothing of interest there, huh?

If he couldn't work out that 'kittens' was OT he should stick to discussing things with Rod, Wilkinson and the whiskied bloke.


NT