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Post by simon on Feb 4, 2005 14:25:11 GMT -5
I actually like cats much better than dogs, dogs do what you tell them to because they are not smart enough to know better.
This cat of hers I won't touch because if it claws up my right arm and I cannot pull, I am going to be upset.
I just consider myself as having spent most of my life with total disregard for my physical welfare. Trust me I am paying for it, If I was as old as I feel I would be dead!
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Post by gambit on Feb 4, 2005 14:53:25 GMT -5
Well, I thought I had it bad until I read everyone elses. But here goes... When I was 5 I climbed on top of our house and jumped on top of the dog house below, thinking it would collapse and cushion my fall was going to be learned the hard way...I bounced. At that same age I was playing around a utility area of the elementary school and was climbing chicken wire (poultry wire) lost my footing and the edge of the wire dug into my arm and there I hung, for what seemed like a lifetime, until my dog ran home and got my parents. (Very intelligent being. Couldn't same the same for myself. ) Broken left foot on motorcycle at age 9 .It required a pin through the tip of the big toe for alignment. 7 motorcycles ran over me and the same motorcycle at the same above age. A car ran over me while I was on the same motorcycle. (Seeing a pattern here? We got rid of the motorcycle.) A gas can blew up in my face when I was 9 - 10. very long story, but I will say when my dad was rushing me to the car he tripped and fell on top of me. I didn't know which was worse. At 10 or 11 my brother told me he was going to cut me with his Old Timer knife. When I told him he wasn't he commenced to slicing. 7 - 8 vertical and round slices. I tried shooting him. Thank goodness the corner of the house got in the way. Sister threw an ashtray and hit me in the browbone. THAT HURT! At Nancy's mom's we were trying to catch a cat. I used a towel to wrap the cat with, well, the K-9s were longer than the thickness of the towel. talking about bleeding ! I can relate to Tony's situation with the yellow jackets! I was mowing the yard by the woodline and ran over a ground nest of them little boogers ! I was in shorts and a couple flew up my leg and...well, lets say the neighbor almost got a public showing. Can anyone say great balls-of-fire?! Still, all-in-all, I do not compare to some of these posts. I am grateful for that!!
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Post by Tony Carpenter on Feb 4, 2005 14:56:50 GMT -5
Seriously.
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Post by John Stanton on Feb 4, 2005 14:59:17 GMT -5
simon,
I used to have that problem with my cat, I took him to the vet and got him fixed and declawed.
He is a nice kitty now
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Post by simon on Feb 4, 2005 15:21:33 GMT -5
I keep threatening to have it de-clawed but the wife claims that she would not be able to defend herself since she lives outside. Though I think deep down she is afraid I will slip the vet a c note to "accidentally" put it to sleep"
Allen the poultry wire was not a pretty mental picture.
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Post by John Stanton on Feb 4, 2005 15:28:59 GMT -5
cats use their back claws for fighting, and if you get it declawed you can let it back in the house...
or slip the vet a c note
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Post by simon on Feb 4, 2005 15:39:51 GMT -5
It is not coming back in house unless it has no claws and no teeth, and even then I would be keeping my eye on her, she scratched my daughter right across the face just missing her eye. So I am not taking any chances.
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Post by Christopher Myers on Feb 4, 2005 18:35:21 GMT -5
Thats Cool Simon !!!! I like you even more now !!! I always wanted a nonfatal gunshot wound, always thought that would be cool !! couple of my buddies were never f'd with by anybody even though they were wuss's just cuz they took a round .....silly NYC mentality Christopher Myers
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Post by Christopher Myers on Feb 4, 2005 18:36:48 GMT -5
Cats only serve two purposes 1. dog food 2. target practice Christopher Myers ;D
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Post by simon on Feb 4, 2005 18:47:24 GMT -5
Then Chris do I have a cat for you......
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Post by simon on Feb 4, 2005 18:53:03 GMT -5
It is not much of wound compared to some other I have and with my hairy legs you can hardly see it. Felt like I got bit by a snake.
Did you ever see that spoof documentary about the shop that gives guys gunshot wounds, like a tat parlor but you get a gunshot wound, it was pretty damn funny.
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Post by CHRISTIAN BINNIE on Feb 4, 2005 19:25:48 GMT -5
Simon I see your point. Understand about the cat going "after " your daughter, But an animal IS an animal. Can't fault it for that. Your daughters safety is first. You don't have to argue. It might turn into one of these "religious discussions ", you feel your right and I KNOW I'm right......LOL..... When a cat is declawed they cut part of the " fingers " off. They don't just take the nail out CHRIS: I'm DISAPPOINTED at you ANIMALS are INNOCENT! F##KING HUMANS AREN"T. KILL A HUMAN BEFORE AN ANIMAL!!!!! VERY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU CHRIS
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Post by simon on Feb 4, 2005 19:59:33 GMT -5
One of my newer favorite sayings Christian. "I could agree with you...but then we would both be wrong"........ Now that my little girl is larger the cat is pretty afraid of her, agreed... it is just an animal, this one is a bit meaner than most domesticated cats though, she is tougher than half the dogs on my block, the weenie dog next door barks at every cat in the neighborhood except her, when she gets on the fence the dog runs in the house.
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