The Off Topic Topic

[Josquius]

Its so cute how terrified of the imaginary far left the far right are.

[garbon]

Hold Your Cat Correctly
By The Daily Cat experts

You're good to be concerned, as cats can feel pain when picked up the wrong way. Some very docile cats may tolerate the pain, but the last thing you and other thoughtful owners want to do is to hurt the cat.

One myth is that it's OK to pick up a cat by the scruff of its neck. Mother cats do that safely with their kittens, but it requires a special touch. Veterinarians sometimes use a similar technique. However, they are trained to lift a cat in such a manner.

The Humane Society advises that you approach the cat from either its left or right side, since most cats feel threatened when you come at them head-on. Place one hand under the "armpits" of the front legs and lift. As you do so, use your other hand to scoop up the cat from underneath. This second hand should act as a firm cradle support.

If you do this properly, the lift is like giving your cat a big, safe bear hug. Cats that are used to the treatment will probably approach you in the future, hoping for the positive attention again.

Who thinks you should pick up a cat by the scruff of its neck?

[Ideologue]

No kidding, the only time I ever do that is when they need to be dissuaded from doing something.

[DGuller]

I normally don't pick them up like that, but it's a convenient way if you're going to skin them.

[mongers]

Hold Your Cat Correctly
By The Daily Cat experts

You're good to be concerned, as cats can feel pain when picked up the wrong way. Some very docile cats may tolerate the pain, but the last thing you and other thoughtful owners want to do is to hurt the cat.

One myth is that it's OK to pick up a cat by the scruff of its neck. Mother cats do that safely with their kittens, but it requires a special touch. Veterinarians sometimes use a similar technique. However, they are trained to lift a cat in such a manner.

The Humane Society advises that you approach the cat from either its left or right side, since most cats feel threatened when you come at them head-on. Place one hand under the "armpits" of the front legs and lift. As you do so, use your other hand to scoop up the cat from underneath. This second hand should act as a firm cradle support.

If you do this properly, the lift is like giving your cat a big, safe bear hug. Cats that are used to the treatment will probably approach you in the future, hoping for the positive attention again.

Oh, I was doing it wrong for all of those years. 

In my defence, having two ex-feral cats meant picking them up with a hand under each 'armpit' ensured the claws were furthest away from any part of your body. 

They didn't seem to object, though I'm the only person to have ever picked them up. 

[mongers]

No kidding, the only time I ever do that is when they need to be dissuaded from doing something.

I always found staring them down and then slowly and ever so lightly taping the bridge of their nose with a finger showed them who was boss.

[HVC]

No kidding, the only time I ever do that is when they need to be dissuaded from doing something.

I always found staring them down and then slowly and ever so lightly taping the bridge of their nose with a finger showed them who was boss.

until they learn to attack your finger before you tap them lol

[mongers]

Hod Hill on a very windy day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6JMyzuKbMM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0ARpKhIHuc

[Razgovory]

Trojan T-shirt targets German right-wing rock fans

Music fans who took souvenir T-shirts from a rock festival in Gera, eastern Germany, have discovered they hold a secret message.

The so-called Trojan T-shirts bore a design of a skull and right-wing flags and the words "hardcore rebels".

But, once washed, the design dissolves to reveal a message telling people to break with extremism.

Some 250 T-shirts were donated to organisers, who handed them out at the nationalist rock festival in Gera.

The stunt was organised by a left-wing group called Exit, which seeks to reduce the influence of the right-wing in Germany.

"What your T-shirt can do, so can you - we'll help you break with right-wing extremism," the message reads, and provides a contact number for the group.

On its website, Exit said it had made contact with the organisers of the Rock For Germany festival, in its ninth year, using a false name and had offered the T-shirts for free.

The group's founder, Bernd Wagner, said the group hoped its actions would raise awareness among young festival-goers.

"With these T-shirts, we aimed to make ourselves known among right-wingers, especially among young ones who are not yet fully committed to the extreme right," he said, according to the Agence France-Presse news agency.

The Rock For Germany festival had as its slogan "Never again communism - Freedom for Germany".

There was no official reaction from the festival's organisers but a text message was circulating among young people who attended warning them that the T-shirts were fake.

I see a flaw in the plan.  What if they never wash?

[garbon]

Yes that's the comment I saw someone make on facebook about this.

[Razgovory]

Yes that's the comment I saw someone make on facebook about this.

That was me!

[Eddie Teach]

No kidding, the only time I ever do that is when they need to be dissuaded from doing something.

I've started using a toy water gun for that. Though they seem to think of it as a challenge.

[Ideologue]

No kidding, the only time I ever do that is when they need to be dissuaded from doing something.

I've started using a toy water gun for that. Though they seem to think of it as a challenge.

Do cats eventually get used to water?  It seems like they would.

[Razgovory]

No kidding, the only time I ever do that is when they need to be dissuaded from doing something.

I've started using a toy water gun for that. Though they seem to think of it as a challenge.

Do cats eventually get used to water?  It seems like they would.

Some do, some don't.

[Tamas]

Glenfiddich single malt whisky (12 yrs old iirc) is on sale at the local supermarket. It is still attricously expensive, but affordable.

Worth it?