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Didn’t I see that in an episode of Supernatural? 🙂

Nice weekend, everyone!

Is your avatar a water bear, quasi?

“A tax upon the mathematically disinclined”

It’s only a Stupid Tax if you think there is a chance you can win.

I was a bit suspect of the cameras on that video, they pan as well don’t they?

I think the word they’re looking for is “fearsome.” The legendary dog was “fearsome,” not “fearful.” It’s a subtle distinction, but an important one. Unless the dog was in fact chronically afraid.

As a highly qualified drunken idiot (first class) who has read far too much middle & old English (& Spenser, & Bill S.), Paula Douglas is quite correct. Or right. Or yes.

Also, I see scorch marks!

Olde Engrish. Fearful meant “causing fear” just as awful meant causing awe.

& “terrific” meant causing terror.

Which is terrific, if you ask me.

Yeah, but that story was written Thursday.

You lot really have absolutely NO idea how ancient Her Stoatlyness is, have you? 😉

Saw the dog attack vid, and have the suspicion there is some animosity between the two families. That dog went into attack mode the moment the boy came into the driveway, circling around behind the boy to attack. That cat doesn’t like that dog either. Letting that dog loose, unsupervised is negligent if not criminal.

That was the Abbey under the protection of Sir Hugo Baskerville, wasn’t it?

“That dog went into attack mode the moment the boy came into the driveway, circling around behind the boy to attack. That cat doesn’t like that dog either.”

I’m starting to think that this actually all about the cat, and the kid just got in the way: the dog and the cat had a preexisting problem with each other, and when the dog got out he saw or smelled the cat and came in ready to attack the first living thing in its path. When the cat saw the dog on it’s territory it ran out to drive it off, and then dove under the car to avoid reprisal (i.e., it wasn’t actually running to the kids aid).

“Letting that dog loose, unsupervised is negligent if not criminal.”

I read somewhere else (I don’t remember exactly where) that the neighbor had opened a gate to back their car out, and that’s how the dog escaped.

Regarding the ‘Tara, the Wonder Cat!’ story, I saw a comment from someone (FWIW) who claimed to be from the same city in California. People had been commenting on the multiple camera angles and he replied that it is becoming common to have your home surrounded by a multiple camera security system there. He said the city has a theft epidemic which he blamed on meth users.

As for the cat attacking the dog to protect the kid…. I believe it’s at least possible. Having lived with them for some 30 years now, I have seen a few incidents (while not actually even close to what happened here) that lead me in that direction. I watched a two or three year old kid attempt to pick a neighborhood cat up by the tail… and live. The kid had come up behind the cat unnoticed and picked him up. The cat, of course, went insane, but the kid was oblivious. The interesting thing was that when the cat saw it was just a kid, he calmed down and, when let go, didn’t even run away. He just moved where he could keep an eye on the little bastard child.

The second incident involved my wife being foolish enough to think it was OK to feed a friendly local stray cat. We lived in a second-floor apartment and our cat saw her with the stray through the apartment window. I know this because he got very agitated, and I went over to find out what the excitement was. When my wife came in the front door a minute later, our cat (who loved her deeply) attacked her! For weeks afterward whenever she came in the front door he sniffed her legs looking for the scent of that gigolo.

Now, he was a Turkish Ankora – breed that is known for this kind of attachment….. But I believe a lot of cats might be similar – cats are pretty smart, and pretty complex. I don’t pretend to understand their thinking or emotions but I will say that I understand them better than I understand women, so there’s that.
http://www.petfinder.com/cat-breeds/Turkish-Angora?printer_friendly=1

In closing, remember:

“Your cat knows exactly how you feel. He doesn’t care (99 percent of the time) but he knows”.

The dog in question was put down at the owner’s request, and the owner is no doubt checking every jot and tittle of her homeowner’s insurance policy.

Hey, Some Veg, don’t worry: I too understand cats better than women.

@S.Weasel…yeah, you’re the first one to notice that!…I scammed it from Ace 🙂

I used to be a dedicated pond dipper. Lumme some water bear.

Only animal known to survive in the vacuum of space.

Mastiff skeleton

A little more fun with great album covers of the past…

http://www.cracked.com/article_18521_the-19-most-hilariously-failed-attempts-at-sexy-album-covers.html

Best quote:

Is it just us, or is Prince is the only person who looks less manly when he’s not wearing lady clothes?

In that part of California, multiple security cameras are becoming more common. You can get the whole setup at COSTCO for a few hundred bucks.

I noticed also that the dog went into obvious stalking mode really early in the video. The totally stupid thing is that they are going to try to rehabilitate the dig instead of putting it down. Stupid. I am also hoping the owners are put down for having that dog and not keeping it confined. “it got loose” and “it is such a sweet animal” are not cutting it this time.