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L

climber
Tiptoeing through the chilly waters of life
Sep 25, 2017 - 08:45pm PT
Thanks, Tami.

How are the felines (I think there were two?) in your family doing?
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Sep 25, 2017 - 11:13pm PT
hey there,all... love seeing the cats, again...

L -- what a sweet little kitty, :)


anders -- wow, your wonderful cat is getting old, and, mine is too...
will put a pic, soon... :)
this eve...

hope to get back and share, too...

:)
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Sep 26, 2017 - 12:21am PT

L

climber
Tiptoeing through the chilly waters of life
Sep 26, 2017 - 09:04am PT
^^^^^ Lol!

Even kitties loves dem sheepies!
Hardly Visible

Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
Sep 26, 2017 - 09:20am PT
This is Whitney the latest addition to our little family.

Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Sep 26, 2017 - 07:13pm PT
Think you know about cats? Well, think about this: are cats liquid or solid?

Don't be too quick to answer. Unless you're Ed Hartouni. This is a matter to be decided by serious physicists, not dirtbag climbers like you or me.



CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS—Are cats liquid or solid? That’s the kind of question that could win a scientist an Ig Nobel Prize, a parody of the Nobel Prize that honors research that “makes people laugh, then think.” But it wasn’t with this in mind that Marc-Antoine Fardin, a physicist at Paris Diderot University, set out to find out whether house cats flow.

Fardin noticed that these furry pets can adapt to the shape of the container they sit in—think of a cat in a vase—similarly to what fluids such as water do. So he used the principles of rheology, the branch of physics that deals with the deformation of matter, to calculate cats’ relaxation time, or the time it takes for them to take up the space of a vase or bathroom sink.

The conclusion? Cats can be either liquid or solid, depending on the circumstances, Fardin reported in the Rheology Bulletin in 2014. (The awards don’t recognize the strangest research of the year, but strange research in general.) A cat in a small box will behave like a fluid, filling up all the space, but a cat in a bathtub full of water will try to minimize its contact with it and behave very much like a solid. For this achievement, Fardin was awarded this year’s Ig Nobel Physics Prize before an audience of more than 1000 people, including genuine Nobel laureates, during a ceremony here at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre.


If you want to know more about this (and about tampons that play music) check out: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/cats-behave-liquids-tampons-play-music-and-other-advances-honored-ig-nobel-prizes?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2017-09-15&et_rid=293236382&et_cid=1548111
Mei

Trad climber
mxi2000.net
Sep 27, 2017 - 05:41pm PT
Feline paralysis (n.): The condition in which a person is unable to move due to the presence of a cat on her or his lap.

It's already late and I need to get up early tomorrow morning, but why am I still sitting on the couch? I think I'm having another flare-up of the condition.

http://www.catster.com/lifestyle/cat-humor-behavior-feline-paralysis

[Click to View YouTube Video]
Fritz

Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
Oct 6, 2017 - 12:23pm PT
Heidi & I got home last week from 4 days in Dubrovnik & a week of sailing with friends off the coast of Croatia. We saw a lot of happy cats. There was an occasional dog, but it appears that cats are well-respected & may well be in charge, since everywhere we traveled, things were clean, well-kept, & folks were polite. That's the way cats like it, you know.

Cat central was the little port town of Zaklopatica on the island of Lastovo. We saw & petted several friendly cats there.



Our Dubrovnik guide Maria & one of her two cats.

Dubrovnik cats appear to be in charge.



Cat-worship. A very progressive religion.
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Oct 9, 2017 - 06:10pm PT
hey there, say, fritz... thanks for the fun cat notes... and pics...


here's mine, now...

in order, of when i adopted them...






bobby bob, passed on, of old age:



and, these were from thrift store:



SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Oct 9, 2017 - 07:37pm PT
Fritz
You sure it wasn't a purrgressive religion????
Fritz

Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
Oct 9, 2017 - 08:59pm PT
SteveW! Re your question/comment!

You sure it wasn't a purrgressive religion????

There was some purring going on, but I try not to discuss religion with Euro-cats.

This Dubrovnik cat had a very-high comfort level, & we could easily hear it purring from behind its secure fence.

neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Oct 9, 2017 - 11:33pm PT
hey there, say mike. ...


:)

edit:
say, fritz... neat little calico... my brother had one, similar,
and she eventually went to live at my moms...

we loved here there, (he had moved south, then) and she got
to be very very old...

:)
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Oct 28, 2017 - 12:39pm PT

Fritz

Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
Nov 30, 2017 - 12:20pm PT
DMT! Considering those are outside cats, they look remarkably handsome & good. Nice job of managing from a distance.
Mei

Trad climber
mxi2000.net
Nov 30, 2017 - 12:55pm PT
Let's see if .gif animations can show up here.

The simple joy a plain string can bring to a cat. This is Mango.

I hope we all can find our own sand dish. It certainly brings Roxy endless happiness.
Lorenzo

Trad climber
Portland Oregon
Nov 30, 2017 - 06:07pm PT
Sophie told me to let her know when Spring arrives.

TwistedCrank

climber
Released into general population, Idaho
Nov 30, 2017 - 06:41pm PT
Gizmo digs his extra thumbs.
Lorenzo

Trad climber
Portland Oregon
Dec 8, 2017 - 04:39pm PT
Sophie still waiting for Spring

Mei

Trad climber
mxi2000.net
Dec 8, 2017 - 05:02pm PT
Ahahaha...lovely photos and commentary above!

Here we the spoiled trio are enjoying a lazy Friday afternoon after having explored outside for a few hours.
karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Dec 9, 2017 - 03:33pm PT





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