My autistic friend, Jezar, claims never to have written a bad line of code in his Life. He is a structured Programmer, usually writing C++.
I have little talent for Programming, being more a Consumer. But can certainly spot bad coding. I mean, whatever is the correct response to the DOS prompt "C:\>" ?
Beats me. 🙄
I saved up all summer for an Apple Macintosh:
What fun I had testing it to its limits:
Of course we know it was a complete ripoff of the Xerox Star:
Conquered the World. I still plant Apple trees. My latest effort over the road at No. 16. Be fruitful and multiply.
I have little talent for Programming, being more a Consumer. But can certainly spot bad coding. I mean, whatever is the correct response to the DOS prompt "C:\>" ?
Beats me. 🙄
I saved up all summer for an Apple Macintosh:
What fun I had testing it to its limits:
Of course we know it was a complete ripoff of the Xerox Star:
Conquered the World. I still plant Apple trees. My latest effort over the road at No. 16. Be fruitful and multiply.
Just in case you want a Apple Macintosh, I have two of them and an original backpack for it, with keyboard, mouse, cables.
For people like that (not aimed at you per se; I'm no computer whiz either) IT types came up with PEBCAK - Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard and would log the IT ticket root cause under code ID10T.
First, not all cats can survive on their own. A spoiled house cat especially might not know what to do.
Second, not all cats have the killer instinct. My cat doesn't and I know that for a fact. There was a rat in the house and she made friends with it. I came home one day and they were playing in the living room. Playing. They were buddies. I was the one that had to catch the rat.
On the other hand, my old Maine Coon cat (RIP) caught mice and stashed them behind the furnace. I had no idea there were mice in the house until I looked behind the furnace, where there were dozens of dead mice.
Third, the woman is very attached to her cat. Cats may seem like aholes but if you're their Special Person they are very affectionate and loyal. My cat worships me and does everything I tell her to do. Quite frankly, we're inseparable.
Finally, cats seem to gravitate to some people. I'm one of them. I'm the Pied Piper of cats. I walk a couple hours a day and cats come out of the bushes to say hi to me. I don't know how they know I'm a cat person, but they do.
For the record, I love dogs too. I get along great with them.
Would you leave your dog behind in a war zone?
Good news indeed. "Spotty" seems to have found temporary accomodation!
Aw, Bless! Couldn't be the same one, could it? 🙂
Aw, Bless! Couldn't be the same one, could it? 🙂
Yes, there are smart cats and dumb cats. Same goes for dogs.
Cats often lead double lives. It's not unusual for a cat to shuttle between two different households. I know my Maine Coon used to do that but I don't know where she went. She would disappear for days and come back smelling like cigarettes.
Some cats also have latent talents and instincts, similar to dogs. It's instinctual for cats to keep their living quarters varmint free (some cats anyway). Barn cats get along perfectly fine with the barnyard animals (and dogs too) but if a rat or possum comes sniffing around the cat will run them away. And when I had my surgery 20 years ago my Maine Coon guarded me while I recovered at home. She stayed in the bed with me 23.5 hours a day. She patrolled the room, looking behind the furniture and sniffing at the closet door. When people visited me she sat between us facing the visitor. She knew I was sick and she was guarding me.
Cats often lead double lives. It's not unusual for a cat to shuttle between two different households. I know my Maine Coon used to do that but I don't know where she went. She would disappear for days and come back smelling like cigarettes.
Some cats also have latent talents and instincts, similar to dogs. It's instinctual for cats to keep their living quarters varmint free (some cats anyway). Barn cats get along perfectly fine with the barnyard animals (and dogs too) but if a rat or possum comes sniffing around the cat will run them away. And when I had my surgery 20 years ago my Maine Coon guarded me while I recovered at home. She stayed in the bed with me 23.5 hours a day. She patrolled the room, looking behind the furniture and sniffing at the closet door. When people visited me she sat between us facing the visitor. She knew I was sick and she was guarding me.
My cat has disappeared into thin air, I fed him evaporated milk.
An old lady buys Pravda at the kiosk in Moscow every day.
Every day she reads the front page and then immediately throws the newspaper back in the bin.
The man in the kiosk looks at it for a while until curiosity wins and he asks:
"Why do you buy the newspaper only to throw it away again?"
The old lady replies, "I'm just looking at the obituary!"
The clerk asks, "But the obituaries are at the back of the paper, aren't they?"
Whereupon the lady smiles at him: "Yes, but the one I'm waiting for is right in front!"
Every day she reads the front page and then immediately throws the newspaper back in the bin.
The man in the kiosk looks at it for a while until curiosity wins and he asks:
"Why do you buy the newspaper only to throw it away again?"
The old lady replies, "I'm just looking at the obituary!"
The clerk asks, "But the obituaries are at the back of the paper, aren't they?"
Whereupon the lady smiles at him: "Yes, but the one I'm waiting for is right in front!"