Maybe I'll stick around...
POSTED BY: Niki2
UPDATED: Saturday, March 16, 2013 22:45
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Hi Niki!
I still occassionally lurk on this board, but the negativity, self-absorbedness and hostility is more grating to me these days. What great nature trails you have to explore. It looks very peaceful.
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Originally posted by Niki2:
I've been on FFF several years now, almost exclusively in RWED..."Hot Country". I got sick of it recently and backed out, as it turns out for the same reason as a number of others who used to hang out there. Basically, it's become a Pirate News sinkhole...
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... which only added to the consistent unpleasantness that pervades there where politics is concerned.
Blue Sun Room by PirateNews
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Originally posted by MALACHITE:
negativity, self-absorbedness and hostility
But, my culture.
War on everything!
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Mala...ANOTHER of those lovely voices I've so missed! Quite a shock to find there are still so many "out there", but we never get to hear from you guys anymore. Very sad, but believe me, I FULLY understand! It's just so great to hear from you again and know you ARE still out there somewhere. Gives me hope.
I wish there was a way to have one forum where people could go and discuss anything they wanted without the Ugly among us butting in. Wouldn't that be nice? Hey, I can dream...meanwhile all we can do is ignore them and not let them bully us into disappearing, if it's worth it. So far, for me, it's worth a try.
Yeah, I know exactly how lucky I am Mala, believe me. We moved here in the '70s, bought a pretty funky home (previously a rental) JUST before housing prices skyrocketed, or we'd never have been able to, and pretty soon you couldn't pry me out of this area with...well, anything! Around here, there's a lot of attention paid to how high the population density is allowed to get, to preserving open spaces--with non-motorized access to same--and returning areas that had been destroyed back to their original condition (or as close as possible). All those lagoons, dry marshes and fields in my video are protected; when, for example (as is the case), Home Depot wanted to build out there, they had to preserve X amount of marshlands and/or restore X amount before they were allowed to build; then that area is protected from any further development. I really appreciate it, and enjoy it just as much as I can, believe me! The same is true of the housing development at the beginning of the video; before they could build, they had to buy that land AND the area which is now the first big lagoon, then restore/create the lagoon, and build the multi-use pathway (both of which are now protected "public lands"). It's the main reason, along with the political atmosphere, the tolerance and the love of animals/wildlife, that I'm so grateful to live where I do.
Mal4, I know what you mean about cuddling cats, but for me huskies are my cuddlers. We've never had dogs that liked to be hugged and snuggled, but a lot of huskies do--it's part of the pack mentality left over from their wolf ancestors. I can pretty much toss Kochyok around, upside down, any way I like, and she'll just snuggle her head into me or under my chin and love every minute of it. Tashi is the "other" kind of husky: "Don't touch me there, scritch me HERE and I'll like you", lots of licks, but totally un-cuddlable. On the other hand, I've only had TWO cats of all those we've had who liked cuddling. Laying on my lap--when it's convenient for THEM, mind you!--rubbing against me, purring, etc., but never liked being cuddled. And it always FELT like they had an agenda, if you know what I mean. ;o) Zuli was one of the cuddlers (my amorous black); the other was a tiny cat I rescued when a neighbor died who slept under the covers with me or against my head on the pillow, and tho' we were only graced with her for a year, she is the one I will always remember most. That "total trust" thing is more seductive than anything I can think of!
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I'm looking after my uncle's cat because of stuff. It's been a month and she's still pretty wary of us because of how we had to gather her up and take her away from the territory she's used to.
I think we're making progress though. She'll actually eat and fall asleep while any of us are with her in her secure room (away from our other cats).
I have two other cats, perhaps I'll find a picture somewhere later. One of them is a cuddler - and a drooler, which can be kind of gross. Either very lazy or not too bright or both, tends not to have a clue what's going on. The other one is playful and very alert and has become my dad's favourite little girl. He didn't like cats before. Rather astonishing.
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Introducing Quantum and Doomsday**
http://www.angelfire.com/ok5/bytemite/Camera_073.JPG
**Not their real names.
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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
Introducing Quantum and Doomsday**
http://www.angelfire.com/ok5/bytemite/Camera_073.JPG
**Not their real names.
Not anything, from the looks of it. Wanna try again ?
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Ooo, bummer...kitty pix but they didn't come up! Would love to see 'em, Byte...
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It's angelfire, they have a stupid hotlinking rule, but if you copy-paste the URL it'll work.
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