"Bob Smith" wrote in message
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CATS ARE NOT VERMIN.

A dictionary definition of vermin:
Various small animals or insects, such as rats or cockroaches, that are
destructive, annoying, or injurious to health.

Cockroaches aren't destructive or injurious to health. There's no reason
they should even be annoying.

Lots of things ARE annoying though ... (see below)

Cats are destructive.
Several people in URG are annoyed by them.
Their feces contain deseases.

Mary

Bob

like teenagers.

Lack of parental control

and the cat lovers need not come back on that one. I have three daughters
and a son, they had parental control and have turned out to be four children
I am proud off. Qualifications, Degrees, Professional status, they have the
lot.

I don't think I need a signature any more

"Mike" wrote in message
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like teenagers.

Lack of parental control

and the cat lovers need not come back on that one. I have three daughters
and a son, they had parental control and have turned out to be four
children
I am proud off. Qualifications, Degrees, Professional status, they have
the
lot.

We have three sons and two daughters and the same applies to all of them.
Even as teenagers we were proud of them, they were a credit to themselves.
Some said we gave them too much freedom, some said we were too strict, we
have no regrets because they turned out far happier and more responsible
than the children of our critics.

Mary

We have three sons and two daughters and the same applies to all of them.
Even as teenagers we were proud of them, they were a credit to themselves.
Some said we gave them too much freedom, some said we were too strict, we
have no regrets because they turned out far happier and more responsible
than the children of our critics.

Mary


A Mother's Day card sent to Mum from Son:-
(On the front)

"Mum, I used to think you were so gullible,

"I have cleaned my teeth
I didn't take the last biscuit
It bled without being picked
I did have a bath this morning
I'm too ill to go to school
I didn't tread in anything nasty
I don't have any homework
I have been revising
I'd never stick gum there
I didn't ring them,,, they rang me
I thought you said home by eleven
I didn't touch the whisky
I'd never smoke anything
I can be trusted Mum"

(and inside?)

Now I realise you were simply loving me.

(And I love you for it)


Joan had four wonderful Mother's Day cards just as I receive some superb
Father's Day cards, even though I was accused of being a Victorian Father.

People know where they stand with me.

If you don't like my attitude and my stance, don't cross me. You won't win.

no signature. you know who I am.

We have three sons and two daughters and the same applies to all of them.
Even as teenagers we were proud of them, they were a credit to themselves.
Some said we gave them too much freedom, some said we were too strict, we
have no regrets because they turned out far happier and more responsible
than the children of our critics.

Mary


A Mother's Day card sent to Mum from Son:-
(On the front)

"Mum, I used to think you were so gullible,

"I have cleaned my teeth
I didn't take the last biscuit
It bled without being picked
I did have a bath this morning
I'm too ill to go to school
I didn't tread in anything nasty
I don't have any homework
I have been revising
I'd never stick gum there
I didn't ring them,,, they rang me
I thought you said home by eleven
I didn't touch the whisky
I'd never smoke anything
I can be trusted Mum"

(and inside?)

Now I realise you were simply loving me.

(And I love you for it)


Joan had four wonderful Mother's Day cards just as I receive some superb
Father's Day cards, even though I was accused of being a Victorian Father.

People know where they stand with me.

If you don't like my attitude and my stance, don't cross me. You won't win.

no signature. you know who I am.

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:47:15 +0000 (UTC), "Mike" wrote:



like teenagers.

Lack of parental control

It's a bit too late for you then.

"Mike" wrote in message
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People know where they stand with me.

It's the only honest way to be.

If you don't like my attitude and my stance, don't cross me. You won't
win.

But I'm not in the business of winning! I'm not combative. If people want to
cross swords with me they're onto a bad thing.

Mary

It's a bit too late for you then.

Quite correct, all of my children are grown up. See my other thread :-))

no signature required

"Mike" wrote in message
...


People know where they stand with me.

It's the only honest way to be.

If you don't like my attitude and my stance, don't cross me. You won't
win.

But I'm not in the business of winning! I'm not combative. If people want to
cross swords with me they're onto a bad thing.

Mary

It's a bit too late for you then.

Quite correct, all of my children are grown up. See my other thread :-))

no signature required

In message , Mike
writes
If you don't like my attitude and my stance, don't cross me. You won't
win.

I find it sad that an adult needs to write something like this.

--
dave @ stejonda

I find it sad that an adult needs to write something like this.


I will find you a tissue to cry into then

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:53:08 +0000 (UTC), Mike wrote:

Following Sacha's hysterical tirade in response to my post about what the
dreadful things cats are, I decided to look on Google. Put 'Hate Cats'
into Google and just see how much the things 'are' hated. See for yourself
Sacha, I have not put those in, they are from different like minded people.

May I remind you that cats are also loved? And that their rodent
control activities demand that they be allowed to roam freely?

Next time a moggie shits on your lawn, stop and think about the
number of rats and mice she has destroyed. I think if you look
into it, you'll find that cats are an important part of keeping
the rodent population under control. Would you prefer an outbreak
of plague or Black Death to an immaculate lawn.


BTW, if you want to repel cats from your property, Bruce Fogel in
"The Cat's Mind" suggests using mothballs. You may also get
results by splashing fenceposts and other scent-marking targets
with your own urine.


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
[change "atlantic" to "pacific" and
"invalid" to "net" to reply by email]

"Rodger Whitlock" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:53:08 +0000 (UTC), Mike wrote:


May I remind you that cats are also loved? And that their rodent
control activities demand that they be allowed to roam freely?

And some people love mice and rats.

Next time a moggie shits on your lawn, stop and think about the
number of rats and mice she has destroyed. I think if you look
into it, you'll find that cats are an important part of keeping
the rodent population under control. Would you prefer an outbreak
of plague or Black Death to an immaculate lawn.

Oh come ON!!!!!!!!

I've had cats - only one at a time - and when the most recent made his last
visit to the vet we both wept, we'd had him for nearly 21 years and he'd
spent more time with us than the children had. But he wasn't a nuisance to
neighbours - as theirs were and are to us.

Now we have two pen hens and they are worried by local cats, quite apart
from the garden digging and depositing they do.

We don't have an immaculate lawn - only vegetables which are sprayed by cats
and scratched up - at best.

And cats don't just 'keep the rodent population under control' - they also
keep the wild small bird population down when it's under threat from other
sources too.

As for plague and black death, that's just silly and not worth commenting
on.

Mary.

Mary

Sacha wrote:

To state to others that they are vermin
is not only misleading but in your case it is downright dishonest and
if someone chose to take it far enough, could even be actionable.

I'm not interested in joining the debate about cats, but I strongly believe
that the statement above is just plain wrong at best. It would not be
possible to raise a successful action against someone who called cats vermin
in a newsgroup. Insulting cats is not against the law. It could not
seriously be described as incitement of any kind.

You just made it up.

Martin


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