Global doom and gloom.

[Hendre]

My reptilian cat (since I can't get an actual cat) which is about as much Florida crackhead as Rob

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[fishhead0103666]

So apparently this is the cat thread now eh?

 

[esoxlucius]

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I can tell that black and white one is quite a character. Is there anywhere it won't sleep!! Are you not nervous having cats around your bird?

 

[esoxlucius]

So apparently this is the cat thread now eh?
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Well, they say variety is the spice of life so why not mix it up a bit! The title of the thread is a bit solemn so it's fine by me that it's taken a more light hearted path.

 

[Jexnell]

I can tell that black and white one is quite a character. Is there anywhere it won't sleep!! Are you not nervous having cats around your bird?

The cat parade all started when my son was still in moms belly. We got a rescue Calico from the local animal shelter.
She lived 15 glorious years (10 with us)

When my son was in the 3rd grade, his mom calls up and says " I need you to take our son for a couple months". Eight years later she took him back.... Anyways when she showed up to drop him off, she also dropped off two cats.

The rescue Ms. Meow (the calico) and Squeaks (she didn't meow like a normal cat, just squeaked)
Fast foward eight years. The ex, my son, and a friend, and I all move into an apartment. That's when
And

Showed up, the calico was my friends/roommate and the other was my ex New cat...
Lastly about six months ago my roommate got the tabby

Squaks is still with the Ex and brat boy. Her new kitten sadly got ran over by a car ?. The calico kitten is still with his owner. So there is only the tabby living in the same house as my birds. So far so good. The birds stay in my bedroom away from kitty claws.

 

[Jexnell]

Yes your right Squeaks would sleep anywhere and in some odd positions

 

[dr exum]

On a personal level you might have a lot of happy things going on in your life. New job, a new addition to the family, marriage, just retired and looking forward to the rest of your life, maybe a new car does it for you or a holiday you've been looking forward to. Or in our cases, that big upgrade that you've been planning for months finally comes to fruition. Loads of stuff might be going on in your life that make you happy.

But for now let's put aside the personal stuff and think big, really big, think globally. What's going on in the world right now that makes you truly happy and optimistic for future generations?

The idea behind this thread came to me twofold, whilst I was watching a documentary on the amazon rainforest and later in the same day a documentary on the great barrier reef. Beautiful beautiful places with a vast array of wildlife. And then two words spoilt the whole thing.....deforestation and bleaching. In reality the long term future for both the amazon rainforest and the great barrier reef are bleak.

I got thinking and other things were pinging into my head. Words like global warming, starvation, famine, wars, over population, pollution, oceanic contamination, diseases (particularly apt at the minute), crazy global weather. But even these are small potatoes when you add words like, earthquakes, super volcanoes, tsunamis, and the big big one, the inevitable and eventual asteroid strike. Many scientists believe we are going through a mass extinction period right now.

I mean, how utterly depressing. I'm truly struggling to come up with a global positive even on a short term scale, let alone a long long term one.

Cheer me up guys.☹

not looking good indeed,

it’s not much but we have an atmosphere, water, and a hospitable climate

 

[Niki_up]

I’ll jump on the cat band wagon haha

 

[dr exum]

cats pics huh - sorry op for derail

the diy cat cut

 

[esoxlucius]

cats pics huh - sorry op for derail

the diy cat cut

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What possessed you to do that? If that cat could talk I think I know exactly what it would be saying to you right now. Look at its eyes, it's not impressed one bit. Lol.