jeff kushner
Well-Known Member
I may have made a horrible mistake in my behavior here. I may have left the impression that I am a "cat hater".
If so, please accept this as my deepest apologies....(tongue firmly planted in cheek)
I may have shared this before but when I was 11-12, my oldest sister brought a kitten home from college. My Dad instantly became the "keeper of the Great Kitty-Kytuu"
You have to picture this;
My Dad, a reserved and brilliant PHD in his 50's and the guy who designed the acoustics on YOUR Nuclear subs and AWACS;
on the floor on all fours, laying in wait around the corner as the Kytuu approached, then he would lunge out which making lion sounds, causing said kitty to hit it's back on the ceiling!
Okay, get it now? I think he loved the cat more than us 5 kids! He was totally out of character with that cat! LOL
One day Kytuu goes outside and gets "tree'ed" in a 70ft Locust tree in our front yard. For three days my dad called to that cat, now full grown. He even called the fire Dept....nope.
Then we get a storm.....a storm of massive proportions.....I get awakened in my bed at 11PM by Dad; "Feroni, I need to to put the extension ladder up and get Kytuu, it's raining and he's come down lower, I think you can reach him"
WHA???
He wanted me to get out our 30' alum extension ladder in a tree, while it's pouring and lightning?
Yep
Condensed version; I got the cat down and myself down arms raked to the elbows, no thanks to assembled family who's ONLY interest was in the cats safety. Remember the golfer in the storm in Caddyshack? I was waiting for the lightning strike the entire time!
Yes, being forced to be fearless, that is how Superman came to be......LMAO
So no, I do not hate cats and since most cat owners I knew were all women, I never hated them either!
....but you all see what my pet choice is too....Matilda the box turtle!
Enjoy your fuzzy friends.....
If so, please accept this as my deepest apologies....(tongue firmly planted in cheek)
I may have shared this before but when I was 11-12, my oldest sister brought a kitten home from college. My Dad instantly became the "keeper of the Great Kitty-Kytuu"
You have to picture this;
My Dad, a reserved and brilliant PHD in his 50's and the guy who designed the acoustics on YOUR Nuclear subs and AWACS;
on the floor on all fours, laying in wait around the corner as the Kytuu approached, then he would lunge out which making lion sounds, causing said kitty to hit it's back on the ceiling!
Okay, get it now? I think he loved the cat more than us 5 kids! He was totally out of character with that cat! LOL
One day Kytuu goes outside and gets "tree'ed" in a 70ft Locust tree in our front yard. For three days my dad called to that cat, now full grown. He even called the fire Dept....nope.
Then we get a storm.....a storm of massive proportions.....I get awakened in my bed at 11PM by Dad; "Feroni, I need to to put the extension ladder up and get Kytuu, it's raining and he's come down lower, I think you can reach him"
WHA???
He wanted me to get out our 30' alum extension ladder in a tree, while it's pouring and lightning?
Yep
Condensed version; I got the cat down and myself down arms raked to the elbows, no thanks to assembled family who's ONLY interest was in the cats safety. Remember the golfer in the storm in Caddyshack? I was waiting for the lightning strike the entire time!
Yes, being forced to be fearless, that is how Superman came to be......LMAO
So no, I do not hate cats and since most cat owners I knew were all women, I never hated them either!
....but you all see what my pet choice is too....Matilda the box turtle!
Enjoy your fuzzy friends.....