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I didn't even know there was such a thing as a Van cat. How do you know so much? You always post things I have no idea about - cultural and historical references to places, people, and things i never heard of. Are you a retired humanities professor or something, or just extremely well educated, or just worldly and curious?
The last if anything (definitely odd).
Odd is OK. I learn things from you, Daz related and otherwise.
Turkish Van cats are usually white with an orange tail
I used to wish I had some everytime I had to wash a cat
it was never a good experience for me or the cat
not done lightly but things like rolling in the chicken manure then sleeping on my bed necessitated it
So it seems. Or maybe they have a really good set that he has already memorized.
So Richard isn't the only one to have heard of Van cats.
I am suddenly remembering that "curiosity killed the cat". Be carefult out there!
Postman Pat definitely had a Van cat. See youtube videos for examples.
Did I miss a joke here? The internet sayw "The name of the cat in Postman Pat is Jess. Jess is a black and white tuxedo cat".
Oh, I see, he rides in a van. Got it.
this might be of interest to both barbult and Richard Haseltine
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1105932008391223&set=a.534554252195671
Thanks, Wendy!
From the link:"Daniel Reeves, who lived alone on a quiet patch of land outside Laramie, had taken in the fiery little cat months earlier. The animal quickly became his best companion, always bringing warmth and chaos in equal measure." fiery, warmth, chaos, that certainly sounds like Richard Haseltine. He must have missed the horse he gave to Milly so much that he ran off and found a new one. At least he came back home.
I had never heard of a Van Cat, so googled it. A 'dog-like' cat! https://cfa.org/breed/turkish-van/.
What a cat and thanks for the information.
A cat-rustler. Or perhaps, a cat that rustles.
@memcneil70 : We have a very non-pushy, non-vicious ginger at home. He's a Maine Coon, runt of the litter (only 3'7" tip of nose to tip of tail or front stretched paw to back stretched paw) and terrible timid, even though he's 13 now, he's scared of our 6month old MC kitten.. He's on the left of the attached cat photo below (unfortunately the other two are ex-cats now. The front Ginger died of cancer at 16, the black normal cat at the back died of old age at 19.5.
Regards,
Richard
Cute.
Even the bedspread has cats on it. Maybe that's why they look so comfortable there.
I thought it probably reflected long experience with cats
I was only about 10 years old that last time I owned or lived with a cat. I do have a couple friends with a cat. That cat is pretty sedate and doesn't get into much mischief, other than jumping out of reach on top of the entertainment center or hiding behind the TV in inaccessible spots when it is time to go to the vet. My "experience" is imaginary and triggered by things you say. How many "other" cats live with you?
Just the one, but all our cats over the years (six, plus visitors in-between) have been ... individual.
Yep. Every cat is very different from every other cat. Our first cat (my avatar) couldn't hunt, was terrified of everything except cats & dogs. But for cats & dogs, he was the local thug, the mafia boss, the hit man all rolled into one. He terrified our neighbour's Doberman/Alsatian cross so badly it ran away from the fence looking over its shoulder when he landed on the fence, and he regularly came home with half frozen food or joints so hot he had to put them down regularly (once a rack of 5 lamb ribs so hot he had to put down every 5 paces). But when a fish in the pond sucked the tip of his tail, he ran indoors and stayed there for 3 days, same when a frog jumped on him while he was sleeping in the garden. And he never worked out that claws work only one way, so he always fell out of trees when he came down head first. And he was scared of heights.
Regards,
Richard
What a character. He had as many adventures as Richard Haseltine.
I reckon so. He definitely made a lasting impression, still think of him regularly despite the fact he died of old age 21 years ago.
Regards,
Richard
Don't ALL bed spreads come with cats printed on them? I have yet to see any without.
Good to see Richard survived the demonic driving. However I can't really imagine a Snow Cat fast enough to catch a cat. Snow Leopard, maybe, Snow Cat, no.
Regards,
Richard
The more I learn about that cat, the more I think he must be related to Richard Haseltine. They seem to have a lot of common traits.
As you can see in the photo, Gryff had a bit of a tail fan to thread the bramble through, even at 9 months old.
Regards,
Richard
ETA: It appears his lasers worked well too. Gryff died of heart failure just before his third birthday. Was a lovable gormless lump who sat looking vacant with his mouth slightly open when he got above age 2. We're now on cat 12 in 35 years, and most have reached 15+.. Plenty of time for silly stories.
I had a ginger and white female Persian mix, and she was.... Well, she definitely had her orange moments. Quite territorial, not always very bright. She terrorised male cats and smaller dogs. One day she charged our neighbours' Belgian shepherd, saw its real size up close, and sat in a tree for the rest of the afternoon.
She was so pretty, though.
This is her brother/scratching post, Rufus the floofus. He was a non-pedigree NFC, and had polydactyl feet. (We call them "ship cats" around here.) He annihilated everything, including the keyboard on my laptop.
Unfortunately Imgur seems to be region-limiting its hosted files - I am just seeing a "Content not Viewable in your Region" message.