And little Dwayne and Chantelle need to be taught from an early age where their McBurgers and those pink cuts of meat in the supermarket come from.
Not only that, how they are made from four-legged beasts eating grass going "moo" to transport on overcrowded lorries, to slaughter (including the inhumane practice of halal slaughter), to processing, to the eventual pretty-packed end product.
Optional would be the addition of dodgy meat from various other animals, including those going "meow" ending up in food from your local chinky, to those going "neigh" being used to cheaply bulk meat out, to people in other countries eating Fido for dinner.
I'd go veggie if I could afford it, and if I could be arsed.
Quite, the bits that were important to the topic in hand. It was clearly stating that it's the risks from cats poo. ;-(
Yes, from the inside of your own houses, again, not really the issue. ;-(
As cats do?
Most dog owners do (or risk a fine if seen if they don't). Very few cat owners do.
Well, quite. But what if you aren't clearing up s*1t. What if you are like our daughter and doing some gardening for an old lady in her back garden and unknowingly comes against some cat s*1t, even though the householder doesn't own a cat? Hardly likely to come across any dog s*1t there is she and whilst she generally washes her hands before eating, it's not always easy.
I'm sure there is something bad with most animal poo Dave, the point is that why should I be at risk or have to deal with cat s*1t at all when I don't even have a cat? I don't have a dog (or any pets atm) and whilst I have cleaned up the odd instance of dog mess from the front pavement, it's still not my (private) back garden and on my vegetable patch. ;-(
I meant (including) clearing out your cat's litter. You do do that don't you?
;-)
Or they 'inherit them more like? And it's not the same sort of thing with cats and their fouling on a few hundred acres of farmland (if they ever ventured that far out) versus my 4 sq m of veg patch in my fenced back garden.
And when you aren't there and they are?
Good. I did link to a cat site that suggested indoor cats lived longer and were happier and it should be the direction all cats should go in.
Cool. ;-)
Good girl. ;-)
It seems you have the ideal setup there (well, other than not having one at all or them living in a different country or planet ) and I think I speak for most non-cat owners there. ;-)
I was brought up with Labadors and Border terriers as pets.
I would love to have a dog but it would be left on it's own all day and so I cannot have one. My cat has no idea I am at work as it is asleep most of the day.
No, I believe you and I think it's a sad state of affairs.
I was reminded just how bad things are getting when a elderly family friend was talking about dumping all her husbands old tools because 'none of the children want them'. ;-(
Or is it getting bad or is just things are changing away what most here probably accepted as 'perfectly normal'?
Few want to be real (hands on / oily rag type) 'Engineers' these days, preferring to sit in front of a screen programming stuff ... 'Software Engineers'?
So, few service their own vehicles any more (even the bits they could do), few fix their own household appliances (when in many cases they could, if only they tried) and it seems few can even fit a plug top or as you say, know where most of their food (or anything for that matter) comes from. ;-(
I think they should dump religious / media studies at school and feed them continuous episodes of 'How it' made' and 'Food unwrapped' instead. Actual programs that relate to the world they live in, not just following (and worse aspiring) to some bogus / faux 'celebrity.
Cheers, T i m
p.s. I'm pleased to state that our (25 yr old) daughter has no interest (what so ever) in any of that celebrity BS and of the little television she watches, Mastermind and University Challenge are right at the top (and she amazes us re just how much she knows about the 'older stuff'). ;-)
What I call 'proper dogs'. Anything from the working / hound family even including things like std poodles (along with Dalmatians aren't breeds you see very often these days) work for me. ;-)
Is the right answer. Well, you could, as long as it was either old and slept most the time or you had someone who could give it a good walk midday.
We were both at work when we had three dogs but one (or both) of us were generally close enough to be able to give them the best part of an hours walk every lunchtime.
Pointless things, well, unless it's a 'guard cat'? ;-)
I've tried, but I end up with oil all over myself and the drive. Either that or the bolt gets sheared off, or the spanner used to turn it comes loose and smacks me in the face, or my hand slips and I slice my finger on a rusty edge.
I worked with an American professor who actually bought a new microwave oven because the bulb had gone. I asked him why he didn't change it and he said it was dangerous to do so. When I said the microwaves are only present when it's switched on, he was surprised. He thought it was some kind of radiation from a sealed isotope.
They should never have had that stupid law about plugs being fitted when you buy things. What a waste. Why not reuse the old ones?
One *good* walk, ideally, yes (depending on breed / age / health etc).
He could, however, it's the amount of time in between both human contact and a chance to have a toilet break (most dogs only go outside, typically in the owners back garden) more regularly than yer typical 8+ hours away at work.
And this desire for contact is usually bi-directional.
Our family dogs, the whippet is known for their desire for human companionship and were known to sleep on the foot of the children's bed when they were more common, especially 'up Norf'.
Whilst they don't like water as much as say a Retriever, std Poodle or Setter, they will happily get wet if it means being with their owner.
However, to see a whippet at it's best you have to see one (or more) run and they are *the* fastest accelerating dog in the world.
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